Premium Art Materials
For over 55 years, we’ve been Santa Cruz’s premier destination for professional and student art materials. Our selection includes the finest supplies from trusted brands worldwide.
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Paints · Dyes · Pigments · Mediums
Watercolors
Daniel Smith
15ml Tubes · Half-pan Sets · Watercolor Sticks
At least 35% off every day
Winsor & Newton Artist
Tubes & Half-pans
At least 35% off every day
Sennelier
Schmincke
Holbein
QoR by Golden
M. Graham
At least 40% off every day
Winsor & Newton Cotman
Talens Van Gogh
Grumbacher Academy
Art Creations
Sets
Koi
Sets
Pelikan
Sets
Prang
Sets
Oil Tubes
Winsor & Newton Artist Oils
15ml Tubes
At least 35% off every day
Winsor & Newton Winton Oils
Half-pan Sets
At least 35% off every day
Winsor & Newton Griffin Oils (Alkyd)
Watercolor Sticks
At least 35% off every day
Talens Rembrandt
Tubes & Half-pans
Talens Cobra
Water clean-up
Talens Van Gogh
Michael Harding Oil Colours
Williamsburg
Sennelier
Gamblin Artist Oils
Gamblin 1980
Student
M. Graham
Daler-Rowney Georgian
Art Creations
Sets
Oil Sticks
R&F Pigments Sticks
15ml Tubes
Shiva Paintstiks
Half-pan Sets
Winsor & Newton OilBar
Acrylics
Liquitex Heavy & Soft Body
Liquitex Acrylic Gouache
Golden Heavy Body
At least 30% off every day
Golden OPEN
Slow dry acrylics
At least 30% off every day
Golden Fluids
At least 30% off every day
Golden High Flow
At least 30% off every day
Holbein Acrylic Gouache
Sennelier Abstract
M. Graham
At least 40% off every day
Talens Amsterdam
Liquitex Basics
Student
Art Alternatives
Student & 1/2 Gallons
Daler-Rowney DR Graduate Acrylics
500ml
DecoArt:
Multi-Surface · Galaxy Glitter · Extreme Sheen
Pastels
Sennelier
Regular & oil
Schmincke
Rembrandt
Holbein
– Closing out
Unison
Art Spectrum
Faber Castell
Richeson Street Stix
Nupastel
Pentel
Oil
Van Gogh
Oil
Cray-Pas
Gouache
Winsor & Newton
M. Graham
At least 40% off every day
Casein
Shiva/Richeson
Grumbacher
Discontinued, very limited
Glass Paint
Pebeo Vitrea 160
Encaustic Wax
Encaustikos
Hot Cakes and Hot Sticks
R&F
Enamels
One Shot Enamel Sign Paint
Testors
Tempera Paint
Pro-Art
Fabric Markers
Leather Paint
Angelus
Popular for Shoes
Alcohol Inks
Silk Dyes
Spray Paints
Montana Water-Based
100ml – Small selection
Liquitex
On close-out. Can special order
Fabric Dyes
Jacquard
– Procion MX
– iDye for Natural Fabrics
– iDye Poly
– Basic Dyes
– Indigo Dye Kit
– Tie-Dye Kits
– SolarFast
Cushing
Limited
Raw Pigments
Airbrush Paints
Createx
Golden
– Use Golden High Flow with airbrushing additive
Misc. Paint
Sets of paints
Artist Grade & Student Grade
From Deluxe Wooden Oil Paint Box sets to keychain watercolor sets.
Painting Mediums and Thinners
For oil, acrylic, casein, and watercolor.
Printing · Printmaking
In-store we also carry: Screen printing materials and inks, screen printing sets, etching inks, scribes, linoleum blocks, linoleum cutters, brayers, block printing inks, etching inks, etching tools, tarlatan.
Speedball
Fabric Screen Printing Inks
Speedball
Opaque Screen Printing Inks
Speedball
Professional Relief Inks
Speedball
Water-Soluble Block Printing Inks
Speedball
Fabric Block Printing Inks
Charbonnel
Etching Inks
Charbonnel
AquaWash Etching Inks
Brushes
We have approximately 10,000 brushes in stock!
- Artist Brushes
- Foam Brushes
- Brush Sets
- Winsor & Newton
- Isabey
- Princeton
- Escoda
- Connoisseur
- Raphael
- Robert Simmons
- Grumbacher
- Da Vinci
- Jack Richeson
- Fibonacci
- Royal & Langnickel
- Silver Brush
- FM Brush
- And More!
Markers · Pens · Inks
Feel free to give us a call if you don’t see what you are looking for! This is just a portion of what we carry.
- Markers
- Alcohol-Based Art Markers
- Water-Based Markers
- Brush Markers
- Illustration Markers
- And More!
- Paint Pens
- Molotow
- Posca
- Montana
- DecoColor
- And More!
- Pens
- Writing Pens
- Technical Pens
- Sanford
- Pentel
- Uchida
- Pilot
- Niji
- Marvy
- Zebra
- Itoya
- Nibs (Calligraphy, Writing, Sketching)
- And More!
- Inks
- Pelikan
- Higgins
- Koh-I-Noor
- Dr. Martin’s
- Winsor & Newton
- F.W.
- Liquitex
- Sennelier Shellac
- And More!
Pencils
Feel free to give us a call if you don’t see what you are looking for! This is just a portion of what we carry.
- Graphite Pencils
- Turquoise
- General’s
- Cretacolor
- Design
- Derwent
- Stabilo
- Faber-Castell
- Prismacolor
- Caran d’Ache
- Lyra
- Pentalic
- Wax/Oil-Based Colored Pencils
- Colored Drawing Pencils (Verithin, Col-Erase)
- Water-Soluble Colored Pencils (Caran d’Ache, Cretacolor, Derwent, Stabilo)
- Water-Soluble Colored Crayons (Caran d’Ache, Cretacolor)
- Drafting Pencils
- Pencil Sets
- Assorted Pencil Sets
- Artist Pencil Sets
- And More!
- A Variety of Erasers of course as well!
Adhesives · Tapes
- Masking Tape
- Scotch Tape
- Double-Sided Tape
- ATG Tape
- Archival Hinging Tape
- Document Repair Tape
- Adhesive Sheets
- Spray Adhesives
- Liquid Glues
- Rubber Cement
- Super Glue
- PVA Glue
- Silver Brush
- And More!
Canvases · Linen · Stretcher Bars
Canvases
We have the second largest selection of Masterpiece Canvases in the world! We also stock Winsor & Newton Classic Canvases as well as Frederix Watercolor Canvases. We stock well over 1,500 canvases! Pre-stretched canvases in several bar weights also available with linen (rectangles, squares from 3″x4″ to 4´x6´ and ovals too). Plus our frame shop can stretch custom sizes for you.
Canvas & Linen by the Foot/Roll
We raw cotton canvas, raw linen, and also primed cotton canvas by the foot. We also have an assortment of cotton and linen in rolls.
Stretcher Bars
Stretcher Bars from 8″ up to 60″ in standard weight, heavyweight bars from 12″ up to 120″!
Panels
We carry thousands of Ampersand panels, both cradled and uncradled, in a wide range of surfaces to suit every creative project. Choose from raw wood, gesso, clay-coated, encaustic, and wet media (watercolor) panels, along with a selection of panels from other trusted brands.
Framing · Matboards
Framing
A room devoted to 2,000 pre-made frames, thousands of pre-cut mats, aluminum sectional frames (8″ to 40″), a variety of mat cutters (Logan, Dexter). Thousands of matboards ready to cut. We also have a full-service professional custom frame shop.
Looking for a custom cut mat or frame? Head over to our custom framing page!
Matboards
One of the largest retail selections of matboards in the United States (Bainbridge, Crescent, and Canson brands), foam-core (on sale cheap!) up to 48″x96″, railroad boards, illustration boards, poster boards, Museum Boards (Strathmore, Rising, on sale at over 50% off of list price!), presentation boards, science project display boards.
Sculpture
- Wood Carving Tools
- Plaster & Casting Supplies
- Ceramics & Pottery Supplies
- Stone Carving Tools
- Sculpting Tools & Accessories
- Clay Tools & Modeling Tools
- Armature Materials
- Oil-Based Modeling Clay
- Oven-Bake Clays (Sculpey®, Fimo®, Premo!®)
- Air-Dry Clay
- Ceramic Clay
Easels
Full range from tabletop to deluxe double-mast studio easels. Best, Testrite, MABEF, Art Advantage, Pro-Art, Winsor & Newton, etc. At least 30-50 on display at any time.
Miscellaneous
Everything you need beyond the basics—specialty tools, studio essentials, and hard-to-find supplies for every kind of creative project.
- Airbrushes:
Paasche, Richpen, Airbrush Parts, Hoses, Compressors, Friskette Films, Airbrush Paints. - Books:
Art Technique Books, Featured Artist Books, Children’s Activity Books. - Crafts:
Plaster Gauze, Pipe Cleaners, Popsicle Sticks, Resin, Liquid Latex, Wood Burners, Shaped Punches, Stencils, etc. - Graphic Materials:
X-Acto Knives & Blades, Mechanical Boards, etc. - Kids Corner:
Fun crafts, Snazaroo Face Paint, Stickerbooks, Creativity for Kids, Crayola, etc.
- Manikins:
Man (various sizes), Woman (various sizes), Horse, Hand, Alligator, Alien, Mouse, etc. - Sign Making:
Vinyl Lettetext-align:left;rs, Sheets of Adhesive Vinyl, Stencils, etc. - Storage:
Portfolios, Presentation Cases, Art Supply Boxes, Storage Tubes. - Tools & Accessories:
Palette Knives, Mouth Atomizers, Opaque Projectors, Magnifiers, Tjanting Tools, Lettering Guides, Rubber Cement Pick-Ups, Flexible Curves, etc. - And More:
Additional specialty tools and studio supplies.