What is Sun Thickened Oil?
The use of Sun Thickened Oil dates back at least to the 14th century. At one point, someone discovered that a partially dried oil would speed up the drying process,
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Technique
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. She is an Associate Professor of Art at the College
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Sun Thickened Walnut Oil – Ark and Manna – Samuel Shelton
Samuel Shelton writes: I have had a little time to play around with the new Sun Thickened Walnut Oil from The Art Treehouse, and wanted to do a short write
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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 the online gallery Ten Moir. Her painting God is 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 really don’t perform any conscious process of recollecting specifics about
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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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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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