Pigments and Binders
On Pigments by Debu Barve — Remember c o l o r s ? This question sounds silly because we really don’t perform any conscious process of recollecting specifics about
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Materials
Star of the Dance
This article continues the exploration of various techniques used by Samuel Shelton. In this small portrait, 9×12, I used the following earth colors. Nicosia Green, Red Iron Hematite, Ercolano Red, Orange
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Whites, Values, and Magna Doodle Drawings – Ryan Embry
Do you remember the Magna Doodle? It was a neat little plastic toy popular in the 1980’s, the decade of my childhood; a magnetic drawing board equipped with a metal
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Painting Process One – Samuel Shelton
In this series of articles, Samuel Shelton offers details about three different and unique approaches he uses in his work. The two paintings presented here, and the techniques used, are…
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Mona Lisa Facsimile Project
Mark Balma is creating a facsimile copy of the painting using the methods and materials Leonardo used in the creation of his Masterpiece! Mark will be using Oil of Spike
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Kimberly Brooks & The New Oil Painting
There are big changes happening now in the world, although in most cases the new forms and expressions are just beginning to emerge. The global response to climate change is
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Of Bottles, Balsams and Blues
As many artists are recognizing, the supply situation for art materials is shifting. As one customer recently noted, it used to be possible to walk into a local art store
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ROMAN BLACK EARTH
Roman Black Earth, our newest colour, gets its black from minerals, iron oxides, and carbon. The high iron content means this is a fast drying paint. Black earth pigments have
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Samuel Shelton and the Ancient Colours
You may be familiar with Samuel Shelton’s work from a previous article on The Art Treehouse web site: The Making of a Painting. Recently, Samuel has started working with the
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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 olden days when I was at an airport travelling and
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