Smoking Hot Art Supplies for a Truly Cool Yule
Turn up the heat in your studio! Check out our hot lists and then fill out your very own hot list here. Drop it off at any of our five store locations to let your friends and family know what's on your list this holiday season.
Granville Island's Hot List!
Amber: Holbein Oil Paint Set
"Beautiful buttery textured paint."
Chandra: Screenprinting Set
"I've never screenprinted before but I want to make my own T-shirts"
Chris: Soapstone Carving Set
"Everything! Easy for kids and adults."
Trina: Sommerset Paper
"It's a gret paper for any of my projects—printing, drawing, collage, watercolour, anything!"
Kara: Artograph tracer/enlarger
"Great for enlarging drawings and is portable."
Nicoli: Fresh water rinse well
"Easy, simple, clean. "
Collin: Gamblin ground
"Smooth surface."
Mark: Table sizse cutting mat
"It's wonderful to have a semi-soft substrata both to draw on and cut into."
Lila: Any of the Lazertrain Products
"If gives you endless possibilities for applying photos to, well, almost anything."
James: #10oz 130" Canvas
"Does what I need & Opus is the only place I can get it!"
Karin: Simplex Matcutter
"Saves money cutting mats."
Langley's Hot List!
Hannah: Glue
"Self-leveling glue that smoothes out easily and doesn't ooze through papers."
Endrene: Stevenson's Modeling Paste
"Stevenson's Modeling Paste isn't for you to taste. But it makes wonderful textures, isn't that great!."
Joshua: Every pen in the store
"The Pen is mightier than the sword!"
Ann: Raphael Aqualine Brush
"The Big One." It's like conducting an orchestra or dancing."
Kelaine: Daylight Lamp
"Love my daylight lamp. I carry it all over my apartment for work on various projects."
Lindsey: Tri Art Gesso
"Have been using it to prepare my canvases for school.
Megan: Ampersand Scratch Art board
"Fun and not flakey!"
Chakara: Davinci Brushes
"Almost paints the painting for you!? Firm, holds it shape and supple, supple, supple."
Heather: Golden Tar Gel
"Makes your brush skate across the canvas like Dorothy Hamill."
Kelowna Staff's Hot List!
Randy: Davinci 1200k Pure Kolinsky Sable
"Essential for oil portraits!"
Carin: Gamblin Wax Pastilles
"Mix with pure turps for a real creamy mixture!"
Lauren: Golden Clear Tar Gel
"Self levels for a perfectly smooth coat."
Matthew: Crayola Model Magic
"'Cause I'm crafty!"
Kim: Chartpak Rub-on Letters
Shauna: Pitt Pens
Brie: Modern Options Instant Iron and Instant Rust
David: Holbein Permanent White Oil 110ml
"Good white, good deal."
Victoria Staff's Hot List!

Sean:Athabasca Easel
Chris G: Davinci 7182 Series Brush
Frances: Gamblin Oil Cobalt Blue
Susy: Mars Duo 3000 Markers
Kezia: Galkyd
"Essential for impatient oil painters—I can't paint without my Galkyd"
Lisa:Neo Megilp
"Gamblin's most versatile medium."
Jennie:Pigma Pens
"Smooth black fine lines..mmmmmm."
Jay: Golden Fluid Acrylics
"Intense pigment load, deep colours, endless enjoyment..."
Chris: Artograph Tracer
"Lightweight, portable, & can handle 3D objects."
North Vancouver Staff's Hot List!
Chad: Pentel Brush Pen
"Keeps a great point for fine and broad strokes, wet or dry."
Leah: Golden Phosphorescent Medium
"Great for highlights, cool in lightless areas."
Margot: Super Sculpey
"Make any shape, texture, sand, paint and varnish."
Sarah C: Watercolour Pencils
"A quick & easy way to lay down colour when sketching in the field."
Sarah R: Grafix Drafting Film
"Amazingly milky surface is great for pencil drawing."
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