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Daler Rowney System 3 Heavy Body Acrylic

Daler Rowney System 3 Heavy Body Acrylic has exceptional heavy body consistency, System 3 Heavy Body is ideal for achieving textured effects and using impasto techniques. It retains brush marks, holds its shape, allows the creation of motion and adds volume to your artwork.

For texture effects, apply System 3 Heavy Body colours straight from the tube using a knife or a brush for clean crisp effects. Use a cranked blade knife to keep your hands off the surface.

To load a palette knife with System 3 Heavy Body colours, first mix the colour needed, then load the head of the knife on only one edge in order to build a roll of colour. Use this to create edges and ridges, then wipe off any excess colour and reload the knife.

System 3 Heavy Body acrylic colours take well to all semi-porous surfaces such as paper and board, but more absorbent surfaces, such as cloth, plaster or wood, require a primer to seal the surface for maximum durability.

Although System 3 Heavy Body will not adhere permanently to smooth surfaces such as laminated plastics, metal, glass or glazed ceramics, adhesion can be improved by abrading, etching or roughing surfaces or first applying a suitable primer, such as those used for priming car bodywork.

• High quality
• Very high pigment load for excellent colour strength
• Outstanding value for money
• Excellent lightfastness, durability and covering power
• Create motion and add texture effects and impasto techniques, retains brush marks
• Uniform price across the range
• 34 Colours
  

Faber-Castell

Faber Castell is the world's oldest and largest manufacturer of wood-cased pencils, and over the years has earned the respect and praise of many well known creative people - from Vincent van Gogh to Karl Lagerfield. Since 1999 the Faber-Castell plantations have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, a demanding international standard for "environmentally compatible, socially equitable  and sustainable forestry" . The Chain of Custody certification guarantees futhermore that the origin of the wood in these pencils can be traced all the way from harvesting the timber to packaging the pencils.

Finally, Faber-Castell has committed to the children of the world with the Graf von Faber-Castell Children's Foundation which has made a sure commitment to help the children who suffer most in this world though its activities in various humanitarian aid projects.

Castell 9000

The leads are made from a mix of graphite and clay, with different proportions varying the hardness (see image below). HB pencils, although a middle of H and B pencils, are about 75% graphite; B pencils have increasing amounts of graphite, 8B is the darkest, whereas H pencils have increasing proportions of clay, 6H is the lightest, but all the range still maintains it's stunningly high quality through the careful and sustainable manufacture. Back in 1905 this now legendary green pencil was created by Count Alexander von Faber-Castell. In its jousting knights design it hints at the fact that the Castell 9000 has always stood for high quality, tradition and invincibility, and always will.

Shades of the pencils

2010 Paperblanks Diaries Selling FAST!

Every Diary is handbound to Paperblanks Exacting Standards

- Two ribbon page markers
- Acid free sustainable forest paper (which will last for centuries)
- Memento pouch
- European-made binder boards from 100% recycled stock
- Hi-opaque paper to lessen ink showing though
- A smooth writing surface that takes ink superbly

 

Here is a look at our new cover designs for 2010. Features include dual ribbon markers, memento pouch, and our usual superb binding quality.

Our Paperblank diaries are selling like hot cakes, don't be disapointed. Get your orders in quick. CLICK HERE

Here at Artyfect we have done some re-arranging! All of these papers are from the 'Yellow' section.

Like the look of one of the papers? just click it! it will take you to the product on our website.

Decopatch Paper 229	Decopatch Paper 250	Decopatch Paper 297
Decopatch Paper 325	Decopatch Paper 426	Decopatch Paper 472
Decopatch Paper 478