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Acrylic Designer Gouache is a fast-drying, opaque acrylic based watercolor paint. It's water soluble while wet, and water-resistant, matte and opaque, even over dark surfaces. Great for grounds and layering.

Holbein's opaque matte gouache is Japan's foremost designers' color medium. These paints deliver a brilliant, rich matte finish using naturally opaque pigments - no opaquing agents added. This creates vibrant, exciting color that won't muddy when mixed.

Holbein ranks as one of the world's finest lines of professional oil colors. The Holbein Artists’ Oil Paints rank as one of the world's finest lines of professional oil colors. The formulation of each color is modified individually to compensate for the inherent differences in the working characteristics of pigments, for an even consistency across the entire palette of color.

Endorsed by the Oil Pastel Association of America (OPA), Holbein Artists' Oil Pastels come in a superb range of colors that feel and move like a chalk pastel. They can be applied to almost any ground, and used over acrylic and oil color.

Brilliant and beautiful, Holbein Artists' Watercolor Half Pans have been created for artists who enjoy painting anywhere and everywhere. Made with traditional and modern pigments, these watercolors offer exceptional brilliance, excellent lightfastness, and crisp, clean results without muddiness.

Good for fine detail work, such as lettering and scrolling. Colors retain their clean, crisp, brilliant characteristics. No dispersants to inhibit optimum brush handling qualities.

Developed by Holbein to offer the same high pigment quality and archival characteristics of Holbein's Artists' Oil line while allowing soap-and-water cleanup, Duo Aqua Oils are characterized by rich hues, high chroma, and excellent resistance to light.

Professional quality at an affordable price — that's what you get with Holbein Heavy Body Artist Acrylics, engineered to add more luster, brilliance, and color vigor to your paintings, as well as higher lightfast ratings.

Holbein Aeroflash Liquid Acrylics are professional-quality colors with exceptional brilliance and permanence. They contain high-density pigments ground to fine-grain size (0.001–0.004 mm) in an acrylic resin manufactured to the uniform viscosity most suitable for airbrush use.

Holbein Fluid Acrylic Paints are low-viscosity artist acrylics that deliver exceptional brilliance and clarity in a smooth, free-flowing formula. They are formulated to resist crazing, wrinkling, and foaming whether dripped, poured, sprayed, or applied with a brush.

Professional quality at an affordable price — that's what you get with Holbein Heavy Body Artist Acrylics, engineered to add more luster, brilliance, and color vigor to your paintings, as well as higher lightfast ratings.

Use Holbein Mat Acrylics directly as a painting medium or as a ground for oil, tempera, aqueous colors, or other acrylics. Every color offers outstanding lightfastness and exceptional covering power.

Holbein has created this unique and versatile product. It can be used as a traditional underpainting on all surfaces. It also acts as an extremely opaque and ultra-matte finish acrylic paint medium.

Holbein Acryla Super White Gesso is the ultimate artist-grade underpainting ground for waterbased colors, oil-based colors, and pastels. Available in three textures, this gesso dries to a perfect matte finish without brushstrokes.

Holbein Acrylic Gel Mediums offer professional quality at an affordable price. When mixed with acrylic paints, they give you a myriad of different ways to alter texture, sheen, transparency, viscosity, and depth.

Holbein Acrylic Gesso offers professional quality at an affordable price. Offering in White, Black, or Clear, it has excellent sealing properties and provides the ideal level of tooth for oil or acrylic painting.

Holbein Acrylic Mediums offer professional quality at an affordable price. They can be mixed with Holbein Acryla paints or any good-quality acrylic to extend paint volume and improve flow.

Add sparkle and shine to your next painting or mixed media project. Holbein Acrylic Iridescence is like a jewel beetle — it gradually changes color when viewed at different angles.

Use Holbein Acrylic Modeling Pastes to build up richly textured surface forms on canvas, board, or other painting substrates. They come in a number of specialized formulas.

Fast-drying Holbein Acrylic Varnish provides excellent protection for finished artwork. Ideal for acrylic paintings on canvas or paper, it may also be used on clay, wood, and unglazed pottery.

Acrylic Designer Gouache is a fast-drying, opaque acrylic based watercolor paint. It's water soluble while wet, and water-resistant, matte and opaque, even over dark surfaces. Great for grounds and layering.

Holbein's opaque matte gouache is Japan's foremost designers' color medium. These paints deliver a brilliant, rich matte finish using naturally opaque pigments - no opaquing agents added. This creates vibrant, exciting color that won't muddy when mixed.

Holbein Irodori Artist Gouache is a series of premium opaque watercolors offering outstanding handling and excellent ratings for lightfastness. Each color in the series draws inspiration from both history and nature, allowing artists to experience the rich beauty and delicate expression of Japan in the spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Conforms to ASTM-D4236.

Holbein Aluminum Folding Palettes are lightweight with a black and white enamel finish. Four larger wells and smaller slanted wells provide space for storing and mixing watercolors. A thumb slot makes the palettes comfortable to hold while painting. Available in three sizes.

Brilliant and beautiful, Holbein Artists' Watercolor Half Pans have been created for artists who enjoy painting anywhere and everywhere. Made with traditional and modern pigments, these watercolors offer exceptional brilliance, excellent lightfastness, and crisp, clean results without muddiness.

Good for fine detail work, such as lettering and scrolling. Colors retain their clean, crisp, brilliant characteristics. No dispersants to inhibit optimum brush handling qualities.

Holbein Gum Arabic Medium is an artist-grade medium that enhances gloss and transparency when mixed with watercolors. Mixing Gum Arabic Medium with opaque colors such as gouache and poster colors also increases transparency.

Use Holbein Gum Arabic Paste to introduce unique visual effects into paintings. This artist-grade medium results in an impasto effect when mixed with watercolors.

Holbein Iridescent Medium is an artist-grade medium designed to facilitate iridescent and pearlescent effects when used with waterbased media.

Holbein Multi Sizing Liquid is an artist-grade sizing liquid used to reduce the absorbency of paper. Dilute it with warm water and apply with a broad brush.

Holbein Ox Gall Medium is an artist-grade wetting agent that improves flow and enhances wet-into-wet techniques when mixed with watercolors. It also improves the acceptance of watercolor paints on paper, particularly hard-sized papers.

This quality constructed atomizer bottle creates a stippled mist which is ideal for many painting techniques. This is a clear, 2 oz (59 ml) plastic bottle with a non-clogging nozzle.

Mask and highlight small to large areas of your artwork with Holbein Watercolor Masking Fluid. Great for students and professionals alike, it’s quick drying and provides excellent coverage.

Mixing Holbein Watercolor Medium with watercolors facilitates fine line and stroke development by improving flow.

Holbein ranks as one of the world's finest lines of professional oil colors. The Holbein Artists’ Oil Paints rank as one of the world's finest lines of professional oil colors. The formulation of each color is modified individually to compensate for the inherent differences in the working characteristics of pigments, for an even consistency across the entire palette of color.

Developed by Holbein to offer the same high pigment quality and archival characteristics of Holbein's Artists' Oil line while allowing soap-and-water cleanup, Duo Aqua Oils are characterized by rich hues, high chroma, and excellent resistance to light.

With a range of 40 remarkably strong, beautiful, and stable colors, the Vernét line is truly the dream palette of tomorrow's great masters.

This non-flammable, odorless cleaning solution was specially formulated for use with Holbein Duo Aqua Water Soluble Oils, but it's also great for use with other water soluble oil colors.

Specially formulated for use with Duo Aqua Oil Colors, Holbein Duo Aqua Linseed Oil increases transparency and adds a gloss finish while slowing drying time. It can be thinned with water; the resulting milky appearance will become clear when dry.

Holbein Duo Aqua Oil Painting Medium enhances transparency and adds a gloss finish while accelerating the drying time of Duo Aqua Oil Colors.

Holbein Duo Aqua Oil Quick Drying Liquid enhances transparency and adds a gloss finish while dramatically accelerating the drying time of Duo Aqua Oil Colors.

Holbein Duo Aqua Oil Quick Drying Medium Pastes were designed specifically for use with Duo Aqua Oil Colors. Use them to enhance transparency or translucency, create a gloss or matte finish, accelerate drying time, or aid brushability and flow.

Holbein Duo Aqua Oil Stand Linseed Oil is a highly viscous, thermal polymerized linseed oil that increases the transparency of Duo Aqua Oil Colors.

Made to the same exacting high standards as Holbein paints, Purified Linseed Oil is made for thinning the consistency of Holbein Artists' Oil Colors while preserving their legendary pigment strength. It imparts a clean, traditional, semi-gloss finish.

Distilled from a variety of the lavender plant family, this fragrant oil is a thinning agent with properties similar to turpentine but has a greater tendency to oxidize or gum and does not evaporate as readily.

Still made by the orthodox method of exposure to the sun for prolonged periods, this oil is very heavy and thick, with a viscosity that improves drying, leveling and protective characteristics. Used with oil mediums, varnishes and glazes.

Attach these durable stainless steel clips to your canvas corners, and carry two face-to-face wet canvases at one time. Each package includes four clips.

Transport multiple works of art, even when wet. Affixing these steel canvas pins to the front-facing corners of two canvases allows artists to carry them face-to-face - a perfect transportation solution for the plein air painter.

Made of a lightweight yet strong aluminum alloy, Holbein Extreme Canvas Pliers are built to last a lifetime. Designed for the professional artist, the pliers are equipped with comfortable rubberized handles that make handling larger canvases safer and easier.

Rabbit skin glue is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints. This fine French rabbit skin glue is in powder form and is easily dissolved in water. When dry, it is waterproof.

Translucent plastic tube (1-1/4" dia.), telescopes from 8-1/2" to 13" long to accommodate short or long handles.

This sturdy plastic Bellows Brush Washer is great for "plein air" watercolor. It measures 3-3/4" high when open and 1-1/2" high when closed.

This basic tin brush-washing canister has a lid and a handle for convenience. It measures 2-5/8"Dia at the top and 3-1/2"Dia at the bottom. It stands 3" high.

Traditional pastel painting has never had the benefit of a wide assortment of speicalized tools for applying color. In this collection you'll a selection of tools for blending, cleaning, over glazing, and removal of unwanted color.

Holbein MX Series Painting Knives are a series of superbly nimble painting knives crafted for optimal precision and control. Made from a single piece of stainless steel to minimize breakage, Holbein MX Series Painting Knives offer predictable balance and a durable design for years of reliable use.

Hand-forged in Seki Japan, these exquisite painting knives reflect skills honed over centuries of sword making. They're longer than most for better coverage and remarkable stroke potential. Polished stainless steel blades and solid wood handles.

Use Holbein Acrylic Ink to create bold, brilliant color with a brush, airbrush, dip pen, technical, or refillable markers, or to achieve the subtle characteristics, washes, and tones of watercolor painting. It will not clog a 0.1 mm aperture. Compatible with all Holbein waterbased media.

Holbein Artists' Colored Pencils are a range of superbly pigmented, premium-quality pencils featuring soft, oil-based 3.8 mm cores. Ideal for blending, layering, and creating subtle color gradations, they boast a smooth, lush application and are suitable for a wide range of drawing and illustration techniques.

Holbein's Charcoal Holder is 6-1/2" long and features a sliding ring to help grip a charcoal stick, crayon, or pastel. It is constructed of nickel-plated brass with a black painted wood handle.

Give your colored pencil artwork a painted effect with with Holbein Meltz Colored Pencil Blender! Brush this liquid medium over oil-based colored pencil artwork to create stunning gradations, effortlessly blend colors, and give your colored pencil artwork a brushed-on look.

Holbein Refillable Markers are easy to fill and refill. Ideal for use with Holbein Acrylic Inks, they are available in four tip sizes — 6 mm, 15 mm, 30 mm, and 50 mm. The tips are exceptionally durable and strong for creating fine details or wide strokes. The tips are replaceable.

Keep colored pencils on-point with the Holbein T’Gaal Adjustable Sharpener. It has five sharpening angles for precision results — 1 is shortest while 5 is longest. With this pencil sharpener, you can give your pencils blunt points for shading or sharp ones for fine detail. There’s also a Close setting that prevents pencil shavings from falling out of the sharpener.

These superior student grade oil pastels feature smooth, even pigmentation and no hard spots or bubbles. They handle, blend, and clean easily. Holbein Academic pastels can be used on virtually any surface. Ideal for quick sketching and student use.

Endorsed by the Oil Pastel Association of America (OPA), Holbein Artists' Oil Pastels come in a superb range of colors that feel and move like a chalk pastel. They can be applied to almost any ground, and used over acrylic and oil color.

Holbein has developed a range of artist-quality soft pastels that offer great covering and blending power because of their soft powder richness. Individually wrapped sticks feature a square shape for versatility - use the flat sides or sharp edges!

Color a picture, then brush on water to produce a watercolor effect. Set contains 8-colors. Non-toxic. Wrapped in protective sleeves. Size, 2-7/8" long x 7/16" round.

This professional quality brayer meets the demands of all professional etching artists. The rubber is super soft, about 1/2" thick, durable, and long lasting. The brayer has a wood handle as a finishing touch.

Create your own paint or customize the color concentration of another paint. Created to resemble the authentic Edo Period ukiyo-e palette, Tosai Pigment Paste is ideal for block printing. It is made with finely ground, 30% to 70% pure pigments, a dispersant, and a wetting agent.

Holbein Soft Tape is a great way to hang and showcase your artwork without damaging it with tacks. This masking paper tape features excellent and uniform adhesive qualities on paper, plastic, and similar surfaces.

Excellent for everyday drawing, sketching, and doodling, Holbein Croquis Drawing Books feature a sturdy, portable format and generous page count.

The Holbein Multimedia spiral-bound book is a great all-purpose pad for plein air and studio use. Each book includes 28 sheets of high-quality, all-purpose 80 lb, neutral pH paper that accepts watercolor, graphite, chalk, pencil, charcoal, or pastels.

White Ibis Watercolor Books from Holbein are produced to the exacting standards set by Holbein's 120 years of experience in developing fine art papers. Each spiral bound book or tape bound pad contains 12 sheets of white, exceptional-quality, 140 lb (300 gsm) neutral pH paper crafted from a unique cotton blend that ensures predictable and reliable results every time.

Find a playful home for your drawings and sketches with the Holbein Yuko Higuchi Cats on Parade Sketchbook. Featuring front and back covers with whimsical cat illustrations by renowned artist Yuko Higuchi, these spiral-bound Croquis sketchbooks contain 70 sheets of 60 gsm, 100% pulp paper ideal for sketching or drawing with pencils, pens, colored pencils, and pastels.