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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Safety
“A Little Black Book for My Younger Artist Self”
By Kimberly Brooks I remember the first time I ever painted in oil as if it were yesterday. Already an avid sketch artist and having dabbled in acrylics, I was
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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 an alternative for a number of years. The first replacement
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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, especially if they are using large amounts of polymer medium
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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 all the silver, gold, and “metallic” colors. While these pigments
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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 being produced at the rate of 25 per minute. For
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Should the Hazardous Art Materials Law be Repealed?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 the Hazardous Art Materials Act. This the the law that
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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 vermilion, it was considered the death sentence for miners. However
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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 reveal nothing about the deal. They had been working on
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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 other students in the room will be brushing with various
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