San Clemente Art Supply & Framing

Love love this place!!! They have everything and the the staff is so helpful and awesome!

This is a great art store for the professional and student. Great product variety in stock and they can order just about anything if they don’t have it. I don’t take the classes there because I went to a 4 year art college but the inventory is fabulous and staff knowledgeable and friendly. Has a great feel as well since it’s an older building! They’ve framed 2 paintings for me here as well. Prices are great compared to other local stores including Laguna Art Supply.

My daughter has taken an art camp here for 4 years in a row with Sandy’s art studio. I love the art that she brings home, how her skills improved, how she learns new things, and how happy she is. She is excited every year to take a class, only with Sandy that is!

What a great little art supply store. I love the customer service… Real people who know art and can truly assist you. Their quality and quantity of goods just leaves Michael ‘s or Aaron Brothers in the dust.
They have decent sales that help them compete with online stores. The biggest problem for me is they are pretty far away (45 minute drive each way). But when I’m out that way I stop by and get what I need. They are the only place I know of that will cut gator board to the size and thickness that you want. It’s nice to see and feel what you’re buying as well as ask questions — all of which is impossible when buying online.
Highly recommend and encourage you to support our only local art store in South OC. True you might save a little money shopping online but it would be a shame to lose this lovely art supply store.

An absolute gem of a shop in San Clemente! They have a full selection of supplies and classes for kids and adults.

Took in a stylized print of Bettie Page, the clerk recommended a rather ostentatious frame to accentuate the piece, and I bit. Frame was fancy, cost over $ 400 for the frame, matting, the whole schmiel. Picked it up in 10 days, got it home, immediately noticed a chip out of the frame, rectangular in shape, running right along the glass. Bare wood. Notice a couple of other spots on the fame too. Take it back, dude is apologetic, calls a couple of days later saying it’s fixed. Looks like someone ran a red sharpie over the exposed wood. Never going back.

Love this place. Employees are friendly and knowledgeable.

had a few frames done for some vintage french and Scandinavian prints and let me tell ya they do a great job. beautiful custom framing.

This art supply store is nestled in a beautiful community in San Clemente. I am from Irvine so I am not familiar with the city nor the area. But this place is quite adorable and charming in it’s architecture and its setting. I fell in love at first sight.
Once inside it’s rather small in comparison to Art Supply Warehouse (in Westminster) which is where I normally go for my art supply needs. However, they still have a good majority of the art supplies. The store associates are very attentive to your needs and seemed very sweet. This store gives off a cozy, local vibe. I thoroughly enjoyed this place for it’s chill atmosphere.
They seem to have art classes held here. I’ve seen signs for it outside before so it might be worth checking out.
If you’re from South Orange County, this would be the perfect place to grab you art supply needs. But if you happen to be living as far away as I am, there are better options out there unless you just want to go for a fun drive away from the city :)

This is an awesome store that actually has artists who are working here so they know what they are talking about! The merchandise selection here is outstanding there’s sooo many different things a lot of which I’ve never seen anywhere else! I’ve been coming here since they opened and have always found everything I could need and then some that I just had to get! They also offer art classes and such I’ve never taken one here but I’ve herd that they were fun! The building that this store is in used to be a mortuary so that explains the strange design of it I wonder if the staff ever sees any ghosts? lol Anyway the only reason I’m not giving them full stars is because its a bit pricey here but the quality and the amount of merchandise here is totally worth paying the cost cause you won’t find some of this stuff anywhere else! Hope to be returning soon as I need some new paints and such!

This place is not meant to be a huge warehouse, rather a really cozy Art Supply shop. I loved every bit of it. The Staff is very knowledgeable and courteous. Their always deals on just about everything. And I don’t have to drive so far in Traffic to reach the Art Supply Warehouse in Westminister to get the same good prices. They also give you a nice re-​usable bag for your supplies.
Little cookies and snacks are always available.

I love art stores, and this one is great. private lot to its not hard to get to and good prices and fun options for projects

This place is a great, fully stocked art store with pretty much anything you need. If they don’t have it, then they will order it for you. The staff is very friendly and will know your name if you’re a regular. They have a very good selection of oil paint supplies, sketchbooks, markers and even a very good selection of different papers.
I also regularly attend figure drawing class every Wednesday night here. The classes go on from 6:30 — 9:30PM. For $ 12, its plenty of time for my figure drawing fix. The models rotate every week and theres a good variety, so it doesn’t become tedious. The classes have been very helpful with my day job and now I can sketch better and quicker! I highly recommend trying this class as well as other workshops this store offers.
San Clemente Art Supply is a very comfortable, friendly, small town art store. Its definitely the place to go for any of your art needs around this part of OC.

I love everything about this store! I shop here all the time, attend their open life drawing classes, buy specialty items. The staff is super friendly, and helpful, I often want some odd ball item that they are more than happy to special order. They participate in the local art scene and surrounding community, and actively support the local area colleges art programs.

Best art supply in Southern California! Helpful and knowledgeable staff.
The owners really pull in the usual and the not-​so-​usual art supplies for all media. An architect’s and artist’s source for drafting and art materials and supplies.
They offer classes as well as great products.

This little art shop was completely charming. The outside of the shop is dressed in ivy and rosebushes with a small patio for sitting, if desired. The inside is a tad small, but they are definitely not short on supplies. I found EVERYTHING on my list, and more. I’d really prefer these kind of stores to the larger warehouses and such simply because of the homey, quaint feel. Prices are moderate, most of everything is slightly marked down from the «retail» price. All the employees are really helpful and kind.
I will definitely be coming back here again – it’s much closer than the ASW in Westminster, and the vibe is much more cheering.
⁵⁄₅ stars, hands down.

San Clemente Art Supply is my favorite place for art supplies! Don’t let the small size fool you. The people are super helpful and they always have everything I need. It is the perfect candy store for any artist who likes to browse. Their heart is really in the art community with support for art leagues and classes. Their cookies are tasty too!

Now, I usually head to Art Supply Warehouse for my art supply needs. But every once in a while an art student needs to get something somewhat odd and specific that ASW doesn’t carry. In this case, my roommate needed some loose sheets of 18×24 bristol board. So it’s off to San Clemente we go!
This is the most adorable and charming little art store I’ve ever seen. It’s nestled inside of a quaint little white building covered in rosebushes (seriously, rosebushes! :D) with a sign outside that can be easy to miss while driving along El Camino Real if you’re not paying attention. There are bells on the door and a sign with a friendly warning that there may be a dog inside (the store dog!). Even the atmosphere inside is homey and inviting, like walking into an artist’s skylight-​lit bungalow.
They have an impressive selection of supplies packed into this relatively small space, particularly when it comes to paints and brushes, as well as a variety of surfaces. They even have an entire room dedicated to paper (and as such, my roommate was able to find her loose sheets of bristol board). The staff is friendly and helpful and if you buy enough stuff, they’ll even give you a free reusable bag to carry your purchases home in.
Prices are decent (comparable to ASW) and fairly gentle on an art student’s budget. They have major sales every once in a while with many items being about 40−50% off, some even up 75% off!
Plus they have lemonade and brownies available on sale days, all neighborhood yard sale-​style. The cuteness, it’s almost too much.

Just about as good as a small local art store can be. Sure, it’s not as good as a Blick or Pearl Paint. But if you’re in South OC and don’t want to go to LA, this is a great place to hit up. They’re closed on sunday, though.