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Supporting Your Creative Passion

Our inclusive art supplies were developed to ensure that you feel seen, valued, and have the tools to create with confidence!

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Empowering Arts Leaders & Educators

Helping you reflect and better serve your diverse students with ease through our inclusive art supplies.

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Inspiring Deeper Connections

We provide the tools to help you spend quality time with your loved ones, make memories, and have fun!

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For Artists

Bring your diverse portraitures to life with realistic skin tone colors from our melanin rich acrylic paint and oil pastel sets. Shop Melanin Series

For Educators

Save time and money all while making portrait painting easier for your students. Use our student grade art supplies that feature 12 inclusive skin tones available now at exclusive prices. Order In Bulk

For Families

Planning a paint and sip, a kids’ party, or a family paint night at home? Our all-inclusive paint kits allow the entire family to create art together with ease. Shop Paint Kits

For Retailers

Expand your inventory with wholesale art supplies designed to champion representation and uplift diverse artists and creative communities. Order Wholesale Now

Spreading The Joy Of Creativity

Championing Representation & Inclusion

Providing Ease To The Art Process

Shop Our Inclusive Art Supplies!

Stapledon Arts is transforming creativity at home, in schools, and beyond — making realistic skin tone colors easily achievable and art more accessible and fun for all backgrounds, ages, and skill levels!

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Melanin Series - Skin Tone Acrylic Paints

$25.00

Melanin Series - Skin Tone Oil Pastels

$15.00

unopened Ke Kontan Paint Kit of artwork titled Lady Flowers by artist Dalma Norales

back view of Ke Kontan Paint Kit showing 6 paint tubes , 1 palette and 3 paintbrushes included in the kit

Kè Kontan - Paint Kit [Lady Flowers]

$24.00

Ke Kontan Paint Kit of artwork titled Blooming Boy by artist Jess Owens Young

Kè Kontan - Paint Kit [Blooming Girl]

$24.00

What People Are Saying

Richness!

"We're so happy to have a set of paints that reflect the beauty and richness of our natural skin tones. Thank you for developing this much needed resource!"

~Austin Greene - DreamYard Art Center Director - @dreamyard

Excited!

"The Melanin colors do help speed up the process of mixing darker skin tones. I’m excited that the Melanin Series exists for students/artists.”

~Marianna Jimenez Edwards - Artist & Art Educator - @nanachicanaart

Easy!

" I love how easy the paints are to blend and layer."

~Tiffani Glenn - Visual Artist - @artbytiffanig

Exact Skin Tone

"I was able to find my exact skin tone and it made me feel happy."

~10th Grade Girl in Bronx, NY

Great Quality

"The quality of the Melanin Series is sooooo good! I've been painting and using a lot of paints but these are so welcoming and easy to use. They are beautiful on canvas and on paper. I love that they are so versatile."

~Janice Q. Reyes - Artist & Art Educator - @lolaslostnfound

I’m in love!

“These paints are buttery and velvety!!! This palette closes the gap for so many skin tones and is smooth enough for me to glaze layers. I’m in love!!”

~ Yvonne - Painter - @yvonne.ferg

We Feel Valued

“I loved attending the Stapledon Arts event with my daughter and friends. We were able to enjoy ourselves, feel valued, and see ourselves on the
canvas.”

~ Nadia - Mother & Bronx Native

Why Buy Stapledon Arts Art Supplies and Paint Kits?

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12 Realistic Skin Tone Colors

Melanin Series

Acrylic Paints & Oil Pastels

Our art materials are creamy with a smooth finish and can be used on a variety of surfaces including paper, canvas, cardboard and wood.

Broad Range of Skin Tone Colors

Deep, warm, medium, and light flesh tone colors capture the beauty of diverse complexions for a more realistic portrait.

Create Portraits With Ease

Our ready to use skin tone colors allow artists of all backgrounds to eliminate hours of color mixing -resulting in portraits with consistent and accurate skin tones.

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