Australian Coloured Pencils Resources

www.theartshop.com.au
> http://www.theartshop.com.au sell Prismacolours and Polychromos and Coloursoft in open stock!!

www.artmaterials.com.au
> http://www.artmaterials.com.au sell Prismas but only in box sets they dont sell them openstock. They also sell stonehenge, colourfix

www.polymerclay.com.au
> http://www.polymerclay.com.au They also sell Prismas but only in box sets.

> www.jacksons.com.au
Jacksons sells papers they also have Albrecht Durers and
Polychromos pencils.

http://www.oxfordart.com.au
> www.oxfordart.com.au sell Polychromos in open stock as well!!

www.artsupplies.co.nz
> www.artsupplies.co.nz sell Polychromos and Coloursoft by the box.

> http://www.thedrawingroom.co.nz NZ supplier of coloursoft (thanks Wendy) These guys don't do online ordering just yet but is coming soon

Shops which sell Prismacolour and Polychromos pencils.

Sydney
Northern Beaches

Arthouse Direct
Cnr Mona Vale Rd & Bungan St
Mona Vale NSW 2103
ph: (02) 9979 6559

Artlink Art Supplies
Shop 503 Pittwater Rd
Brookvale NSW 2100
ph: (02) 9939 7633

Central Coast

Eckersleys
*Polychromos only*
8/4 Ilya Avenue
Erina NSW 2250
ph. 02 4367 4566

Papers
Stonehenge - Many people ask where to find it. I have found most art supply shops stock it, its usually located with all your single sheet watercolour papers. Its a printmaking paper and depending on your shop can be sold in a few different colours. If you see the above cp suppliers a few of them also stock papers.

Electric Erasers
> www.artifolk.co.uk
This one isn't a Aus supplier its UK, but the product and the shipping were so cheap it might as well have been.

Sharpeners
I bought my original eletctric sharpener from ebay so i have no help there.
Battery operated sharpeners from Xacto can be bought from Officeworks and cost about $13-. Not as good as the electric but not too shabby either.

Ampersand Pastelbord
This surface isn't just for cp but lots of cp artists are using it.
I have only found suppliers of this in the US which means it costs a fortune.dickblick here.

A similar pastelboard support is just starting to join the market in Australia and is made by Richeson. On first view the product looks very similar to the Ampersand board. It is a slightly lighter board and is little coarser than the Ampersand, I am yet to give it a try with pencils but they are currently having a promotion have a look at it here: http://www.creativityunlimited.com.au/retailers_current_promotions.html

Help support other cp artists if you know of a shop or online store let me know

I recently discovered this place for framing your coloured pencil works. They will supply within 48 hours your CUSTOM made frame to your specifications, i have personally used this service on a couple of occasions and have felt the service and quality of these guys is outstanding. They are based in Sydney but delivery all over Australia.

http://www.frameshop.com.au

For events and workshops on coloured pencil in Australia please visit the Australian Coloured Pencils Network where events and workshops are posted by its members.

http://www.auscolouredpencils.com.au

Below is some very information regarding the art business. These links come from Katherine's Artbusines Squidoo site which is more indepth and extensive than i could ever hope to achieve but i hope to update the below with some Australian resources soon.

HOW NOT TO SUCCEED IN THE ART WORLD - http://www.artbusiness.com/osoqartworld.html