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
August 28, 2019
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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
August 24, 2019
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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
August 24, 2019
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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
August 24, 2019
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How to Clean your Paint Brushes
I used to go through brushes like water because I was a bit lazy when it came to taking care of them properly. Cleaning oil
August 15, 2019
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How to travel as light as possible for plein air painting
I am eager to share about my new paint box as it has been a very happy discovery for me this past month—it has freed
August 14, 2019
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10 Best Watercolor Paint Sets For Beginner & Professional Artists
Before we dive in to the top 10 watercolor sets below, let’s get a bit into what types of watercolor paints there are and the
August 13, 2019
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Oil Painting on Yupo paper
I have for a while been wanting to try Yupo paper, and got the opportunity after picking up some recently during a weekend away in
August 11, 2019
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Advantages of Linen versus Canvas
I recently switched to painting on Linen after using cotton canvas for 99% of my painting practice. I can’t adequately express how much happier I
July 23, 2019
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