More Helpful Links

When our members happen upon a great place to shop on-line for art supplies, etc - they share it with everyone else.  These are some of the places:

General support for all artists with information, hints, discussion board, etc:

Art Supplies of all kinds:

  • Dickblick.com - Every kind of art supply imaginable (Recommended by Jan Reid and Gale Cochran-Smith)
  • Cheapjoes.com - Good, affordable art supplies and a better than usual source of watercolor supplies (Recommended by Gale Cochran-Smith)

On-line photo editing:

  • Picmonkey.com - FREE online photo image editing tool with resizing, exposure, cropping, straightening and other special effects. (Highly recommended by Gale Cochran-Smith)

Mattes & Frames:

  • Redimat.com - Pre-cut mats, backing boards, and clear bags to place the matted work into.  Also various matting supplies are available. (Recommended by Jack Milchanowski)
  • Framesbymail.com - Both metal and wood frames at a fair price in both standard and odd sizes (Recommended by Gale Cochran-Smith)

Printing Companies:

  • Photocanvasland.com - Gallery-wrapped prints of all sizes on canvas (Recommended by Gale Cochran-Smith)
  • Uprinting.com - Good, dependable printing company for flyers, brochures, and cards.  Also does prints on canvas as well as photopaper. (Recommended by Gale Cochran-Smith)
  • Whcc.com - White House custom color printing.  Does prints on canvas and metallic paper. (Recommended by Jack Milchanowski)
  • Canvasondemand.com - Gallery-wrapped prints  in two sizes. (Highly recommended by Jack Milchanowski)
  • Cafepress.com - Print photos and art work on a variety of different objects (Recommended by Jack Milchanowski)

Artwork Packaging & Displays:

  • Pedestalexpress.com - Variety of sizes of pedestal stands for sculpture & small 3-D artwork displays (Highly recommended by Stan Briney)
  • Clearbags.com - Various packaging, bags, mats, bags, boxes. (Recommended by Larry Lemons and Gale Cochran-Smith)