Maybe a little eclectic for an artist with a single style, but perfect for one who's still searching for himself. Or for any hobbyist. There are no (2) brushes exactly alike in this set of (15). They all have natural bristles, color-coded wooden handles and metal ferrules, but they range from fairly fine to 1/2" wide, and 7" to 10" long. There are at least (3) different kinds of bristles, and they are round, blunt and pointed. A nice variety, and a very nice quality for this price.

And you can’t lose. Really. Five bucks buys you (4) good quality artists’ paint brushes, 5” to 12” in length, from an extremely assorted collection. You’ll get sable, nylon, ox hair or camel hair, long or short, very fine to very wide, round to flat, in sizes from very fine to very wide, all from Duro Art Industries in Chicago. Gives you something to look forward to.

First you squeeze, then you paint. We'll pick (5) different colors from our staggeringly large selection of  Shiva by Delta artists' oil paints, all with lovely names including colonial blue, Quaker gray, Norsk blue, palomino, red iron oxide, adobe, walnut, phthalo, silver, hammered iron and a bunch more.

More gators than a University of Florida homecoming. Scroll on down and select from: our 6-piece assortment of 2” electrical clips including (2) each of insulated pliers-type alligator clips, regular insulated alligator clips and booted alligator clips in red and black; our 29” red and black test leads with open alligator clips at the ends; or our 6-pack of plated 1-1/2” alligator test clips, half red and half black, with crimped ends.

From science fairs to your better street demonstrations, if you’re making a poster, you should make it bright enough to shine. We recommend these washable water-color neon tempera poster paints in 2-fluid-ounce squeeze bottles. We’ll pick (3) different colors from the assortment of electric red, fuchsia pink, green apple, orange blast, cerulean blue and bright yellow.

Our beginningest art set is from Playskool® and features (8) washable (you’ll thank us later) water colors. Colors are in 1” oval paint pots, in red, orange, yellow, green, aqua, blue, brown and black, and come with a brush in a small snap-shut plastic case.

This clever little artist's brush holder/cleaner will keep those oil or watercolor brushes standing up (or down) straight with their little heads under water or paint thinner, clean and un-bent until you need them. A 4" dia x 2" deep aluminum cup is topped by a 6" tall U-shaped handle with a brush-holding spring across the top. Inside the cup is a mesh screen (with its own handle) for to clean the paint off and let it settle to the bottom, away from the bristles. The handle is removable for storage or travel.

The FolkArt® company calls these Dye Brushes for, yes, applying dye or creating blended or ombre effects (think shading). Feel free to use them for whatever, because it’s a free country. One is 8” long with 7/8” wide bristles and the other is 7-1/2” long with approx 1-1/4” wide bristles--both nylon. Includes a pair a thin plastic gloves, so you don’t dye your fingers.

We’ve got your paint pots right here. You pick from the acrylic paint sets from Testors™. The Hobby Set comes with (6) 0.1-oz pots of paint in Stoplight Red, Turn-Signal Amber, flat and gloss black, Engine Red, and silver, plus an applicator brush and a tube of model cement. The Military Set comes with (6) 0.1-oz pots of paint in Neutral Gray, Olive Drab, flat black, dark tan, Gunship Gray and silver, plus an applicator brush and a tube of model cement.

For students, beginners and neatniks, this concentrated watercolor paint set includes (24) little tubes (.04 oz each—remember, they’re concentrated) in an enormous range of colors, from Chinese white to lamp black and everything in between, with (3) blues, (4) greens, and faves like burnt umber and vermillion. Straight from the tube they're bright and deep. With added water they're light and translucent. Set comes with (3) artists' paint brushes. Non-toxic, for ages 3+.