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This is a question that has come up countless times over the years in my workshops and presentations.  Let me start by saying, if you are concerned about permanence, esp...

Untempered Hardboard  I often talk about painting supports and how important they are for the stability and permanence of the painting, sort of like the foundation of a house. A...

TOXIC TIPS I use my hands a lot when I am painting, esp with acrylics, and more so when there is a lot of texture in the piece. It is...

My mother passed away recently, after a long and fulfilling life.  She always lived her life with courage and conviction. This has been a great gift for me. She supported...

Oil paints, a combination of a drying oil like linseed or walnut oil and a dry powdered pigment, have been use by artists for thousands of years.  But it is...

FAQ – Technical Q’s Compilation After many years of writing these technical Q&A articles, as well as doing countless presentations and workshops on ‘the craft of painting’, I thought it...

 Oil Painting on Canvas  This is one of the most FAQ I have come by over the years. Oil paint gets increasingly hard and brittle as it ages, so it prefers...

I recommend that painters use only single pigment colors. That is, colors that are made using only one pigment. I suggest this for the same reason that I advise painters...