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Canvas    Palettes    Easels    Palette Knives    Gesso & Whiting    Paint Pots    Fixatives    Solvents   Tapes    Varnishes

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Canvas

*Frederix Canvas Panels - Closely woven fine artist canvas, prepared by sizing and priming with the most durable materials available. The surface texture provides a very definite paint gripping 'tooth' with minimum vehicle absorption, providing a perfect support for painting in oil, casein, tempera, acrylic and collage.
All sides are completely turned in to prevent fraying and separation. The entire area of canvas is firmly glued to the board support to allow cutting to any size.

*Frederix Creative Edge Stretched Canvas - A fine medium tooth cotton duck coated with acrylic titanium priming which allows for proper absorbancy. Canvas permanently protected with acid free sizing.Suitable for both oils and acrylics, this all-purpose canvas is expertly mounted onto standard stretcher frames under strict quality control. Individually cellow wrapped. Includes expansion keys in order to protect the individual canvas during shipping.

Palettes

*Tear-off Palette for Oils & Acrylics - Tear off pad of 40 disposable parchment palettes, impervious to oil or acrylic. CLEAN & QUICK. - Tear-off Palette $10.60 / Pad

* Stay-Wet Palette - Stay wet plastic palette for use with oils, watercolour and acrylic. The large size makes it excellent when using a number of colours.     A4   $18.55         A3   $24.40

Easels & Paint Boxes

* Easel Box - The complete art studio in one!A unique easel box which as its name sugests, acts as a portable easel along with the practibility of a box to carry all your paints, brushes and mediums in. Also includes a wooden palette.

* Studio Easel - A heavy-duty studio easel providing a support for work on a large scale. Easy height adjustment, work-tray for painting materials. Made of beech-wood. For canvases up to 128cm. Height 200cm.

* Table Top Easel - Looks like a studio easel but miniature. This sturdy table top easel provides a stable support. Made of dark brown stained ramin-wood. For canvases up to 56cm, although you could remove the top anchor for larger canvases. Height 69cm. Also excellent for displaying artwork. Very Stylish.

* Field Easels - The most versatile easels around! The field easel can be taken anywhere at anytime - on location, in your studio, your art class, while your travelling, even on the kitchen table. It can be set at any height and can slide right down to become a table top easel. NO OTHER EASEL CAN GIVE YOU MORE!

* Black Telescopic Portable Easel - Slides right down to fit into its own convenient carry bag. Light weight black aluminium with durable snap locks for height adjustment. Two sizes available with the larger one being sturdier and suited for larger work.

Palette Knives

'The Artshop" has wooden handled palette knives available in a wide range of shapes.

Gesso , Size & Whiting

* Economy Gesso Primer - A brilliant white, flexible students painting ground for canvas, paper, masonry, etc. Strong white ground gives an excellent tooth for easy paint manipulation.

* Artists Quality Gesso - A brilliant white, permanently waterrproof, non-yellowing,flexible painting ground for oil colours and acrylics. Suitable for non-greasy surfaces. Wash up immediately after use.

* Rabbit Skin Glue - Time-tested traditional method of first glue-sizing then oil priming the canvas.

* Shellac Flakes - Orange Shellac, soluble in alchohol. Used as sizing for porous surfaces, as an isolating layer between films of paint in certain techniques and for French polishing. Completely insoluble in mineral spirits and turpentine. Disolve in metholated spirits to desired consistancy.

* Whiting - Natural calcium carbonate, used as an base or extender in oil painting. Best used in water-based mediums and glue sizes where it retains its whiteness, i.e. Gesso.

Paint Pots

* Paint Pots / Non Spill - These unigue NON SPILL PAINT POTS are great for children - preventing spillages. Colour coded lids for easy identification.

Fixative

* Helmar Crystal Kote Fixative - For pencil, pastel, chalk, charcoal, water colours, tempera & ink. Clear, permanent protection.

Solvents

Solvents are used to dilute tube colour and clean up materials. Most are flammable and contact with skin & eyes should be avoided.

Tapes

* Tiki Packaging Tape - Medium duty vinyl tape. Great for taping up all sort of boxes, parcels, etc. Water resistant.

* Tiki Masking Tape - A buff, lightly creped paper masking tape which has excellent conformability to irregular surfaces. Thin enough to avoid excessive paint build up to edges. Resistant to water, solvents and oils. 1001 uses. Easy to use, easy to remove.

* Gummed Paper Tape - Used when stretching paper for watercolour as well as many other uses. Wet back with sponge and place down.

* Framing Tape - As the name suggests, used on the back of frames for covering the gap between backing board and frame.

* Tiki Double Sided Adhesive Tape - A double sided tissue tape, coated both sides with adhesive and interleaved with release paper.

* Scotch Magic Tape - Magic tape has a matt finish which can be written on with ink, pencil or marker. Invisable when applied.

* Scotch Removable Magic Tape - Excellent for temporary adhesion, masking out an artwork, positioning, etc.

Varnishes, Solvents and Protectors


* Windsor & Newton Artists' Varnishes - A modern general purpose varnish. It is a clear, flammable liquid which dries to a non-yellowing film.

* Windsor & Newton Superfine Retouching Varnish - The traditional varnish for temporary protection of fresh paintings. It is a pale yellow liquid which dries quickly to a gloss finish. Thin with white spirit.

* Polyurethane - An excellent all purpose polyurethane for any surface. Does have a yellowing effect.

* Jo Sonja's Polyurethane Water Based Varnish - Protect your finished piece with two satin sheen coats of this beautiful varnish that actually cleans up in water!

* Jo Sonja's All Purpose Sealer - Seals any surface you can think of. Wood, any kind of metal, walls, even slick glass.

* Mod Podge - The waterbase sealer, glue & finish for all surfaces!

Sprays

* Mac Art Protector (with ultraviolet protector) -
Mac Art Protector is a crystal clear coating, which protects against dirt, dust, water & fading. Suitable for artwork, ceramics, photographs, plans, maps, brassware, copper,etc.

* Helmar Crystal Kote Varnish -
Dries in seconds to a permanent finish for photographs, prints, artwork, drawings, paintings, lettering, craft,etc.

* Helmar Crystal Kote Picture Varnish (for Oil & Acrylic Paintings) -
Permanent clear finish - non-yellowing. Dries quickly for a permanent protection of oil and acrylic paintings.

* Helmar Crystal Kote Retouch Varnish (for temporary protection of oil paintings)-
Dries in seconds for a temporary protection of oil painings between coats and prior to final varnishing.



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