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    Industry News

    Jack Wayman the well respected Northern California Sales Representative has passed away at his home near Houston, TX. He was 79 years old. In the early 1970’s Jack moved his family from Texas to the Bay Area where he continued his career in the art industry for Western Art Supply, Grumbacher then Strathmore. Jack’s infectious personality and industry knowledge made him indispensable to his loyal following of customers large and small. In short, his customers loved him. He is survived by his sister Cynthia; wife Nancy; daughter Jennifer Reeve, her husband Tom and daughter Savannah; son John and his wife, Konnie; stepson Rick Tindal, his wife Carrie, their children Hayden…

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    Spring Promotions for QoR Watercolor + GOLDEN Fluid & OPEN Acrylics

    QoR Watercolor Buy 2, Get 3 FREE Promotion: When consumers purchase any two 11 ml tubes of QoR, they will receive a Sample Set of three 5 ml tubes of QoR for FREE! The Sample Set contains Nickel Azo Yellow, Quinacridone Magenta, and Ultramarine Blue. Six of these starter kits will be shipped directly to all QoR retailers at no cost. In addition, retailers will be provided with a countertop dispenser unit for the sets, a tent card, an in-aisle banner and digital assets to help communicate the promotion through email, web and social media. Retailers can expect to receive promotional materials mid-March. Retailers will receive a FREE Sample Set…

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    Tombow Beginner & Advanced Lettering Sets

    Learn lettering with Tombow’s new Lettering sets. New to lettering? Grab the Beginner Lettering Set to learn the essentials. Already been practicing? Check out the Advanced Lettering Set. Each set includes an instructional booklet and the tools you need to get started, regardless of your experience level. Beginner Lettering Set Includes everything you need to start hand-lettering, including an instruction booklet with steps to get started. Each set includes two Dual Brush Pens, Fudenosuke Calligraphy Pen, MONO Twin Permanent Marker, MONO Drawing Pencil and MONO Eraser. Dual Brush Pens with flexible brush tip for big, bold letters and fine tip for details Fudenosuke Calligraphy Pen with Petite brush tip Twin…

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    NEW Jagua Temporary Tattoo Kit from Jacquard Products

    NEW from Jacquard Products and now available from MacPherson’s: Jagua Temporary Tattoo Kit, item #JAC9515 SRP $13.99 Safe, non-toxic and 100% natural, Jagua tattoos last 1-2 weeks and LOOK REAL! Used for body adornment by indigenous peoples of the Amazon for thousands of years, Jacquard is proud to now offer the only shelf-stable form of jagua ever available. The third Body Art Kit from Jacquard, the Jagua Temporary Tattoo Kit is sure to be the most universally appealing, especially considering how mainstream real tattoos have become. Body art of all kinds is trending BIG TIME right now, and both real and temporary tattoos seem to be everywhere you look. Increasingly often, you…

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    NEW Strathmore® 400 Series Toned Mixed Media

    Strathmore is extremely proud to be able to provide quality products that meet the ever changing needs of artists, which is why they have created a new grade of products in response to their requests…available NOW! The current 400 Series Toned Sketch and 400 Series Mixed Media (white) papers have become favorites among artists, but Strathmore discovered an unmet need. Artists are looking for a toned paper that is not only suitable for sketching and drawing with light and dark media, but that can also stand up to wet media applications. Strathmore 400 Series Toned Mixed Media papers are heavyweight, and are in the same warm tan and cool gray colors as our Toned Sketch…

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    SolarFast

    Spring is just upon us and what better way to celebrate than to get outside and play! SolarFast is safe for any age and easy to use.   Photographers, screen printers, print makers and dyers rejoice: with SolarFast, Jacquard has taken photography out of the darkroom and opened up a whole world of light-powered print making! SolarFast is a light-developed dye that is permanent and archival on any natural fabric or artist paper. This means you can now print continuous-tone photographs in any color, directly onto paper or fabric, without a darkroom, without additional chemicals, without heat setting, without steaming…it’s fast and easy and the results will blow you away! SolarFast…