The image above, the header image for this text, shows various swatches of raw umber. Earth colors often differ radically between manufacturers. Colors with the same name can look completely different depending on who…
There is only one way to become good at something, whatever it may be, and that is to do it often and regularly. No one has ever become good at playing the piano or…
Why do almost all beginners paint a thin line using a bunch of tiny brushstrokes?The answer is actually pretty obvious: we’re used to writing with a pen but not with a brush. When we…
Since many of my students – both beginners and those who have painted for years – tend to rub watercolor paint onto the paper, I assume this is quite a common habit. By “rubbing”…
If you’re interested in watercolor painting and start looking for information on YouTube, chances are you’ll come across someone carefully painting watercolor in small squares. As far as I know, there’s no real term…
Artists haven’t always signed their work. The role of the artist began to shift during the Renaissance, when ideas of individual creativity and the artist’s status as an intellectual rather than a craftsman became…
This text is about Swedish online shops with artist materials. It is probably not interesting for visitors from other countries, or this problem is more general and applies to you as well. Swedish online…
Do an image search on ”mixing watercolors” or similar, and you will get results that look like the image above. Diagrams of different watercolors mixed in a grid, which I’m sure takes a long…
There is also fashion in terms of framing. Boxes, tall frames with free-hanging artwork were popular in the 90s. During the 1940s and 1950s, wide neutral frames with linen fabric were used. Nowadays, the…
