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This tough scratch-resistant coloured resist is painted onto the back and edges of the plate to prevent any biting during the etching process. Learn More

20% OFF LAUNCH DISCOUNT Lefranc & Bourgeois are the oldest artists' quality colourmen in France, with a rich tradition dating back to 1720. Their Artists' Oil Colours have been extremely finely-ground for a creamy, even consistency. They have excellent lightfastness, an even drying time, and are fully loaded with saturation for exceptional tinting strength. This brand new range of 120 colours includes the introduction of 37 new colours to provide artists with a greater choice of shades, tones and opacity across the spectrum, whilst retaining unique Lefranc colours. The new range contains 37 new shades including Cadmium-Free colours, 45 unchanged colours (including 19 best sellers) and 38 improved colours with better strength, improved shades and tones and more single pigment based colours. For more information regarding proposed replacements vs the old L&B range download the PDF below the colour range. Learn More

Robert Gamblin started making artists' oil paints in 1980. Since then he has built a reputation as both an innovative and imaginative maker of some of the best oils on the market today. As well as usual single pigment colours you would expect, the range also includes an interesting selection of neutral greys, beautiful metallics and the truly innovative Radiant range of pastel colours. Combining science and artistry, Gamblin paints are truly exceptional. *Please note, this range is stored offsite. Please allow extra time for your order to be processed and dispatched. Learn More

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A gel medium that increases the buttery character of oil colours and decreases their drying time. Useful for impasto techniques and knife application. Add to oils in a maximum ratio of 1:4. Contains alkyd resin.

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Unlike other commercially available oil paints, Roberson Artists' Oil Colours do not contain any fillers, extenders or stabilisers. Each paint consists solely of high-quality pigment that has been ground into cold pressed linseed oil, resulting in a highly pigmented paint. This strength of colour presents the possibility of greater economy of use and a less homogenised texture between each tube, instead allowing the unique qualities of each individual pigment to reveal themselves. By limiting our range to 59 shades, we dispense with colours that can be easily mixed, creating a focussed palette of intense, lightfast paints that offer limitless combinations.

Available in 40ml and 225ml tubes

Zinc White and Titanium White only available in this intermediate size of 120ml

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Ketone resin/standoil/white spirit. Nearly colourless liquid which dries to a clear non-yellowing, non-blooming. Unable to send overseas. Learn More

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This free flowing, slightly thixotropic medium is alkyd based and will not increase gloss when added to oil colours. It is quick drying.

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Lefranc Bourgeois are a paint manufacturer with a long history of supplying to artists since their beginnings in 1720.

From their website: Natural spike lavender oil is obtained by distilling lavender. It evaporates very slowly, making it ideal for producing very precise, transparent brush strokes. It is used to create preliminary sketches. Mixed with a medium, it activates the retarder effect.

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Linseed Oil is derived from flax seeds, and appears on our shelves in many guises: Cold Pressed, Refined, Stand Oil, and as a key ingredient in many mediums. It has been appreciated for its drying properties since the Medieval period, and has become the most popular oil used in painting today due to the strong, flexible and glossy film that it creates.

Stand Oil is paler and more viscous than other Linseed Oils, having been heated and kept at temperature to provoke a molecular change. It is not suitable for grinding colours, but it is a very versatile ingredient that can be thinned with turpentine to create a glazing medium or be included in a varnish. Stand Oil is notable for its ability to smooth out brush strokes to create an enamel-like surface.

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Cold Wax medium is made by Gamblin. They say:

"Cold Wax medium is made from naturally white, pure beeswax. Formulated to knife consistency, Cold Wax Medium makes oil colours thicker and more matte. Cold Wax Medium can be used to make Gamblin mediums and Gamvar more matte. It can also be applied alone as a matte varnish."

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A highly efficient and safer solvent for oil paint. Studio Safe is non-aromatic and non-flammable and has a pleasant orange smell. Use for brush cleaning and the thinning of paint and as an alternative to traditional turpentine and white spirit.

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From the Winsor & Newton website: Darker than refined Linseed Oil, this oil promotes the fastest drying rate of all the oils, whilst increasing gloss. Improves flow. Increases gloss transparency. Add to other oils to speed drying.

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Schmincke Norma Wooden Set 11 x 35 ml tubes, 2 brushes and accessories Learn More

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A pereparation of pure beeswax in white spirit, this is used to achieve a soft sheen on your finished painting. It will retard drying, allowing you to achieve a range of effects.

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A cobalt drier in white spirit, to be added sparingly to oil colours to accelerate drying. Learn More

Slightly less refined than rectified spirit of turpentine. Often preferred as constituent of painting mediums. Learn More

Lascaux Studio Bronze Original is a range of brilliant bronze colours made from pure, non-oxidizing metallic bronze for use in design, decoration and architecture. *Please note, this range is stored offsite. Please allow extra time for your order to be processed and dispatched. Learn More

The Gamblin Introductory Set of Artists' Oil Colours is intended to give painters a thoughtfully constructed palette of colours to support any style of painting. The set is built around a primed, ready to use painting panel handcrafted in the US from sustainably grown birch. *Please note, this product is stored offsite. Please allow extra time for your order to be processed and dispatched. Learn More

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Lefranc Bourgeois are a paint manufacturer with a long history of supplying to artists since their beginnings in 1720.

From their website: The impasto medium is a dense texture paste. It contains highly malleable mastic which enables artists to thicken the paint and create hard impastos. The brush strokes become more defined and hold a crisp relief over time. It can be combined with Flemish medium to create more dramatic impastos.

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5 Litre containers are not available in the shop, but only as a special order through the website or over the telephone. Learn More

Schmincke Mussini Artists' Oil Sets Learn More

Roberson Mastic Varnish Extra Thin. Unable to send overseas. Learn More

From the Winsor & Newton website: A slow drying, gloss medium which is ideal for fine detail work, glazing and smoothly blended areas with no brush marks. Reduces consistency and improves flow. Suitable for oiling out and enriching dull patches. Resistant to yellowing. 

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This is a traditional, high-oil "fat" painting medium, made using the highest quality materials. It will retain colour strength, is resistant to bleeding, has good flow release, is ideal for blending, and can be mixed with oil colours in any ratio. When dry, it creates an enamel-like surface.

Contains: Stand oil,Cold-pressed Linseed oil, Canada Balsam, Rectified Spirit of Turpentine, Beeswax, Driers.

Clean tools in white spirit. Do not use as a varnish, always mix with oil colour.

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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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