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Wolverhampton School of Art, George Wallis Building, University of Wolverhampton

Art Materials Shop

Art Materials Shop

Wolverhampton School of Art / Facilities / Art Materials Shop 

The Wolverhampton School of Art's art materials shop stocks an extensive range of art materials, including paints, brushes, sketchbooks, portfolios, and much more. From creating your own canvas to storing your work – we have everything you need to realise all of your creative aspirations and showcase your talent.

 

The shop stocks a wide range of basic and specialty materials including:

  • A range of brushes
  • Canvas and stretchers
  • Drawing and marker pens
  • Drawing inks
  • Modeling material
  • Mount board
  • Oil paints and acrylics
  • Palettes
  • Palette knives
  • Paper and card
  • Pastels
  • Portfolios and sleeves
  • Pencils
  • Sketchbooks
  • Tools and sundries
  • Watercolours

Sketchbooks

We stock a wide range of sketchbooks in various shapes, sizes, and orientations. For more information about the various sketchbooks that we have in stock, please see the sections below or view our Art Shop Sketchbooks pricelist.

150gsm Classic Cartridge paper portrait/landscape

Portrait 
A6A5A4A3
£3.60 £6.20 £10.00 £10.00

Landscape (140gsm)
A5A4A3
£3.20 £5.00 £12.00

 

Hardback Chunky

140gsm 190 pages 
SmallMediumLarge

140 x 140mm

195 x 195mm 250 x 250mm

£4.00 

£5.00  £7.00 

150gsm Classic Cartridge paper portrait/landscape

A5A4A3A2

Double A3 panoramic

£3.60 £6.20 £10.00 £10.00 £12.00

 

Cream cartridge paper, paper surface sized for extra wet strength 

A4A3
£6.20 £10.00

 

Black Card Landscape and Portrait

A5A4A3Square
£4.50 £6.50 £10.80 £9.60

 

140gsm cartridge, for all-media

SmallMediumLarge

140 x 140mm

195 x 195mm 250 x 250mm

£3.30 

£4.25  £6.80 

 

140gsm

Soft cover white cartridge
A6A5A4A3
65p 85p  £1.20 £2.20

Soft cover black Paper
A6A5A4A3
£3.60 £6.20 £10.00 £10.00

Brown paper for textiles/photos/wet and dry media

A5A4A3Square (12”x12”)
£3.15 £4.30 £7.20 £5.70

 

Spiral Bound

140gsm cartridge, for all-media
SmallMediumLarge

140 x 140mm

195 x 195mm 250 x 250mm

£3.30 

£4.25  £6.80 

 

Hardback Chunky

140gsm 190 pages 
SmallMediumLarge

140 x 140mm

195 x 195mm 250 x 250mm

£4.00 

£5.00  £7.00 

Layout

50gsm
A4A3A2
£2.70 £4.50  £8.20

 

Marker

70gsm
A4A3
£3.50  £5.80

 

Tracing

90gsm
A3
£5.35 

 

Multi-media

140gsm

Sized cartridge paper is sized for extra strength when wet (grey cover) 

A5A4A3
£1.60 £2.50 £4.50 

 

Black Paper

140gsm
A4A3
£3.30  £6.80

 

Graph

70gsm
A4
£4.25

 

Bristol Board 

240gsm

smooth for technical drawing/illustrations

A4A3
£3.80 £7.50 

 

Watercolour

350gsm (spiral or gummed)                
A4A3
Spiral Gummed Spiral Gummed
£4.70  £7.90 £4.50 £7.60

Spiral Eco

140gsm grey toned paper (made from corn cobs)

 

A4A3
£3.60  £5.70

 

Brown Cover

140gsm cartridge pads (made from disposable cups)
A4A3
£2.80  £4.40

 

Spiral blue hard cover Eco

140gsm (made from coffee cups)
PortraitLandscape
A4 A3 A4 A3
£5.00  £8.50 £5.00 £8.50

Drawing Materials, Scissors and Knives

We have a variety of drawing materials along with scissors, knives, pencil sharpeners and erasers. For more information, please see the sections below or view our Art Shop Drawing Materials pricelist.

Graphite Pencils

4H/3H/2H/HB/b/2B/3B/4B/5B/6B/8B
£0.35p each

 

Graphite Stubs

Landscape (140gsm)
2B/6B/9B
£1.20 each

 

Charcoal Pencils

Small
£1.00 each

 

Compresses Charcoal Sticks 

Black/White/Grey tones/Warm tonesSets of 12
£0.30p each £3.30

 

Willow Charcoal Boxes

ScenicThickTree Stick
£3.30 £2.00  £1.60

 

Conté Sticks

Black/White/ Sanguine
£1.00 each

 

Mechanical Pencils & Replacement leads

Mechanical Pencils
.3/.5/.7/.9
£3.80 each
Replacement leads
.3.5/.7/.9
£3.20 £2.60

 

Clutch Pencil

including 2mm leadIncluding 5.6mm lead
£2.50 £3.50

 

Clutch Pencil leads

Black/White/Charcoal/Russet/Light Sepia/Dark Sepia

Set of 62mm Graphite lead x 2
£0.50 each £2.80 £1.40

 

Watercolour Pencils 

Set of 12Sets of 24
£3.60 £7.20

Pencil Sharpeners

Single metalDouble metalContainer sharpener
£0.40 £0.80 £1.60

 

Erasers

PlasticSoftPutty Rubber
£0.80 £0.80 £1.00

Scissors 

LargeSmall
£3.00 £1.50

 

Scalpels 

Scalpel handle including 5 bladesPack of 5 scalpel blades
£5.00 £1.00

Pens, Brushes and Paints

We have a variety of Pens, Brushes and Paints. In addition to Painting Materials/Additives, Coloured Media and Adhesive and Tape. For more information, please see the sections below or view our Pens Brushes and Paints pricelist.

UNI-PIN Fine Liners (Permanent)

Black: 0.05/0.1/0.2/0.3/0.5/0.8Sepia: 0.5Light Grey: 0.5Dark Grey: 0.5
£1.90 £1.90 £1.90 £1.90

 

Gel Pen White For Drawing

Sharpies  (Permanent)
Black
£1.40

 

Promarkers

148 Colours (See Colour Chart)
£2.00

 Art Materials Shop, Wolverhampton School of Art, George Wallis Building, University of Wolverhampton

Daler-Rowney 

F.W. Inks including metallics
£4.80

 

Drawing Inks

60ml available in 12 colours
£1.60

 

Faber Castel Brush Pen

Black
£2.70

 

Fine liner

Black/Dark Grey/Light Grey/Brown
(other colours on their way)
£0.55

 

Re-Fillable Water Brushes

(for any water-based media)
With small point/medium point/Large point/flat
£3.20

 

Dip-Pen Handles

2.00 + Choice of 5
£0.80

 

Marker Pens

Gold/Silver/White

£0.65

 

Biros 

Black/Blue
£0.35

 

Ruling Pens 

Black/Blue
££2.80

Hog Bristle 

Flat/Round/Large/Small
£1.50 - £2.00

 

Golden Synthetic 

Flat/Round/Large/Small
£1.90 - £4.60

 

No.2 – 24 

Large flat
£3.00/£5.00

 

Filbert 1-12 

Brown Tip
£1.90 - £2.45

 

Short-Handled 

Synthetic Flats
£1.20 - £2.00

 

Short-Handled Synthetic 

000 - 12
FlatsRound
£0.60 - £2.20 £0.60 - £2.20

 

Bakers Brushes – Flats

No.10No.20No.30No.40No,50No,60
£0.80 £0.90 £1.00 £1.30 £1.60 £1.95

 

Goat

No.2,4,6
£2.50 - £4.00

 

Soft Hake Brushes

1 inch2 inch3 inch
£2.00 £3.40 £4.80

 

Foam Brushes

1 inch2 inch3 inch
£0.20 £0.30 £0.40

 

Aquafine Black Pointed Wash Brushes

No.2No.4No.6
£7.90 £8.90 £9.90

 

Chinese Brushes

SmallMediumLarge
£1.20 £1.40 £1.60

 

Fan Brush

SmallMedium
£3.40 £4.40

Other Specialist Brushes May Be Available To Order

Canvas Boards

Ready Primed, Various Sizes
Various Prices

 

Canvas

Measured off the roll
CalicoCotton
6ft wide 8oz 5ft wide 10oz heavy 6ft wide Also Available 9ft wide canvas
£2.00 per foot £2.00 per foot £2.50 per foot  

 

Gesso Primer

800ml
£8.80

 

Rabbit Skin Glue

Sold in slices
£2.00 per slice

 

Thixotropic Primer

2.5 Litre
£38.20

 

Alka flow

250ml
£5.00

 

Spectra flow

2.5 Litre
£44.00

 

Spectra gel

2.5 Litre
£43.70

 

Liquin

250ml
£9.00

 

Sansodor Solvent

Column 1
£23.00

 

Zest Brush Cleaner

250ml
£9.00

 

Genuine Turps

250ml500ml
£3.80 £7.60

 

Linseed Oil

250ml500ml
£3.80 £7.60

 

Dammar Varnish

250ml
£15.00

 

Gum Arabic

75ml
£4.80

 

Masking Fluid

75ml
£4.80

 

OX Gall

75ml
£4.80

 

PVA

500ml
£3.40

 

Sponge

Natural/Synthetic
£0.50 - £2.00

 

Palettes

Mixing Tray8 Shallow Wells6 Deep Wells
£1.80 £1.00 £1.20

Winsor & Newton

(see colour chart)

 Art Materials Shop, Wolverhampton School of Art, George Wallis Building, University of Wolverhampton

200ml37ml
£10.40 £3.20

 

Georgian Oil

(to order)
225ml
£10.40

 

Daler Rowney System 3 Acrylic

(see colour chart)

Art Materials Shop, Wolverhampton School of Art, George Wallis Building, University of Wolverhampton

75ml150ml59ml500ml
£3.90 £5.80 £2.50 £10.00

 

 Watercolour Sets

 Daler Rowney

24 pans18 pans11 pans
£11.65 £9.65 £6.70
Also available in single 8ml tubes

 

Art Materials Shop, Wolverhampton School of Art, George Wallis Building, University of Wolverhampton

 

Paint Starter Sets

Georgian Oil tubes

6 x 22ml
£9.40

 

W&N Cotman w/c

6 x 8ml
£10.00

 

Winton Oil

6 x 21ml21 x 21ml
£11.80 £29.00

 

Large Set

Georgian Oil

10 x 38ml9 x 120ml
£24.00 £40.00

 

System 3 Acrylic

8 x 75ml8 x 59ml
£24.00 £20.00

 

Pastel Sets

Oil Pastels 

Set of 12
£3.60

 

Pastel Pencils

Set of 12
£10.00

 

Blending Stumps

6 sizes
£0.40 - £1.00

 

Acrylic Shapers

Various Shapes
£1.20

 

Liquid Chalk Markers

8 colours, Chisel Tip
£3.00

 

Gold/Silver/Copper Leaf

4 inch Square
£0.50

 

Modelling Material

500g 15 colours
£1.60

 

Marbling Ink

30ml
£1.40 

Card, Paper, Folders and Tape

We have a variety of Card and Paper in stock. We also have a number of Display Folders and Sleeves – in various sizes. In addition to a variety of adhesive tape, including Sellotape, double sided and masking tape. For more information, please see the sections below or view our Card, Papers, Folders and Tape pricelist.

A1 Mount Card

Black/White/Portland Grey/Dove Grey/Smoke Grey/Antique White/Ivory/Cream
£2.00

 

A1 Foamboard – A1

Self Adhesive or Plain
£4.60

 

A1 Corrugated Card

Brown for modelling etc
£1.00

 

A1 Canford Card 

300gsm – Assorted Colours
£1.60

 

A2 Millboard

Grey
£0.80

 

Various Colours thin card/paper

A4/A3/A2
£0.10 - £0.40

 

A2 Tissue Paper

15 Colours – acid free
£0.15

 

A2+ Photo Tissue Paper

Acid Free – White
£0.50

 

A4 Acetate, 5 colours

Red/Yellow/Orange/Blue/Green
£0.50

 

A1 Paper

Handmade and Textured
£1.60

 

A1 Sugar Paper 

10 Colours
£0.15

 

A2+ Watercolour 

350gsm Paper190gsm Bockingford NOT
£1.00 £1.80

 

A2+ Printing Paper

Somerset Velvet Antique
£3.00

 

A2+ Fabriano Artistico

300gsm White (Rough & Smooth)
£2.80

 

A2+ Fabriano Rosapina

220gsm
£1.20

 

A2+ Painting Paper

Oil & Acrylic
£1.00

 

A2+ Pastel Paper

Various Colours
£1.50

 

A4 Pastel Pads

Assorted White ShadesNeutral Colours
£12.65 £9.95

 

A1+ Newsprint

A1+ Newsprint
£0.05

 

A1 Cartridge Paper

220gsm140gsm100gsm
£0.40 per sheet £0.35 per sheet £0.25 per sheet
£3.50 10 sheets £3.00 10 sheets £2.00 10 sheets

 

Fabriano Paper Roll

200gsm 33ft x 5ft
£20.00 

Flip File - 20 Pockets

(Black Cover)
A2A3A4
£12.90 £5.00 £2.90

 

Flip File - 10 Pockets

(Black Cover)
A2A3
£10.00 £5.20

 

Flip File - 20 Pockets

(Clear Cover)
A3A4A5A6
£5.40 £2.40 £1.40  £1.00 

 

Flip File - 10 Pockets

(Clear Cover)
A2A3
£9.60 £4.20

 

Flip File – 40 Pockets 

A3
£6.40

 

Single Display Sleeves

A1A2A3A4
£2.30 £1.40 £0.80 £0.50

 

Poly Holdalls

A1A2A3A4
£6.00 £3.30 £2.00 £1.50

Adhesive

Pritt Stick

Pritt Stick
£1.90

 

UHU Glue

All-purpose
£1.60

 

Bostick Glue

All-purpose
£1.60

 

Araldite

Araldite
£5.60

 

Bostick Superglue

Araldite
£1.80

 

Tape

Sellotape

per roll
£0.80

 

Double Sided Tape

per roll
£3.40

 

Parcel Tape

per roll
£1.50

 

Brown Gum Strip Tape

per roll
£4.30

 

Masking Tape

per roll
£1.80

 

Fixative

per roll
£5.60

 

Spray Mount

LargeSmall
£14.30 £8.50

 

Velcro

on a roll
£0.60 per ft

 

Blu-Tack

per pack
£2.00

 

White-Tack

per pack
£2.00

 

To place an order

Please phone (01902 321971) or email ArtShop@wlv.ac.uk

Once your order has been placed, you will be informed of the total cost and allocated a time slot in which to collect your pre-packed items. Time slots are morning only between 9:15-12:15, Monday to Thursday and 9:15-12:00, Friday. We will try to give a 30 min slot, but it may be 15 mins when busy. Payment by card can only be taken when collecting – not in advance. Please also note that collection will be at the temporary shop on the ground floor (MK040).

Opening Times

Monday – Thursday 9.15 – 12.15
Friday 9.15 – 11.45

For further information contact: 01902 321 971 or email ArtShop@wlv.ac.uk

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