Art Materials For Creative Explorations
Exploring with New Materials or Experimenting Prolifically?
For this fresh year, full of creative possibility, we've put together two inspiring product guides! One highlights exciting art materials to expand your repertoire of creative tools with and spark inspiration in your explorations. The other guide offers materials that, by nature of their affordability and value, allow you to experiment without getting too "precious" about using them up. Explore the guides for great art materials to experiment with.
Supplies For New Adventures
Challenge yourself this new year – imagine the new art journeys you'll embark on. Evolve your skills and techniques with fresh, ambitious art supplies, and reach for that next level!
Affordable Supplies For Exploration
Explore in art with affordable art supplies that will support you in your day-to-day ventures. Nothing in this guide is so expensive it becomes "too precious" to use to the last drop for your prolific experiments.
Inspiration From The Opus Resource Library
This year, you may want to tell use texture to convey part of the feeling you'd like your art to impart. Use this guide to explore 3 methods.
Oil sticks are much loved by artist for their unique mark making ability and connection to the canvas. Find out the difference between them.
Early in 2023, we explored our theme of "I Wonder..." by stepping back from the chaos and disruption to find intention and meaning.
Take a look back and hear from three artists whose thought-provoking words about wonder and exploration resonate with us more than ever.
Get Started with Discover Guides
Looking to try something new? Our Discover Guides have got you covered! Designed to take some of the mystery out of beginning in a new medium, these guides will give you a quick overview of the materials and help you find the right supplies to get started.
Discover Graphite Drawing
Learn more about graphite pencils, the most fundamental art material at Opus Art Supplies!
Discover Acrylic Painting
Learn more about acrylic painting, the popular modern medium at Opus Art Supplies!
Discover Watercolour Painting
Learn more about watercolour painting, one of the most popular mediums at Opus Art Supplies!
Discover Oil Painting
Learn more about oil painting, the classical fine art painting medium at Opus Art Supplies!
Events: Grow & Evolve Your Art
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Holiday Watercolour Cards with Willow Wolfe
November 23, 2024
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R&F Pigment Sticks with Dietlind Vander Schaaf
November 29, 2024
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Surfaces and Textures w/Samantha Williams-Chapelsky
November 30, 2024
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R&F Pigment Sticks with Megan Macdonald
November 30, 2024
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R&F Pigment Sticks with Megan Macdonald
December 05, 2024
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Fast Holiday Cards & Gift Tags with Jaime Echt
December 05, 2024
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Holiday Botanicals with Jenna Rainy
December 07, 2024
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Oil Painting Stages with James Jennings
December 12, 2024
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Mixed Media for the Holidays with Rose Cowles
December 14, 2024
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Holiday Watercolour Cards with Carla Flengel
December 19, 2024
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Sketching Techniques with Jens Huebner
December 20, 2024
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Acrylic Pouring with Carley Gibbs
December 27, 2024
