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sleepingfingers:
I have had the luck to paint with a close friend of mine recently and it has provided me an amazing relaxation tool.  I am hoping I can find some help in what I would need to get started solo.  I have already made my own easel, frames, and canvas stretcher.  I am looking to spend somewhere in the area of 100 bucks.  Not sure if it helps but I live in MA if it helps with retailer recommendations.  My goal is not to paint for quality, just entertainment.
thanks
adam

Lines:
I would recommend going with acrylic over oil, as it's better for beginners (can be cleaned up with water) and is more cost effective. You should probably be able to find Liquitex Basics, which is a good paint, and be able to get a medium or two (I recommend gloss, matte, and extender base, which keeps your paint from drying too fast). You should also be able to get a few brushes and it's personal preference what type of hair you should get. A disposable palette would also be good for you and be pretty inexpensive and you should also probably get a palette knife (the straight kind for mixing paint).

Colors I recommend for starting out with: Titanium white, ebony black, yellow ochre, cadmium red, hansa yellow or cadmium yellow, pthalo green, pthalo blue, ultramarine blue, and crimson red. This is basically what you need to make any color you want, but if you want metallics, neons, or any other color, you could get those too.

KharBevNor:
Fuck crimson red, crimson lake is where it's at.

Lines:
Crimson red was the closest color to alizarin crimson I could find that the brand I listed makes, which is why I put phtalo green instead of viridian. (And like the OP says, he's a beginner, and I don't think he needs to know color theory when he's just starting out and wants to experiment.) Any red that has the word "crimson" attached to it is a good red and you can get whatever brand of paint you want.

Also, just so you know sleepingfingers, any color that has the word "hue" attached to it is fine, but it will be a little more transparent than colors that don't, so you may want to add a bit of white if you want it more opaque.

leperphiliac:
If you're going with acrylic, synthetic bristles are probably your best bet. Be sure you don't let the paint dry on the bristles when  you're done, cuz then it's impossible to get off.

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