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Roberson Hake Brush

Starting at: £11.20

Made in the traditional way by sewing the goat hair into a split in the wooden handle, removing any possibility of a rusting ferrule. Learn More

Studio Safe Liquid Medium is a mix of Studio Safe Solvent and natural artists' oils. It is used to thin paint and increase gloss. This product is non-aromatic, non-flammable and has an orange scent. Learn More

Roberson Matt Medium

Starting at: £13.50

Roberson's Matt Medium creates a dead-flat finish when mixed with oil colour. It aids the flow and increases the artist's control of oil paint, allowing for smooth application flat brush marks with low edges. It can be mixed with oil paint in any ratio. Learn More

Roberson Studio Safe Beeswax Medium

Starting at: £18.60

A safe wax medium for impasto effects. This medium retains palette knife marks and brush strokes, remains thick and doubles paint easily, drying to a matt finish.

Studio Safe products are non-aromatic, non-flammable, and have a pleasant orange smell.

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Roberson Poppy Oil

Starting at: £10.20

Poppy Oil is a slightly later addition to the artist's cabinet than Linseed Oil and Walnut Oil. It is generally used as a binder for pale colours, where the warmth of Linseed Oil is not desired. It provides a matte finish and dries very slowly, so we would not advise using it in conjunction with slow-drying pigments or in underpaintings. A paint film produced by Poppy Oil is weaker and softer than that created by Linseed Oil. This is because it contains a smaller percentage of linolenic acid than Linseed Oil; this substance imparts both strength and yellowness to an oil.

Although some of these properties can be perceived as drawbacks, paints made with Poppy Oil generally obtain a "short" or buttery texture without the addition of waxes or other additives, which can be an advantage for certain colours that produce poor consistencies in Linseed oil alone. Sometimes, the addition of a small quantity of Poppy Oil when grinding a tricky or "stringy" pigment in Cold Pressed Linseed Oil can introduce some of benefits of Poppy Oil, without transmitting its negative characteristics.

Paints made with Poppy Oil are particularly suited to "alla prima" working methods, where paint is applied spontaneously. When working in successive layers, Poppy Oil would only be appropriate for the final stages of a painting.

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Roberson Linseed Stand Oil

Starting at: £10.50

Linseed Oil is derived from flax seeds, and appears on our shelves in many guises: Cold Pressed, Refined, Stand Oil, and as a key ingredient in many mediums. It has been appreciated for its drying properties since the Medieval period, and has become the most popular oil used in painting today due to the strong, flexible and glossy film that it creates.

Stand Oil is paler and more viscous than other Linseed Oils, having been heated and kept at temperature to provoke a molecular change. It is not suitable for grinding colours, but it is a very versatile ingredient that can be thinned with turpentine to create a glazing medium or be included in a varnish. Stand Oil is notable for its ability to smooth out brush strokes to create an enamel-like surface.

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Roberson Refined Linseed Oil

Starting at: £13.30

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Linseed Oil is derived from flax seeds, and appears on our shelves in many guises: Cold Pressed, Refined, Stand Oil, and as a key ingredient in many mediums. It has been appreciated for its drying properties since the Medieval period, and has become the most popular oil used in painting today due to the strong, flexible and glossy film that it creates.

Alkali Refined Linseed Oil has been treated to reduce its acidity, and is a useful ingredient in mediums and varnishes.

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Roberson Brunswick Black

Starting at: £14.10

White spirit-based slower drying alternative to SOV. Learn More

Roberson Silverpoint Drawing Ground

Starting at: £13.00

A natural bone ash primer for paper and card for silverpoint drawing, tinted to a traditional off white or sanguine finish. Learn More

Cornelissen Lemon Oil

Starting at: £12.30

Lemon oil is an essential oil, primarily used for its scent. Learn More

Brodie & Middleton Methylated Spirit

Starting at: £12.20

Solvent for shellac flakes. Learn More

Roberson Studio Safe Solvent

Starting at: £10.90

A highly efficient and safer solvent for oil paint. Studio Safe is non-aromatic and non-flammable and has a pleasant orange smell. Use for brush cleaning and the thinning of paint and as an alternative to traditional turpentine and white spirit.

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Roberson Acrylic Primers

Starting at: £15.60

Contains acrylic resin and titanium dioxide. Smooth white surface. 1 litre will cover approximately 14 square metres depending on the porsity of the surface. Learn More

Roberson Canvas Sealer

Starting at: £19.90

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Roberson Gum Arabic

Starting at: £10.30

A high quality gum Arabic solution used for binding watercolours. Increases gloss and brilliance. Learn More

Roberson Pocket Synthetic Travel Brush

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Starting at: £15.30

High quality synthetic hair with excellent pointing ability. Double section handle protects the brush head in transit and unscrews to form a comfortable handle. Learn More

Roberson Metallic Oil Sticks

Starting at: £16.40

Artists' quality metallic oil paint sticks for painting & drawing. Non-tarnishing and highly pigmented, these soft paint sticks are made with an unique mix of mica pigments, oils and waxes which generate a solid metal effect. Easy to use alongside regular oil paint. Blend and shade the colours together to make further shades. Treat as oil paint for surface preparation and clean-up. Learn More

Roberson Pigment Binding Medium

Starting at: £10.70

Add Pigment Binding medium to dry or aqueously dispersed pigment to create acrylic colour. Learn More