A New Surface to Paint On
I was delighted to recently discover the canvas mounted Alcotpanel (513). When I first tried it, it ...
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Oil Painting on a Tempera Ground
Looking around my studio for a spare panel on which to do a few tiny alla prima floral studies, I fo...
Painting on Copper
While we do not know why oil painting on copper enjoyed popularity from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, we may be able to provide some reasons based on historical evidence linked to artistic tradition in both the cultural and economic context of the period.
Just Get Me to the Part Where I Get to Paint, Please
Over the course of my career as a student and then as professional, I have experimented with so many various different surfaces. Cotton canvas, linen, Baltic birch, MDF, super smooth priming, rough priming, oil ground, acrylic grounds, etc, etc. ACM (Aluminum Composite Material) has definitely become my preferred support.
Exploring ACM Panels
by TIM REES
http://www.reesfineart.com/Â Aluminum composite material is a relatively new painting su...
Too Pretty to Touch
"It's so pretty, I'm scared to touch it." It's a sentence I've heard from many an intimidated artist...
Painting on Copper—Origins
The practice of painting in oil on copper had its origins in the sixteenth-century. What is not well understood is where in Europe the practice began. Whether it began in Italy, and especially in Rome, as Vasari reports in the biography of Sebastiano del Piombo, or in the Netherlands as Van Mander mentions was ‘the working-method of the Netherlandish painters’ is not certain. This article reviews the origins of the practice of painting on copper in Europe.
Frames, Panels and Reflecting on Materials
Written by Nigel Robertson, founder of Batican Custom Framery.Follow Nigel's work on INSTAGRAMÂ As ar...
Lead On Lead- (Part 1 and 2) A Review of Natural Pigment’s New “Course Particle” Stack Lead White, And The Artefex 532 Extra Fine Lead Oil Primed ACM Panel
  Written by Artefex Ambassador Teresa Oaxaca To read her entire post that includes an in depth revi...
A Game Changer
Painting on Copper by Ann Moeller Steverson
Painting on copper is a different experience. Anyone ...