Mar 17, 2023 | art materials, Tips for Artists, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks
Aug 19, 2021 | art materials, Tips for Artists, Tips Tricks and Art Hacks
Yellow Ochre On Your Palette The ochre family of paints is a well-loved addition to any artist’s palette today but turn the clock back long ago before these colors were milled and mixed and forced into tubes as paint. Yellow and red ochres are abundant in...
Nov 5, 2019 | Artist interview, instructional video, Interviews, painting workshop, Provence, travel, Workshop News
Joseph Z Paints Provence In September 2020, we will be hosting world-renowned watercolor artist, Joseph Zbukvic’s painting workshop in Provence. Joseph is one of the most highly regarded watercolor masters of our time, and it is hardly surprising that his work...
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...
Jun 14, 2018 | Tips Tricks and Art Hacks, art materials, art retreat, painting holiday, painting workshop, personal enhancement
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...