Holiday Gifts for the Creative Spirit

The perfect gifts to make the holidays even more special
The holidays are just around the corner, and it’s time to go all out! This year, you want to surprise your friends and family with something colorful and unique. It’s not just about the contents of the gift, but more importantly, that big smile from your loved ones. The big question is: which gifts will make your loved ones shine this year?

Creative Inspiration for Beginning Artists

Are you discovering the artist within you? Do you want to give your children, nephews, and nieces a dose of creative inspiration and enjoy creating art together? Start with the products from Ecoline and Bruynzeel! These versatile and colorful brands are perfect for young and beginner artists and are the ideal tools for learning to paint, draw, and illustrate. Give this gift to the younger generation, and who knows, you might spark their creative side. Create unforgettable memories together and discover the creativity that lies within us all!

Ecoline Liquid watercolour set Primary

Whether it involves artistic impressions, product design, illustrations, fashion design, calligraphy or children’s drawings, the brilliant colours bring every piece of art to life. Thanks to its pure formula, based on dyes and gum arabic, the colours of Talens Ecoline are astonishingly bright and brilliant.

Bruynzeel Colouring & drawing set

The set contains everything for hours full of drawing and colouring fun! Within this set there is a brush for the watercolour pencils, sharpener for the graphite pencils, sharpener for the colour pencils and an eraser. Contents: 32 colour pencils, 18 watercolour pencils, 12 metallic colour pencils, 4 graphite pencils, 1 brush, 2 sharpeners, 1 eraser

For the Friend Who Seems to Have Everything

Then there’s that one friend who you scratch your head over every year. He seems to have it all. This year, we have a bold and unique idea: a creative set. Think painting, sketching, or illustrating – and no, we’re not talking about numbered paint-by-numbers. We’re talking about real artistic tools that allow him to create something beautiful himself. With a bit of online guidance, anyone can put something impressive on paper. This way, you’re not just giving a gift, but a new creative hobby and a meaningful way to spend free time.

Sakura Creative Kits

Create your own illustration from start to finish with this complete Sakura Creative Kit. Follow along the artist in the included free video tutorial and draw an impressive illustration in no time! The set also comes with a QR code to the tutorial and more information on the creative project and artwork. Sakura Creative Kits are a great way to get to know Sakura’s most iconic pens and perfect if you are looking for a new creative hobby, 

Talens Art Creation Acrylic colour combiset

The set contains everything you need to get started: an acrylic colour set of 12 x 12 ml tubes in basic colours to build your palette with, a handy table easel, a stretched canvas of 24 x 30 cm, 2 acrylic painting brushes and a mess-free tear-off palette. It also includes a detailed step-by-step plan so you can easily create your own masterpiece. Taking up painting as a hobby has never been this easy!

For the Artistic Favorite Aunt

Some gifts are a surefire hit. Take your favorite aunt, for example: she’s always delighted by a beautiful tube of Rembrandt oil paint, or even better, a complete oil paint set. You know she spends hours in her studio creating the most stunning paintings. Give her something that will push her artistic boundaries even further – a gift she can enjoy all year round.

Rembrandt Oil colour basic set

Rembrandt oil paint has been developed through pure skill and artistic insight and is based on the best raw materials. These extra-fine quality oil colours have a uniform viscosity and are crafted with a high concentration of premium-quality pigments that offer the highest degree of lightfastness.

Cobra Study oil colour basic box

This convenient box contains everything you need to start painting with oil paint, without having to use solvents. The set includes a selection of ten Cobra Study water-mixable oil colours, a bottle of painting medium, our solvent-free paint thinner and various accessories to help you get started. Cobra Study oil colour basic box | 10 x 40 ml + accessories.

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

The great thing about a creative gift? It’s just the beginning of an artistic journey. This year, you might give a set of pencils, and who knows, in a few years, you could be gifting a complete oil or acrylic paint set. Creativity knows no bounds – and you’re inspiring your friends and family to explore those boundaries.

Van Gogh Museum watercolour pocket box

A compact watercolour set with twelve shades inspired by the colour palette of Vincent van Gogh's Dynamic Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat in which he used complementary colours. This special edition of the Van Gogh pocket box is bright orange, like the small stripes of orange paint that can also be seen in the halo around the head in the self-portrait. 

Amsterdam Standard Series acrylic paint landscape set

This set of 12 x 20 ml acrylic paints was created with the landscape artist in mind. The selected color palette is perfect for various types of landscape paintings. Our Standard Series offers you the broadest range of remarkably vibrant acrylic colors. This versatile paint is easy to work with and offers a smooth application. Use the paint straight from the tube or thinned with a little bit of water or one of our acrylic mediums.

Talens Gouache Extra Fine set

Gouache set of 10 colours in ready-to-use glass bottles. This set contains a selection of our most popular colours. The bottles come in a sturdy cardboard box with convenient colour swatches. Talens Gouache Extra Fine is a highly pigmented paint with a matt finish. Although gouache is popular amongst artists and designers for its intense and opaque colours, they can be made slightly more
transparent by adding water.

Talens | Pantone marker set 9x

Sketch, draw and design in Pantone colors with Talens | Pantone markers! These high-quality markers contain pigmented, water-based ink in vivid colors based on the Pantone Matching System™. Meticulously formulated, adjusted and tested by Talens, co-designed and approved by Pantone. Each marker features two nibs, offering the ultimate flexibility.

Stores Full of Inspiration

Visit a hobby or fine art store for expert advice and inspiration. The staff will be happy to help you find the perfect gift – whether for a beginner or an experienced artist. Tip: Contact the store in advance to ensure the gift or specific brand you’re looking for is in stock. This way, you can avoid disappointment and give the perfect present.

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