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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
$44.00
Mitsubishi Pencil Co.
Uni Watercolor Pencils, Botanical Pocket Set
$18.50
Cretacolor
Watercolor Graphite Pocket Set
$12.50
(Save $3.99)
Midori
MD Pencil Drawing Kit
$14.95
Holbein
Holbein Croquis Sketchbook
From $5.95 - $11.95
Kakimori
Kakimori Hardcover Notebook, A5, "Banshu-ori 07"
$30.00
Mitsubishi Pencil Co.
Mitsubishi 9852 Pencil, B, Set of 12
$10.95
Midori
MD Notebook Codex, Blank
$34.95
Kitaboshi Pencil Co.
Kitaboshi 9606 Writing Pencil, HB, Set of 12
$11.95
Michel Lauricella
Morpho Anatomy Handbooks: Hands and Feet
$16.95
Kitaboshi Pencil Co.
#9900 Drawing Pencil, Art Set of 12
$13.95
Mitsubishi Pencil Co.
Uni Alpha Gel Switch Mechanical Pencil
$13.95
Schmincke
Schmincke Horadam Watercolors, Luxury Wood Box Set
$539.00
(Save $284.54)
Kaweco
Supra Fountain Pen, Brass
$119.00
Midori
Ten Year Diary
$62.95
Raphaël
Le Voyageur Travel Brush Set
$85.00
(Save $64.95)
Schmincke
Mussini Oil Colors, Portable Studio Set
$489.00
(Save $198.89)
Traveler's Company
Traveler's Notebook, Limited Edition, "Traveler's Airlines"
$112.00
Traveler's Company
Traveler's Notebook, Limited Edition, "Traveler's Hotel"
$112.00
Kaweco
AL Sport Fountain Pen, Vibrant Violet
From $90.00 - $250.00
Midori
Three Year Diary, Green Leather (70th Anniversary Limited Edition)
$48.95
Kaweco
AL Sport Mechanical Pencil, 0.7 mm, Deep Red
$70.00
Schmincke
Horadam Watercolors, Wood Box Set of 48 with Palette
$395.00
(Save $175.12)
Kaweco
Collection Sport Fountain Pen, Iguana Blue
From $92.00 - $250.00
MABEF
Oiled Beechwood Lyre Easel 🚚
$139.00
(Save $68.95)
Schmincke
Horadam Watercolors, Wood Box of 24 Tubes with Palette
$319.00
(Save $103.93)
Midori
Midori MD Notebook Light, 70th Anniversary Box Set
$44.95
LIFE
Fantasy Notebook, A5, Ruled
$5.95
Teranishi
Taisho Roman Fountain Pen Ink, Melancholic Blue
$21.50
Teranishi
Taisho Roman Fountain Pen Ink, Classy Burgundy
$21.50
LIFE
Vermilion Notebook, A5, Ruled
$5.95
Traveler's Company
Kraft Envelopes, Medium
$8.95
Midori
Die-Cut Letterpress Note Set, Yellow/Red
$7.95
LIFE
Pistachio Notebook, A5, Ruled
$5.95
Hahnemühle
Millimeterblock Graph Paper, A4
$7.59
(Save $1.86)
Midori
Gasa Gasa Mixed Letter Set, Playful
$7.95
Midori
Gasa Gasa Mixed Letter Set, Geometric
$7.95
MAX Co., Ltd.
MAX HP-10 Stapler
$18.95
Studio Carta
Italian Dressmaker Shears
From $42.00 - $54.00
Studio Carta
Soft-Touch Red Shears, 7"
$52.00
Studio Carta
Soft-Touch Red Mini Scissors
$34.00
Studio Carta
Le Piccole Mini Scissors, Gold
$36.00
Studio Carta
Florentine Gilded Scissors, 5"
$38.00
Platinum
Pro Use 171 Mechanical Pencil
$20.00
Platinum
Extra Fine Desk Pen, Red
$12.95
Kakimori
Kakimori Monthly Planner, B6, Winnie
$37.00
Lars Müller (ed.)
Neue Grafik 1958-1965, Complete Facsimile Box Set
$290.00
Peggy Dean
Peggy Dean's Guide to Nature Drawing and Watercolor
$22.99
Zoe Ingram
Oh My Gouache!
$22.99
Leslie Frontz
The Watercolor Course You've Always Wanted
$24.99
Betty Edwards
Color
$24.00
Betty Edwards
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
$22.00
Andrea Kantrowitz
Drawing Thought
$28.95
Juliet Bingham
Dóra Maurer
$22.99
Michel Lauricella
Morpho Anatomy Handbooks: Muscled Bodies
$14.95
Barry Schwabsky
Landscape Painting Now
$65.00
Laurie Lambrecht
Roy Lichtenstein in His Studio
$35.00
Caitlin Metz
Feel Something, Make Something (Signed Copy)
$15.99
Adam Leith Gollner
Illustrated Catalog of American Fruit and Nuts
$50.00
Michel Lauricella
Morpho Anatomy Handbooks: Fat and Skin Folds
$16.95
Adebanji Alade
Painting People and Places
$25.95
Niklaus Troxler
Poster Collection: Niklaus Troxler
$25.00
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.