Ambassador Articles Archives

Artist Jess Currier sitting in studio with her oil paintings in the background

Beginner Oil Painting Techniques

What I Wish I Knew About Oil Painting So you want to learn how to oil paint? Welcome! You’re in t...

Changing Painting Surfaces Can Be Tough. Here Is Why It Was Easy for Me!

My Journey to Finding the Perfect Painting Surface When I began painting full-time 14 years ago, ...

Julie Beck painting ‘The Creation of Eve’ – hyperrealistic oil painting featuring artists exchanging scissors in a studio setting

Artefex 538 Art Panel vs Traditional Canvas: My 6-Month Experience

Getting the right art panel feels like looking for a needle in a haystack. Artists who want the best...

A New Surface to Paint On

I was delighted to recently discover the canvas mounted Alcotpanel (513). When I first tried it, it ...

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...

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.