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Features & EditorialsClaire Spencer PS is an artist inspired by the natural world, who works with oils, watercolour and pastel. Claire recently explored some of the ideas suggested in our ...
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Features & EditorialsBrexit and COVID-19 have impacted upon art material supplies at a time when demand has also surged as more people have had time to engage with their creativity. ...
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Watercolour PaintingSo you want to try watercolour painting for the first time, but you’re not sure what you need to get started? Here we list all the watercolour painting ...
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Acrylic PaintingBy painting a picture with blue, red and yellow on your palette, you are keeping your options relatively open with regard to the overall colour, temperature or value ...
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Features & EditorialsTo celebrate International Women’s Day 2021 (8th March) we present seven contemporary figurative women artists working around the world. Africa: Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum Pamela Phatsimo ...
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DrawingLife drawing has long been a key part of formal art education, and it is a very useful practice for both beginners and expert artists- there is always ...
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Features & EditorialsSizing is added to paper pulp or fully formed sheets of paper to prevent it absorbing colour like a sponge. Size allows paint or ink to partially sit ...
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Features & EditorialsJackson’s Kite brushes are made with environmentally friendly synthetic kolinsky hair, which is derived from sustainable materials. Here, I tried them for the first time, comparing them with ...
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Features & EditorialsPaper weight is often stated in two ways – pounds (lbs) and grams per square metre (gsm or g/m2). These two figures are calculated in slightly different ways ...
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DrawingThe smoothest shading results can be most easily achieved by using Zest-it Pencil Blend. It is a solvent that will break down the oil and wax content of ...
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Art TechniqueThe Zorn palette (also known as the Apelles palette) comprises four colours thought to have been used by the Swedish portrait painter Anders Zorn (18 February 1860 – ...
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Features & EditorialsThe majority of artist papers are various shades of white. Having a light background allows you to apply a variety of nuanced tones and textures, and the reflective ...
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