There are many techniques in oil painting and one of them is glazing. Glazing provides infinite play of colours and is commonly used for portraits. First of all, make sure…
If your paints are made by a respected manufacturer they should be properly marked and contain information on its transparency. Paints can be transparent, semi-transparent or opaque. Usually they are…
In addition to information on pigments and transparency paint labels usually have another mark – light fastness. All colours change their shades and fade with time if contacted with light,…
As we discussed before one of key paint components is pigment powder. Different pigments produce different colours, providing different grade of brightness, light fastness, transparency etc. Some of pigments are…
All paints consist of at least one pigment and binder. The quality of those assigns the quality of paints. Pigments can be natural and synthetic. Natural pigments can be divided…
As an art teacher, I hear very frequently from my students, who is signing up for my art classes, that oil-painting is toxic and acrylic is a better choice. Having…