About Flax Art & Design
Flax Art & Design is a San Francisco-based art supply and design store offering professional-grade art supplies, drafting tools, fine papers, sketchbooks, specialty pens, and design accessories. Founded in 1938, Flax has served the San Francisco Bay Area's professional artists and designers and now ships nationally through their online store.
The store is particularly valued by fine artists, graphic designers, architects, and illustration professionals who need quality art materials that mainstream craft stores don't stock. Their selection of professional watercolor, oil, and acrylic supplies, specialty papers, and drafting tools serves the serious artist rather than the casual hobbyist.
Flax's online store provides access to their curated professional art supply selection with competitive pricing on quality materials. Their clearance section features discontinued items and overstocks at meaningful discounts on professional-grade supplies.
Quick Savings Tips
- Professional-grade supplies outperform student-grade materials significantly—worth the price difference for serious artists
- Clearance section features quality professional supplies at 20–40% off
- Compare with Blick Art Materials and Jerry's Artarama for competitive professional art supply pricing
- Specialty papers (Arches, Fabriano, Strathmore) are priced competitively vs. mainstream art retailers
- Email subscribers receive advance notice of sale events and subscriber-exclusive discounts