High quality paints offered at a sensible price. These watercolors are ideal for students and price-conscious artists. The color disperses evenly and provides the subtle gradations of hue that characterize fine watercolor paints. In .25 oz. tubes.
M. Graham Oils have color ground in walnut oil which provides rich, vibrant color with greater freedom of control over all types of painting application. Free flowing and slower drying, walnut oil enables delicate passages of finely blended color, rich jewel-like glazes or juicy full brush application with no addition of solvents. Because of walnut oil's unique refractive index and non-yellowing nature, colors ground in this fine oil are naturally more alive and brilliant. They retain their clarity and are free from the discoloration associated with other drying oils.
Designed especially for people who love to paint. Featuring near-professional quality at a price that beginners, students and the budget-conscious can easily afford, Grumbacher Academy Oil Colors are more than just a brand. Academy stands for quality that inspires at a price that opens the path of painting to everyone.
Liquitex Heavy Body Artist Color, previously referred to as High Viscosity, has a thick consistency for traditional art techniques using brushes or knives, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Impasto applications retain crisp brush stroke and knife marks. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time. High pigment load produces rich, brilliant, permanent color.
Liquitex Soft Body Artist Color, previously referred to as Medium Viscosity, was the original Liquitex acrylic formulation first made in 1956. An extremely versatile artist paint, creamy and smooth with a concentrated pigment load producing intense, pure color. The creamy smooth, pre-filtered consistency ensures good coverage, even-leveling and superb results in a variety of applications and techniques.
Liquitex Glossies are water based acrylic enamels that are specially formulated to adhere to slick, non-porous materials such as: glass, tiles, glazed ceramics, stoneware, china, enamelware, primed metal, wood and other non-oily surfaces.
Reeves Acrylic Painting Sets are perfect for beginners and value conscious artists alike, these sets contain a variety of brilliant colors. Straight from the tube these acrylics have the feel and response of oil colors, but may be thinned with water to produce watercolor-like effects. They are quick-drying, water-based, made from high quality pigments and are suitable for a variety of surfaces and techniques. AP non-toxic.
The Pentalic A La Modeskin Traveler's Pocket Sketch books are economical, ecological and practical for artists, students, list makers and note takers! Acid free, recycled 60# (100 gsm) cream colored paper is perfect for writing or sketching with pencil, crayon, charcoal or pastel. Perfect bound - stitched in sections for lay flat writing or sketching ease. 160 pages/book, ribbon page marker and an elastic closure to hold the waterproof cover closed.
These 100% acrylic, smooth, thick colors are offered in a large assortment of unique pure pigments. There are no fillers, extenders, opacifiers, toners or dyes added. They render excellent permanency and lightfastness. Each color is formulated differently depending on the nature of the pigment. Colors that tolerate higher pigment loads dry to a more opaque, matte finish. Colors that are more reactive and do not accept high pigment loading dry to a glossy finish and tend to be more transparent.
Reeves Oils possess a smooth, full-bodied consistency with good covering power, tinting strength and working properties. Perfect for beginners and value conscious artists alike, these sets contain 12ml tubes of oils in a variety of brilliant colors.
Create and display art with this acrylic color easel set that features an attractive, wooden, tabletop, H-frame easel. Great for studio or home use, the set also includes eight 12ml tubes of Reeves Acrylic Color, two 8" x 8" painting boards, a brush, a mixing palette and instructions.
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.