2024 Holiday Gifts for Pastel Artists – Compiled by Sarah Webb and Kelly Kane
Can you ever have too many art supplies? Not if you ask us!
Here are a few items the pastel artist in your life would be delighted to see under the tree this season. (Maybe there’s something for your own wishlist, too. 
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Sennelier’s Soft Pastel Set in Landscape Colors contains only the purest pigments with minimal amounts of natural binders. Priced at $79.77 at dickblick.com.
Fabriano Cromia paper is a lightfast, acid-free paper ideal for pastel, pencil, and charcoal drawing. Made of 50% cotton, these sheets have a soft feel and great tooth on both sides. Priced at $7.90 per sheet.
Blick Artists’ Soft Pastel Set of 60 Half Sticks allows artists access to twice the color and twice the creative possibilities of full stick sets. $65.15 at dickblick.com.
Fine Art Frames
Immortalize your art with the solid wood Eakins frame from ArtFrames.com. $70 at ArtFrames.com.
Gifts Under $50
Give the gift of sketching on the go! The SketchBuddyTM Binder V2.0 comes with a mini drawing board and can be customized with other accessories (available separately). $47.99 at judsonsart.com.
Unlike other red lenses, these Paint by Note Value Specs $26.95 are specially created to remove all colors so you can see the notes, or values, in any scene or photo. Once you look through these, you may be surprised how far off your perceived value notes were!
For the EXTRA special artist in your life – A ticket to …
