It’s happened to all of us: You sit in your studio, surrounded by all your paints and supplies, and you can’t come up with an interesting subject or decide which medium you want to use. To bull your way through …
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Maybe you’ve been hearing glowing reviews on a line of paints. The buttery texture glides effortlessly onto the canvas, and every color is as vivid as an emperor’s jewels. However, oil paints can be rather costly, and the expense to …
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Every painter needs a variety of brushes, but they don’t necessarily need them all to be top-of-the-line. Plein air painting sessions, arts and crafts projects with the kids and demonstrations at craft shows are all situations that don’t require your …
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A family owned and operated business, Royal & Langnickel has produced art supplies and accessories for decades. They produce a variety of products, but the Royal & Langnickel name is most commonly linked to their line of brushes. With a …
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You can’t play a musical instrument unless you learn to read music. You can’t learn how to cook until you can read a recipe. An artist can’t paint until he learns to mix colors. Sure, you can fling paint about. …
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Isn’t that just the most irritating thing? You’ve created a perfectly lovely composition, used some great techniques and have assembled a palette of rich and appealing colors. Standing back to admire your work, you are surprised to see dull, lifeless …
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Maimeri is a family based company that has produced art paints for nearly a century near Milan, Italy. They use traditional formulations and blend pure pigments and oils to create their paints. Maimeri produces specialized lines of products, based on …
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Whether you scored a great deal at a second hand store or found Great Aunt Dora’s 60-year-old masterpiece in the attic, you probably want to clean that oil painting before hanging it in your living room. This job can be …
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A beginning art student is seduced by the notion that buying all the pretty colors, brushes, tools and accessories will ensure that their works of art are worthy of a trendy Manhattan art gallery. Unless they have a doting relative …
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One of the most important tools an artist has is his brush. These delicate instruments need particular care and since some of these little fellows can cost upwards of $100.00, it pays to see that they are taken care of …
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It’s relatively easy to paint a contemporary piece. Use vivid colors, bold brush strokes and voilà – you have a modern piece that will draw attention anywhere. However, you may have a theme that cries out for an antique appearance. …
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The clean, white surface beckons and intimidates many artists. It cries to be used, to have color, texture and form grace the plane. That pure white is typically the last thing the artist wants glaring out from his work. So …
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Walk into any art store and browse the brush aisle. There are dozens of brands, scores of styles and sizes, and hundreds of brushes from which to choose. How do you go about selecting the brushes that will be best …
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A happy sun smiling down on happy trees may sound schmaltzy to some and outdated to others, but Bob Ross brought painting to the people in a way that no one else has done. Bob is gone, but his painting …
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Georgia O’Keefe may be best known for her close-up paintings of flowers, but this artist had a wide range of subject matter, style and technique over the span of her years. She was among the first generation of women to …
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Artists may use oil paint directly from the tube and never use another product until it is time to clean the brush. That is down and dirty painting, and is refreshing and spontaneous. However, a good part of the time …
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You have always loved drawing and now you want more. Color is suddenly important and learning how to use it to create a painting is the next goal you have in mind. Deciding what type of paint to use can …
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