Gifts Under $25

Act2 GreenSmart Bags

These stylish and durable bags from Act2 are both functional and eco-friendly because they're made from 100% post-consumer recycled PET water and soda bottles. Choose from several styles, including laptop sleeves, laptop bags, and vertical messenger bags.

Adjustable Aluminum Easel

This is a great easel for beginners or artists on the go. Made of lightweight aluminum, it's portable, adjustable, and affordable. Extend it fully to use as a floor easel, or collapse the legs for tabletop display. Includes a black nylon carrying bag.

Art Travel Kit

Perfect for the dry media artist, this affordable 23-piece kit includes a variety of drawing and sketching materials for the artist on the go. Transport it all in a durable 12" × 15" × 2¾" art supply bag with a removable shoulder strap.

Artist's Survival Kit

Contains everything for cleaning artwork, clothing, hands, and brushes--Stain Remover for clothing, Hand Soap, Brush Cleaner and Preserver, plus eraser. Packed in plasic brush basin.

Bienfang Watercolor Brush Pen Sets

Try these new Bienfang brush pen sets at a special price.

Blick Gallery Spectrum Frames

These are unique gallery frames in a spectrum of colors! Made from partially reclaimed wood powder that has been reprocessed into fine-quality fiberboard using a formaldehyde-free process. Frames are sanded repeatedly to achieve a smooth, rich finish.

Blick Gift Cards

You can now order a Gift Card to be sent directly via e-mail, or have a card sent by mail. Our new Blick Gift Cards can be used to purchase from our catalogs, on our website, or in our retail stores. Gift Cards are available in denominations from $5.00 to

NEW! Blick Paint Tube T-shirts

Blick’s 100% cotton Euro-fit t-shirt comes in classic black and sports the Blick logo and Blick paint tubes. Quality construction includes a tapered neck and shoulders, set-in sleeves, and a seamless double-needle stitched collar, sleeves and hem.

Blick Studio Canvas Group Packs

Multiple mini canvases — think of the possibilities! Paint multiple "Warhol-esque" variations of the same image or one painting that stretches across a series of canvases.

Books by Hand Albums

Create a beautiful keepsake worthy of your favorite photos, mementos, or CDs with these unique, easy to assemble kits from Books by Hand. The highest quality materials and acid free pages ensure that your memories are preserved for generations to come.

NEW! Daler-Rowney Georgian Oil Colors Earth Selection Set

Ideal for use with a knife or a brush, the Earth Selection Set contains five 75 ml tubes in a beautiful keepsake tin. They’re great for landscape artists, and a great value, too!

NEW! Daler-Rowney System 3 Limited Edition Jumbo Set

An exceptional value! The System 3 Jumbo Set includes nine 113 ml tubes that contain 50% more paint — at the same low price as the 75 ml tubes!

Derwent Metallic Colored Pencils

Add a metallic shimmer to your drawings with these professional grade blendable pencils. They are exceptionally brilliant when used on black paper.

NEW! Design for Obama

Hundreds of graphic posters appeared on designforobama.org, a website for artists and designers who supported Barack Obama’s candidacy. This historical graphic compilation showcases the famous poster art of Barack Obama’s 2008 electoral campaign.

Dragon Manikin

This articulated dragon mannequin is handmade from polished hardwood and features a series of dorsal spines. Use it as a teaching tool, as a model for drawing or painting, or as an inspiring display piece in the classroom or studio.

NEW! Faber-Castell Getting Started: Comic Illustration Kit

This is a complete comic illustration kit that includes a comprehensive step-by-step instruction booklet to get budding artists started.

NEW! Fredrix Canvas Value Pack

Get two superior-quality pre-stretched 11" × 14" Fredrix canvases in one economical pack! Both are carefully stapled on the back of standard stretcher bars to allow for painting the edges and frame-free presentation, ideal for oils and acrylics.

NEW! Global Art Flexi-Sketch Books

More pages, more color, more fun! Each Flexi-Sketch sketchbook contains 150 sheets of acid-free 75 lb (100 gsm) sketch paper bound in a flexible, durable binding. They lie flat when open and feature a soft French wrap cover in attractive colors.

Hand Book Artist Journals

Each journal features 128 buff colored blank pages, a durable elastic closure, and a useful clear plastic envelope. The sheets are 130gsm and acid free with a light, toothy surface that accepts pen and ink, pencil, markers and light watercolor washes.

Holbein Clester Watercolor Sketch Books

Take one of these bound books of Cold Press watercolor paper traveling, and create a watercolor journal. Each volume has a semi-rigid cover and ribbon ties. 20 sheets, 50% rag. Acid-free.

Kolo Capri Photo Album

Introducing the Capri, Kolo's upright brag book! Perfect for those special portrait-oriented photos, this little book will hold up to 24 of your favorite 4" × 6" prints in easy-to-load pages. Non-refillable.

NEW! Kolo Essex Travel Book

An artist’s essential — an innovative hybrid photo book, journal, agenda, notebook, and ultimate travel companion — all in one neat portfolio. Each book includes two inserts (photo sleeve pages and lined journal pages).

Kolo Riva Photo Album

Use these small albums to capture the big events in your life! Every page in these petite, book-bound albums contains a matted frame. Just slip in the photos and you're done. Individual albums accommodate up to 30 photos.

Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink

Liquitex Professional Acrylic Inks are extremely fluid colors that contain super-fine pigments suspended in a state-of-the-art emulsion. Quick-drying, permanent, water-resistant, and non-clogging, they’re ideal for a variety of techniques.

Loew-Cornell Acrylic Painting Set for Dummies

This great set contains all the materials you need to get started painting with acrylics. Everything fits in the convenient wooden storage box with carrying handle that goes anywhere. An ideal gift for beginning artists of all ages.

Loew-Cornell Drawing Set for Dummies

This great set contains all the materials you need to get started drawing. Everything fits in the convenient wooden storage box with carrying handle that goes anywhere. An ideal gift for beginning artists of all ages.

Loew-Cornell Oil Painting Set for Dummies

This great set contains all the materials you need to get started painting with oils. Everything fits in the convenient wooden storage box with carrying handle that goes anywhere. An ideal gift for beginning artists of all ages.

NEW! Mega Manga

This instructional book shares all the techniques needed to create great manga characters, with step-by-step drawings in pencil, ink, and color that help artists build skill and confidence.

Mir Artist Mediterranean Colors

Founded in 1933, Jaurena Art is one the oldest European companies to deal exclusively with fine art products. Their luscious pigments have been used by famous painters such as Dalí and Miró, and are recommended for their extra-fine quality.

Nielsen Bainbridge Vivids Frames

The Vivids line of readymade frames are available in a palette of bright colors. Frames have a glass face, brushed aluminum surface, deep side profile, and flat-top moulding. Hangers on all sides allow for portrait or landscape orientations.

Pentel Aquash Watercolor Crayon Set

Sketch with Pentel crayons and blend the lines with the Aquash water brush to create the look of a gorgeous watercolor painting. This set includes 10 assorted crayons, a refillable water brush, a crayon sharpener, and instructions.

Prismacolor Turquoise Pencil Sets

Turquoise pencils are designed for sketching, portraiture, and precise figure drawing. They offer pure and smooth laydown in a wide variety of grades. The lead sharpens to a perfect point for a scratchless, glossy line in any weight.

NEW! Search Press Ready to Paint Series

The new Ready to Paint series from Search Press is designed for the absolute novice to pick up a brush, start painting, and achieve fantastic results.

Sheaffer Calligraphy Sets

These sets are great for starting out in calligraphy.

Sketches in the Making

Leave this book on your coffee table and watch as the blank pages slowly fill up with artwork created by you, your family, and friends. It's a conversation piece bound to become a record of good times. It's also a great gift idea!

Speedball Super Value Calligraphy and Lettering Kit

This all-in-one set is ideal for beginning calligraphy students, as it includes all the essentials needed to get started in lettering and calligraphy.

Stabilo Pen 68 Sets

With their sturdy bullet tips and brilliant, intense colors, Stabilo Pen 68 fiber-tip pens are perfect for layouts, details, and sketching. The odorless waterbased ink will not bleed, dissolve toner or permanent marker ink.

Stabilo Point 88 Fineliner Pens

These .4 mm pens feature water-based ink in vibrant colors, formulated to sustain a long cap-off time. The long-wearing tip is encased in metal to extend the pen's life. It features a unique hexagonal shape and ventilated cap.

Staedtler Calligraphy Pen Set

This deluxe set contains five nibs, four pens, and 20 ink cartridges and a metal pump for use with bottled ink. Set also includes an instruction book for 3 different styles of calligraphy, and a 25-sheet practice pad with pre-printed slant lines.

NEW! Sterling Books

Sterling is one of the world’s leading publishers of non-fiction and illustrated books, with more than 5,000 books in print. Indulge your interest in art history, or explore our expansive list of guides to drawing, painting, cartooning, and much more.

NEW! Tabletop Easel

This compact, versatile easel is the perfect solution for artists or families with limited space. It also makes a great workspace for kids who enjoy drawing and painting.

Weber Quilted Laptop Sleeves

Ideal for travel, with a zippered top and padding for extra protection, these versatile laptop sleeves fit inside the Vertical Messenger Bag. Their stylish exteriors are made of waterproof black quilted nylon with leatherette trim.

Yasutomo 1,000 Cranes Origami Paper Kit

Folding 1,000 paper cranes is an expression of hope and goodwill. This beautiful symbol is a perfect gift for special celebrations or to wish someone health and long life. The kit contains everything needed to create and display 1,000 colorful cranes.

Alex Color and Carry Messenger Bag

Help kids express themselves and have a fun-to-use messenger bag when they're done! Each bag will become a unique work of art, as individual as its creator. Overall, the messenger bag measures 14" L × 11" H × 4"D. Appropriate for children age 7 and up.

Alex Giant Art Jar

Hours of fun await in the Giant Art Jar from Alex! Everything needed for dozens of collage and paper crafts projects is packaged in a convenient reusable plastic jug.

NEW! Alex Happily Ever Crafter Kit

Teach children the essentials of crocheting, embroidering, and sewing using one awesome kit! This all-in-one kit includes everything needed to make nine projects and extra materials for open-ended projects are also included.

Alex Rainbow of Washable Markers

We wish that we had this marker set when we were kids! The set comes with a rainbow of 100 washable mini markers in a colorful tote. Includes more than enough colors for sharing. Great for rainy day fun!

Amos Deco Ceramic Kits

Design and decorate your own ceramic piece! It’s easy to do – just wipe the ceramic piece with a tissue, trace or draw a design, then color with the special Magic Markers. Great for personalized gifts.

NEW! Artterro Creative Art Kits

Each of these kits is an eco-friendly alternative to conventional arts-and-crafts kits, carefully created using a variety of the highest-quality natural materials in a unique assortment of patterns and colors.

Cast and Paint Mold Kits

An introduction into the world of casting and modeling, these fascinating kits encourage learning and skill development. What a fun activity for kids in the classroom.

Colour Shaper Kids Paint Set

The next step beyond finger painting. Brushes retain shapes (taper, round, 3 chisel). Will outlast most others, and easy to clean. For all kinds of painting, printmaking, and drawing media, plus clay. Colorful kid-sized handles. Set of 5.

Crayola Super Brush Set

Now children can make big, bright creations outdoors! The giant "Dip & Do" brush has three interchangeable brush tips (Thin Bristle, Wide Bristle, and Splatter), which encourages experimentation with different techniques.

Create Your Own Pop-Up Books

Part of the Create Your Own Books series, this kit has a fun pop-up theme! Kids add their own photographs, drawings, and imaginations to create books they’ll treasure for years to come. Age 5 and older.

Eric Carle Art Activity Kits

Bring The Hungry Caterpillar and other characters to life with these sets. Each set includes an activity book to help children create their favorite animals, shapes, and textures in the Carle style. Perfect for kids and parents to work on together.

Faber-Castel Getting Started Manga Set

This set was especially created for the aspiring manga artist. It offers unlimited creative possibilities, while neat, book-style packaging keeps everything organized! The set contains a variety of materials ideal for cartooning, sketching, and drawing.

NEW! The Little Experience Kits

These kits promote quality time between children and adults — and provide a balance to electronic entertainment. They include everything needed to make a dolly and handbag, a bird café, three wooden robot string puppets, or baby’s first artwork!

Loew-Cornell Cartooning Kits by Chris Hart

The young artists on your list will cartoon until their Hart's content with 5 new drawing kits. Chris Hart has published more than 50 how-to books and his fun and easy style successfully encourages kids to create their own unique cartoon characters.

Lyra Modello Play Clay Supersoft Set

This super-soft modeling clay is ideal for even the smallest hands. Play Clay creations will eventually harden, but can be reconstituted with water so the clay can be used again. The set includes 4 clay colors and a flexible mold with multiple designs.

Lyra Osiris Travel Kits

There’s tons of creative fun in these children’s travel kits ensuring hours of enjoyment! Materials are neatly tucked into a polypropylene case, available in either blue or pink. Each kit contains colored pencils and a variety of other art materials.

My Artwork Case

This case is made of heavy-duty plastic and features a convenient handle. For the aspiring O'Keeffe or Wyeth, it's ideal for storing or carrying precious works of art.

PlayFoam

PlayFoam is lightweight foam sculpting beads that kids can squish, stretch, and shape into hundreds of cool designs. PlayFoam is non-toxic and non-allergenic. It never dries out, and it won’t stick to surfaces, so kids can use it again and again.

Reeves Giant Art Set

This set is perfect for older children who have moved beyond coloring books and begun experimenting on their own with different media. Gift givers who want to help young artists move to the next step creatively will appreciate all this set has to offer.

Reeves Studio Paint Sets

Choose Reeves quality acrylic or oil colors in introductory-sized 12 ml tubes, packaged with brushes, paper or boards, mediums, palette, and colorful instruction booklet.

Sculpey Eraser Clay

Shape it, bake it, erase with it! Children create their own erasers with this oven-bake modeling clay. Simply bake in the oven for 10 minutes and it becomes a usable eraser.

Stone by Stone Mosaics

Imagine that you are a craftsman of the ancient world, creating your own mosaic. With Stone by Stone mosaic kits, you can choose either a ready-to-make kit or loose stones. Stone by Stone mosaics are the perfect marriage of history and art.

Wikki Stix

Stick wax on a string — for imaginative, manipulative play and excellent tactile stimulation. Wikkies are non-toxic, non messy, unbreakable, and endlessly reusable sticky strings that children can use to trace patterns on paper or shape into many forms.