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Art Mail is Winsor & Newton’s biggest ever campaign and a global celebration of watercolour. We wanted to launch with a film that not only inspires artists to take part...

Gamboge has been prized for centuries for the warmth of its golden yellow tones. Transparent in washes but leaning towards orange in heavier applications, it's a colour that's associated with...

We invited Caitlin to reimagine notebooks from Winsor & Newton’s historic archive. First published between 1850 and 1890, these 'shilling books' offered guidance on various traditional art techniques. In her...

A popular yellow-green colour, sap green was originally a sticky syrup made from unripe buckthorn berry juice and sold in pigs' bladders.

A bluish-green pigment with a semi-transparent quality, cobalt green’s cool tones bring a lifelike quality to creative works of all kinds. 

We invited three artists to reimagine educational notebooks from Winsor & Newton’s historic archive. First published between 1850 and 1890, these 'shilling books' offered guidance on various traditional art techniques....

We had an in-depth chat with Marilyn Rose, the first artist from the Winsor & Newton Spring 2025 Watercolour Residency. The eight-week residency takes place at The Manufacturers Village in...

Fluorescence is found in nature in certain minerals, fauna, fish and birds, or in bioluminescence when, say, a jack-o-lantern mushroom or a firefly emits a luminesce independent of UV light.  

We invited three artists to reimagine educational notebooks from Winsor & Newton’s historic archive. First published between 1850 and 1890, these 'shilling books' offered guidance on various traditional art techniques....