Living in Canada, we expect cold winters, but shipping art materials during freezing temperatures can be challenging. Extreme cold can affect the quality and ...
For thousands of years, people have used natural dyes—primarily to colour fabrics or decorate pottery. Some of these dyes also found their way into ...
If you ever need a relaxing break from work and want to create something meaningful for your family or friends, I highly recommend card-making. ...
If you’ve noticed rising prices on certain art supplies, increased “out of stock” notices, or difficulties finding specific products, you’re not alone. Here’s a ...
Last week, I had the pleasure of joining the True North Country Comics Podcast!I shared the story behind ArtMaterials.CA, along with some insights—both big ...
The most up-to-date collection of all ENL Watercolours swatches and colour charts. As we experiment creating new colours, the chart is goinf to be ...
"Natural" in general and when we talk about pigments is becoming a popular trend, with many artists choosing them because they’re perceived as fresh, ...
Oil paints are indeed quite delicate and demand a significant amount of knowledge and skill to master. Success in oil painting involves not only ...
The principle of "fat over lean" in oil painting involves applying paint with a higher oil-to-pigment ratio ('fat') over paint with a lower oil-to-pigment ...
When working with oil paint, artists often utilize various mediums to achieve specific artistic objectives. Allow me to introduce some traditional recipes that were ...
At first, the simplicity of plain black may seem straightforward. While we have a plethora of hues and shades in colors like green, red, ...
When using oil colors for painting, it is common to thin the paint for more precise application, glazing, or improved blending. While linseed oil ...
These two rare colours have been newly incorporated into ENL watercolour paints (half-pans). Neodymium and Erbium oxides, both classified as rare earth oxides, caught ...
When 1/2+1/2 is greater than 1
A "half pan" is not precisely half in terms of volume. The difference between a half pan and a ...
Many artists dream about having their work exhibited in museums that would preserve art for generations. Even if your painting is not going to ...
If you read an article about the VOC content of paints, you may have a valid question: why all these paints are not labelled ...
In this series of articles, I’d like to look at these two mediums from a professional and responsible artist’s point of view, thinking about ...
In this series of articles, I’d like to look at these two mediums from a professional and responsible artist’s point of view, thinking about ...
In this series of articles, I’d like to look at these two mediums from a professional and responsible artist’s point of view, thinking about ...
When it's about travelling or working outside the studio place it's always handy to have a special set of colours. ENL Basic watercolour set ...