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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COLORLAB – Maria Boto Ordonez
Laboratorium, KASK, Ghent Art Academy The experimental lab for art/design and biotechnology of KASK. María Boto is a scientific researcher at KASK/School of Artsof University College Ghent, where she is
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Color-field Painting, Freedom, and Willy Richardson’s Immersive Art
A Painter Who Became Allergic to Paint An essay by Friedhard Kiekeben and Willy Richardson Reproduced with reprint permission by nontoxicprint.com The Santa Fe based artist Willy Bo Richardson completed
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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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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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