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Speedball Ultimate Screen Printing Kit - This really IS the ultimate screen printing kit. It has everything that you need to print on fabric, paper, cardboard, wood- just about any ink receptive substrate. The kit includes one 8x10 inch screen frame, one 10x14 inch screen frame, one base with hinges, one 9 inch squeegee, one 4oz Process Cyan Acrylic Ink, one 4oz Process Magenta Acrylic Ink, one 4oz Process Yellow Acrylic Ink, one 4oz Black Acrylic Ink, one 4oz Red Acrylic Ink, one 4oz Screen Filler, one 4oz bottle of Drawing Fluid, one 4oz Diazo Photo Emulsion, one 4oz Diazo Photo Emulsion Remover, one 1/2 gram of Diazo sensitizer, one Paint Brush, Mixing Sticks, Tracing Paper, an Instruction Booklet, and a 55 minute instructional DVD. This kit is ideal for getting started, as a gift, or for someone who already knows how to screen print- but wants to get away from using toxic, solvent based inks and materials.

Welcome to the candy bar of encaustic painting. This sweet delight is visually appealing as well as an excellent paint. These bars have three portions that easily snap off for when you are ready to use them. No more heating and cooling larger amounts of wax than you need! Please note the Enkaustikos wax snap is not a candy bar, and as such you probably shouldn't eat it. Welcome to the new way of storing, heating, and painting. You're sure to be delighted with the new Wax Snaps.

Daylight Clip-On Studio Lamp & Stand

This is an ideal way to get started with encaustic painting. This set contains 1.5 fl oz Hot Cake tins each of Titanium White, Bismuth Yellow, Napthol Red, Ultramarine Blue, Wax Medium, and Slick Wax. You can mix a multitude of colors using the primary palette of Bismuth Yellow, Napthol Red, Ultramarine Blue, and Titanium White! The retail value of this set is $60.00 if purchased separately.

PanPastel Start Kit - Exploring Mixed Media 1 - These sets are an ideal way to get started with PanPastels, and with pastel as a medium. Compact and portable, they are well suited to the studio and plein air painting alike.
Each PanPastel 7 x Color Set contains:
7 x Colors (9ml / 0.30 fl oz)
1 x Palette Tray (holds 10 colors)
1 x Sofft Knife (No. 3)
2 x Sofft Covers (No. 3)
1 x Sofft Sponge Bar
1 x Sofft Sponge Angle Slice

(Contents may vary according to availability.)

We've created 8 great mini encaustic print making sets to choose from. Each set contains a 4"x4" anodized printing plate, 3 Enkaustikos Hot stick colors, ideal for printmaking, a Hot Cake form the Enkaustikos metallic series plus a wax medium in the unique wax snap shape. This set is ideal for gift giving and for experiencing encaustic printmaking.
This set includes: 1 Golden Bronze Metallic Hot Cake, 1 Quinacirdone Gold Hot Stick, 1 Citron Green Hot Stick, 1 Golden Buff Titanium Hot Stick, 1 Wax Medium Wax Snap, and 1 4"x4" Printing Plate.

This set is ideal for artists of all ages that want to get started with acrylic paints. The set includes eight 22ml tubes of Liquitex Basics acrylic color, two brushes, two sketching pencils, two painting boards, a plastic mixing palette, an eraser, a sharpener, and a plastic palette knife. Also included is a black wooden box to carry your supplies in. Great for travel, taking to class, painting outdoors, or painting in the studio.

Sennelier Wood Box Set of 60 Half Stick Pastels - This beautiful set comes in a two tier wooden box. The half stick pastels are Sennelier professional quality. There are 60 half sticks per set. This is a limited set so do not wait! The box is not only beautiful, but it can be refilled from any of the half stick sets made by Sennelier. Makes a superb gift for any pastelist... or for yourself.

Sennelier Wood Box Set of 60 Half Stick Pastels - This beautiful set comes in a two tier wooden box. The half stick pastels are Sennelier professional quality. There are 60 half sticks per set. This is a limited set so do not wait! The box is not only beautiful, but it can be refilled from any of the half stick sets made by Sennelier. Makes a superb gift for any pastelist... or for yourself.

Enkaustikos Angled Hog Bristle Encaustic Brush - This brush is a welcome addition to our line of specialty tools for encaustic painting. I discovered it by accident one night while making our wax paint color chart. My father was an old time signpainter, who had his box of sign brushes near by. In his box I found a very old brush that he used to paint murals on masonry walls. I decided to give it a try...I inflicted an incredible amount of abuse to this brush. I changed colors 128 times while making the chart and used the brush like a paddle to mix each color with an equal amount of white to show the colors mass tone and tinting strength. I tugged and pulled on the bristles over and over again with paper towels and constantly heated the bristle to clean them between color changes. No matter how much abuse I subjected this brush to, I never seemed to damage the bristles. The unusual angled shape proved ideal for cutting in the close lines while the broad end was great for laying down color. I found the thickness ideal for hot wax, it was just the right amount of bristle to heat quickly and work the color. Of course, like any hog bristle I occassionally singed and burned the bristles which our "Classic" brass bristles won't do but other than that it was a great brush. I sent my father's brush to a friend of mine who makes brushes and had him custom make these just for us. I made a few minor modifications, like shorten the handle to make it more practical for encaustic painters. The overall length from tip to tip is 8-1/2". I originally started with a 3/4" width and just added the 1/2" width. Please note that I kept the prices very reasonable. Please try one, I think you will be very satisfied with its performance.

Fluid Watercolor Paper Value Pack with Escoda Brush - 9" x 12" Fluid Watercolor Paper Block and a #8 Escoda Prado Synthetic Sable brush set. A $35 value! Fluid cold press watercolor paper is uniquely bound on 2 sides and can be used as a pad or a block. Produced to the highest standards of permanence. Escoda brushes are handmade quality in a new high performance fiber that will amaze you. Incredible, long lasting points!

X-D Wax medium has a high concentration of damar resin, giving it a working consistency and flow similar to honey when liquefied. The extra damar provides a harder film that is glossier, more translucent and much more durable than regular wax medium. It can be used as a base coat, topcoat or wax paint extender. It offers a hard, durable surface that can be polished to a glass-like sheen. The extra damar also makes it less flexible so rigid substrates are recommended. Available in 1.5 oz. and 6 oz. ready-to-heat tins.

Welcome to the candy bar of encaustic painting. This sweet delight is visually appealing as well as an excellent paint. These bars have three portions that easily snap off for when you are ready to use them. No more heating and cooling larger amounts of wax than you need! Please note the Enkaustikos wax snap is not a candy bar, and as such you probably shouldn't eat it. Welcome to the new way of storing, heating, and painting. You're sure to be delighted with the new Wax Snaps.

Backpack for Full French Box Easels - This sturdy canvas backpack is made to carry a full size French Box Easel. It makes Plein Air painting even easier! It features a roomy pocket in the back and additional pockets down the side. The straps are reinforced at the shoulders for extra comfort. This makes an excellent backpack for any Plein Air needs - you don't have to put an easel inside of the main compartment! You can fill it up with all of your Plein Air supplies!

Close your eyes and pick a point on the globe, with the broad ranges of browns, greens and blues in this expansive set of 100 Landscape colors, you'll have it covered.

We've created 8 great mini encaustic print making sets to choose from. Each set contains a 4"x4" anodized printing plate, 3 Enkaustikos Hot stick colors, ideal for printmaking, a Hot Cake form the Enkaustikos metallic series plus a wax medium in the unique wax snap shape. This set is ideal for gift giving and for experiencing encaustic printmaking.
This set includes: 1 Antique Bronze Pearl Hot Cake, 1 Pyrrole Red Hot Stick, 1 Cobalt Truquoise Blue Hot Stick, 1 Bohemina Orange Hot Stick, 1 Wax Medium Wax Snap, and 1 - 4"x4" Printing Plate.

We've taken the original colors that Picasso chose for his color palette and put them in this lovely wooden box set. You're assured a great selection of colors from a grand master.

Enkaustikos Wax Medium is made from U.S. Pharmaceutical Grade Beeswax and Damar Resin in a 1:1 ratio. The Enkaustikos XD Wax Medium with its higher content of damar resin has a thicker consistency when liquified. It also has a sticky tack while drying for easy texture build up and will stay pliable for a longer time than our original Wax Medium. Once cooled however, it is resistant to surface alterations from scraping or incising and offers a hard film. Like the original Wax Medium, XD can be used as a base coat, wax paint extender for glazing, and especially useful as a topcoat. If you want to achieve a glass like surface with a single topcoat, or beautiful transulcent glazes this is the product for you.

Many artists buy XD and add beeswax to achieve difference wax to resin ratios to make their own wax medium and eliminate the filtering process.

ALVIN Combination Swing-arm Task Light White - Features both fluorescent and incandescent lighting in one convenient unit with pushbutton switches on the shade to enable you to operate the lights individually or together. Features heavy-duty 10 inch diameter metal shade, 45 inch reach extension arm, a 2-1/4 inch metal mounting G clamp and a 3-wire conductor cord. Takes one 28W Circular fluorescent tube (included) and one 100W bulb (not included).

This pigment stick set features 12 popular 38ml pigment sticks inside an 8"x12" Ampersand cradled Gessobord. The Colors in this set are:

1. Brilliant Yellow Extra Pale
2. Cadmium Yellow Light
3. Cadmium Red Medium
4. Cadmium Green Pale
5. Cobalt Blue
6. Dianthus Pink
7. Indian Yellow
8. Indigo
9. Quinacridone Magenta
10. Turquoise Blue
11. Turkey Umber Greenish
12. Veronese Green

Welcome to the candy bar of encaustic painting. This sweet delight is visually appealing as well as an excellent paint. These bars have three portions that easily snap off for when you are ready to use them. No more heating and cooling larger amounts of wax than you need! Please note the Enkaustikos wax snap is not a candy bar, and as such you probably shouldn't eat it. Welcome to the new way of storing, heating, and painting. You're sure to be delighted with the new Wax Snaps.

Rembrandt pastels are made from the purest pigments mixed with the finest quality kaolin. They are extremely popular among artists of every skill level. They do not fall apart, crumble, or powder as easily as many other brands. Colors are intense and offer optimal lightfastness. No heavy metal pigments are used- no cadmium, lead, or cobalt. Rembrandt pastels have a firm texture, making them ideal for use when a hard line or detail is needed.

Best O'Connell Dulce Solid Oak Easel - An elegant studio easel for the serious painter. Each BEST Easel is made of American oak, sanded to a smooth surface, then hand-rubbed with oil to reveal the inherent beauty of the wood grain. The craftsmen at BEST nail, glue, and wood screw every joint, guaranteeing strength and precision. Only the highest quality hardware is used as these easels are constructed to last a lifetime. Minimum easel height 54 inches, maximum height 90". Base measures 22 inches wide by 24 inches deep. Holds canvasses up to 7 ft high. This special version of the Best Dulce easel includes a shelf with two stainless steel cups and a paper towel holder. A superb and economical easel.

Fluid Watercolor Paper Value Pack with Escoda Brush - 9" x 12" Fluid Watercolor Paper Block and a #8 Escoda Prado Synthetic Sable brush set. A $35 value! Fluid cold press watercolor paper is uniquely bound on 2 sides and can be used as a pad or a block. Produced to the highest standards of permanence. Escoda brushes are handmade quality in a new high performance fiber that will amaze you. Incredible, long lasting points!

This basic sketching set contains one each Monolith graphite 6B, Nero extra soft black drawing pencil, Black charcoal #1 soft pencil, 1 each - white, sanquine and sepia chalk pencils, a sanquine pastel carre, 1 sketching coal stick, 1 kneaded eraser and a paper blending stump. Made in Austria by Cretacolor and offered in an attractive tin box.

A selection of 36 luminous colors, all packed neatly into a wood foam-lined box that is great for organizing and protecting the sticks when travelling.

Finest artists water-colours, Set includes half pans of colors: 215, 224, 349, 353, 494, 492, 519, 534, 655, 649, 663, 780, In a beautifuly printed metal tin.

Gioconda 48 Pastel Pencil Set in a Metal Tin - The key components of these pencils are the pure, micro-pulverized natural substances on a base of calcium carbonate. Together with top-quality additives and binding agents, a perfect base mixture is created into which colour pigments are carefully mixed. The pigments are sourced from all over the world and their quality, light permanency and dosed concentration influence the final result as well as the durability of the artworks. With a 4.2mm diamter lead, this pencil provides excellent artistic potential for all users. The mature wood casing allows quick and easy sharpening, making it possible to draw even very fine details. They are therefore suitable for detailed drawing as a supplement to round soft pastels.

This black wooden pochade box includes sixteen 22ml tubes of Liquitex Basics acrylic color, 3 synthetic brushes, 2 sketching pencils, 2 painting boards, a mixing palette, eraser, sharpener, and painting knife. This is an ideal way to get started with acrylic paints or to add to your existing acrylic supplies.

Clay Machine - A clay roller for use with all types of modeling clay. Features include 7 thickness settings, a removable handle, and a clamp to hold the Clay Machine on your table. Rolls clay evenly and neatly. Endless possibilities for art, jewelry, scrapbooking, craft projects and more!

Picasso himself chose the first 48 original colors, including eight distinct grays. Metallic and iridescent colors were added in the 1980s. Sennelier has again expanded its colors in 2003, and this luxury wood box set contains every single one of them.

We've created 8 great mini encaustic print making sets to choose from. Each set contains a 4"x4" anodized printing plate, 3 Enkaustikos Hot stick colors, ideal for printmaking, a Hot Cake form the Enkaustikos metallic series plus a wax medium in the unique wax snap shape. This set is ideal for gift giving and for experiencing encaustic printmaking.
This set includes: 1 Super Russet Pearl Hot Cake, 1 Cobalt Teal Green Hot Stick, 1 Ultramarine Rose Hot Stick, 1 Golden Brown Hot Stick, 1 Wax Medium Wax Snap, and 1 - 4"x4" Printing Plate.

Hot Sticks Encaustic Wax Paints are designed for the professional encaustic artist. Hot Sticks feature the same professional artist quality colors you find in the Hot Cakes line but come in a versatile square stick. In fact, Hot Sticks are available in all 86 colors plus Wax Medium and XD Wax Medium. The new square paint stick shape allows artists to use encaustic paints in a whole new way. You can use Hot Sticks for encaustic painting, printmaking, rubbings, and even mixed media techniques. Melt them directly on your hot palette to create a puddle of color for your brush or apply directly to a heated substrate. Hot Sticks glide on your heated substrate like lipstick, creating those vibrant colors or subtle earth tones you love. Simply apply just the tip of the Hot Stick to your heated substrate to paint fine details or swipe the Hot Stick on its side to make bold strokes of color. You can color mix using your Hot Stick colors directly on your painting, your hot palette or melt them together in a large tin to create custom mixes. Hot Sticks are the newest addition to the Enkaustikos encaustic paint line. These artist-quality colors are made from the most beautiful pigments, the finest Damar Resin, and United States Pharmaceutical Grade (USP) Beeswax. These paints contain no bleach or synthetic adulterants whatsoever.

Tradition...This is what Sennelier Egg Tempera embodies. Sennelier uses authentic formulation of the classic egg tempera used by artists since the Renaissance. Much of the religious panel paintings done between the 12th and 15th centuries were done in this delicate and subtle medium. Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" is a striking example of the beautiful results possible with egg tempera.

In contemporary art history, Sennelier's Egg Tempera is famous as the paints used by Marc Chagall. It is a perfect choice for artists seeking a highly pigmented, professional quality alternative to oil paints and solvents. Capable of creating detailed and complex effects, egg tempera is a water-soluble and highly archival painting medium.

Unequaled vibrancy and brilliance.
Centuries old egg emulsion binder offering a satin matte finish.
Water-resistant when dry, will not age or yellow.
Also used for under painting with oil paints

This beautiful wood box set includes a broad color range of 12 tubes each 21 ml in size and a large 34 ml white. Also included in the set is a frosted plexiglas palette, 60 ml bottle of binder, a set of nesting multiple palette cups and two Isabey bristle brushes.

Great American Art Works began production of its pastels 10 years ago. The owner of the business is a chemist, and his initial research into pastel production focused on the materials and methods of the older, established companies. He discovered that old techniques produced old pastels that were no better than the products currently available. To make a better pastel, it would be necessary to use materials, techniques, and equipment not available to the earlier manufacturers. After an extensive search and much trial and error, the right combination of ingredients and methods was discovered. Today Great American ART WORKS pastels are recognized internationally as the new standard of excellence. They are available in 468 colors and at a lower price than the formerly premium brands.

Enkaustikos Wax medium A very versatile painting medium, Enkaustikos Wax Medium is made from U.S. Pharmaceutical Grade Refined Beeswax and Damar Resin (Not dmar varnish). It can be used to create textures or can be added to Enkaustikos Wax Paints to increase transparency for glazing techniques.

Carolyn Springer Encaustic Kit

We've created 8 great mini encaustic print making sets to choose from. Each set contains a 4"x4" anodized printing plate, 3 Enkaustikos Hot stick colors, ideal for printmaking, a Hot Cake form the Enkaustikos metallic series plus a wax medium in the unique wax snap shape. This set is ideal for gift giving and for experiencing encaustic printmaking.
This set includes: 1 Warm Pearl Hot Cake, 1Perylene Maroon Hot Stick, 1 Bohemian Green Earth Hot Stick, 1 Nickel Titanate Yellow Hot Stick, 1 Wax Medium Wax Snap, and 1 - 4"x4" Printing Plate.

Hot Cakes are ready-to-use encaustic wax paints inside convenient metal tins. The encaustic colors are made from quality pigments, the finest damar resin and United States Pharmaceutical Grade (USP) refined natural beeswax. The metal tins are designed so that the artist can pop the tin full of wax paint onto their hot palette. After about 20 minutes at 150-175°F, the paint will be melted and ready to use! The metal tin is reusable and even comes with a handy lid to keep paint dust-free during storage.


This Fine Product is Made in the U. S. A. by Enkaustikos

On sale 20% off MSRP until 4/30/2014!

An expanded selection of colors chosen from the traditional palette of the French Impressionists. Presented in a beautiful stained wood box with brass fittings.

Sculpey III 30 Color Sampler - America's original oven bake clay! Sculpey is soft and pliable, works and feels like ceramic clay, but will not dry out when exposed to air. Shape it into your desired form and bake according to package instruction (typically 275 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes for every 1/4 inch of thickness). Once cool, it can be sanded, drilled, carved, and painted with water based acrylics. Ideal for artists of all ages. Non-toxic.
The 30 Color Sampler Pack includes thirty, one-ounce bars of color. There are basic, bright, and pearlescent colors in this set. It includes detailed instruction and project brochures. A great way to get started with Sculpey!

Hot Sticks Encaustic Wax Paints are designed for the professional encaustic artist. Hot Sticks feature the same professional artist quality colors you find in the Hot Cakes line but come in a versatile square stick. In fact, Hot Sticks are available in all 86 colors plus Wax Medium and XD Wax Medium. The new square paint stick shape allows artists to use encaustic paints in a whole new way. You can use Hot Sticks for encaustic painting, printmaking, rubbings, and even mixed media techniques. Melt them directly on your hot palette to create a puddle of color for your brush or apply directly to a heated substrate. Hot Sticks glide on your heated substrate like lipstick, creating those vibrant colors or subtle earth tones you love. Simply apply just the tip of the Hot Stick to your heated substrate to paint fine details or swipe the Hot Stick on its side to make bold strokes of color. You can color mix using your Hot Stick colors directly on your painting, your hot palette or melt them together in a large tin to create custom mixes. Hot Sticks are the newest addition to the Enkaustikos encaustic paint line. These artist-quality colors are made from the most beautiful pigments, the finest Damar Resin, and United States Pharmaceutical Grade (USP) Beeswax. These paints contain no bleach or synthetic adulterants whatsoever.

The Roz Bag is a great new idea from Jack Richeson, the importers of Unison pastels. The bag measures 18" x 8" x 6" and is made from lightweight, weather resistant nylon. Each bag holds four plastic trays. Each plastic tray has 34 foam lined slots that will accomodate every brand of pastel except for Diane Townsend Terrages. That's a total of 136 pastels! The trays lift out easily and have foam padding on the bottom; so that your pastels are cushioned all around while you carry the box. This bag also has a narrow top compartment that will hold additional supplies like small pads, stumps, chamois, whatever.

Enkaustikos Wax Medium... A very versatile painting medium. Enkaustikos Wax Medium is made from U.S. Pharmaceutical Grade Refined Beeswax and Singapore Damar Resin in a 6:1 ratio. It can be used to create textures or can be added to Enkaustikos Wax Paints to increase transparency for glazing techniques.  Several artists have asked for wax medium in these handy blocks.
 

 

Large French Resistance™

Introducing the new larger version of their popular French Resistance Pochade™. This version features the same slim styling and versatile design of its sister French Resistance Pochade. Measuring 13” x 17” x 3” on the outside, this anti-French easel gives you lots of extra space, and allows you to paint any size panel or canvas from 4” to 24” high and carry it home safely secured to the box. It can be used with a standard camera tripod or on a tabletop. Besides the option of placing paint directly on the open work space in the front, this box works great with the 9x12 Guerrilla Backpacker Covered Palette or the 9x12 Guerrilla Backpacker Watercolor Palette, among other palette options (see column at right). You may also purchase the Large French Resistance Palette – a removable handheld wooden palette that comes complete with hardware to make it fit easily inside of the lid of your new Large French Resistance. Complete with leather handle, storage compartments, telescoping mast and a universal tripod mount built into the bottom.

Total Dimensions: 13” x17” x3”

Weight: 5.25 lbs

Welcome to the candy bar of encaustic painting. This sweet delight is visually appealing as well as an excellent paint. These bars have three portions that easily snap off for when you are ready to use them. No more heating and cooling larger amounts of wax than you need! Please note the Enkaustikos wax snap is not a candy bar, and as such you probably shouldn't eat it. Welcome to the new way of storing, heating, and painting. You're sure to be delighted with the new Wax Snaps.

Constructed in durable "Ballistic Fabric. Multiple areas of storage for books, supplies, and laptop computers. Adjustable shoulder strap. Adjustable closure straps allow the bag to expand, yet stay secure. Dimensions: 16.25 x 6.25 x 13.25 inches (41.28 x 15.88 x 33.66 centimeters).
Photo illustrates the use of this box. Art supplies not included.

Great American Art Works began production of its pastels 10 years ago. The owner of the business is a chemist, and his initial research into pastel production focused on the materials and methods of the older, established companies. He discovered that old techniques produced old pastels that were no better than the products currently available. To make a better pastel, it would be necessary to use materials, techniques, and equipment not available to the earlier manufacturers. After an extensive search and much trial and error, the right combination of ingredients and methods was discovered. Today Great American ART WORKS pastels are recognized internationally as the new standard of excellence. They are available in 468 colors and at a lower price than the formerly premium brands.

Cretacolor Monolith Box- Graphite Sketching Set. Cretacolor pencils offer unsurpassed professional quality. This unique seet is ideal for writing and sketching. Monolith Graphite is pure graphite lead in pencil form, protected by a thin layer of varnish (they are woodless pencils). This beautiful boxed set comes with six grades of Monolith pencils (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B, 9B); one Monolith watersoluble graphite pencil in 4B, one gorgeous pencil extender with a marbled wood handle, one metal pencil extender (that allows you to use that last little bit of the pencil), one kneaded eraser, and one aluminum pencil sharpener. The whole kit comes in a reusable aluminum storage tin.<br><br>

We've created 8 great mini encaustic print making sets to choose from. Each set contains a 4"x4" anodized printing plate, 3 Enkaustikos Hot stick colors, ideal for printmaking, a Hot Cake form the Enkaustikos metallic series plus a wax medium in the unique wax snap shape. This set is ideal for gift giving and for experiencing encaustic printmaking.
This set includes: 1 Opal Aquamarine Hot Cake, 1 Phthalo Blue Green Hot Stick, 1 Sage Green Hot Stick, 1 Caput Mortuum Hot Stick, 1 Wax Medium Wax Snap, and 1 - 4"x4" Printing Plate.

Enkaustikos Wax Medium... A very versatile painting medium. Enkaustikos Wax Medium is made from U.S. Pharmaceutical Grade Refined Beeswax and Damar Resin. It can be used to create textures or can be added to Enkaustikos Wax Paints to increase transparency for glazing techniques. Wax Medium is ideal for mixing with your own pigments to make custom colors. It can also be applied as a topcoat to add depth to finished encaustic paintings. Can be easily formulated into a wax paste by dissolving in odorless mineral spirits (do not use heat to speed up the process). Our Wax Medium contains Damar Resin not Damar Varnish. We are now making our Wax Medium in pastilles, which allows you to melt exactly the quantity that you need; when you need it! The pastilles make our Wax Medium easier to use than ever.

Great American Art Works began production of its pastels 10 years ago. The owner of the business is a chemist, and his initial research into pastel production focused on the materials and methods of the older, established companies. He discovered that old techniques produced old pastels that were no better than the products currently available. To make a better pastel, it would be necessary to use materials, techniques, and equipment not available to the earlier manufacturers. After an extensive search and much trial and error, the right combination of ingredients and methods was discovered. Today Great American ART WORKS pastels are recognized internationally as the new standard of excellence. They are available in 468 colors and at a lower price than the formerly premium brands.

We've created 8 great mini encaustic print making sets to choose from. Each set contains a 4"x4" anodized printing plate, 3 Enkaustikos Hot stick colors, ideal for printmaking, a Hot Cake form the Enkaustikos metallic series plus a wax medium in the unique wax snap shape. This set is ideal for gift giving and for experiencing encaustic printmaking.
This set includes: 1 Opal Calypso Green Hot Cake, 1 Prussian Blue Hot Stick, 1 Vagone Grene Earth Hot Stick, 1 Italian Golden Ochre Hot Stick, 1 Wax Medium Wax Snap, and 1 - 4"x4" Printing Plate.

Speedball Deluxe Block Printing Kit - An ideal kit for anyone who is either starting with block printing or who would like to rekindle their experience with this art form. The kit includes one each of the following: #1, 2, 3, & 5 Speedball linoleum cutters, #6 Speedball linoleum knife, linoleum cutter handle, 75cc tube water soluble black ink, 37cc water soluble red, yellow, and blue ink, 37cc tube water soluble ink extender, inking plate, 4x5 inch linoleum block, 4x6 inch speedy stamp rubber block, 4 inch soft rubber brayer, and a block printing tip & idea booklet.

A true portrait artist knows that rendering realistic flesh tones, no matter what the ethnicity of the subject, takes more than a range of whites, tans and browns. From deep blues to bright reds, this comprehensive set provides the versatility demanded by professionals.

Hot Sticks Encaustic Wax Paints are designed for the professional encaustic artist. Hot Sticks feature the same professional artist quality colors you find in the Hot Cakes line but come in a versatile square stick. In fact, Hot Sticks are available in all 86 colors plus Wax Medium and XD Wax Medium. The new square paint stick shape allows artists to use encaustic paints in a whole new way. You can use Hot Sticks for encaustic painting, printmaking, rubbings, and even mixed media techniques. Melt them directly on your hot palette to create a puddle of color for your brush or apply directly to a heated substrate. Hot Sticks glide on your heated substrate like lipstick, creating those vibrant colors or subtle earth tones you love. Simply apply just the tip of the Hot Stick to your heated substrate to paint fine details or swipe the Hot Stick on its side to make bold strokes of color. You can color mix using your Hot Stick colors directly on your painting, your hot palette or melt them together in a large tin to create custom mixes. Hot Sticks are the newest addition to the Enkaustikos encaustic paint line. These artist-quality colors are made from the most beautiful pigments, the finest Damar Resin, and United States Pharmaceutical Grade (USP) Beeswax. These paints contain no bleach or synthetic adulterants whatsoever.

Eight piece Pottery Tool Kit - This eight piece pottery kit contains one each of the following:
Boxwood Potter's Rrib
Boxwood Modeling Tool
Ribbon Tool
Synthetic Sponge
Needle Tip Tool
Loop Tool
Metal Scraper
Wire Clay Cutter

Hot Cakes are ready-to-use encaustic wax paints inside convenient metal tins. The encaustic colors are made from quality pigments, the finest damar resin and United States Pharmaceutical Grade (USP) refined natural beeswax. The metal tins are designed so that the artist can pop the tin full of wax paint onto their hot palette. After about 20 minutes at 150-175°F, the paint will be melted and ready to use! The metal tin is reusable and even comes with a handy lid to keep paint dust-free during storage.


This Fine Product is Made in the U. S. A. by Enkaustikos

On sale 20% off MSRP until 4/30/2014!

Rigid Wrap Plaster Gauze - 20 lb box - 4 rolls - 11-3/4 Inches wide x 16 yards - Rigid Wrap is fast drying, non-toxic, professional grade plaster gauze. These giant rolls are 11-3/4 inches wide by 16 yards. Perfect for fine art and craft works alike! This bulk box comes with four rolls. Each roll is individually boxed to minimize dust and powdering. This is our most economical way to buy plaster gauze!

Due to the size and weight of this package, the UPS shipping charge is $19.95 to any destination in the 48 contiguous States.

Craftmaster II Deluxe Hobby and Drawing Center with Wood Grain Top and White Base - All the outstanding features of the original CraftMaster but now with a bigger top, more storage and more leg room.

Features:28 x 40 inch board with rounded corners. Left and right storage trays combine to make a 28 x 48 inch work surface. One hand tilt mechanism adjusts tabletop from 0° to 30°. Height adjusts 28 to 32 inches in the horizontal position using the casters or 26 to 30 inches using the floor glides (both included). Two sets of 4-drawer storage units, 7w x 9h x 10d inches. Metal pencil ledge and front plastic instrument tray both included. Sturdy tubular steel construction, 1-1/2 inch diameter with powder-coated finish. Footrest crossbar with 29 inches of leg room.

Although the box is oversized, it is still UPS-able and costs $49.95 to ship to anywhere in the contiguous 48 States.

The Cretacolor Black Box Charcoal Set is a 20 piece set of all you will ever need for rich black charcoal drawings. Made in Austria by Cretacolor and offered in an attractive tin box the set includes compressed and willow charcoal, charcoal pencils, Monolith woodless graphite pencils, a coal stick, a kneaded eraser and a blending stump.

Speedball Diazo Photo Emulsion Kit for Screen Printing - This kit comes with photo emulsion, sensitizer, and photo emulsion remover. It also includes complete directions to create a photographic screen for printing!

This is our classic Impressionist oil paint set, packed in a beautiful varnished wood box with a handle and leather straps. Along with a clever assortment of 12 colors that allows one to mix any spectrum of colors desired, the set includes the tools and brushes needed for a day of painting, in the studio or out.

Set includes: 12 - 40ml Artist Oils, two hog flat bristle brushes, palette knife, twin palette cups, assorted charcoals, two empty jars for turpentine, a embroidered “Sennelier” cloth, and a wood palette with color chart.

Colors: Zinc/Titanium White, Raw Umber, Yellow Ochre, Ultramarine Deep, Cerulean Blue Hue, Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue, Cadmium Yellow Lemon Hue, Cadmium Red Deep Hue, French Vermillion, Ivory Black, Chromium Green Light and Chromium Green Deep.

We've created 8 great mini encaustic print making sets to choose from. Each set contains a 4"x4" anodized printing plate, 3 Enkaustikos Hot stick colors, ideal for printmaking, a Hot Cake form the Enkaustikos metallic series plus a wax medium in the unique wax snap shape. This set is ideal for gift giving and for experiencing encaustic printmaking.
This set includes: 1 Super Gold Pearl Hot Cake, 1 Anthraquinone Blue Hot Stick, 1 Mars Terracotta Hot Stick, 1 Cobalt Blue Light Hot Stick, 1 Wax Medium Wax Snap, and 1 - 4"x4" Printing Plate.

Quiller Covered Palette - The Quiller Palette, designed around the color theories of noted artist Steve Quiller, provides wells for primary, secondary, and intermediate colors as well as twelve extra wells for additional colors. The Quiller palette is equally at home on location or in the studio. It comes with information on organizing the palette for optimal color relationships and is an essential tool for the watercolorist looking for convenience.

Sennelier French Artists' Watercolor Wood Set of 98 10ml Tubes - French Artists' Watercolor Wood Set of 98-10ml Tubes - Complete Wood Set of 98 l'Aquarelle French Artist's Watercolor 10ml Tubes, plus 2 additional colors selected for you at random by Sennelier. This high quality set also includes one Pure Kolinsky Sable brush by Raphael (Series 8404/Size 4)

Sennelier Soft Pastel Half Sticks - Paris Collection Set of 120 - Sennelier Half Stick Sets are an amazing value! The sticks themselves are chubby, chunky pieces. They are actually larger than if you where to cut a Sennelier full stick pastel in half- they are just half of the length of the regular sticks. You get more color for your money! It's a terrific way to get started or to add to your existing palette. The Paris Collection is the largest set of Sennelier Pastel Half Sticks available- 120 scrumptious colors. Treat yourself!

We've created 8 great mini encaustic print making sets to choose from. Each set contains a 4"x4" anodized printing plate, 3 Enkaustikos Hot stick colors, ideal for printmaking, a Hot Cake form the Enkaustikos metallic series plus a wax medium in the unique wax snap shape. This set is ideal for gift giving and for experiencing encaustic printmaking.
This set includes: 1 Antique Silver Pearl Hot Cake, 1 Cerulean Hot Stick, 1 Sienna Pink Hot Stick, 1 Quinacridone Red Hot Stick, 1 Wax Medium Wax Snap, and 1 - 4"x4" Printing Plate.

Fluid Watercolor Paper Value Pack with Escoda Brush - 9" x 12" Fluid Watercolor Paper Block and a #8 Escoda Prado Synthetic Sable brush set. A $35 value! Fluid cold press watercolor paper is uniquely bound on 2 sides and can be used as a pad or a block. Produced to the highest standards of permanence. Escoda brushes are handmade quality in a new high performance fiber that will amaze you. Incredible, long lasting points!