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The market of art supplies now is full of chaos (maybe, it always was). Some paints or brushes cost just a few dollars, while ...
This also happens. And here we’re talking about fillers and extenders. Generally speaking, all organic pigments will have a certain amount of other components ...
There are many debates regarding what’re better mono-pigment or multi-pigment paints. As all artists are different and hence have different preferences it’s hard to ...
If even 50 years ago only mineral pigments were considered to be professional, with modern chemical industry development we have more and more new ...
The concept of Art and Found was created 7 years ago by Toronto artist Courtney Senior. Before she found her footing in the world ...
Black is a very contradictory colour: some artists even prefer not to have it in their palettes and mix it when needed. I personally ...
After Iron Oxide Yellow (PY42-43) by the number of variations in colours, another iron oxide goes - Iron Oxide Red (PR101-102). Even though PR101 ...
For craft purposes, such as decorating wooden boxes or painting on leather or fabric, acrylic paints work best. They mix well, can be applied ...
There is no straight answer to what’s better - tubes or pans. Here, I’ll try to explain how things work from the artist's and ...
This Nickel Azo Yellow pigment is magic. When you look at the dry colour a pan looks brown, so you expect to see something ...
Naples yellow is a pigment named after the city of Naples in Italy. The origins of Naples yellow remain unclear, but it's one of ...
In 2009, when I permanently moved to Canada, I opened an art studio, and in 2011 - added art supplies as a side business. ...
Historically, artists have issues finding pigments that would provide intense primary colours. Most mineral pigments used belonged to colours found in clays, or earth: ...
We've already talked about different ways how to clean brushes fro oil paints. Most ways are either toxic, or messy, or both. Elena, RUSART's ...
What is a purpose of retouching medium for oil paintings?
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Meet Dulce Tapp
Dulce is a mixed-media artists working preliminary in collage techniques. Her works are very easy to recognize: bold Mexican colours, balanced composition ...
If for oil or acrylic painting we have many mediums to choose from that serve in a different way, watercolour medium sounds a little ...
Tinting pastes have very wide range of use and will bring more ideas to creative artists. However, there are only few artists who ever ...
Watercolours are very enjoyable, but right after drying results may not be what you expected: colours changed, faded and become pastel-looking. Why does it ...
Meet Nadine Sallinen
Nadine is an artist residing and working in BC, Canada. She has had a fascination with art since childhood. She started initially with watercolours, drawing with pencil, ...