Talking about art, techniques and materials.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jan 18th, 2010
We got this question in the comments on an earlier post and I thought the answer might be useful to other painters. So I am putting it on as a post: 2010/01/14 Hi Julie, I want to give someone some acrylics as a birthday present – they’ve been painting for a year or so, so [...]
Posted in Art Courses and Workshops on Jan 14th, 2010
Ann Oram RWS has just published the Spring schedule for her 2-day intensive painting courses she teaches at her studio in Fife. More on her website. Here is an earlier post about her classes.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jan 13th, 2010
Saunders Waterford HIGH WHITE Until quite recently you couldn’t get artists’ quality papers that were very white because the “optical brighteners” added to the pulp made the paper not archival. It was the price watercolour artists paid: to have artists’ quality paper it couldn’t be bright white. Something must have been discovered recently because suddenly the highest [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on Jan 12th, 2010
The Sennelier paint makers in France make their egg tempera paints with the authentic formulation used since the Renaissance. Much of the religious panel painting done between the 12th and 15th century was done in this delicate and subtle medium, which is capable of detailed and complex effects. Sennelier Egg Tempera is famous as the [...]
Posted in Art Technique -Technical on Jan 4th, 2010
A new painter recently asked for a set of the things he would need to start painting in acrylics for the first time. I realised there must be others just starting out who could use a bit of guidance in choosing materials. One of the first things to be aware of when looking at the [...]