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BLICK art materials
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The best art supplies ... at the best prices! Blick art materials is one of the largest and oldest providers of art supplies in the United States. Our products cater to the full spectrum of artists — from the youngest child ready to scribble with his or her first crayon to well-known gallery-represented professionals. Blick’s extensive selection, competitive prices, and superior customer service make us the best choice for artists, art educators, architects, designers, students, hobbyists, or anyone requiring quality art materials for work or pleasure.
Blick’s extensive line of private-label products is the result of a desire to offer artists an even greater array of high-quality, competitively priced art materials. Collaborating with manufacturers around the world, we carefully develop our BLICK brand products, monitor every aspect of their production, and back them with the same 100% satisfaction guarantee that accompanies all of the products we sell. Experience BLICK products for yourself and discover yet another reason why Artists Pick BLICK!
A luminous satin finish, extreme responsiveness and dense, buttery feel are the hallmarks of BLICK Artists’ Oil Colors. Formulated using the finest hand-ground pigments and the purest binding agents, 34 of the 60 colors in the line are made from a single pigment, including real Cadmiums and Cobalts, not hues. Choose from a wide spectrum of rich, vivid colors for unlimited creative possibilities. Apply them in thin glazes, thick impastos or a variety of other techniques to create works of art that will last for generations to come.
Smooth, lightfast and permanent, with excellent pigment quality, color strength and longevity, BLICK Artists’ Acrylics offer an exceptional combination of quality and value. Of the 45 colors in the line, 28 are made from a single pigment and the rest are blends — either to meet traditional hues or to create colors unique to Blick. These high-viscosity acrylic paints are intermixable with other acrylics, and may be thinned with water or various mediums. From the jar or recyclable aluminum tube, both are equally thick — and dry permanently insoluble. BLICK Artists’ Acrylics are a beautiful choice for professionals and aspiring artists alike.
The rich, premium pigments contained in these professional-quality watercolors are sourced from around the world and uniformly combined in balanced mediums to ensure fluid, controlled washes time after time. Of the 54 colors in the line, 31 are made from a single pigment, including real Cadmiums and Cobalts, not hues. Created with the utmost care at the most competitive prices in the industry, BLICK Artists’ Watercolors rank among the highest in pigment and color strength, consistency, coverage, mixability and safety.
Blick’s line of artists’ brushes combines superior materials, world-class craftsmanship, and a breadth of sizes and shapes to satisfy the needs of every artist and student. Our assortment of natural hair and synthetic filament brushes in long-handled and short-handled styles is continually checked for quality, safety and consistency of performance. BLICK Master watercolor brushes contain the finest male Siberian Kolinsky Sable for unparalleled point, snap and color capacity. The BLICK Studio line contains a full array of the soft, unbleached, interlocked bristle that oil painters love. The Academic, Scholastic and Economy lines offer excellent brushes for every level of student and every technique. Finally, BLICK Masterstroke brushes combine quality and value by offering traditional materials, excellent craftsmanship and a wide variety of sizes and shapes, while still maintaining a competitive price. Choose BLICK brushes for all your projects — for a brush with greatness every time.
Blick offers two grades of high-quality stretched canvas in three profiles and a wide variety of traditional and hard-to-find sizes. For quality, durability and archival stability, BLICK Premier is a heavyweight (10-oz), pre-primed 100% cotton canvas that is treated with two coats of acid-free Titanium gesso to achieve a post-primed weight of 15-oz — ideal for heavier paint applications. Every Blick Premier Canvas is hand-splined and stabilized on heavy-duty, warp-resistant frames for a premier painting experience every time. BLICK Studio Canvas begins as a medium-weight (7-oz), pre-primed 100% cotton duck canvas. Three additional coats of acid-free Titanium gesso result in a smooth, archival surface with a 10-oz finished weight, which is then hand-stretched and hand-stapled around solid wood stretchers. Economically priced for professionals and students, BLICK Studio Canvas offers the perfect marriage of high quality and economy. Also, look for Blick Studio Canvas by the roll and by the yard, and Blick Medium-Weight Canvas by the roll.
BLICK Studio Artists’ Colored Pencils
Ideal for drawing, illustrating and coloring, Blick’s highly pigmented Artists’ Colored Pencils feature brilliantly balanced shades for superior blending. Their fade-resistant, pre-sharpened 3.8mm leads are surrounded by round, lacquered casings made of high-quality California cedar. For easy identification, the exterior of each pencil matches the core, and the color name is printed on both ends. AP non-toxic.
Offered in a variety of rich, vibrant colors and soft hues, BLICK Artists’ Soft Pastels are ideal for all types of pastel painting and color sketching. They’re created by combining the finest pigments with a minimal amount of binder, resulting in a velvety texture that offers easy laydown and consistent coverage. BLICK Artists’ Pastels are great for blending, layering, and softening edges — all with a minimum of crumbling. They’re also extremely lightfast. AP non-toxic.
Blick’s double-ended Studio Art Markers were created to offer professionals and students a high-quality alternative to higher-priced markers. Appropriate for all areas of design and illustration, they feature a fine nib that is ideal for sketching and detail work, a broad nib that lays down an abundance of rich color in three different line widths, and a non-roll cap that prevents markers from rolling off work surfaces. Choose from 95 water-resistant, fade-resistant colors (plus a colorless blender). AP non-toxic.