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Give the gift of creativity with a gift voucher for The Drawing Room! The perfect present that ensures that special person gets exactly what they want. To purchase multiple gift vouchers, simply keep adding to your shopping cart. Please note these are physical gift vouchers which are sent to you via courier (free shipping). - Gift Vouchers may be redeemed in store or online using the two codes pri…
*Clearance product- available while stocks last* Daler-Rowney Aquafine Watercolour paints offer free-flowing, vibrant and transparent watercolours, ideal for students and professional painters alike. The Aquafine Watercolours have excellent working properties and can be used to create beautiful and delicate washes. - High-quality pigments milled to perfection to offer optimal performance and contr…
*Clearance range- available while stocks last* Daler-Rowney Dalon Brushes are made out of Dalon which was the first real rival to the sable brush. It is a remarkable man-made brush imitation of natural sable hair and can have a long life in use with oils and acrylics, as well as being an ideal watercolour brush. - Synthetic hair. Sable hair imitation - Long-life in use with oil, acrylic and waterc…
Discover if you love Printmaking too! The Essdee Linocut Taster Kit enables budding artists to create two beautiful Linocuts without committing to expensive tools and equipment. The instructions will help and guide you through the process from carving to printing. Satisfy your creative urge and join the wonderful world of printmaking! Contents: • 2x SoftCut Carving Blocks 150x105mm • Ink Roller (4…
Fabriano 1264 offers seven paper qualities in distinctive branding to suit a wide range of drawing and painting applications. Perfect for students, beginners, amateurs and all art enthusiasts, even professionals. These papers are bound in generous volumes, providing excellent value per sheet. All spiral bound pads feature a micro-perforation, so sheets are easily and cleanly detached for presentat…
Hardcover watercolour books with 25 sheets of 300gsm, acid-free, 25% cotton, cold pressed paper. The paper is internally and surface sized for optimal painting results. The rectangular die-cut on the cover allows you to personalize the book. FSC® certified paper. Available in A4 and A5 size.
Fabriano Studio Watercolour Pads are an economical, quality option for students and beginners. Made from a mixture of 25% cotton and lignen free cellulose, it is sized internally and externally for optimal absorbtion of colours. Ideal for watercolour and also suitable for ink, gouache, drawing and printmaking. Each pad contains 12 sheets. Produced with 100% Elemental Chlorine Free pulp, F.S.C. cer…
Fabriano Tela oil painting Paper has an internal and external sizing that offers an ideal absorption for oil colours. It is acid free and archival. The unique paper surface, obtained through a specialized texturing process, creates a surface similar to linen canvas. Recommended for oil painting techniques. Pads contain 10 sheets. Available in A4 and A3. Paper Weight: 300gsm
Add a touch of show-stopping sheen to your DIY projects with the lustrous colour of FolkArt Dragonfly Glaze. Designed as a top coat, this iridescent glaze has extraordinary light-reflective pigments to create a beautiful iridescent, gloss finish. In light, this shimmering coating allows multiple colours to be viewed from different angles. Each colour brushes on creamy, white, but dries clear. Laye…
FolkArt Multi-Surface Acrylic Paint works on almost any surface you can imagine: wood, glass, terra cotta, fabric, plastic, canvas, and more. This means you can buy several colours and use them across various projects, creating coordinating projects without having to buy several different types of paint. You don’t have to worry about the right paint for a particular surface but just one paint, mak…
Jasart Single Wire Visual Diaries are suitable for everyday personal and classroom use, sketching, layouts and drafts. Contains 60 sheets (120 pages) of 110gsm, acid free cartridge paper. FSC certified.
Discover Acrylic Ink, the ultra-fluid professional acrylic. This set brings together three transparent and opaque core colours to add to your palette. Set contents 3 x 30ml Professional Acrylic Ink - Cerulean Blue Hue • Naphthol Crimson • Cadmium Yellow Light Hue
Made with artist-quality pigments, Liquitex Acrylic Marker gives you the ultimate control. Add a new dimension to your palette with this fluorescent colour collection - perfect for creating highlights and high-impact effects. Set contents: 6 x 2mm Chisel Tip Professional Acrylic Markers - Fluorescent Yellow • Fluorescent Orange • Fluorescent Red • Fluorescent Blue • Fluorescent Green • Fluorescent…
Liquitex Basics gives you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics acrylics are formulated with the exacting Liquitex standard. Which means they're made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments Liquitex uses in their professional range, but just a lighter load. Available in 72 colours.
Liquitex Basics Gesso gives a matte white, opaque finish which provides a long-lasting base for your artwork. Basics Gesso primes surfaces and adds a high level of tooth for good colour adhesion and stability. It also stiffens your canvases and creates the right absorbency for paint application, establishing a good surface for acrylics, oils, charcoal, pastels or pencil drawings.
Bring your creativity to life with Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic Paint. Experience the thick buttery consistency with a similar outcome to using oil paints. Palette knife and brush strokes are retained once dry, making it the perfect paint for traditional art techniques as well as experimental contemporary styles and mixed media. Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic Paint produces rich brilliant colours due…
Liquitex High Gloss Varnish is 100% acrylic polymer varnish that is water soluble when wet, with good chemical and water resistance. Hard, archival and non-yellowing. Increases gloss, depth and intensity of colours once it is applied over. Resists discolouring in humidity, heat and ultraviolet light. This varnish has low viscocity and is translucent when wet and clear when dry.
Liquitex Professional Acrylic Gouache Paints are an acrylic paint with opaque and semi-opaque matte characteristics. The special formula has a very high concentration of pure, ultra-fine pigment sresulting in saturated colour. Gouache is traditionally the paint of choice for matte results. Liquitex Professional Acrylic Gouache formula gives you solid matte colour without reflecting light or showin…
Give your projects an heirloom look with this special Mod Podge formula. Ideal for projects needing a vintage feel, this formula's subtle, built in tint "ages" projects.
*Clearance range- available while stocks last* Robert Simmons Signet Brushes are made of selected quality, naturally curved, imported hog bristle which is set deep in an extra long ferrule. They provide versatility use them with either acrylic or oil painting, and they can handle the heaviest paint with ease.
About The Drawing Room
The Drawing Room is a Christchurch owned and operated art supplies store, providing a comprehensive range of products to the local art community for over 25 years.
Our team are friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. More importantly, we have a real passion for all things art related. We are here to help artists to find the right mix of products for the goals they wish to achieve no matter if they are professionals, hobbyists, students, or just starting out.
We stock an extensive range of products from paints and pastels, to canvas and craft supplies- we have it all! Both in-store and online, you can find products from leading international brands such as Winsor & Newton, Liquitex, Fabriano, Daniel Smith, and Jacquard (and many more!). Our range is ever-expanding and we love to hear suggestions of new products to stock.
Community and creativity are at the heart of everything we do. We would not exist without our loyal customers and we are excited to have this platform to share our products and service with all of New Zealand.
Whether you are an absolute novice or a professional artist we have what you are searching for and look forward to helping you fulfil your creative needs!
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