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Indigo was one of our first handmade watercolors, a must-have in a palette! This rich synthetic color simulates genuine Indigo and provides a wide range of tones—at its darkest it appears almost black! Genuine Indigo is extracted from the leaves of the Indigo plant (Indigofera Tinctoria) through a fermentation process. It's one of the oldest natural dyes used historically across India, China, and Japan for textiles and printing, and was the only source of the color until around 1900, when it was first formulated synthetically for commercial use.

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With this bundle, you save $14! This standalone desk setup makes it easy to just sit down and paint! The top lid also serves as a mixing dish—how cute is that?! Bundle includes: – CfM Ruby , CfM Coral , CfM Turmeric , CfM Olive , CfM Denim , CfM Lilac – Standard Matte Gold Travel Brush - Round Size 8 – Hasami Ceramic Water Cup – Hasami Small Dish – Hasami…

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These porcelain Hasami dishes with a light grey glaze are perfect for holding our colors, small studio and office supplies, and are also food safe! Available in two sizes: Small: 3.25" in diameter Medium: 5.5" in…

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This sleek and elegant palette is the perfect travel companion! Each row holds four half-pans of paint, to fit a total of twelve handmade watercolors . Or, choose eight colors and pop a Mini Matte Gold Travel Brush in the middle row—and you'll be all set for your next outdoor painting adventure! Includes an empty palette with a finger loop at the bottom, swatch card, plus two metal spacer bars to hold your paints in place. First time loading your palette? Watch our handy how-to videos!

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We're so excited to offer a curated, rotating selection of our handmade watercolor Ultra-Blends in Art Toolkit's standard pans, so you can build your own dream set! The Art Toolkit Pocket Palette can fit up to 12 standard pans; the Demi Palette can fit up to 6. Art Toolkit's mini pans are exactly half the length of the standard pans, so you can mix-and-match sizes in your palette! Each palette includes a magnetic sheet that holds the pans in place, and allows for easy adjustments to your color selections. A fun and efficient system, and all-around perfect day-pack option!

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We love Art Toolkit palettes for their sleek, all-metal design and ultra-portability! We're so excited to offer two sizes and colors of these adorable, pocket-sized cases, each in its own screenprinted canvas drawstring bag. Build your own dream set with our handmade paints in Art Toolkit's Standard and Mini sized pans—you can find them all here ! Art Toolkit's Pocket Palette can fit up to 12 Art Toolkit Standard Pans or 24 Mini Pans (pans sold separately). The case measures 3-5/8" x 2-1/4" x 1/4" (~92mm x 64mm x 7mm) when closed.

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A lake pigment that is lightfast and semi-transparent and very smooth to paint with, Pewter Lake is made from a French mineral pigment that is fixed to a natural calcium carbonate base which gives these specific lake pigments a soft, velvety and matte finish when dry. All of our watercolors handmade in our shop using the highest quality earth and synthetic pigments and natural watercolor binding medium made from gum arabic (sap from acacia trees), honey, glycerine and distilled water. Half Pans contain around 2ml of paint and are approximately 3/4" x 1/2" x 3/8" deep.

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This white eraser is latex-free! It cleanly and easily removes lead without scuffing, smearing, or tearing. The eraser is featured in a pen-style holder with a pocket-clip that extends and retracts with the push of a button to always keep your eraser clean! Measures: 5"…

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All the enamel always! Forever! That's how we feel...there we said it! These cute mini trays come in black splatter or a black rim with a white body, and are perfect for just. about. everything! Each measures ~4.5" x 4.5"

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An expanded version of our Ultra-Blends 8-color set ! This exciting collection was inspired by our OG color-separating blend, CfM Riverbed . We wanted to try our hand at making even more layered colors—and once we got going, we couldn't stop! Team members were texting ideas, swatches and color scraps covered our work tables, and our resident poets began thinking up fun names . . . while in the span of a week two colors turned into three which turned into seven . . . you get the idea! CfM Ultra-Blends are custom colors with endless possibilities!

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This letterpressed swatch card is designed to fit in the lid of our large tin so that you can see each of your watercolors swatched on paper to ease your painting process. Equally useful and just as fun to fill in! This debossed swatch card features 36 indentations for color swatches - made to fit in our Large Palette. This product comes free with our 36 Color Large pre-made set.

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Earth from the city Nicosia in Cyprus. This lovely green has a slight gritty texture and allows for transparency and lightness. When Nicosia is fully saturated it does look like quite a similar color to French Pale Green! We've included a side by side image so you can see how Nicosia is more transparent and has more texture than French Pale Green. All of our watercolors handmade in our shop using the highest quality earth and synthetic pigments and natural watercolor binding medium made from gum arabic (sap from acacia trees), honey, glycerine and distilled water.

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Like all of our lake pigment paints, French Rose Lake is made with a mineral pigment that is fixed to a natural calcium carbonate base—which gives it a soft, velvety, matte finish when dry. This deep rosy color is lightfast, semi-opaque and very smooth. All of our watercolors are non-toxic and handmade in our shop using the highest quality earth and synthetic pigments and natural watercolor binding medium made from gum arabic (sap from acacia trees), honey, glycerine and distilled water. Half Pans contain around 2ml of paint and are approximately 3/4" x 1/2" x 3/8" deep.

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Let's get this painting party started! This adorable palette features our fave upbeat brights, including (by popular demand) five bestselling fluorescents ! Super mini and oh-so-sleek, this set fits right in your pocket, so you can keep your paints close at hand wherever you roam! This fun set includes an Art Toolkit Demi Palette case in black, and 12 Art Toolkit Mini Pans filled with our handmade watercolors. The case measures 2-3/16" by 1-3/4" x 1/4" (~55mm x 45mm x 7mm) when closed, and comes in a screenprinted canvas drawstring bag.

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Super-fun 7-color colored pencil! Yes please! This nostalgic pencil is a fan favorite in our shop and among our staff! Grab one for the kid in your life or to bring out that inner child! Example drawing by Julie Cloutier on a slice of Case for Making 1/2" Graph…

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Our lovely letterpressed watercolor swatch cards! Fits our small tin perfectly and has 14 blind debossed squares to color swatch your CFM Watercolors with space below to write the color names! Comes free with the purchase of a premade set.

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Wander a kitchen garden in early morning, and you'll perhaps see the dew-brightened tones of earthy green and deep magenta found in certain varieties of Sorrel—all featured here in this lovely, unique mix of colors! CfM Ultra-Blends are custom colors with endless possibilities! Use them with just a bit of water for full, even saturation, or add more water (and a bit more!), let it all pool and dry undisturbed on your paper, and discover worlds upon magical worlds as the colors separate and settle out! This color contains fluorescent pigment, which is not lightfast.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2:00 - 4:00pm PT This is an in-person workshop at CfM Art Room: 4035 Judah St, San Francisco, next door to our shop! This abstract mark-making and mixed media workshop will explore intuitive ways of making marks to develop freedom and confidence in the process. We will begin with activities designed to explore materials and experiment with various approaches to creating marks. We will then cut & collage the papers we created in warm-up activities, add additional material, and explore meaning through the creation of an abstract piece rooted in your unique sensibility.

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Luscious, smooth graphite pencils that were designed for artists, writers, designers, and more! The Blackwing Natural features an extra-firm graphite core, with a cedar barrel finish and a grey eraser. Designed with intent for extended writing and detailed line work. The Blackwing 602 features a firm and smooth graphite core, with a gunmetal grey finish and a pink eraser. Designed with intent for writing and The Blackwing Pearl features a smooth and balanced graphite core, with a classic white pearl finish and a white eraser. Designed with intent for calligraphy and illustration.

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Nichiban is la crème de la crème of artist tape! Strong and durable, yet super thin and pliable, it peels off your paper like a dream, revealing a perfect edge every time! Nichiban 207 is 15mm / ~.59" wide and each roll measures 50 meters / 164 feet long. Made in Japan.

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Introduced in 1935, Winsor & Newton Designers' Gouache is considered by many to be the finest artist-quality gouache available. This Permanent White gouache is a smooth, flat white, and very opaque. Cadmium free and offers full matte coverage. Available in 2 sizes: 14ml and…

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Quick-setting adhesive for paper, cardboard, photos, and more! These twistable glue sticks are non-toxic, non-staining, and washable! The formula is clear and dries in under a minute. Available in - 0.74oz (21g)…

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Our most popular brush style! Round brushes are an excellent choice for precise line or detail work. Depending on the pressure and angle of application, you can achieve a thick swath or thin line in a single swipe. These all-around brushes are a favorite of beginner and seasoned painters alike, and a great place to start if you're just building your quiver! The size 8 is also great for kids! Our premium quality brushes have coated wood handles labeled with our classic gold lettering, and synthetic bristles that fit into a metal ferrule. Imported from Germany.

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This ethereal blue was inspired by atmospheric perspective, and the specific color of mountain ranges fading into the distance. Our atmosphere scatters blue light, which is why objects in the distance appear so blue—the further back they are, the more we see them with reduced clarity, value and color saturation! Like CFM Payne's Grey—Shadow Blue's darker, moodier sibling—CfM Shadow Blue is also a great alternative to black for portraying shadows.

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Saturday, July 11, 11:00am - 12:30pm PT This is an online workshop held via Zoom. Celebrate the vibrant colors and organic beauty of summer produce with this session focused on heirloom tomatoes. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced painter looking to refresh your skills, I will guide you through the process of capturing the rich textures, subtle color variations, and unique shapes of these seasonal gems. You'll learn essential watercolor techniques such as wet-on-wet blending, layering, and color mixing to bring out the juicy, sun-kissed essence of tomatoes in all their forms.

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This series of paintings was created to celebrate the female purveyors behind the San Francisco restaurant, Flour + Water's, special Women's Month tasting menu. Size 9" x 12" 11 people from our team worked together to collectively create these watercolor paintings, one color mark at a time. Our team is inspired by curiosity, craft and experimentation and we made this series of works in celebration of the visionary women behind each of these beautiful ingredients. We're happy to offer them for sale here as the first original artworks created by our team.

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Our favorite replacement mechanical pencil lead! Pentel’s Super Hi-Polymer pencil lead is one of the strongest and highest quality leads on the market. Formulated to improve strength, retain darkness and smoothness, and reduce the risk of breakage. We offer it in the HB which is a wonderful general-use pencil lead hardness. 12 leads / pack Available in - 0.3mm, 0.5mm, 0.7mm, &amp…

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Yellow Owl waterproof ink can be used to print on nearly every surface! Stamp in brilliant hues on paper, fabric, clay, wood, and more! Each case measures ~3.87" x 2.75" (10 cm x 7 cm) Conforms to ASTM…

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Saturday, July 18, 11:00am - 12:30pm PT This is an online workshop held via Zoom. Mother Nature continues to be one of our best muses! Butterflies have been a popular motif historically in art and design, perhaps for their fleeting beauty and fragility, and watercolour is the perfect medium to explore their iridescent wings. In this session we’ll be studying butterflies & moths and observing their wide range of patterns and textures - their symmetry allows for repetition and practicing techniques.

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Pink Pipestone is only currently available in our Natural Earth Palette and Core 36 Palette . *PLEASE NOTE* The harder minerals in this pigment make it grittier than our other colors! This uniquely textured, natural earth pigment is semi-transparent and lightfast. It's sourced from a muted, reddish-pink clay found mainly in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Canada, and the blushy pink color comes from iron oxide (hematite) that seeps into the clay beds over time!

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Liner brushes are excellent for painting consistent, smooth lines and curves. They're also wonderful for fine lettering—and a favorite for sign painting! Our premium quality brushes have coated wood handles labeled with our classic gold lettering, and synthetic bristles that fit into a metal ferrule. Imported from Germany.

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This ethereal, neutral purple is a deep and misty union of two lightfast core pigments, wonderful for rendering the subtle tones of shadow, smoke and fog! CfM Ultra-Blends are custom colors with endless possibilities! Use them with just a bit of water for full, even saturation, or add more water (and a bit more!), let it all pool and dry undisturbed on your paper, and discover worlds upon magical worlds as the colors separate and settle out!

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Winsor & Newton Designers' Gouache is considered by many to be the finest artist-quality gouache available and was introduced to the world in 1935. The gouache formula is high-opacity, full coverage, and feels smooth when applying. We love gouache for its amazing versatility as a medium. It can be fluid and transparent like a watercolor and vibrant with great covering power like an acrylic! The best of both, and thinned with just water too! Colors available - Flame Red, Lemon Yellow, and Indigo 14ml (0.47 fl oz) per…

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A metallic mica pigment that is lightfast and semi-opaque and very smooth. All of our watercolors handmade in our shop using the highest quality earth and synthetic pigments and natural watercolor binding medium made from gum arabic (sap from acacia trees), honey, glycerine and distilled water. Half Pans contain around 2ml of paint and are approximately 3/4" x 1/2" x 3/8" deep. Color Index number not provided by vendor. The pigment is fine mica powder and does not have a CI number associated with it. All of our watercolors conform to ASTM D-4236 .

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This sleek and elegant palette is the perfect travel companion! Each row holds four half-pans of paint, to fit a total of twelve handmade watercolors . Or, choose eight colors and pop a Mini Matte Gold Travel Brush in the middle row—and you'll be all set for your next outdoor painting adventure! Includes an empty palette with a finger loop at the bottom, swatch card, plus two metal spacer bars to hold your paints in place. First time loading your palette? Watch our handy how-to videos!

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100% cotton, cold press watercolor paper with the lovely, soft texture of our dreams! Ideal for watercolor, gouache or inks, and wonderfully compatible with our favorite Nichiban masking tape or liquid frisket . When our manufacturer gauged our interest in colorful glued edges, we of course replied, "Well, how many colors can we have?!" We really didn't anticipate how cute they would turn out—and we're absolutely obsessed! The blocks are glue-bound on all four sides, so your paper stays flat while you paint and as your work dries.

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A full-spectrum mix of our favorite core colors, with the added bliss of our fluorescents and metallics! This set comes in our CFM Large Palette , which we love for its spacious mixing wells and easy-to-clean design. All of our premade sets include a swatch card letterpress printed by our friends at Aesthetic Union —what better way to get to know your new colors than a meditative swatching session?!

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Sunday, July 12, 11:00am - 12:30pm PT. This is an online workshop held via Zoom. Inside every fruit is the potential for a Big Bang! In this summer harvest-inspired watercolor workshop, we’ll explore fruits as symbols of abundance and nourishment, portraying them as cosmic portals to the stardust within us all. In addition to painting fruit forms, this class will look at how to create starry slices of the universe, using a monochromatic palette.

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A deep reddish-pink Vermilion pigment formulated synthetically to simulate the characteristics of the mineral pigment Vermilion and eliminate the use of mercury. This rich color has very high opacity and a smooth texture. True Vermilion is a brilliant red pigment with a rich history of being used throughout history and around the world from Ancient Rome’s decorative arts and the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages to lacquerware in China since the Song dynasty. It was even used as a rouge-like cosmetic in ancient West Asia.

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The classic composition notebook reimagined! We love these fun and funky color combinations that keep us inspired! Emilio Braga sketchbooks are our favorite, and have been handmade in Portugal since 1918! They are perfect for drawing and writing, even on the go! Every sketchbook has an elastic band and comes with a cardstock sheet that is lined on one side and grid on the other to use as a writing guide since all pages are blank. Size 12cm x 17cm (approx. 4.72in. x 6.69in.) Size 17cm x 23cm (approx. 6.69in.

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THURSDAY, JULY 2, 6:30pm - 8:30pm PT This is an in-person workshop at CfM Art Room: 4035 Judah St, San Francisco, next door to our shop! Join us in a relaxed and supportive creative space where we'll explore how drawing and watercolor can interact in our work. This casual, open-format class is designed for artists of all levels to experiment with integrating line work and color layering. Still life setups will be available to spark inspiration, and loose, guided instruction will be provided based on the work that emerges. Bring your own projects or start something new!

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A lake pigment that is lightfast and semi-transparent and very smooth to paint with, Sky Blue Lake is made from a French mineral pigment that is fixed to a natural calcium carbonate base which gives these specific lake pigments a soft, velvety and matte finish when dry. All of our watercolors handmade in our shop using the highest quality earth and synthetic pigments and natural watercolor binding medium made from gum arabic (sap from acacia trees), honey, glycerine and distilled water. Half Pans contain around 2ml of paint and are approximately 3/4" x 1/2" x 3/8" deep.

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This handy mixing square fits right into your Pocket or Demi Art Toolkit case—just add water and paint, and mix, mix, mix! Each Mixing Square is the size of two Art Toolkit standard pans, or four mini pans.

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This slim and lightweight watercolor notebook is great to keep in your day pack for when inspiration strikes! 20 sheets (40 pages) white cold-press watercolor paper, spiral-bound with a Kraft-colored card stock cover. 9" x 5"

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Well what can we say—we started a a monster, a candy monster and we can't stop! We started out just carrying the Wild Strawberry flavored Swedish sour fish and when they came out with new flavors we of course had to get them all! • Sour Wild Strawberry • Sour Blackberry • Sour Elderflower • Sour Peach These yummies are Vegan, Gelatin Free, Gluten Free! Ingredients: sugar, invert sugar syrup, water, corn starch, glucose syrup, citric acid, tartaric acid, black carrot concentrate, natural flavors, coconut oil, carnauba wax. Allergens…

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A world of color at your brush-tip! Our founder Alexis loves challenging herself to match any color in a photo or magazine with watercolors she mixes herself (now you know one reason we've ended up with so many fun custom blends!). Over time, this set of twelve emerged as the perfect palette to mix just about any color she could find—and all those she could dream up, too! This set comes in our compact and elegant Simple Travel Palette in Glossy Black.

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Eight colors in one, with an easy-to-twist top so you can switch colors as you draw! Please note: we're currently shipping these with a white cap.

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