Talking about art, techniques and materials.
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 Books and Reviews on Nov 4th, 2011
This is a superb book that is extremely popular! It has received reviews of “inspiring”, “really useful”, “excellent” and “great photos, easy to read”. Creative Paint Workshop for Mixed-Media Artists: Experimental Techniques for Composition, Layering, Texture, Imagery, and Encaustic By Ann Baldwin This is a workshop-style book, oriented to the wide community of crafters and [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Oct 10th, 2011
Drying Oils Drying oils are the binders used when making oil paint. These include linseed (flax), safflower, poppy and walnut oils. They are also the ingredients used when making painting mediums to add to the paint to adjust its qualities. Mediums are usually made from a drying oil and either a resin (like damar) or [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Sep 30th, 2011
The legendary Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colours are used by some of the world’s most famous artists whose work can be found in places such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery in Washington. These small-batch paints are now made by the excellent Golden Acrylics company, just 20 miles away [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Sep 6th, 2011
Rembrandt is a superb make of artists materials from Royal Talens in Holland. Their Rembrandt Oil Colours are very fine quality with high pigment concentrations in a range of 120 colours. Rembrandt Artists Soft Pastels are the world’s best selling soft pastels with a choice of 203 colours. Rembrandt Professional Watercolours are renowned for their [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Sep 6th, 2011
Like many good quality oil paints Rembrandt Artists Oil Colours have two versions of their two main whites: zinc white and titanium white made with safflower oil and also a version of each made with linseed oil. Linseed oil produces a strong film but does yellow somewhat in time. It is durable enough to be [...]
Posted in Product Information, Favourite Products and Reviews on Aug 15th, 2011
There is a big difference in the quality of the colour between artist grade paints and student grade paints. The student paints have fillers and imitation pigments. The artist’s colours are purer and more vibrant, and will mix in a more predictable way because there aren’t additives to interact with other pigments. One way to [...]
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 New Products and Special Offers on Aug 9th, 2011
Winsor Artists’ Colours are on offer at Jackson’s Art Supplies until August 31st. 40% off RRP – Winsor & Newton Artists’ Oil Colour Up to 40% off RRP – Winsor & Newton Artists’ Acrylic Colour Plus when you register on our new website you will be emailed a 10% discount code you can use to [...]
Posted in Product Information, Favourite Products and Reviews on Jul 30th, 2011
Oil bars, also called pigment sticks or oil sticks, are artists’ oil colour in a handy stick format. Not to be confused with oil pastels, they are made by adding just enough wax to the oil paint to make it form into a stick and they should be thought of as you would oil colour. [...]