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  The most commonly used types of paint are oil, watercolor, and acrylic. They are each slightly different on the way they are used, so the painting materials that will be best for you can change depending on which type of paint you are working with. For oil paints, it is important to have a good pallette and pallette knife, so that you can mix colors, and a citrus thinner for cleaning up afterwards. When painting with watercolors, you need jars or cups for clean water both to paint with and in which to rinse the brushes. Acrylic paints work best when you have a medium that you can mix with the paint to adjust the consistency.
  Painting materials can be quite expensive or very simple and inexpensive, and the right choice for you depends on how much you plan on painting. All three of the common types of paint are available in student or academic grade as well as in a more sophisticated artist grade. The grade of the paint will make a difference in how you can use it as well as in how it looks in the finished product, but artist grade paints will cost you substantially more. If you are just beginning or are working on projects that you don't plan on displaying or selling, a lower grade paint is probably the best choice. Brushes and canvases also vary in price, so make sure you think about how long and how often you plan to paint when you pick your painting materials. Ad