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  • Canvas to Fabric: Pebeo Fabric Paints & Markers

    Canvas to Fabric: Pebeo Fabric Paints & Markers

    Discover how to give your fabric a second life with our Pebeo Setacolor Fabric Paint & 7A Fabric Markers Read More...
  • Gordon Harris Aritsts: Xavier Tapp

    Gordon Harris Aritsts: Xavier Tapp

    A conversation with Waikato based artist Xavier Tapp where he takes us through his process of manipulating our perceptions and scaling them up to murals for public art. Read More...
  • Golden Staining Effects

    Golden Staining Effects

    Discover Staining Effects with Golden Wetting Agent Read More...
  • Gordon Harris Artists: Jasmine Kroeze

    Gordon Harris Artists: Jasmine Kroeze

    A conversation with Papamoa based multi disciplinary artist Jasmine Kroeze where she takes us through her art practice and her must have Gordon Harris Products. Read More...
  • Gordon Harris Artists: Hannah Truly from Paper Scssrs Art Studio

    Gordon Harris Artists: Hannah Truly from Paper Scssrs Art Studio

    We sat down (virtually) with Wellington based creative Hannah Truly from Paper Scssrs Studio to discuss her creative process and how she fell into making her delicate and realistic paper flowers.  Read More...
  • NEW Fabriano 1264 Pad Range

    NEW Fabriano 1264 Pad Range

    Fabriano 1264 is a new range of pads that provide an entry level value to Fabriano’s renown quality papers. Read More...
  • New Schmincke Super Granulating Watercolours

    New Schmincke Super Granulating Watercolours

    Granulation is a natural effect where particles of pigment too coarse or heavy to remain evenly dispersed in water collect in the grain of the paper... Read More...
  • New Schmincke Liquid Charcoal

    New Schmincke Liquid Charcoal

    This isn’t any ordinary charcoal – it’s a new way of working with an ancient medium. Schmincke Liquid Charcoal is a clean, dust-free process for painting, drawing, and underpainting with charcoal. Read More...
  • Da Vinci CHUNEO Synthetic Bristle Brushes

    Da Vinci CHUNEO Synthetic Bristle Brushes

    This new synthetic fibre has a very similar structure to the famous Chunking bristles, which are becoming more and more expensive. Read More...
  • INCREDIBLE INKS!!!

    INCREDIBLE INKS!!!

    Inks are highly liquid colours that can be used with a variety of tools. While traditional inks, such as India ink and watercolour dyes, are mostly used for drawing and colouring on paper, new acrylic-based inks have expanded the possibilities of drawing and painting. Read More...
  • Here Comes the Sun

    Here Comes the Sun

    Yellow is the brightest, most active colour. Put a dab of yellow into your painting and see how it zips about! Read More...
  • Schmincke Aqua Drop

    Schmincke Aqua Drop

    Date: 11-01-2021
    It’s not often a new type of paint comes along, so there’s a lot of excitement around Schmincke’s latest release: Aqua Drop. Read More...
  • TOMBOW ABT PRO ALCOHOL INK MARKERS!

    TOMBOW ABT PRO ALCOHOL INK MARKERS!

    Tombow ABT PRO is a new alcohol-based marker in 107 colours plus a blender. Read More...
  • HIDDEN GEMS - Golden UV Topcoat

    HIDDEN GEMS - Golden UV Topcoat

    Date: 01-12-2020
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  • HIDDEN GEMS - Schmincke B72

    HIDDEN GEMS - Schmincke B72

    Date: 01-10-2020
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  • Colour in the 21st Century: Artists have never had it so good!

    Colour in the 21st Century: Artists have never had it so good!

    There has never been a time of such abundant colour. We have an incredible selection of colours to choose from, with paint ranges commonly offering over 100 hues, and up to 160 in the Williamsburg Oilcolours! Read More...
  • HIDDEN GEMS - Fine Pumice Gel

    HIDDEN GEMS - Fine Pumice Gel

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  • GREEN WITH ENVY

    GREEN WITH ENVY

    One way to be the Belle of the Ball in the 19th Century was to wear a dress made from the exciting new green pigment developed in Schweinfurt, Germany in 1814. Read More...
  • Da Vinci Brushes for every technique!

    Da Vinci Brushes for every technique!

    If you want one brush for all acrylic techniques, Top Acryl is it! The multi-purpose brush uses new generation synthetic fibres that hold plenty of fluid, yet are strong enough for Heavy Body colours. Read More...
  • Piñata Alcohol Inks

    PiƱata Alcohol Inks

    Piñata Colors are highly saturated, fast-drying alcohol inks for any hard surface, including glass, metal, plastic, ceramic, stone, leather, resin, polymer clay, YUPO® and more. Read More...
  • NEW FROM GOLDEN ARTISTS COLORS!

    NEW FROM GOLDEN ARTISTS COLORS!

    Color Pouring Medium extends the painting trend for pouring, pooling, and dripping techniques with a choice of Gloss and Matte Mediums. Read More...
  • All about the Surface

    All about the Surface

    Date: 16-05-2019
    Artists will experiment painting on just about anything, to achieve a unique look or to marry conception to production. Some, such as Melbourne-based Hamilton-born artist Richard Lewer, even revel in unreceptive surfaces, like Formica, sandpaper and felt! With the right materials, however, just about any surface can be made to take paint; and with some unusual materials some unusual surfaces can successfully be made! Read More...
  • Oil Colour Mediums Explained

    Oil Colour Mediums Explained

    Date: 01-04-2019
    Oil colour is a very different paint to acrylic. Acrylic paints and mediums lose water content as they dry, shrinking up to 35-40%. Almost all acrylic mediums can be used on their own, as they are made from acrylic resin and solids and dry to a durable film. Read More...
  • What are these brush shapes for..?

    What are these brush shapes for..?

    Artists are always looking for new ways to make marks, and German brushmakers da Vinci work closely with artists to develop special tools to suit... Read More...
  • NEW da Vinci Brushes!!!

    NEW da Vinci Brushes!!!

    The new da Vinci MICRO-Maestro & MICRO-Nova brushes enable the finest painting techniques for the Read More...