Gift Ideas for a Friend: Painting & drawing

The full 120-color Polychromos range in one metal tin, the oil-based pencil serious colorists aim for.

42 colors of 0.3 mm fineliners with a triangular barrel for journaling, lettering and color-coded notes.

Blendable markers with a brush tip and a fine tip, in a palette of warm skin and earth tones.

Hard-tip Japanese brush pens that move from thin to thick lines with pressure, made for lettering.

Japan-made water-based paint markers that draw on wood, glass, metal, canvas and more.

A starter kit of 11 acrylic paints with a brush and a free miniature, built for painting wargaming figures.

A 45-color watercolor studio set in a compact case with a mixing tray.

Pencils that turn into vivid, permanent ink washes with water, on paper and even on fabric.

Black-wood pencils with soft leads that stay bright even on dark or colored paper.

36 water-soluble pencils that give the control of a pencil and the softness of watercolor.

Broad 8 mm chisel-tip paint markers for lettering, big flat colors and street-art style work.

A huge 150-color tin of soft, highly pigmented pencils that stay vibrant on dark paper.

48 soft Goldfaber pencils in a reusable metal tin, made for students and hobby artists stepping up.

The softness of pastel in a wood-cased pencil, for crisp lines and blended studies without dusty sticks.

A German-made graphite kit mixing Castell 9000, watercolor graphite and pure graphite in one tin.

A coloring book turned inside out: 50 unfinished watercolors where you add the lines.

Ten 21 ml tubes of Winton oil paint to start oil painting with a classic British brand.

A coloring book of 100 patterns for adults, from flowers and geometric shapes to animals.

Adjustable-temperature wood burning pen with 14 tips, stencils, 11 wood blanks and 24 watercolors to color the burned designs.

Posca's wax-hybrid colored pencils, opaque enough to show on dark surfaces and paired with its markers.

A sticker activity book: 12 plant and flower pictures made one sticker at a time.

Squeezable foam-tip Posca markers with a 3 to 19 mm stroke, made for graffiti and splashy effects.

Six 8 ml tubes of metallic watercolor to add shimmer to paintings, cards and lettering.

Two pre-printed canvases and eight earth-tone Posca markers for a display-ready painting.