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Clear Dewaxed Shellac
Starting at: £9.20
Shellac is a natural resin that is deposited by the female lac insect on the branches of trees in India and Thailand. It is soluble with alcohol, but not with mineral spirits or turpentine. It forms a tough yet flexible film, with many applications. It is suitable as a top coat for gilding when applied thinly, a sealant for porous surfaces, an isolating layer for tempera paintings, a base for pigmented inks, a protective layer for collograph plates, and a warm varnish for wooden floors and furniture. As it is prone to darkening with age, it is not recommended as a varnish for oils, and its solubility can reduce over time. There are various grades of shellac. When mixed with alcohol, it may initially form a cloudy mixture, due to traces of wax in the shellac, but this should become clear once it has dried. The highest grades of shellac are Clear Dewaxed Shellac, which has been de-coloured using the carbon filtering method, Lemon Shellac, and Orange Shellac, which are pale in colour. Button Shellac is less refined and therefore produces a reddish varnish. It was, in fact, widely used as a red dye before synthetic dyes became available. Learn More -
da Vinci Series 1670 Nova Round
Starting at: £2.65
Long handled synthetic brush or acrylic or oil painting. Soft bristles. Learn More -
Unison 8 Portrait Assorted Pastels
£40.55The Unison classic Portrait 8 set, specially selected by John Hersey for portrait painting. Unison Colour Soft pastels allow for ease of use with a highly blendable texture.
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Lefranc Safflower Oil
Starting at: £8.40
Lefranc Bourgeois are a paint manufacturer with a long history of supplying to artists since their beginnings in 1720. From their website: Safflower Oil enhances the fluidity of oil paintings. Lighter in colour than Linseed Oil, it does not yellow and dries faster than Poppy Seed Oil. It improves the flow of the paste and the intensity and transparency of colours. It also works particularly well with different white shades and light colours. Learn More -
Cornelissen Walnut Oil
Starting at: £6.50
The introduction of Walnut Oil as a pigment binder is contemporaneous with the emergence of Linseed Oil. Their drying properties have been appreciated since the Middle Ages, and throughout history there is evidence of both oils being used alongside each other within the same painting. In fact, until the sixteenth century, it is believed that Walnut Oil was the preferred binding medium among Italian artists. It is made from mature walnut kernals, offering a pale colour and brilliant gloss. For this reason, it is sometimes chosen as a binder for light colours, as it provides a stronger paint film than Poppy Oil, and faster drying times. However, a paint film made from Walnut Oil will tend to be brittle, so it is more suited to a rigid support rather than canvas.
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Parchment Clippings
Starting at: £9.90
Parchment Clippings, usually waste goatskin vellum, were utilised throughout the Middle Ages to make an animal hide glue. This continued to be commonly used as a sizing for canvas before rabbit skin glue came to prominence in the nineteenth century. Parchment glue is comparable to isinglass glue, as it also produces a very pale, almost transparent glue with a degree of flexibility. Our parchment clippings are a mixture of vellum scraps, and may include goatskin, calfskin and sheepskin. Cennino Cennini gives a recipe for gesso using parchment in his treatise about painting; please see below for our recipe. Learn More -
Roberson Exhibition Varnish
Starting at: £6.80
Apply to touch dry paintings as a temporary exhibition varnish. After 6 months a final picture varnish can be applied with no need to remove Ketone resin/white spirit. Unable to send overseas. Learn More -
ArtGraf Red Tailor shape
£5.80Inspired by traditional tailor’s chalk block, prepared for drawing and painting. Water soluble and extremely soft. Learn More -
Bockingford Inkjet Paper
Starting at: £21.75
190GSM, A4 / A3+, 20 Sheets, CP (NOT), pH Neutral, Acid Free, Archival, White. Learn More -
Lemon Shellac
Starting at: £8.20
Shellac is a natural resin that is deposited by the female lac insect on the branches of trees in India and Thailand. It is soluble with alcohol, but not with mineral spirits or turpentine. It forms a tough yet flexible film, with many applications. It is suitable as a top coat for gilding when applied thinly, a sealant for porous surfaces, an isolating layer for tempera paintings, a base for pigmented inks, a protective layer for collograph plates, and a warm varnish for wooden floors and furniture. As it is prone to darkening with age, it is not recommended as a varnish for oils, and its solubility can reduce over time. There are various grades of shellac. When mixed with alcohol, it may initially form a cloudy mixture, due to traces of wax in the shellac, but this should become clear once it has dried. The highest grades of shellac are Clear Dewaxed Shellac, which has been de-coloured using the carbon filtering method, Lemon Shellac, and Orange Shellac, which are pale in colour. Button Shellac is less refined and therefore produces a reddish varnish. It was, in fact, widely used as a red dye before synthetic dyes became available. Learn More -
Talens Acrylic Picture Varnishes Aerosol
Starting at: £13.00
Aerosol varnish for oil or acrylic paintings. Gloss or Matt finishes. Unable to send overseas. Learn More -
Unison 8 Landscape Assorted Pastels
£40.55The Unison Classic 8 set, specially selected by John Hersey for Landscape painting. Unison Colour Soft pastels allow for ease of use with a highly blendable texture.
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da Vinci Series 5570 Cosmotop Nova Round
Starting at: £3.35
Finest golden synthetic fibre. More springy than Cosmotop Spin making it an excellent brush for watercolour, gouache, acrylic and oil painting. Learn More -
Cornelissen Miniature Coloured Pencil Set
£5.00This pencil set comprising of the highest quality strongly pigmented coloured pencils is a perfect companion when sketching on the go. Pair it with one of our enamel watercolour sets and watercolour postcard books for a compact art set for plein air painting.
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Lapis Lazuli Dark Pigment
Starting at: £12.20
PB29
Lapis Lazuli is a natural mineral pigment, mined in Afghanistan and South America. Different shades of Lapis Lazuli are determined by the intensity of colour of the lazurite vein; we offer the pigment in light and dark. For many centuries it was the most reliable blue pigment available, and became particularly significant during the Medieval and Renaissance periods, when its inclusion in a work of art denoted the wealth and status of the patron, or the holiness of a painting's subject. In commercial paint production it has largely been replaced by the more affordable Ultramarine Blue, although it still has a place on modern palettes due to its unique soft violet tone. It is a transparant pigment, with a low tinting strength.
Larger quantities are available by request.
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Zinc White Pigment
Starting at: £4.00
Zinc White, or Zinc Oxide, is an artificial mineral pigment that was first produced in France in the late 18th century. Its use in commercial watercolours as Chinese White pre-dates its inclusion in oil painting. It is a semi-opaque, lightfast pigment, which dries very slowly in oil. Of all white pigments, it produces the most brittle paint film, so is not recommended in large quantities for impasto techniques. However, it is a good addition to a palette which requires a less overwhelming white than Titanium White.
Toxicity: B
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Omega Series 79 Al Fresco
Starting at: £12.20
Long grey bristle and string ferrule. Holds colour well for fresco painting. Learn More -
Azurite Pigment
Starting at: £11.80
PB30
Azurite is a naturally occuring copper carbonate, with a long history within European and Asian painting. It was mined in northern Europe, so was a less expensive source of blue than Lapis Lazuli, which was imported from Afghanistan. Medieval artists would often use Azurite in underpaintings, before applying layers of Lapis Lazuli during later stages of production.
It is best used in aqueous media, as the acidity of oils can cause it to darken in colour, although this can be somewhat counteracted by protecting the pigment particles with a protein such as egg yolk. It has a very low tinting strength, and the particle size tends to be quite large, to give a darker colour. It is sensitive to damp conditions, and is slightly transparent.
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Lefranc Flashe 400 ml
Starting at: £28.10
* Please be advised that some colours have now been discontinued and are only available while stocks last. Flash vinyl colours, like resin-based acrylic paints, can be diluted with water, dry very quickly and become insoluble once dry providing lasting flexibility and excellent preservation. They have an even matt finish which recalls primitive Italian fresco painting. This makes Flashe the ideal medium for all artworks to be photographed. Also popular for illustration, graphics, comics, model making, fresco and interior mural decoration. Learn More -
Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour 37 ml
Starting at: £8.90
This long established artists' quality oil colour range of 113 colours is well known for its firm consistency and excellent handling properties. Learn More -
Winsor & Newton Retouching Varnish Aerosol
Starting at: £16.10
Temporary protection for oil paintings less than 6 months old. Contains: Ketone resin. Unable to send overseas. Learn More -
ArtGraf Traditional Tailor Shape Colours
Starting at: £5.80
Inspired by traditional tailor’s chalk block, prepared for drawing and painting. Water soluble and extremely soft, choice of 6 traditional earth colours: sanguine, sepia, dark brown, brown, ochre and carbon black. Learn More -
Roberson Gilt Wax Medium
Starting at: £12.00
To use as a medium, mix with burnishable bronze powders in equal parts. Or use to protect imitation leaf, metal, wood, furniture and paintings. Learn More -
Madder Lake Genuine Pigment
Starting at: £10.20
NR9
Madder Lake pigment is derived from dye that has been extracted from the root of the madder plant, and attached to alum as a base. It has largely been replaced by synthetic alizarin pigments, but it is still used as an ingredient in some commercially-available paints. It provides a very transparent pigment, with a weak tinting strength, which can be used in all lime-free media, although it is very slow-drying in oil. It is fugitive to sunlight, so paintings containing Madder should be stored appropriately, but it remains one of the most lightfast plant-based pigments. It requires a wetting agent to aid dispersion.
Larger quantities are available by request
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Winsor & Newton Texture Medium
Starting at: £8.10
Contains fine particles and is used to create the impression of depth and structure to watercolour paintings. Learn More
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Roberson CRP Picture Cleaner
Starting at: £12.40
Cleansing/Reviving/Preserving wax paste for oil paintings, sculptures, any painted & polished surfaces except drawings, water colours or pastels. Learn More -
Precipitate Chalk
Starting at: £6.30
Precipitate Chalk is fine and white. For use in aqueous mediums as a ground for oil and tempera paintings. Learn More -
Zest-it Turpentine Substitute
Starting at: £7.40
Specially formulated non-toxic alternative to conventional thinners. Can be used as a substitute for turpentine. Ideal for asthmatics and those allergic to normal thinners. Reduces lingering smell normally generated by oil painting, has a citrus fragrance. Learn More -
Realgar Pigment
Starting at: £12.75
Realgar, like Orpiment, is sulphide of arsenic, and these two substances are often found in close proximity to each other in nature. Realgar exists in small deposits throughout the world and has been used for its colour since ancient times, although its extreme toxicity means that it has been superseded by cadmiums in modern painting. It is an opaque pigment with poor tinting strength.
Larger quantities are available by request.
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Georgeson & Son Mahl Sticks
Starting at: £22.00
Each Hazel shaft used in the creation of our Mahl poles is individually selected for straightness and overall appearance before being dried and prepared. We use hazel for strength, weight, and the appearance of its rich brown bark when linseed is applied.
Our pommels and handles are made from a stock of fine Italian leather, used for its durability and flex during assembly.
"Georgeson and Son established in 2012 with a singular aim. To resurrect and manufacture forgotten Artist's tools by hand, as carefully and as beautifully as possible.
A desire to make useful things that will last underpins all that we do. We use only the finest quality materials, sustainably sourced and refuse to compromise this quality for the sake of profitability."
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