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Current Events #14. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 14 of 2017. (click images for larger view) Mark Jackson and Sarah Roberts 7 April – 6 May 2017 Mark Jackson and Sarah Roberts...
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Ten artists have explored the ideas of ‘Lost’ and ‘Found’ over the last year. The ‘Lost & Found’ exhibition, showing for two weeks at Espacio Gallery (2 – 14 May), fills the two floors of the...
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Current Events #13. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 13 of 2017. (click images for larger view) BABE 2017 1 – 2 April 2017 Bristol Artists Book Event. Spread over 3 floors more...
View ArticleThe 5-Star Icon Watercolour Brush
Jackson’s Icon watercolour brushes are made from a blend of natural sable hairs, the traditional favourite of watercolour painters, and the new technology of a very special micro-synthetic fibre. This...
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Current Events #12. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 12 of 2017. (click images for larger view) Anne Ryan ‘The Cowboy Paintings’ 25 March – 29 April 2017 Anne Ryan ‘The Cowboy...
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Current Events #11. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 11 of 2017. (click images for larger view) Drawing Insight 1–26 March 2017 Deborah Petch and Yvonne J. Foster. Working...
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Current Events #10. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 10 of 2017. (click images for larger view) 51%RememberHer 8 March – 8 April 2017 Launching on International Womenʼs Day...
View ArticleLiz Elsworth ReviewsArt Spectrum Soft Pastels
Pastel artist Liz Elsworth usually uses Unison and Sennelier soft pastels for her artwork, but she tried Art Spectrum Soft Pastels for the first time in her painting ‘Coming in For a Landing’. Liz...
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Current Events #9. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 9 of 2017. (click images for larger view) This Year’s Model 2017 part II: Deep Space 3 – 26 March 2017 Etienne de Villiers Peter...
View ArticleLandscape Pastellist Teresa Allen Reviews Art Spectrum Soft Pastels
Teresa Allen, a pastel artist specialising in landscapes and seascapes, regularly uses Art Spectrum Colourifx paper and Colourifx primer. But she had not tried the Art Spectrum Soft Pastels before. For...
View ArticleJanice Scott Reviews Art Spectrum Soft Pastels
Pastel artist Janice Scott tells us about her experience of using Art Spectrum Soft Pastels for the first time. Using the Art Spectrum pastels along with her other pastels she paints a sky study and a...
View ArticleCreate A Custom Pastel Painting Surface with Colourfix Primer
Apply Art Spectrum Colourfix Primer to practically any surface to create an excellent painting substrate for soft pastels. The fine tooth holds a lot of pastel without being too gritty. It creates the...
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Current Events #8. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 8 of 2017. (click images for larger view) I Really Miss You Until You’re Here 14 February – 12 March 2017 Acid Sun Rebecca Byrne...
View ArticleColour Mixing With Williamsburg Viridian Oil Paint
A semi-transparent, slightly milky, dark cool green – the Williamsburg Viridian is a great colour for painting foliage and seascapes. It is also a wonderful mixing colour: with yellows to create bright...
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Current Events #7. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 7 of 2017. (click images for larger view) Ears for the Eyes 10 February – 4 March 2017 John Banting, Dead Gossip, 1931 Alli...
View Article35 New Colours in Schmincke Horadam Watercolour
On the occasion of the 125 year anniversary of Horadam Watercolours, Schmincke are celebrating by expanding the range to 140 brilliant colours. They have created a more complete and balanced spectrum...
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Current Events #6. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 6 of 2017. (click images for larger view) Do Ho Suh: Passage/s 1 February – 18 March 2017 Do Ho Suh’s first exhibition with...
View Article125 Year Jubilee of Schmincke Horadam Watercolours
It is 125 years since the creation of Horadam Watercolours. The history of the Schmincke art materials company since then includes two world wars in Germany, many generations of family and some...
View ArticleLifting Colour in Watercolour Painting
Schmincke Lift Off Medium for watercolour painting is brand-new and will be arriving at Jackson’s in the next week or two. We will announce it in our newsletter, so keep an eye out. (You can subscribe...
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Current Events #5. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 5 of 2017. (click images for larger view) Seeing Red 31 January – 12 February 2017 A group exhibition filling the two floors of...
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