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Should you varnish a watercolour painting?
How do you choose between watercolour pans or tubes?
What is granulation in watercolour, and how do I use it?
What are the different ways to use watercolour pencils?
What is the difference between watercolour dye-based ink and watercolour pigment-based ink?
What is the difference between oil sticks and oil pastels?
How do you rescue dull patches in an oil painting?
How should you store a wet oil painting?
What can I use with acrylic paints to slow the drying of my painting?
What can I use with acrylic paints to stop them from drying out so quickly on the palette?
Are Cadmium colours safe to use?
What are the benefits of Water-Mixable Oils over Acrylics?
When I apply a lighter colour pastel over a darker colour it results in muddiness. Do some brands of pastel not do this, should I try a different make of pastels?
When I apply a lighter colour pastel over a darker colour it results in muddiness. Do some brands of pastel not do this?
What can I use with acrylic paints to stop them drying out so quickly on the palette?
How do you fix a pastel painting?
After sketching out on canvas is there a thorough and effective way of erasing pencil marks/ or fixing pencil marks so that the lead does not interfere/smudge when painting?
What is the difference between 'Permanence' and 'Lightfastness'?
How long do paints last?
What paint and mediums can I take on a plane?
What do I need to know to get started in oils?
Painting in acrylic or oil on top of gold-leaf
Understanding different viscosities of paint
What's the difference between Titanium White, Zinc and Mixing White?
Are heavy body acrylic paints suitable for acrylic pour painting and what is a suitable ratio of paint to pouring medium?
When a colour or paint is listed as 'lightfast in normal conditions', what does this mean?
Which blue would be suitable to use with the colours in the Zorn palette.
Can you paint over gold leaf?
What's the best way to sharpen a charcoal pencil?
What's the difference between Ultramarine Blue and French Ultramarine?
Can you use Cold Wax on Aluminium Painting Panels?
Why do many watercolour papers say they are NOT/Cold Pressed?
Is there a vegan or vegetarian product that you can use instead of rabbit sking glue, for sizing a canvas before applying gesso?
Is there a vegan or vegetarian product for sizing a canvas before applying gesso?
How do I choose the correct centre bar for my stretcher bars?
How do you prime a canvas?
What is the difference between cotton and linen canvas?
What is Vellum paper?
Why do many watercolour papers say they are NOT/Cold Pressed?
Can you remove dried acrylic/oil paint from a canvas?
How do you treat a smooth wooden panel (unsized/unprimed) before paint application?
Everything you need to know about watercolour paper
Choosing the right canvas for your painting
Everything you need to know about drawing/sketching paper
How to stretch watercolour paper
How to make a canvas painting panel
How to assemble Alu-Pro aluminium canvas stretcher bars
Removing Dents in Stretched Canvas
How to assemble stretcher bars for canvas
How to use the canvas wedges and what are they for?
How to Stretch Canvas
Can you correct warped stretcher bars?
Can you sand acrylic primer and gesso primer?
Can you use PVA to size a painting surface?
What canvases are vegan?
Does Watercolour Paper ever expire?
What is the difference between a block, a glued pad, a ring-bound book and a stitched or stapled sketchbook?
What is the best varnish to use for oil paints?
What is the difference between acrylic primer and acrylic gesso primer?
What is the best way to clean an oil brush without using solvents?
What paint should you use to paint a mural that will be exposed to harsh sunlight and rain? Also which sealer varnish?
What's the difference between, Linseed Oil, Poppy Oil, Walnut Oil and Safflower Oil?
Solvent safety guide
How to clean your Oil and Acrylic brushes
What can I use with acrylic paints to slow the drying of my painting so I can blend the colours more?
How do you safely clean up and dispose of paper or rags used for wiping oil painting brushes, if you are worried about spontaneous combustion?
Should a retouching varnish always be removed before using a final varnish? Or is it okay to varnish on top of the retouching varnish once the painting has been allowed to cure?
How long should you wait before varnishing alkyd oils - is it the same as traditional oil?
How do you remove varnish from a painting?
Can you glaze a painting with oil thinners?
What is Linseed Oil for and do I have to use it?
Does turpentine affect the fat over lean rule when oil painting?
How do I use a Powder Blender for Pencils and which brushes and sponges should be used?
What is Pouring Medium?