Sustainable/Eco Friendly Art Supplies

I'm thinking of delving into an art class and I want to paint to my heart's content......but believe it or not many art supplies are toxic. Some paints are made with heavy metals.  Many contain lead or mercury. For details of a scientific study on paint and toxicity check out this Heavy Metal Toxicity article. 

To make your own paints and find other great resources for green art supplies check out the Green Guide for Artists: Nontoxic Recipes, Green Art, Ideas, and Resources by Karen Michel  from your local library (or you can click on it and get it from Amazon.com).

Here is a list of places I've found so far that have eco-friendly art supplies:

• Rexart has several "green alternatives" for things like turpentine and screen printing paints. 
• EcoKids has all sorts of awesome art supplies that are so good their edible.  Granted I wouldn't add it to the menu on purpose! 
• Top Five Sustainable Drawing Supplies  -lists pencils and drawing supplies
• Stubby Pencil Studio –has lots of recycled sketchbooks
• Earth & Rowan – This Ireland-based company has beautiful watercolors, pastels, and other natural paints.
• EcoArt Works – Earth friendly non-toxic art supplies including stuff for scrap booking!