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Extra strength, 'White Cloud' brush. A versatile brush for painting and calligraphy. 2 cm brush head. Learn More

This watercolour paint making set includes a 30ml glass vial of gum Arabic crystals and another of Hampstead Orange, a pigment rich in iron oxide. A pamphlet detailing a a watercolour recipe and an introduction to London pigment is also included. The perfect gift for artists getting into making their own art materials or those interested in handmade British earth colours. The pigment itself has a fine to medium grain size and has been washed, levigated and ground to create a stable high quality artist’s pigment.

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Handmade Porte-Crayon in brass for holding chalk or charcoal. Commonly used by artists in the Renaissance for drawing, the piece of sharpened chalk or charcoal is inserted into the end of the holder and secured in place by a sliding ring. Learn More

Michael Harding Watercolours, Traditional English Landscape Set, 10 x 15ml tubes, including: Warm White, Yellow Lake, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre Deep, Moss Green, Forest Green, Hookers Green, Ultramarine Blue, Sky Blue (Phthalo), and Lamp Black. Learn More

Michael Harding Watercolours, Misty London Set, 6 x 15ml tubes, including: Warm White, yellow Ochre, Yellow Ochre Deep, Lavender, Ultramarine Blue, and Forest Green. Learn More

Schmincke Horadam Supergranulating Set Galaxy, 5 x 15ml tubes. Learn More

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

Made from pulverised historic London bricks collected from the foreshore of the Thames near Tower Bridge and Wapping this deep red pigment is essentially a variety of red ochre. During the Victorian era, London Clay was dug up and fired on construction sites to produce the building materials for the city. Red brick pigment has a medium grain size and is opaque. Learn More

Exclusive to Cornelissen, our intense black Iron Oak Gall Ink is inspired by a medieval recipe using oak galls collected in Cambridgeshire. The small, handmade batches are blended to give the required consistency and strength, and are steeped for several weeks and allowed to mature for several more. Lightfast and fully waterproof 5-7 days after application, Oak Gall Ink has been used for centuries by calligraphers and scribes to create illuminated manuscripts and legal documents. When used on animal skins such as vellum, the acids in the Oak Gall Ink react with collagen, effectively ‘etching’ itself into the surface, hence its permanence. As with all products derived from natural ingredients, there may be slight variations in the colour and consistency of the ink due to seasonal changes. Not Suitable for fountain pens.

 

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Made from organic walnut husks collected in Cambridgeshire, this deep brown walnut ink is made to an 18th-century formula. Small batches of the ink are blended to give the required consistency and strength. It has good permanence, but will eventually fade if left in direct sunlight for sustained periods of time, and is not wholly waterproof, but has some staying power, especially on sized watercolour papers. As with all handmade products derived from natural ingredients, there may be slight variations in the colour and consistency as a result of seasonal changes.

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STABILO CarbOthello is a chalk pastel coloured pencil range available in up to 60 colours. With its wonderfully dry and dusty stroke it is just like a chalk pastel in pencil format. It's very popular with artists, art students and people with creative hobbies. Its high pigmentation guarantees great luminosity and opacity as well as colour fastness and colour brilliance especially on dark backgrounds and delicate papers. What's more it can be sharpened to a very fine tip which make it ideal for detail. Colours can be dry mixed and blended which makes colouring more fun and special.

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An assortment of firm favourites from the Unison Colour range, valuable in both skyscape and seascape compositions.

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A mini taster of favourite greens including earthy Chromium Oxide Green, yellow greens, and light sap greens. A useful spring/summer addition to the classic Landscape set.

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Faber-Castell Pitt Pen Set of 4 (Super Fine, Fine, Medium, Brush) Learn More

L. Corneilssen & Son bundle of 8 graphite pencils. 4H, 2H, HB, B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 6B Learn More

Pearl Lustre Pigments 100g. Colour swatch on the left indicates colour on a White Background and Colour on a Black Background on the right. Learn More

Extremely soft and water soluble, this primary set of 3 colours allows you to create a wide range of colours with both opaque and transparent properties. Learn More

Nine pigments, especially selected for L. Cornelissen & Son by Aidan Hart, renowned icon painter, writer and lecturer. Learn More

Japanese Woodcut Tools Set of 7, in a wooden box. Cherrywood handles with hard, durable, High Speed Steel chisels. Sizes: Hangito (Knife) 6 mm Komasuki (U) 3 mm, 6 mm Aisuki (Flat) 1.5 mm, 3 mm, 6 mm V 4.5 mm Learn More

This pigment comes in a 20 ml glass vial with hand finished wax seal and label. Learn More

This unique colour is an intense orange oxide that is made from the decay of Victorian pipes mixing with the chalk bed of the infilled docks at Rotherhithe, in south east London. Rotherhithe has a long history as a port, with many shipyards from Elizabethan times until the early 20th century and with working docks until the 1970s, when they began to be infilled due to a decline in imports to Central London. With a fine particle size and transparent quality this pigment would be great for glazing techniques.

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NOTE: many of these colours are made in extrmely limited batches so please email us at info@cornelissen.com for further infomation on what is currently availible. 

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Drawing Graphite Putty 150g. Water-soluble, kneadable graphite putty allows to mould its shape. Learn More

Schmincke Horadam Supergranulating Set Shire, 5 x 15ml tubes. Learn More

Hand made from Georgian bricks found on the foreshore of the Thames near Tower Bridge. A warm yellow brown colour with a mixture of fine and coarse grains for a lively texture. Try this pigment if you like to experiment with materials that introduce an element of chance in your work. Presented in a 20 ml bottle with a wax seal and label. Learn More

Prepared by hand and bottled in a rare, hand-blown laboratory glass Weighing Bottle. 20 ml. Gently twist the hand-formed, flame-like stopper and pull carefully to open. Learn More

Verdigris Ink Purple Madder and Lac Ink Purple Lac Ink Learn More

Purple and Brown Madder Ink Orange Madder Ink Oak Gall Ink Learn More

Pigment collected from erosion of modern red brick stock. Learn More

Madder Red-Brown Rose Madder Madder Light Kaolin Learn More