Check those items off your Christmas list using this Ultimate Artist Gift Guide! Find ideas for painting, hand lettering, graphic design and more!
Courses and Learning Products
Have a budding artist or graphic designer in the family? Give them the gift of learning with these online courses and printable worksheets.
- Printable Design Course: my basic design course in Adobe Illustrator.
- Casual Calligraphy Course: learn how to use a brush pen AND Calligraphy pen with my online course.
- I Can Learn Hand Lettering Worksheets: learn the basics of hand lettering with just the worksheets or purchase the video course.
- Brush Lettering Worksheets by Random Olive
Lettering Tools
Not sure what hand lettering pens or brushes to get? These are all a great place to start!
- Tombow Dual Brush Pens: These are my FAVORITE for hand lettering. Get them in every color! You can also pair them with some printable lettering worksheets.
- Tombow Fudenosuke Calligraphy Pens: I use these for my Casual Calligraphy Course…plus they also come in COLOR!!!
- Ecoline Brush Pens
: These give a really pretty watercolor look.
- Pentel Brush Pen: Give brush lettering a watercolor effect with this easy to use pen.
- Sharpies: because they are so fun!
- Zig Markers: for a rustic brush lettering look.
- Custom Calligraphy Pens: These are GORGEOUS and would make a really thoughtful gift (hint, hint Husband).
You may also want to check out some Marker Storage Ideas or check out the Casual Calligraphy Supply List.

iPad Lettering Tools
All the fun of lettering and drawing without the mess! These are all on my list this year! I just tried out the iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil and it’s AMAZING! You will need the first three on the list to create hand-lettered art on the iPad, but the last one will come in handy!
Fonts and Graphics
I get all my fonts and graphics at Creative Market! It’s amazing and you get to support small business while you’re at it. Check out my favorite Hand Lettered Fonts for inspiration!
Paint
- Kuretake Watercolors
: These are really vibrant and beautiful colors for beginners or advanced artists.
- Acrylics: These are my favorite acrylics to work with and they’re inexpensive.
Coloring Books and Notebooks
- Holiday Fun Coloring Pages: The gift that keeps on giving! Includes coloring pages for every holiday and you can print them out over and over again!
- Color Me Inspired Coloring Book: 20 pages of fun, pretty coloring pages for adults!
Hope you enjoyed this Artist Gift Guide!
If you’re looking for other gift guides, check out my Ultimate Cricut Gift Guide and the Ultimate Crafting Gift Guide!
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