Drawing with pens and ink in artwork is not new. Artists have always combined drawing with painting, and the very act of painting itself incorporates drawing as line whenever one color or value is placed beside another, a thicker passage shows its edge against a thinner passage, or wet paint
The evidence was undeniable as our eyes swung slowly across the drawdowns that spread out before us. The handful of initial colors ground in every possible combination of oil all pointed to a similar conclusion: there was something here that simply could not be ignored. The clarity of the colors
In 1986, amidst the bustle of West Harlem, a rich, jewel-tone mural could be seen rising 30 feet above the lush oasis of Hope Stevens Garden. Homage to Seurat: La Grande Jatte in Harlem, the last remaining work in New York City by the artist Eva Cockcroft, repurposed Seurat’s
An exterior mural is likely the most extreme test for lightfastness and weatherability of a paint system. One of our most popular Application Information Sheets, “Painting Exterior Murals” is the culmination of decades of experience and research. If you have never read it, please do. You will soon realize a
While the trees are still draped with snow we are preparing for the 2nd annual Made In Paint exhibition, here in New Berlin, NY. On April 12th we will open our doors at the Sam and Adele Golden Gallery for the Exhibition of the 18 selected artists from this past
It’s dead quiet, the cello, with a low and constant hum, emerges in the space followed by a violin entering with the same subtlety and delicateness. The instruments gently ride the nuanced waves of a slow and lazy river hypnotically guiding listeners to a place of calmness and refinement
As a child, did you ever wonder what your parents did every day at work? Where exactly were they going each morning and what could they possibly do for 8 hours every single day? Who were these people and projects they talked about at the dinner table every night? Didn’t
To our old friends and those newly discovering Just Paint, we welcome you. I’m delighted to share our new High Flow Acrylics with you! We’ve worked hard on this product, maintaining qualities artists have enjoyed when using our Airbrush Colors. High Flow Acrylics, our thinnest product line, dramatically extends the
It’s all about a fear of water, the art of levitation, and the fact that size matters. From there it’s just an issue of context. Down one path are tales of summer pool parties and magic shows; down the other a world of pigment particles coaxed into fluid paint. Considering
Historically, wood panels were used for paintings long before the adoption of flexible fabric supports. Most of the earliest icons still intact from the 2nd and 3rd century as well as a large portion of the Renaissance paintings were created on solid wood panels. Many of Raphael’s paintings for example
