In appreciation for your support of the OPEN Acrylics line, GOLDEN will provide you with complimentary OPEN promotional kits, which are scheduled to ship to you the last week of October.  The kits, which contain the three sample-sized OPEN Mediums and an OPEN Acrylics DVD, are provided as a promotional opportunity to further engage customers with the unique properties of OPEN Acrylics and to encourage repeat purchase activity.  Artists that buy 6 tubes of OPEN qualify for a free OPEN Now Kit.  A rack header magnet will ship with the kits to communicate the promotion to shoppers. If you have any questions about any of the above information, please contact…

Be sure to check out the ever increasing number of videos that have been posted to the GOLDEN YouTube site. The two newest videos focus on monotyping techniques. Creating a Monotype with GOLDEN OPEN Acrylics and Creating a ‘Dry Monotype’ GOLDEN plans to continue producing short video clips, with particular attention placed on subjects that can be confusing for or problematic to artists. If you have a video that you would like to see, or that you think your customers would benefit from, please email your suggestions to drice@goldenpaints.com.

Make your work a little easier and help the planet, too! MacPherson’s e-mailed invoices have been such a hit that we developed e-mailable monthly statements, too. Would you like your statements e-mailed instead of snail-mailed? All you have to do is ask. Contact Sioban directly or log in to MacPhersonArt.com and click on the Customer Forms Setup link under Business Basics.

Pigma Sensei Open Stock Pens in Time for the Holidays! Sakura has announced that the individual pens in its popular Pigma Sensei Manga Drawing set will be available in open stock and displays just in time for the Holiday Season. Consumers already love Pigma ink in Micron, Brush and Graphic pens, and the launch of Pigma Sensei open stock gives them four new point sizes! The Pigma Sensei pens are available in the following point sizes in black ink only:  0.3mm Ultra-Fine tip, 0.4mm plastic tip, 0.6mm bullet tip and 1.0mm Bold tip. Pigma is unsurpassed as an archival, fade-resistant, chemical resistant, waterproof ink that won’t bleed through thin paper!…

Do you use that list of what’s in each specific carton we ship you? If you do, that’s great, we are glad to make checking in your orders easier. If you don’t, you can join MacPherson’s effort to use less paper and turn that feature off for your store. Just click here to send an email and let us know!

Grumbacher Cherry Wood Paint Sets (Available in Academy Acrylic, Academy Oil and Max Water Soluble Oil) at 50/15% (57.5%) Grumbacher Messenger Bag Gift Sets – These unique, new sets are available in Academy Acrylic or Academy Oil. The sets come with 3 brushes, 2 palette knives, 6 tubes of paint and a 16”X13” Messenger Bag. The set is valued at $70. The “special retail” of $49.95 provides a tremendous value to retailers and consumers. Grumbacher Selected Color Sets at 50/15% Grumbacher Watercolor Pan Sets at 50/10% Grumbacher Packaged Brush Sets at 70/10% Grumbacher “New” Palette Knives – Grumbacher’s new plastic Palette and Painting Knives are like nothing offered in our…

Chroma invites you to check out international artist Mitch Waite: In this two-part video, Mitch uses Atelier Interactive Professional Artists’ Acrylic to demonstrate how to paint from a photograph using drawing techniques with emphasis on perspective skills and tonal values.  He teaches the viewer how to divide the canvas into sections, how to place objects using angles and how to create depth using highlights and shadows.  Look for more Atelier Interactive videos from Mitch over the next few weeks!

ColArt’s 2009 Holiday Set offering has something to fit every gift budget! ColArt is featuring gift sets this holiday season to fit every budget, from an $8.49 msrp Reeves Mini Paint By Number Set to Derwent’s Elegant Inktense Woodbox Pencil Set at $134.95 msrp, and the majority of the sets retail for under $50. Many retailers surveyed by ColArt last year reported that their greatest holiday sales came from sets offered below $30, and MacPherson’s 2009 Holiday Buyer’s Guide features many ColArt Gift items that fit this profile based on dealer net! Choose from: Winsor & Newton Art Sets (Winton, Cotman, Artisan, Galeria, Sketching) Liquitex BASICS Studio Wood Box Set…

The must-have gift item of the holiday season! Be sure to capitalize on the wildly popular artist trading card phenomenon by placing your Strathmore Artist Trading Card Set order for the holiday season.  The set includes all the paper essentials in an archival storage box, making it the perfect gift for artists.  The archival box can be used to carry ATCs to swaps, organize collections or store Strathmore paper surfaces.  The set includes an assortment of ATC Surfaces:  Assorted Pack with 12 sheets, Watercolor Pack with 10 sheets and Vellum Bristol Pack with 20 sheets. Offer your customers the gift that keeps on giving… as artists create their own original…