Jackson’s offers a vast range of art materials and as a team of practising artists ourselves, we are dedicated to helping you find the colours, surfaces, brushes, and ...
Apr 26th 2022 by Clare McNamaraArtist pigments are ever-changing, with new pigments being discovered and old ones falling out of use, but despite this many black pigments have changed relatively little. The earliest ...
Nov 17th 2021 by Evie HatchBrown pigments have been available to artists since prehistory in the form of clay earths containing manganese and iron oxides. The use of brown in European painting peaked ...
Nov 15th 2021 by Evie HatchOctober is often a month in an artists calendar dedicated to ink drawings, by participating in Inktober. We asked illustrators Philip Harris and Richard Stephenson to try out ...
Nov 10th 2021 by Christine KentIn antiquity, green was available to artists in the form of natural green earth and minerals such as malachite. The ancient greeks created Verdigris by exposing copper to ...
Oct 25th 2021 by Evie HatchThroughout history, blue has been one of the most sought-after artist pigments. It occurs infrequently in nature, and the first blue pigments were made from minerals like azurite ...
Oct 15th 2021 by Evie HatchUnderstanding the different brush shapes and fibre types can help you to make better and more informed decisions when investing in new brushes, so that you end up ...
Oct 14th 2021 by Allan GardnerViolet lies between red and blue on the colour wheel, and while it can be mixed with a combination of those two colours, a single-pigment violet can be ...
Oct 7th 2021 by Evie HatchRed has been available to artists since prehistory in the form of red earth, but throughout art history the colour red has often been characterised by pigments with ...
Oct 1st 2021 by Evie HatchWhile various oranges can be mixed with yellow and red, a single pigment orange can offer more vibrancy and create cleaner mixtures than any mixed orange. Apart from ...
Sep 23rd 2021 by Evie HatchOf all of the groups in the Pigment Colour Index, yellow is one of the largest. The first yellow pigment was Yellow Ochre, an earth pigment containing hydrated ...
Sep 17th 2021 by Evie HatchThe colour white was likely first used in prehistoric art in the form of chalk – naturally occurring calcium carbonate. The preparation of lead-based white pigments was first ...
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