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Art Advice, Local Art Community & Inspiration

Gwartzman's is happy to provide insight to any questions you might have regarding art materials-- what's the difference between brush tip shapes? What does all the labelling on the back of a paint tube or jar mean? Find these answers and more below!

The art community can be a fantastic place to gain inspiration! Check out local artists that you may be familiar with, and some new art and new faces. Look inside studios big and small, and learn about some of our own favourite big names in the art world.
Brush Tip Shapes

Brush Tip Shapes

Have you ever wandered into Gwartzman’s and looked at our racks of brushes and tried to figure out what the difference was between all of them? Or maybe seeing terms on our website and wanted to know how to tell a “flat” from a “filbert”? Well, look no further! Our brush guide is here!
How to Fix Broken PanPastels

How to Fix Broken PanPastels

PanPastel are professional artists’ quality soft pastel colors packed in a unique pan, cake-like format. The cake or disk shaped design makes them very compact and easily portable, however, this does put them at risk of breaking into many little pieces if they're dropped (just like a make up comp...
Different Artist Tools

Different Artist Tools

As an art store, we know (and have seen) many different tools used by artists to create effects, textures, and a little something special to artwork. We've created a list of some of the interesting and unique artist tools we carry, but we know there are so many more.Catalyst Silicone Blades and W...
Art Project: Clay Ornaments

Art Project: Clay Ornaments

The holiday season is here! What better way to get in the holiday spirit than to create some beautiful ornaments! The great thing about ornaments is that they can be virtually any size or shape that you can decorate and design with any colours and/or patterns for anywhere in your home (not just o...
Schmincke Aqua Bronzes

Schmincke Aqua Bronzes

Schmincke Aqua Bronzes are dry metallic powders with a watersoluble binder that can be used to add a shiny metallic accents to your watercolour or gouache artwork. Just add water to activate the powders! These can also be used on less absorbent surfaces such as paper, cardboard, painting board or...
Taking your wrapped gift or present to the next level is easy - just customize the wrapping paper! We've chosen Winsor & Newton Promarkers since they're easy to use, blend able and very vibrant, along with some Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink in gold to add a bit of sparkle! But you can do th...