When it comes to choosing paper to create art works on, paper dimensions will inevitably vary throughout sheets and pads. However most people will have come across the A Sizes of paper at some point;… Read More »A Guide to ‘A’ Paper Sizes
Watercolour papers come in three surface types – Rough, Cold Pressed, which is also known as Not, and Hot pressed. This guide lists each of their usual characteristics but it should be noted that papers… Read More »Choosing Watercolour Paper
What is Lino Printing? Lino Printing is a form of block printing that involves carving a pattern or design into a linoleum, rubber or vinyl surface that can then be printed from. ‘Under the Wave… Read More »What is Lino Printing?
Lino Cutting is a print-making method where a design is cut into a sheet of lino or vinyl, inked and can then be transferred to a suitable surface multiple times allowing you to reproduce loads… Read More »What do I need to make Lino Prints?
Charcoal: The clue’s in the name with this one – it is simply burnt wood and it’s been around since cavemen picked up bits of charred wood from the fire and started to draw on… Read More »Choosing and Using Art Charcoal
Despite the commonly used term ‘lead pencil’, pencils have never contained lead but, instead, consist of a form of carbon – graphite. When this material was first discovered in England and its usefulness for mark-making… Read More »A Brief History of the Graphite Pencil
Sketching graphite Pencils come in a range of grades, from 9B to 9H, that describe the tone of the line that each pencil will produce. The H stands for hard and the B for black.… Read More »Choosing and Using Sketching Pencils
A Dip Pen consists of a pen-like handle into which various nibs can be slotted to draw or write with. The nib is simply dipped into ink and transferred to the surface and has no… Read More »What is a Dip Pen?
Dip Pens Sepia Drawing Ink and a range of Dip Pens For over 2000 years, Ink has been used as a drawing media and has been made in a similar way over time, cultures and… Read More »Introduction to Inks
Acrylic paint is pigment bound in a synthetic resin. Its development was spurred on by a group of Artists, working in Latin America in the 1920’s, who required a paint that would dry quickly and… Read More »Introduction to Acrylic Paints