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Today is Black Friday, the start of the holiday shopping season! Many US retailers have marked down selected wares, including art and craft supplies. To help you parse the offerings, we’ll be tracking some of the best deals on artists’ tools, from pastels to tablets, to give as gifts or to keep for yourself.
We will be updating this page throughout the weekend and into Cyber Monday, so check in with us often. A word of advice: Move fast, as many of these products will sell out quickly. (All prices current at time of publication.)
How we pick each product:
Our mission is to recommend the most appropriate artists’ tool or supply for your needs. Whether you are looking for top-of-the line equipment or beginners’ basics, we’ll make sure that you get good value for your money by doing the research for you. We scour the Internet for information on how art supplies are used and read customer reviews by real users; we ask experts for their advice; and of course, we rely on our own accumulated expertise as artists, teachers, and craftspeople.
SAVE ON TECH GEAR AND CAMERAS
This Cyber weekend there are lots of great deals on tech for artists, collectors, and galleries from our favorite specialists.
Adobe Creative Cloud Pro Annual Subscription (***SALE ENDS TODAY!)
Buy an annual subscription today and save 50%
For many professionals, this software suite from Adobe is a must-have, since it offers everything from image- and video-editing software, like Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere Pro, respectively, to motion graphics and animation tools, like After Effects. Not everyone loves the subscription model, but the entire suite is half off for the first year.
Adobe
Apple 2025 MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop with M4 chip
Buy for $749.00 and save 25%
This sleek, lightweight MacBook Air has a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina Display, comes with 16GB of memory, includes 256GB of SSD storage, and is designed with a backlit magic keyboard with TouchID security. It also has 18 hours of total battery life between charges.
Best Buy
Wacom One 12 Drawing Tablet with Screen, 11.6-inch HD
Buy for $199.00 and save 33%
You won’t often find Wacom tablets on sale, but this Black Friday deal gets you 33% off the Wacom One 12, a high-quality display tablet that is also easy to use. It’s ideal for many types of tasks, from removing dust and scratches from digital photos to creating drawings, paintings, and 3-D models. It comes with a battery-free Wacom One Pen.
B&H
Nikon Z6 III (body only) Mirrorless Camera
Buy for $2,096.95 and save 22%
Generally, the best Black Friday camera sales are on earlier models that nevertheless still perform well. The exception this year is the Nikon Z6 III, the current model of Nikon’s midrange mirrorless camera for both photos and video clips. This workhorse camera has very fast autofocus and can capture 6K-resolution video. It has an ergonomic grip, a vivid 3.2-inch swiveling touchscreen LCD, and a sharp electronic viewfinder. And it even has a small LCD on top of the camera to display exposure-setting data.
B&H
Boris FX Suite Yearly Subscription (***SALE ENDS NOVEMBER 30!)
Buy for $1121.25 ($93.44/mo for 12 months) and save 25%
This visual effects suite includes Optics, which has hundreds of filters and effects for photos; Sapphire, a VFX app that offers stunning filters for video; Mocha Pro for motion-tracking; and other powerful video and animation tools. (Sale is limited to one purchase per customer. Monthly subscriptions are discounted for the first month only. The sale applies to new purchases only.)
Boris FX
GoPro Hero13 Black Camera Bundle with 64GB Memory Card and EVA Case
Buy for $319.00 and save 26%
The latest but one GoPro Hero, the GoPro Hero13 shoots 5.3K video resolution at 60 frames per second, more than most action cams. But it has a variety of other impressive features as well, including up to 8x slow-motion video, up to 24.7-megapixel photos, HyperSmooth 6.0 video stabilization, and live streaming in 1080p. A micro SD memory card and a carrying case are also included.
Adorama
SAVE ON HELPING THE PLANET
Terracycle Zero Waste boxes
Buy any Zero Waste box and save 30%
Terracycle’s Zero Waste Boxes help keep trash that can’t typically be recycled by curbside recycling services out of landfills and incinerators. With a Zero Waste Box for just about anything you can imagine, the company makes it easy to recycle art supplies, plastic packaging, coffee capsules, and lots more. Just fill the box, tape it up, and send it back using the prepaid shipping label. Their boxes, however, can be expensive. This weekend, get 30 percent off any box, including this one, which is ideal for art studios and classrooms.
Terracycle
SAVE ON ART-THEMED PUZZLES
Pomegranate Art-Themed Jigsaw Puzzles
Save 20–30% off any jigsaw puzzle
Who doesn’t enjoy a good jigsaw puzzle? It’s a great pastime that can relieve stress, and it doesn’t involve a computer screen. And they make a great gift for the puzzle fanatic in your life. The independent publisher Pomegranate faithfully reproduces fine-art masterpieces in its sturdy, well-cut puzzles. Shop puzzles based on works by Pacita Abad, Georges Seurat, Edward Hopper, Henri Matisse, Faith Ringgold, Alma Thomas, and others, and save up to 30%.
Pomegranate
SAVE ON ART GIFTS FROM MOMA
Museum of Modern Art Design Store Merchandise
Save 20% on online purchases (exclusions apply)
If you are shopping for an art lover in your life, you can’t do much better than the Museum of Modern Art Design Store, which carries exhibition catalogs, artist and exhibition merch, home goods, accessories, and more. Save 20% at checkout on items like this reproduction of a Sophie Taeuber Arp candle holder.
Museum of Modern Art
SAVE ON ONLINE ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES
Master Class Annual Membership (***OFFER ENDS TODAY)
Save 50% on annual memberships (billed monthly)
You’ve most likely seen one of the commercials for MasterClass, the online education subscription service that gets celebrities from to record tutorials on a wide range of topics from cooking to filmmaking to art. Instructors include musician Alicia Keys, chef Gordon Ramsay, editor and fashion icon Anna Wintour, comedian and actor Steve Martin, and artists Jeff Koons and Futura. For a limited time, you can get 50% off a MasterClass annual membership.
Masterclass
SAVE ON ARTIST’S SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FROM BLICK
Blick is having an in-store holiday sale through December 24, but you can also find great deals online through its cyber sale. Many of the best deals are on student-grade tools and supplies, so if you are on a budget or just starting out, this is an especially good option for you.
SAVE ON ARTS AND CRAFTS PRODUCTS FROM MICHAEL’S
Michael’s Black Friday sale on art and craft supplies is in full swing, with great deals on everything from beads to framing. And don’t forget the items on Michael’s weekly ad. Pro tip: download the store’s app to easily browse newly released offers. Discounts abound, and a 40% discount on some regularly priced items with code.
