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Michael Harding Miracle Medium
Starting at: £12.00
MM0 Miracle Medium is a solvent-free, odourless, vegan, and plant-based Medium that serves as an alternative to traditional turpentine. This medium offers artists a natural and sustainable option for thinning oil paints, cleaning brushes, and glazing (see our MM2 Quick Dry Dammar Varnish Miracle Medium) without the use of harsh chemicals or toxic fumes. CAN EXTEND DRYING TIME. ADD 5-10% TO OIL COLOUR AS NEEDED. Oil paint artists use MM0 Miracle Medium in several ways: Artists may dip their brush in MM0 Miracle Medium before applying it to the paint to achieve the desired consistency. Clean brushes: MM0 Miracle Medium can be used to clean oil paint brushes. After painting, artists may rinse their brushes in MM0 Miracle Medium to remove excess paint and then wash the brushes with soap and water – Use as a painting medium to mix with oil paints, enhancing flow and transparency – Clean brushes by dipping them in the medium and wiping them clean. – Dilute or thin oil paints without the use of traditional solvents. – CAN EXTEND DRYING TIME. ADD 5-10% TO OIL COLOUR AS NEEDED. – Available in 100ml, 250ml and 1 Litre. Learn More -
Liquitex Acrylic Slow-Dri Retarder
Starting at: £12.35
Increases drying and blending time. Reduces skinning on palette. Use for wet-in-wet techniques. Learn More -
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Liquitex Acrylic Gloss Gel Medium
Starting at: £20.40
Adds texture. Increases colour brilliance & transparency. Use for thick glazes. Learn More -
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Liquitex Heavy Body 138ml
Starting at: £15.25
A range of artists quality acrylics which are durable, permanent and do not yellow with age. Heavy Body colour has a thick, buttery consistency and oil-like performance. Learn More -
Liquitex Acrylic Matte Medium
Starting at: £20.40
Decreases gloss. Can be used as sealer for canvas etc. Learn More -
Michael Harding Oil Paint Miracle Medium
Starting at: £12.60
Introducing Michael Harding Solvent-Free Mediums: Miracle Medium™—crafted for artists seeking safer, eco-friendly alternatives to traditional solvents. Derived from renewable vegetable sources, our Miracle Medium offers an odourless formula, eliminating the need for solvents in your studio. With MH Miracle Medium, artists can enjoy a studio environment free from harmful effects associated with solvents. The Miracle Medium™ plant-based range not only ensures environmental sustainability but also creates a safer space for artists and their loved ones Learn More -
Gamblin Tom Huck's Outlaw Black Relief Ink 1 lb
£25.00Relief 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 -
Liquitex Soft Body 237 ml
Starting at: £26.00
A range of artists quality acrylics which are durable, permanent and do not yellow with age. Soft Body colour has a creamy consistancy which dries to a smooth, even surface which is slightly more matt than the Heavy Body colour. Learn More -
Gamblin Oil Colours 150ml
Starting at: £27.20
* Only available online.* Robert Gamblin started making artists' oil paints in 1980. Since then he has built a reputation as both an innovative and imaginative maker of some of the best oils on the market today. As well as usual single pigment colours you would expect, the range also includes an interesting selection of neutral greys, beautiful metallics and the truly innovative Radiant range of pastel colours. Combining science and artistry, Gamblin paints are truly exceptional. *Please note, this range is stored offsite. Please allow extra time for your order to be processed and dispatched. Learn More -
Sennelier Oil Sticks
Starting at: £7.65
Solid artists' quality oil paint sticks. (Ø = 3/4 ; length = 5" ) SENNELIER Extra-Fine Solid Oil Sticks can be used alone or in combination with oil colours in tubes. The oil stick colours can be used for an entire painting. They are applied directly to any traditional oil-painting support, such as canvas, wood panel or fine art paper. They need the same archival priming (acrylic gesso or oil ground) that oil paint requires. Surfaces: Before use, the surface film of the oil stick must be peeled off. It will form again after a few days of non-use, protecting and conserving the colour. The oil sticks must be applied in a thin film application of no more than 1mm thick. Once applied they can be painted over with oil stick or oil paint and if desired be diluted with turpentine. Oil stick Medium, a colourless oil stick, may be used to produce transparent effects and glazes. Once applied, the oil stick surface will dry in 2 to 5 days, depending on the atmospheric conditions Varnishing: If varnishing is desired, you must wait 6 months (as in traditional oil paint) until the colour is completely dry, before giving the painting a final coat of picture varnish. Use a soft brush to varnish so that the oil stick marks are not disturbed. SENNELIER Extra-Fine Solid Oil Stick colours are either opaque (O) or transparent (T) depending on the nature of the pigment in each colour. Oil Sticks do not change during storage and require no special precautions except to be kept away from any source of heat, which could adversely affect the stick. Application Techniques After applying the colour with the point or the edge of the oil stick, colours can be mixed directly on the support using the following methods: • Blending, with brush, finger, or drawing stump. With or without turpentine • Wash-drawing, dilute colours with turpentine or mineral spirit • Retouching, with oil stick, palette knife or brush • Textures, thick application oil stick colour. Retouch with a brush or palette knife •Sgraffito, scratching a layer of fresh paint with a point (brush handle, palette knife, etc.) to reveal the layer below. Sgraffito is related to engraving, and is used not only for revealing the under-layers of paint but also to scratch and clean unsatisfactory parts of the painting •Interior Decoration, on glass, ceramics etc. Use for decorative purposes only Learn More -
Gamblin Oil Colours 37ml
Starting at: £11.20
*Only available online*. Robert Gamblin started making artists' oil paints in 1980. Since then he has built a reputation as both an innovative and imaginative maker of some of the best oils on the market today. As well as usual single pigment colours you would expect, the range also includes an interesting selection of neutral greys, beautiful metallics and the truly innovative Radiant range of pastel colours. Combining science and artistry, Gamblin paints are truly exceptional. *Please note, this range is stored offsite. Please allow extra time for your order to be processed and dispatched. Learn More -
Cornelissen Canada Balsam
Starting at: £39.10
Canada Balsam is an oleoresin, meaning that it is a mixture of essential oils and resin. It comes from the fir tree Abies balsamea, native to Canada and the eastern states of North America. It is notable for its pale colour, clarity and gloss, making it a useful ingredient in recipes for oil-painting mediums.
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Caligo Safe Wash Relief Inks
Starting at: £10.55
Oil-based inks that wash away safely with liquid soap and water. Suitable for all types of relief or block printing, such as woodcut and wood engraving, letterpress and linocut. This range contains less than 1% of driers. For faster drying rates, add a small amount of cobalt or manganese driers. Formulated with excellent light fast pigments for non-toxic printmaking or solvent-free cleaning.
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Schmincke Norma Blue 35ml
Starting at: £8.15
Water-mixable (water miscible), highly pigmented, lightfast paints with a buttery consistency. Vegan, low odour, anti-allergenic, environmentally friendly. Learn More -
Winsor & Newton Griffin Alkyd Oil Colour
Starting at: £7.15
Artist quality range of 50 colours made from pigments bound in an oil modified alkyd resin. The main advantage of the Griffin Alkyd range is speed of drying - about 24 hours. Ideal for under painting. Compatible with traditional oils. Learn More -
Gamblin Relief Printing Inks 175ml
Starting at: £16.00
Gamblin Relief Inks are formulated for all relief techniques, including woodblock, linocut, monotype, and Solarplate. They contain the right amount of stiffness and tack to hold fine detail yet spread evenly on the block or plate. The palette of ten colors is designed to give artists intense pure pigmented colors straight from the jar, along with a wide range of color mixing capabilities. Gamblin Relief Inks are all bound in the highest quality Burnt Plate Oil. Learn More -
Roberson Copperplate Reducing Oil
Starting at: £24.00
Printing inks can be made by mixing powdered pigments with copperplate oil. Pour small quantity of oil into well of dry pigment and grind with glass muller untill smooth. Thin oil is then added until mixture has consistency of double cream. Thin, Medium or Thick. Learn More -
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Carnauba Wax Grey
Starting at: £8.40
Carnauba Wax is the hardest wax commonly used in the production of artists' materials, with a melting point of 83-86°c. It is derived from a tree native to South America, and is available in a natural colour (grey), or a refined colour (pale yellow). Small amounts of carnauba wax are commonly used in both oil painting mediums and encaustic painting, usually in conjunction with beeswax to add toughness, durability and sheen to the paint film. It creates an inflexible surface, so works best on rigid supports such as gesso panels, and it should be noted that it will raise the melting point of encaustic mixtures. It can produce a glossy finish; as such it is used in waxes and polishes for shoes, cars, musical instruments, furniture, and wooden floors, especially when mixed with beeswax and turpentine. Learn More -
Gamblin Etching Inks 300ml
Starting at: £20.90
Gamblin Etching Inks were formulated at the request of professional printmakers in the Pacific Northwest who wanted strong reliable inks for edition printing. The palette of pure intense pigments offers a broad range of color mixing potential. Learn More -
Bleached Beeswax
Starting at: £12.30
Beeswax is derived from melted honeycomb, and is available in two grades. Bleached Beeswax Pellets are white, having been bleached by the sun, and are an appropriate choice for using with pale colours, although they may revert to yellow over time. Natural Beeswax Pellets are yellow in colour, and offer a more flexible structure with a higher resin content. Beeswax has a melting point of 63-66°c, and may turn brown if over-heated. It is the most widely used wax in artists' materials, having a wide range of applications. Please see below for more details.
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Colour Shapers
Starting at: £7.00
Unique silicone tipped tools for painting heavy mediums such as acrylic and oil paint. Excellent for spreading adhesives and appplying masking fluid. Can be used with Batik and encaustic wax. Available in soft ivory tip and firm grey tip. Learn More -
Burnt Umber Pigment
Starting at: £4.00
PBr7
Burnt Umber is a natural earth pigment from Italy, composed of iron oxide, manganese, and aluminium silicate. It is a form of Raw Umber that a has undergone a process of calcination, becoming warmer, more transparent and easier to disperse. It has a good tinting strength, and is very lightfast, quick-drying, and stable in all media. In oils it forms a hard, fairly flexible paint film, though it may be difficult to use in acrylic mediums.
Toxicity: B
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Ultramarine Blue Dark Pigment
Starting at: £4.00
PB29
Ultramarine Blue Dark is an artificial mineral pigment that is produced by heating clay, soda, sulphur and coal to high temperatures. Its name comes from outremer, or over-the-sea, as a reference to the highly-prized Lapis Lazuli pigment which had been imported into Europe from Afghanistan since the Middle Ages. First manufactured in France and Germany in 1828, synthetic Ultramarine provided a brilliant and affordable blue to artists, and it remains one of the most popular blues on artists' palettes today.
It is a transparent pigment, with a high tinting strength and excellent lightfastness. It reacts to alkali, therefore it is not suitable for use in lime-fresco; we do offer a Limeproof Ultramarine Blue for this purpose. It is stable in all other media, although it can be tricky to grind in oil. Instead of creating a thick, buttery paste, it can remain stringy and deteriorate when stored in a tube. To correct this, many commercial paint manufacturers include additives and waxes in their recipes; if you intend on grinding your own paint, you could try replacing 10-15% of your Linseed Oil with Poppy Oil to improve the consistency. Ultramine Blue provides a slow-drying, fairly hard paint film, which can tend towards brittleness.
Toxicity: B
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One Shot Lettering Enamel Paint
Starting at: £20.55
Designed for traditional sign painting, these oil based lettering enamels provide superior vibrancy, flexibility, durability, and single stroke coverage. Specified for fine, sign paint lettering on store fronts and vehicles, the vibrant colours of 1 Shot Lettering Enamels spread evenly and offer outstanding hiding, durability and fade resistance. Superior flow characteristics assure the virtual absence of brush marks and provide a clean, sharp edge. Ideal for use on interior or exterior metal, glass, wood, and enamel receptive banners and vinyl. Learn More -
Carnauba Wax Yellow
Starting at: £6.50
Carnauba Wax is the hardest wax commonly used in the production of artists' materials, with a melting point of 83-86°c. It is derived from a tree native to South America, and is available in a natural colour (grey), or a refined colour (pale yellow). Small amounts of carnauba wax are commonly used in both oil painting mediums and encaustic painting, usually in conjunction with beeswax to add toughness, durability and sheen to the paint film. It creates an inflexible surface, so works best on rigid supports such as gesso panels, and it should be noted that it will raise the melting point of encaustic mixtures. It can produce a glossy finish; as such it is used in waxes and polishes for shoes, cars, musical instruments, furniture, and wooden floors, especially when mixed with beeswax and turpentine. Learn More -
Schmincke Medium L
Starting at: £9.45
Schmincke Medium L is a jelly-like medium for “soft” painting with oil colours. It improves flow and reduces brush strokes, accelerates drying, increases gloss and transparency. There is no change of the product quality based on the colour change of the raw material alkyd resin. Close immediately after use. Contains: alkyd resin, mineral spirit, siccative. Dosage:10% to 20% maximum. Thinner: Turpentine substitute Learn More -
Natural Beeswax
Starting at: £11.20
Beeswax is derived from melted honeycomb, and is available in two grades. Bleached Beeswax Pellets are white, having been bleached by the sun, and are an appropriate choice for using with pale colours, although they may revert to yellow over time. Natural Beeswax Pellets are yellow in colour, and offer a more flexible structure with a higher resin content. Beeswax has a melting point of 63-66°c, and may turn brown if over-heated. It is the most widely used wax in artists' materials, having a wide range of applications. Please see below for more details.
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