Our
ever-expanding inventory of art supplies continues to include such
brands as Jacquard, Winsor & Newton,
Liquitex, Strathmore, Grumbacher, Gamblin, Golden,
Sanford/Prismacolor, Canson, Multi Vendor, Speedball, Krylon,
Princeton, Eco House, Verilux, Kodak, Ilford,
Aria and R&F, Dr.
Ph. Martin's among other quality lines. We offer supplies for drawing,
painting, sculpting, modeling, designing and standard size framing,
for adults and children alike. Also check out our in-store selection
of art instruction books, and let us know if there's anything you'd
like to see added.
Following are some additional
products we recently acquired in response to requests from local customers:
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HEMP
TREE FREE SKETCH
Art supplies : 70# (114 gsm) Tree free hemp sketch paper is made from
100% recycled materials: 25% hemp and 75% recycled pulp. Bee hemp paper
is an excellent choice for the environmentally conscious multi-media
artist. The laid finish is recommended for dry media: pencil, charcoal,
pastel and wet media: pen and ink, and light washes. Acid free. Available
in 100 sheet packs and 20 sheet spiral bound pads.
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GOLD
LEAF
Art supplies : Starter Kit Houston Art, Inc. This kit contains everything
that you need to complete your first gold leaf project. The kit contains
.25 oz. jars of adhesive, antique glaze, basecoat, sealer and 6 sheets
of gold composition metal leaf. With this kit you can achieve the look
of real gold at a low cost.
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COLD WAX
MEDIUM
Gamblin. Art supplies : Cold Wax Medium can be added to any oil painting
material to reduce sheen. It can also be used as a traditional wax varnish.
A light coat of wax can be applied over a dried painting then buffed
with soft, lint free cloth. Wax varnish gives a painting a soft sheen
without the thick resin coating.
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MASQUEPEN
Accessories & Sets
Art supplies : Multi Vendor Co. Masquepen minimizes work
and eliminates mess by combining masking fluid and brush
- simplifying the process of protecting areas of a painting
from paint. Masquepen masking fluid comes off easily even
after days on a surface - the dried liquid is translucent
allowing one to see beneath the area of coverage. The Masquepen
comes with an applicator and 1 oz. of liquid masking fluid.
Supernib fits over the regular nib and allows you to make
spider web thin lines - it is packaged with a cleaning
bottle.
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Sherrill?s
Sorbet EXCITER PACK
Art supplies : Jacquard Co. This unique palette of eight shimmering colors
of textile paint was designed specially for renowned artist Sherrill
Kahn. Sorbet colors include blueberry, grape, lemon, mango, melon, mint,
tangerine and watermelon. The Exciter pack includes half ounce bottles
of each of the eight sorbet colors plus one half ounce bottle of halo
pink gold Lumiere. Beautiful on cotton, these paints fix by ironing and
clean up with water.
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TIE
DYE KIT
Art supplies : Jacquard Co. This easy-to-use Tie-Dye Kit features Procion
MX fiber reactive dye, a concentrated dye that produces exceptionally
brilliant color on any non-synthetic fabric. The complete kit includes
supplies to dye up to fifteen adult T-shirts: instructions, dyes in fuchsia,
turquoise and yellow, soda ash dye fixer, rubber gloves, rubber bands
and an extra bottle for mixing pastels or secondary colors. The dye is
in powder form in large plastic squeeze bottles. Simply add warm water
to dissolve the dye and it? s ready for use or for mixing new colors.
The instructions describe and illustrate all the steps, including four
tying techniques that produce different explosive patterns.
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FABRIC
SCREEN PRINTING Starter Set
Art supplies : Speedball Co . This starter set includes six 4 oz. jars
of fabric screen printing ink in black, blue, green, red, white and yellow.
Use on cotton, polyester, blends, linen, rayon and other synthetic fibers
except nylon. It also works great on paper and cardboard. It may be used
for screen printing or painted on with a brush The ink cleans up with
water, contains no solvents, and is washfast when properly heat set.
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Dr. Ph.
Martin's Radiant Concentrated Watercolors
Art supplies : These colors are produced in an extremely
concentrated form to achieve the greatest possible brilliance
and radiancy. Colors may be diluted with water and will blend
freely with one another to obtain new colors or graduated
tones. .
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GOLDEN Principal
6 Professional Heavy Body Acrylic Set
Art supplies : The 6 GOLDEN Heavy Body Acrylics in this set can provide
the foundation for the professional acrylic painter working with heavy
body viscosity paint. The GOLDEN Principal Heavy Body set is a more cost
effective way to establish a basic palette, capable of mixing a full
range of hues, tints, and shades, that can later be supplemented with
the wide selection of GOLDEN Heavy Body color offerings. The larger tube
size gives an ample supply of paint for exploring many mixing and application
possibilities. Includes: Phthalo Blue (Green Shade), Hansa Yellow Medium,
Quinacridone Magenta, Titanium White, Carbon Black, Phthalo Green (Blue
Shade), Heavy Body Application Guide
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