Derwent Sketching Pencil Sets. These value-priced sets feature a range of mixed sketching media– ideal for beginners and students. The 12-Piece set includes: three water-soluble sketching pencils, three graphic blocks, three charcoal blocks, a charcoal pencil, a white pastel pencil and a terra-cotta drawing pencil. The 24-Piece set includes all of the above, plus: two additional charcoal pencils, two pastel pencils, a drawing pencil, a Graphitone pencil, two graphic pencils, a graphic block, a charcoal block, a kneaded eraser and a sharpener. The 36-Piece set includes everything in the 24-Piece set, plus: an additional drawing pencil, two Graphitone pencils, two graphic pencils, two graphic blocks, two charcoal blocks, a plastic eraser, a stump and a sand block. Each set comes packaged in a durable tin.
Derwent Pastel Pencil Sets. Pastel beauty with pencil control. Nothing beats the colourful brilliance of pastels but they’re not the easiest medium to use. Now you can enjoy all the beauty of pastel in a convenient, non-messy form. These woodcased Pastel Pencils have a soft, powdery texture which produces a velvety smooth finish, ideal for mixing and blending. And because they’re pencils, they’re clean and easy to control – although you may not be able to resist the occasional smudge with your finger!
This plastic coated surface is ideal for mixing watercolor, acrylic, casein, or oil paint. Canson Disposable Palettes eliminate messy clean up of art or craft projects.
These popular sets are packed full of content and include everything to create your painting - from pencils to sketch out your design on your painting board through to a Platte for mixing your paint colours in. These sets even include Reeves painting guides to provide you with guidance for your first masterpiece!
We have designed these sets so the beginner artist has all the basic materials necessary to start your journey into art.
Each set contains approx 20-30 pieces. These also make a great gift.
The Liquitex Basics Fundamentals of Painting Starter Set was designed with the beginner artist in mind. It contains all of the materials needed to get started including six 22 milliliter tubes of Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paint, one 75ml tube of Basics Titanium White acrylic paint, a palette board, an 8 x 10 canvas board, two brushes and a palette knife. In addition, it includes an easy to read step-by-step manual that not only explains how to create the painting within the kit, but also provides fundamental tips and techniques for learning the basics of acrylic painting. This exciting new set allows the new artist to begin what could be a life long journey into the world of creating beautiful works of art.
The ultimate combination of style, fashion and function Dekko files are the coolest and safest way to store and transport your artwork or Photographs while making an artistic statement about yourself at the same time.
Dekko portfolios are constructed from durable polypropylene with ultrasonic welded seams for maximum strength. They are scuff-proof, waterproof and completely archival to provide the maximum protection for your valuable work.
To compliment your art or just to coordinate with your outfit. Dekkos are available in eight fantastic translucent colours and three solid metallic colours. Six sizes are tailored to fit standard art pad and paper formats and a generous 1 ½” gusset combined with a one piece ergonomically designed carrying handle ensure that your Dekko will hold everything you need and more.
From sophisticated Shadow Black to wild Tangerine, Lime or Silver, Dekko has a color that suits your personal style at a price that suits your budget.
Celebrate the power of pink with this 10 well palette that is perfect for your next painting projects. The Pink Art Palette includes a thumb hold and a paint mixing area in the center. This palette is durable and will clean up easy with water and soap.
Sharpie Silver Metallic Markers. To get optimal performance from your Sharpie Metallic marker, the tip, as indicated on the barrel, must be stored downward. Since these markers contain tiny metallic flecks that make up more than ten percent of Sharpie Metallic ink, tip down storage allows these flecks to travel down to the tip, giving the user a vibrant, shiny mark on dark and light surfaces. For other metallic markers to achieve a similar high quality metallic mark, a valve-action ink system is required to keep the metallic flecks from settling or clogging within the marker. The benefit of using Sharpie Metallic markers is that tip down storage is the only requirement to keep the metallic flecks free flowing and there is considerably more control over the ink flow to the paper versus valve-action markers.
Sheaffer has been a world leader in manufacturing quality calligraphy products for many years. This Sheaffer Calligraphy Classic Maxi Kit makes it easy for the entry level calligrapher to develop basic skills with comfortable, easy-to-use tools and supplies, while also addressing the distinctive needs of more advanced calligraphers. Sheaffer's Viewpoint® Calligraphy pen features a wide profile and rubberized color-coded grip for writing comfort. The Viewpoint barrel has a window on each side to allow for monitoring of the cartridge ink supply.
Sakura Pigma Micron Pens. When accuracy, minute details, and preservation count, the unparalleled archival quality of Pigma Micron pens makes them everyone's first choice. Artist, writers, and illustrators reach for Pigma Micron to convey their personality, style, or feelings, and to safeguard their work with the lasting quality of Pigma ink. The first disposable technical pen using archival pigmented ink, Pigma Micron ink pen is selected for fine-point technical and artistic applications requiring top quality capabilities.
Sakura Color Products invented and patented PIGMA® ink over twenty-five years ago. A formulation of pigment based inks, more complex and stable than dye based inks, PIGMA® ink has become the standard for what is defined as reliable, permanent, archival quality ink.
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 
Derwent Sketching Pencil Sets. These value-priced sets feature a range of mixed sketching media– ideal for beginners and students. The 12-Piece set includes: three water-soluble sketching pencils, three graphic blocks, three charcoal blocks, a charcoal pencil, a white pastel pencil and a terra-cotta drawing pencil. The 24-Piece set includes all of the above, plus: two additional charcoal pencils, two pastel pencils, a drawing pencil, a Graphitone pencil, two graphic pencils, a graphic block, a charcoal block, a kneaded eraser and a sharpener. The 36-Piece set includes everything in the 24-Piece set, plus: an additional drawing pencil, two Graphitone pencils, two graphic pencils, two graphic blocks, two charcoal blocks, a plastic eraser, a stump and a sand block. Each set comes packaged in a durable tin. 
Derwent Pastel Pencil Sets. Pastel beauty with pencil control. 
These popular sets are packed full of content and include everything to create your painting - from pencils to sketch out your design on your painting board through to a Platte for mixing your paint colours in. These sets even include Reeves painting guides to provide you with guidance for your first masterpiece!
The ultimate combination of style, fashion and function Dekko files are the coolest and 
Sharpie Silver Metallic Markers. To get optimal performance from your Sharpie Metallic marker, the tip, as indicated on the barrel, must be stored downward. Since these markers contain tiny metallic flecks that make up more than ten percent of Sharpie Metallic ink, tip down storage allows these flecks to travel down to the tip, giving the user a vibrant, shiny mark on dark and light surfaces. For other metallic markers to achieve a similar high quality metallic mark, a valve-action ink system is required to keep the metallic flecks from settling or clogging within the marker. The benefit of using Sharpie Metallic markers is that tip down storage is the only requirement to keep the metallic flecks free flowing and there is considerably more control over the ink flow to the paper versus valve-action markers. 
Sheaffer has been a world leader in manufacturing quality calligraphy products for many years. This Sheaffer Calligraphy Classic Maxi Kit makes it easy for the entry level calligrapher to develop basic skills with comfortable, easy-to-use tools and supplies, while also addressing the distinctive needs of more advanced calligraphers. Sheaffer's Viewpoint® Calligraphy pen features a wide profile and rubberized color-coded grip for writing comfort. The Viewpoint barrel has a window on each side to allow for monitoring of the cartridge ink supply. 
Sakura Pigma Micron Pens. When accuracy, minute details, and preservation count, the unparalleled archival quality of Pigma Micron pens makes them everyone's first choice. Artist, writers, and illustrators reach for Pigma Micron to convey their personality, style, or feelings, and to safeguard their work with the lasting quality of Pigma ink. The first disposable technical pen using archival pigmented ink, Pigma Micron ink pen is selected for fine-point technical and artistic applications requiring top quality capabilities.