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New easels, top quality oils, world leading acrylics, classic pastels, the best in sketching, exciting new watercolour products, and papers to suit everybody. Canson’s Creative Christmas 2010 has something for everyone – including great value Christmas Combo deals and easels galore.
Canson’s exciting new range of easels has just arrived in Australia and is made from only the highest quality European beechwood across the entire range. The revolutionary new Quiklock system on Canson’s field easels provides the quickest and easiest way to set up and get a masterpiece started. Simply lift the easel into place and snap down the quick lock; there is no need to fiddle with awkward screws. The Canson easel range also includes studio and French box easels to ensure every artistic need is covered.
Canson can help you with oil paints, too. Nearly three centuries ago the craftsmen at Lefranc and Bourgeois developed the perfect way to package oils – in a tube. This Christmas you can get your hands on another piece of exquisite packaging with 10 of the finest artist quality oils coming in a beautiful bamboo box. Also included in the box are two hog bristle brushes with bamboo handles.
Christmas 2010 is the time to try the world’s first artist quality acrylic paint with the Liquitex Classic 6. Feel the Liquitex difference with a conveniently packaged selection which includes the core primary colours to get your masterpiece underway. Available for the first time in Australia, the Liquitex Classic 6 is a must for acrylic artists.
Mi-teintes TEX (the world’s finest pastel paper) and Rembrandt pastels have been bundled together to give pastellists exceptional value. Rembrandt 15 half and 15 whole sticks will come bundled with a Mi-teintes TEX postcard mixed pack and 9 x 12 inch mixed pack respectively. The classic Rembrandt 15 whole stick wooden box will make the perfect Christmas gift for the serious pastel artist – it comes bundled with a mixed pack of A3 Mi-teintes TEX that includes two free sheets, making it exceptional value for the discerning pastel artist.
With over four Conte packs available this year for Christmas, artists are well and truly spoiled for choice when it comes to sketching and drawing. Look out for the Conte Chocolate Box. This classy box contains 36 Conte crayons, stump, tortillon, eraser and an A5 paper pad, and it is beautifully finished in a chocolate carry case. Combo deals are once again on offer and these provide the perfect all-in-one gifts with a number of Conte sketch sets bundled with Conte and Mi-teintes pads.
Arches watercolour pads will be available in spiral bound format – making them the perfect travel companion these summer holidays.
Other travel sets include the Lefranc & Bourgeois Fine Watercolour tin set; while Rembrandt and Arches have teamed up to provide the ultimate holiday set in a combo deal which includes a traditional Rembrandt timber box of 12 half pans and Sable brush bundled with a conveniently sized Arches travel album.
due to the unequalled natural scaling of pure Kolinsky Sable hair. Due to its structural strength, Sable has tremendous spring, called memory. Each Sable hair is covered in tiny, natural scales – which provides the superb moisture carrying capacity. Pure Kolinsky Sable is the benchmark by which all other brushes are judged, so the Roymac Purity is a treat worthy of the festive season.
The brushes are dressed by hand and layered to the perfect shape, allowing the hair to return to a point after each mark is made. The handles have been exclusively designed for ultimate balance and control; with a metallic black ergonomic grip.
Good quality surfaces are essential in any artist’s studio. Roymac Rains Watercolour Paper has been designed for artists who want a little more from their surface. The premium watercolour paper is 300gsm, acid free (so it won’t yellow with age); and is made in France from 100 per cent cotton fibre. It has a cold-pressed, felt marked, textured surface which puts its watercolour effect in between a grainy and a smooth appearance. It is predominately designed to be used with Roymac Rains Watercolours; however it can also be used with other materials such as charcoal and pastel – making it the perfect solution for a variety of artistic practices.
What would an artist’s studio be without good quality paints? Roymac Rains Watercolour Paint is made with fine quality pigments which allow richness of colour going from dark to light with vivid transparency. High quality binders in the paint keep the pigments moist and hold the colour well when diluted – allowing for easy lifting of colour to reveal the undertone. The watercolours have excellent lightfastness and terrific granulation for atmospheric effects. Hues will blend easily without disturbing the transparency. The colour range is reflective of the Australian Outback; of the soil and the sun and the flooded plains. A true Australian medium
… for the true Australian artist.
To complete your studio, a place to keep your art materials organised is paramount. The Roymac Studio
Stand is compact in size, but broad in capabilities. It will hold your pencils, pens, brushes, markers, palette knives and anything else you may want to keep neat and tidy. It is the perfect desk accompaniment to keep your products organised, while preserving their quality as they are held upright. The stand is made from quality plastic and can easily be cleaned with warm, soapy water. You’ll never lose another brush again!