March Sketch-Up Photo Gallery

Thanks to all who attended ARCH's March Sketch-Up Friday event. Here are a few photos from the event as well as some terrific artwork from our talented attendees. The next Sketch-Up event is scheduled for Friday April 25th from 5:45-8PM. Please visit our events page for more details.

Saturday April 5th - FREE Pentel Brush Pen Demo with Chris Koehler 1-3pm

California College of The Arts Faculty member Chris Koehler will be presenting a Pentel Brush Pen demo at ARCH. Join us to learn tips and techniques for using this popular product in a variety of ways. For more about Chris, visit his website.

Chris Koehler is an artist and illustrator working out of San Francisco. His work has appeared in Popular Science, Utne Reader, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Wired, The Boston Globe, OnEarth Magazine, Stanford Magazine, and SF Weekly, among others. Chris also teaches in the illustration department at California College of the Arts and regularly shows in galleries.

NEW Product: GOLDEN High Flow Acrylics

ARCH now carries the full 49 color line of GOLDEN High Flow Acrylics including 4oz bottles and sets. High Flow acrylics come in a wide range of high-intensity colors including transparent, iridescent and fluorescent varieties. They are thin enough to be added to refillable markers, technical pens and airbrushes or can be painted and used to stain or pour onto most painting surfaces. High Flow produce beautiful stains and washes, but can also be used to create intricate detail with small brushes or technical pens.

High Flow Acrylics have an ink-like consistency and a high pigment load, consistent with the rest of GOLDEN's acrylic products. They maintain their brilliancy even when diluted, resembling a glaze when thinned out. Used at their full strength, they are similar to an ink, but tend to be more brilliant in color and maintain a crisper edge than some inks.

Sketch-Up Friday Photo Gallery

Thanks to all who attended ARCH's first Sketch-Up Friday event. Here are a few photos from the event as well as some terrific artwork from our talented attendees. The next Sketch-Up event is scheduled for Friday March 28th from 5:45-8PM. Please visit our events page for more details.

Next Friday: Sketch Up Friday, Feb 21st 5:30-8PM

Friday February 21st, ARCH will be hosting it's first community model-sketching event. We will have costumed models posing for you to sketch or paint from. This month we will have San Francisco Bellydance Mama, Jill Parker and Foxglove Sweethearts dance troupe member Karina Tribal-Mexico as models! There will be plenty of unique poses, beautiful inspiration and decadent costumes to be inspired by.

Participants should bring their own supplies and drawing board or you can purchase them here at ARCH. You should feel free to draw or paint, whatever inspires you. No photography please. There will be light refreshments and plenty of inspiration! First session with Jill Parker will begin promptly at 6:00PM and the second session with Karina will begin at 7:00PM.

This is a $5.00 suggested donation event to help cover model fees and we will be offering a discount on art supplies when you donate. We hope to make this a monthly event!

If you are interested in being a model for this event in the future, please contact Jenna at jenna@archsupplies.com. 

Valentine's Day Gift Ideas

Looking for a gift for your Valentine? ARCH is your local place for unique locally hand-crafted Valentine's Day gifts; from the traditional to the unusual. Come in and see our selection. ARCH carries locally-made jewelry by Bird of Virtue including the reversible "Love" Braille Virtue Necklace above.

"These reversible necklaces have one side in braille and the other in a sweet handwritten script – its up to you as to which side you display. These petite necklaces are laser cut out of walnut wood, then hand-painted a champagne metallic silver, sanded + finished on gunmetal-plated brass chain."

A great gift idea for the guys in your life, this San Francisco-based Henley Brand flask comes with a steel funnel for filling and is covered in a heavyweight canvas cover. It is made of food-grade steel and can hold 8oz of your favorite beverage. ARCH also carries other Henley products including a tool set, collapsible pen, and a collapsible cup.

Amano Studio, based in Sonoma County, makes great delicate and stylish necklaces like this Golden Arrow design. Measures 1.25" brass with a genuine antiqued gold finish, 18" chain with 4" extender, lobster clasp. A special gift for your sweetheart. Thank you for choosing ARCH for all your gift-giving needs!

PRODUCT RECALL - Fred & Friends Chill Baby Volume Pacifier

Fred & Friends Chill Baby Volume Pacifier has been recalled by the manufacturer. Fred & Friends determined that the ventilation holes on some of the Volume Pacifiers were slightly smaller then required under the applicable sections of Code of Federal Regulations which relate to pacifier products. A consumer also informed the company that the knob on her Volume Pacifier became detached during use, becoming a small part choking hazard. If you purchased one of these pacifiers at ARCH, we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and welcome a return or store exchange.