Talking about art, techniques and materials.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jan 19th, 2012
Jackson’s stock a large selection of canvas with the best UK price by a mile! If you stretch your own canvases we have canvas available by the metre or in 10-metre rolls in a variety of weights and textures of cottons and linens with unprimed, oil primed or universal primed surfaces. And we have an [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jan 17th, 2012
NB Frames are the makers of the high quality aluminium stretcher bars that we stock for stretching your own canvases. Now we have made a special purchase of ready-made linen canvases from NB. These are medium-grain 280gsm linen, triple coated with universal primer, with the 25mm deep aluminium stretcher bars and stapled on the back. [...]
Posted in Announcements on Dec 13th, 2011
The deadline is 12:00 pm (noon) on Dec 13th for delivery in time for Christmas on bespoke canvases and picture frames from Jackson’s!
Posted in FAQ on Aug 10th, 2011
Frequently asked question: I don’t understand Sizing, Priming and Grounds for oil painting. Canvas must be sealed (sized) from oil paint to prevent rotting. You can use rabbit skin glue or acrylic medium to seal the surface. Then you can apply one or more layers of primer or ground. This can be oil primer, acrylic [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Jul 31st, 2011
A frequently ask question- What can I use as an adhesive to attach canvas to wood? We suggest using GOLDEN Soft Gel as an adhesive for wood to canvas. While it’s not entirely necessary, gessoing both the canvas and wood surfaces to be joined is a good idea for the best possible adhesion. You may [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on May 4th, 2011
Even though they are already excellent value we are offering most sizes of our Jackson’s canvases at a further discount of 50% off the regular low price! Jackson’s Stretched Cotton Canvases are made as an economical alternative to the Italian stretched canvas and offer un-paralleled value for money. Each canvas is universally primed and suitable [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Dec 1st, 2010
We have a whole selection of offers on for the oil and acrylic painters! -We are pleased to be able to offer Daler-Rowney stretched canvases at 60% off list. -We are also doing an extra 10% off the regular discounted prices on our own Jackson’s oils, Jackson’s acrylics and Jackson’s Shiro hog brushes. -We round [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Nov 30th, 2010
We now stock “The Ultimate Artist’s Stretcher Bar System” NB Frame is an innovative aluminium stretcher bar system for professional artists and serious hobbyists. Its patented design creates a perfect framework for canvas stretching, free from deformation, twist and warp caused by humidity or dryness. The NB Frame system is available in frame depths of [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Aug 2nd, 2010
Oil paint dries by absorbing oxygen from the air, it oxidizes. If the paint is touching the canvas this ‘slow burn’ will burn the fabric along with it. So we prime the canvas to keep the oil away and prevent the deterioration. This applies to paper as well. It is the cellulose in both that [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on May 5th, 2010
We are very pleased to now have some new sizes in our lovely gesso panels and professional stretched cotton canvases from Belle Arti in Italy. The gesso panels have a very smooth surface and although the gesso is an acrylic gesso and not a traditional gesso, it is quite absorbent. I have been using these [...]