Aug 19, 2019 | art materials, Tips, Tips for Artists, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks, tricks and Hacks for Artists, Uncategorized
As far as actual painting supplies go, there are many lists of what to take when plein air painting. Just Google them. Over the past 10 years of delivering plein air workshops and after 1000s of paintings outdoors, we have discovered there are other things that can...
May 15, 2019 | painting holiday, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks, travel, Workshop News
Staying in touch… “Can You Hear Me Now?” You are coming to France, Italy or anywhere in Europe for a one-of-a-kind art retreat, and will be immersed in the color, sight, sensation and utter creation of the experience. You don’t want it marred...
Feb 23, 2019 | art materials, Art News, painting holiday, travel, Workshop News
The Unusual Origin. Indian yellow is a strong transparent pigment favored by many artists for its tinting properties. This yellow-orange color’s most alluring characteristic is that it can be used to warm up a color. Added to pink it makes that color turn red. Added...
Nov 13, 2018 | art materials, art retreat, painting holiday, painting workshop, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks
The color of Humility and Holiness Look in your paint box and you’ll no doubt find Ultramarine Blue, the most widely sold color after white. Artists have adored this blue pigment for millennia. We forget sometimes that paint is simply ground up minerals mixed...
Jul 21, 2018 | Places, Provence, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks
A Tip about Tipping Your guide to tipping in France. Don’t Tip Excessively! How much should you tip in France? Here’s a tip – over tipping can backfire. The French have high respect for their waiters. Very often they aren’t just waiting tables...
Jun 14, 2018 | art materials, art retreat, painting holiday, painting workshop, personal enhancement, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks
Read how the pencil gets its designation. It’s a French thing – how appropriate! The mighty pencil, is it H or B or HB and what does it mean? H is from HAUT. It means HIGH. There is a high quantity of binder creating a harder lead with less graphite...
