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Our back to college sale is in full swing!

August 31st, 2011

These are difficult financial times and what with tuition fees soaring and bursaries being harder to find than Where’s Wally, we’ve decided to cut all you art students a little slack by providing you with pretty much all the art supplies you need to start your creative course at a fraction of their usual price!

But our helping hands stretch further than just offering you great quality art materials and letting you keep your beer money.   Artstore’s web monkeys have been grafting away, night and day to make the process of buying your art materials so simple even a monkey could do it! Our brand spanking new College section offers you tailored material lists that let you buy everything you’ll need at the click of a button. What’s more, all the lists have been personally selected by the course tutors themselves, so you won’t be wasting precious pennies on items that aren’t up to scratch.

Worry not if your college course isn’t listed. We’ve been working with art schools, universities and colleges for the last 15 years, so drop a quick e-mail to customerservices@artstore.co.uk listing your course and where you are studying and we’ll lovingly create an art materials list that’ll cover whatever your lecturer has in store for you over the coming year.

Now all you need to worry about is getting to class on time and doing us proud!

How To Fix a Canvas Dent

August 10th, 2011

The canvas dent! It’s a common little annoyance that almost everyone who paints on canvas will have come across at least once. Whether it be someone carelessly knocking over your easel as you work, a canvas transit blunder or a gallery being less than careful with your cherished painting, there are literally hundreds of ways that your painting can take a little bump, even if it’s wrapped up tighter than a new born baby.

But worry not! Although the canvas dent is a little irritating it needn’t reduce you to tears. The solution is so simple anyone can do it!

Step 1:

Find a clean brush and a freshly washed container that can hold hot liquid.

Step 2:

Boil the kettle and fill your receptacle with hot water (might as well make yourself a cuppa while you are at it.)

Step 3:

Turn your canvas so that the back is facing you. Using your clean brush, generously coat the dented area with the hot water. For best results keep your canvas vertical.

Step4:

Enjoy a hard earned cuppa while you wait for your canvas to dry, and the hot water works its magic!