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The story behind Winsor & Newton’s new Artists’ Oil Colours

Since 1832 in the journey of innovation to create today’s art materials, Winsor & Newton are credited with being the first colour makers to publish a complete list of colours…

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Learning About Professional Watercolour Synthetic Sable Brushes

Learning About Professional Watercolour Synthetic Sable Brushes Like BrushesWatercolour This article has been liked 53 times Explore the new range of synthetic watercolour brushes, the different shapes, and sizes of…

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Colour Story: Viridian

A history of Viridian Hydrated chromium oxide is an intense green pigment with a bluish hue, more commonly known in the English-speaking world as Viridian. Viridian comes from the Latin…

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Material Matters: Artist Karen David on using Winton Oil Colours

Karen David is an artist, curator and lecturer. In 2018 David was awarded a studentship for a practice-led PhD with a studio focus on mythmaking, fictional narrative, communes and para-anthropology.…

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Blending Oils | Transparent and Opaque Pigments

Blending Oils | Transparent and Opaque Pigments Like Oil This article has been liked 11 times Blending oil paint seamlessly from one colour to the next can be a challenge,…

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Hue, Value and Saturation

Hue, Value and Saturation Like ColourOil This article has been liked 31 times Hue, Value and Saturation adjustments are demonstrated here with Winsor Lemon, Cadmium Red, Ultramarine (Green Shade) and…

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Mixing Beautiful Browns

Mixing Beautiful Browns Like ColourOil This article has been liked 8 times Beautiful chromatic browns can be mixed from a palette of six primary oil colours that include a warm…

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Fat Over Lean Rule Explained

Fat Over Lean Rule Explained Like Oil This article has been liked 39 times The fat over lean rule is a critical method of working to ensure your painting stands…

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Watercolour | Wet on Wet

Watercolour | Wet on Wet Like Watercolour This article has been liked 22 times Wet on wet is a watercolour technique used by artists such as Emil Nolde when particular…

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Clear Binder

Clear Binder Like Acrylic This article has been liked 1 times Acrylic paint is a combination of pigment and a binder of acrylic polymer emulsion; this combination locks the pigment…

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How to create vermilion in Artists’ Oil Colour by mixing colours

Vermilion is no longer a colour in Artists’ Oil Colour, because it can be “mixed” by the artist. To create a paint closest in colour to Vermilion, we recommend a…

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Understanding drying times for oil colour

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…

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