Talking about art, techniques and materials.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jan 10th, 2012
We are very happy to welcome a new product that just arrived today – Spectrafix Low Odour Pastel Fixative. A natural fixative that works on all papers and has been endorsed by professional artists all across America. Based on an antique recipe used by Degas himself, this is the perfect fixative for pastel, charcoal, gouache [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Nov 11th, 2011
Carbothello Pastel Pencils Many pastel artists enjoy the cleaner use of a pastel pencil as opposed to a regular pastel, while many coloured pencil artists like the dry, dusty mark of a pastel pencil, similar to charcoal. These popular pastel pencils are 10% off the already discounted price at Jackson’s until December 12th. This includes [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Nov 11th, 2011
Select Conte Carres sets of hard pastels, soft pastels and pencils are 10% off our regular discounted selling price at Jackson’s Art Supplies until December 12th. – Click on the link above to go to the offer on the Jackson’s Art website. Postage on orders shipped standard to mainland UK addresses is free for orders [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Nov 9th, 2011
The Jackson’s Double Ended Blender is on offer at Half Price! At just £1.23 this useful tool is a great bargain. At this price you could add a few to your Christmas order and use them as stocking fillers for all your pencil and pastel artist friends! (Postage is free for regular mainland UK orders [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Nov 7th, 2011
Working with pastels is usually called pastel painting. It is a way for artists to paint directly with pigment without the intermediary of a brush. Blending can be done with the finger, blending tools or a brush. Pastels come as oil pastels, soft pastels and hard pastels. Health concerns about breathing in dust from the [...]
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 New Products and Special Offers on Aug 24th, 2011
Half Price RRP System3 Acrylics Daler-Rowney’s original System3 Acrylic colour is extremely popular. One reason might be that it is such a good value for artists who use large quantities of paint. Now, with this fantastic offer it is truly a bargain! Half Price RRP System3 Acrylics in all five sizes. Offer ends Sep 13th. [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Aug 17th, 2011
I was told about this tip for pastel painters recently: If you don’t like the way spray fixative changes your pastel painting you may want to try pressure fixing. Lay cellophane and then a board on the work and apply pressure. This pushes the pigment into the paper. Experiment with the amount of pressure because [...]
Posted in Product Information, Favourite Products and Reviews on Jul 20th, 2011
Art papers Watercolour Paper Watercolour paper has a “hard size” on top of the paper that allows the water to penetrate and the pigment to remain on the surface. This gives the painting its brilliance and also allows for corrections. Watercolour paper comes in different textures. Hot Press (HP) is the smoothest. Not (also called [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jul 19th, 2011
New to Jackson’s but already very popular in the U.S. Pan Pastels are very intense, finely ground pigments that are packaged in cakes. They look a little like make-up cakes! A new form of painting altogether, they can be used on their own or in combination with conventional pastel painting. No mess and no waste! [...]