Our 12 Days of Christmas event is back! Once again we’re offering a whole host of exclusive giveaways, freebies and bonuses to help you in the run up to Christmas. We’ve got a different offer for you each day, from Saturday 1st until Wednesday 12th December.
Whether you shop with us online or like to pay us a visit in-store, we’ve got something for everyone. Make this Christmas a creative one! Take a look below to discover what we have on offer…
Leading art brand Daler-Rowney have appointed British fashion designers VIN + OMI as global fashion ambassadors. VIN + OMI are internationally acclaimed pioneers and leaders in contemporary sustainable fashion whose work has been seen on the likes of Beyonce, Lady GaGa, Debbie Harry and Michelle Obama.
This ambassadorial position marks three years of a fashion / art collaboration between the two brands. The collaborations have been based around the large VIN + OMI underground fashion shows during London Fashion Week and have included a wide range of artists and creative interventions.
London is recognised worldwide as a cultural hotspot. Each year, thousands of priceless and innovative works of art are displayed in museums and galleries throughout London and the surrounding region of the Southeast.
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We know how much our customers love using Winsor & Newton ProMarkers and BrushMarkers. That’s why we’ve put together this handy guide, which should answer some of your most frequently asked questions about these fantastic graphic markers.
If you have a question that’s not listed here please email us and we’ll add your question, along with our response, to this very blog post…
Fashion illustrator Scott W. Mason recently hosted a series of in-store workshops for us, demonstrating some of his favourite ways to use Winsor & Newton watercolours and accessories. In this tutorial Scott shows you how he uses masking fluid to enhance his watercolour illustrations…
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Join fashion illustrator Scott W. Mason for a series of 1-hour hands-on workshops in store, exploring Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colours. Learn how to incorporate Water Colour paints and markers with a whole host of layering and masking techniques.
Each of our branches will be hosting these workshops from Saturday 21st July. Read on to find out more.
We’re delighted this week to introduce you to Scott W. Mason, fashion illustrator extraordinaire, who will be demonstrating how to create material textures with ease using Winsor & Newton ProMarkers…
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Come along to one of our shops this week to see us showcase some amazing kids’ craft products from 4M. 4M specialise in quality arts and crafts kits, that encourage children to explore and enjoy traditional skills, whilst being creative and using their imaginations to have fun. We’ll be building robots, creating dinosaurs, painting plates and even making our own balloons! Read on to find out more…
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Albrecht Dürer artists’ watercolour pencils from Faber-Castell provide artists with great versatility of expression when drawing, shading and painting in watercolours. High-quality materials, combined with over 250 years of experience, have resulted in pencils that produce unsurpassed watercolour effects and vibrancy.
Oil paints have been most artists’ first choice for hundreds of years, with good reason. The colours are gorgeous, you can do anything with them and they last forever. Oil paints are slow drying, so you can remove what you don’t like while they’re wet or you can paint over them when they’re dry. They’re also easy to use once you learn the basics.
Oil painting mediums are a bit of a mystery in comparison. What do they do, and what’s the difference between them all? This blog post will answer those questions and give you an overview of our most popular oil mediums in to help you choose the right one for your artwork.