This kit contains everything the skilled painter needs to go from underpainting to main body painting to glazing.

Bistre: the traditional brown ink used by the Dutch and Italian masters is finally available. The main ingredient is beechwood soot collected on iron plates. The other ingredient is the gall nut from oak trees.
• Currently, we have only 34 pots of the bistre made in 2007.

Damar is the most popular resin for making spirit varnish. Imported #1 grade Singapore damar crystals are packed in a filter bag inside a quart paint can. This damar concentrate it produces is honey-thick and a clear golden color.

WHAT THEY DON'T TEACH IN ART SCHOOL! In this, the only video of its kind, Rob Howard shows you why and when to use different mediums, the effects that they produce and how to make your own mediums and emulsions at home.

One of the most difficult things for painters to learn is to observe the big shapes and bypass the details until the end of the painting. Rob Howard does a step-by-step demonstration that makes this difficult task make sense.

We put off releasing this until it was perfect...and it is! Just mix equal amounts of water and powder, wait a few hours for it to gel and then warm it until it is liquid enough to apply with a brush. After using acrylic "gesso" you'll be amazed at how much better the real gesso is.

Gallery Varnish is a final picture varnish that, when properly applied, produces a finish that is deep and lustrous but not overly glossy. Made from both damar and mastic varnishes, mixed in the ideal proportions, Gallery Varnish combines the best qualities of both.

In an 8 ounce (237 ml) spun aluminum bottle Fresh triple-distilled Gum Turpentine.

Add just a drop or two to paint to improve drying FROM THE INSIDE OUT. Liquid Lead Dryer does not darken, form a skin or crack. Toughens paint.

Based on well-researched mediums of the late 18th century, Olio Verde is a heat-bodied oil containing both lead and copper salts. It is an exceptionally smooth-handling oil that dries fast and to a solid, hard finish.

Grisaille (greez-eye) is the traditional French term for gray paints. Because they are usually used for underpainting, these grisaille paints have been formulated to be smoother, leave less texture, are soft, buttery and capable of producing very fine detail with no dilution.

How did we live without this tool? Fill the bottle with varnish, glue, paint or any other liquid and the self-contained pressure unit sprays a fine professional spray mist.

includes: two matching goose quills bound with a band of copper, fixed to our signature fluted board and a bottle of one year old aged genuine bistre ink.

New Formulation - Choose from Four Colors

Our new formula is ready-made. Just shake, pour and brush out and it will be ready within 30 minutes. Comes in four traditional pale colors.

Made to our specifications. This Silverpoint Tool is the ultimate in fine-line drawing, nothing compares with silverpoint. Now comes in a rosewood presentation case with a copperpoint rod included.