Chapman and Bailey love Belle Arti Gesso Panels. These Italian made panels are perfect for a broad variety of techniques. Handmade, and finished with a smooth polished surface, they are great to work on with encaustics paints, acrylics, pencil, oil painting, paintsticks, even watercolours or ink. The fine surface gives a beautiful surface for detail. Made…
Chapman and Bailey R&F’s oil sticks were dubbed “Pigment Sticks.” They were intended to be as close to oil paint as possible; to be super-soft and creamy so that with little effort they could be manipulated like a lush oil paint. An oil painter’s dream come true but it’s not easy getting there. The formulations…
The history of encaustic painting Encaustic Painting Is Older Than Oil Painting, also known as hot wax painting practiced by Greek artists as far back as the 5th century B.C. Encaustic techniques had a variety of applications, for the painting of portraits and scenes of mythology on panels, for the colouring of marble and terra…
Western Red Cedar is the definitely the choice timber to make artist stretcher frames with. It is stable, light, resists mold, moisture and insect infestation. Chapman & Bailey produce mitre shouldered mortise and tenon jointed cedar stretchers that use timber wedges to expand the corners and braces connections. They produce cedar stretchers in 4 different…
Imagine the joy when sighting 480 cm lengths of timber along the docking bench and seeing them dead straight all the way. Laminating three strips of finger joined blocks of Arakaria (Hoop Pine) lengthwise creates the straightest lengths of timber to make stretcher arms true and stable. Each stretcher bar from Chapman and Bailey is…
To celebrate our new website, Chapman & Bailey are heavily discounting Arches 640 Gsm Paper 30% Off Da Vinci brushes! 20% Off Cn 12oz Primed Cotton (213cm wide) 20% Off [pix_button type=”second_color” size=”large”]CONTACT US[/pix_button] Click here to ask us more about our art products and services
Don’t miss out on this great workshop! This Thursday we will be having an Artist Brushes Demo with artist Julia Gorman @ C&B Artshop, Melbourne. Be sure to get in early as the numbers are strictly limited. Looking forward to seeing you! What: Fabulous Brushes Demo – Melbourne When: 1 August 1pm – 1.40pm Where:…
R&F Encaustic Workshops at Chapman & Bailey Studios, Brunswick St, Fitzroy 15th July 2013 Chapman & Bailey R&F Workshops, Brunswick St, FItzroy. Click here to find out more [pix_button type=”second_color” size=”large”]CONTACT US[/pix_button] Click here to ask us about our Workshops & Free Demos.
Free R&F Paintstick Demo @ Brisbane C&B Artshop Come along and learn about this marvellous product. What: R&F Paintstick Demo – Brisbane When: 27 July. Early Start! 9 am – 9.40 am Where: Chapman & Bailey Brisbane Artshop, 14 Byres St, Newstead, Queensland. Contact: ph. 07 3666 0028 www.chapmanbailey.com.au Limited to 10 people only 40min.…
How To Stretch A Canvas Demo What: Mark Chapman, founder of Chapman & Bailey will be demonstrating: All about different stretcher profiles and bracing How to put a stretcher together so it is square Cutting the canvas to size The art of stretching a canvas with and without stretching pliers What are wedges for? The…
But there are still free places at the Funky Pastels Demo Just letting everyone know that the C&B Free R&F Paint Stick Demo on the 16th May 2013 is now full! R&F Paint Sticks bridge the gap between drawing and painting. All you need to get started are the sticks themselves and a support to…
Just letting everyone know that the C&B Free Schmincke Watercolour Demo is now full! Artist Julia Gorman will show the beauty of these highest quality watercolours. Learn masking and preparing paper for watercolour work and watercolour techniques with Da Vinci brushes. Please stay tuned for more opportunities!