For all of us with a love of painting, paper is an essential item, however with such a wide range of weights, textures & sizes it can all get a little confusing. Good news, the confusion is now over! Professional artist Matthew Palmer has developed two NEW 300gsm Fontaine Watercolour Paper Packs. Available in either 5 or 10 quarter imperial sheets, this 100% cotton paper gives you the utmost in stability & preservation with excellent absorbancy ideal for watercolours. There's no better way to recreate the paintings you see Matthew paint, or any other watercolour paintings for that matter, than on the very paper Matthew uses. ...

For all of us with a love of painting, paper is an essential item, however with such a wide range of weights, textures, formats & sizes it can all get a little confusing. Good news, the confusion is now over! Professional artist Matthew Palmer has developed a NEW 300gsm Fontaine Watercolour paper block. Available in 15 sheets, quarter imperial size, this block offers you the utmost in stability & preservation with excellent absorbancy ideal for watercolours. Not only that, it comes glued on all four sides, removing the need for soaking & stretching, meaning the block can go as far as your painting can, both inside & outside the home. There's no better way to recreate the paintings you see Matthew paint, or any other watercolour paintings for that matter, than on the very paper Matthew uses. Make this your building block to great watercolour paintings today! Author: Matthew Palmer ...

Filled with new & exciting ideas for classic, stylish & fun cards, this fresh & practical series shows how to create innovative designs for all occasions. Each book concentrates on a different technique, illustrating how to decorate, embellish & enhance blank cards in many different ways. Step-by-step photographs & patterns, together with easy-to-follow instructions teach all the essential skills involved, encouraging beginners, & more experienced artists, to make their own original designs. A fun-filled, practical & inspiring series offering a range of designs that will appeal to anyone wanting to send someone special something special. Packed with exciting ideas, this book illustrates all you need to know to create wonderful designs. Julie Hickey shows how copper, mesh & wire can be cut, twisted & curled, then embellished with beads & found objects to make abstract, collages & pictorial cards. Author: Julie Hickey ISBN: 1903975018 ...

If you want to take flower painting seriously, this is one of the best introductions you could wish for. The book begins with an extensive introduction to botanical painting, including the materials you will need & how to choose your subject as well as composition, drawing & the use of colour. This & the Six Stages of Painting that follow are far more than the usual preliminary remarks & are, in fact, some of the main meat of the book. By doing things this way, Michael Lakin only has to give you one set of demonstrations instead of 26, leaving the rest of the book free to concentrate on information specific to each plant rather than endless repetition. Each species is thus dealt with in two double-page spreads. The first will show you details of the flowers, leaves & stems & also a drawing of the whole plant. The second spread contains the painting instructions & the finished work side by side. This unusual approach works well in conjunction with the introductory sections & means that you are presented with all the information you need both efficiently & concisely. Many books on botanical illustration (the rather scientific art of flower painting) can bog you down in detail, but Michael Lakin has found a neat & innovative way round this that will make learning a pleasure. In the accompanying DVD, Michael demonstrates how to paint a snowdrop & a water-lilly. Book & DVD: Search Press
- Hardback
- 144 pages
- Colour throughout
- 95 mins Author: Michael Lakin Tape Length: 77 mins



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To many people oils can seem like a terribly smelly, messy & permanent medium to use. In this wonderful tutorial & materials set, Michael Sanders puts these stereotypes to rest, demonstrating how to use oils from the outset. Michael Sanders' expert tuition illustrates how the use of water mixable oils enables you to enjoy the adaptability & ease of correction of oil paint without the smell of solvents & shows how easy it is to clean up just using soap & water! In his DVD he shows how to create a colour wheel & begins with simple still life demonstrations, progressing to outdoor landscapes so no matter what you hope to paint in the future Michael's hints & tips will be invaluable. Worth over £69, this set contains: Water Mixable Oils DVD with Michael Sanders (85 mins) Winsor & Newton Artisan Starter Set: 6 x 21ml tubes SAA Oil Brush Set: Round (06), Flat (08), Filbert (02) Small plywood oval palette Clairefontaine Oil Block: 15 sheets 355x 279mm (9.5''x 12'') ...

The innovative Mini Duo System comes complete with everything needed to cut mountboard, both to size from an A2 sheet shortwise & A3 sheet lengthwise as well as bevel edge windows. This high quality product is very simple & easy to use, precise to an accuracy better than 0.1mm. It can be used properly by both left & right handed people & is perfect for where workspace is limited. The Mini Duo, Duo & Duo Plus (LODPS) Systems, differing only in their size capacities, suit everyone from the gifted amateur to the professional alike. The Longridge Duo consists of: hook-on comfortable grip Bevel Cutter with retractable blade, variable depth control & start/stop indicator; screwdriver for blade depth adjustment; hook-on Vertical Cutter for cutting mountboard to size; 660mm (26") non-slip Guide Rail with Mount Stop & Cutter Stops, making alignment simple & highly accurate; Base with non-slip surface & facility for squaring the mountboard to size; retractable steel Tape Measure for measuring; Border Marker with metric/imperial scale for marking borders up to 150mm (6") wide; protective Mountboard Cutting Strip for use when cutting with the bevel cutter; pack of five blades; The Mini Duo System accomodates A2 card or mountboard shortways & A3 card or mountboard longways. The maximum external mount size is 440mm (17") & maximum window size is 340mm (13"). ...

Try something fun & a 'little' bit different! This stunning set of three miniature easels, complete with matching real canvasses, ...