Oil and acrylic paintings these days are most often created on canvas. Canvas replaced wood panels for painting during the Renaissance because stretching canvas across wooden bars allowed for larger ...

Submissions are now open for the tenth anniversary year of the annual international fine art competition. Enter before 25th February 2025.

Whilst we understand that Carbon offsetting is not as ideal as avoiding fossil fuel use in the first place, we do believe that it is a step in the right direction. As a result, we have decided to ...

Jackson’s introduced Yupo Paper a couple of months ago to our range of papers for watercolour and mixed media. After reading the description of the paper, that it is non-porous, waterproof and ...

There are a few reasons that you might want to start your painting on a dark ground. Some pigments are naturally transparent and some are opaque. Oil and acrylic paints will indicate the opacity on ...

Chinese Brush Painting is the art of using simple and effortless brush strokes to depict the essence of a figure or scene – an ancient art that continues to fascinate contemporary artists. A ...

Most people assume they know all there is to know about erasers. But there are different types for different jobs and you are more likely to get the result you want if you use the right tool. After ...

Submissions for Jackson’s Art Prize 2025 are now open! Enter before 25th February 2025. ENTER HERE Now celebrating its tenth year, Jackson’s internationally ...

There is something beautifully simple about the Linocut printmaking process although the prints it produces can be extremely intricate and complex. A print is created by carving a design into a block ...

A Posca Pen allows you to control the application of rich, opaque water-based paint, in fine or broad lines, making it perfect for painting and drawing! The markers contain real paint that dries ...

Michael Harding developed the Miracle Medium range to create ‘Miracle’ oil painting mediums that are solvent-free, made from renewable plant sources, almost odourless, and safe to travel with. Since ...