Want to buy a small or inexpensive gift for an artist in your life? Here's a collection of gift ideas suitable as Christmas stocking fillers, birthdays, workshop presents, or any occasion you want to say "I love you" to an artist. (If you're shopping on-line, it may pay you to buy several things and keep some back for another occasion, to save on postage/shipping costs.)
Tube Keys
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If you're a painter who likes to try to get every last bit of paint from a tube, maybe you should try some Paint Saver Keys which make it easier to roll up a tube as you use up the paint. I tend to use the handle of a paintbrush to squeeze up the paint, but rarely manage to roll the tube up neatly.
Paper for Collage or Art Journaling
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Any artist who enjoys collage or art journaling will enjoy a pack of beautiful papers to work with. And there's no such thing as ever having too much!
Printable Painting Quotes Calendar
Image © Marion Boddy-Evans
Print out this Painting Quotes Calendar, staple it together with a piece of card at the back, and you've a gift for inspiration to paint every day, all year long! In addition to the painting quotes, it also gives the topic for each month's painting project and enables you to keep a record of which days in a month you painted.
