🎨 Top 5 Van Gogh Watercolour Techniques Every Artist Should Try Written by a watercolour enthusiast obsessed with expressive colour and texture There’s something magical about Van Gogh watercolours by Royal Talens. They’re vivid, expressive, and surprisingly...
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The Colorful Journey of Watercolor Paint: From Pigment to Palette
The Colorful Journey of Watercolor Paint: From Pigment to Palette Hello, fellow art enthusiasts! Have you ever wondered what goes into making those lovely tubes and pans of watercolor paint that bring your creative visions to life? Today, we're diving into the...
Understanding Pigment Index: The Essential Guide for Artists
Understanding Pigment Index: The Essential Guide for Artists When it comes to creating vibrant and lasting artworks, understanding the pigments in your paints is crucial. The pigment index is a standardized system that provides a wealth of information about the...
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Robert Gellion FREE Youngsters Print off and colour projects.
Robert Gellion FREE colouring projects. We want to thank Robert Gellion for his kind gesture of allowing anyone that wants to print off a copy of his image the chance for free to help you through these trouble times. We have set the images up as PDF...
Robert Gellion FREE relax and stay safe colouring projects.
We want to thank Robert Gellion for his kind gesture of allowing anyone that wants to print off a copy of his colouring image the chance for free to help you through these trouble times. We have set the images up as PDF so you can click them while you're self...
Soft Pastels for beginners
Soft Pastels What are pastels? Pastels are compressed pigment and binder formed into sticks. The higher quality the pastel the greater the pigment, which increases the coverage and intensity of the colour. Types of pastel Soft pastels These are as the name...
Is there a difference between a palette knife and a painting knife?
A palette knife is a really essential artist painting tool for use with oil paint, acrylic paint or thick mediums. Giving you the ability to produce shape, texture or mixing of your acrylic paints or oil colour paint for all levels of artist. Most artists refer to any...
Watercolor for beginners – Watercolour basics: brushes, easels and accessories
Local art shop is proud to be run by artists for artists and we always enjoy our customers coming in and asking questions or sharing their techniques with us. We've noticed that we get a few questions regularly so we thought we would try and cover these frequent...
Watercolour Basics – Paper and Paint
Local art shop is proud to be run by artists for artists and we always enjoy our customers coming in and asking questions or sharing their techniques with us. We've noticed that we get a few questions regularly so we thought we would try and cover these frequent...
10th Anniversary of our shop opening.
September 18, 2007 we opened the doors to the public for the 1st time. Being immensely proud of being back in the family building. The locals took us to heart straightaway. Scratch designs very quickly built its reputation for its bespoke picture framing offering...