JP-165 Victoria's Painted Garden by JoSonja Jansen MDA, 136 full color pages, $24.95 Coming soon!

Also available: JP-164 Painted Floral Landscapes by JoSonja Jansen MDA, $24.95 This book was published last year but we didn't get it in until now. It will be arriving with Jo's new book.

Convert It! Vol. 2 has been re-printed and is back in stock. This is your essential color conversion guide by Carolyn Ballantine and Lea Davis. $12.95

This guide accurately converts DecoArt Americana, Delta Ceramcoat, Plaid FolkArt, DecoArt JansenArt Traditions, Chroma Jo Sonja and Derivan Matisse. When an equivalent color is not available, the authors provide a recipe mix. This is very helpful. Convert It! is a definite must have for every painter. Don't forget to have a shop copy.

There are 19 new Delta Ceramcoat colors which we expect to have by early February. For a limited time we will make a Delta 2007 sample set available. Your cost will be $18.91 This will contain one 2 oz. bottle of each of the 19 new colors. Reserve yours today! This is a regular 50% discount. Normally, you would have to buy six each to get a 50% discount. You may buy as many sample sets as you wish. Have one for the shop and one to sell and one for your teachers to share?

• Hope - a beautiful shade of pale yellow.
• Citrus - a brighter yellow
• Hello Yellow - like a ray of sunshine
• Think Pink - medium pink with a tiny hint of blue
• Pop Pink - a darker, truer, bold pink
• Gecko - a bright, light green that is perfect for leaves
• OJ - a pretty shade of orange
• Tahiti Blue - lovely shade, almost turquoise but with more blue in it
• Orange Pop - a subdued shade of orange, almost peachy
• Platinum - pretty gray color
• Blissful Blue - a pale, greyed blue
• Spa Blue - medium shade, perfect with Blissful
• Bamboo - a new shade of tan
• Enchanted - a very pale shade of greyed lavender
• Sweet Pea - darker value of Enchanted
• Red Rouge - somewhat like discontinued Fruit Punch with a tiny hint of blue
• Green - bright, clean shade of green
• Pansy - dark lavender with a bit of red tone
• Bubble Gum - exactly like its name

Thanks to Nancy Snellen C.P.D, C.P.T., Delta Information Liaison for this list published on Tolefriends.

Plaid expects to publish the following books in late February:

• PLA-9871 Cats & Dogs by Peggy Harris
• PLA-9894 Vintage Posters & Signs by Jill DeMaria and Maria Grimanis

From Leisure Arts we expect the following books this month:

• LA-22626 Mixed Media Canvases by Chris Thornton
• LA-22615 Painted Chairs for Tiny Tots by a variety of artists

Jamie Mills-Price will have a new book Christmas Time Between the Vines Vol 5 in late February or early March. Pictures of projects are on her website.

I forgot to finish our new discounts for JoSonja products on page 5 of the July-Dec 2006 Newsflash.

• JoSonja tube paints: Discount is 50% when purchased as a box of five/same color. Discount on three tubes is 40%. Discount on 1-2 tubes is 25%
• JoSonja Products in 2oz bottles: Buy six (all same) for a 50% discount. Discount for quantities less than 6 is 40%.
• 8 oz and 6 oz bottles of Paints and Mediums: Wholesale discount is 50%, any quantity. If purchasing a case of 12, discount is 57.5%
• 11oz Background colors: 50%, any quantity
• Texture paste in 2.5 oz tubes: 50%, any quantity
• The discount on packaged sets is 40%.
• Discount on Archival products is 40%.

The "Welcome" pattern for the banners in Finishing Touches 2 by Anne Hunter is missing from the book. Anne has provided us with a PDF file which can be downloaded from our website. (You will need Adobe Acrobat to open this file. This is free software available on the internet.)

To download the pictures of Lynne Andrew's Patriotic Snowman, please visit The Painting Rag's website before Feb 28, 2007. The deadline to submit ads or articles for the March/April issue is Feb 7, 2007.