Should you Paint your Body with Acrylics? I had a query recently from an artist who wanted to print with her body. She wanted to paint her body to make prints on canvas and asked whether my Outlines paints would be safe to use for this purpose. Of course I had to say, that although […]
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The best value paints in our shop is a full set of colours but when you have been painting for a while, you might want more of certain colours. Read about our discounts for multiple tubes of individual colours.
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The rapidly changing countryside has set me thinking about green colours and how to use them in paintings. The fields nearby are always a patchwork of colours
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Keep your hand Steady while painting Do you worry about wobbly edges and lines when you are painting or are forever trying to avoid touching wet paint? Actually there are ways of solving this. There’s a tool for steadying! When you are painting fine details it’s hard to be exact if your hand is waving […]
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Add Browns to your list of Basic colours While a pallette of six pure colours is sufficient to mix all the colours you need, earthy browns speed up mixing subtle shades. Pure vibrant colours are thrilling but sometimes you need to tone it down to make the colour less arresting, perhaps to make shadows and […]
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Keeping Mixed Paints for Later If I mix a big batch of a colour will it last a while in an air tight container? And is there a type of container that works best? Short questions almost always need long replies because the answer is nearly Always ‘It Depends‘! Mixing Batches of colour to keep […]
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Paints for Vegetarian and Vegan Artists We understand that many people are concerned about animal ingredients and animal testing, not only vegetarians and Vegans, and want to ensure that the materials they use are animal friendly,
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Hand Painted Wooden Peg Dolls Hand painted peg dolls make great gifts to mark occasions, celebrate a person’s work or passion or to start a collection. If you are stuck for a present to give to a friend, a tiny toy person that represents their interests will always go down well with people of every […]
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Subscribers 20% off Paint Coupon ! If you have Already joined You have until midnight August 31 2020 to take advantage of this Gift. A reminder of how it works is below This Coupon is CLOSED to New Subscribers Don’t Despair – There will be new Special Deals! Subscribe to our Newsletter for the NEXT […]
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Easy Ways to Make Colour Wheels and Reference Charts if there is something stopping you – or blocking your way.
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