SAFETY ARTICLES
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Teaching Oil Painting in College – Angela Batchelor
Angela Batchelor currently lives in Twin Falls, Idaho with her husband, two sons, dog, and a small flock of chickens ...
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Restoring My Ability to Paint – Barb Witlin
Barb Witlin currently has two paintings in the Omnibus 3D virtual gallery in Dresden Germany. She also is featured in ...
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Pigments and Binders
On Pigments by Debu Barve -- Remember c o l o r s ? This question sounds silly because we ...
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Reimagine – Reinvent
A guest article by Kimberly Brooks. I never buy the Financial Times. But it was pink, it was in the ...
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“A Little Black Book for My Younger Artist Self”
By Kimberly Brooks "The View From Here" 60 x 48 inches Oil on Linen I remember the first time I ...
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Mike Strickland Writes About “Bio-Thinner”
As an artist who is very sensitive to the traditional solvents used in oil painting, I have been searching for ...
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Green Acrylics?
Acrylic paints often contain small percentages of formaldehyde or ammonia as preservatives. These can cause allergic reactions in some individuals, ...
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FIREWORKS IN THE STUDIO – DRY PIGMENTS
Iron oxide is possibly the single most common pigment used in oil and acrylic paints. Powdered aluminum is used in ...
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KEEP IT SIMPLE
According to the Chemical Abstract Service, there are now over 50 million chemicals listed in their catalogues. New chemicals are ...
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Should the Hazardous Art Materials Law be Repealed?
Recently the Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety (ACTS) people in New York called for the repeal of the labeling of ...
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BEYOND CADMIUM TO MORE COLORS!
At one point, cadmium red was thought to be a safer alternative to vermilion (cinnabar). Because of the mercury in ...
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NANOTECHNOLOGY AND ART – SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT IT?
Recently, a highly regarded art supplies manufacturer closed up shop and sold everything to a much larger company, agreeing to ...
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HUFFINGTON POST ART PAGE – FEATURED ARTICLE
It is common for an art student to show up for the first day of painting class and discover that ...
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White Paint: The Problem With Nano-Particles
Historically, lead-based white was the pigment used in art, for hundreds of years. But of course, lead is toxic and ...
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THE CRAZY IDEA OF NON-TOXIC PIGMENTS
Recently, some folks have been marketing raw pigments for making "non-toxic" paints at home. This is the oldest mistake in ...
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COLOR FROM A WORLD WITHOUT SUN
Almost as valuable and expensive as gold, vermilion was the unique red pigment demanded by the rich and powerful throughout ...
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NATURAL VS. “NATURE-IDENTICAL” SPIKE LAVENDER
A synthesized “nature-identical” Oil of Spike Lavender has recently been made commercially available in the United States. This oil is ...
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NEW! ORGANIC BRUSH SOAP
We finally released the brush soap everyone has been asking for. This new Organic Brush Soap is made from organic ...
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SOLVENT EXPOSURE LEVELS FOR ARTISTS
Artists are becoming increasingly aware of health issues related to solvent exposure in the studio. Many art schools are now ...
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KATHRYN NOSKA – DEEPER MEANINGS
My motto, “Take Time to Find the Unseen” is realized through Symbolism, the language of my art. I explore the ...
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A CASE AGAINST ODORLESS MINERAL SPIRITS
This is a guest article written by Peter Campbell, the highly regarded artist, workshop presenter, and video producer whose work ...
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FLYING WITH ART MATERIALS
At The Art Treehouse, one very common question asked by artists concerns the shipping of art materials by air, or ...
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THE BRIGHT FUTURE OF ARTIST PAINTS
In recent years issues of toxicity and the environment have been at the forefront of concerns for artists who wish ...
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CREATING ART WITH MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY
I am an artist with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS, a physical reaction to even the smallest amount of a variety ...
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ECOLOGICAL RELEVANCE
JK Thorsen has a new December show at the Connect Gallery in Omaha. JK is a full time artist with ...