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Chalk art paper, tools, UV bulbs, and cleanup supplies

Everything you need to go with your chalk. Paper for studio work, tools for blending and sharpening, soap for the inevitable cleanup, and the UV bulbs you’ll need if you’re using black light chalk.

Sanding Block

$5.99

Foam Blender

$3.25

Kresto Soap

$7.99

Paper

Price range: $19.99 through $99.99

Blacklight Bulbs

Price range: $12.99 through $49.99

Bogus paper

Bogus paper is the traditional studio and presentation paper for lecturer’s chalk. Rough tooth to grab the pigment, sturdy enough for heavy layering, and big enough for presentation-scale work. Sold by the roll.

Blending and Sharpening

For softer surfaces like paper and smooth concrete, your hand is the best blending tool you’ve got. For rougher surfaces, you’ll want a blending block, a piece of outdoor carpet, a paintbrush, or a piece of foam. Sanding blocks sharpen the edge of a stick when you need a fine line.

Cleanup

For cleanup, dish soap works for general use. Hand soaps with pumice (like Gojo) work on pigmented stains. The best soap we’ve found is Kresto, which is made from walnut shells — it gets lecturer’s chalk off skin faster than anything else we’ve tried.

UV bulbs

Long-wave UV bulbs (365 nm) for use with our black light chalk. Not every bulb marketed as a “black light” is the right wavelength for chalk reveals — the ones we sell are the ones we use.

If you’re new to black light work, also consider black light safety glasses to protect your eyes during long presentations.

Common questions about supplies

Do I need special paper for lecturer’s chalk?
Not always, but bogus paper is built for it. Regular newsprint works for practice. Smooth paper like printer paper or glossy card won’t grab the pigment well. If you’re doing a presentation or anything you want to preserve, use bogus.
How do I sharpen a stick of chalk?
A sanding block. Run the stick at an angle along the block until you have the edge or point you need. Don’t try to carve it with a blade — the chalk is soft enough that you’ll crumble it.
How do I get chalk off my hands?
Dish soap works for general cleanup. For stubborn color, pumice soaps like Gojo or the Kresto walnut-shell soap we sell. Don’t use water alone on a dirty stick of chalk — wipe it off dry with a cloth or a paintbrush.
matt chalk drawing