When you start painting with acrylics, there’s no one who can prepare you for the speed which this paint dries with. A result of the short time the paint is “open” is that acrylics will stick to almost anything, including your paint brushes. That’s OK when it sticks to a €5 brush, but it becomes… Read More Acrylic art painting: keeping your brushes in condition
Glazing medium is used to create thin layers of transparent colour that sit on top of each other. It allows you, for instance, to create from red and yellow an orange that seems to glow in what we call an optical colour mix. Old masters like Rubens, Rembrandt, Da Vinci and others used glazing in their oil paintings extensively. With acrylic paint you can create glazes too, but it follows a different methodology.… Read More Acrylic painting: Glazing Medium or Liquid
You probably know about colour management and when you know about colour management, you must know about the difference between CMYK and RGB, and what each is used for. Well, in painting with pigments, it’s not that clear-cut and that has everything to do with colour theory.… Read More RGB, CMYK and Golden Artists Colors’ acrylic paint
Tradition dictates Corel to release a new Painter upgrade around August and sure enough, they were right on time with Painter 2021. New in Painter 2021 are a new, optimized automatic performance inspection and improvement algorithm, Apple Touch Bar, Trackpad and Pencil tilt support, Sidecar support, clone tinting, new A.I. Style presets, and more.… Read More Painter 2021 delivers better performance, new AI styles, Clone Tinting and more
Digital painting isn’t comparable to the real thing, despite the efforts and sucesses of companies like Corel with Painter 2021 and Celsys with Clip Studio Paint. The real thing still is an unparalleled experience and joy, provided you (can afford to) use the best tools for the job. Luckily, though, even the best brushes, artist quality paint, mediums and paint surfaces don’t cost as much as a digital tablet, a computer and the appropriate software.… Read More Two brands of paint brushes compared and the tale of the unexpected service
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