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From palette knives to palettes to tape to gesso - a variety of products you'll need when painting your masterpieces

Useful tools for both mixing and applying paint.

The paper you choose to use makes as much difference to the final work as the tools you choose to draw with. Smoother paper takes ink lines well, giving you crisp edges to your line. Pastels need a rougher surface (tooth) for the pastel to stay on the surface. Rougher paper changes the way pencils slide over the surface too.

Create your masterpieces on a variety of Papers for Illustrations, pencil, inks, markers, paintings, pastels etc ...

Pastel pencils feature a core made up of traditional soft pastel material encased within a wooden pencil that can be sharpened. 

Pastel pencils allow the control found in using a pencil but deliver marks that can be layered and blended just as traditional pastels. 

Used in combination with soft pastels you can achieve broad swathes of colour AND delicate detail - what's not to love?

An easy to model and sculpt with, a non-toxic modelling clay, allowing it to be used over and over again. 350g pack.

We sell an affordable form of what is technically called 'oil based clay' which isn't just a play material for children - its used extensively in the film industry for stop motion animation and for making finely detailed sculptures of details or figures that will be cast in resin, bronze or other materials.

 

Polymer clay is so versatile - it can be shaped and reshaped a multitude of times without deterioration. As long as it is stored away from excessive heat and direct sunlight, polymer clay can sit unused for years and still be workable (though it may require softening additives if left for very long - baby oil works well).

Unlike earthen clay, it doesn't have to be fired in a kiln, nor will it dry out at room temperature. Polymer clay cures at significantly low temperatures tin a home oven or toaster oven. Most polymer clay must be cured at 130°C for at least 15 minutes per ¼ inch (6mm) of thickness. If your piece is delicate try making it a little house of foil, placing it on a ceramic tile and leaving it in the oven while it cools to try and reduce the thermal shock of taking it straight out. 

A very affordable brand of acrylic paint. Very popular with student's because of its price.

Reeves Artists' Acrylic Paint is extremely versatile and comes in a range of beautifully vibrant colours. They are highly pigmented, flexible when dry and can be easily cleaned up with water.

Reeves Acrylics can be used straight from the tube to create impasto effects and build volume, or can be diluted with water to use for watercolour techniques.

This quality range of acrylics paints has excellent lightfastness and is suitable for a variety of surfaces including canvas, paper, wood, fabric and glass.

Perfect for student, amateur artist or accomplished painters requiring large quantities of paint for large scale canvases. 

Artists’ Oil Colours are professional-quality paints, designed for durability and permanence and made using only the very best materials available.

Only the best pigments are used regardless of cost, to ensure absolute perfection for the discerning artist. The distinctive buttery consistency of Daler-Rowney Artists’ Oils derives from the use of linseed oil and wax, which acts as a plasticiser, helping to prevent even heavy impasto from becoming brittle and cracking over time.

Soft pastels are known for their bright, vibrant colours. They are a medium made famous by Degas but remain just as popular today by those artists who love colour.

Soft pastels need a paper with some 'tooth' (texture) to it so that they can stick to the surface.