Artist & Craftsman Supply

I love to go in this art supply store. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly and they are well stocked with most everything the artist might need.

I *love* this place! I only wish I’d learned about these guys years ago as I live like 3 minutes away. Any weird specialty thing I’m looking for, they’ve got it! Fantastic help for my projects.

Great service. Very helpful. I was doing a project and needed to buy some gold cardboard. I wanted it cut down and they didn’t mind helping me (I am not really good with that stuff).
Highly recommended!!!
Seriously nice people,

I drive by all the time and never realized how much better it was than the Usual Suspects. It’s not massive, but their selection is well-​procured, the prices were right, and service was friendly and helpful.

Excellent find. Super helpful young man and young woman that were so extremely competent. What a great store. Loved it. Will be back for sure.

I love this place!
After weeks and weeks of searching outside of the internet, I finally found rolls of Glassine paper here!
Aside from having rolls of glassine in different sizes, they have so much fun stuff I always grab more than just what I come in for. They even have funky socks!
I guess I’ve been to places with a bigger selection of stuff, but I really like this place, so for me its ‘as good as it gets!’

Pastels, paper, pens, paint, and so much much stuff that starts with the letter p and other letters of the alphabet can be found here!
Went in to get some sketchbooks and paint pens, and left with a two foot long receipt of stuff I couldn’t pass up on. The layout of the store invites you to take a look and discover new mediums and ideas and colors and textures.
I’ll be back to this wonderland of art supplies soon!

I needed to get some supplies to assemble a gift basket urgently and this store had nearly everything I needed, except for the gift basket that is. Mike the cashier was terrific as he offered to stay a few minutes extra, fearing that I wouldn’t be able to make it before their closing time.
I got what I needed and was in and out. The prices was reasonable and overall expience was 5 STARS. Keep up the good work guys!

Great store with good vibe. Prices seem very competitive and I like the simple aesthetic of the place. Not a lot of ‘shiny’ displays, just all their products clearly laid out on metal shelving. Makes me wish I were more creative :).

It seems like the selection and prices aren’t that different from Blick, but what I like so much more here at Artist & Craftsman Supply is the staff: They seem to actually care what you’re looking for. And they’re knowledgeable about the products.
Blick is good enough if you find what you need, but they don’t seem to care very much or know that much about what they’re selling. They’re nice there, but I think I’m going to keep going back to Artist & Craftsman Supply as long as I can get the art supplies I need.
On an unrelated note, there are never any free spots in the parking lot. Luckily there are street spots available.

Love this place. Great for crafting and gifting. They have so much cool stuff. If you like building stuff or want to get some great, beautiful materials for you kids to make awesome projects with, then you really need to check out this store. You’ll love it too.
As a ‘former’ artist, I also love that they have so much amazing, high quality art supplies of all types.

I was utterly impressed with both the extensive inventory and variety of materials and supplies they have, but also the friendly and helpful staff! So grateful to have found this place!

This is it. This is the place. I live in the Inland Empire and I come all the way out just to go to this store.
This is my «go to» place. Xlnt staff, great selection. No condescending, «what are you doing here?» type of attitude one would get at… well, you know which art stores I’m talking about.
Also, I love the vibe of the store. Calm but encouraging. Allows your mind to comfortably play around your project as you look at the possibilities on the shelf in front of you.
Love just browsing the place looking at stuff I have no idea what it is but would love to try it. Thats what artists do I guess.
Hope they’re around a long time.

ACS is simply the best supply store in LA with a huge stock, great prices, and an all-​artist-​for-​real staff who know their stuff and are there to assist. ACS had eliminated entirely my need to shop online, what I need (and I need some pretty high end stuff. More esoteric things too — caesin, encaustic, gold leaf, etching ink, mold supply — it’s all there). is always on hand, cheap. Trina, Lauren, Monica, David and the art boys are superstars, who know the finer details of how stuff works. Ask for it and you get it, period. Watch for their close out and overstock stuff, awesome. And for crafters, it competes with the best of them with good crafting stock and stuff for teachers and kids. (And sorry to be a hater but thank god Pearl is dead.) ACS is a winner. Now they just need an espresso bar …

I was surprised and delighted to have received some of the best customer service I have gotten anywhere! Lauren and Monica went above and beyond for me and all I asked for was a small package of glue! And they have parking in the back!
A+

Like a kid in a candy store.
I love this place! Had lunch in Culver City and had considered driving up to Blick to get more paint but then Unilocal (thank you Unilocal) showed me this guy.
The staff is extremely helpful and not pushy, and the prices are hard to beat. They also have random sales on items so you are bound to find a good deal here or there.
Thanks for letting me charge my phone while I was shopping so I could navi back home!

First of all, I’m not an artist by any stretch of the imagination. However, that hasn’t stopped me from being inspired to do a couple of projects. I decided to go into this store to get some supplies and advice.
Walking around, I felt like I was a toy store. There were so many different types of tools, paper, raw materials. I needed something to make a frame mat with, and the employee directed me to where they were kept. I’m sure there were 20 colors available.
Not only was I impressed by the variety in the store, the friendliness of the staff is definitely an asset.

I’ve been to independent art stores before, and somewhere between the acrylic paints and specialty paper, I’ve felt a sense of exclusivity and pretense. You definitely don’t get that here! The employees are as nice as they come, and very helpful. The store is a candy store equivalent to the artist or crafstman, whether you’re seasoned with years of work or just trying to do a simple project. The best part is that there’s 4 parking spots in the rear, easy enough so you can lug all your supplies to your car just a short trot away.
Will surely be coming here for all my future crafting projects.

My friend and I happened to pass by this store & went in for the first time the other day & it’s great! The store is quite huge. My friend is a freelance artist who is picky about the types of items he uses & he loved it and we easily spent an hour looking at colored pencils alone. He bought quite a few and I bought couple types of erasers (for pencil lead). They have the biggest variety of drawing paper I think I’ve ever seen. Their prices are good too, cheaper than in our faraway area.
We’d be happy to return if we’re in the area already for something else. We live an hour away.

Remember how you felt the first time you ever went to Disneyland, the Zoo or Toys R Us? Well if you’re into arts and crafts, then prepare yourself… Because when you set foot into Artist & Craftsman Supply store, those feelings of excitement and enthusiasm will rush RIGHT ON BACK!
My friends and I stumbled into Artist & Craftsman Supply after we realized Pearl up the street went out of business. Well, after spending 2 hours in this store, we realized why Pearl closed — it had NOTHING on this supply store! (well actually, NO CLUE — since I had never been, but I am assuming!)
The first thing I saw when I walked in to the store were animal puppets. I was lost in the jungle of hand animals for at least 30 minutes (Gloria the giraffe and Rex the Dog wanted to hang out, what can I say?) as my friends wandered around looking for the actual supplies we needed.
After we gathered everything we needed, with the help of Easton, Lauren and Eric (none of them got annoyed with the 219 038 473 questions my friends and I asked them– talk about customer service!), we slowly moseyed on over to the check out counter (we didn’t want to leave… And we were getting far too distracted by the collapsable toys and all the paint colors). My friends and I started guessing how much our total was going to be as we had so many supplies, we thought we went a little overboard (like when you ate one too many Mickey ice cream cones at Disneyland, right?) BUT NOPE — The price was FAR LOWER than we ever imaged (one of the paint tubes was only $ 3) — I even considered throwing in Moe the Moose just BECAUSE! But no, I practiced my restrain… As hard as it was!
I am happy to report the quality of the materials was exactly what we needed and we will totally be going back for more… And maybe THEN I will be able to walk out with Ally the Alligator. LMFAO — Why don’t I just work at a zoo?