AV Premium Airbrush Paint

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Julie

AV Premium Airbrush Paint at Jackson’s Art Supplies. This enamel-like paint is a very durable exterior grade, especially for superior adhesion to metals and you can apply it with a brush, too.

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AV PREMIUM is a safe water-based, non toxic and highly versatile airbrush ready paint, suitable for all surfaces, but especially formulated for superior adhesion to metals, fibreglass, polyethylene, clear Lexan polycarbonate, slot car and RC bodies, and all tuning and automotive applications.

On some of these surfaces we recommend a basecoat of the Polyurethane Primer (62.601) for best results. Premium colours are flexible and exceptionally durable and permit prolonged exposure to weather without fading or losing their brilliance.

Premium colours have been formulated with micronized, permanent pigments and an extremely resistant, exterior grade hybrid resin-polyurethane base, which withstands impacts, resists chipping and cracking, as well as direct exposure to heat and outdoor elements without cracking or fading, and is fuel residue proof up to a least 35% Nitro.

AV Premium colours have superior flow, they are self-levelling and brush on with exceptional ease. For
airbrushing, the colours can be used directly from the bottle when using a nozzle size 0,3. For the metallic colours some dilution might be necessary, and for smaller nozzles (O.2mm or less) the use of the Reducer (62.068) may be required. The recommended compressor setting is 30-60psi (2-4 bar).

The range consists of 20 bright opaque colours, 23 dazzling metallics and fluorescents, and 9 shimmering transparent Candy Colours. All colours are as suitable for detail work as for covering large surfaces and can be applied by brush as well as by airbrush.

The range is complete with 8 auxiliary products including the Transparent Basecoat and the Reducer, Primer, Varnishes and Drying Retarder. For a automotive refinishing and as an extra protective final coating, we recommend a catalyzed urethane clear varnish (spray can or airbrush).

All colours are available in 60 ml. and 200 ml. in a plastic bottles with a flip-top cap.

Click here for a printable colour chart and leaflet on AV Premium.

Marabu craft painting

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Julie

Marabu make quality craft paints for painting glass, ceramics, cards, silk & textiles and for marbling.
We have the new updated range of Marabu products now in stock at Jackson’s.

Marabu craft paints

Download a pattern from Marabu for painting on glass.

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We still have some of the old-style ranges of Marabu in stock and are selling it off with an extra 25% discount.

Unison Pastels offer

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Julie

Made in the UK, famous throughout the world – Unison handmade soft pastels are a delight to use and a favourite of many professional pastel artists. In their subtlety and intensity of colour, their fluency and responsiveness to touch and their delicacy and robustness, Unison Colour Soft Pastels aspire to perfection. They are available in over 300 shades and using hand rolling rather than extrusion to shape the pastels gives Unison pastels a unique texture, delivering a consistency of response across the colour spectrum that is unmatched.

We are pleased to be able to offer an additional 10% discount on these superb soft pastels until May 14th.

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Unison handmade soft pastels

Turner Acryl Gouache new sizes and sets

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Julie

Turner professional quality acrylic gouache has a wide range of 219 colours in 20ml tubes.

The popularity of this paint is growing all the time and it is getting superb customer reviews. The only complaint has been that they wish it were available in larger sizes.

So we are very happy to announce that we now have larger sizes and new sets:

*38 colours are now available in 40ml
*White is now available in 100ml
*6 sets are available including a new 6-colour tryout set of small tubes for only £2.00 (limited to 1 per customer) and a new set of 45-colours in a range of colours called Japanesque.

Read much more about this great paint in this earlier post.

Turner Acrylic Gouache 6 Colour Intro Set (limited to 1 per customer)

The colours in the intro set are all lightfast.
The intro set is free post if that is all you are getting. So give it a try!

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New Davinci Brush

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Julie

NEW The Davinci Cosmotop Mix Quill Wash brush, round, Series 438

The Cosmotop Mix brush is now available also as a traditional watercolour wash brush with a synthetic quill and blue lacquered handle. The mix of classic natural hairs combined with synthetic fibre, makes the best of each type.
Available in sizes 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8

Da Vinci 4380 brush

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Holbein Spring Watercolour Offer

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Julie

The daffodils have arrived and Spring is here!
To celebrate the season we are offering an additional 10% discount on some materials perfect for painting flowers: Holbein Watercolours, Da Vinci Series 35 sable brushes and Fabriano Classico watercolour paper.
Additional discount offers end May 1st.

Holbein watercolour

Holbein Watercolours

A favourite watercolour of many botanical painters with some great flower colours, Holbein make a top quality paint. Dedicated to excellence, Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor of unsurpassed purity, permanence and brilliance in 5ml and 15ml tubes.

A European style transparent watercolour, Holbein watercolor also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolour techniques. Without ox-gall or other dispersing agents, Holbein watercolour moves slowly permitting greater colour density and brush control. It is a colour line with a consistent creamy texture that remains smooth when dry without cracking, crumbling, chipping or moulding in the palette. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan colour. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolours in pan form but allows artists to create their own selection.

Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired colour selection. Permit to dry, then wet the colour when needed. Holbein watercolours produce brilliant transparent washes as well as powerful clean darks when used in more concentrated applications. Engineered to surpass the quality standards set by both North American and European manufacturers, Holbein watercolour is widely preferred around the world for its handling qualities. Holbein watercolour ranks as the world’s finest.

Da Vinci Maestro Series 35 sable brushes

Sometimes referred to as a designer brush this is a very popular brush amongst floral artists. The brush head has an extra long and pointed shape and the high quality sable hairs hold a lot of water and colour.

Fabriano Classico watercolour paper in Fat Pads

Available in A5, A4 & A3 sizes.
The Fabriano Classico 5 paper is 300gsm, mould-made, 50% cotton, surface sized, acid-free and has a Hot Press (satinata) finish. The Fat Pad is spiral wire bound on the short edge with 25 sheets per pad. This high quality Italian watercolour paper is often recommended in art magazines by members of the Royal Society of Botanical Artists. The smooth, strong white surface makes it the most popular pad for botanical art and illustration.
The paper is also available in full sheets.

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Jacksons Artists Acrylics offer

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Julie

Jackson’s Artists Acrylics are already a great value, so an extra 20% discount makes an excellent offer!

These beautiful colours are formulated with 100% maximum performance acrylic resin and the highest quality lightfast pigments. The colours offer incredible intensity and strength and have a consistency perfect for brushing out flat, yet will retain their structure for impasto work. They really are comparable in quality, if not better, to many of the leading brands!

Additional 20% Off Jackson’s acrylics

The offer ends April 24th, 2012.

Jackson’s Acrylic Mediums
Did you know we have a range of our own Jackson’s acrylic mediums to compliment our acrylic colours?

Jackson's Acrylic Mediums

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Jacksons Academy Easels Offer

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Julie

Jackson’s Academy Easels are on offer with an additional 20% discount off the regular price.

This includes 16 styles of easels and one print rack- convenient table easels, portable field easels, and large beechwood studio easels. The Jackson’s Academy range of easels offers an unbeatable combination of price and quality.

20% Off Jacksons easels

The offer ends April 24th.
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Sennelier Reformulate the Artists Watercolour

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Julie

Sennelier Artists Watercolour is a honey-based watercolour, using honey not only as a preservative but also to give incomparable brilliance and smoothness to the paint. Always striving for excellence, Sennelier has reworked its watercolour formula increasing the amount of honey in the paint to reinforce the longevity of the colours, their radiance and luminosity.

The New Range of Artist Watercolours from Sennelier

Sennelier Artists Watercolours are made in France using a centuries-old traditional process to give the artist the best possible control over luminous colour. Their colour range is based on the palette of the Impressionist painters who drew their inspiration from nature and set out to reproduce natural light. The watercolour technique offered them spontaneity, lightness of touch, fluidity and transparency allowing a quick translation of a particular light, vibration or shape.

We have the new formula watercolours in stock now at Jackson’s. In addition to the half pan and 10ml sizes, we now also stock the full pan and 21ml sizes. Our prices are up to 25% off the RRP on singles and sets.

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New Mi-Teintes Touch paper

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Julie

The unique surface texture of Mi-Teintes Touch allows for many creative possibilities and layering of pigments. A great palette of cool blues, warm earth, and grey tones are now available to support a wide range of artist creativity. Pastels, charcoal, crayons, & acrylic perform beautifully. Give artwork a new dimension while allowing colours to really pop due to the thinly sanded surface. Highlight work that requires precision & fine detail. Only the unique know-how and experience of Canson could lead to this innovation in pastel paper.

Mi-Teintes Touch sheets retain all dry pigments because they have micro-abrasive surfaces created by a sanded primer. Mi-Teintes Touch is the ideal support for dry pastels. Artists will find pleasure in creating their works of art all while being able to illustrate detail and shading effects.

Available in 14 different colours in 50x65cm sheets.

Canson Mi-Teintes Touch Pastel Card

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