Best Oil Paints
There is a very large choice of oil paint out there. And the price range is equally large! A tube of oil paint can be as cheap as a couple of $ but it can go up to over $400 (check …
Materials & Technique
Photographing Your Art: Which Camera to Buy
Artists have used cameras for as long as cameras have existed. The creative possibilities are endless when you mix photography and other art forms together. Photography has so much to share; a good photographer’s views on composition, vision and colour …
Glossary of Painting
In the past few months I have been giving away a painting glossary to my subscribers (or clan members as I’d like to call them) and I thought it would be useful to share it with you as well (my …
Langridge Oil Paint Review
Langridge oil paints are not as widely known as Winsor & Newton or Old Holland paints yet they are highly rated by professional artists all over the world. The paints are hand made by David Coles in his factory in …
Colour at Incamminati
In the past couple of blog articles I have been exploring colour a little. But there is this one place that celebrates colour like no other. That is the Studio Incamminati; a school of art in Philadelphia, founded by the …
Colour: Value, Chroma and Temperature
Colour is a major part of most paintings. So how do you choose your paint colours and how do you mix and combine them? Can you and should you aim to copy the exact colour of your subject? What does …
Graphite Pencils Explained
As I am working on a graphite and charcoal drawing at the moment I thought you might find it useful if I write down the basics of graphite. What are those letters of HB and H and B at the …
How to Avoid Overworking a Painting
Overworking is a very widely used word amongst painters. People often worry they have overworked something and tutors warn for overworking a piece. But what is overworking and is it something that should be avoided? Can you overwork a pastel …
Organise your Paints
Organising your Paints Many painters just plop their paint tubes in a big box, bin, or drawer and dig up the colour they need from there. I prefer to have my colours slightly more organised. Instead of digging around a …
Organise your Studio
As it is the Lets-Get-Organised month on the blog I cannot skip a good tidy up. Artists are infamous for being messy! But if you ask me, I think it is all hearsay. Who doesn’t love their boxes, folders, drawers, …