Advice on getting the colours right in your painted portraits
Do you struggle with colour when painting portraits? Read our guide here at ArtWeb to ensure you achieve the right skin tone every time.
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3 questions to ask yourself before you blog about your art
What’s the key to maintaining a successful art blog? Here at ArtWeb, we outline three of the most important questions to ask yourself.
Your guide to thriving as an artist outside the major art capitals
Many of those today who aspire to a sustainable artistic practice, or already have a long history of precisely that, have found themselves confronted with a major dilemma as London, New York and other more obvious art capitals have become…
6 things you should know as a novice abstract painter
Would you like to try abstract painting for the first time or paint with a little more skill or inspiration? If so, turn to ArtWeb for some timely advice.
The best surfaces to paint on when using oils
It’s a fascinating question for new and experienced oil painters alike: What surface, or ‘support’ to use the popular painters’ parlance, should you actually be painting on when you work with oils? You probably won’t be taken aback when told…
A brief guide to enjoying art online: how to escape the endless scroll
What I’m missing right now are the spontaneous activities that keep life interesting. Popping into a busy city gallery during a shopping trip or strolling through a cool museum on a hot day is a joy for many art lovers.…
Which paper best suits which printmaking process?
Given the many other labour-intensive and time-consuming stages of printmaking – not least the production of the matrix, such as the plate, block or stone that carries the image information to be printed – choosing your printing paper can seem…
A short explanation of aquatint
Whether you are a complete printmaking or etching novice or someone possessing a certain level of familiarity with these processes, you could be forgiven for being confused about the term ‘aquatint’ and precisely what it means. Aquatint, in a nutshell,…
The key stages of preparing an etching plate
Whether you are using such a metal as copper, zinc or steel – what are the basic steps to prepare the plate?
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