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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 10th, 2011
Our entire enormous range of Derwent artists sets are on offer at 10% off our regular discounted selling price. At these prices it is a great time to stock up on gifts! Offer prices end on Dec. 12th. These include the Inktense pencils and blocks, Watercolour pencils, Metallic pencils, Aquatone pencils, Studio pencils, Coloursoft pencils, [...]
Posted in Announcements on Sep 23rd, 2011
Congratulations to Janie Pirie who won both the Jackson’s Award for Best Botanical and the Runner Up Best Botanical at the UKCPS 10th Annual Open International Exhibition 2011 with her drawings: The Majestic Savoy– Savoy Cabbage: Brassica oleracea var. sabauda and BLUEBERRY ‘Chandler’ – Vaccinium.
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Sep 20th, 2011
Peter Weatherill’s website Coloured Pencil Topics is a valuable resource for artists working in coloured pencils as well as other artists. As he explains: “Some of the notes relate to general art topics like perspective and composition, but most cover the teaching I have been doing over the last few years with coloured pencils.”
Posted in Exhibitions on Sep 19th, 2011
We attended the Private View of A Celebration of Creative Art the UK Coloured Pencil Society’s 10th Annual Open Exhibition on Sunday evening in Westminster. The large exhibition of work by members of the society in a variety of styles was grouped mostly by subject and contained some impressive work. We both particularly liked Amber [...]
Posted in Art Courses and Workshops, Exhibitions on Sep 15th, 2011
UK Coloured Pencil Society A Celebration of Creative Art The UKCPS 10th Annual Open Exhibition London 19 September – 1st October 2011 Make sure you book your place at one of their exciting workshops.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jun 8th, 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 rarely on offer so snap them up while you have the chance! On [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Apr 20th, 2011
The Conte a Paris brand is synonymous with drawing. The versatile and expressive Conte Carres hard pastels come in traditional sketching colours as well as new modern colours. Gaining the same reputation are the new soft pastels and pastel pencils. We now stock most of the Conte range at Jackson’s Art Supplies including the graphite [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Nov 11th, 2010
Caran d’Ache has just introduced their marvelous Supracolor Soft Watersoluble Artists’ Coloured Pencils in new sets that come in luxury wooden boxes. There are two sizes of sets: 80 and 120 pencils. These are gorgeous and one would make a superb gift for the coloured pencil artist, who uses the water-soluble kind, in your life. [...]