There are basically three types of white pigment used in the manufacture of white oil paints. Their tinting properties and the type of oil used as a binder will determine the nature of the paint produced.
The way a business develops and operates is measured, quantified and played out on a variety of online media from twitter to face book to dedicated websites and blogs. Whatever your feelings, these mediums are not going to go away, and cannot be ignored. Social media, sales and auction sites provide a multitude of threats and opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs with artists and art galleries at the forefront of these.
The size of your canvas, whether you will be painting indoors or out and the space you have available, are important factors when making a purchase.
Giclée art prints are produced by sophisticated digital printers that deliver a fine stream of long-life ink onto archival paper such as 100% cotton rag paper or high quality canvas. The resulting print has extremely fine colour fidelity and exceptional detail that is suitable for museum and gallery display.
Before getting started you might want to ensure the surfaces you are planning to wrap your work on are clean. Maybe consider laying out a heavy plastic cloth on which to wrap the work.
You can kick off by tidying up the studio. Come now, on your feet. You know you will feel better when it’s done. Throw away all those old twisted paint tubes that really won’t yield another drop of paint. Clean your brushes. Clear your workspace and set up proper storage areas for brushes and paints.
Words like slippery, thirsty, aggressive, tooth, absorbent. What do they mean? Basically artists want a surface that suits their individual painting style.
Sound familiar? It's burnout! According to Newfoundland artist Graham Mathews, artists tend to push themselves too hard, and periods of artist block and creative burnout are common. We want our work to be recognised so much that we spend all our free time creating art without leaving any time for ourselves and it is ourselves who actually create the art in the first place.
A painting with only mid-tones risks being flat and dull. Value or tonal contrast creates visual interest in a painting. A high-key painting is one in which the contrasts in value or tone are extreme, from black right through the range of mid-tones down to white. A low-key painting is one in which the tonal range is narrower.
Gouache is both a technique and a product. The technique, dating back to before the renaissance, refers to the use of white to achieve opacity in water based colours. Originally used for illuminating manuscripts, it was Paul Sandby in the 18th century who first used the painting technique extensively and later the Pre-Raphaelites.
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