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GRAPHITE PENCILS
DRAWING PAPER
ERASERS
BLENDING TOOLS
FABRIC PAINT
BRUSHES
GRAPHITE PENCILS
The best graphite pencils for drawing.
Great graphite pencils. You can blend them with brushes or blending tools.
Koh-I-Noor : Graphite Pencils 1912 Set of 12 : 8B - 2H
Specially developed to reduce reflection, they are ideal for monochrome graphite work.
Faber-Castell Pitt Graphite Matte Pencils - Set of 11
Discover the rich, ultra-matte effect of innovative Faber-Castell Pitt Graphite Matte Pencils.
FaberCastell Pitt Graphite Matte Pencils and Sets
Caran d'Ache has drawn on its expertise and explored the deepest graphite mines to search out the infinite color nuances of carbon.
Caran dAche Grafwood Pencils and Sets
These high quality graphite pencils glide smoothly over the paper. They are highly break-resistant and easy to erase.
Staedtler Lumograph Drawing and Sketching Pencils and Sets
This set includes a collection of high-quality Lyra Rembrandt Art Design graphite pencils, ideally suited for graphics, design, art, and architecture applications.
Lyra Rembrandt Art Design Graphite Pencil Set
The Prismacolor Premier Art Kit contains everything you need to create vivid illustrations, drawings, and designs.
Prismacolor Premier Mixed Media Art Kit
The Progresso's solid, weighty feel and excellent laydown make it a great pencil for drawing and sketching.
KohINoor Progresso Woodless Graphite Pencils and Set
Prismacolor pure woodless graphite offers a smooth drawing formula, with no wood casing to sharpen away. Issue fine or broad strokes with a series of pencils that cover ever project, every mood.
Prismacolor Graphite Drawing Set
These premium-quality pencils have a high proportion of carbon for matte, jet black results.
Staedtler Mars Lumograph Black Drawing Pencils and Set
The Faber-Castell Art-On-The-Go Drawing Set includes everything you need to draw and sketch anywhere.
FaberCastell ArtOnTheGo Drawing Set
DRAWING PAPER
The paper has a slight texture and is great for drawing with graphite pencils.
Fabriano Accademia Paper 120g
Suitable for all dry and most wet techniques, 1264 pads feature 110 lb (160 gsm) heavier-weight, medium-textured soft white paper that holds up to multiple wet layers.
Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media Paper Pads
Excellent for use with pencils, colored pencils, charcoal, and sketching sticks, this cream-colored drawing paper...
Strathmore 400 Series Heavyweight Drawing Pads
Perfect for both light and dark media, the paper is excellent for creating white highlights and dark shadows with graphite, chalk, charcoal, sketching sticks, markers, china markers, colored pencils, pens, and white gel pens
Strathmore 400 Series Recycled Toned Sketch Wirebound Pads
Canson's bright white pad features paper with a brightness level of 102, which provides superb color contrast. Its fine tooth is ideal for detailed drawing in pencil, colored pencil, and pen-and-ink.
Canson Pure White Drawing Pad
Strathmore 400 Series Colored Pencil Paper provides a toothy, clean surface that is ideal for a variety of colored pencil techniques.
Strathmore 400 Series Colored Pencil Pads
Ideal for markers, graphite, colored pencils, pen and ink, acrylic paint pens, and watercolors.
Canson XL Mixed Media Pads
Smooth is suited for pen or pencil. Vellum is ideal for a broad range of media, including crayon and charcoal.
Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Board Pads
Just the thing for those quick sketches and drawings, in the studio or in the field. This economical yet high-quality sketchbook contains 108 pages of acid-free, cream-colored 65 lb (98 gsm) paper with excellent tooth for all dry media techniques.
Blick Studio Hardbound Sketchbook
These soft, flexible and lightweight books fit anywhere and are perfect for jotting down thoughts and sketches on the go. They're covered in heavy-duty cardboard with visible stitching on the spine.
Moleskine Cahier Journals
ERASERS
Protect your work and erase only what you need with a high-quality, precision eraser that won't damage your paper.
Tombow Mono Zero Refillable Eraser
Perfect eraser for small details.
Derwent BatteryOperated Eraser
Ideal for precision erasing, Faber-Castell Perfection Eraser Pencils are ideal for erasing a variety of media.
FaberCastell Perfection Eraser Pencil
Excellent for erasing and highlighting with pencils, colored pencils, charcoal, and pastels.
FaberCastell Kneaded Eraser
This ultra-slim white plastic eraser is perfect for tight areas and precision erasing. Its small size also makes it extremely portable.
Tombow Mono Smart Eraser
These three versatile erasers are excellent for removing or highlighting pencil, chalk, charcoal, and pastel. The multi-pack contains a Kneaded Rubber eraser, an Artgum eraser, and a plastic eraser.
Prismacolor Eraser MultiPack
BLENDING TOOLS
Using the tools included in this Sketching Tool Set you’ll be able to blend effortlessly, which will save you plenty of time and energy when creating.
Drawing & Detailing Accessory Tools - 35 Piece Set
Create stunning blending effects with the Spectrum Noir Pencil Blending Kit.
Spectrum Noir Pencil Blending Kit
Blend, smudge, and smear your dry media of choice.
Art Alternatives Blending Stumps
Great for use with pastel, charcoal, and graphite, the Alvin Heritage Drawing Tools Set is the perfect addition to any artist’s drawing collection.
Alvin Heritage Drawing Tools Set
Great for blending graphite and charcoal.
Royal & Langnickel Zen Watercolor Synthetic Scrubber Brushes
FABRIC PAINT
Ready-to-use and highly concentrated, Pebeo Setacolor Fabric Paints create beautiful effects on natural and synthetic fibers.
Pebeo Setacolor Fabric Paints and Sets
This waterbased, professional-quality acrylic spray paint is specialized for fabric and smaller items, such as hats and shoes.
Pebeo 7A Fabric Spray Paint
Make your own unique designs on bags, clothes, and more with Pebeo 7A Opaque Fabric Markers. These water-based markers have a 4mm round tip and air dry in two hours to a lovely matte finish.
Pebeo 7A Opaque Fabric Markers and Sets
These professional quality, medium-body fabric paints are permanent and colorfast on synthetic and natural fabrics, stretchy and extruded fabrics, and porous and semi-porous surfaces like wood and leather.
Jacquard Textile Colors and Sets
BRUSHES
Great for watercolor, acrylic, and other media.
Blick Essentials Value Brush Set - Assorted Brushes, White Nylon, Set of 12
Great for acrylic, oil, watercolor, and other media.
Princeton Select Series 3750 Brush Sets
These artist quality Brown Taklon value sets include a variety of shapes and sizes for use with acrylics, watercolors, and tempera paints.
Royal & Langnickel Crafters Choice Brush Sets
Great brushes for watercolor, acrylic, and other media.
Blick Essentials Brown Nylon Value Brush Sets
Intended for beginners, students, and hobbyists, this set is perfect for experimenting with different media, brush types, and painting techniques.
Blick Essentials Craft Value 25 Brush Set
Great for acrylic and oil paints.
Princeton Real Value Series 9100 Bristle Brush Sets
The Royal & Langnickel Soft Grip White Taklon Brush Set is great for use in the classroom, workshops, or studio with acrylic, watercolor, gouache, and tempera paint.
Royal & Langnickel Soft Grip White Taklon Brush Set
Soak, shape, store, and wipe fine brushes as you work in this durable, attractive, beige-colored basin.
Richeson Plastic Brush Bin
OTHER SUPPLIES
Created especially for protecting pencil and charcoal renderings, this transparent, non-yellowing fixative dries to a uniform matte finish.
Sennelier Delacroix Spray Fixative for Pencils and Charcoals
Mottle-free fixative is excellent for protecting pastel and charcoal drawings between layers of color. Rework and erase if desired.
Blick Matte Fixative
This heavy-duty drawing board is just what every student needs.
Richeson Drawing Clip Board
Blick Hand Manikins are life-size models that, when manipulated, become an intriguing exercise in themselves.
Blick Hand Manikins
A manikin is an indispensable reference tool for learning the basics of figure drawing. Rendered from durable hardwood, Blick Manikins are figures that can be manipulated into almost any position that can be achieved by the human form.
Blick Hardwood Manikin
Ideal for figure drawing studies in the classroom or studio, the Black Wood Manikin stands 12" tall and can be easily manipulated to simulate nearly any natural position.
Black Wood Manikin
These delightful two-in-one creations provide a unique and interesting model for drawing, painting, or sculpting. Practice drawing the hand from any angle or orientation.
Human Hand Stands
Give students a head start. Our lifelike plastic skull dissects into three parts, and has three removable teeth (incisor, cuspid, and molar). It also has a moveable jaw, a cut calvarium, and suture lines.
Budget Skull
Great sharpener, deal for your desk, counter, or small workspace
XActo Mighty Mite Electric Pencil Sharpener with Pencil Saver
Professional and portable, Dahle's mechanical pencil sharpener accepts standard, oversized, and European made pencils up to 12 mm in diameter.
Dahle Professional Pencil Sharpener
One sharpener, two uses! The Prismacolor Pencil Sharpener features two blades for narrow and wide point sharpening. This sharpener works great with Prismacolor colored pencils, graphite, and Prismacolor Verithin pencils.
Prismacolor Pencil Sharpener
Dux Glass Inkwell Sharpeners make an elegant addition to any workspace. Suitable for round, hexagonal, and triangular standard-width pencils or crayons, these sharp, high-quality sharpeners mount to a metal lid.
Dux Glass Inkwell Sharpeners
Folding palette is molded from lightweight plastic, so you can hold it steady for as long as you wish to paint
Blick Folding Palette Box
Made from pure white porcelain, this high-quality mixing palette is glazed by hand to offer a pristine surface for mixing inks, dyes, watercolors, and other waterbased media.
Richeson Flower Porcelain Mixing Tray
Great tool for creating points on pencils, charcoal, pastels, stumps, and tortillons, it includes 10 sheets of 1" x 4" sandpaper.
Richeson Sandpaper Pointer
Blick Masking Tape provides excellent adhesion for painting, packaging, bundling, temporary marking, and so many other uses around the studio.
Blick Masking Tape
The Blick Premier Precision Art Knife is an extremely sharp fine point knife ideal for detailed, meticulous cuts on paper, cardstock, stencils, film, photographs, tape, and most other lightweight art and craft materials.
Blick Premier Precision Art Knife and Blades
Made of high-tech , 3-ply polymer, Blick Self-Healing Cutting Mats have a self-healing surface that holds up under repeated use.
Blick SelfHealing Cutting Mats
Use almost every bit of your favorite pencils with Derwent Pencil Extenders.
Derwent Pencil Extenders
With this sliding-grip holder, you can use almost every bit of a pencil before having to throw it away! The Pencil Lengthener adds that feeling of balance and allows for a good grip.
KohINoor Pencil Lengthener
Extend the life of pencils with The Miser! Made of wood and metal, The Miser attaches to short and stubby wood-cased pencils and adds 5" to the length, creating a better hold for the user.
Generals The Miser Pencil Extender
Blick Aluminum Non-Slip Rulers are durable, precise, and best of all affordable. The have a high-quality neoprene backing that's more stable and longer lasting than traditional cork.
Blick Aluminum NonSlip Rulers
Perfect for organizing pencils, pens, cutting tools, and other supplies, the ArtBin Pencil Box is molded from sturdy tinted translucent polypropylene.
ArtBin Pencil Box
Perfect for travel and protecting brushes. Great size and flexibility.
Holbein Adjustable Brush Holder
Made of durable canvas with stitched leather edging, these handy, portable roll-up cases hold up to 36 of your favorite drawing or sketching pencils.
Global Art Roll Up Pencil Cases
Perfect for adventurous artists, this water pot expands on site then collapses for transport. It's also easy to clean and store. Ridges around the rim keep brush handles separated and organized while you're painting.
FaberCastell Clic & Go Water Pot
The durable plastic brush basin cylinder is a great accessory to have at your side as you paint. It's also handy for transporting items to and from the classroom or studio.
Richeson Brush Basin Cylinder
DRAWING BOOKS
Create realistic human faces and facial expressions in pencil following the detailed lessons in Drawing Faces & Expressions: Learn to Draw Step by Step, an instructional guide for beginning artists.
Drawing Faces & Expressions: Learn to Draw Step by Step
Packed with practical advice, helpful tips, and fundamental techniques from four experienced artists, this comprehensive guidebook is an essential resource to which artists of all skill levels can refer again and again.
The Art of Drawing People
This guide provides step-by-step techniques to help you draw realistic hands and feet using conté sticks, charcoal, and graphite.
Success in Art: Drawing Hands & Feet
Artist Giovanni Civardi shows you how to draw people of all ages in different poses using the grid system. You’ll learn how to create accurate and detailed drawings by laying a grid over a photograph then transferring the image to paper one square at...
Drawing People Using Grids