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Every year we select a few items and reduce their prices substantially.  Sometimes these items are the same, but for the most part we change them yearly.  This year, I’ve seen the best deal, well, ever really.  Our Arches Watercolor Blocks have made it into this amazing selection this year.  Not just a few sizes, but the entire line that we carry!  We beat everyone with these prices.  You can’t even find this good of a price at online retailers.  And the best part?  We have plenty in stock and have pleanty to order from when those sell out.  Not sure whats so special about Arches watercolor blocks?  Check out this info straight from the website of the manufacturer themselves -

Arches watercolor paper is a 100% cotton paper. Arches Watercolor Paper is a professional grade watercolor paper of the highest quality. Manufactured in the same French mill since 1492, Arches watercolor papers are produced on a cylinder mould with pure French stream water. Made with natural gelatin sizing; naturally white containing no optical brightners offers optimal longevity. Each sheet of Arches watercolor paper is hand inspected to ensure consistency and durability. Arches is strong enough to handle multiple washes of color, masking fluid, scrubbing and artist tape without damage to the surface. Each sheet is permeated with sizing to give each fiber a consistent feel and absorbency. It is an ideal paper for watercolor and other wet media, and can also be used for drawing and printmaking.

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Utrecht Seattle

The Best of the Northwest show is back next weekend for its annual Spring edition at Mangnuson Park here in Seattle. We will of course be attending. How could we say no to networking with fellow artists and hosting a demo table? So come and check out what the artists of the Pacific Northwest are up to, and stop and say hello to us while you’re there.

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Utrecht Seattle

We may have had our start in Linens and canvases, but we’ve come a long way since then.  What comes naturally to a company that specializes in Linen and Canvas?  Paint of course!  Our Oil paint alone has been manufactured for over 6 decades.  They are intense in color, with a full-bodied, buttery texture and outstanding lightfastness.  But we didn’t stop with oil paints, we also were among the first developers and manufacturers of artists’ acrylic paint in the world.  Our acrylics are substantial and workable, contain a maximum pigment concentration, are permanant to the highest standard, and boast a huge color assortment.  Just this year we also introduced a new line of fluid acrylics.  Naturally watercolor’s were the next step for us.  For over 4 decades Utrecht has produced brilliant shades of watercolor.  All the colors are finely milled using select pure pigments for clear, intense washes.  All of our paints are held to the highest possible quality and value combined.  Not only do we have some of the best priced paints and the best quality, we also make all of our paints right here in the U.S., in our Brooklyn, NY mill.   If you want to know what a quality, american made paint feels like - walk into any of our store and ask to try them out.  You will not be dissapointed - that is a guarantee.  And, if you come in this weekend you will save even more money because we are selling all of our paint at 30%off.  Ckeck out the image below for more information.

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Utrecht Seattle

Acrylic painting has never been more accessible than now.  Utrecht has introduced their own Fluid acrylic line which features high quality professional artists’ colors, fluid viscosity(obvious I think), and superb lightfastness.  Check out some of these other features: 

• Permanent Pigments
• Flexible when Dry
• Excellent Adhesion on a variety of surfaces
• Cleans up with soap and water

We couldn’t make the paints without also making some amazing mediums as well.  We offer 4 unique mediums, the glazing medium, extender & blending medium, texture medium, and a watercolor medium.

Brush Recommendation - Utrecht Manglon Series 239. 

• Unique multi-color, multi-diameter synthetic taklon. 
• Excellent paint capacity
• Extraordinary snap-back

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Utrecht Seattle

Our new Sale starts Monday! Come in and Stock Up on Canvas, Paint, Paper, Pads, Portfolios and so much more!

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We at Utrecht like to promote art in so many ways.  One of my favorite ways that we do this is by partnering with local schools to provide scholarships to current students.  What really gets me excited about this is the way that we set up funding for the scholarships. 

Fist of all, all students get a special Student ArtSmart Card  which gives them a 10% discount on top of all our existing in-store promotions (with a few exceptions obviously).  Secondly we have this handy code at the registers that we input into the register when we ring sales for students that are currently enrolled in the participating school.  Lastly, because of that neat code, we are able to track those sales and donate a portion of that sale to the scholarship. 

I just love that it all works on a cycle as simple as that.  Come to our store and we’ll give you a discount.  Not only will we give you a discount, but part or your transaction goes into a scholarship fund that supports your school.  On top of all of that, you may be the next recipient.  That’s just one of the many ways in which Utrecht supports our community!

These are the schools that we currently have a scholarship program with:

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Utrecht Seattle

I really love last minute things. I’m really not kidding. Seriously, the more last minute the better. Last minute kisses, last minute desserts, last minute movies, you name it. Well, last minute reports are a bit tedious. Anyway, Utrecht hit me with a ginormous last minute bomb this week. A two day Madness sale! That’s right not one, but two days worth of awesome discounts. On top of that they upped the ante a bit - 40% off instead of the regular 30%. I don’t know about you, but I’m psyched! Sure I had to run around like a crazy person a bit this week to prepare, but where is the fun in standing still I say. So come on out to the store and check out our fully stocked and loaded store for all those goddies you know you’ve had your eye on for a while…

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Utrecht Seattle

Our resident artist, here for demos with Gage Academy of Art, Cornish College, and Seattle Central Community College, has landed in the store. Joe and I have been shopping around the store picking out supplies for the demos and we are ready and rearing to go. And just in case you didn’t know, the demo hosted at Gage Academy of Art is open to the public. So come to Gage from 9:30 to 11AM to watch our resident artist do some amazing portraiture and talk about the art and science of painting!