Artist's Drawing & Inspiration
Back to School and University
Early in the New Year, many student artists and keen amateurs will be planning to replenish their art supplies and learning tools for the busy months ahead. A selection of your favourite art materials suppliers are ready with useful products to assist with the enhancement of your creative education in 2015.
Chroma makes a number of wellknown and respected paint brands ideal for art students of all levels and on any budget. Names like Chromacryl, A2, Atelier and Jo Sonja’s are synonymous with quality and value among Australian artists. Chroma paints are not only very popular with Australians, they are also made by Australians at the Mt Ku-ring-gai factory which has been in operation for nearly 50 years.
The choice of paints is sometimes difficult for inexperienced art students. There are so many different options available and such big differences in price between the brands - it is an easy thing to get wrong and unfortunately
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a lot of students do. However with a little bit of information, choosing the paint that is right for your style and budget is easy.
These simple tips will help you choose that paint is right for you. Where to Buy Paints?
Before you even start looking at different paint brands and features you need to consider where you are going to shop for your paint. Go to a specialist art store, not the two-dollar shop or big discount warehouses. Your chances of finding good reliable paints are much higher at an art store. Discount stores are almost always stocked with very poor quality Chinese imports and even though the prices may be low, the paint is not good enough to use in an art class. In most cases there are better low cost options available in art stores too.
What Colours to Buy?
Before you can see how much you want/need to spend, you will have to consider the colours you need to buy. It is better to keep your number of colours small. That way you can afford to spend more on each individual colour and get a higher quality of paint – it will also encourage you to learn how to mix colours properly! You will need to have a minimum set of mixing colours
which should include a warm and cool version of each primary colour – Warm Red, Cool Red, Warm Yellow, Cool Yellow, Warm Blue, Cool Blue, Black, White and couple of earth tones like Burnt Sienna and Raw Umber. If you have any favourite colours you can add them in too of course but as general rule you will need about 10 colours.
There is a Chromacryl 10 x 75ml tube set available which is a good starter kit for beginners and A2 Lightfast comes in an 8 tube and
4 tube set that combine to give a great 12 colour starter set for artists who want lightfast colours.
A range of 10 colours can cost you anywhere from $20 to over
$200 depending on the quality and quantity of paints you choose. When choosing your paints keep these important factors in mind.
Lightfastness
One of the most important things to consider is lightfastness. Lightfast pigments are extremely resistant to fading even when exposed to direct sunlight. Paints made with lightfast pigments tend to cost more but the extra outlay can be well worth it, especially if you intend to sell your artwork or want to keep it yourself for years to come. All lightfast paints are clearly marked as such on the label. They will usually have a rating for lightfastness and a list of the pigments used in the paint. If there is no mention of lightfastness on the label then it is almost certainly not lightfast.
Non Light Fast Option
If you are just beginning to paint and know that you will never be selling or keeping your early works, then lightfastness might not be important to you. If this is the case then Chromacryl Students’ Acrylic would be an ideal low cost option for you. Chromacryl has a body and density similar to an artists’ impasto acrylic with strong colour and excellent covering power. Other similarly priced paints tend not to be as thick or cover as well as Chromacryl. It is important to note that UV varnishes will only have a very limited effect on the lightfastness of a painting. You must use lightfast paints if you want to ensure your artwork will not fade.
A2 The Low Cost Lightfast Option All students should consider using lightfast paints, especially for the artwork they create in their final years at university. They are often of a very high standard and hold significant sentimental value (especially to parents) and it can be very disappointing to see these important pieces fade over the years. A2 Lightfast is a good choice for students who want to sell their artwork. A2 Lightfast is very highly pigmented and has the colour strength, covering power and handling properties that are almost identical to premium quality impasto artists’ acrylics…but at a price that students can afford!
Professional Quality Lightfast Paints Chroma makes a number of artists’ quality lightfast paints - Atelier Interactive Artists’ Acrylic, Archival Oils, Jo Sonja’s Matte Fluid Acrylic and the new Atelier Free Flow Artists’ Fluid Acrylic. These paints are all made to the highest possible standards for use by professional artists however they are often used by students too and with some clever colour choices they can be used quite economically.
Colour Series
You will notice that some paints have a series number on the label and the higher series colours cost a lot more than the lower ones. This is how professional artists’ paints are sold and it relates to the cost of the different pigments used in each colour. These brands tend to cost more but if you restrict yourself to colours in Series 1 they are quite affordable. For example the Archival Oils range has a complete set of the most important mixing colours all in Series 1 which makes it a great choice for art students who want an affordable oil paint without any compromise on quality. One “trick” is to only use the really expensive high series colours on the top layer of a painting and the cheaper colours underneath.
Sizes and price per ml
Not all paints come in the same size packaging and you would be surprised how easy it is not to notice. Make sure you keep in mind how much paint you are actually getting in each tube – for example A2 lightfast comes in a big 120ml tube and the Atelier Interactive tube is 80ml but a lot of other professional quality acrylics are only 60ml.
Buy Bulk – Especially White
The more paint you buy the better value you get, so if you can afford it you are always better off in the long run to buy in the larger 250ml or 1L sizes, especially in colours you will use a lot of like white. It is also a good idea to buy up big when you see a special - there are always lots of specials in art shops around the start of the year for Back to School/Uni, so make the most of them. However ensure you only buy colours you know you will use a lot of such as white, black, and the primary colours.
Armed with this little bit of information you should be able to make some really smart choices about the paints you buy and no doubt like most Australian artists you will find Chroma paints to be a great choice!
For further useful product information, please visit the Chroma website at www.chromaonline.com
With all the pressures of uni, school or TAFE it can sometimes be very hard to meet those assignment deadlines. Genesis Heat Set Oil Paints could just be your saviour. With these paints you can choose to keep working long into the night and not have to wait hours or days for your paint to dry. Or if you can only grab a few minutes here and there you can just grab your palette and brushes and get to work, then down tools and run to catch that bus.
Mixed up the wrong colour? No worries, just put it in a glass jar and it will keep indefinitely just waiting to be used in another painting.
Scrape off your used palette and store the paint for another project.
Genesis Heat-Set Oil Paints are a unique paint which offers a non toxic, odour free and non allergenic product as well as an unparalleled level of control when it comes to drying time.
Genesis Heat-Set Oil Paint gives you the two ‘bests’ in an artist’s medium, allowing you to work the way you choose to. With traditional oils the length of drying time means we can lose our momentum in getting our ideas and thoughts onto the canvas. Acrylics and watercolours can dry too quickly. With Genesis, you can apply washes like watercolour artists do or blend to your heart’s content! You can apply layer over layer just as you could with other paints, but Genesis will also allow you to blend colours easily if you desire. You, the artist, at last has TOTAL control with the drying process. Simply dry the area you want to keep working on, then apply more paint, or a wash or glaze straight over the top. If you make a mistake, just wipe it off, and when you’re happy with a layer or area, dry it straight away – no more worrying about ruining your masterpiece! Genesis offers fine control in mixing, blending and application. Genesis is no different in appearance to conventional oils.
You can read more about the product at Australia’s sole suppliers’ website www.genesisoilpaints.com. au where you can shop online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Orders can also be made by mail or by telephone on 1300 66 11 65 or 07 5426 4685 or 0437183 173. Our customers normally receive their orders via Express Post within 2-4 working days, no matter where you live in Australia. You can ring or email for a free information kit.
GENESIS ARTISTS SUPPLIES Stockists of Genesis Heat Set Oil Paints Coates Willow Charcoal ARTristic Easels
ARTristic Mahl Sticks
Maxine’s Mop Brushes
A wide range of brushes
Colour wheels
Stylus and palette knives
Colour Shapers
Measuring spoons
Pattern Packs
DVDs and books
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S&S has a wide variety of items on offer for Back to School 2015. From colouring, pastel, sketching and graphite pencils to charcoal, brushes, oils, acrylics, watercolours, gouache, paintstiks, easels, sketchbooks and paper, students will find everything they need to make this year an artistic success.
A large selection of the Derwent pencil range is on offer for this year’s Back to School. S&S is offering Derwent Inktense, Coloursoft, Drawing, Artist, Studio, Watercolour, Pastel, Metallic, Graphitint, Tinted Charcoal and Sketching pencils along with some specially selected Collection Sets for students to begin their artistic year in style. These selections of pencils are available in selected wooden boxes and tins. Derwent pencils are high quality drawing instruments suitable for amateur, student and professional artists. This range of pencils provides a wide choice of mediums for all pencil artists. The rich, luscious colour of Coloursoft and the bold, earthy tones of Derwent Drawing pencils are especially good for capturing landscapes and life drawings while the unique properties of Graphitint and Tinted Charcoal offer artists exciting new mediums to create beautiful pencil drawings. Inktense pencils are pure, vibrant colour pencils that combine the intensity of pen and ink with the versatility of line and wash. Use dry to create strong, vivid tones then apply a light wash to achieve a translucent ink-like effect. Once dry, the colour is permanent and can be worked over with both soluble and non-soluble media. Derwent Inktense pencils are incredibly versatile and can be used to create a diverse range of art from Japanese Manga and vibrant silk painting to more traditional watercolours and stunning botanical illustrations. Now available to Australian art students are the newly re-formulated Derwent pastel pencils. These have a softer texture and improved performance than the previous Derwent Pastel pencils.
The colours are vibrant, intense and blend easily allowing you to create an infinite number of hues and tints. All Derwent pencils are now manufactured with an environmentally friendly, water-based, solvent free coating.
For the sketching artists, there is a selection of graphite and sketching pencils, mixed media sets and charcoal. The Cretacolor Black Box and Artino graphite sets contain a useful selection of black drawing materials including charcoal, graphite and Nero drawing pencils while the Bruynzeel Design sketching specialties set and the Cretacolor Artino and Primo sketching sets all provide a great selection of sepia, sanguine, charcoal and chalk pencils along with accessories such as paper stumps and kneadable erasers. The ‘Silver Box’ by Cretacolor is the perfect complement to the
Black Box. It contains a selection of quality graphite drawing materials including graphite blocks, sticks, pencils, monolith woodless graphite pencils plus accessories presented in a beautiful silver tin. The Cretacolor “Artist Studio” Drawing 101 set is ideal for all art students. This excellent value, introductory set contains 3 graphite pencils (HB, 2B, 4B), an extra soft oil charcoal pencil, white chalk pencil, sanguine pencil, sepia pencil, 3 charcoal pencils (soft, medium, hard) plus paper blending stump. For something a little different try the Cretacolor “oil pencil” sketching set. This set contains a selection of oil pencils that are perfect for all types of drawing, sketching, landscapes and portraiture. This set contains oil pencils in white chalk, sepia (light and dark), Nero (soft and extra soft) plus Sanguine. If you are looking for charcoal, the soft black willow charcoal from Coates is particularly well suited to satisfy a whole range of artistic needs. Coates willow rods are clean and straight – top quality artist pieces! S&S is also offering Daler-Rowney’s willow charcoal for back-to-school this year. This premium quality charcoal has a deep black hue and uniform texture and is available in a range of thicknesses.
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Bruynzeel Pastel pencils are available for back-to-school this year. These pastel pencils are regarded by many as the best pastel pencils available. Manufactured from the highest quality pigments, they offer a high degree of light fastness and maximum purity. With a soft, smooth and fine texture, they are excellent for landscape, portrait, fine and broad work. They are water-soluble and the cedar barrel allows for easy sharpening and prevents splitting. Sakura CrayPas Oil Pastels are a serious painting medium providing both a pastel and oil colour effect. These round oil pastels are smooth, easy to use and the high pigment loading guarantees extremely intense and vivid colours with excellent lightfast properties. Superior oils and waxes have been blended into these pastels to produce exceptionally smooth drawings.
For protection of your work,
Nuart workable fixative gives clear protection to prevent smudging or dusting of your valuable drawings. Nuart workable fixative has been specially formulated for charcoal, graphite, coloured pencil and pastel drawings.
To transport your pencils around, then look no further than the Derwent Pencil Wrap. Made from heavy cotton canvas, they are available in pocket size (holds 12 pencils) or standard size (holds 30 pencils) and have a small pouch for accessory items such as erasers and sharpeners. They are small enough to be carried in your pocket, bag, portfolio or backpack. Ideal for the artist on the move!! The Derwent Sketching Folio is also worth a look at for those artists who like to work outdoors. It contains everything you need to sketch anywhere, anytime including 12 Graphitint pencils, 3 water-soluble sketching pencils, 2 Charcoal pencils (light and dark), sharpener, palette, eraser, waterbrush and A6 hardback sketchbook all packed in a compact carry case.
A stable support is necessary when drawing. To help you achieve this, the
Bieffe and Richeson drawing boards offer a firm support for working alone or at an easel. The A3 European Bieffe boards are probably the best value-formoney drawing boards of their type available. Manufactured from highimpact plastic, the board is supplied complete with locking straight-edge ruler, 1800 protractor and anti-slip feet. The Richeson lightweight metaledge drawing boards feature a smooth hardwood laminate surface with core of honeycomb matrix, providing the user with a warp resistant surface.
S&S is also offering a selection of fineliners and markers to students this year. The Cretacolor Artstik is a fine line writing pen with a metal encased nib containing permanent black India ink. These pens are available in 3 nib sizes (0.3, 0.5 and 0.7mm) and are ideal for sketching, technical drawing or fine writing.
The Sakura Pigma Micron fineliner contains the unique Pigma ink which is permanent, water-proof, colour and light fast. Pigma Micron pens will write on virtually any porous surface and will not bleed through paper. They work very well on tracing paper. Pigma Micron is available in black in a variety of line widths from 0.2mm to 0.5mm for both technical and artistic drawings. There is also a range of eight colours which are great for cartooning, illustration, Manga, scrapbooking and journaling. Bruynzeel Markers are perfect for the younger student. This set of 50 quality felt tip markers contain a high quality ink that will not dry out in the barrel and will wash out from most types of fabric. Markers feature a safety cap with ventilation.
For the first time, ShinHan “Touch” Twin Markers are available to Australian consumers. Every aspect of the “Touch” Twin marker has been designed to out-perform every other Artist marker available on the market today. They are odourless, non-toxic, permanent and contain the highest quality ink with very few additives. The rich and intense colours are fade
resistant and non-streaking and will not dissolve toner inks allowing them to be used safely on copied drawings without the use of smudging. ShinHan Touch Twin markers are available in this Back-to-school period in sets of 12, 24, 36 and 48 assorted colours.
If painting is your forte then check out the offers from Daler-Rowney and Maimeri. S&S is offering sets of Classico oil colours, Georgian
Oil Colours, System 3 Acrylics and Designers Gouache. Georgian oil colours have been the UK’s favourite oil paint for many years. Georgian Oil colours offer artists high quality and performance at an economical and uniform price across colours in the range. They are produced to the same exacting standards as Daler-Rowney Artists’ Oils and are carefully blended and tested to produce the most brilliant colour and match the tint and texture from batch to batch. Daler-Rowney Designers Gouache is characterised by its free-flowing texture, tinting strength and excellent covering power. It is a brilliant, opaque, artists’ quality body colour made using only the highest quality pigments and calcium carbonate ensuring that it retains its’ pure bright colour across all 87 colours in the range. Daler-Rowney’s System 3 Original and Heavy Body acrylic colours are high quality acrylics featuring a high pigment loading, excellent covering power and durability – even outdoors!
Maimeri Classico oil paints are also on offer for Back-to-School.
These highly regarded Italian oil paints contain the highest quality and exceptionally finely ground pigments blended with the best quality linseed oil. Classico oil paints are the perfect bridge between student and professional oil paints. Due to the unique manufacturing process of Classico oil paints, all 74 colours are the one price, so students will not be paying expensive prices for cadmium and cobalt based paint colours. For a different take on oil painting, try Shiva Painstiks. These are professional grade artists’ oil colours in convenient stick form. Manufactured from quality pigments blended with refined linseed oil, they can be used in conjunction with conventional oil paint surfaces, mediums and varnishes, using the same methods and techniques.
For Watercolourists, the Venezia “Pocket pan” set contains 12 1.5ml half-pans in a soft rubber-like case with twin folding lids, 3 mixing wells and removable plastic palette. Alternatively, you may like to try a 12 x 8ml tube introductory set of DalerRowney Aquafine watercolours.
A stable platform is essential for painting and this year S&S has a selection of top quality easels on offer. For outdoor or plein air work, look no further than the Richeson field/ sketching easel. It is lightweight, compact and easy to transport. The Daler-Rowney “Artsphere” is a new concept in easel design. It has a small base and large work surface area that can be positioned flat or in portrait/ landscape style. Ideal for artists, designers, hobbyist and crafters, the Artsphere has a unique ball and socket joint that allows the large A3 drawing board to move in any direction. For those whose space is limited, the “Angelina” aluminium table top easel is the ideal solution. Manufactured from black anodised aluminium the Angelina features adjustable ‘wings’ to support or display large pieces (up to 24 x 36” canvas boards) and a collapsible back leg allowing the angle of the easel to be easily adjusted. The entire easel folds compactly into a small bag (included) with shoulder strap. It is ideal for plein air or classroom use.
To complete your painting experience S&S is offering a set of Daler-Rowney “Simply” Golden Taklon or Bristle brushes. Each set contains 10 brushes in various sizes and all have nickel-plated brass ferules and short timber handles.
The Golden Taklons are suitable for oils, acrylics and watercolours while the Bristle brushes are best used for oils and acrylics.
To begin your masterpiece you will need something to begin on.
S&S is offering a great selection of sketchbooks from Fabriano, Derwent and Daler-Rowney. These sketchbooks are the ideal platform for taking initial sketches prior to painting or for plein air work. The Fabriano Artists’ journals are available in several sizes and contain a selection of 90gsm Ingres paper in various colours and are ideal for work in pencil, pastel, charcoal and ink. The Daler-Rowney “Ebony” and “Cachet Classic” Hardback books contain quality acid-free paper in 150gsm and 220gsm respectively. Both are bound with durable, rigid covers and have a glued/sewn spine. The “Ebony” and “Cachet Classic” books are suitable for works in pen and ink, pencil and all other dry techniques and the covers can be overprinted. The Daler-Rowney “Simply” hardback sketchbooks are excellent value. They contain 220 pages of 100gsm extrawhite or natural white, medium grain paper that is ideal for any technique.
If you would like any further information on the S&S Backto-School offerings please visit www.creativityunlimited.com.au or phone S&S Customer Service on 1300 731 529.
As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of writing, colouring and drawing instruments, as well as modelling/polymer clays, STAEDTLER gives form to ideas and creative inventions the world over. Quality, innovation, design and functionality characterise all STAEDTLER products.
STAEDTLER products that are popular with students (of all ages) include:
STAEDTLER triplus® fineliner colour range
The triplus fineliner range is now available in 30 magnificent colours. The recent launch of 10 brilliant colours to the existing colour range makes the triplus fineliner offering distinctly unique.
Features of the triplus fineliner include; superfine, metal-clad tip, ergonomic triangular barrel offering effortless fatigue-free comfort when writing. Attractive, metallic grey triangular barrel with colour coding, triplus ink washes out of most textiles (water-based). Line width is approximately 0.3mm.
The triplus fineliner box can be turned into a pen stand quickly and easily – keeping all colours ready-to-hand. Features include: dry safe; can be left uncapped for days without drying up. PP Barrel and cap guarantee long service life. Aeroplane safe; an automatic pressure equalisation prevents pen leakage while on board aircraft.
The full triplus colour range is available as individual pens; wallets of 20, 10 or four assorted colours or a wallet of six assorted ‘pastel’ colours.
STAEDTLER Calligraph duo Markers
NEW - These popular and easy-touse double-ended calligraphy marker pens are the most economical way to create beautiful, hand-lettered greeting cards, letters, certificates and more. Each marker pen is double-ended with a fine chisel point (2.0mm) and broad chisel point (3.5mm) – capped at either end.
Both end tips are supplied from a single ink reservoir for perfect colour matching. They have a long marker life and even ink flow. The ink is pigmented and waterproof, lightfast and acid-free. Available in a boxed set of five colours (red, blue, black, green and violet), or individual pens in black.
STAEDTLER pigment liners
This highly-versatile fineliner pen is suitable for writing, sketching and drawing. Popular with artists working across a variety of mediums, the pigment liner pens are available in nine line widths in black.
Each pen comes with a metal clip at end, and a long metal drawing tip, (ideal for use with rulers and templates). These pens can be left uncapped for 18 hours without drying up. PP barrel and aeroplane safe.
The pigment liner contains indelible ink, properties include; lightfast, waterproof, chemical and solventresistant, smudge-proof and nonerasable (except on drawing film), with no bleeding when highlighted.
For convenience, the pigment liner is also available in a STAEDTLER stand-up box containing four line widths (0.1, 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7).
For further product information visit: www.staedtler.com.au
STAEDTLER CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE WHO LOVE TO BE INSPIRED!
Liquitex
From traditional to experimental to cutting-edge contemporary, Liquitex offers the largest array of vibrant acrylic paints, inks, mediums and tools - enabling artists to explore their art and push the boundaries.
Liquitex Heavy Body Artists’ Acrylic has a thick consistency for traditional art techniques using brushes or knives, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Liquitex Heavy Body Artists’ Acrylic is exceptionally smooth with a thick buttery consistency and allows impasto applications to retain crisp brush strokes and knife marks. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.
The high pigment load produces rich, brilliant, permanent colour.
Liquitex Freestyle Large Scale Brushes meet the expanding needs of acrylic artists working on grand scales. Designed by artists for artists, Liquitex Freestyle Brushes feature large, comfortable nonslip matte finished handles, crafted from the highest quality wood and have been paired with top-ofthe-line synthetic bristle heads.
Artograph
Artograph’s LightPad Series has a sleek and contemporary design, making them more user-friendly than ever. Advanced Super Bright LED technology allows the LightPad Series Light Boxes to shine brighter, run cooler and use less energy— providing up to 30,000 hours of maintenance free creative brilliance! The LightPad Series feature durable and attractive extruded aluminium frames with chrome steel corners and the double layered illuminated surface provides a firm work surface. Includes a custom protective storage sleeve. Available in four sizes including: 6” X 9”, 9” X
12”, 12” X 17” and 17” X 24”.
The new Artograph Digital
Art Projector LED 300 has been exclusively designed to meet the needs of modern artists, art teachers, muralists, designers or anyone wanting to view, design or transfer their digital images. The Artograph LED300 projector has the ability to display clear digital images from virtually any source, including SD cards, digital cameras, computers, iPads and smartphones! Featuring the latest technology in LED illumination and image processing, it includes 18 built-in grids to aid in layout, design and composition. Other features include colour to black and white control for accurate tonal/contrast evaluations, brilliant 300 lumens of maintenance free LED illumination lasting up to 30,000 hours, which make the projector ideal for on-site work and presentations. Projected image sizes range from 38cm to 203cm, and the projector is compact and portable (weighs just 0.8kg!).
Strathmore
Strathmore continues to provide artists of all levels with the ideal surface for producing beautiful works. New to the Strathmore range are 100% Recycled Paper Art Journals, Water Colour
Art Journals and Mixed Media Art
Journals. Hardbound and acid free, Strathmore Art Journals are engineered to meet the intense demands of the creative process. Perfect for artists and students to collate and revisit their art in totally new ways.
New Strathmore Toned Papers provide artists with unique sketching and drawing possibilities for light and dark media. Available in Toned Sketch Paper Pads (Spiral Bound) or Toned Sketch Art Journals (Hardbound) with a choice of warm tan or cool grey paper. These are ideal for light and dark media including graphite, chalk, charcoal, markers, coloured pencils, pens and white gel pens. 100% recycled and acid free. A variety of sizes are available.
Reeves
Reeves has a range of Canvas Covered Sketchbooks which can be customised with an artist’s own unique design on the cover. The spiral bound sketchbooks have a canvas cover with paper inside. Suitable for sketching pencils, colour pencils, pastels and markers. Available in A5, A4, and A3, they are ideal for visual journals.
Art Fusion
Extend your creativity with new Flip-Out Visual Diaries from
Artfusion. Versatile and unique with 5 Flip-Out pages, Artfusion Flip-Out Visual Diaries offer the perfect solution for holding special works that demand a larger surface. Artfusion Flip-Out Visual Diaries are available in a variety of sizes and paper formats, including Original, Black, Lined and Panoramic.
The New Art Fusion ONYX Creative Station is an ultra stylish and functional creative workstation, ideal for drawing, drafting, crafting or as a general workstation. It features a tempered black safety glass top with heavy gauge steel construction for strong durability. Keep your essentials organised and close at hand with two removable side trays
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for supplies, three plastic moulded slide-out drawers for storage and a 9.5” x 28” (24cm x 71cm) pencil storage drawer. The table top angle adjusts from flat up to 35°. The main work surface is 38” x 24” (97cm x 61cm). The perfect multi-functional contemporary table with a timeless design for the home or studio.
Art Fusion Presentation Portfolios are chic and sophisticated with a smart leather look and stylish metal corners. The portfolios have a strong ring mechanism to hold work in place plus an internal pocket for additional storage. The portfolios are perfect for keeping work safe when presenting, travelling or storing. Available in two sizes, (A2 and
A3), they are made in the UK.
Jasart
The Jasart Folding Craft Station is a functional workstation ideal for drawing, crafting or as a general workstation. It features heavy gauge steel construction for strong durability with four removable side trays and six adjustment levels (flat up to 35°). No tools are required for assembly, and the table folds flat for convenient storage.
Winsor & Newton
Winsor and Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour has been specifically developed to appear and work just like conventional oil colour. The key difference between Artisan and conventional oils is its ability to thin and clean up with water. Hazardous solvents are not necessary for Artisan so students can learn about oil painting techniques and enjoy a safer painting environment. There are 40 colours in the range plus a dedicated range of Artisan solvents, oils, mediums and varnishes, allowing artists to achieve all oil painting techniques.
Winsor and Newton Designers’ Gouache is an opaque water colour. It is a superior quality gouache that has brilliant opaque colours of exceptional tinting strength and even flow. The unique feature of Winsor and Newton Designers’ Gouache is that it has an extremely high level of pigments. The superb covering power is achieved by the high levels of pigmentation, not by the use of fillers or opacifiers which are often found in cheaper gouache alternatives. Winsor & Newton Designers’ Gouache is available in individual 14ml tubes plus a number of sets that are ideal for students learning colour mixing techniques, painting and design work.
Rotring
Rotring Tikky Graphic Pens have a waved textured grip design which provides an extremely comfortable writing and drawing experience. They’re lightfast and water resistant giving high density writing / drawing results. Seven different line widths are available for precise writing and drawing with free view to the tip. Also available in a 3 pen set (sizes .2mm, .4mm and .8mm).
X-ACTO
X-ACTO’s best-selling No. 1 Knife with Cap is the original cutting tool for any application requiring a precise, accurate cut. This cutting and trimming tool has been used for years by graphics artists, designers, hobbyists and others for making careful cuts and trims consistently and with confidence.
The X-ACTO No. 1 Knife is built with a carbon steel blade for a reliable cut every time. Additionally, the sleek design fits comfortably in the hand, allowing you to continue making the precision cuts needed to finish the job, no matter how long it takes.
The new X-ACTO Z Series Knife is the sharpest, most durable blade ever! The gold hue on the cutting edge is a zirconium nitride coating applied at the atomic level after blades are atomically sharpened. The result is the sharpest blade in the industry.