Talking about art, techniques and materials.
Posted in Product Information, Favourite Products and Reviews on Oct 4th, 2011
The Holbein Canvas Scraper is a quality piece of equipment. It removes paint without damaging the canvas. It is sharp but not too sharp (though if you aren’t careful you can cut yourself) and the metal is hard, thick in the middle and strong so you can really push and pull at it and it [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Sep 13th, 2011
Acrylic paints are made from pigment mixed with acrylic resin. They are water-based paints which means that they can be mixed with water to thin them down and you clean your brushes with water, there is no need for solvents. Acrylics dry quickly, which many people like but you can add a retarder medium that [...]
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 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. [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jul 19th, 2011
New at Jacksons! Turner Acryl Gouache is a professional quality acrylic gouache with a wide range of 219 colours, making them ideal for illustrative painting and design work. They are made in Japan to the highest specifications. The use of ultra-fine pigments means colours spread out smoothly so wide areas can be covered uniformly with [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jul 19th, 2011
Following on from our very popular Jackson’s Oil and Acrylic ranges we are very pleased to announce the launch of Jackson’s Aqua Oil, our brand new range of water mixable oils. Easy to clean up and less toxic they have been developed to a very high standard and are very reasonably priced – easily as [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jul 13th, 2011
Rarely on offer! The resin-based oil colour from Schmincke – Mussini – uses customised oil blends and resin to achieve particularly brilliant colour, especially suited to glazing. The use of resin also results in even surface drying. On offer with an additional 20% off until August 23rd. The uniqueness of these fine professional artists’ colours [...]
Posted in Product Information, Favourite Products and Reviews on Jul 10th, 2011
In addition to our own Jackson’s brand of canvases, watercolour paper, sketchbooks, mounts, accessories like brush cases and pastel blenders, sculpture supplies, easy-assemble framing, painting mediums and primers, silk cloth, academy easels, an extensive array of high quality brushes, Indian ink, printmaking inks and our own brand of pastels – Jackson’s do paints as well! [...]