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da Vinci Series 488 Spin Synthetic

Starting at: £11.10

Wash brush, very smooth light brown synthetic fibre in plastic quills, wooden lacquered handle. Learn More

Cornelissen 80 White Gold Leaf 12 ct

Starting at: £43.30

White Gold Leaf 12 ct, 80 x 80 mm. Book of 25 leaves. Coverage per book is 0.16 m2 (1.69 sq. feet) Learn More

Button Shellac

Starting at: £8.40

Shellac is a natural resin that is deposited by the female lac insect on the branches of trees in India and Thailand. It is soluble with alcohol, but not with mineral spirits or turpentine. It forms a tough yet flexible film, with many applications. It is suitable as a top coat for gilding when applied thinly, a sealant for porous surfaces, an isolating layer for tempera paintings, a base for pigmented inks, a protective layer for collograph plates, and a warm varnish for wooden floors and furniture. As it is prone to darkening with age, it is not recommended as a varnish for oils, and its solubility can reduce over time. There are various grades of shellac. When mixed with alcohol, it may initially form a cloudy mixture, due to traces of wax in the shellac, but this should become clear once it has dried. The highest grades of shellac are Clear Dewaxed Shellac, which has been de-coloured using the carbon filtering method, Lemon Shellac, and Orange Shellac, which are pale in colour. Button Shellac is less refined and therefore produces a reddish varnish. It was, in fact, widely used as a red dye before synthetic dyes became available. Learn More

Roberson Clear Shellac Varnish

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Starting at: £11.50

Fast drying varnish for metal leaf. May also be used to seal absorbent surfaces prior to sizing. Cellulose based. Clean brushes with methylated spirits. Learn More

Cranfield (Spectrum) Spectragel Medium

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Starting at: £16.50

From the Cranfield website:

This is a thixotropic alkyd medium designed to mix with oil colours, retaining the body of the paint.

Spectragel is a gloss medium and is quick drying. It is a clear medium based on a synthetic resin that improves the weather resistance of oil colours; ideal for glazing and extending colours while retaining gloss and structure of paint.

Matt Spectragel is a quick drying, clear, weather-resistant medium based on synthetic resin. Ideal for extending colours, Matt Spectragel Medium will retain structure and dry to a matt finish.

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Schmincke Soft Pastels

Starting at: £3.95

Working with Schmincke’s ﬁnest extra-soft pastels leads you back to the origin of colour and is a real painting experience rather than simple drawing. They contain only the purest medium ﬁne ground artists’ pigments, which are in the highest possible concentration. Contrastingly, the binding agent content, is kept to a minimum, which ensures a stable compound. In order to guarantee the highest quality it is necessary to manufacture Schmincke pastels using special recipes which avoid the use of machinery. Multiple Discounts: 10+ Pastels 10% SAVING, 30+ Pastels 17% SAVING Learn More

Mixing Slab

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Starting at: £24.00

A glass slab with wooden cradle for the grinding of pigments.

The friction created between the sand-blasted surfaces of the glass slab and muller facilitates the thorough mixing of pigment and medium, creating a consistent and strong paint body. This slab can be used to manufacture many types of paint including watercolours, egg tempera and oils.

Mulling is of particular importance when making oil paint; simply mixing pigment and oil together using a palette knife will result in an unstable substance with poor plasticity, which contains a large amount of excess oil and unevenly distributed pigment particles. Thorough mulling in a figure-of-eight motion will enable the pigment to be fully combined into the binder, strengthening the resultant paint film.

PLEASE NOTE: The separate glass slabs are in stock but it is a call to order item due to the fact that we cannot guarantee its safe delivery, however well we package it. Please ring us to discuss your delivery options. In combination with the glass frame, delivery is more secure but we still cannot guarantee a delivery without breakage.

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Lascaux Tusche Set

£67.10

Set Includes; Tusche Wash 85ml, Tusche Wash/Spray 85ml, Tusche Waterproof 85ml, Tusche water-soluble 85ml, Tusche Softground 85ml, Tusche diluting Liquid 85ml. Learn More

Roberson Acrylic Primers

Starting at: £22.10

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

Leather Fitzrovia Pencil and Brush Case

Starting at: £38.55

These leather cases keep your brushes, pencils and other art materials snug and secure, and are available with a leather tie or elastic straps. They come in two sizes; 38cm and 25cm. All of our leather goods are handmade in Spain, and dyed with natural dyes that will fade and age beautifully over time. Please see below to order this in red, green or tan brown, or ring our office to enquire about additional colours that we may have available. Learn More

Reagent Jar

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Starting at: £6.50

Our clear reagent bottles are manufactured in the EU and are made of high quality soda lime glass. They have a solid base and good wall thickness.

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Fredrix Inkjet Canvas Pack

Starting at: £16.90

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340GSM, A4, 10 Sheets, Poly-Cotton Blend. Learn More

Gamboge Pipe Pieces

Starting at: £22.00

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Gamboge is a natural tree resin, generally extracted by tapping of Garcinia trees, available as a powder and in the solid "pipe" form. One of the unique features of Pipe Gamboge is that it does not require a binding agent to be used as a paint. Instead, colour can be lifted with a wet brush, as from a watercolour pan. When used as a water colour, it gives a bright transparent golden yellow colour. It is highly transparent, fugitive to light, with a weak tinting strength. The powder can be dissolved in alcohol to colour resin-based varnishes. Gamboge was used from ancient times to dye the clothes and also to make a transparent yellow varnish for the colouring of wood, metals and leather.

Pipe Gamboge is available while stocks last. Larger quantities are available by request.

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Indigo Blue Synthetic Pigment

Starting at: £5.50

Indigo Blue Synthetic Pigment (VB1). Organic pigment. Transparent. Good tinting strength. Moderate Lightfastness, slower fading rate than Genuine Indigo. Requires wetting agent. Suitable for oil and water-based media. Developed in late 19th Century. Toxicity A/B Learn More

Cornelissen Pointed Quill Writer

Starting at: £18.45

Traditional long sable hair with plain wood handles bound in genuine quill. These brushes hold large amounts of colour for long lines but also point well for detail. Learn More

Schmincke Horadam 12 Whole Pans

Starting at: £90.80

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Schmincke Horadam 12 Whole Pans. Learn More

Roberson Damar Varnish 5 lb Cut

Starting at: £9.00

Roberson Damar Varnish 5 lb Cut. Unable to send overseas. Learn More

Omega Series 71 Hog Fitch Filbert

Starting at: £14.50

Soft flat domed Italian hog hair with long flexible bristles and good colour holding capacity. Well suited to flat strokes and blocking in of colour. Ideal for large scale painting. 100% pure hog hair. Learn More

Winsor & Newton Cold Pressed Linseed Oil

Starting at: £9.20

From the Winsor & Newton website: A slightly yellow oil, which is extracted without the use of heat dries slightly quicker than refined linseed oil. Improves flow. Increases gloss & transparency. Reduces consistency and brushstrokes. Ideal for grinding pigments. Learn More

Gamblin Tom Huck's Outlaw Black Relief Ink 1 lb

£25.00

Relief printing cool black for highly detailed woodblock printing on paper. Stiff bodied, cool black Intense ink for fine detail Pure burnt plate linseed oil base No fillers, additives, or modifiers Learn More

Silverpoint Stylus, Garzone. Renaissance Workshop Materials

£130.00

Length 160 mm. For use on prepared paper. Hand-forged in London from silver bullion. Renaissance Workshop Materials are historically authentic drawing materials and tools, which would be recognisable to the artists of Renaissance Europe. Each product is made in the workshop by hand, using historical methods. Each product is borne from the same historical, European craft tradition, as the drawings and artworks from the Renaissance. In the words of the artisan maker, 'We make these materials in order to experience the historical craft and method of drawing in the most authentic way possible.' Learn More

Cretacolour Water Soluble Pencil

Starting at: £1.95

Cretacolour Water Soluble Pencil, available in three different grades. Learn More

Arches Aquarelle Paper

Starting at: £51.95

Arches Aquarelle paper is a mould-made, 100% cotton watercolour paper. It is available in hot pressed, cold pressed and rough surfaces. Gelatine tub sized internally and externally with four deckle edges, acid free and pH neutral.

Mail-order customers are able to buy this paper in packs of 5 or 10 sheets depending on the gsm. Single sheets are also available in our shop.

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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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Unison Pastels Mini Set, Red/ Orange Half Stick 8

£16.45

A varied collection of flame oranges, golden yellows, and vibrant reds. A useful add on for a more floral landscape or sunsets.

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Cornelissen Silver Foil Leaf-Single

£13.00

Cornelissen Silver Foil Leaf-Single Learn More

Cornelissen Historical Inks, Spice Yellow Ink 30ml

£6.50

A luscious sunshine yellow that can be layered to produce deeper shades. As a blend of organic dyes derived from saffron and turmeric, this ink is not fully lightfast. Unlike other inks in this range, it has a granulating texture that displays the individual colour particles.

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da Vinci Series 5898 CASANEO Watercolour brush, flat

Starting at: £7.95

- Made from extra soft synthetic fibres with an extraordinary elasticity and an extremely high colour absorbing capacity - Short black polished esagonal handles - Particularly suitable for watercolour and fluid acrylic colour - Extraordinary elasticity and extremely high colour absorption capacity - For watercolour and wash 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

Cornelissen Lithography Sponge, Compressed

£6.50

Cornelissen Lithography Sponge, Compressed. Designed to keep the litho stone wet during printing. It can be used for preparing printmaking or watercolour paper. Learn More

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