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Support for your canvas is another important “ingredient” of a successful painting. Your canvas can be stretched on wooden bars or glued to a cardboard ...
If you live in Gatineau, QC or Ottawa, ON area, this good news is for you as now we're offering free local pick up.
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Meet out featured artist - Kira Sokolovskaia, a talented pastel artist, who worked at RUSART as an art instructor from 2017 to 2020.
Kira is ...
Once, I had a conversation about paints while was doing demo for artists. I mentioned that pigments used in a brand that I was ...
What do you really need to know is that oil paints have a lot of fillers. It’s not possible to make thick paints without ...
When you paint on canvas, the canvas itself is the first thing to take care of. There is no one best canvas for all ...
Most oil paints separate and there are many reasons for that, good and not really. There are few myths around it, that I (Elena ...
Almira became our artist in 2016, when she moved to BC. Since then she is purchasing Decola paints for her textile art projects and ...
Which medium has the highest pigment load?
If we are talking about professional grade art supplies where the maximum pigment load achieved, soft pastels will ...
Colour Index: PW4
Colour Constitution Number: CI 77947
Although Zinc white was known as a pigment since 1782 (more than hundred years before titanium white was ...
Meet our featured artist - Elena Senatorova. She came to RUSART in early 2020, right before the pandemic. Being very familiar with our brands, Elena ...
Let’s take a closer look at pigments that we’re using and what properties they have and how they affect your paintings.
Colour Index: PW6
Colour Constitution ...
That’s very important to know what you’re buying and some information about your paints is available on labels:
paint name
grade
pigment used
binder
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Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Elena Nahum Leroy, owner of ...
RUSART Naturals professional handmade watercolours are a result of years of research and development as well as continuous testing, formulas improvement and working with professional ...
Watercolour paints have much longer history than oil and, of course, acrylics. It appeared in China in the 2nd century AD, when paper was ...
All oil painters have their own lists of oil painting essentials for everyday work. There are many tools, mediums, brushes and many colours available so ...
Elvira Kravenkova (FB: https://www.facebook.com/ekravenkova) became part of RUSART team in 2017 as an art teacher and art instructor of special courses. Now, Elvira is still ...
Every year Federation of Canadian Artists offers educational programs for public and RUSART was happy to support artists and their retreat this year.
The Retreat is ...
Now we can see more and more labels saying “water-based paint” or “water-based varnish” or “water-based medium”. In fact, only few kinds of products ...
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