Fine Art Supplies

Impressions carries an extensive range of artist supplies. From play paints for junior artists to 'professional' artist quality acrylics, oils, watercolours, designers gouache, drawing media including inks, charcoal, pastels and pencils to canvas, papers, easels, brushes, palettes, additives, mediums and varnishes – we cater for most artists' needs.

Impressions carries these reputable brands: -

Old Holland Oils

Winsor & Newton: Artist & Cotman Watercolours, Artist Oils, Artisan Watersoluble Oils, Griffin Alkyds, and Brushes

Daler Rowney: Artist and Georgian Watercolours, Oils and Brushes.
Chroma: Atelier and A2 Acrylics
Derivan Matisse: Derivan Artist & Matisse Professional Artist Acrylics, Gesso, Mediums and Varnishes
Sennelier: Extra Soft L'écu Pastels and Oil Pastels
Art Spectrum: Mediums, Pastel Paper and Board, Pastel Primer, Pastel Sets, Oil Prime and Brushes
Saunders Waterford: Watercolour Paper
Canson & Fabriano: Watercolour and Pastel Papers
Arches: Watercolour Papers
Faber Castell & Derwent: Drawing Media and Accessories
Derwent: Drawing Media
Conté à Paris: Sketching Crayons

Schmincke

Extra Soft Pastels

Rembrandt Soft Pastels

Artist Supports

Impressions carries a range of canvas, stretcher bars and heavy-duty stretching pliers: -

DAS and Fredrix Canvas Panels
DAS Professional, Exhibition and Studio Stretched Canvas
Fredrix Watercolour Canvas - loose primed canvas, stretched and in pad
Fredrix loose primed and unprimed canvas on roll and in pad
Art Spectrum Lightweight and Heavy Duty Inter-locking Stretcher bars
Museum Stretched Canvas hand-stretched in New Zealand
Watercolour sheets by Arches, Saunders Waterford, Fabriano and Canson
Watercolour Pads and Blocks including Arches, Art Spectrum, Fabriano, Daler Rowney Langton and Bockingford.
Pastel Papers - Canson Mi-Teintes in pad and sheet, Art Spectrum Colourfix sanded and Suede paper sheets and NAS Black Series A3 Pads
Sketch pads and visual diaries in white and black from A6 to A2 from 110 gsm
Art Spectrum Draw and Wash papers in sheet and pads
Mixed Media paper by Canson in packs and sheets, varying sizes.
Velin Arches printmaking paper - 100% rag

Easels

Impressions stocks a standard range of easels comprised of tabletop, box, French, portable and studio easels.

Blockprint supplies

We carry Flint water-based and oil inks for block printing. Accessories include lino blocks, both hard and soft brayer rollers, plus lino and wood-cutting tool sets.

Metallic Leaf

We stock gold, silver and copper leaf and size. Gold and silver leaf are also available in imitation leaf.

Speciality Orders

If we can source it we will order in any product you request. So you can be assured of continuity with preferred artists supplies.

Most months Impressions features a product or range of products, offering a generous extra discount for the duration of the month for Impressions Art Club Members. So it pays to keep in touch with what is happening and to join the Impressions Art Club.