This is a list of cruelty-free companies and the vegan-friendly products they offer. If you don’t find the company you are looking for in this list, please enter the company name in the search box to see their status. If you still can’t find the specific company you are looking for, please let me know, so that I can contact them.
Cheers, Anja (Ansho)
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Amsterdam
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly
Arches
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly
Art Select
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly
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Blockx
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Bob Ross
(company)
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Boesner
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
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Canson
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly
Chameleon Art Products
- Chameleon Pens
Source: Mail contact
Cléopâtre
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Colorfin: Sofft Sponges
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly
Colors Of Nature – earth-friendly artist’s paint (all-vegan company)
- Oil Paints and organic linseed oil
- Encaustic Plant Wax Pucks
- Brushes
- Watercolour Paints
- Crayons
- Pastels
- Pigments
- Kids’ Watercolour Paint
- Glass Mullers (designed and manufactured for Colors of Nature by artist Silvia Taylor)
- Natural Brush Soap
- empty paint tubes (e.g. you can store your own created colour blends)
Source: Mail contact
C.Kreul
- Javana fabric paints
- Javana Textil Potch
- Javana texi mäx glitter, opak and sunny
- Javana Phantom Pen
- Javana Laundry Marker
- Kreul Textil Liner
- Hobby Line Acrylic Gloss, Satin and Matt Varnish
- Hobby Line Art Potch (Varnish & Glue)
- Hobby Line Foto Transfer Potch
- Hobby Line Gemstone Glue
- Solo Goya Glossy Varnish (Picture Varnish; Gemäldefirnis)
- Solo Goya Matt Varnish (Picture Varnish; Gemäldefirnis)
- Solo Goya Fixative
- Solo Goya Acrylic Paints
- Solo Goya Art Acryl Basic
- Solo Goya Triton Acrylic Paint Marker
- Kreul Pic Tixx Pens, with the exception of Pic Tixx Candle Pens, those are vegetarian friendly
PAPER:
- Kreul Paper Water Color
- Kreul Paper Mixed Media
- Kreul Paper Sketching
- Solo Goya Paper Sketching
- Solo Goya Paper Water Color
- Solo Goya Paper Oil Color
- Solo Goya Triton Acrylic Pad
CANVAS
- Kreul Canvas Board
- Kreul Stretched Canvas
- Solo Goya Stretched Canvas Basic Line
- Solo Goya Stretched Canvas Premium Line
And Following products are vegetarian friendly:
- Kreul Pic Tixx Candle pens
- Chalky chalk paint
- Solo Goya Triton Acylic Paints (several colours are only vegetarian friendly)
Source: Mail contact
Clay and Paint factory
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Culture Hustle – “Potions and Powders”
Products:
- Powders: powder paints; mixable with water, acrylic medium …
- Potions: acrylic paints
Daler-Rowney
- All Artist Oil Colours with theexception of Ivory Black and Blue Black
- All Georgian Oil Colours with the exception of Ivory Black, Prussian Green and Coeruleum Hue
- All Cryla and Cryla Flow colours with the exception of Ivory Black
- All Designer’s Gouache with the exception of Neutral Grey 2, Paynes Grey, Lamp Black, Cool Grey 1,2, & 3 and Warm Grey 1,2, &3.
- All System 3 colours with the exception of Raw Sienna
- Pearlescent Liquid Acrylic Inks
- Artist Inks
- Rowney Block Printing Colours (Water Based and Oil Based)
- Dalon and Cryla, brushes and series 260, 270 &280.
- All painting surfaces and equipment with the exception of Saunders Waterford paper (gelatin sized), canvas panels (backing glue is an animal derivative) and rabbit skin size
http://www.daler-rowney.com/en/content/home
Source: Mail contact
Defet – da Vinci Brushes
All pure synthetic da Vinci brushes are vegan friendly:
- Casaneo (watercolour brushes)
- Nova Synthetics,
- Spin Synthetics,
- Cosmotop Spin
- Cosmotop series 5040
- Effect Brushes and Pipe Overgrainers
- Vario Tip
- Top Acryl
- Grigio Synthetics
- College /Forte Acrylics
- Impasto Top Acryl II
- Junior Synthetics
- Forte Synthetics
- Forte Basic
- Fit for school and hobby
- Paint-finger
- Manolino
- Primo Synthetics
Source: Mail contact
Deka Farben
(colours)
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Delta Marker by Rotbart
- Alcohol Marker
Source: Mail contact
Derivan
Except the one colour Ivory Black in the Matisse range, all Derivan and Matisse branded paints are vegan-friendly!
Here you can find all of their products, e.g. cadmium-free acrylics, different types of acrylics, acrylic based inks, mediums, screen ink, block ink, watercolour, fabric paint, face and body paint, glitter glue, liquid pencil, …
Matisse is Derivan’s professional acrylics range
Source: Mail contact
Derwent
- All Derwent Procolour Pencils
- All Derwent Coloursoft pencils
- All Derwent Inktense
- All Derwent Graphitint pencils
- All Derwent Aquatone
- All Derwent Metallics
- All Derwent Graphitone
- All Derwent Pastel Pencils and Pastel blocks
- All Derwent Charcoal Pencils and Charcoal XL Blocks
- All Derwent Graphite Blocks and Graphite XL Blocks
- Derwent Graphic Pencils B, HB, F, H, 2H, 3H, 4H, 5H, 6H, 7H, 8H, 9H
- All pencils of both the academy colouring and watercolour range with the exception of Olive Green
- All Derwent erasers
- Graphik Line Painter and Line Maker
- Derwent watercolour paper
- all waterbrushes: water reservoir brushes with small, medium and chisel tip
- water soluble sketching pencils
Here are the vegan friendly pencils from the Derwent Artists and the Derwent Studio range:
- 0000 Lime, Derwent Artists only
- 0100 Zinc, both ranges
- 0200 Lemon Cadmium, both ranges
- 0300 Gold, both ranges
- 0400 Primrose Yellow, both ranges
- 0410 Champagne, Derwent Artists only
- 0500 Straw Yellow, both ranges
- 0600 Deep Cadmium, both ranges
- 0700 Naples Yellow, both ranges
- 0800 Middle Chrome, both ranges
- 0900 Deep Chrome, both ranges
- 1300 Pale Vermilion, both ranges
- 1400 Deep Vermilion, both ranges
- 1600 Flesh Pink, both ranges
- 1610 Light Sienna, Derwent Artists only
- 1620 Salmon, Derwent Artists only
- 1630 Ash Rose, Derwent Artists only
- 1700 Pink Madder Lake, both ranges
- 1800 Rose Pink, both ranges
- 1900 Madder Carmine, both ranges
- 2000 Crimson Lake, both ranges
- 2100 Rose Madder Lake, both ranges
- 2200 Magenta, both ranges
- 2210 Heather, Derwent Artists only
- 2220 Soft Violet, Derwent Artists only
- 2300 Imperial Purple, both ranges
- 2400 Red Violet Lake, both ranges
- 2500 Dark Violet, both ranges
- 2600 Light Violet, both ranges
- 2700 Blue Violet Lake, both ranges
- 2800 Delft Blue, both ranges
- 2810 Royal Blue, Derwent Artists only
- 2820 Mid Ultramarine, Derwent Artists only
- 2830 Teal Blue, Derwent Artists only
- 2840 Pale Ultramarine, Derwent Artists only
- 2900 Ultramarine, both ranges
- 3000 Smalt Blue, both ranges
- 3100 Cobalt Blue, both ranges
- 3200 Spectrum Blue, both ranges
- 3300 Light Blue, both ranges
- 3400 Sky Blue, both ranges
- 3500 Prussian Blue, both ranges
- 3600 Indigo, both ranges
- 3610 Ash Blue, Derwent Artists only
- 3700 Oriental Blue, both ranges
- 3800 Kingfisher Blue, both ranges
- 3900 Turquoise Blue, both ranges
- 4000 Turquoise Green, both ranges
- 4100 Jade Green, both ranges
- 4120 Fir green, Derwent Artists only
- 4130 Spruce Green, Derwent Artists only
- 4140 Distant Green, Derwent Artists only
- 4200 Juniper Green, both ranges
- 4300 Bottle Green, both ranges
- 4500 Mineral Green, both ranges
- 4800 May Green, both ranges
- 5000 Cedar Green, both ranges
- 5010 Green Gray, Derwent Artists only
- 5100 Olive Green, both ranges
- 5120 Light Moss, Derwent Artists only
- 5140 Green Earth, Derwent Artists only
- 5150 Parchment, Derwent Artists only
- 5300 Sepia, both ranges
- 5310 Felt Grey, Derwent Artists only
- 5400 Burnt Umber, both ranges
- 5600 Raw Umber, both ranges
- 5700 Brown Ochre, both ranges
- 5710 Light Ochre, Derwent Artists only
- 5720 Yellow Ochre, Derwent Artists only
- 5800 Raw Sienna, both ranges
- 6000 Burnt Yellow Ochre, both ranges
- 6200 Burnt Sienna, both ranges
- 6300 Venetian Red, both ranges
- 6400 Terra Cotta, both ranges
- 6430 Rust, Derwent Artists only
- 6440 Light Rust, Derwent Artists only
- 6450 Mahogany, Derwent Artists only
- 6470 Mars Violet, Derwent Artists only
- 6480 Taupe, Derwent Artists only
- 6490 Bistre, Derwent Artists only
- 6500 Burnt Carmine, both ranges
- 6610 Mars Black, Derwent Artists only
- 6800 Blue Grey, both ranges
- 6900 Gunmetal, both ranges
- 6910 Storm Grey, Derwent Artists only
- 7000 French Grey, both ranges
- 7100 Silver Grey, both ranges
- 7110 Fell Mist, Derwent Artists only
- 7200 Chinese White, both ranges
Source: Mail contact
Eberhard Faber
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Etchall – vegan-friendly products for etching glass
Products:
- Etching Crème
- Dip n’ Etch
- Vinyl Etchmask
- Squeegee
- Detail Pick Tool
- Svivel Knife
- … for more check out their website
Faber-Castell
- Gelatos
- Polychromos coloured pencils
- Albrecht Dürer watercolour pencils
- regular erasers, kneadable erasers, pencil erasers
- all Pitt Artis products:
- Pitt Artist pen and brush pen
- Pitt calligraphy pen
- Pitt Artist pen metallic
- Pitt Artist pen sanguine /Rötel Pitt Artist
- black lead / graphite pencils/Bleistifte
- graphite aquarelle pencils
- Art Grip aquarelle pencils
- Pitt Pastel Pencils
- jumbo lead pencils
- mechanical pencils
- mechanical pencil refills; coloured and lead ones
- Pastel crayon Polychromos
- paper wiper Estompe
- soft pastels
- oil pastel crayons
- foldable watercup
- Charcoal natural Pitt/ Zeichenkohle
- sharpener
- Pitt Monochrome
- Ecco Pigment
- Grip lead pencils and mechanical pencils
- Grip Textmarker & Textliner
- Multimark Marker
- Art & Graphic Water Brush
- Graf von Faber-Castell inks
- Goldfaber Coloured Pencils
- Goldfaber Aqua Watercolour Pencils
- Oil Colours (Creative Studio)
All Faber-Castell coloured pencil ranges are vegan-friendly.
Source: Mail contact
Fabriano
All paper products with the exception of Roma, Esportazione and Secolo XIII
Source: Mail Contact
Finetec Perlcolors/ Perlglanzfarben
- Finetec Perlcolors/ Perlglanzfarben
Gelli Plates by Gelli Arts
- gel printing plates
Source: Mail contact
Gerstaecker
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Ghiant
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Giotto
(and Lyra belong to Fila group)
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Golden Paints
- All acrylic products including mediums and varnishes
with the exception of:
Bone Black, Jenkins Green, Neutral Gray 2, Neutral Gray 3, Neutral Gray 4, Neutral Gray 5, Neutral Gray 6, Neutral Gray 7, Neutral Gray 8, Prussian Blue Hue, Terre Verte Hue, FLUID Bone Black, FLUID Jenkins Green, FLUID Prussian Blue Hue, MATTE FLUID Jenkins Green, MATTE Bone Black, MATTE Jenkins Green, HLA Bone Black, OPEN Bone Black, OPEN Jenkins Green
http://www.goldenpaints.com/animalingredientsanimaltesting
Vegetarian-friendly:
Williamsburg Oil Paints with the exception of Ivory Black, Cold Black, and Payne’s Grey
http://www.williamsburgoils.com
Hahnemühle
All Hahnemühle FineArt paper products, technical papers and canvases are vegan friendly, with the exception of Photo Silk Baryta and PastellFix.
Hahnemühle certificate of conformity
Kuretake
CAVE: Products are NOT vegan-friendly
Kuretake Fude Pens, except the Fountain pen Shikatsuno series, the Fountain Brush pens have a brush tip made of animal hairZIG Cartoonist Ink, exceptthe Sumi InkZIG KurecolorZIG Clean Color Real BrushZIG Waterbrush H20AcrylistaGansai Tambi including the Pearlescent and Starry Colours
Lana Beaux Arts
All Lana Beaux Arts products distributed by Hahnemühle are suitable for vegans as well. The gelatine used in the watercolour paper is not from an animal source.
Hahnemühle certificate of conformity
https://www.hahnemuehle.com/en/hahnemuehle.html
Source: Mail contact
Lascaux
All Products, e.g.: Acrylic paints, Gouache, painting mediums, varnish, fixative, ink, synthetic brushes
with the exception of the acrylic colour Resonance Black
Source: Mail Contact
Liquitex
All Paints, with the exception of the colour Ivory Black, mediums, varnish, synthetic brushes and knives are vegan friendly
Source: Mail Contact
Lukas
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Lyra
(and Giotto belong to Fila group)
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
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Marabu
(checking the ingredients momentarily)
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly until cleared.
Molotow
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Motip Dupli
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
N
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Old Holland
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
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Pébéo
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Pelikan
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Pan Pastels by Colorfin
- soft pastels
Rotring
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Royal & Langnickel
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Royal Talens
CAVE: Products are NOT vegan-friendly!
Ecoline Brush PenEcoline ink in jars
https://www.royaltalens.com/en-gb/
Sennelier
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Schmincke
CAVE: Products are NOT vegan-friendly!
All Akademie and College products:Akademie Aquarell watercoloursAkademie GouacheAkademie Acryl ColorAkademie Oil ColorCollege OilCollege AcrylicCollege LinolAero Color Professional
Vegan friendly products with exceptions:
PRIMAcryl with the exception of Ivory BlackPastels with the exception of D Black (D Schwarz)Pigments with the exception of Ivory BlackAqua Linoprint colours with the exception of Ivory Black
Source: Mail contact
Schoellershammer
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
ShinHanArt
- Touch Twin Markers/ Brush Markers
- All ShinHanArt products are cruelty-free and almost all are vegan friendly.
Following products contain animal derivatives- are not vegan friendly:
- PWC, Extra Fine Artist’s Watercolor-No. 683 Ivory Black, contains PBk9
- ShinHan Professional Korean Color-No. 302 Black, contains PBk9
- Sh Korean Color-No. 302 Black, contains PBk9
- ShinHan Professional Korean Color-No. 331 Snow White, contains gelatin
- Painting Glue (Medium), contains gelatin
The pigment PBk9 is made of animal bones.
Source: Mail contact
Speedball Art
- all products of the drawing & lettering lines(Super Pigmented Acrylic Drawing and Calligraphy Ink, Nibs, Super Black India Ink, Pen Cleaner, Pen Holders -they have an oblique pen nib holder and offer also calligraphy products for left-handed people and a cartooning pen set; the Speedball Textbook, Elegant Writer, Calligraphy Fountain Pens and ink cartridges) https://www.speedballart.com/uploads/Drawing%20&%20Lettering.pdf
- Following Block and Screen Printing Products:
- water-soluble block printing ink
- water-soluble block printing ink pearlescent base
- water-soluble block printing ink retarder
- water-soluble block printing ink extender
- water-soluble block printing ink transparent extender base
- fabric block printing ink
- fabric block printing ink extender
- water-soluble screen printing ink
- acrylic screen printing ink
- professional acrylic screen printing ink
- fabric screen printing ink
- opaque fabric screen printing ink
- water-soluble transparent extender base (screen printing)
- acrylic extender base (screen printing)
- fabric and acrylic transparent base (screen printing)
- fabric and acrylic screen retarder base
- Professional Relief Inks
- Glazes (Ceramics Products)
Source: Mail contact
Standardgraph
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Strathmore
All Strathmore paper products are vegan friendly with the exception of Gemini Watercolour Paper.
https://www.strathmoreartist.com/ Vegan
https://www.strathmoreartist.com
Source: Website and mail contact
Stylefile (Publikat)
- the Stylefile Marker
- Marker Paper sketch-pads
- sketch-books
http://www.stylefilemarker.com
http://www.stylefile.de/stylefile-marker/
Source: Mail contact
T
Tsukineko
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
UHU
- All glue products (examples
Patafix, double sided tapes,
Model building adhesives, double sided tapes and strips, Home & Office Tapes, Repair Tapes,
Mounting & Construction Adhesives, adhesive, wood glues, contact adhesives, paper glues,
Special adhesives, super glues, epoxy adhesives,
Source: Mail contact
Uniball Mitsubishi
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
V
Vang
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Viarco
(checking the ingredients momentarily)
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly until cleared.
Viva Décor
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
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Weber Art
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.
Winsor Newton
Source: Mail contact
Zebra Pen
Waiting for a reply. Should be considered NOT vegan-friendly.