Live Online Help
We have now added an Live Online Help section to our website. So if you have a question on one of our products, or just want a bit of advice drop us a line, our team will spring into action and try to answer your question as quick as they can. Please be patient, there [...]
All Lino Printers
We have just added some fantastic new lino products at great prices. We have the 3 in one Baren Lino Cutting Kit which comes in a set of 5 cutters or 10 cutters. This kit can be used as a burnishing tool when transferring ink from block to paper, a lino cutter and a handy [...]
Summer is on the way
With summer on the way why not take a look at our range of Easels? We have a few new easels to offer at fantastic prices. The Winsor & Newton DART is a portable easel, ideal for getting some fresh air out and about. This easel can accommodate a canvas up to a maximum height [...]
New Products! and CRYLA £2.70
As darker nights approach we have lots of new products to keep you busy in the evenings. The craft sets in our Children’s Section are guaranteed to keep the little ones amused over the half term holiday .We also have the Snazaroo face paints “Heroes and Horrors” and a Special FX kit for Halloween. Also [...]
Art Discount Has A Twitter Account
We have recently created an Art Discount Twitter account for anyone to view.
This account will be updated as much as possible with new products, offers and promotions.
You can even ask us questions. We will do our best to respond to all questions and comments.
Happy Tweeting.
Videos on ArtDiscount
We have now added some demonstrational videos. These range from tutorial videos, that show how to execute certain techniques to demonstrating how a product works.
Our aim is to help you, the customer to know what you are buying before it arrives, and to give insight into different techniques to aid in your artistic work.
Here is [...]
New “Share” Feature - Social Networking
Here at ArtDiscount we are proud of the products we sell and we are very competitive when it comes to price. So we have added a feature that allows you, the customer to share products that you have found on our site with your friends, family and colleagues on social networking sites such as Facebook, [...]
PayPal Now on ArtDiscount
Thats right ArtDiscount now has the ability for its customers to pay via PayPal.
PayPal helps protect your credit card information with industry-leading security and fraud prevention systems. When you use PayPal, your financial information is never shared with the merchant.
To help safeguard you against identity theft, every PayPal payment is followed by an email confirming [...]
The Importance of Sizing the Canvas
Sizing the canvas is an absolute necessity when working in oils. Oil paint should never come in contact with the fibres or the canvas will rot, eventually becoming weak, brittle and crumbly.
Hide Glue: The purpose of hide glue is to protect the fibres of the canvas from coming in direct contact with the succeeding applications [...]
Popular Pigment Colours
Lamp black
Traditionally lamp black was made from soot collected from oil lamps. This is chemically known as amorphous carbon, because it is not bonded to form the naturally occurring carbon allotropes, graphite and diamond. Amorphous carbon reflects very little light, so lamp black and ivory black are darker that mars black.
Ivory black
Historically ivory black was [...]