Browsing Category Studio and General
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Features & EditorialsGeorgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is often credited with being the ‘Mother of American Modernism’. She is best known for her large-scale, billowing flower paintings and the many landscapes she ...
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Studio and GeneralWorking with mixed media on location is a key part of my practice and I often need to transport a variety of materials using a pencil roll, several ...
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Studio and GeneralPrussian Blue (pigment index number PB27) is deep and inky colour. Its influence can be seen across art history– it is the characteristic pigment of Picasso’s Blue Period, ...
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Studio and GeneralVenetian Red is one of many earthy-red colours named after a geographical location– other examples include English Red, Pompeii Red, Indian Red, and Pozzuoli Red. These colours are ...
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Studio and GeneralRembrandt’s colour palette was characterised by dark browns and black, earthy yellows, and deep reds– colours that give his paintings an instantly recognisable atmosphere of warm darkness. This ...
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Features & EditorialsFind out art materials recommendations from the team of painters, printmakers, illustrators and designers on the team at Jackson’s. These artists work closely with the vast range of ...
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Features & EditorialsJackson’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 ...
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Studio and GeneralArtist 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 ...
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Studio and GeneralBrown 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 ...
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Studio and GeneralOctober 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 ...
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Studio and GeneralIn 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 ...
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Studio and GeneralThroughout 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 ...
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