la Ades invites you into her artistic world and shows you how to re-create an array of beautiful flowers—everything from a simple pitcher of pansies to an elegant spray of roses. In this step-by-step guide, she explains not only a number of acrylic painting techniques (including those for creating special effects) but also her own method of developing a painting from start to finish, which will help you use acrylic to its fullest potential. As you follow along, you will discover how to create various moods and establish points of interest in your paintings.
Ilford Galerie Smooth Gloss Paper features the very latest HDR (High Dynamic Range) optically clear nanoporous coating for outstanding imaging performance coupled with the benefit of ‘touch dry’ from the printer.
The high density heavyweight base has a natural photographic white tint to produce prints with an excellent colour gamut and high sharpness. The gloss surface looks and feels like a true photographic print. It is compatible with all high quality dye and pigment based inkjet printers.
Winsor & Newton Artists' Painting Medium thins the consistency of oil colors and dries to a flexible film that has minimum tendency to yellow, wrinkle or crack.
Generals Semi-Hex graphite pencils have been an art industry standard for decades. They originally got their name from their shape, they are hexagonal so that they will not roll off of your drawing table. Hardness include 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B ,HB, F, H, 2H, 3H, and 4H. Smooth graphite pencils that allow you to achieve a broad range of tones, from pale grays to dark black.
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.
Now artists and crafters can express themselves on fabric without the limitations of traditional transfer sheets. Transferred image stretches with fabric and feels soft. Transfer is not stiff or shiny and will not crack or separate from fabric. Artists can draw or paint directly on the sheets using many different media, or use an inkjet printer. The possibilities are endless
Soft Body. All purpose medium, formulated to be mixed into all Liquitex acrylic paints and mediums. Mix into any acrylic paint to enhance the depth of color intensity, increase transparency, gloss, ease flow of paint and add flexibility and adhesion of paint film. Use as a non-removable varnish to protect painting and establish gloss sheen surface. Translucent when wet, transparent (clear) when dry. 100% acrylic polymer varnish. Water soluble when wet. Good chemical and water resistance. Dry to a non-tacky, hard, flexible surface that is resistant to retention of dirt. Resists discoloring (non-yellowing, non-fogging) due to humidity, heat and ultraviolet light. Depending upon substrate, allows moisture to pass through (breathable). Not for use over oil paint.
A gray self-hardening clay that dries without firing. Dried pieces are hard and durable, but not waterproof. Finish with Rub ’ n Buff or other finishes.
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.
Art Supplies 
la Ades invites you into her artistic world and shows you how to re-create an array of beautiful flowers—everything from a simple pitcher of pansies to an elegant spray of roses. In this step-by-step guide, she explains not only a number of 
Grabs and holds almost instantly. Works on a wide range of materials such as paper, cardboard, cork, fabric, foils, and plastics. 
Ilford Galerie Smooth Gloss Paper features the very latest HDR (High Dynamic Range) optically clear nanoporous coating for outstanding imaging performance coupled with the benefit of ‘touch dry’ from the printer.
Clear pushpins with a 1/2" head and a 3/8" point. Twenty pins per package. 
Generals Semi-Hex graphite pencils have been an art industry standard for decades. They originally got their name from their shape, they are hexagonal so that they will not roll off of your drawing table. Hardness include 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B ,HB, F, H, 2H, 3H, and 4H. Smooth graphite pencils that allow you to achieve a broad range of tones, from pale grays to dark black. 
Now artists and crafters can express themselves on fabric without the limitations of traditional transfer sheets. Transferred image stretches with fabric and feels soft. Transfer is not stiff or shiny and will not crack or separate from fabric. Artists can draw or paint directly on the sheets using many different media, or use an inkjet printer. The possibilities are endless 
Soft Body. All purpose medium, formulated to be mixed into all Liquitex acrylic paints and mediums. Mix into any 
A gray self-hardening clay that dries without firing. Dried pieces are hard and durable, but not waterproof. Finish with Rub ’ n Buff or other finishes.