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Painting Knives: How to Create Texture
Some knives have unique shapes that are perfect for creating unusual effects!
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Painting Knives: How to Mix Paint
Painting knives and spatulas are ideal tools for mixing paint on palettes.
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Marker Paper
Learn how to choose the right paper to work with markers such as Touch and ProMarkers.
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Basic Colour Principles
Paints are made of powder pigments and binders to keep the pigments together and help them adhere to a surface.
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Solvents for Oil Painting
While the most popular solvent is turpentine, some others have smells that are easier to handle.
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Quality: Fine and Extra-Fine Paints
Artists’ paint manufacturers have developed wide ranges of products for the needs of a diverse clientele.
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Mediums and Other Additives for Oil Painting
Discover the different types of additives and mediums that make oil painting easier.
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Varnish Basics
Varnishes are composed of three ingredients: resin, plasticizer and solvent.
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Acrylic Paint
Today, many people enjoy acrylics because they’re more permanent than any other medium, and very easy to use.
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Reading A Paint Label
The labels on tubes and jars of paint feature all sorts of useful information. What does it allreally mean?
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Useful tips to keep a well-organized studio
We’re sharing our best secrets for creating your ideal art studio … so you can focus solely on unleashing your creativity!
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Discover Painting Knives
Painting knives can be used on a variety of surfaces and offer an interesting alternative to brushes.
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Pébéo Products
Learn more about the company's history, but also about some top products that have made it famous. Enjoy!
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STAEDTLER Products
Dive into the world of creativity! Learn more about this leading brand’s history and products.
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Demystifying Different Types of Pastels
They look like chalk, are sometimes soft or hard, used dry or diluted: pastels lend themselves to many variations with dazzling and infinite colors. Here is a brief overview of the different types of pastels and their use.
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Free as Art: Self-Care Through Creative Expression by Manon Lavoie
Here are 10 tips on how to take care of yourself through creation. You’ll find at the bottom of the article my suggestions of products to add to your creative survival kit.
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