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We work with artists and vendors around the world to come up with unique products and sets that aren’t available anyplace else…we have fun finding cool stuff and we often come up with some amazing deals! Here are the exclusives…
We are working with Schmincke to develop the next new custom set, expected stateside in October 2017. This palette of colors is a split primary set selected from the new colors that Schmincke released earlier this year. All colors are…
Waiting on a special item that we ordered for you? Or just like to know when we get in your favorite brand of ink? Here is a list that we will update weekly to keep you in-the-know! Looking for a…
“If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper This quote from painter Edward Hopper encapsulates the ongoing dilemma of describing your paintings with words. No matter what you say about your subject…
I have had about 50 years personal experience with canvas as a painting support. The first 20 as a painter, the next 30 mostly as an art supply retailer. Some of the historic canvas prep techniques I learned in school…
Editor’s note: Since 2013 we’ve done a series of custom sets and the current can be found here. If you have shopped at Wet Paint in Saint Paul during the past 25 years, you know Darin Rinne, our General Manager. …
Back in the 1970s, if you were a serious art student, it was standard to carry a black bound sketchbook just like your professor. Besides being the repository of your sketches and notes, the binding gave you the sense of…