Color Mixing with Oil Paints: All You Need to Know
A practical guide to color mixing One of the most important things you can learn when painting is how to mix colors. There is more
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Wood or Glass Palette for Oil Painting?
The benefits of a glass palette One huge advantage of a glass palette is that the can be easily cleaned. If you accidentally forget to
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All about Artist residencies
What are artist residencies? Artist residencies provide artists the opportunity to have the space and time to work outside of their usual environment. Often artists
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Oil Painting vs Acrylic
Difference and history of oil and acrylic paints Acrylic paint was first made in the 1950’s and as it being a fast drying medium it
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How to Pack your Oil Paints for Airline Travel
Doing airline travel with oil paints requires a little extra thought when it comes to packing. I travel with paints, brushes and a french easel
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5 Books For Artists That Are Must Haves
Why these five books for artists I love my art books and there are so many wonderful books for artists out there to learn from.
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How to get started with oil painting
Are you just entering the world of painting? If so, welcome! It might feel intimidating at first with all the new materials (painting comes with
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9 Must have items for beginning oil painters
What you need to start oil painting today Oil Paint Oil paint comes first because you certainly can’t do oil painting without oil paint! There
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How to get your Art into a $700M company
MInted is a $700M stationary startup that was founded about 10 years ago. Although it has been more of a stationary company, Minted is incorporating
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