Talking about art, techniques and materials.
Posted in Product Information, Favourite Products and Reviews on Jul 28th, 2010
A lovely boss recently asked for gift ideas for a leaving staff member who “liked to draw”. She thought maybe a set of coloured pencils. Since she hadn’t give a price range I chose 4 possible sets to suggest. Any of these would make a lovely gift, it just depends on how much you want [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jul 27th, 2010
Caligo ‘Safe Wash’ Inks NEW! Oil-based inks that are water washable!! For printmakers interested in non-toxic printmaking, we are pleased to offer a new and innovative range of oil-based inks that can be washed away with liquid soap and water, without the need for harmful and often more expensive solvents. Caligo ‘Safe Wash’ Inks are [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jul 21st, 2010
Wow! We have even more fantastic offers on Daler-Rowney art materials! Daler Artists’ Watercolours are on offer at half RRP and their superb Diana sable brushes are 60% off the RRP. This offer ends on August 8th. Artists’ Watercolours are characterized by their rich, free-flowing colour, which leaves no hard lines at the edges of [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jul 20th, 2010
Daler-Rowney’s fantastic FW Artists’ Acrylic Inks will be even more popular now that they are on a 3 for 2 offer! Because it is 3 for 2 at Jackson’s already discounted prices it makes the single bottles (29.5ml glass bottles with dropper lids) only £2.80 each (RRP £4.95). That is 44% off the high street [...]
Posted in Product Information, Favourite Products and Reviews on Jul 17th, 2010
About watercolour papers: “Papers with different sizing react differently in variable weather conditions. In damp conditions papers that are more absorbent (have less sizing) will dry more quickly, whereas hard-sized papers (with heavy sizing) will seem never to dry. Arches, a hard-sized paper, is better in drier conditions. Fabriano is a very absorbent paper that [...]
Posted in Guest Artists on Jul 14th, 2010
The Guest Artist section is a place for artists to talk about their work, techniques and materials. I am sure that one artist explaining how they solved a problem will help other artists and I hope that a community evolves where artists will assist each other with their artistic dilemmas, share ideas and technical information [...]
Posted in Lovely Compliments! on Jul 14th, 2010
I got this lovely email this morning. Thanks Hugh! I was delighted to receive all the items I ordered on Monday first thing this morning, well packed and in perfect condition. Well done for such an excellent service, it is most impressive. Many thanks, Hugh
Posted in Art Courses and Workshops on Jul 13th, 2010
At Jackson’s we support small businesses whenever we can. It is a good decision for a couple of reasons, one is that we can stock things that aren’t very common. An example is this DVD: Winchcombe Pottery Techniques : Master the Art of Learning to Throw Here’s the story: Winchcome Pottery was set up by [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Jul 9th, 2010
I don’t consider my acrylic paintings finished until they are varnished. I find that acrylic paint stays soft and sort of sticky. This means that the surface gets easily damaged because it sticks to anything and bits of paint can even come off. Applying a layer of polymer varnish (acrylic solution varnish) seals it with [...]
Posted in Art Courses and Workshops on Jul 8th, 2010
Ann Oram RWS has just published the Autumn schedule for her 2-day intensive painting courses that she teaches at her studio in Fife. More information on her website. Here is an earlier post about her classes. –