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Art supplies are our love language.
When you give someone a set of paints, you give them your vote of confidence. You're saying that they have something special to show the world, and that they have the talent to express it. You're paying respect to their way of doing things; you're amplifying their voice.
This guide is our annual attempt to help you choose the perfect thing to empower and uplift each of your creative friends. We've spent all year collecting well-made, hard-to-find items from around the world: new writing instruments, limited-edition watercolors, elegant wood box sets, and clever little things for desktops and studio tables.
As ever, we're offering free gift wrapping upon request (no order minimum) and free shipping on U.S. orders over $59.
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Quick Picks
These are our sure-thing, crowd-pleasing, best-selling gifts of 2022.
Stocking Stuffers
Gifts under $25 for stockings, Secret Santa, and that weird cousin you've only met twice.
Gifts for Painters
Our favorite sets and must-have accessories for watercolor, oil painting, and gouache.
Gifts for Writers
Thoughtful journals, pens, stationery, and desktop tools for stylish writers.
Kaweco
Sketch Up Pencil, Raw Brass
$69.00
Mitsubishi Pencil Co.
Uni Watercolor Pencils, Botanical Pocket Set
$29.00
Cretacolor
Watercolor Graphite Pocket Set
$20.00
(Save $6.00)
Mitsubishi Pencil Co.
Mitsubishi 9852 Pencil, B, Set of 12
$18.00
Midori
MD Notebook Codex, Blank
$55.00
Kitaboshi Pencil Co.
Kitaboshi 9606 Writing Pencil, HB, Set of 12
$16.00
Michel Lauricella
Morpho Anatomy Handbooks: Hands and Feet
$27.00
Kitaboshi Pencil Co.
#9900 Drawing Pencil, Art Set of 12
$22.00
Mitsubishi Pencil Co.
Uni Alpha Gel Switch Mechanical Pencil
$22.00
Kitaboshi Pencil Co.
Urushi Lead Holder
$32.00
Tombow
MONO Calligraphy Pencil, 4B, Box of 12
$29.00
Marc Taro Holmes
The Urban Sketcher
$44.00
Schmincke
Schmincke Horadam Watercolors, Luxury Wood Box Set
$842.00
(Save $444.00)
Kaweco
Supra Fountain Pen, Brass
$186.00
Midori
Ten Year Diary
$99.00
Raphaël
Le Voyageur Travel Brush Set
$133.00
(Save $102.00)
Schmincke
Mussini Oil Colors, Portable Studio Set
$764.00
(Save $310.00)
Schmincke
Horadam Watercolors, Wood Box Set of 48 with Palette
$617.00
(Save $273.00)
MABEF
Oiled Beechwood Lyre Easel 🚚
$217.00
(Save $108.00)
Schmincke
Horadam Watercolors, Wood Box of 24 Tubes with Palette
$498.00
(Save $163.00)
Midori
Midori MD Notebook Light, 70th Anniversary Box Set
$71.00
Teranishi
Taisho Roman Fountain Pen Ink, Melancholic Blue
$34.00
Teranishi
Taisho Roman Fountain Pen Ink, Classy Burgundy
$34.00
Hahnemühle
Millimeterblock Graph Paper, A4
$12.00
(Save $3.00)
Midori
Gasa Gasa Mixed Letter Set, Geometric
$13.00
Midori
Die-Cut Letterpress Note Set, Yellow/Red
$13.00
Midori
Gasa Gasa Mixed Letter Set, Playful
$13.00
Traveler's Company
Kraft Envelopes, Medium
$14.00
LIFE
Fantasy Notebook, A5, Ruled
$10.00
LIFE
Pistachio Notebook, A5, Ruled
$10.00
LIFE
Vermilion Notebook, A5, Ruled
$10.00
Caitlin Metz
Feel Something, Make Something
$25.00
Adam Moss
The Work of Art
$71.00
Lesczenski & Schneider-Braunberger
The Finest Colors for Artists
$55.00
Michel Lauricella
Morpho: Anatomy for Artists
$52.00
Grill & Pretor-Pinney
Cloudspotting for Beginners
$40.00
Color Wheel Co.
Pocket Guide to Mixing Color
$7.00
Gabriel Campanario
The Complete Urban Sketching Companion
$40.00
Amy Sherald
Amy Sherald: The World We Make
$86.00
Juliette Aristides
Figure Drawing Atelier: An Instructional Sketchbook
$40.00
Marc Taro Holmes
The Urban Sketcher
$44.00
James Baldwin
James Baldwin Three-Book Box Set
$78.00
Leslie Frontz
The Watercolor Course You've Always Wanted
$40.00
Lynne Tillman
Stephen Shore: Uncommon Places
$102.00
Sandra Rendgen
History of Information Graphics
$125.00
Sakura Nomiyama
Takenobu Igarashi A-Z
$94.00
Nicholson Baker
Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art
$55.00
Don't forget...
Wrap With Furoshiki
We love to give gifts wrapped in furoshiki. They're Japanese wrapping cloths, capable of many uses and re-uses, and they come in lots of lovely patterns.
Always Leave a Note
A gift is incomplete without a tag, and it's even nicer if you write something personal. We stock a variety of mini note options in our stationery department.
Everyone Needs a Notebook
Need "one more thing" for someone on your list? Good news: notebooks go with everything. There's a notebook style for everyone in our paper section.