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Which Has More Value: An Acrylic or an Oil Painting?

Someone's been searching to find info on whether an acrylic painting or an oil painting has more value. As with so many things in art, I don't believe there is...

Beating Artist's Block:Leave the Best Bit Till Last

"I am suffering from artist's block and could do with some ideas. I stopped painting for six months and now I can't get going again." -- Vicki, on the...

New Month, New Look, New Project

It's a new month and there's a new painting project. Quite a contrast to the idyllic landscapes of June's project, the challenge of this month's project is to use an...

Are You Painting on the Right Side of the Canvas?

In the Painting Forum Marisol has posted a question I'm sure many others have pondered: "How to tell which is the right side of your canvas to paint on?"She explains:"I am...

Is it Pollock's Fingerprint or Not?

From what I've read about Jackson Pollock he seemed to enjoy an argument, so no doubt he'd have enjoyed the fighting about whether a fingerprint is or isn't one of...

Painting Tip: Crayon Not Frisket

This week's painting tip is from Charlene Corman-Brooks and is about the advantages of using white wax crayon rather than frisket in certain subjects when watercolor painting. Read this week's...

Critique isn't Criticism

There's an interesting (and passionate) debate on the Painting Forum about the difference between critique and criticism. Why so-called "honest criticism" can be so destructive, why the friendly, positive approach...

New Paintings in Landscape Project Gallery

A landscape painting doesn't have to be a "real" landscape unless you're selling paintings of recognized landmarks to tourists. It can be an amalgamation of elements from various locations, a...

New "Open" Acrylics with Extended Working Time

If the rapid drying time of acrylics is one of the reasons you don't like acrylics or haven't tried acrylics, then keep an eye out for the latest product development...

Changing the Way You Paint

How do you change the way you paint, loosen up your style and get more paintings done? This is the question Mary K. has posed in the Painting Forum: "I’m eager...

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