For all acrylic paints and mediums. A thickening gel for water soluble acrylic paint and mediums. Used in small amounts, produces handling characteristics very close to that of oil or encaustic paint. At higher concentrations, can thicken paint or mediums to "cake" or sculptural consistency. Drying time will be between 24 hours to 7 days depending upon amount of Liquithick added to paint or medium.
Grumbacher Modeling Paste is aflexible, durable paste for creating textured surfaces to be over painted with oil or acrylic colors. Stir well and apply to clean surface of canvas, wood, untempered pressed wood, cardboard, plaster, concrete, masonry, etc. May be thinned with water. May be modeled, shaped or textured before hardening. Dries rapidly. May be cut, carved or sanded when thoroughly dry. Mix with acrylic colors for impasto effects. Do not mix with or apply over turpentine or oils.
Liquitex Basics Gesso is a good quality, value priced surface preparation alternative to professional grade gesso.
Usually takes two coats to seal supports.
This remixed, all-in-one blending and glazing medium allows you to blend oil and alkyd colors without making them too transparent or too fluid to cover well. When used in glazing, it does not become tacky quickly, allowing highlights and shadows to be built up slowly. In 75ml. bottles.
Winsor & Newton Liquin Original is the reliable favorite which continues to be our most popular liquid alkyd medium. A general purpose low gloss medium which improves flow and transparency. It mixes easily with the brush or knife and smooths brushwork.
An ideal medium for fine detail work, drip effects, glazing and smoothly blending areas with no brush marks. This gloss finish medium is for use with oil and alkyd color and is quick drying and non-yellowing.
Winsor & Newton Refined Linseed Oil is our most popular oil offers many of the same qualities as Cold Pressed Linseed Oil, but is slower drying. It is an alkali-refined oil of pale color that reduces oil color consistency and increases gloss and transparency.
When mixed with turpentine or white mineral spirit, this viscous, slow drying pale oil will improve oil color flow, and impart a tough, elastic finish.
Printing on canvas is incredibly versatile and a great way to create a ready-to-hang image or artwork. Every canvas that we print is protected with a UV coated acrylic finish to guard the print from dust, moisture and fading. Do you want your canvas stretched on bars or non-stretched? Framed or unframed? Customize the work to make it truly your own.
Nowadays just about anyone can take a good quality photographs with a digital camera. Or take a few hundred pictures and the chances are few will be good, and even one or two outstanding.
Here are a few tips, tricks and techniques on how to make art print poster ready photographs and print ready digital files. Don’t get overwhelmed, there is a lot of information here, but a lot of it is just intuitive. Well, a bit of patience will always help.
First thing – Photo Size
If you taking a digital photo of you family or friend the largest size you would print is usually 5 by 7 inches, maybe 8 by 10 at the most. Even small size digital photographs (2MB or less) are ‘good enough’ to create a decent print. But if you want to create prints that are 16 by 20, 20 by 24 inches or larger you need more pixels (in pixels 20 by 24 inches photo is actually about 40 times larger than 3 by 4 inches photo assuming they have the same resolution).
Watercolor is an easy, fun medium for creating art. Color theory, composition and design can be explored freely with watercolor paint, paper, and brushes. Several techniques may be used with watercolors for varying effects including painting wet on wet, wet on dry, layering washes, and more.
Watercolor paper comes in cold press, hot press, and rough. Rough paper has the most texture, and its hills and valleys can result in interesting effects when paint is added. Hot press is the smoothest and has the finest texture. Cold press has a moderate amount of texture and is the paper most commonly chosen by watercolor artists.
Watercolor paper comes in several weights ranging from 90 lb. to 300 lb. based on the pounds per ream of paper. Most artists prefer to use at least 140 lb. paper. Papers vary somewhat between manufacturers, so sampling different papers is advisable. Paper can be purchased in pads, in blocks or in large sheets. The large sheets are usually the most economical and can be torn into whatever size is desired.
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Grumbacher Modeling Paste is a flexible, durable paste for creating textured surfaces to be over painted with oil or 
Krylon Gesso Spray primes art surfaces quickly & thoroughly, so you're ready to go in 15 minutes. 
Liquitex Gesso is a premium acrylic gesso used to prepare painting surfaces for acrylic and oil paint. 
Liquitex Basics Gesso is a good quality, value priced surface preparation alternative to professional grade gesso.
Usually takes two coats to seal supports. 
Winsor & Newton Liquin Original is the reliable favorite which continues to be our most popular liquid alkyd medium. A general purpose low gloss medium which improves flow and transparency. It mixes easily with the brush or knife and smooths brushwork. 
Winsor & Newton Refined Linseed Oil is our most popular oil offers many of the same qualities as Cold Pressed Linseed Oil, but is slower drying. It is an alkali-refined oil of pale color that reduces oil color consistency and increases gloss and transparency. 