Talking about art, techniques and materials.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Mar 9th, 2011
Jackson’s Professional Transparent Watercolour Offers -We are pleased to be offering 25% extra off the already discounted price on Jackson’s Artists’ Watercolour. Compare our prices: Full pan of French Ultramarine- Jackson’s: £2.90 offer: £2.17 Winsor & Newton: £4.49 Tubes of French Ultramarine- Jackson’s 21ml: £5.51 offer: £4.13 Daler-Rowney 15ml: £5.95 -25% extra off the already [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Feb 15th, 2011
Pat Weaver gives a watercolor demonstration on Yupo paper on her website. Watch the video on her site here. We stock this paper as Lana Vanguard. Click here to go to the Lana Vangaurd on the Jackson’s website. http://ow.ly/3V2z0
Posted in Product Information, Favourite Products and Reviews on Feb 8th, 2011
We had a question posed recently on our Facebook page that I think might interest some of you. Can you recommend a paper for ink and wash / mixed media that will allow the brilliance of the inks to show but with some texture? Thanks! Our answer: Watercolour papers works best for ink and wash. [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Jan 13th, 2011
In watercolour painting, unlike other media, the whites are not added as paint but are reserved areas of the paper that are not painted on, so the white is the colour of the paper. Masking fluid is a liquid latex-based product that is very effective at keeping small areas and thin lines white when painting [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Dec 13th, 2010
A few months ago Robert posted this comment hoping for some help. No one has responded yet so I thought I would add it as an actual blog post and see if anyone could help him. Since he has experienced one side of the Jackson’s Eco Handmade Watercolour Paper being more suitable to the other [...]
Posted in Product Information, Favourite Products and Reviews on Jul 17th, 2010
About watercolour papers: “Papers with different sizing react differently in variable weather conditions. In damp conditions papers that are more absorbent (have less sizing) will dry more quickly, whereas hard-sized papers (with heavy sizing) will seem never to dry. Arches, a hard-sized paper, is better in drier conditions. Fabriano is a very absorbent paper that [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on May 30th, 2010
Hermes black pastel paper introductory offer – 10% off our regular low price. Waterproof, fine-textured, sanded paper in 50x70cm size, in black only. Click here for the offer on the Jackson’s website. Click here to request a small sample piece, about 10cm square.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on May 11th, 2010
Lana Vanguard Paper Offer: The Lana Vanguard Paper is on offer at 20% off the regular discounted prices until July 4th. Read more about this unusual watercolour paper which is like Yupo paper, in an earlier post here. Click here to go to this offer on the Jackson’s website.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on May 4th, 2010
We have a new attractive little watercolour paper postcard pad here at Jackson’s. Just in time for your painting holiday! The paper is 350gsm, NOT surface (cold pressed) with 12 postcards in the pad. The slate blue cover and black tape binding looks very nice as well. A great size to carry with you and [...]
Posted in FAQ on Apr 22nd, 2010
FAQ – Some people find the measurements of watercolour paper a bit confusing. Here is a little summary that might help. Loose sheets of watercolour paper often come in Imperial sizes while pads and blocks of watercolour paper usually come in European (ISO) A sizes. A sheet of Imperial (also called Full Imperial) is 30×22 [...]