Our favourite art products for Xmas 2012

Liquitex BASICS® Acrylic Colour was developed for both students and artists that demand quality but at an economical price. With 48 colours this box set contains all the colours you would need to create that vibrant masterpiece. The thick and creamy colour with a satin finish has a good pigment loading and from the tube retains peaks and brush strokes. All colours are safe for educational use.

£24.95 in store, this is less than half price.

Winsor & Newton sketching art set

This Winsor & Newton Art Set contains all you need to start drawing and sketching in ink, graphite and charcoal. As well as the high quality drawing media perfect for both beginners and artists alike, it also features a range of accessories to fully experiment, explore and visually document the world around you, developing your drawing and sketching skills with in a handy but sturdy high quality hardback sketchbook.

Contains 1 Ink Dip Pen, 2 Ink Dip Pen Nibs, 1 14ml W&N Black Ink, 3 Charcoal Sticks, 2 x Graphite Pencils, 2 Tortillion blenders, 1 Pencil Sharpener, 1 Kneaded Putty Rubber, 1 Sandpaper sheet and 1 A5 Hardback Sketchbook.

£20 in store.

Winsor & Newton Artists Oil Colour CASS Exclusive Wooden Box Set

Winsor & Newton Artists Oil Colour is unmatched for its purity, quality and reliability – a success which is reflected in its world-wide reputation amongst professional artists. Each colour is individually formulated to enhance each pigments natural characteristics and ensure stability of colour. This is the perfect gift for the budding professional or established oil painter who will demand quality from the materials they use.

This CASS Art Exclusive Oil Set presented in a Mabef 12” x 16” artist’s wooden box contains:  a spectrum of 20 x 37ml Winsor & Newton Artists Quality Oil Colours, 4 x Winsor & Newton Artist’s Quality Hog Brushes, 1 x 75ml Artists White Spirit, 1 x 250ml Refined Linseed Oil, 12 x medium Willow Charcoal sticks, a large putty rubber and a palette knife.

£185 in store.

Liquitex Professional Spray Paint

This new, unique range from Liquitex is the first spray paint in the world to be both odour and solvent-free and can be used safely both indoors and outdoors. The colour is produced using only artist’s pigments with their groundbreaking innovative water-based technology meaning it is also the first spray paint range to come with the highest possible lightfastness and permanence ratings ensuring maximum longevity, complying to the very high standards artists come to expect from the finest Artists colour. The longevity of the colour also meets the demands of muralists with added assured of a longer lasting brilliant colour outdoors and in strong lighting conditions.

The user friendly range of colours can be used directly onto almost any surface as well as be fully intermixed with conventional Acrylic colour when wet and fully compatible for when working in layers, glazing or under-painting acrylic. The range can also be used directly with the wide range of acrylic gels and mediums available offering even further potential and limitless experimentation. The colour range of 100 colours is 50% colour matched with other Liquitex colour ranges for direct compatibility, colour matching even further intermixing capability and assurance. All 100 colours are available at our Flagship store and 50 colours are available at our other stores.

£7.95 in store.

Iridescent Antique Gold Liquitex Spray Paint

This Christmas why not use the specially selected Liquitex Iridescent Antique Gold spray colour in creating cards, decorations or in other festive creative design-craft projects – it could even be used to spruce up your old Christmas decorations!

£9.50 in store for series 2.

Letraset Pro Marker CASS Exclusive Set of 6

ProMarkers by Letraset are permanent pens which can be used on a wide variety of surfaces including: paper, card, board, acetate, glass, wood and many more. Each colour is transparent and can be overlaid to create shading effects and also be blended with one another. Each alcohol based pen is double-ended, with a broad chisel nib and a fine bullet tip for the fullest mark making potential in any number of creative practices.

This CASS Art exclusive from Letraset contains the 6 fantastic key colours:  Berry Red, Blush, Canary, Bright Green, Sky Blue and Black.

£6.75 in store.

Artograph A930 LightPad

The Artograph Light Pad range is the professional choice in image transferring and tracing. It has a sleek, contemporary design with a durable extruded aluminium frame making it both good looking and user-friendly. It features Super Bright LED technology offering a perfectly even illuminated work surface. The Light Pad Series of light boxes shine brighter, run cooler and use less energy- providing up to 30,000 hours of maintenance free creative brilliance making it a sound creative investment.

The A930 LightPad can hold artwork up to 23 x 30cm and includes a custom protective storage sleeve.

£125 in store.

Rembrandt Soft Pastel Set 15 Full Pastels & 30 Half Pastels

Rembrandt are one of the leading brands in Soft Pastels. They are made from the purest pigments and mixed with the finest quality kaolin to produce brilliant colours with uniform consistency, which are fully blendable and intermixable. They are considered one of the world’s most popular artist’s pastels for their durability, versatility and strength of colour.

This set contains a fantastic colour range of 15 Full Pastels & 30 Half Pastels, beautifully presented in a black sturdy-fitted box with two pull out drawers for keeping the pastels safe and intact when not is use.

£30 in store, this is less than half price.

Winsor & Newton Artists Watercolour 24 Half Pan Lightweight Metal Box Set

Since 1832 when Henry Newton and William Winsor introduced the first moist water colours to the world, much of Winsor & Newton’s reputation for supreme quality has stemmed from the Artists’ Water Colour range.

Since then Artists’ Water Colour continues to be formulated and manufactured according to Winsor & Newton’s founding principles; to create unparalleled watercolours which offers artists the widest and most balanced choice of pigments with the greatest possible permanence.

This functional artist’s quality set contains a balanced colour range of 24 half pans. It features an integral palette within the lid, a special hinged flap for additional colour mixing and a thumb ring in the base for easy handling in use. The durable but lightweight metal box makes it excellent for those working outdoors and for when taking out and about.

£36.95 in store, this is less than half price.

Reeves Mini Canvas & Mini Easel

This little pack contains a Reeves Mini Square Canvas, measuring 7cm x 7cm with a depth of 1cm and a Reeves Mini Wooden Easel. The canvas is primed and ready to draw or paint upon in a wide variety of media. This is the perfect item for producing and displaying that mini master piece. A great gift for children, an ideal stocking filler and great for table settings too.

£1.25 in store.

Faber Castell Albrect Durer 36 Watercolour Pencil Gift Box & Brush

Albect Durer pencils from Faber Castell are high-quality artists colour pencils for drawing and colouring. They are extraordinarily versatile and water-soluble, enabling them to be used as a watercolour. The use of high-quality materials used in making the pencils combined with Faber Castell’s rich experience result in a pencil range providing unsurpassed watercolour effects with exceptional lightfastness. Whether they are used as pencils for adding detail to watercolour paintings, or as a convenient form of watercolour paints in their own right, Faber Castell Albrecht Durer artist’s watercolour pencils are a fascinating medium offering unlimited possibilities.

This professionally presented, smart and practical gift box set contains a balanced range of 36 colours and a watercolour brush.

£34 in store.

Pentel Black Brush Pen with 4 Waterproof Ink Refills

This high quality black ink brush pen from Pentel comes with 4 ink cartridge refills. It uses fade resistant waterproof pigment ink and can produce a variety of broad strokes or fine lines through its hard wearing synthetic brush tip; making it a fantastic addition to any creative’s pocket or pencil case.

The Pentel Brush Pen is ideal for drawing & sketching, illustration, cartooning, lettering and calligraphy.

£7.20 in store, this is less than half price.