Adamstown Art

Interesting Facts

Did you know that Adamstown Art has the most extensive range of watercolours in Australia. Lots to choose from.

Umton is the leading artist paint manufacturer in the Czech Republic. Beautiful watercolours.

De Atramentis make waterproof pigmented inks that will flow through a fountain pen.
Urban sketchers rejoice.

Kolibri have been handcrafting artist brushes in Germany since 1898. Experience counts.

Boutique Fine Art Supplies

Artists seek out Adamstown Art for their dependability, good prices, friendly advice and quality range of fine art materials. Learn more about Adamstown Art.

20% Off Winsor & Newton Watercolour Tubes

Special includes the 5ml, 14ml and 37ml tubes. Winsor & Newton were the original moist watercolours, being introduced in 1865. They are a watercolour you can rely on, consistently providing excellent quality. The range has a large number of single pigment colours and is renowned for the transparency of the watercolours.

15% Off Amatruda Sets for Painters

The Amatruda sets contain 10 sheets of 340gsm pure cotton handmade watercolour paper. Each sheet had deckled edges and is natural white in colour. The ten sheets can be removed easily from the open top folder which itself is made from ivory cotton paper and sealed with wax.

20% Off Umton Sets

Umton is the leading artist paint manufacturer in the Czech Republic with a history dating back to 1910. Fine grade pigments and the brightest gum arabic combine to give the Umton watercolours their presence on the paper. Umton is a watercolour that has excellent mixing characteristics, good control on the paper and strong honest colour.

15% Off Schmincke Super Granulation Watercolours

Available in 5ml, 15ml, half pans and sets. Schmincke Super Granulation colours provide intense granulation and colour separation, giving wonderful effects that you can use to enhance your paintings.

20% Off Leonard Sable Watercolour Brushes

Leonard watercolour brushes in Kolinsky Sable included the round series 0070R and the pointed round series 7733R. Leonard have been handcrafting artists' brushes in Saint-Brieuc, France since 1779. The synthesis of tradition, knowledge and modern methods produces brushes of the highest quality.

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20% Off Kusakabe Professional Watercolour Tubes

Available in 5ml and 20ml, the professional watercolour range has excellent brilliance of colour and transparency and is well behaved on the paper. The paints are also environmentally and people friendly. Many high performance organic pigments are used instead of pigments such as cadmium and cobalt.

15% Off Turner Design Gouache

Turners water based design gouache has brilliant opaque colour which dries to a beautiful matte finish without brushmarks. The gouache also has a unique non bleeding feature allowing you to paint light or white colors over dark when dry. As the colours employ the Munsell System, colour mixing and identification is much easier. There is little or no colour shift from wet to dry.

Turner Colour Works is famous for gouache and watercolour. Based in Osaka, Japan, Turner has a history spanning more than than 75 years.

15% Off Renesans Cover Tempera Gouache

Cover uses an exclusive water based binder which maintains the advantages of traditional tempera and gouache whilst providing significantly more pigment in every brushstroke. Luminosity, brilliance and colour intensity are imbued throughout the range. The opacity of the colours is achieved through high levels of pigment rather than by additives.

15% Off Bruynzeel Watercolour Pencil Sets

These superior watercolour pencils have a highly pigmented 3.7 mm colour core which provides excellent colour transfer. The colour is completelty soluable in water and great results can be obtained by applying a damp brush to the desired areas in your drawings. Since 1948 Bruynzeel has been ensuring every pencil produced reflects Dutch quality. Bruynzeel quality is assured by using the best pigments and sustainable wood.

15% Off Kuretake Fountain Pen Inks

The Meiji No Iro series is a beautiful selection of coloured inks which were inspired by popular colours from the Meiji era (1890 to 1910) of Japan. Kuretake was founded during the Meiji period (1902) and celebrated their 120 year anniversary by carefully selecting and introducing 6 special inks. The inks are water based dye colours which can be used with fountain pens, glass pens, dip pens and brushes.

15% Off Museums & Galleries Notebooks

Museums & Galleries A5 luxuary notebooks have 160 pages of fountain pen friendly paper and layflat binding. Each notebook features an art inspired design on the cover with complimentary end pages on the inside. All paper used is FSC certified.

New: Rohrer & Klingner Traditional Inks

The traditional ink range is a fusion of modern high quality materials with decades of traditional experience. The acrylic base and high density of pigmentation provides for inks with luminance and brilliance. The inks can be used for drawing and lettering and can be applied by brush, nib, technical pen (to 0.35mm) and airbrush. Of note is the range of surfaces the inks can be used on, including drawing paper, cardstock, transparent paper and also soft cotton papers.

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15% Off De Atramentis Artist Inks

De Atramentis Artist inks are lightfast waterproof inks that will flow through a fountain pen making them perfect for both writing and sketching. Apart from fountain pens, the inks can also be used with dip pens and brushes. There are 18 colours in the range which are intermixable, allowing you to create your own colours.

20% Off Golden High Flow Bottles

Special covers both the 30ml & 118ml bottles. Golden High Flow Acrylics are a very versitile ink like acrylic paint. You can use them with brushes, pens, refillable markers and airbrushes or just pour straight from the bottle.

15% Off Kusakabe Artist Oils

Kusakabe is an oil paint for professionals that are particular about colour and texture. Carefully selected raw materials have been thoroughly blended to create a firm buttery consistency. This texture is ideal for enhancing brush techniques.

Kusakabe are one of the eminent Japanese artist colour manufacturers, famous for their oils and watercolours. Kusakabe was the first paint manufacturer in Japan and has been in operation since 1928.

15% Off Renesans Hydr-Oil 60ml Tubes

Hydr-Oil is compatible with both oil and water.
- Use with Acrylics, Aqyla, Oils, Watersoluable Oils & Gouache.
- Use oil mediums, Hydr-Oil mediums and acrylic gels and pastes.
- Thin with water and wash up with soapy water.

Hydr-Oils are genuine oil paints with intense colour, thick texture and excellent lightfastness. They have all the advantages of regular oils and none of the disadvantages. Their unique properties also means you don't need to use solvents, you can just open the tap.

Very Avant-Garde.

60% Off Primacryl 35ml Tubes

Primacryl is a premium acrylic colour using modern pigments in exceptionally high concentration. Primacryl gives colours a new dimension of brilliance and expressiveness. All colours in the range are rated four or five stars for lightfastness ensuring the quality expected of Schmincke paints.

15% Off Rosa Palette Knives

The Rosa Gallery palette knives are made in Italy and are a true artist quality which allows for tactile direct painting as well as mixing. They are available in a wide selection encompassing tear drop, fish, diamond, rectangular and special shapes.

15% Off Speedball Sets

Speedball have been manufacturing nibs since 1899 and have a good variety of sets available for Calligraphy, Embellishment and Drawing.

20% Off William Mitchell Calligraphy Inks

Acrylic based calligraphy ink suitable for dip pen nibs and brush. Eight vibrant colours are available in 30ml bottles. The ink has good flow for calligraphy and is easily controllable on paper.

15% Off Zig Calligraphy Markers

Zig dual nib calligraphy markers are available in 24 standard colours as well as 9 metallic shades. The dual nib markers use pigmented water based ink that is waterproof, fade resistant, photo safe and that will not bleed.

Pastel Specials

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20% Off Sennelier Paris Set

15% Off Townsend Soft Form Sets

10% Off J Luda Singles

15% Off Lisa Ann Watkins Animal Art Kit

15% Off Lux Archival Packs of 5 & 10

35% Off Colourfix Smooth

20% Off Holbein Square Soft Pastel Singles

15% Off Derwent Pastel Pencil Sets

15% Off Colourfix Original 23x30cm Packs of 10

The Big Pan Pastel Sale

Best Price for Unison Pastels