ARTiculations Art Supply

Here’s a magical art supply shop that makes you want to delve into your creative potential. Painting, ink art and more. Definitely worth the visit to shop here

Very appreciated the store staff for warm welcome group of Urban sketches Toronto today. It was my first visit to this store and an absolutely great experience!

Like pure heaven. Articulations offers a beautifully curated selection of art supplies including brands you can’t find anywhere else. They also offer affordable classes in all sorts of different mediums in their light-filled space.

Lovely and cozy (in a good way!) shop with warm customer service. They carry some items I haven’t seen in other Toronto art stores. Nice selection of watercolour brushes including Rosemary which I haven’t seen before in person. I’d definitely return when the need for art supplies hits again.

How to shop for your art supplies in this pandemic when you hate online shopping? Try ARTiculations. I email them a couple photos of the oil brushes that I have, told them what I like / dislike, and what I wanted to use the brushes for. They replied to my email promptly with very good suggestions. ARTiculations carries some unique brands that you can't find in the major art supply stores. I bought some Rosemary oil brushes and Michael Harding oil paints (both are UK brands). They are beautiful. I personally think Rosemary is better quality than Raphael (and they are about the same price). Thank you Marie for handpicking the brushes for me and thank you for ARTiculating what I need. Have fun painting!

Small but delightful artist supply not far from the Junction. Absolutely amazed at how well stocked it was, with well-curated materials, many from Canadian businesses, including the exceptional Beam Paints. Wide variety of supplies and a decent stock level of them, too, which is reassuring when purchasing something new to trial. I felt like the sketchbooks I purchased would still be available in future, should they work out well. Knowledgeable, helpful staff that let you enjoy a thorough browse but are instantly ready to assist. Delightful; will definitely visit again in future.

Erin spent a lot of time answering our questions and was very patient. Lovely store!

The good: this store has an excellent selection of supplies; they carry some brands that are difficult to find elsewhere. The not-so-good: Customer service. Every time I've shopped at this location, there's been an issue. At the end of last year, they were running a holiday sale. Because the store is closed Sundays (and the sale was running until the Sunday inclusive), I placed an order online for in-store pickup. After receiving my notification saying my order was ready, I came to the store. The one employee on duty could not locate my order. She looked and looked, and tried repeatedly to call two colleagues to ask where the order might have been stored. Now, my order was not complicated - six tubes of paint. There is a point when the employee should have pivoted and just filled the order by pulling the items off the shelf (once located, the order that had already been put together could have been restocked). Instead, she persisted in trying to locate the existing order, which took a total of 20 minutes and multiple phone calls to colleagues. More recently, I was in the store, purchasing four tubes of paint. The employee had trouble scanning one tube, ultimately ended up scanning it twice and overcharging me. As much as I prefer to support local businesses, I'll probably just go to Michael's in the future. They have sales all the time, and these issues never happen.

Here’s a magical art supply shop that makes you want to delve into your creative potential. Painting, ink art and more. Definitely worth the visit to shop here

Very appreciated the store staff for warm welcome group of Urban sketches Toronto today. It was my first visit to this store and an absolutely great experience!

Like pure heaven. Articulations offers a beautifully curated selection of art supplies including brands you can’t find anywhere else. They also offer affordable classes in all sorts of different mediums in their light-filled space.

Lovely and cozy (in a good way!) shop with warm customer service. They carry some items I haven’t seen in other Toronto art stores. Nice selection of watercolour brushes including Rosemary which I haven’t seen before in person. I’d definitely return when the need for art supplies hits again.

How to shop for your art supplies in this pandemic when you hate online shopping? Try ARTiculations. I email them a couple photos of the oil brushes that I have, told them what I like / dislike, and what I wanted to use the brushes for. They replied to my email promptly with very good suggestions. ARTiculations carries some unique brands that you can't find in the major art supply stores. I bought some Rosemary oil brushes and Michael Harding oil paints (both are UK brands). They are beautiful. I personally think Rosemary is better quality than Raphael (and they are about the same price). Thank you Marie for handpicking the brushes for me and thank you for ARTiculating what I need. Have fun painting!

Small but delightful artist supply not far from the Junction. Absolutely amazed at how well stocked it was, with well-curated materials, many from Canadian businesses, including the exceptional Beam Paints. Wide variety of supplies and a decent stock level of them, too, which is reassuring when purchasing something new to trial. I felt like the sketchbooks I purchased would still be available in future, should they work out well. Knowledgeable, helpful staff that let you enjoy a thorough browse but are instantly ready to assist. Delightful; will definitely visit again in future.

Erin spent a lot of time answering our questions and was very patient. Lovely store!

The good: this store has an excellent selection of supplies; they carry some brands that are difficult to find elsewhere. The not-so-good: Customer service. Every time I've shopped at this location, there's been an issue. At the end of last year, they were running a holiday sale. Because the store is closed Sundays (and the sale was running until the Sunday inclusive), I placed an order online for in-store pickup. After receiving my notification saying my order was ready, I came to the store. The one employee on duty could not locate my order. She looked and looked, and tried repeatedly to call two colleagues to ask where the order might have been stored. Now, my order was not complicated - six tubes of paint. There is a point when the employee should have pivoted and just filled the order by pulling the items off the shelf (once located, the order that had already been put together could have been restocked). Instead, she persisted in trying to locate the existing order, which took a total of 20 minutes and multiple phone calls to colleagues. More recently, I was in the store, purchasing four tubes of paint. The employee had trouble scanning one tube, ultimately ended up scanning it twice and overcharging me. As much as I prefer to support local businesses, I'll probably just go to Michael's in the future. They have sales all the time, and these issues never happen.

Wonderful service. Like the best. Interesting selection of paint you cant find elsewhere like Micheal Harding. Gave 4 stars just because selection was limited but this is a great art store

Great selection of art supplies that can't be found elsewhere in Toronto. The staff are helpful, nice and know their art materials. A beautiful, small space with gallery windows in front and art exhibition space in back.

First off, I'll try really hard with this review to stay away from the obvious pun. Located between some great home furnishings store is the little beauty. My friend and I wandered in on a Sunday afternoon to find a children's art class going on. The staff were highly engaged in the class but did briefly stop to greet us and to let them know if we needed anything. The space isn't huge as the majority of it seems to be dedicated to their art classes, but they have the basic supplies, plus some other fun items that are sure to catch your eye. There is a small room which looks to be a gallery of sorts, but it was hard to tell exactly what was going on with the space. As with many of the other stores in The Junction, you can find business cards and pamphlets for other local businesses and artists. April challenge 16/30

This is a seriously cool art store. I'd come in here just to peruse, touch things, buy a few things to do some art. They have basic supplies, they are very well laid out and organized, and very friendly. I think it's fantastic!

An amazing art store that really tries to be a part of the Junction community. I started taking a course there shortly after moving from the East end and got to know the owners and get closer to this new community. If you have thought about taking a workshop there, think no more. Do it! They have a very unique collection of art supplies that would be hard to find anywhere else with reasonable prices. Very excited for their future projects. Also, who could resist Charlie (the dog)!?

This is an awesome store - has many beautiful, useful and top quality art supplies and products. The setup is beautiful - very nice vibe from the layout and lighting. A nice place to be in. the service is really excellent - they're willing to chat about products and are attentive but not pushy/in your face. it's not a place to go for 'discounted supplies'. not overpriced but not somewhere to go to save. Also took a linocut workshop here that was excellent-great instructor, great materials, and good admin stuff in terms of organization and payment. great experience with that.

My daughters really enjoyed their art workshops here, Heather is an amazing teacher who really loves what she does. Mickey is always a warm and friendly soul who is eager to help you find what you're looking for. The store is beautifully curated, I'll be back soon :)

Agree heartily with the other positive comments. ARTiculations has an old-world feel - it fits well with the Junction community. In addition to the art classes, there's an array of high-quality art supplies for all levels of ability and a well-stocked collection of stationery items (including the very popular Midori's Traveller's Notebook.) One of the owners (Mickey?) was there when we visited. It's a nice, family-run business and a pleasant change from the hollow big-box stores.