New Products

Suppliers regularly release new products. Here are some of the latest:

Rupert, Gibbon & Spider

The Pearl Ex Watercolor CD™ & Jacquard Tee Juice Markers

Rupert, Gibbon & Spider announces the newest addition to their popular Pearl Ex™ line. The Pearl Ex Watercolor CD™ has twelve colors packaged as a convenient watercolor palette. Scrapbookers, ruberstampers, cardmakers and papercrafters will love this easy way to add metallic shimmer to their designs.

Rupert, Gibbon & Spider also introduces Jacquard Tee Juice Markers. Big bold, colorful markers can be used for writing or drawing on tee-shirts. Tee Juice Markers come in eight colors. For more information, call 800/442-0455 or visit http://www.jacquardproducts.com.

Loew-Cornell

For Dummies® Art Sets

Teaming up with Wiley Publishing to license the For Dummies® brand, Loew-Cornell, Inc. introduces For Dummies® Art Sets. There are four For Dummies® Art Sets: Acrylic Painting, Watercolor Painting, Oil Painting and Drawing. Each set includes title specific art supplies such as paints, brushes, charcoal drawing pencils, color pencils, a project surface, manikin and palette knife. The For Dummies® Instruction Book in each set covers art materials, popular techniques and terminology, and additional tips for success in the clear, concise manner that is the hallmark of the For Dummies® style. Each kit is presented in a richly stained, wood box providing excellent storage and portability. For more information, contact or visit http://www.loew-cornell.com.

Watson-Guptill Publications

“Make It Pop!” & “Classical Drawing Atelier"

Watson-Guptill Publications introduces a new book for children ages 5-12. “Make It Pop! Activities and Adventures in Pop Art” by Joyce Raimondo lets children discover how famous Pop Artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein transform popular everyday things into thought-provoking works of art and then create Pop prints, collages, paintings, and sculptures. The book has a suggested retail price of $12.95 and has 48 pages.

Watson-Guptill also presents “Classical Drawing Atelier, A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice”, a serious art course for serious art students by artist Juliette Aristides. Works of the Old Masters and today’s most respected realist artists demonstrate and teach the principles of realist drawing and painting. This 144-page book has a suggested retail price of $29.95.

For more information, visit http://www.watsonguptill.com.