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Here is another fantastic offering from Rex Art and Jack Richeson! To continue our celebration of the re-introduction of Richeson Oils – The Shiva Series if you purchase 6 tubes of Richeson Oils – The Shiva Series your will receive a FREE Grey Matters 9″ x 12″ Paper Palette.

The Grey Matters Paper Palette is a very useful item, but most people do not now how great these are until they use it. This unique, disposable solution helps artists working on a toned surface be able to see how the colors will appear on neutral surfaces before applying them to the painting. The paper is suitable for oils, casein, acrylics and alkyds, and each pad includes a color mixing reference guide inside the front cover.

If you have not given Richeson Oils – The Shiva Series a try yet this might be a great time to give them a test run! As always at Rex, we offer great value on these paints, and we discount them every day at 41% off! Plus, with the FREE Grey Matters Pad that is another savings of $5.17 from your order! Also, check out our blog post all about the Richeson Oils – The Shiva Series.

There is no limit to the number of times you can participate in this promotion. However, there is a limit of one Grey Matters 9″ x 12″ Paper Palette per order, and while supplies last.

Coupon Code: 1251489279 – Good while supplies last. Limit 1 pad per order.
FREE GREY MATTERS PALETTE PAD with the purchase of 6 Richeson Oils – The Shiva Series

Right now when you purchase any 6 tubes of Golden Heavy Body Acrylics you will receive a free tube of 5oz. Golden Heavy Body Titanium White. That is an additional savings of $14.45 for your order! Everyone can always use some more white! Plus, do not forget that orders over $100 ship for free*! Even more savings from Rex!

This special is good while supplies last, and there is a limit of one tube per customer. Don’t miss this opportunity for additional savings! Please add this coupon to your cart to receive the free tube of 5oz. Golden Heavy Body Titanium White. You can also enter the coupon code, or click the coupon link as listed below.

Coupon Code: 1249676883

Free 5oz. Golden Heavy Body Titanium White with the Purchase of 6 Tubes of Golden HB Acrylics.

Rex Art would like to introduce you to Caravaggio, our newest line of fine Italian Canvases from Jack Richeson. The Caravaggio line features a fantastic array off high quality cotton, poly, and linen available in a number of different sized rolls and textures to suit any artist’s needs. The Caravaggio canvas has been made in Italy for the last 30 years, and is the number one selling acrylic primed brand in Europe. Now our US customers can easily enjoy the same great Caravaggio canvas that European artists are using every day.

Another unique feature of the Caravaggio line are that they offer a single clear coated primed linen canvases, which has been gaining popularity since the advent of clear gessos.

Caravaggio swatch books are available if you would like to see more detail than shown on our site. You know that Rex always offers our customers great value and we are offering these fabulous new canvases at a savings of up to 39% off! Also, from now until August 31st if you purchase any Caravaggio canvas you can save an extra 10% off with the coupon below.

Coupon Code: 1248808371

Save an EXTRA 10% OFF Caravaggio Artist Canvas Rolls from Rex Art – Now through August 31st

Please let us know what you think of Caravaggio by posting your comments here.

Last year we started carrying the Silver Brush line, and based on a lot of positive feedback from our customers we have expanded our range of offerings from Silver Brush.  We now carry five new ranges in Silver Brush:

• Silver Brush Ruby Satin Short Handled Brushes
• Silver Brush Silver Mop Brushes
• Silver Brush Silverwhite Short Handled Brushes
• Silver Brush Sterling Studio Short Handled Brushes
• Silver Brush Ultra Mini Golden Taklon Brushes

Each of these unique series of brushes have a particular application, and should make an excellent addition to anyone’s collection of brushes.

Silver Brush Ruby Satin Short Handled Brushes offers the control and feel of interlocked bristle, with more durability than natural hair. Ruby Satin brushes come in a wide variety of shapes for artists working in every medium. Artists can use Ruby Satin on rugged textured surfaces. Paint with confidence on wood, canvas, or tough fabrics like sweats, jeans or heavy cotton. With precise snap and fine control, Ruby Satin is a great alternative to more expensive natural hair. Ruby Satin offers superb color control with heavy body, tube, or jar acrylics, oils, gouache, encaustic or casein. Perfect for blending, double loading, layering and stroke work.

Silver Brush Silver Mop Brushes are made with ultra soft white and black goat hair and are ideal for color blending with oils or acrylics, or for background and sky washes in watercolors. Silver Brush black goat hair mops are artist favorites for dusting; used by conservators, ceramists and artists. These quality mops are the among the finest available.

Silver Brush Silverwhite Short Handled Brushes are Soft white synthetic brushes manufactured with three different diameter selected and blended tapered white taklon filaments to hold sharp flat edges and fine round needle points. The spring and color capacity duplicates the finest natural hair, at a fraction of the price. These multi-purpose brushes are suitable for water base media including acrylics, watercolor, gouache, inks, dyes & tempera. Silverwhite, fitted with short, polished, white tipped silver handles and seamless nickel ferrules are made in a broad family of sizes and shapes. They offer extraordinary value for crafters, watercolor and decorative artists, students, and hobbyists.

Silver Brush Sterling Studio Short Handled Brushes are Soft white synthetic brushes manufactured with three different diameter selected and blended tapered white taklon filaments to hold sharp flat edges and fine round needle points. The spring and color capacity duplicates the finest natural hair, at a fraction of the price. These multi-purpose brushes are suitable for water base media including acrylics, watercolor, gouache, inks, dyes & tempera.

Lastly, the Silver Brush Ultra Mini Golden Taklon Brushes are like precision jewels. These detail brushes are made with the artist in mind. They feature short handles with the Comfort Grip® design and compact ultra fine heads, making them perfect for tight work spaces. The Golden Taklon synthetic filament offers superb control with acrylics, gouache, watercolor, inks, enamels or oils. Artists can paint all day in complete control, without cramped fingers from tiny handles. Ultra Mini brushes are ideal for decorative painting, models, doll houses, miniature painting, decorative miniature birds and wildfowl art. Choose from twelve sizes and shapes. Precise filament golden Taklon hair is set into seamless nickel plated brass ferrules and mounted on iridescent pearl white Comfort Grip® handles.

We would love for you to give some of these new Silver Brushes a try, and please let us know what you think by posting your comments here or adding a review on the individual brush page. As an added bonus we are offering an additional 10% savings coupon on any open stock Silver Brushes from now until August 31. So try them out and save 46% off with the coupon! As always our family thanks you for supporting Rex Art! We hope you and your family have a wonderful and safe July 4th!

Coupon Code: 1246476486 – Good Till August 31.
Save an EXTRA 10% OFF Open Stock Silver Brush Brushes from Rex Art!

COUNTDOWN TO LAUNCH

Here at Rex, Shiva paints have always been one of our most popular product lines.  We have carried their fabulous Casiens and Oils for over 40 years. Unfortunately, in the eighties and nineties the line began to stagnate with production and quality control issues. Many of our customers started to notice that, Shiva, their favorite American made brand was not the same quality they were accustomed to.  Shortly thereafter, the company manufacturing Shiva decided to sell the rights to manufacturer the Shiva brand. Along came Jack Richeson, a man, that stakes his reputation and that of his family’s company every day on the quality products they manufacture.

Colleen Richeson, Jack Richeson’s daughter, and national sales manager for the Richeson company, was kind enough to share some inside information about the rebirth of Shiva.  According to Colleen, when her Dad was a young man he delivered artist materials in Chicago to Ramon Shiva, the creator of Shiva Oils & Caseins.   It was then that a dream evolved in Jack’s thoughts to one day produce the finest line of oil paint imaginable.  When Shiva was available for sale Jack felt that he could finally realize his dream so many years later, to produce the highest quality oil imaginable at a price that would allow even a beginning artist to afford to paint with the best.  And so the Richeson family, bought the Shiva line to manufacture right here in Kimberly, Wisconsin!

As you can see below, making the professional quality, American made Richeson Oil – The Shiva Series is a time consuming, pain-staking process. It requires serious skill, dedication, and a willingness to never compromise on quality.

Measuring pigment for Richeson Oils - The Shiva Series Richeson Oil – The Shiva Series is manufactured using only the highest quality pigments and binders.

Mixing the pigment for Richeson Oils - The Shiva Series Pigments are carefully measured and added to insure consistency from batch to batch.

Additional Mixing for Richeson Oils - The Shiva Series Mixing of pigments into the vehicle. Depending upon the colors the blending or mixing process can take up to 8 hours.

Adding more pigment - Richeson Oils - The Shiva Series Several different types of mixers are used to blend pigment into the base. Some colors may require extended mixing times and a heavy mixer like the one above is required.

Final Mixing Stages - Richeson Oils - The Shiva Series The mixing process in its final stages before going to the mill. Following the milling process, Richeson allows the paint to “rest” to give time for maximum oil absorption by the pigments. Most modern companies tube immediately eliminating this important step. It’s only after resting for between 60-120 days(depend on pigment) can further tests be done to determine if further milling is necessary to achieve the much desired consistency. days(depend on pigment) can further tests be done to determine if further milling is necessary to achieve the much desired consistency.

Hand Filling - Richeson Oils - The Shiva Series Richeson Oils – The Shiva Series – All tubes are still hand filled using a gravity feed system.

Crimping the tubes of Richeson Oils - The Shiva Series After hand filling the Richeson Oils the bottom of each tube is mechanically crimped for a tight seal.

Rex Art has always featured products from The Jack Richeson company because they bring the “Best of the Best” to artists. Some other brands that are offered by Richeson are the Unison Pastels, Best Easels, Best Stretcher Bars, Quiller Watercolors and Acrylics, Richeson Watercolor papers along with many other well respected products. I am sure that the Richeson Oils will add to the legacy of the best of the best products presented to our customers from Richeson.

From the Richeson and Rex Art families, we are proud and excited to be able to offer the first taste of the rebirth of the Richeson Oils – The Shiva Series to our customers. From now until August 1, 2009 we are taking advance orders for delivery in early August. All customers that pre-order from now before August 1 will also receive an additional 10% savings coupon, which is a great way to save even more off our already excellent prices! Get your order in now to reserve your favorite colors. I am sure you will not be disappointed. We would also love to hear from you regarding your feedback on the Richeson Oils – The Shiva Series. Please post your comments here or a review on the page.

Coupon Code:1245716924 – Good till August 1, 2009
Extra 10% Pre – Order Special for Richeson Oils – The Shiva Series

This is an unbelievable opportunity to get the  St. Petersburg tube professional watercolors at amazing 64% off!  Rex Art has partnered with the manufacturer, Jack Richeson, to offer this amazing special exclusively to our customers.  Keep in mind this is an artist quality watercolor, but at the prices we are selling them at they are less than most student level brands!  Also, consider the fact that these are 18ml tubes, which are quite a bit larger than the normal 5 or 8ml tubes, and even bigger than the larger 15ml tubes.  When you consider the size and discount that we are offering them at they are really worth stocking up on.  If you have never tried them put in an order for them, and give them a try!  I am pretty sure you will be back for more once you do!

This is a closeout promotion, and supplies will only be available while stock remains.  We cannot offer backorders, and once colors are gone we will not be able to offer them again at the same price.  In addition, to celebrate our 14 years of on-line business if you order $100 or more of the St. Petersburg tube professional watercolors you will receive free standard shipping, and an extra 10% off! That is a savings of up to 64%! Deals like this do no happen often so please take advantage of this promotion while you can. Colors will be removed from our site as stock is depleted. To take advantage of the additional 10% off coupon please add this coupon to your cart or enter the number below and you must order $100 or more of the St. Petersburg professional watercolors.
Coupon Number: 1244662159
14th Anniversary Special – Additional 10% Off St. Petersburg Watercolors

Take advantage of this great Rex Art 14th Anniversary special for the Daler Rowney Watercolor Pencil Suitcase set. This set was a great holiday item that we offered last year. It has 16 artist quality Daler Rowney Watercolor Pencils all housed in a really nice faux-leather and white stitched pencil case. This set is really a great value considering we have sold pencil cases like this one separately for as much as the the set. We already have this set at a great price of $29.99, but when you apply the 14th anniversary coupon you will save an additional 14%. This particular 14th anniversary coupon will run until supplies are exhausted, but do not wait too long because they have already sold well as of the time of this post!

Right now until the end of May you can save an additional 14% off our best selling Best Classic Dulce easel. This has been our best selling easel over the last 10 years, and offers the professional and novice painter the perfect mix of value, quality and functionality. I can honestly say we have never had one person order this easel and was disappointed. We have several customers that have had one for over 15 years, and they still work as well as they day they bought it. All the the Best Easels from Jack Richeson come with a lifetime factory warranty, and no other manufacturer stands behind their easels like Richeson does.

Our regular price for the Best Classic Dulce is $249.99, which is already over 47% off, but during our anniversary special you can save an additional 14% off if you apply this coupon. Your final price will be $214.99, which is less than the price we charged for it in 2005, and a savings of over 55%! But hurry and act now, because this promotion is only good while supplies last, and until the end of May! At this price I do not think it will last very long!

14th Anniversary Special – Additional 14% Off The Best Classic Dulce

This month Rex Art is celebrating 14 years of being the original on-line art supplier, and 59 years of being in business serving all our wonderful customers. It is hard to believe, but four generations of Morrises have had the pleasure of operating Rex Art and helping our customers through generations of their families. I will be posting several ridiculous and wacky specials for the remainder of May as our way of thanking you for supporting Rex for so many years. Serving you is why we are here, why we are successful, and everyday we never forget those facts.

Now, just so you know, many of these specials will only be available for a very limited time. I will put in the post how long the special will go for so you have time to plan. However, these specials will only last as long as the coupon lasts or while supplies last. Due to the nature and value of these promotions we cannot make any exceptions! So act quickly and check the blog often so you see the new specials posts as they are listed.

To kick things off, I have arranged an amazing special on one of our most popular Prat Start Presentation Cases – the Start 3 presentation case.

From now until our stock is depleted we will offer the 17″ x 14″ Prat Start 3 presentation case at 50% off the list price @ $53.77, and if you place your order before the end of May you can receive an additional 14% off as by adding this coupon to your cart. Thus, your final price for this would be only $46.24 or 57% off list! There is no limit to the number of times you can order, or number of pieces you order. However, the extra 14% off is only good through the end of May and while supplies last! Thank you again for supporting the Rex Art Family and enjoy our anniversary savings!

14th Anniversary Special – Additional 14% Off Prat Start 3 Presentation Case

Now through June 30, 2009 for any purchase over $50 of long handle or short handle Silver Brush sets we are including a free Silver Slim brush case with your order.

If your Silver Brush order happens to be greater than $100 we will upgrade your free Silver Slim brush case to the Grande version with an internal zipper! Remember all you need to do to receive your free Silver Slim brush case is to purchase over $50 of Silver Brushes and add the following coupon to your shopping cart.

Silver Brush Slim Case Coupon

If you are not familiar with Silver Brushes they might be worth checking out. Several touted professional artists make Silver Brush their brush of choice. In fact, the sets we offer are specially selected offerings of brushes that are chosen based on the artist’s feedback and actual usage. Lets say for instance you were interested in Burt Silverman, and wanted to use the same brushes he recommends for doing figure painting then you would select one of his sets. There are several professional artist’s sets available from Daniel Greene, Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Howard Sanden, Johnnie Liliedahl, Nelson Shanks, Bobbie Gray, Bill DeLoach, Peggy Harris, Susan Louise Moyer, Tom Jones, and many others. So take this opportunity to get professional artists brush palette and a free Silver Brush case for free!

Silver Brush Slim Case Coupon