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Last year, Brush Caddie Sets from Royal Brush made the list (and they were so popular, we kept them in stock year-round). This year, we’ve brought in Painting Art Sets from Royal Brush with Acrylic, Oil, or Watercolor paints. Each set comes in a tin box, includes painting boards, paints and drawing tools, brushes, and a palette. These sets are great for the beginning artist, artists on the go or any artist who likes supplies all contained in one box.

And if you buy the oil or acrylic sets, you also get a free 11" × 14" Raw Materials brand canvas.

Moleskine has come out with a line of accessories to go with their well-known notebooks. The Moleskine Accessory Set holds Moleskine pencils and pens in style, including three slip-on grips made of flexible silicone to make writing and drawing more comfortable.

The Moleskine Roller Pen is a natural travel companion for Moleskine notebooks, designed to stay attached to Moleskine notebook covers via a simple clip. The roller point is spring-loaded and the black gel ink was developed specifically for Moleskine paper. The rectangular shaped pen cap and body are made of ABD plastic with a matte black finish. The pen includes 24 adhesive labels to personalize it. Refills with black, blue, green, red, and violet ink are available.

The Moleskine Pencil features a rectangular shape with rounded corners and is made of cedar wood and high-quality 2B lead. It can be clipped onto most Moleskine notebook covers with the included cap, and also comes with a black plastic sharpener with a high-quality German blade.

Want a gift of paints that makes a statement? These meter-long sets of forty 20ml tubes of Pebeo Studio Acrylic or Studio XL Oil paints will do that.

Developed with precision for the student of art or high volume user, Studio XL Acrylic colors feature deep and rich pigments and dry to a satin matte finish with good lightfastness. They are very adherent and indelible once dry and they are suitable for most surfaces and can be easily mixed and blended. They have a thick consistency and retains the brush or painting knife mark, making them particularly suited to work in dimension.

Studio XL Oil colors are designed to meet the needs of contemporary artistic expression while being affordable, and are ideal for studies and larger works. They provide intense, permanent colors that resist thermal and photo-oxidation. They dry to the touch approximately three to six days after an average application. They perform well with a variety of techniques, from glazes to thick layers and may be used in conjunction with the mediums and auxiliaries. The Dyna colors are formulated with interference pigments that allow the colors to change depending on the angle of light refraction.

Get two free 11" × 14" Raw Materials brand canvas with each set while supplies last.

How about a lump of coal? You can come close with this large 250g handmade ArtGraf Water-Soluble Graphite stick that is intended for use on large-scale projects. It contains blended graphite and binders allowing it to be used dry for drawing, or wet to achieve a wide range of washes and graphite grays ranging from the deepest blacks to more subtle, transparent grays. The graphite is erasable once dry and is great for adding texture and depth to sketches and watercolor paintings.

This comprehensive Liquitex Artists’ Workshop Set contains the essentials for acrylic artists to set up a studio and explore the medium. It includes an engaging, in-depth instructional DVD that presents essential skills needed to successfully complete an acrylic painting. Along with the DVD, the set contains a table easel, two brushes, an 8" × 10" canvas board, a plastic palette knife, a gum eraser, a sketching pencil, a plastic palette, a 4 oz. bottle off gloss medium, a 4 oz. bottle of gloss varnish and six 2 oz. tubes of heavy body acrylic in yellow medium azo, naphthol crimson, yellow oxide, phthalo blue, dioxazine purple and titanium white.

While supplies last, get the set for 20% off and get two free 11" × 14" Raw Materials brand canvas.

Irojiten is the Japanese expression for “color encyclopedia” and these Irojiten Colored Pencil Sets live up to that. These 30-pencil sets are packaged with the look and feel of an encyclopedia, and each set includes a subtle color range of premium quality colored pencils that have an elegant enamel finish. The sets are packaged in unique paper booklets with three editions per set and ten pencils per edition, and the packaging is in Japanese. There are three different sets available and they are 20% off while supplies last.

It is gift giving season again, and Wonton has scoured the store to come up with another dozen gift-giving ideas that he’ll unveil over the next week.

Art Creation Theme Sets are designed for the beginner painter. With step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow, you can create your first masterpiece in minutes. They are available with oil, acrylic, or watercolor paints. The sets have everything you need to get started including paints, brushes, a palette, surfaces to work on (canvas panels for oil and acrylic and watercolor sheets for watercolor), plus project ideas and instructions.

As an added bonus, get a free 11" × 14" Raw Materials canvas with the purchase of every Art Creation oil or acrylic set.

Using colored pencils on black paper can really bring artwork to life making subjects appear more colorful and vibrant. These wire-bound Black Book Sketch Books from Derwent feature 40 sheets of 200gsm black paper. The heavy-weight paper is resilient enough to stand up to multiple layers of colored pencil and can also be used with water-soluble pencils for light washes. The sketch books are also ideal for use as photo albums or for scrapbooking with the black paper acting as the perfect background for treasured images. Available in A4 Portrait, A4 Landscape, and 12" × 12" sizes, these sketch books are 20% off every day.

These new solid pine Heavy-Duty Stretcher Bars from Art Alternatives are kiln-dried and finger-jointed for stronger, straighter, warp-resistant bars. They feature a tongue and groove miter for easy assembly and a slotted back for easy installation of corner and cross braces. The profile of the bar keeps the canvas up and away from the bar, preventing sagging and impressions on the painted surface. The rounded back edge allows for a tight stretch and an even painting surface. Each bar is 2" wide and 1½" deep, and they are available from 12" to 72" long. The bars are 20% off every day.

Raw Materials celebrated its grand opening in November 2008. For our third anniversary, we are again bringing in a truckload of pre-stretched canvas. Get 60% off on canvas plus buy more and save more!

• Buy 5 to 9 canvases and get 5% off your whole purchase.
• Buy 10 to 14 canvases and get 10% off your whole purchase.
• Buy 15 to 19 canvases and get 15% off your whole purchase.
• Buy 20 to 24 canvases and get 20% off your whole purchase.
• Buy 25 or more canvases and get 25% off your whole purchase.

The sale runs through the end of the year.

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