The Artist’s Marketplace

Pads in New Dimensions from Strathmore

In response to popular demand, Strathmore Artist Papers has introduced 12 new pad items in square and landscape sizes:

—300 Series Canvas (textured paper that’s great for practicing techniques with oils and acrylics) is now available in 6”x6” and 6”x12” (10 sheets/pad).

—300 Series Bristol is now available 6”x6” (20 sheets/pad) in a Smooth finish (excellent for mechanical drawing, pencil, pen and ink or experimenting with airbrush) and Vellum finish (excellent for any dry media including pencil, charcoal and pastel).
 

—400 Series Acrylic (with a heavyweight linen finish perfect for acrylic painting) is available in 6”x6” and 6”x12” (10 sheets/pad). 

—400 Series Watercolor, an intermediate grade paper (ideal for both mastering watercolor techniques and finished pieces), is now available in 6”x12” and 6”x18” (12 sheets/pad). 

—400 Series Recycled Drawing paper (a bright white suitable for pencil, charcoal, pastel, crayon and marker) is available 8”x24.5” and 12”x24.5” (24 sheets/pad). 

—And the popular 400 Series Recycled Sketch paper (ideal for both experimentation and perfecting techniques) is available in 5.5”x12” and 8”x24.5” (50 sheets/pad). 

See your retailer and visit www.strathmoreartist.com.

New Sakura Manga Drawing Set

In response to a growing interest in manga (Japanese comic books or graphic novels), Sakura of America has introduced their new Pigma Sensei Manga Drawing Set that is targeted to beginners and as a rough concept kit to artists.  Pigma ink has been used by manga professionals for over 25 years, and the best way for beginners to learn the manga style is to have access to the tools needed to illustrate.  Artists benefit from having a drawing set on-hand to do rough concepts and sketching, e.g., when traveling to anime conventions.  The new six-piece set includes four nib styles of Pigma black ink pens, a mechanical pencil and an eraser.  See your retailer and visit www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Manga-Drawing.

Copyright ARTtalk Vol. 18 No. 4 — March 2008