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Understanding the Differences in Watercolour Paper

Understanding the Differences in Watercolour Paper

  There are so many options when it comes to choosing the right watercolour papers for you. Hot pressed, cold pressed, smooth, rough...etc. What d...

A Beginners’ Guide to Oil Painting: 10 Tips To Get Started

A Beginners’ Guide to Oil Painting: 10 Tips To Get Started

  1. Start Small Get started with a small artwork, before going big. This will get you familiar with the way the materials work. Also you can exp...

How to Use the Golden Artist Virtual Paint Mixer

How to Use the Golden Artist Virtual Paint Mixer

The Golden Artist Virtual Paint Mixer is a universal tool, perfect for all artists that need to mix colours. It can be used for those artists needi...

How Lineo Brushes are Made

How Lineo Brushes are Made

How are lineo Brushes Made? Tradition and innovation are the main values of lineo. The brushes are Handmade in Germany at Mesko Pinselfabtrik GmbH....

How to Use Silicone Oil for Beautiful Cells in Your Acrylic Pours

How to Use Silicone Oil for Beautiful Cells in Your Acrylic Pours

Acrylic Pouring is a fluid painting technique, which depends on the art materials being used. This blog will guide you on how to use silicone oil in acrylic pours, and what materials are best to achieve the style you want. 

Your Drawing Companion Tools

Your Drawing Companion Tools

When we first start drawing, most of us all get started with a set of pencils, eraser, a sharpener and our favourite sketchpad. But are there any other handy drawing tools that could be helpful in your drawing techniques?