Bold Groovy Lines The Derwent XL range comes in two types – XL Charcoal in rich natural color and XL Graphite in dense graphic tones of water-soluble color. Graphite and Charcoal are traditional drawing tools, but these big blocks of color are not stuck in the past. These chunky blocks measure 0.787″ x 0.787″ x 2.36″, so they are big and bold! Check out the work of Joseph Loughborough. His wonderful paintings in XL Charcoal blocks utilise the bold marks the blocks make and he’s had fun with the Groove Cube creating interest, layers and texture by overlapping the linear lines over one another. The Groove Cube (supplies are limited) works great with…

MacPherson’s Dealer Workshop A Great Success!   Thank you to MacPherson’s personnel for hosting an incredible workshop! Your planning and preparation led to a very organized, valuable event. The hands-on demonstrations and round-robin presentations were interesting and informative for all. We were pleased to see so many retailers in attendance. Your continued support and enthusiasm for all GOLDEN products is appreciated tremendously! QoR® Hand-painted Color charts Shipping Now! All pre-existing QoR retailers will soon receive the new hand-painted colorchart. In the coming weeks, you will receive the piece either directly from GOLDEN or it will be hand-delivered by your GOLDEN Sales Representative. New Trial Color Sets from Williamsburg: Signature, Landscape,…

Increase activity at your retail store by sharing social media content and information about the 2015 Strathmore® catalog cover art submission contest! Strathmore is calling all artists to submit their work, which will be featured on the cover of the 2016 Product Catalog cover. Artists who submit their work will have a chance to win cash and Strathmore products!   Strathmore is asking artists to fill in the blank as it relates to the overall theme for the contest, starting with “Make something __________”. We love to celebrate artists who use real materials and real paper to make artwork. We want artists to make their artwork based on the theme…

1st Video Series Features Colored Pencil Strathmore is excited to introduce a new initiative to offer consumers educational information as it relates to art. The new video series called “Artist How-To” videos have launched in May, 2015. In these short video segments, Strathmore has paired with professional artists to offer artist tips and techniques as it relates to a specific type of art or medium. The first set of “Artist How-To” videos available in this new series, include 5 new videos created by Strathmore’s Artist Educator and Colored Pencil expert Sarah Becktel. Colored Pencil is HOT, and in these short 2-4 minute videos, Sarah explains her tips and techniques for…

From members of the stellar MacPherson’s Category Managers/Buyers and Sales team, here’s a compilation of exciting new products that were shown at this years Show. Lineco – “Design by Me” new handmade book kits- about $12 retail, the covers are blank, so the opportunity for an end-cap with kits and other “ surface” decorating products could be a big Chain/Key account and B&M store endcap. In addition we are looking into their new frame supply basics. These are for the do it yourself artist or photographer who only has a few items to be mounted and or framed.  Speedball – NEW 24 inch block printing and silk screening merchandising displays – bring in orders and…

 Strathmore Artist Papers™ is proud to announce a new full line of products, 500 Series Strathmore Writing. Designed to celebrate the art of writing, these products are perfect for thoughtful communication, the timeless art of calligraphy, and the physical act of putting tangible ink to beautiful paper. The wide range of formats allows individuals to share a special form of communication with others, or to keep their own unique personal chronicles. Achieve the ultimate handwriting experience with premium, high-performing papers and formats that enhance this special art form. Quality writing papers in this line are versatile enough for many hand writing and lettering art forms, and work wonderfully with a wide…

Strathmore Artist Papers™ is pleased to announce the launch of a new consumer promotion in April 2015 focusing on engaging artists to work on collaborative works around the globe. Strathmore will be sending a dozen 500 Series Strathmore Mixed Media® Hardbound Art Journals to artists, who will start creating art on a one page spread of each journal. After an initial artist receives the journal and creates their work, they will create a profile page on the newly created Pass the Journal website, where others can learn about them and their artwork. Artists will upload an image of the art they made for the pass the journal project. The image of…

Derwent offers super six ranges in compact tins of six pencils, each with a pencil sharpener, so you’ll always have a sharp pencil at hand! Choose from the classic Graphic graphite pencils, Charcoal pencils, traditional Drawing pencils, Sketching pencils, Watersoluble Sketching pencils and Coloursoft Skintones, a colour portrait set with online tutorial. All sets are available in a silver tin for secure storage. Always be sketch ready with one of these in your bag.   Graphic 6 Tin Set (DE0700835): 8B, 6B, 4B, 2B, HB, 2H. List $13.49. Sketching 6 Tin Set (DE0700836): Wide barrel and 4mm core, HB x 2, 2B x 2, 4B x 2. List $13.49. Watersoluble Sketching 6 Tin…

Gamblin Artists Colors is proud to offer the broadest family of materials to support Solvent-Free oil painting. Winner of Best New Product at NAMTA! More possibilities. Less compromise. Gamblin’s Solvent-Free Gel and Solvent-Free Fluid painting mediums, both crafted from American-grown soybean and safflower oils, increase the flow of oil colors and moderately speed drying. Solvent-Free Gel retains marks and texture more readily than Gamblin’s Solvent-Free Fluid medium. For cleaning brushes during solvent-free painting sessions, Gamblin recommends its Safflower Oil. When used as a painting medium, Gamblin Safflower oil will increase flow and slow drying. With Gamblin oil colors and solvent-free painting materials, artists can work with the most natural and enduring of materials, access the broadest range…

GOLDEN  Participation at NAMTA Was a Great Success! A word from GOLDEN: “For those of you who were able to attend the show in Denver, we appreciate you stopping by the booth! We enjoyed catching up with each of you and walking you through the Marketing initiatives we’ll be focusing on the remainder of this year for all three brands: GOLDEN Acrylics, Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors and QoR Watercolor. We hope you enjoyed exploring the materials at the paint bar and had a chance to share your experience with your customers through social media. The overall reception of the new products was quite positive, so thank you for your support! For…

Here are a few additional videos from Pow! Wow! Hawaii to share with your store’s followers in addition to a link to Ikea USA’s Street Art Campaign featuring the incomparable Montana Black: https://vimeo.com/123027184  

Looking to offer more options in watercolor paper, particularly traditional European mould-made four deckle edged rag paper? What could be a more perfect option, coming from the oldest paper mill in Europe celebrating 750 years of papermaking, than Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper.   The paper is sized both internally and externally using a non-animal based sizing, making it both ideally absorbent and odorless. Artistico is available in Traditional White, a warm white surface and Extra White, a bright white made without the use of optical brighteners. In addition to the three traditional surfaces – Hot Press, Cold Press and Rough – Artistico Extra White is also available in a velvety surface…