Halloween!

I've always been a big fan of Halloween. We always carry a lot of fun stuff. But this year we have a great selection of Face Paint, Fabric Paint, Paints, Black foam board even glow in the dark paint as well as GLOW IN THE DARK SILLY PUTTY!.

Canvas Pins are nearly gone!

I never even had time to let everyone know about the adorable little canvas pins!

There are already so few left!




This would make a nice holiday project,
hmmm... I guess we'll be ordering more of these soon!

Spray Paint

We are finally carrying Spray paint!

But why did I wait so long?
I was waiting for the perfect brand!
Plutonium is made in the USA!
It has 3/4 pigment (the opposite of most sprays.

It doesn't flood the object and fill detail -because it is a low volume spray, and you can even spray it up-side-down!

Dover Coloring Books

Unique and sometimes even quite lovely Coloring books are back in stock.

We change up our orders every time we place them to allow the widest variety possible.

Come see our constantly changing selection.



Just in time for Easter

Easter is REALLY just around the corner,

so just in time we've recieved new Handmade Ukrainian Eggs and Greeting cards by Theresa Somerset.

 

She's even brought us this amazing ETCHED EMU egg!

Trash to treasure art

Only a little over a month left to come and see A.R.R.R.T -
The RE-duce, RE-use, RE-cycle art show!
Come see our local artists who have made treasures from trash.

Join our future exhibits: Click here for rules, forms and exhibit lists.
Get your art ready for the BLUES exhibit:  we will begin accepting work at the end of April (and it will be on display until end of July).  Come and surprise us with your latest creations!

Do you recieve our Newsletters?

I just wanted to show you a link to an example of our latest newsletter,

http://www.artistsmediums.com/includes2/artists-mediums-news.html

See what's new!

We have the nicest customers...

I opened an e-mail today, to recieve a compliment!

"Hi,
My name is Matty and have been a long time customer of your store. As an artist I have tried all the other art supply stores in the area and have frequently found Artists Mediums to be the best and friendliest, a fact I have long appreciated. Thank you.
A friend suggested to me that I should consider "doing a class" at your store. My specialty is 25mm miniature figurine painting (Fantasy & Sci-Fi) with acrylic paints. I have been painting for 11 years and have taught several "newbies" learn the basics and intermediate skills needed for this style of art.
If you are interested in talking more about this please feel free to email me.
Thank you for running a wonderful store and for all the help that has been given to me by your staff these past 12 years,
Sincerely,


Matthew C. B.

Infinity is the evolving perceptions of the Gods.

~Aerasume "

What a wonderful letter, of course we will be discussing this class for early next year...so keep an eye out for that...I just wanted to mention how nice our customers are.



A candy store for the most creative people in VERMONT!



There are some customers who brighten our day when they come into the store,  and I am so glad they decided to visit...So many of our Regular customers are talented and inspiring...I just want to thank you ALL!!!



-Chelsea

Have you seen our Framing Lately?

Our Professional Picture Framing Department continues to produce excellent custom picture framing finished work to suit every possible taste, and archival requirement.

We can show you all the options: parts to do it yourself, a shadow-box or float frame, even needlepoint mounting or museum glass, because we want your art to last generations.

Artists' Mediums has recently expanded Kristin's framing department's capabilities.

 Kristin always could cut multiple opening mats...
...but now she can cut just about any shape you'd like to see!

WHAT DO WE CARRY? Take a peek...



Holbein  Matt Acrylics



Watersoluble Oils, Oil Paintstiks, and Encaustics


Artists’ Mediums Inc. carries – the widest selection of fine art materials in the State of Vermont.



A huge Selection of GOLDEN Acrylics



Brushes and storage containers

Printing Supplies

Glues, knives, and Blank Greeting cards

We carry some of the finest lines available to suit the distinctive artist’s tastes.


Pens and Pencils

   


Drawing, sketching and drafting papers

We have nearly 200 vendors, so if we don’t stock it, we can get almost anything you need into our store with our regular order, without any extra shipping costs.

Artists all over Vermont are gearing up to Paint Outdoors this Summer, and demand for art supplies IS growing!

Domestic Etching Paper -in stock in quantity.
a wider selection of Oil Paintsticks are in stock than ever before!
We even have two FULL racks of M.Graham Artists Watercolors -traditionally made -with honey, for your watercoloring pleasure!

Artists' Mediums is ordering more stuff for your artistic endeavors:
Many Drafting supplies will be checked in and unpacked by Monday afternoon!
Travel Watercolor Easels are ALREADY on the way.
Bee Super Deluxe Sketchbooks,
Speedball, Higgins and Daler Rowney drawing and writing inks, and
Canson MiTientes Pastel Papers are on order, as well!

Upcoming Orders;
If you are looking for Golden Acrylics of any size shape or color, I am already started on the order and will be placing it: Tues. August 26th.
Several kinds of Canvas and Paper, will be re-ordered right after that, so if you didn't see your favorite stuff the last time you stopped in, please let us know!
Do you need a French Easel for any of the Plein Air events this summer? That's what's next, so get your orders in soon!

Pinhole Camera Day!

This Sunday, you can celebrate with tons of candy & eggs, but if that's not your basket, you could also celebrate http://www.pinholeday.org/


There is still some time before Sunday to pick up one of the pinhole camera kits we have at Artists' Mediums Inc.


(store hours are till 5 p.m. on Saturday)

Art Pick ups and a Call for art!

 BRING IN YOUR ART for the

THE ARRRT SHOW! **

For all Paperwork and Rules CLICK HERE.

Here's a list of show dates and themes to inspire some new ideas:

Spring: February, March, April 2012, THE ARRRT SHOW! **
**ARRRT? Trash to treasure of course! Make art with one of the 3-R's of RE-duce, RE-use, & RE-cycle.

If you've seen these shows in the past, they can be some of the most creative!
(Please no messy/stinky garbage though.)
We are still accepting art for the Recycle show until February 20th 2012


Summer 2012: May, June and July; BLUES  

Fall 2012: August, Sept., and October, HOT & COLD
Winter 2012/2013: November, Dec. and January2013, GIFTS*

*All items in the GIFT show must be small
(to be given as gifts for the Holidays), and for sale.
(All art taken at 30% Commission.)


WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR ART!

Getting a little bit potty here...

Join us this Thursday, Friday & Saturday and for $10 per person you'll get to create a beautiful flowerpot. These are great Springtime gifts, for Mother's day or Easter or whatever you like! (I rather like my own, so I may just have to do another for my mom!)

See our previous post for all the details.

Making your own patterns for Ukrainian Eggs

Saturday March 26th 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Making your own patterns for Ukrainian Eggs with Theresa Somerset

Theresa will be exploring the methods used to create unique designs and how to transfer a design idea onto a three dimensional surface…like and egg. did you know you can use encaustics to decorate eggs?

Basic Ukrainian Egg Decorating with Kathy Rouleau

Saturday March 19th 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.


Basic Ukrainian Egg Decorating with Kathy Rouleau


Kathy has been decorating eggs professionally for more than 20 years. In her demonstration she will show how these eggs are made by using a technique of waxing and dyeing, a batik process used for more than a thousand years to decorate eggs.

Holiday limited store hours

If you are planning to visit us, please note;

We are closing at 3:00 p.m. on Friday December 24th (Christmas Eve Day)
and closed on Christmas Day
closing at 3:00 p.m. on Friday December 31st
and closed on New Year's Day,

...and closed on January 3rd for our Inventory.

The rest of the time we will be operating on Normal Business hours:
Monday - Friday 9-6
Saturday 10-5

Summertime

Summer is a slow time for us here at Artists' Mediums Inc.

If you are thinking of any large art projects for late summer or for the coming Fall, now is a great time to stop by to get advice from one of our many talented artist/employees here at the store, before we get busy again with Back to School. We have many new products as well as some scrumptious Handmade Papers:
I also wanted to point out that the Portraits and people show is coming down at the end of the Month, actually pick-ups have already begun, so get ready to bring in your art for the "REFLECTIONS" show at the end of the month.

A nice easel and stool set

We have a set of a metal easel and a stool in summer red.

Get the pair for over 35% off of the regular retail price!

Italian Steel Tripod Easels with a maximum canvas height of 29".

Artist's stool adjusts from 19"-24" tall and has casters for easy moving.

New Comic supplies.

COMIC ARTISTS:

24 Hour Comics Day is starting on OCTOBER 3rd. Planning has only just begun, please call with any questions about participation.

Only a touch over four months, until we are once again participating in another 24 hour comic event.
To see what was done last year: check out this blog entry...and this you tube video.
To find a description of what the 24 hour comic event actually IS: click here.

We now carry Maxon brand comic supplies! This includes comic pattern adhesive films, bubble templates -for speech balloons, burnishers, tweezers, comic ink and nibs, and even kits.Come in to see the full selection!