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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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Features & EditorialsThis week marks one year since the start of the first UK lockdown and along with it the upheaval of our regular lives and familiar routines. Throughout the ...
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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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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 & EditorialsOld Masters such as Rembrandt and Van Eyck, as well as more contemporary artists, like Reynolds and Turner, are thought to have used natural resins with their oil ...
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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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Features & EditorialsThere are a wide variety of paper textures available, made to suit all artist mediums and techniques. Here, we present the main choices and what media they are ...
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Features & EditorialsArt paper is available in numerous sizes and formats to cater for every approach to creativity. Here we explain the difference between a pad and a block, what ...
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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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Artist InterviewsJean Paul Beumer was shortlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize this year with his work fig. 50b Curious. At a monumental scale of over one metre in height, ...
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