Roberson

Roberson Pigment Binding Medium

Starting at: £10.70

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

Roberson Bushey Books

Starting at: £9.00

Roberson Bushey books are available in two landscape sizes (11.3 x 18 cm and 18 x 23 cm), each one of which has a perforated and a non perforated version. 60 sheets / 120 pages Thread Bound Fedrigoni Arena Natural White Paper 100gsm Acid Free. Alkaline buffered, archival quality. 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 Pocket Sable Travel Brush

1 Review(s) | Add Your Review

Starting at: £24.80

Pure Kolinsky sable with a uniquely designed case to satisfy the travelling watercolourist. Double section handle protects the brush head in transit and unscrews to form a comfortable handle. Learn More

Roberson Artists' Oil Colour 40 ml

3 Review(s) | Add Your Review

Starting at: £9.35

Unlike other commercially available oil paints, Roberson Artists' Oil Colours do not contain any fillers, extenders or stabilisers. Each paint consists solely of high-quality pigment that has been ground into cold pressed linseed oil, resulting in a highly pigmented paint. This strength of colour presents the possibility of greater economy of use and a less homogenised texture between each tube, instead allowing the unique qualities of each individual pigment to reveal themselves. By limiting our range to 59 shades, we dispense with colours that can be easily mixed, creating a focussed palette of intense, lightfast paints that offer limitless combinations.

Available in 40ml and 225ml tubes

Learn More

Roberson Artists' Oil Colour 120 ml

Starting at: £23.00

Unlike other commercially available oil paints, Roberson Artists' Oil Colours do not contain any fillers, extenders or stabilisers. Each paint consists solely of high-quality pigment that has been ground into cold pressed linseed oil, resulting in a highly pigmented paint. This strength of colour presents the possibility of greater economy of use and a less homogenised texture between each tube, instead allowing the unique qualities of each individual pigment to reveal themselves. By limiting our range to 59 shades, we dispense with colours that can be easily mixed, creating a focussed palette of intense, lightfast paints that offer limitless combinations.

Available in 40ml and 225ml tubes

Zinc White and Titanium White only available in this intermediate size of 120ml

Learn More

Roberson Artists' Oil Colour 225 ml

Starting at: £29.60

Unlike other commercially available oil paints, Roberson Artists' Oil Colours do not contain any fillers, extenders or stabilisers. Each paint consists solely of high-quality pigment that has been ground into cold pressed linseed oil, resulting in a highly pigmented paint. This strength of colour presents the possibility of greater economy of use and a less homogenised texture between each tube, instead allowing the unique qualities of each individual pigment to reveal themselves. By limiting our range to 59 shades, we dispense with colours that can be easily mixed, creating a focussed palette of intense, lightfast paints that offer limitless combinations.

Available in 40ml and 225ml tubes

Learn More

Roberson Pocket Synthetic Travel Brush

1 Review(s) | Add Your Review

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

Kolner Classic Caselo Casein Paint 500 ml

Starting at: £32.40

Casein-based paint for Gilders, Framers and Decorators. Adheres to most rigid surfaces including furniture, also used as a base coat when gilding on frames. Once dry can be burnished to a soft sheen. Water resistant & non fading. Matt / Satin finish. Learn More

Roberson Gum Arabic

Starting at: £10.30

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

Roberson Refined Ox Gall

Starting at: £8.50

Wetting agent. Improves flow of watercolours. Add a few drops to the water used to dilute paint. Learn More

Roberson Oil Primers

Starting at: £23.30

Roberson's Traditional Oil Primer is made in small batches using the highest quality materials. Can be used on canvas or wood. Two to three coats will produce a slippery surface to enable oil colour to be moved around. Canvas should be sized before oil primer is applied using Roberson's Prepared Rabin Skin Glue. Touch dry in approx. 6h. hard dry in 24h. Paint may set in tin, shake tin and stir well before use, dilute with white spirit if desired. Prior to painting , primed canvases should be kept in daylight conditions to prevent over yellowing. Clean brushes in White Spirit. Learn More

Roberson Turks Aquarella

Starting at: £21.50

For watercolour painting on paper, ivorine, terracotta, wood and fabric. Sizing not needed. Prevents the running of colours, even on open weave fabrics. Learn More

Roberson Prepared Rabbit Skin Glue

Starting at: £22.30

A ready made Rabbit Skin Glue size. Stand in warm water to liquefy. Learn More

Roberson Acrylic Gesso Primer White

Starting at: £21.40

Fast drying, flexible and non yellowing white ground for oil, acrylic and tempera. Gives a matt, absorbent surface which may be sanded smooth once dry. Learn More

Roberson Canvas Sealer

Starting at: £19.90

Roberson Canvas Sealer Learn More

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 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.

Learn More

Canvas Tacks

Starting at: £9.80

Steel Cut Tacks 13mm / 1/2" 500g Learn More

Cornelissen Copaiba Balsam

Starting at: £20.80

Copaiba Balsam comes from the South American tree Copaifera landsdorfii. Its primary function is to improve the appearance of paint layers that may have become dull, brittle or sunken upon drying. It is a viscous liquid that may be diluted with turpentine, but which should not be used in painting mediums.

Learn More

Cornelissen Larch Venice Turpentine

Starting at: £28.80

Venice Trupentine is a thick, resinous liquid extracted from the Larix decidua, a larch tree native to Austria. It can impart luminosity, brilliance and gloss when used in mediums and varnishes, and as such it was highly valued during the Golden Age of painting in Venice. It is a slow-drying balsam, which can be diluted with turpentine or placed in a bath of warm water to aid flow.

Learn More

Roberson Pure Gum Turpentine

Starting at: £14.00

Slightly less refined than rectified spirit of turpentine. Often preferred as constituent of painting mediums. Learn More

Roberson White Spirit

Starting at: £7.50

Plastic container. Solvent distilled from crude petroleum oils. Used to thin colour and to clean brushes. Slower drying time than turpentine. Learn More

Brodie & Middleton Methylated Spirit

Starting at: £12.20

Solvent for shellac flakes. Learn More

Cornelissen Lemon Oil

Starting at: £12.30

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

Roberson Silverpoint Drawing Ground

Starting at: £13.50

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

Roberson Rhinds Stopping Out Varnish

Starting at: £8.60

Traditional strongly resistant SOV. Very dark and opaque finish. Appropriate for backing the plate as well as stopping out areas. Learn More

Roberson Straw Hat Varnish

Starting at: £37.50

Varnish (Black Dark) Meths based quick drying stopping out varnish, two coats may be needed for a good acid resist. Learn More

Roberson Brunswick Black

Starting at: £14.10

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

Roberson Refined Linseed Oil

Starting at: £13.30

Call to Order

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.

Learn More