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  • Everything you Need to Know About Art Markers

    Everything you Need to Know About Art Markers

    Date: 24-03-2025
    Discover the largest range of artist markers in New Zealand! Read More...
  • Time With the Plate: An Interview with Karina Simpson

    Time With the Plate: An Interview with Karina Simpson

    Date: 22-03-2025
    Get to know store manager Karina Simpson and exhibiting printmaking artist and ex-owner of Fishprint studio in Wellington Read More...
  • NEW PanPastel - Pastels Applied Like Paint

    NEW PanPastel - Pastels Applied Like Paint

    Date: 20-03-2025
    PanPastel is the world’s first range of pastel colors that can be mixed and applied like paint. Read More...
  • Why Do Artist Quality Paints Cost More?

    Why Do Artist Quality Paints Cost More?

    Date: 11-02-2025
    Understanding your colours so that you can get the most out of your artist-quality paint. Read More...
  • Making Great Art on a Student Budget

    Making Great Art on a Student Budget

    Date: 10-02-2025
    Picasso said “You should trust your art supplier more than your art dealer”. At Gordon Harris, we make it our job to help you find the best materials for your budget. Here are some of our Top Tips for starting out Read More...
  • Watercolour Sets: painting anywhere, anytime!

    Watercolour Sets: painting anywhere, anytime!

    Date: 07-01-2025
    Whether you plan to take a box of colour with you on your travels or have a ready-to-use set on hand at home or in the studio, watercolours provide you with instant brilliance and delight. Read More...
  • Pebeo Origin: High Viscosity ECO Acrylics

    Pebeo Origin: High Viscosity ECO Acrylics

    Date: 05-01-2025
    The new Origin Acrylics from Pebeo are truly modern paints, with strong artists colours, all at a single low price, and made with 100% recycled polymer as a binder. Read More...
  • Art in the Outdoors

    Art in the Outdoors

    Date: 10-12-2024
    Drawing & painting in the environment “en plein air” is the best exercise for your eyes. It makes use our surrounds more keenly than others who merely look. It’s an experience akin to the immediacy of life-drawing, and summer is the perfect time to indulge in it. Read More...
  • Handmade Christmas Decorations, Cards & Wrapping Ideas

    Handmade Christmas Decorations, Cards & Wrapping Ideas

    Date: 05-11-2024
    Greeting card, decorations, wrapping paper and more! Find out how you can make it a handmade Christmas this year with our step-by-step guides! Read More...
  • Handmade Christmas Gift Ideas

    Handmade Christmas Gift Ideas

    Date: 05-11-2024
    5 Ideas for handmade gifts. Handmade gifts are the best gifts - watch how to make customised notebooks, polymer clay earrings, trinket dishes and coasters! Read More...
  • Schmincke Horadam Naturals

    Schmincke Horadam Naturals

    Have you ever wondered about working with the quieter hues from the times before Industrialization? Read More...
  • Time to get Retro with Chrome Yellow

    Time to get Retro with Chrome Yellow

    Date: 07-10-2024
    Yellow is the brightest, lightest colour, and is a key part of colour mixing, being quickly affected by other colours. Read More...
  • How long does it take Schmincke to make one of their famous pan watercolours?

    How long does it take Schmincke to make one of their famous pan watercolours?

    Date: 06-10-2024
    Discover the secret behind Schmincke’s Horadam Watercolours: why it takes nearly four months—and generations of expertise—to craft each richly concentrated pan. Read More...
  • NEW Printmaking Papers from Hahnemühle

    NEW Printmaking Papers from Hahnemühle

    Date: 01-10-2024
    We have recently increased our range of Hahnemühle Printmaking Papers to now offer a more comprehensive selection of weights, sizes, pack sizes, and price-points. Read More...
  • Hahnemuhle: 440 Years of Papermaking

    Hahnemuhle: 440 Years of Papermaking

    Date: 03-09-2024
    Sheet that’s a lot of paper Read More...
  • 7 REASONS TO LOVE GORDON HARRIS STRETCHED WITH LOVE CANVAS

    7 REASONS TO LOVE GORDON HARRIS STRETCHED WITH LOVE CANVAS

    Date: 03-09-2024
    Our hand stretched canvases are made right here in our factory in NZ! Top quality made with love. Read More...
  • Explore the Magic of Cyanotype Printing: Create Beautiful Blue Prints at Home!

    Explore the Magic of Cyanotype Printing: Create Beautiful Blue Prints at Home!

    Date: 05-08-2024
    Discover the timeless beauty of cyanotype printing and learn how you can create stunning blue prints using sunlight and simple chemistry. Perfect for artists and DIY enthusiasts looking for a creative project! Read More...
  • NEW Schmincke Waterborne Varnish

    NEW Schmincke Waterborne Varnish

    Date: 30-07-2024
    Schmincke Waterborne Varnish, available in Gloss and Matte, is water-based and removable. The varnish provides a highly transparent and tough protective coating to acrylic and alcohol-based colours. It contains UV filters, is non-yellowing, flexible and quick drying. Read More...
  • NEW Schmincke Retro Line Horadam Watercolour Sets

    NEW Schmincke Retro Line Horadam Watercolour Sets

    Date: 01-07-2024
    Travel back in time with Schmincke..! Read More...
  • Which Brush for What Colour?

    Which Brush for What Colour?

    Date: 01-07-2024
    A comprehensive breakdown by artist Evan Woodruffe to help take away the stress of choosing the perfect paintbrush for your art practice. Evan goes over the best brushes for acrylic, oil and watercolour painting. Read More...
  • Find the Perfect Pad for Your Medium and Budget

    Find the Perfect Pad for Your Medium and Budget

    Date: 30-06-2024
    Our guide to help you navigate the myriad of pad options so that you can make just the right choice for your medium and budget. Read More...
  • Clay Craft/Modelling Ideas

    Clay Craft/Modelling Ideas

    Date: 18-06-2024
    Check out these cool ideas you can make with clay! Read More...
  • How to Choose an Easel: Types of Easels, Tips & Pointers

    How to Choose an Easel: Types of Easels, Tips & Pointers

    Date: 29-04-2024
    An easel is an investment that should last for many, many years, so it pays to select a well-made easel that is designed for the work you need it to do. Read More...
  • Celebrating a Century of Excellence: Harder & Steenbeck's Journey to 100 Years

    Celebrating a Century of Excellence: Harder & Steenbeck's Journey to 100 Years

    Date: 26-03-2024
    Harder & Steenbeck have long been a market leading airbrush manufacturer. Read More...
  • NEW Faber-Castell Dual Ended Artist Pitt Pens

    NEW Faber-Castell Dual Ended Artist Pitt Pens

    Date: 07-03-2024
    The dual-ended version of the favourite Faber-Castell Pitt Pens range has arrived! Read More...