By popular demand… this month, it’s high flow again!

Dear all, Our demo day last month was so successful, were repeating it this month (fully booked though… sorry!) but I’m sending you this email to let you know… 1) There’s a new blog post on my site where you can learn all about how acrylic paints are made at the Golden factory (if you…

Happy Easter everyone!

We shall be closed from Thursday 5.50pm to Tuesday 9.30am…. but you know what to do… paint some eggs, have fun at the Blues Fest and… don’t eat too much chocolate!

Coming full circle in acrylics

At some stage last year, the full circle of acrylics was completed. For the first time ever, one could play with anything from a heavy body paint all the way to an acrylic ink, staying in the same range of professional artist quality paint, just as highly pigmented one from another… simply, well, totally different!…

Love, freedom. peace…

… during our sweet colouring in day those three words appeared as if by magic on the very very big Xmas card Maria Wilson designed for us so I’ll borrow them to wish the same to you, yours and to all!SEE YOU NEXT YEAR Shop closed until Monday 4th, same times, same place…

Doodles, zentangles and other colour pencils delights

Be silly and join our mad colouring-in Xmas tea party! Hello everyone, we thought this time of year called for a not too serious approach to art materials and since we’ve sold more coloured pencils in the last months than we have since we’ve opened the shop, we decided to invite you to a CrazyColouringTeaParty…

In November… become a little bit waxy!

Hi everyone, another month, another medium… In November we will concentrate on these beautiful lipstick-like drawing tools, the divine pigment stick! Read all about my visit to R&F, one of the two brands we carry by clicking here. Discover them for yourself during our demo day with Michelle Dawson on Saturday 21st November (11am till…

A graphite putty? really?

To all of you out there who like quick sketching, life drawing, big marks… check out the new baby we have just received at the centre… See you soon!!! (even bigger size available in November) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42fLa_9rBiY&feature=youtu.be

In September… fall in a tub of gel!

Or maybe I should have said…fall in love with a tub of gel! We did have a demo day with the knowledgeable Turiya last Saturday but it filled up so quickly I did not even have time to put it on the website! (If you want invites to our demo days, please send us an…

In August it’s all about the brush…

Freshly made from sustainable ingredients in an ethical manner, seeped in olive oil and family tradition… might not be words you immediately associate with your brushes! And yet, there is a family in Spain, on the outskirts of Barcelona to be precise, who have been making elegant and intelligent brushes (yes, yes that too!) for…

Are you a fan of art materials?

If you are a fan of art materials then you should discover my blog: inbedwithmonalisa.com For some years now I have been writing this blog (on and off mind you as I was pretty busy in the shop too) and, behind the screen, collecting more knowledge about art materials whilst visiting all over the world…