Art Gifts for GCSE student

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What do they need. She has just said Art stuff.....

Posca pens
This book is really popular so I got if for my dd and she spent hours with it. I’d get her these pens too.
ArtBin organiser
Canvas panels

As an Art teacher I would get:
Watercolour paint in tubes
Watercolour paper
Blenders/stubs (for tonal shading)
A4 slim light pad (about £10 on Amazon)
Black fine line pens
White gel pen
Acrylic paint pens (posca are great but cheaper versions are fine too)
Assorted of interesting paper colours/textures for displaying work in sketchbook

I shared these before in another thread, but these watercolour brush pens are amazing for art and calligraphy. You can adjust the pressure and colour to be lighter / darker. They're amazing!! amzn.to/329dFP3

Thank you everyone! Lifesavers
especially @sohypnotic

@sohypnotic what do they use the light pad for? Is it just tracing or does it make drawing easier too?

Not just for tracing, although useful for that too so Erinyes. The kids also. use them for quickly making copies of a drawing they've already done, so they can test out different art materials/ colours etc or for refining a sketch. Can also be useful if creating a composition from separate images/sketches.

Prismacolor pencils! Oh my god they are amazing. Micron pens; also amazing. The fancy markers; Posca I think? They have a thick end and a thin end and blend beautifully. One of those electric erasers. A putty rubber. If you’re really pushing the boat out, an iPad, Apple Pencil and ProCreate.
(I’m an art teacher by the way!)

A reinforced, oversized folder/bag for carrying artwork to and from school.