Tips & techniques
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Choosing a Water Colour Surface
When you use water-based media, achieving amazing results relies almost as much on the paper surface as on the quality of the colour used to create...
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Tips for choosing a surface for pastels
The beauty of pastel is best exploited by using a paper with some degree of texture; not only because the pastel has a surface to adhere to but bec...
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The importance of stretching Water Colour paper
If you intend using a lot of water in your water colour painting, then it is important to stretch your paper before starting to avoid cockling - th...
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Using Winsor & Newton oil colours on paper
It is not advisable to apply any Winsor & Newton oil colours onto paper that has not been primed. Ideally, it is recommended that you use paper tha...
