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Roberson Matt Picture Varnish

Starting at: £8.70

Ketone resin/white spirit microcrystalline wax. Clear, tough protection without gloss. Useful overpaintings where resinous media have been used. Unable to send overseas. Learn More

Cornelissen Mini Glass Muller and Slabs

Starting at: £24.00

Use Cornelissen Mini Glass Mullers in conjunction with a Cornelissen Glass Slab to make paint efficiently. The sand-blasted texture of the muller and plate helps to push and distribute the pigment throughout the binder quickly. This will mean less grinding, more painting! Learn More

Madder Root Pieces

Starting at: £27.80

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The madder plant was once widely cultivated for the red dye extracted from its roots. Its earliest known use is in ancient Egypt, and there is evidence of its widespread adoption in Europe from the medieval period. Madder Lake, the pigment that is derived from the root, has now largely been replaced by synthetic alizarin pigments, but it is still used as an ingredient in some commercial paints. It provides a very transparent pigment, with a weak tinting strength, which can be used in all lime-free media, although it is very slow-drying in oil. It is fugitive to sunlight, so paintings containing Madder should be stored appropriately, but it remains one of the most lightfast plant-based pigments.

Larger quantities are available by request.

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Saunders Waterford Paper

Starting at: £40.06

Saunders Waterford paper is a mould-made,100% cotton paper for watercolour painting with two deckle edges. Acid-free, gelatine tub-sized and calcium carbonate buffered.

Mail-order customers are able to buy this paper in packs of 10 sheets. Single sheets are also available in our shop.

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Daler-Rowney Cryla 75ml

Starting at: £9.05

Cryla Artists' Heavy Body colours are designed to retain the intended stroke when applied with a knife or brush, so they are ideal for highly textured impasto painting techniques. Learn More

Roberson Cold Pressed Linseed Oil

Starting at: £7.50

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. Cold Pressed Linseed Oil is ideal for the grinding of pigment to make oil paints. The process of producing Cold Pressed Linseed Oil results in a lower yield, but the resultant oil is of a superior quality to oil that has been extracted by other methods, creating a paint film that is more resistant to embrittlement on aging. Its yellow colour is caused by the high concentration of linolenic acid, the presence of which provides durability to the paint film. The amount of oil that each pigment requires can vary enormously. Alizarin Crimson, for example, requires a high percentage of oil compared to most other colours. We would always recommend mulling the pigment and oil together thoroughly to create a "short" or buttery paste, with evenly dispersed, well-coated pigment particles. This process contributes to the strength and flexibility of the paint film, and prevents the inclusion of excess oil. Origin: USA Learn More

Schmincke Horadam Gouache

Starting at: £8.75

Finest quality gouache paints, available in 48 shades, all of which are fully inter-mixable with the HORADAM® WATERCOLOUR range. Made following a traditional gum arabic recipe, they are naturally opaque, without the addition of white. They provide a luminous, velvet-matte finish, drying to a slightly lighter shade than when wet.

Schmincke recommends the following:

"The application possibilities of HORADAM® GOUACHE are extremely versatile. Although it can be heavily diluted, gouache is mainly intended to provide opaque application of colour. Opaque, in this case, means that it is not impasto, because impasto application tends to produce cracking, unless the percentage of binder is increased by adding gum arabic (50302). While watercolour painting work goes from light to dark (the white paper is the light), in gouache painting, any process can be used. While “back painting” of lights is limited in watercolour painting, when working in gouache (and other opaque colours), light values and lights can be added later using colours."

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Schmincke Acrylic Varnish, Gloss 200 ml

£13.95

Synthetic resin varnish Learn More

ArtGraf Graphite Tailor shape

£6.60

Inspired by traditional tailor’s chalk block, prepared for drawing and painting. Water soluble and extremely soft. Learn More

da Vinci Series 5570 Nova Round

Starting at: £3.65

Fine golden synthetic fibre. More springy than da Vinci Cosmotop Spin (but with lower water absorption) making it an excellent brush for watercolour, gouache, acrylic and oil painting. Learn More

Clear Dewaxed Shellac

Starting at: £9.20

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

Lascaux Screen Filler 500ml

£47.70

The Lascaux Screen filler and Lascaux Screen painting fluid may be used for painting directly on the mesh as part of a waterbased screenprinting system. These products work harmoniously with Lascaux Screenprinting paste and the Lascaux Colours. Learn More

Liquitex Acrylic Varnish Gloss

Starting at: £20.40

Increases colour brilliance and transparency. Promotes flow and levelling. Use as varnish over varnished painting to add gloss and depth of colour. Non removable. Learn More

da Vinci Series 498 Casaneo Synthetic Watercolour brush, round

Starting at: £15.00

CASANEO Wash brush - Made from extra soft synthetic fibres with an extraordinary elasticity and an extremely high colour absorbing capacity - Manufactured in plastic quills - Bound on black lacquered handles - Ideal for watercolour painting and liquid acrylic colours - Extremely high colour absorbing capacity - Extraordinary elasticity Learn More

Schmincke Aqua Granulation Spray 15 ml

£8.20

Create effects similar to granulation effects in watercolours, with an even paint flow. Learn More

Winsor & Newton Series 7 Miniature

Starting at: £24.80

Extra short haired brushes for miniature painting. Kolinsky sable. Learn More

Liquitex Acrylic Varnish Matt

Starting at: £20.40

Use as varnish over finished paintings. Learn More

Precipitate Chalk

Starting at: £6.30

Precipitate Chalk is fine and white. For use in aqueous mediums as a ground for oil and tempera paintings. Learn More

Lefranc Flashe 125 ml

Starting at: £13.95

Flash vinyl colours, like resin-based acrylic paints, can be diluted with water, dry very quickly and become insoluble once dry providing lasting flexibility and excellent preservation. They have an even matt finish which recalls primitive Italian fresco painting. This makes Flashe the ideal medium for all artworks to be photographed. Also popular for illustration, graphics, comics, model making, fresco and interior mural decoration. Learn More

Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour 37 ml

Starting at: £10.15

This long established artists' quality oil colour range of 113 colours is well known for its firm consistency and excellent handling properties. Learn More

Studio Safe Retouching Damar Varnish

Starting at: £15.20

Studio Safe Retouching Damar Varnish. Use where dull or sunken areas of a painting need lifting. Learn More

Paraffin Wax

Starting at: £6.60

Paraffin Wax is a by-product of the petro-chemical industry. It has a low melting point of 50-60°c and a brittle texture, making it unsuitable for encaustic painting or as an additive to oil paints, but it can be used to impart softness to lithographic crayons. As a petroleum product, it is more inert than animal or vegetable waxes, and is therefore not saponified (turned into soap) by alkali substances. Learn More

Verdigris Pigment

Starting at: £4.90

Verdigris is an artificial pigment that dates from antiquity. Originally, it was produced by exposing copper to vinegar; nowadays acetic acid is used. It is acidic, so can contribute to the deterioration of paper supports. For this reason, it is more suited to oil or tempera painting than it is to watercolour. In tempera painting, it should be bound in animal glue or isinglass glue rather than egg york. When used in oil painting it should be held in a resin oil or balsam such as Venice Turpentine, as it can turn brown when ground directly into linseed oil. It is a fast-drying, transparent pigment, with a visible crystalline structure.

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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

Small, 15ml Pigment sizes

Starting at: £4.00

15 ml pots of pure pigment Learn More

Schmincke Drawing Set, 9 Pastels and Pad

£39.00

Schmincke Cardboard Set of 9 Hand-Made Artists' Pastels with Ingres Pastel Paper. Learn More

Cranfield (Spectrum) Beeswax in White Spirit

Starting at: £18.55

From the Cranfield website:

A pereparation of pure beeswax in white spirit, this is used to achieve a soft sheen on your finished painting. It will retard drying, allowing you to achieve a range of effects.

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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 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 Florentine Medium

Starting at: £10.80

When Roberson Florentine Medium is mixed with oil colour, it is possible to paint freely on textile fabrics, which will stand up to subsequent hand-washing with soap and water. It may also be used when painting with oils on unprepared paper. Learn More

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