January 25, 2022

Using the Derwent Tinted Charcoal Paint Pan Set – Our Top Tips

Learn how to use the Derwent Tinted Charcoal Paint Pan Set to create dramatic artwork using our Top Tips!

January 25, 2022

Using the Derwent Pastel Shades Paint Pan Set – Our Top Tips

Discover our Tip Tips for using the Derwent Pastel Shades Paint Pan Set! Learn how to use this gouache-like paint to create punchy, yet delicate paintings.

January 25, 2022

Using the Derwent Line and Wash Paint Pan Set – Our Top Tips

Discover our top tips for using Derwent’s Line and Wash Paint Pan Set to create your own expressive Line and Wash paintings!

January 25, 2022

Using the Derwent Shade and Tone Mixed Media Set – Our Top Tips

The Derwent Shade and Tone Mixed Media Set brings together some of the brand’s most popular products. Discover how to use them together with our top tips.

October 11, 2021

How to Clean Acrylic Paint Brushes

There’s nothing worse than getting your best brushes clogged with acrylic paint! Find out the best way to clean it from your artists brushes.

September 28, 2021

How I achieve dark and light skin tones with acrylics

Linda Adiele shares how she achieves dark and light skin tones with acrylics.

September 7, 2021

Beginners Guide to Starting Out with Gold Leaf

Alison McIlkenny explains the process of applying gold leaf and using it in paintings as well as sharing the differences between genuine and imitation gold leaf.

August 14, 2021

Beginners Guide: How to use Gouache

Gouache paint is great to work with and one of the less well-known mediums, an opaque watercolour and therefore more forgiving. Gouache is the latest variation of similar painting mediums, gouaches predecessors were Egg Tempera...

August 9, 2021

How to Choose the Right Acrylic Paper

Acrylic Painting Papers textured papers specially formulated to bring out the best of your acrylic paints – with no priming or prep required! But how to they compare to other art papers, and how do you select the best ones for your work? Here we demystify this process.

July 8, 2021

21 more Daniel Smith Colours now available in 5ml Tubes

We are happy to announce that due to popular demand, Daniel Smith have released 21 additional colours to their 5ml range. The additional colours will include a number of firm favourites (which were previously only...