DESIRABLE AND PRACTICAL PAINT SETS
Chroma paint sets are great Christmas gifts for artists of any age or skill level. They contain enough paints for you to mix most colours and come in a wide variety of brands to suit any style or budget. As an added bonus, at Christmas time the sets come packed with extras like brushes, canvases, palettes and mediums – all a beginner needs to get started and the basic tools that an experienced artist can never have enough of. Special Christmas sets are only available at selected retailers … for more information telephone Chroma on 1800 023 935.
Chromacryl Students’ Acrylic has long been recognised as the leading acrylic for school students. These paints are perfect for school children or hobby artists who want to learn to paint. The creamy impasto texture and rich colours give a full-on painting experience at an affordable price. The 5 x 75ml Tube Set contains the primary colours and black and white – all you really need to mix any colour in the rainbow; ideal for beginners to learn the basics of colour mixing. The 10 x 75ml Tube Set has a much wider colour range than the five tube set including warm and cool primaries and some earth tones; as well as a complete colour mixing palette which is great for beginners and hobby painters.
For the serious art student, A2 – Art Students’ Acrylic offers the best possible value for serious art students or hobby painters who need a paint that looks and feels like an artists’ quality acrylic (but without the big price tag). A2 contains very high levels of student grade pigment and substitutes the expensive Cadmium and Cobalt colours with low cost alternatives called ‘Hues’. The A2 tube holds 120ml of paint (twice as much as most professional acrylic brands), so it is a great way for artists to develop their heavy impasto techniques without the expense of using artists’ quality paint.
Sets available are: 4 x 120ml tubes – includes the warm primary colours and white (you can mix most colours you need with this limited palette, or add to your colour mixing opportunities with the 8 tube set); 8 x 120ml tubes – has the cool primaries along with the secondary colours Pthalo Green, Diox Purple and Cadmium Orange Hue (this set works well on its own, but for the ultimate 12 colour mixing palette you could combine both sets); 12 x 20ml tube set – for a large colour range at a low price, this set cannot be beaten (20ml of each colour is just enough paint for young artists to create that first masterpiece, and A2 lets them experience what ‘real’ artists’ paint is like to use without the price tag).
Atelier Interactive Professional Artists’ Impasto Acrylic is formulated with the highest quality lightfast pigments. The unique Interactive formula can be used just like a traditional fast drying acrylic, or re-wet with a water sprayer or damp brush to extend the blending time. The
7 x 80ml tube set contains a complete colour mixing palette of the most popular and useful colours in the range, making it perfect for the practising professional artist or the serious art student who wants to begin upgrading from student grade paints (colours are Burnt Umber, Titanium White, Phthalo Green, Arylamide Yellow Light, Cobalt Blue Hue, Napthol Red Light and Crimson). The 12 x 20ml tube set is a cost effective way to trial the exciting Atelier Interactive formula, or to use a full colour range of professional quality paints.
Jo Sonja’s Matte Fluid Acrylic offers professional quality, and is great for decorative and fine art. Created from the finest quality pigments, Jo Sonja’s Artists’ Colours are water-resistant and lightfast. They have superb smooth handling and brushing characteristics that will not chip or crack. The 10 tube Palette Sampler contains a basic colour mixing palette along with earth tones and gold (colours are Titanium White, Warm White, Napthol Red Light, Yellow Light, Ultramarine Blue Deep, Pine Green, Brown Earth, Carbon Black, Burgundy and Rich Gold); while the 12 tube Creative Possibilities set offers a diverse range of bright primaries and secondaries (colours are Blue Violet, Aqua, Dioxazine Purple, Amethyst, Carbon Black, Titanium White, Napthol Red Light, Napthol Crimson, Yellow Light, Yellow Orange, Pine Green and Yellow Green). Many other sets are available in Jo Sonja’s … for full details visit www.josonjas.com
Archival Oils (Professional Quality Artists’ Oils) are made using high quality lightfast pigments. Archival is the only flexible oil paint in the world and offers unsurpassed freedom of technique, fast drying time, and paintings that will not crack with age. Series 1 in Archival Oils includes all the colours an artist needs at a very competitive price – so students and beginners can use a professional quality oil paint for the cost of a student paint. The 7 x 40ml tube set has the same colours as the Atelier Interactive seven tube set, and the two work very well together when the popular technique of painting oil over acrylic is used. Colours in this set are Burnt Umber, Titanium White, Phthalo Green, Arylamide Yellow Light, Cobalt Blue Hue, Napthol Red Light and Crimson.
Further product information is available from Chroma: Telephone 02 9457 9922.