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Explore essential health and safety practices for artists in this guide to protecting yourself, maintain a safe studio environment, and responsibly dispose of hazardous materials to ensure both your well-being and...
Discover efficient and eco-friendly brush cleaning techniques with Winsor & Newton’s Brush Cleaner. Learn expert tips to maintain your brushes, avoid common pitfalls, and ensure your tools are always ready...
The Winton Oil Colour range has a more uniform consistency than Artists' Oil Colour and is slightly stiffer. It offers excellent retention of brush and palette knife strokes.
Discover why the Artists' Oil Colour Underpainting White is preferred for underpainting.
If you’re working with cotton canvas and want to use either oil or acrylic colour, an acrylic gesso primer is generally used, though you can use any of them. If you’re priming...
You don’t have to size and prime a canvas yourself. Winsor & Newton offers acrylic-primed cotton and linen pre-stretched canvases in different depths and sizes. If you want to avoid...
While priming prepares the canvas ready to receive paint, underpainting is a first layer of paint applied after priming. Traditionally a lean layer with a reduced palette, it’s a tonal rendering...
Understand the crucial differences between sizing and priming. Discover how these techniques protect and enhance your artwork, ensuring a durable and professional finish.
Discover the art of canvas preparation with our comprehensive guide to gesso. From application techniques to drying times and canvas priming tips, explore how to achieve the perfect foundation for...
Stretched canvas, securely mounted over a wooden frame, offers a flat, taut surface ideal for painting. This prevents the canvas from wrinkling or distorting under brushstrokes. Conversely, painting on unstretched...
All canvas needs to be primed before you start painting, to ensure the paint isn’t absorbed into the surface. The more layers of primer (often referred to as gesso) that...
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