Item Tag: Bockingford

Product Information Bockingford Watercolour paper Block 12 Sheets 300gsm Hot Pressed Assorted Sizes! Click on the Image to Enlarge zoom_in DESCRIPTION Bockingford Watercolour Paper Block Hot Press 300gsm (140lb). single block. Sizes When Available:12″ x 9″ or 14″ x 10″ or 16″ x 12″ Bockingford is a beautiful English watercolour paper, traditionally made on a cylinder mould machine at St Cuthbert’s Mill. This is a high-quality paper made using pure materials to archival standards. Its attractive surface is created using natural woollen felts that give it a distinctive random texture. Appreciated for its excellent colour lifting abilities, this is an extremely forgiving watercolour paper valued by professional and amateur artists around the world. Bockingford offers quality watercolour paper at an affordable price.Bockingford watercolour paper is cylinder mould made which gives a superior surface stability.It is acid free and archival and the price that is exceptionally good value for money and quality. There is a beautiful random texture which is created in the production by the use of natural woodland felts. Made from 100% woodfree bleached chemical pulp calcium carbonate buffered pH 7 -9. There are no optical whitening agents, it is highly lightfast. Bockingford watercolour paper is produced in St Cuthbert’s mill in Wells UK. They manufacture its in 5 light tints and 3 surfaces the hot press cold pressed and rough. We sell it in sheet form pads whether it be spiral or glued long edge or blocks where the glued on all 4 sides. Please check our our other listings for these.Would highly recommend that the paper is stored flats avoid extreme temperatures, the next door in direct sunlight try avoid handling the painting surface try using the edges.You may find that the lightweight papers on the 300 gsm and possibly the 300gsm would benefit from soaking and stretching the paper to avoid the buckling when applying washes. The windowless make sure the paper is not exposed to any detergents because that will affect the papers absorbency. Bockingford does not have gelatine surface sizing so is not quite as robust when using masking fluid main thing is just to make sure you take it off before it dries hard as it may damage the paper.One of our top recommendations for any level of artist is a good paper to learn on and we know there are professionals that swear by it. Well price for the quality of paper it is. Bockingford Watercolour paper Block 12 Sheets 300gsm Hot Pressed Assorted Sizes! Rating triangle explained We understand that lots of sellers state artists products are of the highest quality when they are really just a cheap import, we are rating our items at the level of artists that should use them. Beginners are artists that are looking for a nice quality product that will give them a good taste of what the medium is like to work with. Beginners & Student/Studio are products that student level artists should be buying and beginners should consider buying. Artists that are starting to get into the medium, still learning but wanting a higher quality finish and will enjoy high quality products. Student/Studio & Professional are the highest quality product lines which are for artists that understand the medium and require the highest quality finish. Normally able to get the higher asking prices for their work. Beginners & Student/Studio & Professional are designed for all levels of artist. 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Having studied fine art at University and travelled extensively taking in all styles and techniques of art, passing the knowledge and ideas where he can. For the last 10 years local art shop has been based in the old family shop, run by Marks grandparents for over 40 years before retiring. Local art shop aims to offer the best quality products for the level and price point you choose. Selecting brands that are lesser known, except to professional artists, they offer a higher standard of pigment/quality or better value for money than the normal high street brands. Helping you save money and make better art work. Package your items Our goal is to make sure your purchase arrives in good condition. With price being so important to a lot of eBayer we recycle packaging materials and waste mount card from our picture framing services to help limit the additional costs in properly protecting your goods. With a range of packaging which include padded bags, cardboard envelopes wraps and boxes, as well as when necessary bubble wrap. Unlike a lot of cheap the eBay sellers we only use plastic mailbags when we feel the item cannot be damaged or have used additional protection inside. We work on how my mum would pack it, as everyone knows mums are always right and know how to wrap things best. We still look to be amongst the cheapest priced sellers only with the best packs items. Questions? We are more than happy to help you with any questions you have on any of the items we sell. We cannot guarantee we can answer them, we have a wealth of knowledge and databases on items we sell and their capabilities, so should be able to give you some ideas or our thoughts. Feel free to messages through eBay messenger and will try our best to help. We aim to reply as quickly as possible. Mondays 9 – 12, Tuesday to Saturday 9 – 5. Outside these hours messages are not frequently monitored. How we Ship All items are in stock and ready to ship, most from our shop in Nottingham. We aim to ship within one business day of purchase and do get 99% of items ordered by 10am out the same working day. (Monday to Friday excluding public holidays). Please click on the P&P tab to see all the postage rates; estimated delivery dates and extra services we offer for the listing. For UK purchases we use royal mail for small items. For heavy and larger items we use a courier. Where as Royal Mail charges the same for the whole of the UK, courier companies do charge more for Non Mainland UK addresses so we pass that on, however, we look for the best price for you.With regards to non UK deliverys we offer on eligible items eBay global shipping. We do not have any control over the prices or delivery times offered they are set by eBay. Items are sent to there UK centre and shipped to non UK address from there. 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