Blick Art Materials

I am both a teacher as well as a practicing professional artist. I have used Blick Art Materials for over 40 + years, and I have yet to find the same quality in both products and shipping that Blick provides for educators, professional artists, as well as hobbyists. My range of students includes Jr and High school students, as well as adults who attend classes and workshops. I do submit my own work to various shows, and I have received awards in several important mediums at different times of my life. Blick offers quality and price in any medium one might request, for projects of all dimensions. Blick includes a range of suppliers that are also high quality with a history of production excellence. The prices Blick gives for education bulk purchases is one of the best in the world. Blick guarantees a complete refund on any product that does not meet the expectations of the buyer. Dick Blick's own line of products are equally viable, and most useful for educators around the world. They are excellent for beginners, intermediate, and professional artists alike. I continue to order from Blick Art Materials because this company is trustworthy, generous, reliable and has given so much back to each community and persons who use the products they advocate. This review is meant to express my opinion over time. Thank you.
Joy Haverland Cowan

After going to couple of big stores for canvas frames, I decided to give dickblick a chance. Really good prices, fraction of the cost other stores have to offer! I love the the frames. Collection is a bit limited, but lots of sizes!

I placed an order in December which never arrived. When I emailed to ask what the status of my order was I received notice that the order had been cancelled. I called in immediately and moved up three levels to get this sorted. I had done my due diligence in calling in the order and changing my email address on record. Somehow that info didn't get saved. I needed the order to be sent immediately because I was teaching. It took about 25 minutes for the whole situation to be sorted. I was willing and happy to pay my portion of the shipping (about 25$) but asked them to pay the rest of the Fedex fee (about 50$ for them) to have the order here quickly. A supervisor called Tray (hope I spelt that right) was super helpful and they took responsibility for their company mistake. I received the order very quickly. Thank you for your help and I will be ordering from DickBlick again in the future.

No other store has as much as they have. Almost all pencils, markers, paint, watercolor, paper, clay, canvas, yeso, frames, spray paint, books, art gifts and curious stuff like eraser eggs that look like actual erasers, art puzzles, notebooks, stationary stuff, art stuff for kids. Its the most complete I have ever seen. If you like art you will love this store.

When I order from Blick I know I am getting competitive pricing. They have a large selection of products and take care with their packing and shipping.

I was worried about the negative reviews that I found after placing an order and it's true that the order (two orders to be exact as one was created with wrong billing address) was just hanging there with the "Held" status for two days.
I called the international customer service number and to be honest I haven't ever waited this short for the customer service to pick up the phone. Everything went quckly and smoothly, wrong order was cancelled, other order was confirmed, the same day my card was charged with the right amount and goods were shipped. Received them 6 days later.

I think that DickBlick offers reasonable pricing on art materials and popular brands of materials like graphite crayons, lithography crayons, easels, markers, oil paints, etc. Have yet to find a vendor that is a match who delivers quality on par with Blick's and their mid-range pricing at the same time. Bottom line, I think they are OK and would be a repeat customer of theirs, but I would keep an eye out for other art vendors and bargains for the same materials, supplies, and otehr things that Blick offers at Amazon.com and search Google to see if I find the item elsewhere for an equally good or superior price before shopping here.

I have been ordering from Blick for a few years. When they made a mistake in my order they quickly showed their true colors as a company. Their "customer care" deptartment is nonexistent, unhelpful, and actually rude. So, the result is losing a customer, poor reviews, and spreading their poor business practice across the artist community by word of mouth. Very unfortunate that they made the choice to treat their cutomers in this manner when we have so many other online stores to choose from.

I have an 8 year history of frequent orders with DickBlick. Best service, huge inventory and BY FAR the best prices. Most Canadian art stores are so bad that I have no choice but to order from DickBlick. And I pay the 100$ Fed Ex happily because it is still way cheaper than doing a Canadian order. For example, the awful Prismacolor Premier pencil sets cost 3 times more almost everywhere else. Frankly, there is no close second and I would be stunned to hear of professional artists ordering from anyone else.

I am not satisfied dickblick.com products. Before one week I purchased some paint from this site for glass painting. But I got the old stock paint so I cannot paint on the glass and the paint is not fixing in to the glass. I checked the expiry date but they did not mention the expiry date on the bottle. After the checking I tried to call many times but they did not give good response.

They ship the slowest possible method, despite charging for shipping. Their shipping page makes you think it will ship FedEx Ground, which is absolutely not the same as SmartPost. You will wait an extra week and Usps will probably misplace your package for a month.

Having had several years experience ordering from Blick, I can give them a solid 5 stars. Always willing to help, accepts and /or replaces items as appropriate. And helpful & polite on the phone. (This is a 2 way street). Store employees are similarly friendly and helpful.(Tampa Store). During covid they are wiping down frequently touched surfaces at 2hour intervals. Prices are usually excellent so I check their website before anyplace else. I AM a Blick preferred customer and recommend it for savings at brick and mortar locations.

Do NOT try and order a gift for someone else from the webpage.
After paying for expedited shipping, my order was held because
It was shipping to a different address. Apparently this is a red flag for
Them ( because no one buys art supplies as gifts?) My shipping time
Increased by several days as they "held" it past the ship out time.
A birthday present will now be late, and they were EXTREMELY rude and condescending on the phone and offered absolutely no solution to fix the issue they caused.

Great acrylic paints- even the ones Blick acrylic paint 2 oz. Brand, they do their job perfectly- and what I like the most of the Blick 2oz is the variety of hues they offer.

I'm a budding artist and have bought a some stationery and now some painting supplies, some big names and some Blick brands. I am not disappointed, it's nice buying some small things for less than a buck a pop. 1oz cups? I don't need two dozen of them Amazon, I just want one! Haha! Prices are good, too, didn't need to spend an arm and a leg for just a buncha 6B pencils.

Along with those pencils, I purchased a dip pen, ink, some gouache, brushes, some sketchbooks, etc, and they all shipped just fine. I must admit, shipping is sluggish, but I am very patient. It's nice to come home to a cute box with everything I ordered, packaged with care.

I noticed how much they get bashed with bad, grumpy reviews (rarely positive,) I thought I could chip in my good experience.