Introducing six amazing new colours to the Iris Artist Acrylic range. Chartreuse, Sage, Aquamarine, Blossom, Botanical Bliss and Floral Coral. Iris Acrylic is an excellent heavy body paint! It has strong pigment strength and provides good coverage. The colours available are bright and saturated, but can easily be mixed to create a wide range of…
Posca markers are acrylic paint-based marker pens that can be used on all sorts of surfaces and for a variety of projects. The paint is non-toxic, opaque, lightfast, water-resistant when dry and doesn’t bleed through paper. They can be used to create bright, vibrant designs on almost anything – paper, cardboard, wood, fabric, plastic, glass,…
You may have noticed while perusing the shelves of paint in our stores that there are several different types of white paint available. Oil paints tend to have the widest range of white paints available so that is what we will focus on in this blog post. While Titanium White may be the most popular,…
Following on from last week’s blog post about colouring pencils for adult colouring books, this post focuses on different markers that you can use for colouring as well as adding detail. It is important to remember when using ink-based markers that there is a chance that the ink can seep through your paper! To avoid…
Matthew Sanna from Dragonfly Sculpting Studios paid us a visit at our Woodstock branch to demo his new creation, Matt Daniel Sculpting Clay. The wax-based clay never dries out and retains its plasticity. Matt Daniel Clay is perfect for modelling, shaping, carving and mould making. The clay is easily pliable and softens by working it by…
There are so many wonderful colouring books out there at the moment with a huge range of designs and styles. There are also so many exciting options for colouring them in! We have put together a selection of our most popular colouring pencils to give you some ideas. These can be used on their own or together…
There are a few oil painting spirits that have similar names. It can be quite confusing to know which ones to use when so we have written up a simple breakdown to clarify the basics. Please note that special care must always be taken when using these products, as they are all toxic. To ensure…
Watercolour paint is a popular medium for many artists as it is easy and convenient to work with. The paints usually come in either hard pans or tubes of liquid paint – both types have their pros and cons. Pans or half-pans of watercolour paint are dried “cakes” of paint that sit in small plastic…
What is charcoal? Simply put, charcoal is a dark carbon substance made from burning wood. Although certain woods are favoured for making artists’ charcoal, it’s not much different from the coals you may find in your fireplace. Charcoal is one of the oldest drawing materials in human history and can be seen in cave drawings…
Here at The Deckle Edge we stock a range of water-mixable oil paints by Winsor and Newton called Artisan. They are just like normal oil paints except they can be mixed with water! This is beneficial as it means you don’t have to use harsh solvents while painting and allows for a safer painting environment….
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