To keep with my vegan lifestyle, I double-checked that the supplies I use in my projects were in fact vegan. I found that I will need to edit some of the products already residing in my studio. Going forward the list below will guide the buying decisions for my studio supplies. I ran across this website that did the product investigation already, so all I needed to do was to confirm what in my existing stock was vegan and make a purchasing plan for future supplies. I like keeping things simple, so I looked for brands that were consistently vegan in their philosophy and products. That turned out to be more difficult than I originally thought as many brands had exclusions to this or that. By the way, most Ivory Black and Paynes Grey are made from charred cow bones.

Here is my supply list of preferred brands that are vegan. I’ll update this list as new information becomes available. If you know of any sources or perhaps something on this list isn’t really vegan, comment below. Would love to chat with fellow plant lovers!

Acrylic Paint
-Winsor & Newton
-Golden

Brushes
-Acrylic and oil: Mimik Hog Professional Synthetic Hog Bristle Brushes
-Watercolor: da Vinci Watercolor Series 5386 Casaneo Paint Brush Set, New Wave Synthetics

Canvas
-Blick Premier Artists' Panels and Gallery Wrapped up to 16 x 16
-(Still looking for a stretched canvas for sizes 18 x 18 - 40 x 40)

Charcoal
-Winsor & Newton Artist Vine Charcoal Sticks

Encaustic Pucks
-Colors of Nature

Gesso
-Natural Earth Paint-Eco Gesso Kit [The full kit makes 50 fl. oz. of gesso, which is enough to prime about 10-15 medium-sized canvases]
-Golden GAC Acrylic Polymer Mediums

Masking Fluid
-Talens Royal Liquid Masking Film

Oil Paints
-Colors of Nature

Pastels
-Colors of Nature

Pigments
-Colors of Nature

Sizing
-Gamblin PVA Size. [More archival than rabbit glue]

Tape
-IPG White Artist Tape

Watercolor
-Colors of Nature
-Kuretake Gansai Tambi
-Maimeri Blu [except for 484 Van Dyck Brown, 486 Sepia, 514 Payne’s Grey, and 535 Ivory Black]

Watercolor Paper
-Legion Stonehenge Aqua Watercolor Paper
-Moulin Du Roy Block 140Lb Hot Press