Leisure Painter - UK (2019 - Summer)

and the sheen retained if you use

the acrylic medium.

Uncomplicated quality

The Jackson’s Studio range comes

in 200ml and 500ml bottles, and the

titanium white is available in a 1000ml

bottle. All three sizes come in a

no-frills squeezable bottle with a

small nozzle for precise application

so there’s really no waste. I found

this useful for applying paint straight

from the tube, direct to small areas

of the paintings.

All the colours I normally use are

available in the range, and at the time

of writing the 200ml bottles were

retailing at £5.30. The paints are

also available in sets of four and ten

colours. By cutting out distributors

and wholesalers, Jackson’s are able

to offer their own good-quality studio

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paint at a very affordable price.

Although this means they’re not

available in art shops – except in

Jackson’s two outlets in London and

a warehouse shop in Gloucester –

you can order them from Jackson’s

mail-order catalogue or online at

jacksonsart.com.

I’ve been buying from Jackson’s

for many years and have always

had excellent service with a quick

turnaround on orders. It’s important

to trust your materials in the

knowledge they’re up to the job. The

Jackson’s Studio Acrylics range offers

competitively priced and quality

paints that perform consistently well.

I have used them exclusively over the

past couple of weeks in all my classes

and they are a great addition to my

palette. Don’t take my word for it; try

them for yourself. LP

primaries I use are chosen for their

ability to give me decent secondary

colours and good dark values when

I need them. Using the transparent

colours of ultramarine, crimson and

lemon yellow, the Jackson’s Studio

range performed well.

The acrylics can be used straight

from the bottle, thick like oils, or

diluted for a watercolour technique.

The primary colours performed well

when diluted. Experimenting with

the earth colours, using watercolour

techniques and diluted nicely, once

again worked well.

The sheen I observed in the initial

test sheet straight from the bottle

was not as noticeable in the finished

painting and some parts had more

sheen than others. I put it down to

the amounts of water I used to

dilute the paint. This can be avoided

Product report

tAfter Kurt Jackson, Jackson’s Studio Acrylics on paper, 10x10in. (25x25cm)

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