Winsor & Newton

Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Paints are genuine oil colors made from modified linseed and safflower oils. Ideal for artists who share a workspace or prefer to work without solvents, they clean up easily with water.

Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Color is unmatched for its purity, quality, and reliability - a success that is reflected in its worldwide reputation among professional artists. Sets also available.

Imagine traveling to an exotic and beautiful landscape, carrying everything you need with you for an afternoon of plein air painting. Watercolor pans are easier to manage outdoors, and these pan sets are designed to be compact and lightweight.

Waterbased paint for pen, brush, or air-brush work. Great tinting strength. mixes with most acrylics (test first). For fine art painting, watercolor papers are recommended.

Winsor & Newton Liquin Original is a durable, non-yellowing medium for thinning oil and alkyd colors, and speeding drying time. Liquin Original approximately halves the drying time of oil colors, resulting in a drying time of anywhere from one to five days, depending on climate, colors used, and film weight. It is not recommended as a varnish or final coat.

Winsor & Newton Professional Acrylics are unsurpassed in this regard. This becomes evident when you apply these colors straight from tube to canvas, as well when executing thin films and glazes. Even the earth tones, blacks, and whites are clean and never dull.

Today, the Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor range benefits from continued advancements in pigment technology and production methods, building on the company's already high standards to produce even brighter, more transparent, and more stable colors.

Winton is a traditional range of oil colors made from moderately priced pigments, formulated for student and amateur artists or more accomplished painters who require large volumes of color within a moderate cost range.

Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Paints are genuine oil colors made from modified linseed and safflower oils. Ideal for artists who share a workspace or prefer to work without solvents, they clean up easily with water.

Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Color is unmatched for its purity, quality, and reliability - a success that is reflected in its worldwide reputation among professional artists. Sets also available.

Griffin is a genuine oil color, made with pigments and oil modified alkyd resin, and it can be thinned with traditional oil color solvents. Alkyds' main advantage over oil paints is that they are dry to the touch in 18 to 24 hours.

Winton is a traditional range of oil colors made from moderately priced pigments, formulated for student and amateur artists or more accomplished painters who require large volumes of color within a moderate cost range.

Galeria Acrylics are suitable for airbrushing, painting on canvas, paper, canvas, masonite, and wood. (Not recommended for shiny surfaces like glass, unprimed metal, or surfaces painted with oil colors). Dilute with water.

Winsor & Newton Professional Acrylics are unsurpassed in this regard. This becomes evident when you apply these colors straight from tube to canvas, as well when executing thin films and glazes. Even the earth tones, blacks, and whites are clean and never dull.

Cotman Watercolors offer a selection of good-quality watercolors for the beginner or intermediate artist or student. The Cotman line includes both traditional pigments and reliable synthetic colors that replace some of the more rare and expensive pigments used in the Professional Watercolors.

Imagine traveling to an exotic and beautiful landscape, carrying everything you need with you for an afternoon of plein air painting. Watercolor pans are easier to manage outdoors, and these pan sets are designed to be compact and lightweight.

Waterbased paint for pen, brush, or air-brush work. Great tinting strength. mixes with most acrylics (test first). For fine art painting, watercolor papers are recommended.

Perfect for students and anyone looking to become familiar with the medium, the Winsor & Newton Gouache Set features a selection of 10 studio-quality colors offering excellent coverage and a vibrant, opaque matte finish.

Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolors offer artists the widest and most balanced choice of pigments with the greatest possible permanence. These paints have brilliance, transparency, and purity of color unparalleled by any other watercolor.

Today, the Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor range benefits from continued advancements in pigment technology and production methods, building on the company's already high standards to produce even brighter, more transparent, and more stable colors.

Winsor & Newton BrushMarkers are filled with a dye and alcohol-based ink that applies evenly with no streaking, ideal for rendering and shading. The double-ended markers have a broad chisel nib on one end and a brush tip on the other. Fast-drying. Non-toxic.

Winsor & Newton Promarker Watercolor Markers are highly pigmented, lightfast colors in a spectrum of 36 brilliant shades. A double-ended design includes both a fine point tip and a flexible brush tip. The colors mirror and are fully intermixable with Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolors.

Winsor & Newton ProMarkers provide flawless, even application, consistent coverage, and no streaking, making them ideal for design, illustration, comic art, and crafts. Filled with high-performance, alcohol-based, permanent ink. Click-fit caps prevent dryout. Non-toxic.

Winsor & Newton Flow Improver increases flow and workability on non-absorbent surfaces for flat, even color and hard edges. No reduction in color strength occurs when mixed with Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylic. Dilute in water to a ratio of 1:20.

Add Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylic Gel Mediums to Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylics to maintain paint viscosity and hold brush and knife marks. Choose from gloss or matte finish formulas.

Use Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylic Gesso to prime surfaces and provide "tooth" for good adhesion of acrylics, oils, and alkyds. Available in White or Clear formulas.

Add to Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylics to build thin layers of glowing, brilliant color, achieve maximum transparency, or to improve flow. No color shift occurs when mixed with Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylics. Dries to a high gloss finish.

With the help of mediums, Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylics may be used in a fluid, gestural manner and in heavier applications.

This flexible medium thickens color and allows artists to build up depth in layers after allowing each to dry. Modelling Paste can be mixed with color or used to overpaint. This opaque medium may lighten some colors, and it dries to an even, matte finish.

Use Slow Drying Medium in a maximum ratio of 1:1 to increase drying time up to twice the normal time. No color shift occurs when mixed with Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylic. This medium also increases transparency and depth while maintaining viscosity.

This primer is made from the highest quality acrylic resin and a superior pigment level. It's an opaque, white gesso that is ideal for priming a variety of surfaces. Its covering power and quality of binder make it the best when using one coat only.

This translucent gel extends the drying time of acrylic colors.

A highly economical medium, Winsor & Newton Galeria Extender increases the volume of paint and maintains opacity. Colors will dry to a matte finish. This is a great product for those with limited budgets.

Winsor & Newton Galeria Flow Improver is an additive that loosens the surface tension of water within the acrylic film. It increases flow, allowing the artist to apply areas of flat color evenly.

Mix with acrylic color or apply over the top of dry color to give a unique effect of "light interference." Use on a variety of surfaces to create stunning pearlescent effects.

This paste is formulated to have the least possible effect on color change from wet to dry. It remains flexible on a variety of surfaces.

Winsor & Newton Galeria Polymer Mediums

This gel is ideal for use with acrylic color to create moderate to heavy impasto structure. Mix with acrylic color to increase gloss, transparency, and structure without any texture particles. Heavy Structure Gel maintains a satin finish.

Texture gels are granular paste gels containing additives to create special textured effects without affecting color stability or permanence. They are ideal for "natural" textures such as landscape paintings and craft applications.

The main binder in the Artisan Water Mixable Oil Paints line, Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Linseed Oil reduces the consistency and improves the flow of the paints. It also increases gloss and transparency in paintings.

Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Fast Drying Medium improves the flow and speeds the drying time of Artisan Water Mixable Oil Paints by approximately 50%, allowing layers of paint to be applied more quickly.

Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Impasto Medium thickens Artisan Water Mixable Oil Paints for impasto painting and texturing. It also speeds drying time.

Use Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Paint Thinner as a substitute for water, or combined them to dilute Artisan Water Mixable Oil Paints. This medium provides a more oily consistency than water and doesn't form an emulsion with the paint.

Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Painting Medium is specially formulated to thin Artisan Water Mixable Oils, improving the flow and wetting of colors. It also aids in fine detail work.

Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Safflower Oil is sometimes used as a binder in paler Artisan Water Mixable Oil Paints to maintain their brightness. It also reduces paint consistency and increases gloss and transparency.

A more durable type of Linseed Oil, Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Stand Oil produces a longer drying time and a paler, more flexible film with excellent leveling properties.

A stand linseed oil/petroleum distillate used to thin the consistency of oils and alkyds. Dries to flexible film, minimal tendency to yellow, wrinkle, or crack. Thin with mineral spirits.

Dissolves linseed oil oxidation and cleans soiled oil paintings. Contains an emulsified mixture of Copaiba balsam, dipentene, and pine oil with ammonia. Cleaner settles out in two layers. Thinning not recommended.

This volatile, flammable diluting agent is suitable for thinning oil and alkyd colors, as well as for cleaning brushes. Slightly slower drying than turpentine, it has the added benefit of not deteriorating when stored.

This mixture of Damar Varnish, Linseed Oil, and mineral spirits reduces the consistency and slows the drying rate of oil and alkyd colors. It is useful as a medium for blending, glazing, stroke work, antiquing, and staining.

Winsor & Newton Cold Pressed Linseed Oil is a slightly yellow oil that is extracted without the use of heat. Add it to colors to reduce their consistency, improve flow, and increase gloss and transparency, while reducing brush marks.

Our highly refined Turpentine is a traditional choice for diluting oil colors and brush cleaning, with greater wetting properties than mineral spirits. Turpentine is flammable and toxic. Use only in a well ventilated area.

Winsor & Newton Drying Linseed Oil possesses a darker color than Refined Linseed Oil. It promotes the fastest drying rate of all drying oils while increasing gloss.

The palest of all the drying oils, Winsor & Newton Drying Poppy Oil is specially formulated for use with white and pale colors. It reduces the consistency of oil paints while increasing their gloss and transparency. It also resists yellowing.

Winsor & Newton Linseed Stand Oil is a pale, viscous oil that can be mixed with turpentine or white (mineral) spirits to improve the flow and leveling of oil colors. It retards drying but imparts a tough, elastic finish.

Winsor & Newton Liquin Fine Detail is ideal for fine detailed work, for producing a smooth surface picture, or in smoothly blended areas where brush marks are not desired. Winsor & Newton Liquin Fine Detail approximately halves the drying time of oil color, depending on the proportions added. It is touch-dry in one to five days, depending on the climate, colors used, and film weight. It is not recommended for use as a varnish or final coat.

Winsor & Newton Liquin Impasto Medium is a semi-gloss, quick-drying, non-yellowing impasto medium that retains crisp textures and brush strokes without any visible leveling. It also extends tube color, provides bulk, and allows more blending time. When dry, it forms a flexible, tough film that can be varnished in the normal way. Use it for heavier brush work or palette knives. It is not recommended for use as a varnish or final coat.

Liquin Light Gel is a slight gel that breaks down on brushing (thixotropic) and flows out to give a non-drip effect when mixed with color. It is ideal for glazing, and dries to a gloss film that has an increased resistance to yellowing. It is not recommended for use as a varnish or final coat.

A semi-matte, quick-drying medium, Winsor & Newton Liquin Oleopasto has a soft gel consistency with some brush drag, ideal for leveling crisp brushmarks and providing bulk in impasto and texture work. It dries to a crack-resistant, virtually non-yellowing film.

Winsor & Newton Liquin Original is a durable, non-yellowing medium for thinning oil and alkyd colors, and speeding drying time. Liquin Original approximately halves the drying time of oil colors, resulting in a drying time of anywhere from one to five days, depending on climate, colors used, and film weight. It is not recommended as a varnish or final coat.

Winsor & Newton Oil Painting Primer is used for priming all surfaces for oil and alkyd colors. It provides a bright white surface and excellent paint adhesion. It comes ready to use, and dries in 24 hours. The primer can be tinted with oil paint.

Winsor & Newton's most popular oil offers many of the same qualities as Winsor & Newton Cold-Pressed Linseed Oil, but is slower-drying. Refined Linseed Oil is an alkali-refined oil of pale color that reduces oil color consistency and increases gloss and transparency.

A pale, very slow-drying oil ideally suited for use with white and pale colors, Winsor & Newton Refined Safflower Oil improves the flow of oil paints while also increasing their gloss and transparency. This oil is best used on its own, as it may cause cracking if overpainted with linseed oil.

Sansodor makes a viscous mixture that evaporates slowly. It costs approximately the same as turpentine, but has minimal odor and does not deteriorate when stored.

A pale refined oil of syrupy consistency, Winsor & Newton Thickened Linseed Oil speeds drying time even more than Winsor & Newton Bleached Linseed Oil. It improves flow and gloss, and increases the durability of the film. This oil behaves like Linseed Stand Oil but dries quicker and darker.

Whether you experiment with one or try them all, each Winsor & Newton Watercolor Medium has a specific property to add to your artistic expression when painting. Aquapasto is a transparent gel medium helps you create impasto effects by thickening and reducing the flow of watercolors and gouaches.

This liquid is applied to make areas resistant to watercolor. Has a slight yellow tint. Not recommended for use on damp or soft sized papers, or if yellow staining of paper is a risk (Instead use Colorless Art Masking Fluid). Made from latex. Do not dilute.

Use this removable, colorless liquid to mask areas of work that need protection when color is applied in broad washes. Contains latex.

Granulation Medium is known for giving a mottled or granular appearance to colors that usually give a smooth wash. For maximum effect, dilute color with medium alone.

Increases watercolor brilliancy, gloss, and transparancy, giving greater depth to color. Also slows down drying time of paint, and can be used for controlling spread when painting wet-on-wet. Bottle.

Mix this medium with watercolors or apply it over a dry wash to give iridescent or glitter effects. It is particularly effective when mixed with transparent colors.

Apply the medium directly to paper and allow it to dry before painting. The preparation then allows dry washes, including staining colors, to be more easily lifted from paper with a wet brush. Ideal for making corrections.

Ox Gall is a wetting agent used with watercolors. It increases the flow of washes on the painting surface. It can also be used for marbling.

Producing a textured finish for watercolors, this medium can be applied directly onto the paper, or mixed with watercolors first.

Slows the drying of watercolors allowing more time for blending techniques. For maximum effect, dilute watercolors with medium only, but water can also be added.

A non-removable, transparent liquid mask, the Winsor & Newton Watercolor Permanent Masking Medium is excellent for detail.

This product safely removes Artisan Water Mixable Varnishes from paintings in need of cleaning and revarnishing. Simply apply it with a lint free cloth, being careful to avoid undue abrasion.

Winsor & Newton Artisan Oil Painting Varnishes are made especially for use with water mixable oils.

Use specially formulated Winsor & Newton Acrylic UV Varnishes to protect and preserve artwork against dirt, grease, pollution, fading, and color shift. Choose from gloss, matte, or satin finishes.

Winsor & Newton Artists' Fixative Spray provides a non-removable, colorless, and transparent finish. It can be used on charcoal, pencil, pastel, and chalk drawings. The 400 ml aerosol spray can contains no fluorocarbons.

Artists' Retouching Varnish is a clear liquid varnish that dries to a non-yellowing, glossy film and gives temporary protection to recently completed oil paintings.

Winsor & Newton Artists' Spray Varnishes are the easiest way to provide paintings with superior, brushstroke-free protection against dirt, grease, and UV damage. All formulas are removable with mineral spirits or turpentine so that paintings may be cleaned in the future.

Winsor & Newton Dammar Varnish is a traditional, pale yellow varnish that dries quickly to a high gloss for use on oil and alkyd paintings. It is traditionally used on prints and maps. Dammar Varnish tends to darken with age.

Finished artwork should be protected from general dust and pollution by application of a thin layer of varnish. These products impart a protective satin, gloss, or matte layer to finished paintings. They can be mixed.

Winsor & Newton General Purpose Spray Varnish is a clear spray varnish that is ideal for protecting a variety of surfaces including wood, metal, paper, and modeling materials. Because it is permanent and non-removable, it is recommended for craft projects, not fine artwork. Choose Gloss or Matt.

Winsor & Newton Original Artists' Varnishes provide finalized oil and alkyd paintings with superior protection against dirt, grease, and UV damage. All are removable with mineral spirits or turpentine so that paintings may be cleaned in the future.

Winsor & Newton's Artisan Brushes are ideal for use with water-mixable oils or acrylics. Designed especially to achieve the best possible results when used with Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oils, these brushes also can be used with other brands of oil and acrylic paints.

The interlocked synthetic filaments of these brushes provide superb durability combined with excellent shape retention. Stiff enough for thick color, yet soft enough for glazing, these brushes offer versatility with the feel of natural hair.

Winsor & Newton have created a brush perfectly matched to their Artists' Watercolor paints. Excellent color carrying capacity, ability to point, and spring back into shape are noted features of the "new classic" watercolor brush series.

This Winsor & Newton brush, features Chungking hog bristles and a naturally interlocked head. Contoured birch handles are sculpted to offer a comfortable grip at the tail as well as below the ferrule.

Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Synthetic Hog Brushes feature rigorously-tested, professional-quality synthetic flagged bristles that replicate the flags found in natural hog hair. They offer firm control and superb color carrying capacity for rich, full-bodied color in a variety of strokes. Extraordinarily durable and resilient, they are easy to clean even after heavy use.

Winsor & Newton's Series 150 Bamboo Brush is designed for Asian ink and watercolor painting, but the extra long hairs make for exciting strokes in traditional watercolors as well. These brushes are also excellent for ceramic glazing applications.

A range of synthetic brushes made by blending fibers of different thicknesses to achieve the most important qualities sought after by the watercolorist - strength, spring, and color holding capacity.

These strong, resilient brushes are particularly matched to the Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic line. Their unique mix of synthetic filaments provides perfect control. Long-handled styles are made from stiffer filaments.

These brushes are made from goat hair and are designed for soft blending and water washes. Goat hair is an economical natural fiber that can be used in place of expensive sable.

This unique synthetic fiber is so much like mongoose, it even has the tapered point and surface texture of the natural hair. Yet it has better durability. The synthetic is stiffer than sable, but softer than hog bristle.

These duster and watercolor mop brushes are made from a mixture of pony and goat hair. They feature seamless black aluminum ferrules and short, white, polished wooden handles with black tips.

Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor Synthetic Sable Brushes deliver uncompromising quality and performance, offering artists an innovative alternative to natural sable. Each short-handled brush in the range features a rigorously-tested blend of synthetic bristles for outstanding color carrying capacity, the ability to make a variety of marks, and resilient spring and shape retention.

Winsor & Newton's Sceptre Gold II brushes combine sable hair with a special blend of synthetic fibers to produce a brush that approaches the performance of pure sable, yet at a moderate price!

Considered by many artists to be the world's best brush. Has finest hair from tail of kolinsky. With polished black handle and seamless, cupro-nickel ferrule. 5-brush set also available.

Winsor & Newton's Series 995 Flat Wash brushes are a soft, synthetic Golden Taklon hair, ideal for applying thin lines and broad washes. Appropriate for use by both students and professionals, these fine-quality, short-handled brushes provide excellent color-carrying capacity and flow control.

University Brushes from Winsor & Newton are an affordable choice for all artists seeking a high-quality, inexpensive, all-purpose brush. Ideal for watercolor painting, Short Handle University Brushes are also an inexpensive all-purpose brush, ideal for a wide range of craft applications.

Winton brushes feature the finest Chinese hog bristles. The natural curve of the bristle is utilized to produce a resilient brush that retains its shape even after heavy use. While specifically designed for oil, brushes are equally suitable for acrylic.

These rich color inks may come in a small package, but they perform beyond their size. Diluted in water, they keep their vibrant quality. Straight out of the bottle, they apply smooth and bright. Developed for your writing and calligraphy needs.

For excellent adhesion on most surfaces. Apply with brush, pen or airbrush. Brilliant colors, fast drying and water resistant. Formulated from soluble dyes in shellac solution. Intermixable, easily diluted.

These fineliner pens fit every sketching style. The Winsor & Newton FineLiner has a smooth, tapered nib and a longer barrel that sits comfortably in the hand. Water-resistant, fadeproof pigment ink. Set of 5 includes one each of 0.1 mm, 0.3 mm, 0.5 mm, 0.8 mm, and 1.0 mm tip sizes.

Perfect for anyone looking to become familiar with the medium, Winsor & Newton Oil Pastel Sets feature an assortment of rich, true colors that are easy to blend and offer excellent lightfastness. Crafted with artist-grade pigments, each soft round stick is hand-wrapped in translucent paper and labeled for easy identification.