Spray paint and graffiti. The two are inescapable. The percentage of spray paint used for graffiti as opposed to legitimate uses must be significant. After some consideration, that is, vandalism as opposed to artistic expression, the Krylon spray paint line will be featured this spring and summer in most of the popular colors. The Liquitex display for their graffiti paint comes is a sort of cage under lock and key which gives an idea of the theft risk of spray … Continue reading →

The big bang continues. Really the two dominant players in the art paper business whether in sheet or pad form is Canson and Strathmore which is a big quality jump from the scholastic paper companies which for the most part are sourcing off-shore. This week’s “hot deals” are two pads from Canson’s XL line which was conceived as a reasonable quality value packed line that was the result of a re-branding of its Jumbo series. Over the past several years … Continue reading →

Back in stock: Jo Sonja’s texture paste. The big difference is that it comes in a tube, and is hard to stock since its one of the few Chroma products imported directly from Australia. One of those unique products of which there are no substitutes available with regard to the way it works and is used out of the tube. The only comparison would be the Susan Scheewe paste but that texture is not quite the same. This one is … Continue reading →

All that glitters is not gold, but it pours easily out of a bottle and sparkles and shines to your hearts content. Our second mystery product covers glass….This week for Le Big Bang we have two DecoArt products: Glamour Dust ultra fine glitter paint in al its funky glory of some wild colors. Two oz. bottle: $0.67 each ( reg price: $1.75) Friday and Saturday only. The second “Grand Delire” as they say in the language of Moliere is DecoArt … Continue reading →

Back in stock: Mary Owens oil Rouging kits. Over the years different people have tried to assemble a comparative set of oil tubes to use with pen and inks designs and painting techniques. They all failed. Usually the effort was geared to arriving at something less pricey and they were not capable of capturing the colors exactly the way this Martin F. Weber offering does. The Mary Owens kit uses Permalba oils which is a professional artist grade; maybe not … Continue reading →