Talking about art, techniques and materials.
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 Art Technique 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) [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jul 6th, 2010
We are pleased to now stock at Jackson’s the premium paint range Lascaux from Switzerland. The world renowned artist materials they produce include studio and artists acrylics and mediums, the unusual Sirius watercolours based on a 5-primary colour system, gouache and printmaking tusches (for painting positives to expose photo plates and screens with). [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jul 5th, 2010
Daler-Rowney Diana Sable Watercolour Brushes are regularly half price at Jackson’s. With this great offer, until August 9th, they are an additional 10% off, for a total of 60% off the list price.
The high quality Diana Kolinsky Sable brush range is created with the finest Kolinsky Sable hair with a unique tapering process to [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Jul 1st, 2010
We have three new books at Jackson’s.
-The Aviation Art of Frank Wootton in Art History and Theory Books.
This collection encompasses the full range of Wootton’s art, from his intense early years as official artist to the RAF during WWII, to the very recent past, including his impressions of Concorde and modern high-tech fighter planes. The [...]