Steve Rossney from Chartpak says, “Check out our great deals in MacPherson’s Winter Back-to-School promotion for 2008/2009!” OPEN STOCK +  Grumbacher Pre-tested Oils, Academy Oils, Academy Acrylics, and Academy Watercolors at 60/5% +  Grumbacher Brushes at 70/10% +  Koh-I-Noor Hardmuth Drawing Pencils at 60/10% +  Ad Marker Travel Sets, with free case at 60/5% +  Higgins Inks (Chartpak’s latest acquisition) at 50/10/5% +  Pickett and Rapidesign Templates at 50/10% +  Clearprint at 60% +  Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph 7-pen set at 60/20% +  Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph Technical Pens and Magic FX Pencils at 50/10% DROP SHIP Grumbacher Color Assortments at 50/35% Grumbacher Brush Assortments at 70/25% +  All Grumbacher Color and Brush Assortments…

January 1st is the unofficial start of the Science Fair season, so now is a great time to start planning your store merchandising and ordering the appropriate products.  It truly pays to be aggressive in going after this business.  Participation in Science Fairs is growing, with a 22% increase in the number of affiliate middle school and high school science fairs from 2003-2008.  Elmer’s is working hard to support Science Fairs and education, and has signed on as a sponsor of the National Middle School Science Fair Program, which reaches more than 100,000 students across the U.S. each year, with 30 finalists traveling to Washington D.C. to compete for a…

Experience the Classic Pen & Ink – Again! The Pen & Ink Line has been updated with exciting new additions and changes to compliment our existing line including a new 5-1/2″ x 8″ sized book, new book assortment, 2 new watercolor books and new replacement converters and cartridges for the re-designed Sketching Fountain Pen. Best of all, our Pen & Ink line products are 60% off every day! 2 New Watercolor Books! Use this handy new book to sketch your art and then complete your masterpiece with water color! When used with the No Shellac India Black Ink, the pages will not bleed when washed with watercolor. The perforated pages…

We just published the latest New Items Report; you can check it out by clicking on this link: New Items Report No. 216. In the meantime, here’s a quick peek at some of the great new items. Freedom Battery Lamp from Daylight – Battery or plug-in, you choose! This versatile lamp includes a power cord and a rechargeable battery to suit a variety of illumination needs. The long life battery provides up to 3-1/2 hours of light allowing you to use Daylight on the go, anytime, anywhere. Retail of $129.95 and a promo discount of 50/15%! A great last minute holiday gift idea! Aitoh’s  Cool new Origami Mobile Kit –…

As many of you might know by now, we have a few videos posted at YouTube. Non-art supply industry types stumble on them from time to time, and a few even leave comments. We received a comment the other day about our Art Alternatives Canvas factory tour that we are proud to share: If you would like to see what all the fuss is about, check out the video for yourself:

The holiday shopping season has arrived and you know what that calls for – fun, colorful, and attractive store displays! Need a little holiday help with POS materials for our fine European brands (E’Brands)? Various handy brochures, signage, color charts, posters, window clings and such are available to you at no charge from MacPherson’s. For a full-color guide to what is available for each brand and how to get it so you can spruce up your store, please see pages 1A – 8A of the European Brands catalog.  Don’t have one of these amazing catalogs? Just ask your MacPherson’s sales rep for a copy.  Generic copies of the catalog are…

Craig Schottenstein reports… “ColArt’s Winter Back-to-School promotion will help your paint brushes and dollar$ go a further with the 60% discount on open stock and 60/10% discount on drop ship assortments on all these large-volume tube color ranges: Artist Oil Colour 200ml Galeria Acrylic 200ml Liquitex BASICS 250ml The entire Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour range (37ml & 200ml), including all the mediums and brushes, is also being featured at 60% off on open stock and 60/10% on drop ship assortments! Save on Liquitex Professional Acrylic Inks & all 18 Liquitex Large Painting Knives: these lines are being offered at 60% off for WBTS. What’s New for Winter? Derwent’s new ONYX Super Dark…

New Online Video for Digital Mixed Media The new Digital Mixed Media product line from GOLDEN is gaining a lot of interest from both retailers and artists. In support of this innovative line, GOLDEN is pleased to announce the launch of new online video. This concise, easy-to-use tool walks viewers through the process of preparing a specialty paper with GOLDEN Digital Ground for ink-jet printing in just five easy steps. Tips for user success are also featured in the piece. To access the online video, go to Digital Ground Video. Don’t forget to also visit www.mixmoremedia.com for additional product information. New Product – Silverpoint / Drawing Ground There is a…

Dan Canny writes… •    “Our Consumer Specialists will wind down their scheduled appearances beginning in early December. We plan to begin publishing their appearance schedules in The Art Dog Blog during 2009. Please email Dan.Canny@Sanford.com with any recommendations you have as to ways we can notify the local dealers in advance of their appearances. It is our goal to have the local dealers aware of the upcoming appearances and able to implement promotions targeted towards the people attending the workshops/seminars conducted by Diana and Shelley. •    Prismacolor will introduce a new line of Soft Pastels during the 1st quarter of 2009. You will see them advertised in the MacPherson’s Spring Buyer’s…

David has a big personality and his job is saying grace over you guessed it, David Art Center(Art & Drafting Supplies -Custom Framing-Art Restorations) in beautiful Metairie, LA. His owners are Fernando and Adriana Giordano. David depicted here hamming it up with his favorite brush and beret can’t wait to get back to his soft bed in the frame workshop.