Art Supplies
Rosemary Brushes
Recommendation: reasonably priced brushes that last, can be ordered from the website with speedy delivery.
Frames
Gallery 528. Kingston Rd. SW20 8DT. www.GALLERY528.CO.UK
Picture Frame Warehouse
41 Burlington Road
New Malden
KT3 4LP
Tel: 020 8949 7119
Directions: Picture Frame Warehouse is part way down Burlington Road, which comes off the roundabout at the police station end of New Malden High Street. You can get there on the 131 bus.
Magazines
Artist & Illustrator
http://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk
Recommendation: Artists & Illustrators is a magazine for professional and amateur artists which appears 13 times a year. It includes tutorials, advice and interviews with leading artists.
Leisure Painter & The Artist
http://www.painters-online.co.uk
Recommendation: The Artist is a magazine written by artists, for artists, and provides experienced amateur and professional painters with projects and exercises designed to improve painting technique, plus practical guidance on the technical aspects and use of art materials.
Leisure Painter magazine is aimed at beginners and amateur painters with step-by-step tuition, as well as giving general advice on ways to progress with drawing and painting.
Online Artists' Community
Painters Online
http://www.painters-online.co.uk
Recommendation: This is an online community for artists, based around the magazines Leisure Painter and The Artist. It includes tips and hints, a forum, a gallery where you can display your work and a marketplace where you can find out more about art materials' manufacturers and distributors. What it doesn't have is anywhere obvious to give you an oversight of what the site does. Still, if you've got time on your hands, it's worth a click.
Primers
Spectrum Oil Colours
272 Haydons Rd
London
SW19 8TT
Tel: 020 8542 4729
Directions: Spectrum Oil Colour is near the Haydon's Road train station. You can get there on the 200 bus. Take the bus in the direction of Mitcham from Wimbledon or Raynes Park, or in the direction of Raynes Park from Mitcham or Colliers Wood.
Recommendation: Primer can be bought here in wholesale quanitites for about £5 (which is similar to the price you would pay for a small tube of it).
PHOTOGRAPHY
Morden based Photographer. Tiffany can photograph your art work and put it on a disc in jpeg OR pdf format. All other types of photography can be viewed on the website.Very reasonable pricing.
http://tntphotography.jimdo.com/
Members own site. Paintings for you to look at:
DANIELE MANDELLI
http://www.mandelli-art.co.uk/
MARK WILES
CLARE WEATHERILL
www.clareweatherillartist.co.uk