Acrylic primed. Suitable for Oils and Acrylics. Sold by the metre

Abstract Original

60 colours – 120ml, 20 colours – 500ml

Heavy body consistency – Very good covering power – Highly pigmented

Abstract has been developed using French skill and expertise. Abstract is created and produced in Saint-Brieuc in Brittany.

100 % Cadmium free : a range that uses cadmium substitutes in order to reduce its environmental impact. Highly effective, these substitutes preserve colour vivacity / opacity / luminosity.

Better preserved paint : air doesn’t enter the pack, and even better, with abstract there is no waste and no more air bubbles that spread colour over your palette at the end of the tube

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Abstract MATT

35 colours – 600ml

Soft body consistency – Ultra Matt – Ultra coverage – Velvet appearance – Ultra Opaque

Abstract has been developed using French skill and expertise. Abstract paste is created and produced in Saint-Brieuc in Brittany.

100 % Cadmium free : a range that uses cadmium substitutes in order to reduce its environmental impact. Highly effective, these substitutes preserve colour vivacity / opacity / luminosity.

Better preserved paint : air doesn’t enter the pack, and even better, with abstract there is no waste and no more air bubbles that spread colour over your palette at the end of the tube

For Full Abstract brouchure, click here

Abstract Acrylic Liners

20 colours – 27ml

Soft body consistency – Ultra Matt – Ultra coverage – Velvet appearance – Ultra Opaque

Abstract has been developed using French skill and expertise. Abstract paste is created and produced in Saint-Brieuc in Brittany.

100 % Cadmium free : a range that uses cadmium substitutes in order to reduce its environmental impact. Highly effective, these substitutes preserve colour vivacity / opacity / luminosity.

Better preserved paint : air doesn’t enter the pack, and even better, with abstract there is no waste and no more air bubbles that spread colour over your palette at the end of the tube

For Full Abstract Colour chart, click here

My paints are made by hand, using techniques which date back to the days of the Old Masters. There is a very simple reason for this painstaking process. As an artist and painter I wanted to create colours that were true and vibrant, and paint which was beautiful and durable.

The greater the pigment content of a paint the greater the resistance it has to fading. Nearly all manufacturers use various fillers to extend the volume of the oil paint. It may increase profits but it compromises on quality. I totally refuse to do this. Why make something exceptional and then dilute it?

I will not claim that my paints will turn you into a great painter, but I can promise they will have a profound effect on your work. Your colours will be stronger and richer, and you will find the texture of the paint incomparable. You will love working with them.

Try them. You will be amazed

-Michael Harding

 *Exclusive to The French Art Shop Auckland

View the full range of colours here.

In 1899, the world was introduced to Rembrandt water colours, the first watercolour paint from the Netherlands with maximum pigmentation and excellent lightfastness. Thanks to the quality and craftsmanship, which still very much lies at the heart of the production of the paint, Rembrandt has grown into an essential brand for the professional water colourist.

Rembrandt watercolours are made in Holland of only the best materials.

This professional-quality colour range is made from the purest pigments and purest quality gum arabic for brilliant and constant colours.

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Dense, yet buttery, Sennelier oils are more highly pigmented and firmer than ever. The reformulated homogeneous consistency is better suited to the diversity of modern techniques and pictorial sensitivities. The slightly heavier body retains its unique creaminess, while offering greater versatility.

Sennelier’s carefully selected pigments are ground longer, to provide the finest, most vivid colouration possible. Sennelier strives to provide the purest, most concentrated stable pigments. With improved lightfastness, the colour intensity will endure for generations.

Safflower oil, a binder with balanced drying power, provides the creamy texture that dries with an attractive satin finish in a uniform manner over the entire range. Unlike linseed oil, safflower oil is non-yellowing.

Also available in 200ml tubes.

View the full range of 144 colours here.

From its earliest days, Paris has been Sennelier’s source of inspiration and that is what makes it such a Parisian brand.

Dries twice as fast : Whilst retaining the key characteristics of oil painting, Rive Gauche fine oils dry twice as fast as classic oils. The outcome of this is a shortened drying time that does not restrict an artist’s possibilities of working with fresh paint.

Oils that yellow two times less : Safflower oil is used to make the 60 colours. It is characterised by its low level of yellowing (50% less than linseed oil) and its excellent compatibility with pigments.

High-performance cadmium substitutes : Rive Gauche fine oils use new pigments, which are high-performance cadmium substitutes that offer opaqueness and luminosity properties that are almost equivalent to real cadmium-based oils.

A rich, balanced palette of colours : 60 colours in 40ml tubes – 56 colours in 200ml tubes 52 opaque colours | 6 semi-opaque colours | 2 transparent colours | 4 iridescent colours.

With Rive Gauche, Sennelier has placed the colours of Paris into tubes so that artists from all over the world can experience the pleasure of using them.

For their full colour chart click here