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  • Winsor & Newton Griffin Alkyd 200ml 644 Titanium White$96.95$77.56

    Griffin Alkyd Fast Drying Oil Colour is a genuine oil colour made from pigment and oil modified alkyd resin which can be thinned using conventional oil colour solvents.

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  • Winsor & Newton Griffin Alkyd 37ml$21.80$17.44

    Griffin Alkyd Fast Drying Oil Colour is a genuine oil colour made from pigment and oil modified alkyd resin which can be thinned using conventional oil colour solvents.

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  • Winsor & Newton Winton Oil 37ml$14.95$11.96

    Winsor & Newton Winton is a traditional range of oil colours, made from moderately priced pigments, formulated for student and amateur artists.

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  • Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White$26.70$23.76

    Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleedproof White is an opaque watercolor for covering dye colors, markers, and designer colors. It is not intended for mixing.

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  • Jacquard Airbrush Paint$14.95$14.50

    Jacquard Airbrush Colors meet the needs of artists, raising the bar for quality, economy and versatility. Though originally formulated for textiles, the exceptional durability, unsurpassed coverage and superb flexibility of Jacquard Airbrush Colors have attracted artists of every ilk. The go-to paint for custom shoe and sneaker painting, it resists cracking, peeling and chipping better than any other brand. With excellent adhesion on many non-traditional surfaces such as vinyl, leather, plastic, rubber and fabric, these paints are soft to the touch and exceptionally washfast. Formulated for easy spraying right out of the bottle with no additives or adulteration required, these odorless, non-toxic and water-based fluid acrylic paints perform well even at low pressures, with minimal tip-dry or clogging. Available in 4 oz.
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  • Art Spectrum Gum Arabic 50ml$23.95$21.55
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  • Daler-Rowney Gum Arabic 75ml$19.20$17.28
    Increases the gloss and transparency of watercolours.
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  • Art Spectrum Shellac Flakes 250g$63.10$50.48
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  • Art Spectrum Damar Crystals 500g$108.70$86.96
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  • Catalyst Mini Blades$17.30$14.95

    Ideal for oils, acrylics and water-miscible oils, these mini blades are made out of nylon and silicone and are mounted on artist brush handles offering a blend of tradition and innovation. The blades are heat-resistant, solvent-resistant, dishwasher-safe and approved food-safe by the FDA. They work well with plaster, clay, encaustics, ceramics, cake decorating and food crafting. The silicone is easy to wipe clean and is solvent resistant. Clean up in most cases can be done with mild soap and water. Dried paint can be peeled off the silicone surface.

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  • Liquitex Professional Paint Markers 2mm$14.95$11.96

    Introducing Liquitex Professional Paint Markers, an outstanding range of professional water-based acrylic markers for artists. Lightfast and permanent, Liquitex Professional Paint Markers offer the widest selection of brilliant colors and a choice of sizes with precision nibs for ultimate control.

    • Color Brilliance
    • Water-Based acrylic
    • Lightfast
    • Durable and Permanent
    • Professional quality
    • Matches Liquitex Color Spectrum
    • Optimized Design
    • Versatile
    • For Use on Multiple Surfaces

    USES AND TECHNIQUES:

    • Large-scale artwork
    • Intermixing with acrylics
    • Fine-detail
    • Outdoor and Indoor murals
    • Underpainting
    • Mixed Media

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  • Liquitex Professional Paint Markers 15mm$22.90$18.32

    Introducing Liquitex Professional Paint Markers, an outstanding range of professional water-based acrylic markers for artists. Lightfast and permanent, Liquitex Professional Paint Markers offer the widest selection of brilliant colors and a choice of sizes with precision nibs for ultimate control.

    • Color Brilliance
    • Water-Based acrylic
    • Lightfast
    • Durable and Permanent
    • Professional quality
    • Matches Liquitex Color Spectrum
    • Optimized Design
    • Versatile
    • For Use on Multiple Surfaces

    USES AND TECHNIQUES:

    • Large-scale artwork
    • Intermixing with acrylics
    • Fine-detail
    • Outdoor and Indoor murals
    • Underpainting
    • Mixed Media

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  • Caran d'Ache Cutter Replacement$95.95$86.35
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  • Caran d'Ache Pencil Sharpening Machine$480.40$384.32

    Metal sharpening machine standard edition with Interchangeable cutter

    Suitable for sharpening pencils measuring 4 - 10 mm in diameter Allows you to adjust the type of point

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  • Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink$21.80$17.44

    Re-think ink! These professional grade acrylic inks are extremely fluid so there is no need to dilute for use. They are fast drying, water resistant, non-clogging and permanent. Superfine pigments are suspended in a state-of-the-art acrylic emulsion to provide rich color. All inks are intermixable with the other Liquitex acrylics and mediums. Available in opaque and transparent colors in dropper bottles.

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  • Schmincke Soft Pastels

    Unmatched in their softness and consistency, Schmincke soft pastels were created using the finest artist's pigments and a minimum of binders. The softness of the pastels permits a beautiful dense application, and the extremely high pigment concentration results in great color intensity.

    Sticks are rich and buttery in texture. The pigments slide right off the stick without any crumbling or breaking. Schmincke Pastels are prepared by hand and by traditional machines, and also labeled by hand to help prevent breakage. Schmincke's generously sized full stick measures 2-5/8" long × 7/16" in diameter (67 mm × 11 mm).

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  • PanPastels$16.80-$18.95

    PanPastel Colors are genuine artists’ quality pastels, uniquely packed in a pan format; available in a range of 80 colors.
    PanPastel Colors were developed so that artists can easily lift, apply and control pastel color, just like true painting! The pan format holds the color like paint for easy application. Loaded with the highest quality artists’ pigments; PanPastel Colors are made using a unique manufacturing process requiring minimal binder and fillers, resulting in a rich, ultra soft and low dust formulation. All of these professional quality colors are highly pigmented, have excellent lightfastness and are fully erasable. Each pan contains 35%* more material than the average pastel stick. PanPastel Colors are fully compatible with traditional pastel sticks, pastel surfaces, conventional fixatives and other artist's colors.

    *Average, based on a survey of leading brands.
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  • Caran d'Ache Neopastel Crayons$5.90$5.31

    Neopastels are professional quality oil pastels with superb smoothness and blendability. These pastels are absolutely dustless.

    They are made from permanent pigments that are equally suited to intense coloring, delicate shading, and subtle transition of hue. Individual pastels measure 62mm × 9mm.

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  • Super Sculpey Original 454g$47.95$39.95

    Super Sculpey is a ceramic-like sculpturing compound that is shatter and chip resistant. Super Sculpey remains soft and pliable if stored in a very cool place. After baking, Super Sculpey becomes hard and is ready for painting and/or glazing. It can be carved, sanded and drilled.

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  • Marabu Easy Marble Set of 6$40.95$36.85

    For marbling on a variety of objects such as eggs, balls, etc. made of glass, plastic, wood or polystyrene as well as paper, silk and many fabrics (paint is not wash resistant).

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  • Procion MX Fiber Reactive Dyes$10.50$9.95

    Procion is a concentrated powdered dye which, when added to water, produces exceptionally brilliant color. The dyes are intermixable, and the resulting colors are permanent, colorfast and completely washable. It is ideal for all natural materials such as cotton, rayon, linen, silk, wool, paper, reeds and wood. Plus, it can be used for a variety of applications including tie-dyeing, vat dyeing, batik, airbrush, hand painting, printing and spatter painting. Available in 2/3 oz. jars. Generally, one jar can dye more than five yards of fabric– about nine T-shirts.

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  • Pearl Ex Mica Pigments 3gram

    These non-toxic, powdered pigments are ideal for interior, exterior and archival applications. They mix into any viscous medium or may be spread dry on any porous surface to produce deep-luster metallic effects. Pearl-Ex pigments are extremely colorfast and stable. Their temperature resistance allows them to be fired in a kiln up to 600 degrees. 3 grams

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  • Rub N Buff 15ml$20.50

    Burnish, Decorate, Gild, Highlight, Restore, Stencil. Rub n' Buff can be used to beautify hundreds of surfaces and is widely used to decorate picture frames using the fingertip application method.

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Note: we do not deliver outside New Zealand.

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Delivery Rates

Our delivery rates are:

  • Prepaid A4 Satchel (nationwide): $5 per order
  • Local (Auckland): $5.50 per order *
  • Local Towns (within 150kms): $7.50 per order *
  • Rest of North Island: $9.30 per order *
  • South Island and Great Barrier: $10.40 per order *

Prepaid Satchel is available for some smaller items that will fit into an A4 envelope. Please do not select the satchel option if your goods are breakable, easily damaged or flammable.
* Oversized items may be charged an additional amount - once you have selected the items you need proceed to checkout to see the exact costs.

Rural delivery fee $3.30 per order

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