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Roberson Liquid Metal Colour Chart Hand Made
£10.00Roberson Liquid Metals have a rich deep colour, ideal for a wide range of applications including plaster, wood, paper & canvas. The Liquid Metal range does not tarnish and does not need to be varnished. All colours are inter-mixable. This is a double sided and hand painted colour chart of the full range. Learn More
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Roberson Straw Hat Varnish
Starting at: £32.20
Varnish (Black Dark) Meths based quick drying stopping out varnish, two coats may be needed for a good acid resist. Learn More -
Roberson Liquid Metal 500ml
Starting at: £30.00
Roberson Liquid Metals have a rich deep colour, ideal for a wide range of applications including plaster, wood, paper & canvas. The Liquid Metal range does not tarnish and does not need to be varnished. All colours are intermixable and water wash up. Learn More -
Gamboge Pipe Pieces
Starting at: £22.00
Gamboge is a natural tree resin, available as a powder and in the solid "pipe" form. One of the unique features of Pipe Gamboge is that it does not require a binding agent to be used as a paint. Instead, colour can be lifted with a wet brush, as from a watercolour pan. It is highly transparent, fugitive to light, with a weak tinting strength. The powder can be dissolved in alcohol to colour resin-based varnishes.
Pipe Gamboge is available while stocks last. Larger quantities are available by request.
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Winsor & Newton Liquin Impasto
Starting at: £10.25
From the Winsor & Newton website: A quick drying, semi-gloss medium which thickens slowly and extends tube colour retaining crisp textures brush marks without any visible levelling. Speeds drying (touch dry in 1-6 days depending on colour and film thickness). Resists yellowing. Not suitable as a varnish or final coat.
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da Vinci Series 5080 Cosmotop Varnish
Starting at: £13.55
Light brown, extra smooth and soft synthetic hair with black polished handle, tin ferrule. Learn More -
Casein Lactic
Starting at: £18.30
Casein is a protein derived from dried milk, which has been used in painting since ancient times. It can be combined with Ammonium Carbonate to form an emulsion, which acts as a durable, non-resoluble binder for pigments, producing a matte, fast-drying paint, similar in appearance to egg tempera. We use casein as a binder for our L. Cornelissen & Son Pigment Colour Charts, as it is a medium that clearly showcases the characteristics and behaviour of each pigment in its pure form. Casein paints can be applied in thin layers to watercolour paper, but would require a more rigid support, such as a gesso panel, to be applied thickly, as the comparative inflexibility of the paint layer means that it can be prone to cracking. Subsequent layers of paint should be more diluted to aid adhesion, and impasto effects are not recommended. It is possible to varnish casein paintings using an acrylic or damar varnish to obtain a glossy surface if desired, although this is not a necessary step. Casein can also be used as an ingredient in gesso, and is a suitable binder for fresco secco techniques.
Some pigments may require a wetting agent in order to fully disperse within the binder, in which case alcohol may be used.
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Gum Mastic
Starting at: £20.30
Gum Mastic is a tree resin, which dissolves into a clear varnish with alcohol or turpentine, but not with mineral spirits. Mastic varnishes are more prone to blooming and darkening with age than damar-based varnishes, and painting mediums that contain gum mastic can deteriorate in unpredictable ways. For this reason, it is primarily used in restoration, rather than in the production of artwork. Learn More -
Gamblin Cold Wax Medium
Starting at: £10.30
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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Charbonnel Lamour Black
Starting at: £27.50
Bitumen, turpentine. Covering varnish with hard finish. Recommended for aquatint techniques. Learn More -
Maimeri Fixative Varnish
Starting at: £13.45
Non-yellowing synthetic resin dissolved in ethyl alcohol. 609 is for use on charcoal, pencil, pastel, watercolour and gouache, 675 is for universal use. Use sparingly to fix and protect your pieces. Learn More -
Gum Damar
Starting at: £7.50
Damar is a pale, almost colourless tree resin, which is soluble in turpentine, but not in alcohol or mineral spirits. It can be used as a varnish or as a glossy painting medium in conjunction with vegetable oils, and is generally preferable to other resin-based varnishes, such as mastic varnish, as it retains its colourless appearance for a longer period of time. In encaustic painting, the inclusion of damar resin imparts toughness and gloss to the paint surface. Learn More -
Liquitex Acrylic Gloss Medium and Varnish
Starting at: £17.35
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Omega Series 40 Varnish
Starting at: £6.20
Flat soft hog hair in cupro-nickel ferrule on short flat handle used for applying varnish to both oil and acrylic paintings. Also recommended for applying warm glue size and primers to all surfaces. Learn More -
Gum Copal Manila
Starting at: £6.00
Gum Copal Manila is derived from the resin of a coniferous tree native to the Philippines. It is not to be confused with other copals, which are the product of fossilised plant materials. It can be dissolved in alcohol to make a spirit varnish, to be used as a substitute for shellac, or as a fixative for pastel and charcoal drawings. Please note, that when used as a fixative it may darken the colour of the image. Learn More -
Daniel Smith Watercolour Ground Mars Black 4oz
£10.30Mars Black makes our Luminescent Watercolors “pop” and also provides an exciting, unexpected background for all your standard watercolour paints. Soft pastels, graphite and watercolour pencils show up beautifully on both the buff and black. *Please note, this product is stored offsite. Please allow extra time for your order to be processed and dispatched. Learn More -
Roberson Linseed Stand Oil
Starting at: £9.40
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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Gamboge Powder
Starting at: £5.20
Gamboge is a natural tree resin, available as a powder and in the solid "pipe" form. It is highly transparent, fugitive to light, with a weak tinting strength. The powder can be dissolved in alcohol to colour resin-based varnishes. In its solid form, Pipe Gamboge does not require a binding agent to be used as a paint. Instead, colour can be lifted with a wet brush, as from a watercolour pan.
Larger quantities are available by request.
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Winsor & Newton Liquin Fine Detail
Starting at: £8.05
From the Winsor & Newton website: The most fluid of the Liquin family of products, this quick drying, gloss medium is ideal for fine details, glazing and blending, or to produce a smooth surface picture. Speeds drying (touch dry in 1-6 days depending on colour and film thickness).Resists yellowing. Not suitable as a varnish or final coat.
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Cornelissen Ox Flat Lacquer
Starting at: £12.50
Soft but springy hair. For varnishing or lacquering. Also useful for watercolour washes. Learn More -
Roberson Liquid Metal 30ml
Starting at: £6.40
Roberson Liquid Metals have a rich deep colour, ideal for a wide range of applications including plaster, wood, paper & canvas. The Liquid Metal range does not tarnish and does not need to be varnished. All colours are intermixable and water wash up. Learn More -
Lascaux Screenprinting Paste 500ml
£24.80Lascaux Screenprinting Paste was designed to be used in conjunction with Lascaux Colours as part of a non-toxic, waterbased programme for screenprinting that would not only meet the demands of health and safety regulations but also offers a high standard of reproduction and an ease of use. Furthermore, all the qualities of the existing Lascaux colour ranges can be exploited: a wide range of colours, intensity of hues, colour permanence etc. The additional range of mediums and varnishes, further lends surprising versatility to the system. Learn More -
Button Shellac
Starting at: £8.40
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 -
Omega Series 1067 Lily Varnish
Starting at: £15.50
Thick hog hair brush or varnishing or painting on a large scale. Learn More -
Roberson 1810 Medium
Starting at: £25.90
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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da Vinci Series 560 Ox Lacquer
Starting at: £31.90
Finest quality ox hair suitable for lacquers and fine varnishes. May also be used for watercolour washes. Learn More -
Lefranc Gilding Base Coat and Varnish 75 ml
£8.30Lefranc Gilding Base Coat and Varnish 75 ml. Use as an undercoat to isolate the support and give a brighter result. Use as a varnish to protect from abrasion and detergents. Learn More -
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Roberson Liquid Metal Brush
Starting at: £12.00
A high quality multi-purpose golden synthetic fibre brush with plain wood handle and rustproof steel ferrule. This brush was originally developed for use in our testing laboratory and has been specifically designed for use with the Roberson Liquid metal range. The micro fine synthetic bristles ensure a high class smooth finish not available with normal acrylic brushes. It is also excellent for applying both acrylic and solvent based varnishes. Learn More
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