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 ...
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 ...
If for oil or acrylic painting we have many mediums to choose from that serve in a different way, watercolour medium sounds a little ...
Watercolour is a very unique medium, and as result we see depends on many factors:
paper
amount of water used
paint quality
brushes and
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Watercolour is one of the oldest but still innovative painting medium with a lot of characteristics. These glue-based paints still have more interesting to ...
Here we’ve collected many ways how to clean brushes after oil painting and prolong their life.
What artists really don’t like about oil painting is that ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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 ...
When we buy art supplies for children, the first thing we think about is safety. With this in mind we search for "nontoxic" labeled ...
John became RUSART’s customer in 2018, when RUSART shop was much smaller and represented mostly manufacturers from Russia. John was always open to try ...
Rose Kamma Morrison is a Canadian BC-based artist with an interesting artists' path and a very strong personality. Elena, RUSART's owner, "met" Rose online ...
There are many different kinds of additives and enhancers exist for oil painting (including copal resin) and all they have their own use. In ...
Meet our supporter - Kathy Van Gogh
Kathy Van Gogh contributed a lot into RUSART development, as an artist, tester and raw materials provider.
Elena, RUSART ...
Elena Nahum Leroy is an art instructor, teaching drawing and painting art lessons since 2009 (in-person and online). Here you can find the most ...