Getting Creative: Must-Have Back to School Art Supplies
Back-to-school art supplies are essential for any student who wants to unleash their creative side. From sketchbooks, pencils and paints, there are a variety of products that a budding artist needs.
This guide will provide an overview of the products available and recommend the best products for getting creative this school year.
Paint Sets
Paint sets are a fantastic addition to back-to-school art supplies. With a diverse range of vibrant colours they allow students to unleash their creativity and explore different painting techniques. Whether for school projects or personal artwork, these versatile sets ignite imagination and inspire artistic journeys.
Winsor and Newton Cotman Water Colour Set
Discover 6 tubes of Cotman Watercolours made with quality, fine art pigments for colour permanence.
Contains:
6 x Cotman 8ml tubes: Lemon Yellow Hue • Permanent Rose • Ultramarine • Sap Green • Burnt Umber • Ivory Black.
Actual contents may vary.
Amsterdam AAC Standard Acrylic Set
This set contains 6 x 20 ml tubes that are perfect mixing colors for you to start your color palette with. Made with high-quality pigments and 100% acrylic emulsion
Contains:
The variety of colours in this set include:
105 Titanium White, 275 Primary Yellow, 315 Pyrrole Red, 504 Ultramarine, 619 Permanent Green Deep and 735 Oxide Black.
Colouring Pencils
Colouring pencil sets are an excellent choice for back-to-school art supplies. With a wide spectrum of colours, they provide endless possibilities for students to bring their artwork to life. These versatile tools allow for precise shading, blending, and layering, enabling students to create stunning effects and enhance their artistic skills.
Derwent Academy Tin of 12 Colouring Pencils
Ideal for all types of art, these pencils offer a rapid, bold laydown of colour and blend easily, too.
Tin contains one each of Deep Red, Bright Pink, Purple, Sea Green, Dark Green, Olive Green, Terracotta, Brown, Black, Grey, White and Acid Yellow.
Caran D'Ache Swisscolor Aquarelle Tin 12 Pack
This Caran D'ache Swisscolor set of 12 permanent water resistant colour pencils have a high pigment concentration and good lightfastness.
Pencils are supplied in a box and come in a variety of colours.
12 Assorted Set
Sketching Pencils
Sketching pencil sets are a must-have for back-to-school art supplies. With a range of graphite hardness and varying lead thickness, they offer students the versatility to create detailed drawings, shading, and textures. Sketching pencils develop observation skills, hand-eye coordination, and enable students to develop their artistic techniques.
Conte a Paris Drawing Set
6 artist's pencils for achieving varied tone and texture in your drawing and sketching.
Set includes:
2 x Graphite Pencils in HB and 2B,1 x Pierre Noire Pencil in 2B, 1 x Charcoal Pencil in 2B, 1 x Carbon Pencil in 2B, 1 x White Pencil.
Derwent Academy Sketching Tin of 12 Pencils
This tin of 12 high quality, sketching pencils are great for creating detailed drawings of your subjects. The natural wood barrles are easy to grip and the quality graphite makes them easy to sharpen and break resistant.
The 12 pencils contain the following degrees: 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, HB, H, 2H, 3H, 4H and 5H.
Marker Pens
Bold and outliner marker pen sets are a fantastic addition to back-to-school art supplies.
With bold and vibrant linework, they allow students to create eye-catching artwork, posters, and signs, while promoting creativity and visual impact.
Faber Castell Pitt Fine Marker Pens
The Faber Castell Pitt Fine Pen Wallet contains four Pitt pens with pigmented drawing ink offering high light resistance for sketching, layouts, fashion design and illustration.
Contains four line widths -
SB, SC, bullet nib 1.5mm and brush width.
Sakura Pigma Micron Fineline 3 Pen Set
Pigma Micron pens are waterproof and permanent fineliners that are loyally used by designers, scientists, cartoonists, illustrators and hobbyists.
Set of 3 of the most popular black Pigma Micron pens:
Pigma Micron 02 0.30 mm , Pigma Micron 04 0.4 mm, Pigma Micron 08 0.5 mm.
Premium Writing Pens
Fountain pens are a wonderful addition to back-to-school art supplies. With their smooth ink flow and precise control, they enhance writing and sketching, allowing students to create elegant and expressive artwork while developing fine motor skills.
Parker Vector Medium Fountain Pen
Medium nib Vector fountain pen from Parker, in a simple, classic design with clean-cut cylindrical shape and a seemingly seamless transition between cap and barrel.
Lamy Safari Medium Fountain Pen
Many attractive colours, timeless design, perfect ergonomics. These are just some of the reasons that the LAMY safari is one of the most popular writing instruments for young people.
Sketchbooks
Sketchbooks are essential for back-to-school art supplies, providing a dedicated space for students to practice, experiment, and document their artistic journey.
The Pink Pig Sketchbook Range
Handmade covers, made in Yorkshire. They use the best quality acid free paper available, always made by responsibly mills so it's guaranteed that it is sourced sustainably or recycled, where possible.
Derwent Academy Hardcover Sketchbook
Derwent Academy Hardcover Sketchbooks contain 128 sheets of 135gsm smooth surface, acid-free plain paper that is tried and tested for use with a variety of dry media.
This includes graphite, charcoal and colour pencils - for colouring, sketching and drawing techniques.
Filing & Organisation
Filing and organisation are crucial for back-to-school supplies, ensuring easy access, preserving artwork, and promoting a structured creative process.
Introducing the Pukka Bloom range, designed in-house by Pukka themselves and loved worldwide for its beautiful floral print design.