Paint promos
Old Holland is like the Cadillac of oil paints. They have a very high concentration of pigment, very finely ground, in a beautiful range of colors. They run more expensive than the other oil paints we carry, but the artists who use them say they’re definately worth it. Right now there is a promotion going on to sweeten the deal: If you purchase three 40ml tubes of Old Holland paint, you receive a free 40ml tube of their titanium white. (fine print: this offer is good in stores only, while supplies last.)
Gamblin is doing their own promotion right now: The 15th annual Torrit Grey Painting Competition. For those of you in the know: Every year the Gamblin paint factory cleans out its air filtration system (which contains tiny particles of every color they make) and takes the resulting mix of pigment to make a batch of paint. Because it contains a little of everything, it comes out more or less grey. Then they give away the tubes of grey paint for free, and they sponsor a contest to see what people can create using just the grey, plus white and black. We have just received our Torrit Grey tubes, and they are free with purchase of 3 Gamblin paints.
For more details, ask in the store or check out Gamblin’s website at: http://www.gamblincolors.com
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Not to be outdone, Utrecht is doing a promotion with our own brand of oil and acrylic paints: If you buy a 37ml tube of our oil Titanium white or a 2 oz tube of our acrylic Titanium white, you get a 21ml sample of one of our oil or acrylic colors. (while supplies last. We currently have samples of phthalo blue, zinc yellow, and alizarin crimson in oil, and phthalo blue, hansa yellow, and quinacridone red in acrylic.) Utrecht makes high quality paints with a heavy pigment load. Some people assume that because they are our “house brand” they must be “student grade,” but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Try them out and you’ll see for yourself.
Our Try Me table is up and running, so you can join with other Utrecht customers and staff in making a collaborative painting!
Watch this space, and I will post our results.