Various materials for pastel drawing are contained in these sets. Each features mixed pastel materials and selected accessories secured in a vivid attractive tin with a removable lid. The design of these kits makes them convenient to bring along anywhere. The 12 piece set includes six pastel blocks, five pastel pencils and a water-soluble sketching HB. The same contents are contained in the 24 piece set with an additional two pastel blocks, eight pastel pencils, a kneaded putty eraser and a pastel pencil sharpener. The 38 pieces set includes the same materials as the 24 piece set plus six pastel blocks, five pastel pencils, a paper stump, a plastic eraser and a sandpaper block.
This complete kit for beginners features a 32-page step-by-step project book that covers materials and techniques. It also includes twenty watercolor pencils, a pencil sharpener, two paint brushes and paper.
Unique drawing tools that provide the beauty of soft pastels with the convenience of pencils. They are true pastels, with a soft, powdery texture and a smooth, velvety finish, but they are enclosed in high quality wood casings for maximum lead protection and control. Pure, lightfast colors that offer a rounded spectrum of full-strength colors and tints. The sets are packaged in tin boxes except where indicated.
These soft fine art pencils offer smooth creamy laydown and brilliant color. The thick 4mm core is embedded in a round wood casing and finished with a colored end to match the lead color. These pencils offer plenty of useable color, sharpen smoothly to a fine point and maintain the point without breaking. All colors blend and layer easily, resist bloom and have superior lightfastness.
Coloursoft fine art pencils deliver a smooth creamy laydown and offer superior blending and layering without bloom. Their thick 4mm leads offer plenty of useable color and hold a point without breaking. They are offered in a variety of sets to meet artists’ specific needs; from basic to comprehensive color collections.
Large diameter pastel pencils with very fine, smooth colored leads that are strong and easily blendable. Work well on a wide range of papers. The abrasives in the pencils provide excellent toning and stumping qualities.
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.