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Oil Painting
Frances Featherstone Experiments with Jackson’s Oil Painting Mediums

Made in the UK, Jackson’s Oil Painting Mediums allow you to truly customise and alter the way your oil paint behaves and looks. From improving flow and transparency ...
On 4 April 2022 / By Christine Kent
Watercolour Painting
A First Look at Roman Szmal’s New Colours within the Aquarius Watercolour range

Roman Szmal’s Aquarius Watercolour range already has a wide collection of 165 colours, most of which are single pigment, which ensures clean mixing and allows artists to really ...
On 14 January 2022 / By Christine Kent
Oil Painting
Terri Broughton experiments with Jackson’s Artist Oil Paint

Jackson’s Artist Oil Paints are manufactured in the UK, using specified raw materials from suppliers who share our ethical principles and objectives. Combining high-quality modern pigments and refined ...
On 31 December 2021 / By Christine Kent
Studio and General
Two Illustrators draw with Jackson’s Indian Ink

October is often a month in an artists calendar dedicated to ink drawings, by participating in Inktober. We asked illustrators Philip Harris and Richard Stephenson to try out ...
On 10 November 2021 / By Christine Kent
Oil Painting
Three Artists Put Jackson’s Professional Oil Paint to the Test

Throughout the month of August we asked three artists to try out Jackson’s Professional Oil Paints, to discover the handling properties and quality of the paint. Made by ...
On 30 August 2021 / By Christine Kent
Studio and General
Painting with Jackson’s Synthetic Brushes

Throughout the month of May we asked three artists to test the mark making abilities, strength and spring of Jackson’s Synthetic Brushes. Made by some of the world’s ...
On 3 June 2021 / By Christine Kent
Oil Painting
Painting with Jackson’s Pure-Sol Odourless Solvent

As many artists have now adapted to their art studio being at home, odourless solvent may be a friendlier option when painting. We asked three artists, Hannah Ivory ...
On 26 February 2021 / By Christine Kent
Features & Editorials
Call for Entries: ING Discerning Eye 2020

The ING Discerning Eye is calling for entries for a brand-new edition in 2020. The exhibition’s new format gives artists the opportunity to showcase their work in a ...
On 4 September 2020 / By Christine Kent
Jackson's Competitions
White Nights Instagram Competition Winners

If you've been following our Instagram posts recently you will have seen that we've had a watercolour competition for a chance to win one of four sets of ...
On 20 July 2018 / By Christine Kent
Watercolour Painting
A Review of Yupo Paper – Lifting, blending and painting with watercolours

Jackson’s introduced Yupo Paper a couple of months ago to our range of papers for watercolour and mixed media. After reading the description of the paper, that it ...
On 19 July 2018 / By Christine Kent
Watercolour Painting
Lukas 1862 Watercolours

The Lukas 1862 Watercolour range is unique in that along with the standard half pans and full pans, all 70 colours within the range are available in chunky ...
On 21 July 2017 / By Christine Kent
Jackson's Competitions
Summer Seascapes & Landscapes Watercolour Competition

With World Watercolour Month happening throughout the whole of July and the beautifully sunny days we have been having so far, we thought it would be a great ...
On 14 July 2017 / By Christine Kent