Lifting is not just the watercolourist’s answer to an eraser. It’s a widely-used technique for portraying smoky atmospheres, cloudy skies and other such effects. But from gently sponging out a…

Working with oil colour gives you a certain degree of flexibility while painting, as it takes longer to dry than other media. Should you want to alter your work days…

Emerald Green, also known as Schweinfurt Green, Paris Green and Veronese Green, is a bright blue-green named after the precious gemstone. Emerald’s distinctive colour is widely revered, and as such…

Grey might be understated, as the neutral hue between black and white, and neutral – a ‘grey area’ dictates being in-between. But it is also wise and ancient – consider…

Kyle Gallup is an American artist who lives and works in New York. At the start of 2019, she was invited to London to take part in Winsor & Newton’s…

Today pigments and colours are generally widely available, whether in an art store or online. While some artists might choose a limited palette, the number of colours on offer is…

“If you go out on the edge of Tianjin or São Paulo, you’ll see industrialisation is still taking place in this kind of raw and immediate and often brutal and…