From the article: Luxury Gifts Ideas for Artists: When Money's No Object
What is the very best (or most useful) painting or art gift you've ever had as a present, whether it's something you bought yourself as a treat or something someone gave you? Share Your Art Gift Ideas
Famous Paintings in Your Pocket!
- "250 Masterpieces in Western Painting" is a boxed set of famous paintings reproduced on art history flashcards. Every famous painting is explained and analyzed by on the back of each Card; the front has a faithful reproduction of the artwork. Great for travel because they are portable (4"x6"), and color-coded by destination. Fascinating to learn the history of painting so easily!
- —SusanBenford
I'm with the easels...
- I want Santa to bring me a good French easel this year. I will hardly wait for the nice weather to get here to paint outdoors.
- —upsydaisie
Try something different
- Give YUPO the "plastisized" paper. It is entirely different from other papers! Pigments rest on top and aren't absorbed. A fun and different painting experience.
- —Guest abstractartphotos
Watercolours
- A set of miameri watercolours, or a number 9 kolinsky sable brush would do equally fine!
- —Guest Dodo
a complete palette of Utrecht acrylics
- I received a complete palette set of Utrecht heavy body acrylics in 2 pound cans, from a student who had ordered a set for herself & accidentally hit a 2 for 1 sale sending me the second set as soon as it arrived at her home.
- —jrjarvis
More easels
- I want tabletop easels and floor models. I can use them outside or as display units. I am always looking for places to put works in progress that won't touch anything. Cheap ones are cool. Adjustable fans are great for the studio. Walmart cards are great too to download music to our MP3s while we work. Most of us are inspired by music. Non-vocal CDs are great too.
- —DawnMarie77
Lots of paint
- Give me lots of paint! The expensive colors like cadmium red.
- —Guest RR
Paper!
- A whole ream of heavyduty rough watercolor paper which meant I could stop worrying about wasting a piece as there was plenty more on hand and it didn't need stretching.
- —Guest Josie
