ART NEWS
Upcoming
GOLDEN Lecture/Demos
Saturday, October 2
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
- Tickets go on sale in August
Cost is $5
Tickets can be purchased at the store or by calling 403-283-2288 with your credit card info.  
Space is limited so please purchase your tickets early

Summer 2010

ART NEWS

Sun & Salsa Festival in Kensington

Time to give your taste buds a workout! The annual Sun & Salsa Festival takes place in Kensington on Sunday, July 25, 2010 from 11am to 5pm. Over 40 businesses will serve up over 500 gallons of different salsas for you to taste. Vote on your favourite.  Kensington Art Supply will be participating as well, so visit the Picanté Picassos right in front of our store. Members of the Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild will be on hand to write your name on a bookmark with creative and colourful handwriting. Great deals can be found at our sale tables.  Be sure the visit the Artist’s Alley where ACAD students will have artwork on display and for sale.
Find us on Facebook
Become a fan! We’re finally there! Find out what’s new! Check out Jeff’s new acrylic paint job on his car dash! Freyja has been outside getting passersby to create a work of art! Dee is ready to answer your questions about acrylic paints…. and more.
Painting en plein air with R. Duane Hendricks
Join artist R. Duane Hendricks for a painting en plein air workshop on Saturday, August 21 from 9am to 12:30pm. After a brief lesson, Duane will take us to the perennial gardens in Riley Park for an enjoyable morning of painting and creativity. Check out our website for more information.
Free Customer Parking Behind Our Store
Please don’t forget that you are welcome to park behind our store while you are shopping at Kensington Art Supply.

New Products

Daniel Smith Project Book and DVD with 54 Paint Dots

This new project book contains 21 different projects and includes a step-by-step DVD with demos for each project. Colour dot pages are included with 54 try-it sized paint dots with enough paint to complete each project. Copy the included sketch and follow the instructions and you’ll learn about colour attributes and how to use them effectively.  A great summer project!

Price: $23.95

Purchase this set and get a Pentallic or ProArt water­colour sketchbook for half price.

Plaster Casts
Realistic plaster casts for figure studies. We have a variety of casts including eye, ear, nose and mouth, torso, arm, full face, and skulls. These life-life casts are ideal for drawing, sculpting, photography or just a great addition to your studio.
Prices start at : $22.95
Plaster Casts
Realistic plaster casts for figure studies. We have a variety of casts including eye, ear, nose and mouth, torso, arm, full face, and skulls. These life-life casts are ideal for drawing, sculpting, photography or just a great addition to your studio.
Prices start at : $22.95

Holbein Artist’s Watercolours

We now carry a selection of the 15ml tubes.  These artist quality watercolours are moist and transparent with unsurpassed purity, permanence and brilliance.  Holbein watercolours contain no ox-gall or other dispersing agents, so you colours move slowly per­mitting greater colour density and brush control.

Prices start at $13.90 for Series A to $33.20 for Series F

Purchase $35 or more of Holbein watercolour paints and receive a free tube of Original Opera

Arches Watercolour Art Boards

Your favourite watercolour paper is now available on a rigid, ar­chival backing. The paper is mounted on a two-ply, 1.2mm white, acid-free, lignin-free, archival conservation board. The board is buffered, without optical brighteners and treated to resist mold. Now your work is ready to frame without mounting. Art Boards are available in hot press, cold press and rough formats and are available in the following sizes:

16” x 20”           $ 6.75

20” x 30”           $10.95

32” x 40”           $20.85

www.kensingtonartsupply.com

132 - 10 Street N.W.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

T2N 1V3

Phone: 403-283-2288

Fax:     403-206-7095

Email: info@kensingtonartsupply.com

Mon - Sat              10am to 6 pm

Thurs                      10 am to 8 pm

Sun & Hol            11am to 5pm

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