Talking about art, techniques and materials.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Feb 3rd, 2012
Request a free Winsor & Newton Series 7 watercolour brush in size 1 when you buy three 14ml tubes of Artists’ Watercolour. A maximum of three free brushes per customer please. The Series 7 watercolour brush is the Kolinsky Sable brush that was created for Queen Victoria! Offer ends March 31st Click on the link [...]
Posted in Books and Reviews on Jan 30th, 2012
Botanical Sketchbook by Mary Ann Scott A review by one of our customers on our website: “Botanical Sketchbook is an excellent display of improvement in watercolour technique. It takes us through the process a student went through during a Course of 2 years offered by the Society of Botanical Artists. This student, Mary Ann Scott, [...]
Posted in Books and Reviews on Jan 23rd, 2012
Billy Showell is a hugely popular botanical artist and tutor. She has published three highly recommended books on botanical painting. And we stock them all at Jackson’s! Billy Showell’s A-Z of Flower Portraits – Watercolour Flower Portraits – Watercolour Fruit and Vegetable Portraits These useful, inspiring books are discounted off the cover prices at Jackson’s [...]
Posted in Product Information, Favourite Products and Reviews on Jan 20th, 2012
The blog Billie’s Craft Room has done a very flattering review of our Jackson’s Sable Retractable Brush and I wanted to share! She recommends the brush because it is lightweight, has a tight fitting cap, is a good quality brush with a good point, has an air hole in the cap to let out any [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Dec 2nd, 2011
Ready To Paint Books buy 2 get 1 free using the voucher code below. The Ready to Paint book series is designed for those who want to learn to paint but cannot rely on their drawing skills. Re-usable A3 (42 x 29.5cm; 16½ x 11¾in) outlines of paintings are provided to pull out from the [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Nov 22nd, 2011
We are offering a 10% discount to introduce our new Jackson’s ARTica Watercolour Brush – our top end synthetic watercolour brush. This latest addition to the quality Jackson’s brush range is made with Toray white fibre – one of the finest quality synthetic fibres, has a round pointed shape, the black lacquered wood handle is [...]
Posted in Books and Reviews on Nov 3rd, 2011
A-Z of Flower Portraits by Billy Showell An illustrated guide to painting 40 beautiful flowers in watercolour. Billy Showell is a well-respected contemporary artist whose watercolour flower portraits have earned her the respect of watercolour artists all over the world. Worked to the same degree of accuracy as traditional botanical paintings, Billy’s compositions are given [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Oct 12th, 2011
Art Tips Some recent tips we have shared on our Facebook Page: Tip for sketchbooks: if outdoors use an elastic band, paperclip or similar to stop pages flapping in the breeze. To get straight lines in paint try brushruling. Steady a ruler with one long side on the surface and one tilted up in the [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Oct 12th, 2011
Here is a helpful article from RK Burt paper suppliers about how to get the most from your watercolour paper: www.rkburt.com The Watercolour Paper Department on the Jackson’s Art Website.
Posted in Art Courses and Workshops on Oct 7th, 2011
Learn to Paint in Watercolours in Malaga, Spain with specialist UK artist Fiona Pruden. Oct 24th-28th 2011.