Los Angeles, in general, is overflowing with aisles of art supplies from some of the most recognized businesses in the sector, including Moskatel’s downtown craft palace and Los Feliz’s Blue Rooster Art Supplies. But unbeknownst to even the most seasoned Californians, suburban enclaves like Woodland Hills have it going on too when it comes to making art, and in this article we’re going to share our top picks for the best places to buy art supplies around Woodland Hills.
Graphaids Art Supplies, boasting three locations in Culver City, Westchester and Agoura Hills, is your creative art materials source – whether it’s traditional, digital or anything in the middle. Beyond custom printing, mounting and framing services, Graphaids prints all work, from fine art and photos to canvas masterpieces and signs/posters, in-house, offering framing, stretching, scanning and mounting, as well. The shop also carries stock size canvas from 4”X4” up to 72X96, and can customize any larger sizes you may need. If you’ve been shopping for a new printer to complete that difficult project, you can turn to Graphaids, which is proud to be an Epson pro-focused dealer, carrying the best prices on premium models like the P5000, P6000/7000, P8000/9000/9570 and P20000. Open Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm and on Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm.
BLICK Art Materials, located at 11531 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Los Angeles, offers an incredible assortment of art supplies, craft supplies and unique gift items, while also boasting the greatest selection of art supplies for professional artists, educators and students alike. The Custom Printing and Framing department will help you find the perfect printing or framing package for your latest work of art, and the shop proudly works with local artists and arts organizations to support a plethora of community events in the greater Los Angeles area. Choose from paints and mediums, canvases and other surfaces, brushes and painting tools, drawing and illustration supplies, paper and boards, easels and furniture and framing/matboard items. Open seven days a week.
Craftiness, located at 21746 Devonshire Street in Chatsworth, is the brainchild of Angharad Caceres, originally from Seattle and who has made crafting her life’s passion – one she wants to share with everyone who loves to make things. The store has a beautiful studio with a wide variety of paper crafting tools like die machines, hundreds of paper dies, cutting tools, punches and, perhaps best of all, space. Choose from premium products made by Tim Holtz, Sizzix Surfacez. Canson, Studio Light, Toyo, Ciao Bella, Lia Griffith, 49 and Market and more. Open daily from 12 pm to 5 pm except Mondays.
McLogan Supply, with locations all throughout California, has been proudly serving customers since 1922, the company today representing itself as a silkscreen and sign supply business and priding itself on a well-trained staff that is knowledgeable in all areas of screen printing/sign design. When you have some heavy duty projects to complete and need the absolute best in quality equipment, McLogan delivers, offering everything in the areas of screen printing, heat transfer, digital printing and signage; what’s more, the business carries the best brands including Stahls Hotronix, Riley Hopkins, Roland DGA and Graphtec, so whether it’s a heat press or vinyl cutter, you don’t really need to look any further.
A broad palette of stores caters to professional artists as well as true beginners – and even to the crafter eager to get his or her feet wet – and we are confident you can find one based on the list above.
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