Crunch Week! Extended Store Hours and More!!

It's finals time and ARCH has extended store hours 9am - 8pm, Monday the 5th thru Friday May 9th. We have stocked up on all you need for all your finals needs.

• Basswood, Plywood and Hardwoods
• Tacky Glue, Zap-a-Gap, Loctite
• Gallery Pins and Numbered Map Tacks
• Presentation and Model Making Boards

Did we mention we have FREE coffee courtesy of our friends at Farleys, homemade cookies and a friendly and knowledgable staff who are here to help you to the finish of this mad dash!

Good luck students!!

Find ARCH at Patchwork Oakland - Mothers Day, May 11th

Join ARCH at Patchwork Show: Modern Creative Festival on Mother's Day. Shop local from 130+ local independent vendors featuring handmade & independently designed goods including clothing, art, paper goods, accessories and housewares.

-Make something with ARCH + SFEsty at their FREE make-and-take Mother's Day card and stamp making station or with Handcraft Studio School at their FREE diy crafting booth.
-Vamp Music is spinning vinyl all day + catch live music in the afternoon with Alicia Murphy
-Pop-up shops from Oaklandish, Rock Paper Scissors Collective + Vamp Music's curated vintage clothing and record space
-Enjoy free samples of Joia all natural soda while you shop
-Check out Chevy's awesome electric eco cars
-Eat well from food trucks + artisan food vendors

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.