Talking about art, techniques and materials.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Mar 30th, 2010
Coates Charcoal is half our usual price at Jackson’s until May 16th with the purchase of any sketchbook. Charcoal is used for drawing and for preliminary sketching on primed canvas for oil painting. Natural willow charcoal is harder than vine charcoal and gives a darker line. The intense blackness of natural willow charcoal makes it [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Mar 30th, 2010
Winsor and Newton Artists’ Oil Colour hand-painted colour chart Winsor and Newton Artists’ Oil Colours owe their reputation for supreme quality to the careful selection of the very finest pigments. By exercising maximum quality control throughout all stages of manufacture selecting the most suitable drying oils and methods of pigment dispersion their unique individual qualities [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Mar 29th, 2010
Winsor & Newton Lead Whites We are pleased that Winsor & Newton have re-introduced their three lead whites in the Artists’ Oil Colour range. Cremnitz White, Flake White No. 1, and Foundation White offer unique properties highly sought after by professional artists including lovely soft blending properties and good flexibility when dry so that cracking [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Mar 25th, 2010
Tinted Bockingford Watercolour Paper Many watercolour artists have requested coloured watercolour paper so I am happy to say we now stock it! Tinted Bockingford Watercolour Paper is available in the following five colours: blue, cream, eggshell, grey, and oatmeal. Bockingford is the best-selling paper we stock, very popular and a good standard quality. Because watercolour [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Mar 24th, 2010
As an ongoing offer, bulk packs of selected sizes of Jackson’s standard-depth and deep-profile stretched canvases are reduced further, depending on what sizes we are over-stocked on. Check the website regularly for size updates. These canvasses are made as an economical alternative to the Italian stretched canvas. They are universal primed and suitable for any [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Mar 23rd, 2010
Architecturally Designed Artist Studios – (Jacksons Sale £500 off) Pod Space have developed architecturally designed artists studios created for your garden. They feature Scandinavian windows and doors, high performance insulation, low energy heating, lighting and organic sedum roofs. Designed with the artist in mind, the pods provide an inspiring environment in which to work and [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Mar 23rd, 2010
Introducing the Jackson’s Academy A-Frame Studio Easel, one of the new Jackson’s Academy easels. At just £40 it is a very good value. This A-Frame Studio Easel is a good sturdy easel that also folds up to clear up a bit of floor space. It is 90.5 x 67 x 168cm and holds canvases up [...]
Posted in Lovely Compliments! on Mar 22nd, 2010
We got loads of complimentary emails over the weekend about our website and I wanted to share a few: –Clear instructions. Quick and easy to use. Items easy to find. Good descriptions of items. Could find everything I wanted so appears to fulfil my requirements. Should I not be able to find an item in [...]
Posted in Announcements on Mar 22nd, 2010
Do you know about our monthly email newsletter? It’s packed full of special limited time period offers and new products. Sign up and be the first to know what we’re up to, thus ensuring you never miss out on our exclusive deals. Below, Lisa has written a little taster of what’s in this month’s issue. [...]
Posted in Product Information, Favourite Products and Reviews on Mar 18th, 2010
I love that Golden give so much information about their wonderful products. I just found this video that explains the differences between the 3 mediums for use with the Open Acrylics. Open Acrylics Video Their website here also has helpful technical info to go with it. Here is a general description of the properties of [...]