Sunrise painting by Claude Monet was the picture led to a new movement in arts – impressionism. Monet’s paintings are full of light, colors and air. He shared some of…
Pigment code: Madder Lake – NR.9; Alizarin Crimson PR. 83 Madder Lake is a natural pigment extracted from the common madder plant Rubia tinctorum. This pigment has being well-known from…
Although Leonardo Da Vinci lived in 15th century, his masterpieces still admired for their mystery and unique style. Let’s take a look at what colours Leonardo appreciated most of all…
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…
Indian yellow (NY 20) has being known in painting industry since 15th century, when it was introduced into India from Persia. Initially pure Indian yellow was made from cow urine…
Synthetic brushes appeared on the world art supply market relatively recently and became very popular for all mediums. Due to rapid technology development variety of synthetic brushes grows very fast.…
Willow charcoal is made of burned pealed willow sticks. However, burning process is quite complicated. First of all, masters insert sticks into special pots, which keep them straight. After that…