Archive for November, 2013

Derwent’s Masterful Pastel Pencils

Monday, November 25th, 2013

Pastel Beauty, Pencil Control

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Derwent wood cased pastel pencils have a soft, powdery texture which produces a velvety smooth finish, ideal for mixing and blending. All the qualities of a pastel with the control of a pencil.
Derwent Pastel Pencils come in 72 naturally water-soluble colours and have a round 8mm barrel and a wide 4mm soft core. Pastel pencils are extremely popular for portrait work and are available in a handy tin of 12 especially selected colors, ideal for all skin tone portrait work.

 Also available in tins of 12, 24, 36, 72, a wood box of 72, plus beginner sets of 6 on a blister card and a mixed media blister of 8 products.

Derwent Pastel Pencil Sets

Industry News

Sunday, November 24th, 2013
With great sadness we report the passing of Bill Sethre founder of Allards Fine Art Supply  of Fresno, CA. He died October 30th, peacefully at home at the age of 86. Bill was a retail marketing and merchandising genius way ahead of his time.  He is survived by his wife Colleen; three daughters, Sheryl Johns, Lisa Heard and Tracy Spawn; three sons-in-law, Gary, Greg and Jeff; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.  Remembrances may be made to Saint Agnes Hospice, 6729 N. Willow, #103, Fresno Ca. 93710; or the Fresno Dixieland Society. PO Box 16399, Fresno Ca. 93755-6399
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Bill Sethre

P1000111The Herald News of Monterey Bay California reports that John Wiseman will be closing Art Max due to lawsuits and claims filed by his son and ex-daughter-in-law. It makes for quite a sad and sordid story and proves that Murphy’s law is alive and well in family businesses. Read the whole story here:  Art Max to close.
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Congratulations to Art Outfitter’s owner Kerry Kemp and beau Tim Joiner who recently tied the knot in New Orleans!
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Tim & Kerry


Matt_at_Mill_to_camera_crop“The Science and Spiritual Resonance of Paint” What a great title that would have been for an article and Pete Cole reports the National Endowment for the Arts is featuring Gamblin this month in their magazine and online. The article is available online so check it out: Painting the Town Napthol Red.
Robin McLane, owner of Bellevue Art and Frame has announced that she will be closing her doors at the end of 2013.
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Check out  the commercial some very creative customers made for Raw Materials in downtown Los Angeles. Say hi to the store’s mascot Wonton! 

There’s a amazing new smart phone app called Art Around Town: It tracks street art and fosters community. It’s a community-generated map, tagged with the locations of publically accessible art, including murals, sculptures and, yes, even graffiti. It already features hundreds of pieces of public art in Washington, San Francisco, New York and Oakland, Calif., and it’s growing – a street in Spokane, Wash., already features seven tags. Check out a PBS article with lots more details. Art Around Town on PBS

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On October 18th, 2013, Creative Catalog Concepts(CCC) was acquired by Catalog Solutions, Inc. Creative Catalog Concepts has been providing Website support and publishing the Sourcebook for MacPherson’s dealers. Catalog Solutions offers similar products and services and is looking forward to bringing many of their improved and advanced systems to the Art Materials community. Those dealers that currently are using Creative Catalog Concepts service can plan on uninterrupted service and support.
Check out this great video link of artist David Flores painting his interpretation of Dali in the Water in mural form with Montana Gold on a huge wall at Graphaids in Culver City, CA.
Here is another fun video of the very respected urban artist David Choe painting a mural in downtown Los Angeles.

Consumers respond to well laid out stores that make finding what they need and want easy and alluring. Now is a perfect time to tune up merchandising and NAMTA has a great how-to guide for members buried in their resource library. It’s entitled Visual Merchandising 101; How to Increase Your “Shelf Esteem!” If you are a member or would just like to join this trade association go to NAMTA

Mele Murals Project Kicks Off in Hawaii!
Mele Murals is a youth development, arts education, cultural preservation, and community-building project.  Over a five-year period, starting in late 2013, local artists, youth, and other members of communities spanning the eight major islands of Hawai`i will create a series of large-scale outdoor murals focusing on Hawaiian lyrics (mele) that explore mo`olelo `aina (stories of place) and cultural and historical heritage.  Montana Cans and Art Alternatives have partnered with the Estria Foundation to help sponsor the initial murals of the project.
The project has just kicked off with the first mural in the series and is already receiving great media attention!
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Introducing New Strathmore Artist Tiles

Sunday, November 24th, 2013

Strathmore Artist Papers™ is pleased to introduce a new product line – Artist Tiles, for pattern drawing and meditative art. Now artists can experience the emotional benefits of art more conveniently with affordable, pre-cut artist tiles in appropriate paper surfaces and sizes. Items include papers from the 300 Series and 400 Series offering that are suitable for common techniques and media used in patterning and meditative art.

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The new line was developed in response to growing popularity of pattern drawing where artists combine repetitive marks, circles, lines, and forms to create small pieces of art. This easy-to-learn art form is credited with helping individuals clear their minds, and become more focused and relaxed.

Some of the benefits and features of Artist Tiles items are:
·      Papers available in a range of options: 300 Series Bristol, 400 Series Watercolor, 400 Series Artagain® Black, and 400 Series Recycled Sketch. Acid free.
·      Sizes include 4” x 4” tiles for traditional patterning, or 6” x 6” for those who prefer working in larger scale.
·      Formats include packages, glue bound pads, and a wire bound sketch format with micro-perforated sheets.
·      Made in the U.S.A.

Product offering includes the following items:
·      300 Series Bristol Vellum: 4” x 4” Packs ▪ 6” x 6” Glue Bound Pads
·      400 Series Watercolor: 4” x 4” Packs ▪ 6” x 6” Glue Bound Pads
·      400 Series Artagain Black: 6” x 6” Glue Bound Pads
·      400 Series Recycled Sketch: 6” x 6” Wire Bound Pads with Micro-perforations

Artist Tiles

Find out how you can use Artist Tiles and pattern drawing to attract new customers into art and create excitement in your store. Contact your MacPherson’s sales representative today!

Golden Color News November 2013

Sunday, November 24th, 2013

New OPEN Acrylics Landscape Set from GOLDEN!

GOLDEN OPEN Acrylics continue to be adopted by more and more artists who are finding these innovative slow-drying acrylics to be the perfect acrylic for their painting style. OPEN Acrylics are ideal for:
• Representational art
• Subtractive techniques
• Printing techniques
• Mixing with standard acrylics
To engage even more artists with OPEN Acrylics, GOLDEN is introducing a new OPEN Acrylics Landscape Set. The OPEN Landscape Set is designed to catch the eye of the traditional painter looking for an alternative to oil paints, or simply to those painters who identify with a more representational approach to painting. Since OPEN Acrylics will remain wet far longer than other acrylics, color mixtures resist skinning on the palette during long painting sessions, both in the studio and outdoors. The remarkably relaxed working properties facilitate the blending, softening and shading required for traditional painting techniques.

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Colors and mediums included in the OPEN Landscape Set: OPEN Cadmium Yellow Primrose 22 ml, OPEN Yellow Ochre 22 ml, OPEN Alizarin Crimson Hue 22 ml, OPEN Cadmium Red Light 22 ml, OPEN Ultramarine Blue 22 ml, OPEN Manganese Blue Hue 22 ml, OPEN Sap Green Hue 22 ml, OPEN Titanium White 2 oz., OPEN Thinner 1 oz.
Item # GD0957-0
UPC: 7-38797009578
List Price: $40.95
W x H x L: 5.5 x 1.8 x 11.85
Weight: 1 lb
Shipping began November 1, 2013.

Visit GOLDEN in New Location at Creativeworld 2014

For more than 10 years, GOLDEN has been exhibiting at Creativeworld, the leading international trade fair for paper, office supplies, stationary and art supplies.  This year, GOLDEN is exhibiting in a new booth with Art Select (Hall 4.1 Stand G37), so please be sure to stop by and visit during the show, which is from January 25 – January 28, 2014.

Holiday Schedule Reminder

Golden Artist Colors will be closed on November 28th and 29th in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Please plan your needs accordingly.

Art Alternatives Gift Ideas in the News

Sunday, November 24th, 2013
Art Alternatives got a great shout-out for 4 of its terrific kid-friendly items from the hugely popular mom-inspired blog called Metropolitan Mama… just in time for this vey short holiday gift-giving season! MacPherson’s is already cleaned out of many gift sets so you will be happy to note we have plenty of stock on these great gifts. Here they are:
The Art Alternatives Junior Brush & Smock Set (AA11111)
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Rainbow Marker Sets (AAV-FAN, AAV-FANMINI)
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and the Artist’s Value Pack (AA75001)

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Here are some facts about the blog/website:
Metropolitan Mama {est. January 2007} is a travel and lifestyle site for moms and moms-to-be.

• Website Grader currently ranks Metropolitan Mama as being in the Top 1% of all websites.
• Access Communications also deemed Metropolitan Mama as one of the Top 50 Mommy Blogs of 2010.
• In addition, The Work at Home Woman named Metropolitan Mama as one of the 50 Best Blogs by Women.

Pentel Arts Inking Center Gets Better with the Retrofit Kit

Sunday, November 24th, 2013
Check out Pentel’s new inking center products in the Pentel Arts Inking Center Retrofit Kit:

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Add the 6 new inking products to the best-selling display of the last few years – the Pentel Inking Center.
Pentel has developed 6 new products for the Inking Center:
+  A Bold Point Brush Pen with water-soluble black ink.
+  A Fine Point Brush Pen with water-soluble black ink
+  A Fine Point Brush Pen with permanent, pigmented ink.
+  Duopoint, a double-ended water-soluble Brush Pen.
+  Slicci .25mm Black Gel Pen.
+  Finito Porous Point Black Pigmented Ink Pen.
Pentel makes it easy to upgrade to the new assortment for the Inking Center. Just order the PLIC252RT48 Pentel Arts Inking Center Retrofit Kit.
$321.84 MSRP
The Retrofit Kit includes:
+  12 Black Sliccis
+  12 Black Finitos
+  6 Duopoints – Water -soluble
+  6 Bold Point Brush Pen – Water -soluble
+  6 Fine Point Brush Pen – Water -soluble
+  6 Fine Point Brush Pen – Permanent
+  New, updated label strips to reconfigure the Inking Center to accommodate the new products.
Upgrade your Pentel Inking Center with the new, retrofit kit and increase sales with our great new products!