Interesting Facts

Did you know that Adamstown Art has the most extensive range of watercolours in Australia. Lots to choose from.

Renesans have earth & people safe oil mediums. Non toxic is better for all.

Turner Japanesque Acrylic Gouache mimics the feel of traditional Japanese pigment paints.

You can support the Red Cross Appeal for Ukraine by purchasing Rosa watercolours. Help Ukrainian families by using beautiful watercolours.





Boutique Fine Art Supplies

Artists seek out Adamstown Art for their dependability, good prices, friendly advice and quality range of fine art materials. Learn more about Adamstown Art.


 

20% Off Turner Watercolour Singles

A true professional watercolour with superb transparency and flow. Only the highest quality pigments, the clearest gum arabic, and wetting agents are used to achieve vivid, brilliant colours. There are 148 colours in the range, including the effect colours, all of which are in large 15ml tubes.

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15% Off Renesans Grand Godets

Handmade with pure pigments, gum arabic and glycerine the Grand Godets have exceptional colour intensity, depth and lightfastness. The handmade production process preserves the natural structure of each pigment revealing the wonderful delicacy and freshness of the colours.

Each Grand Godet is 7ml, which is equivalent to approximately 4.7 half pans. There are 50 colours in the range.

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20% Off Mijello Gold Class Singles

Mijello Mission Gold Watercolours from Korea were developed with empathy for both the artist and the natural environment. Embracing the colours of nature, Mijello offers excellent control on the paper, strong luminous colour and beautiful transparency. The strong colour ensures limited colour change from wet to dry.

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15% Off Roman Szmal Urban Sketching Sets

There are seven urban sketching sets to choose from, ranging from 4 to 12 half pans. All of the sets are contained within a compact travel tin.

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20% Off Leonard Travel Brushes

Leonard have an extensive range of travel brushes including sable, imitation sable, squirrel and the synthetic Aquarellys range. Each brush has a detachable cap which is used to house the brush for travel or storage.

Since 1779 Leonard have been handcrafting artists' brushes in Saint-Brieuc, France. Blending knowledge, tradition and modern methods, the brushes are of the highest quality.

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15% Off Holbein Granulating Watercolours

Holbein have a range of 24 Granulating Colours which are available in sets, 5ml and 15ml tubes. The watercolours are made using pigments that will gently create texture, mottling and colour separation effects. The effects are accentuated on rougher papers.

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15% Off Kolibri Martisan Brushes

The Martisan SKI brushes have been designed to mimick the characteristics of Kolinsky Sable brushes. They have good spring and water retention. They are also an extremely hard wearing brush, especially on rougher papers.

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New: Kusakabe Charcoal Series Watercolours

Granulation, Separation & Glow

The Charcoal Series watercolours carefully blend pigments with finely ground upcycled charcoal from Iken, the Japanese maker of artist charcoal. The charcoal products that did not meet commercial appearance standards are now reborn as paint. The Charcoal series includes 12 colours that feature calm granulating and separating colours with a hint of charcoal. The Charcoal Glow series includes a further six colours that also incorporate luminous pigments resulting in vibrant and elegant shades.

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10% Off Schmincke Horadam Gouache

The Schmincke Horadam Gouache range consists of 48 naturally opaque colours, traditionally based on Gum Arabic and made with only the best genuine artist pigments. The whole range have excellent painting properties and mix well with watercolours.

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15% Off Mijello Gouache Sets

Titanium Class Gouache provides opaque, saturated colours which do not crack even when applied thickly. Fast drying with excellent coverage the paints can also be mixed with watercolours to create different effects. A special feature of the paints is that they can be squeezed out into pans and used in a convenient way when urban sketching or travelling. In line with their philosophy, Mijello have ensured the paints are non-toxic and are very safe to use.

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15% Off Turner Japanesque Gouache Sets

The Japanesque range reinvents traditional Japanese paint in an acrylic form. Turner have used traditional colours and also ensured that the slightly textured surface is prominent. The textured surface mimics the slightly grainy feel of traditional Japanese paints which were made from finely ground materials such as shells, corals, semi-precious stone and pigments. The paints have all of the handling qualities of the regular Acryl Gouache colours.

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15% Off Monteverde Invincia Fountain Pens

Invincia is a very popular fountain pen. The simplicity of the design is classic and speaks to the quality of the pen. The body is made from carbon fibre whilst the nib is stainless steel with a nice flexability. The pen comes with a convertor for bottle filling and also takes standard cartridges.

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Feature: Amatruda Writing Paper

Amatruda is from the historically important paper making region of Amalfi in Italy. Using traditional Amalfi techniques, Amatruda produce luxurious handmade cotton paper that is both beautiful to the eye and touch. The paper is Ph neutral, untreated with chemical substances or bleach. It is made to achieve maximum durability, making it suitable for official documents. Amatruda papers are very fountain pen friendly.

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Pastel Specials



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20% Off Art Spectrum Extra Soft Sets

New: Great American Pastels

10% Off Pastelmat Pads

20% Off Sennelier Paris Set

15% Off Pan Pastel 53 New Colours Expansion Set

15% Off Mungyo Handmade Pastel Sets

15% Off Diane Townsend Soft Form Pastels

New: Stephie Clarke Secret Life of Colour Set

Best Price for Unison Pastels

15% Off Hahnemuhle Velour Sheets and Pads















 

15% Off Umton Oil 60ml Tubes

Umton oil colours are a professional quality paint made from high quality pigments, refined linseed or safflower oil and a special natural stabaliser. This approach to making the oils allows the nature of each pigment to shine as there are no fillers, additives or impurities. Of note is the excellent consistency of the oils, soft enough to be easily brushed out whilst being firm enough to retain brush strokes and texture as required.

Umton is the leading artist paint manufacturer in the Czech Republic with a history dating back to 1910.

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15% Off Blockx Oil Colour Sets

Blockx have four sets of 6 20ml tubes available providing a great way to try the oils. Using these legendery oils is a sublime experience. Blockx have been manufactured in Belguim since 1865 using a traditional slowly rotating stone mill. The earths, oxides and blacks are mixed with linseed oil whilst the rest of the range uses the best non-yellowing poppy seed oil. The oils are entirely free of additives and fillers, being renowned for their high pigment concentration. A purchase of Blockx is an investment in some of the finest materials available to you.

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15% Off Leonard Pahmi Brushes

These Pahmi hair brushes are blended with synthetic fibres to create a brush which has good strength and moisture retention allowing you to paint in a more forceful way with a brush that can also give you softness in the application of the colour.

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New: Kusakabe Standard Oils

Affordable and brilliant oil colours made to have a smooth and buttery consistency across the range. With 170ml tubes the oils are well suited to large format work and experimentation. A good oil at a very good artist friendly price.

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15% Off Sennelier 30ml Ink Bottles

These inks are beautiful to use. They are manufactured with shellac gum giving a unique brilliance and sheen which is quite different to their acrylic based alternatives. They can be applied with a brush or dip pen and give a satin to brilliant film depending on thickness. They dry rapidly and display a high degree of water resistance without being indelible.

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15% Off Rohrer & Klingner Sketch Inks

Sketch Ink is a range of 10 waterproof and lightfast inks designed especially for fountain pens. The inks can also be applied with brushes and nibs. The ink uses nano pigments to enable an optimal ink flow, which makes Sketch Ink perfect for fine outlines as well as colouring larger areas. The ink is especially well suited to urban sketchers, designers, graphic artists and architects.

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15% Off FW Ink 30ml Bottles

Daler-Rowney FW Ink is an acrylic pigment-based, water-resistant ink with a high degree of lightfastness and intermixability. FW Acrylic Inks can be used at full strength or diluted for watercolour effects. The inks can be applied by brush, pen, paint markers and also airbrush.

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10% Off Schmincke Aerocolor Ink 28ml Bottles

Aero Color Professional are liquid, intensely coloured and highly lightfast acrylic inks. They can be used for acrylic painting, sketching, airbrushing and mixed-media techniques. Aero Color is water resistant when dry and dries with a satin finish. It also has excellent adhesion properties on a wide range of surfaces and excellent lightfastness ratings being either 4 or 5 star across the range.

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30% Off Golden So Flat Acrylics

Golden SoFlat Matte Acrylic creates a smooth, durable surface, without the destraction of texture and glare. The paint has exceptional coverage, flows consistently and has a levelling capability as it dries which minimizes the appearance of brushstrokes. The unique formulation of SoFlat provides greater opacity for transparent pigments ensuring the Gouache like appearance of the paint is greater than that normally found in acrylic paints.

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10% Off Golden Fluid 118ml Bottles

Golden fluid paints are highly pigmented permanent acrylic colours which provide the advantage of allowing you to use a thin paint which offers fine dispersion, very intense colour, flexibility and good adhesion.

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15% Off Renesans Gels and Pastes

Renesans have an amazing range of effect gels and pastes. Apart from regular gels amd pastes you can find everything from sand effect to crystal to pumice to mother of pearl.

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40% Off Faber Castell Fountain Pens

Faber Castell offer both introductory and luxury fountain pens with beautiful designs. The pens are designed to fit the hand well and are a easy to write with.

Run Out Sale: Whilst Stocks Last

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15% Off William Mitchell Pen & Nib Sets

William Mitchell has an extensive range of dip pen sets for calligraphy and drawing. William Mitchell was established as a nib manufacturer in 1825 and has been designing and manufacturing exceptional calligraphy products for almost 200 years.

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15% Off Kuretake Meiji No Iro Inks

The Meiji No Iro series is a beautiful selection of coloured inks which were inspired by popular colours from the Meiji era (1890 to 1910) of Japan. Kuretake was founded during the Meiji period (1902) and celebrated their 120 year anniversary by carefully selecting and introducing 6 special inks. The inks are water based dye colours which can be used with fountain pens, glass pens, dip pens and brushes.

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15% Off Brause Calligraphy Pads

Brause offer a practice pad along with two other high quality pads featuring very smooth vellum type paper. The smooth vellum paper is perfect for calligraphy.

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