Talking about art, techniques and materials.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jan 25th, 2012
The Maya range of 30 brilliant colours from Clairefontaine are deep-dyed, non-fading, have a smooth surface front and back, and are acid free. They have a wide range of potential applications including: cards, menus, scrapbooking, framing, book-binding, illustration, decoupage and collage. Available in two weights: 120gsm (heavy paper) and 270gsm (heavy card) in A4 and [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Dec 2nd, 2011
All Winsor & Newton single tube oil colours are on offer at 10% off our already discounted price until January 12th. Click on the links above to go to the offers on the Jackson’s website.
Posted in Announcements on Sep 23rd, 2011
Congratulations to Janie Pirie who won both the Jackson’s Award for Best Botanical and the Runner Up Best Botanical at the UKCPS 10th Annual Open International Exhibition 2011 with her drawings: The Majestic Savoy– Savoy Cabbage: Brassica oleracea var. sabauda and BLUEBERRY ‘Chandler’ – Vaccinium.
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Sep 20th, 2011
Peter Weatherill’s website Coloured Pencil Topics is a valuable resource for artists working in coloured pencils as well as other artists. As he explains: “Some of the notes relate to general art topics like perspective and composition, but most cover the teaching I have been doing over the last few years with coloured pencils.”
Posted in Exhibitions on Sep 19th, 2011
We attended the Private View of A Celebration of Creative Art the UK Coloured Pencil Society’s 10th Annual Open Exhibition on Sunday evening in Westminster. The large exhibition of work by members of the society in a variety of styles was grouped mostly by subject and contained some impressive work. We both particularly liked Amber [...]
Posted in Art Courses and Workshops, Exhibitions on Sep 15th, 2011
UK Coloured Pencil Society A Celebration of Creative Art The UKCPS 10th Annual Open Exhibition London 19 September – 1st October 2011 Make sure you book your place at one of their exciting workshops.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on May 25th, 2011
All four types of tube oil colour made by Winsor & Newton are offered at a 35% discount off the rrp until July 19th at Jackson’s. The re-launched oil bars are on offer as well at 30% off until June 14th. Artists’ oil colour Artists’ Oil Colour is unmatched for its purity, quality and reliability [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on May 19th, 2011
50ml of artists’ oil colour in a handy stick format. Superb for drawing. 30% off the RRP at Jackson’s until June 14th. Winsor & Newton are reintroducing their Artists’ Oilbar. The Winsor & Newton Artists’ Oilbar is a unique medium because it provides artists with a buttery consistency and richness of oil colour together with [...]
Posted in Books and Reviews on May 6th, 2011
We have a fun group of books that might just be educational, too! Skilled artists have made outline drawings of famous paintings and recognised materpieces to be coloured in. These “colouring books” are in our Children’s Art Book section but we understand that many adults like them as they are complicated enough to be interesting [...]
Posted in Art Courses and Workshops on Apr 21st, 2011
COLOURICIOUS The UK’s leading source of inspiration for textile arts and crafts – “learn, create, be happy”. www.colouricious.com Recent government research revealed that between 5-6 million or 1 in 6 people (17% of population) regularly participate in visual arts, textile arts and crafts to create and express themselves in a simple, purposeful way. It seems [...]