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by Ellie Jakeman December 04, 2024
Below is a curated list of gifts for that special person in your life or even for yourself! We have a great selection of ‘luxury quality gifts’ for all your creative needs or for the painter in your life.
Let us look at a few of our most popular brands and what they can offer you. We have chosen four luxury box sets from two of our best selling brands; Sennelier and Royal Talens. We hope you can find that perfect gift.
Happy shopping!
Sennelier is renowned for creating professional quality grade artists paints, pastels, inks and powdered pigments. The company was founded by Gustave Sennelier, a devoted chemist back in 1887. His legacy for quality and producing colours that only contain the highest quality pigments is still upheld today. Artists then and now regard the Sennelier palette as the ultimate standard of quality.
Sennelier has been in operation for 135 years and has created artists' materials for famous artists such as Sisley, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso, to name but a few!
The traditions with the innovations "Sennelier has become the 'reference' brand that it is today for artists because it has always been able to combine the traditions of the old masters with the innovations provided by modern chemistry."
All 98 L’Aquarelle watercolours are contained in an attractive wooden box.
This comprehensive wooden boxed set contains the full range of Sennelier L'Aquarelle artists' watercolour tubes and makes for a fantastic centrepiece of any artist's collection or an amazing gift for an artist close to you.
The fine presentation of this box belies the true value of such a set in having one each of every tube currently available in Sennelier range of colours, all boasting superior colour vibrancy and strength.
This is in no small part thanks to the honey reinforcing the pigment and binder giving these colours extra stability and longevity even in non-ideal conditions.
With this set you'll never be without the colour you need close to hand and the clarity in colour mixing and smooth application. These paints are favoured by watercolourists the world over.
A small but powerful watercolour box.
The luxury 24 watercolour half pan walnut set is a beautiful and versatile set which features a comprehensive palette of 24 artists watercolour half pans that give you free rein of the colour wheel and the ability to mix strong tone and the subtlest hues. Two brushes and a china palette round out this set giving you a simple but powerful and flexible set of tools to approach most watercolour projects from broad expressive wet on wet works and keenly detailed botanical illustration. All of this is featured in a stained walnut wood box which features integrated dividers for 24 half pan watercolours, space for brushes and a palette.
Contents:
1 x Sable hair watercolour brush
1 x Kazan squirrel hair mop brush
1 x Glazed china palette
24 x Half pans
Whilst retaining the key characteristics of oil painting, Rive Gauche fine oils dry twice as fast as classic oils. The outcome of this is a shortened drying time that does not restrict an artist's possibilities of working with fresh paint.
Less safflower oil is used to make the Rive Gauche oil colours. It is characterised by its low level of yellowing (50% less than linseed oil) and its excellent compatibility with pigments. This means colours mix cleanly and do not dilute as heavily when thinned with medium, mineral spirit or turpentine.
This wooden box set offers a range of key colours for all kinds of observational painting as well as a selection of brushes, mediums and a wooden palette.
Contents:
A beautifully constructed wooden box containing a comprehensive selection of Artists’ oils and accessories. Sennelier gathers only the finest natural and organic pigments from around the world. The pigments are ground very slowly with extreme care to an extra fine consistency. They are then combined in maximum concentration with archival sunflower oil to yield the highest possible tinting strength and lustrous satin finish. The sensuous pigments have a unique buttery texture.
This set is an ideal companion for the travelling oil painter as the box features a handy carry handle, buckles to keep the box shut tight and space enough for 22 x 40ml oil tubes.
This set makes for a superb gift for someone looking to get started with oil paint or experienced artists looking to try a new range of oil.
Set contents:
22 x 40 ml Tubes
1 x 75ml Turpentine
1 x 75ml Gloss varnish
2 x Brushes
1 x Palette knife
1 x Dipper
1 x Wooden palette
1 x Cleaning cloth
Exquisitely presented wooden box set of Sennelier Artists Watercolours and accessories. Using techniques perfected over the last 125 years, Sennelier watercolours feature the best pigments, highest quality gum arabic and purest honey.
The range has long attained rich, luminous, intense colours that remain pure and lightfast.
Contains:
• 501 Lemon Yellow - 578 Sennelier Yellow Light - 675 French Vermillion - 636 Sennelier Red - 315 Ultramarine Deep - 326 Phthalo Blue - 599 Forest Green - 805 Phthalo Green Light - 211 Burnt Sienna - 703 Payne's Grey - 440 Warm Sepia
• 1 Cold pressed 6" x 4" watercolour pad containing 20 sheets of 300gsm paper
• 1 bottle of masking fluid (36.9ml) with 0.5mm applicator
• 1 Round sable brush size 3
• 1 Mop brush size 000
• 1 x embroidered Sennelier cloth
A beautifully constructed wooden box containing a comprehensive selection of Artists’ oils and accessories.
Sennelier gathers only the finest natural and organic pigments from around the world. The pigments are ground very slowly with extreme care to an extra fine consistency. They are then combined in maximum concentration with archival sunflower oil to yield the highest possible tinting strength and lustrous satin finish. The sensuous pigments have a unique buttery texture.
This set is an ideal companion for the travelling oil painter as the box features a handy carry handle, buckles to keep the box shut tight and space enough for 12 x 40 ml oil tubes.
This set makes for a superb gift for someone looking to get started with oil paint or experienced artists looking to try a new range of oil.
Contains:
12 x 40 ml Tubes
1 x 75ml Turpentine
1 x 75ml Gloss varnish
2 x Brushes
1 x Palette knife
1 x Dipper
1 x Wooden palette
1 x Cleaning cloth
The history of Royal Talens goes back to 1899. In that year Marten Talens founded the "Dutch Factory for Paints, Lacquers and Inks" in the Dutch city of Apeldoorn. As a family business it concerned itself initially with the production of office supplies and inks.
Royal Talens has grown into an international company with strong brands and high-quality products that have been made with respect for tradition.
“The needs of our customers and dealers have always been paramount and that will remain so. Because together we can make a colourful future as well!”
Rembrandt Oil Colours & Water Colours
The arrival of Rembrandt oil colours and water colours saw the start to the production of a wide range of high-quality artists' paints. Along with oil and acrylic paints, the Amsterdam range offers spray paints and markers, whilst the Van Gogh range offers oil and watercolour paints.
"Our reputation as a manufacturer of the finest art materials dates back 240+ years. Here at Daler-Rowney, our aim is to allow everyone to be creative. Inspiring creativity since 1783, we strive to be accessible, inclusive and innovative, offering an outstanding artistic experience to all"
This beautiful wooden boxed set contains everything you need to get started with watercolour painting and includes Daler's artist quality watercolour half pans for the quintessential watercolour painting experience, with only the highest quality colours and pigment.
An exquisite gift for any watercolour artist.
Contents:
Dimensions:
23cm x 15cm x 6cm
MAGNIFICENT Deluxe Crank Adjusting Wooden Easel is a high-quality, versatile easel designed for professional or experienced artists.
The easel is finely handcrafted with European seasoned Beechwood and has a polished rosewood finish, giving it a stunning rich red colour. This elegant appearance adds aesthetic value to any studio.
• QUALITY MATERIAL: The wooden table is handcrafted from solid New Zealand pinewood. And with a retro wood finish and multi-layer coatings, the wood table can last for years of use.
• SUPER FUNCTIONAL: The work surface of the arts table is enlarged to fit a larger medium to work on, whether it's a huge engineering project or a big graphic. The table top's height is adjustable from 33.5" to 40" and the angle's adjust function just works fine as you want, 0°~65°. Additional design: T-square ruler & pen ledge on the edge.
• UPGRADED STRUCTURE: Although the vintage drafting table has a retro look, with the industrial and modern design, it performs perfectly. Dual-knob keeps the adjustability staying 100% shaking-free, and the H-frame base adds more stability.
• RICH USAGE SCENARIOS: With a compatible adjustable wooden stool chair, wherever it is a studio for Science & Engineering, art, writing, or reading, and whether you are into drawing, crafting, drafting, or writing, it fits all.
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Hopefully you will find something perfect for that special Christmas gift, however if you need more ideas, head over to our website for lots of creative inspiration, we have so much more in the way of great gift ideas! … Still stuck then why not buy a gift voucher?
I have had a strong interest in the visual and creative arts since a very early age. After completing an Art and Design Degree and Post graduate studies I have taught Art and Design, Fashion and Textiles, Textile design , Fine Art print and Illustration for over 20 years. Before teaching I was a freelance artist and illustrator and decided 4 years ago I would return to freelance and commissioned work. I have created many domestic and commercial murals for hospitals and hospices. I work part time for ARTdiscount as a content creator and product tester.
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