Craft Supplies and Art Supplies

Craft supplies are essential for the artist or hobbyist in you.  There are a wide variety of craft supplies to choose from.  Arts supplies and craft supplies are perfect for the hobby of your choice.  

Art Supplies
Artists need art supplies.  Some of the art supplies that can help nurture your creative side include.

Art Supply List

Painting Supplies

Oil paints

* oil paints are classic and traditional and will stay beautiful for hundreds of years.  High quality oil paints in either modern mixtures and base pigments are at the ready, with thinners, linseed oil and other media tools

Acrylics

* Acrylic paints are water based and have the advantage of drying quickly.  Easy and fast to work with, acrylics are one of the most popular art mediums available.   Clean up is easy and fumes are not an issue with acrylic paints.

Gesso

* Need to prime a canvas? Gesso is the stuff.  Gesso is also useful as a thickening medium for highly textured pieces of work.

Canvas

* Stretched canvas, raw canvas and bulk canvas as well as canvas board are all options for the aspiring artist and craftsman.   A variety of panels, stretched canvas sizes and texture options are available.

Brushes
* Each media requires different brushes.   Camel hair brushes, synthetic brushes as well as brushes made from sable, and other natural fibers will help you get the handling you need.

Palettes

* Every artist needs palettes for mixing colors.  Designs may be tray, flat or open style and come in a variety sizes.   Specialized palettes for working in different media and in different spaces are available.

Palette Knives

* For artists that like to lay it on thick, palette knives are perfect for forming shapes and slabs of color.   Palette knife mastery can allow you to quickly lay out your designs or even bring them to a finished piece of work.  Bob Ross was a famous palette knife painter, but there have been many.

Easels

* Easels are available as vertical easels, flat easels and adjustable easels.   A good easel will support canvas of the size you are working with and has tilt and angle adjustment.   Whether you prefer the traditional wooden easel or modern metal easels made of lightweight titanium or aluminum, they are available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.

Picture Frame

* Your finished masterpiece needs a picture frame.   Choosing the right picture frame can bring out the best in your work by accenting colors and casting them in sharp relief.  Picture frames come in a wide range of stylistic shapes and sizes.

Matting

* Matting and Matting Supplies will help you build the perfect inner frame or mat for your picture to bring it to its best effect.

Sculpting Supplies

Sculptors have needed sculpting supplies since long before Michelangelo set chisel to stone to create his masterpiece.   Craft supplies for sculptors are available for a wide range of media

Clay
Sculpture Tools
Mesh frames
Chisels
Soap stone
Metal Sculpture tools

Craft Supplies for Quilting and Sewing

Fabric
Yarn
Needles
Thread
Sewing Mats
Stretchers
Pins
Bobbins
Fasteners
Zippers
Scissors
Padding

Crafts and Hobbies

Hobby Accessories
All hobbies need hobby accesories such as tools, supplies and accessories.   Learn more about your craft or hobby and get the craft supplies you need!