Browsing Tag charcoal
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DrawingKen Nwadiogbu is a multidisciplinary artist based in London, and this month’s featured artist for our Inside the Sketchbook series. Here, Ken explains the different approaches he takes ...
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Drawing
Hertfordshire based artist Ryan Leigh reviews Jackson’s Curated Set: Charcoal and Graphite demonstrating how the materials can be used together to create rich and detailed tonal drawings. ...
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Interviews & Features
Coates is a family-run business that has manufactured willow for over 200 years. In the 1960s Coates began to turn this willow into charcoal and today they are ...
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Watercolour Painting
The charcoal pigments in Schmincke’s new Liquid Charcoal range are made by charring peach stones, cherry pits, and grape seeds. These pigments are combined with gum arabic, and ...
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Drawing
Throughout October, we asked four artists who specialise in drawing and illustration to try our drawing materials in their practice. Sarah Dyer, Jessie Pitt, Emma Carlisle and Michael ...
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Drawing
New York based artist and author Bill Murphy talks through how he developed new ways of approaching drawing over his 50 year practice. Here, the printmaker, painter, drawer ...
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Drawing
Since the rising popularity of Inktober over on Instagram, October has become synonymous with the art of drawing. We feel it’s a good time to reflect on some ...
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Drawing
This article charts a day in the life at Coates Willow Charcoal, a truly unique family run business that has manufactured willow for over 200 years and is ...
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Artist Interviews
Sorca O’ Farrell is a landscape artist from Howth, Co. Dublin. Her painting February Group, pictured below, was shortlisted for the Jackson’s Open Painting Prize 2019. Recent awards ...
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Drawing
Graphite and charcoal are two of the most used materials for drawing and draughtmanship. While both are carbon based, the way they are made means they both have ...
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Artist Interviews
Back in 2016, Tim Patrick’s Charcoal Portrait of ‘Fiona’ was a close Runner-Up in our inaugural Jackson’s Open Art Prize (since renamed the Jackson’s Open Painting Prize – ...
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Artist Interviews
Daniel Segrove is a young artist whose body of work challenges the limitations of traditional drawing and painting through processes of destruction, distress and balance. By leaving classically ...
