...SELF ONE - SELF TWO...
...SELF ONE - SELF TWO... There is a phrase that we sometimes hear on the lips of sport coaches, ‘Self-one versus Self-two’. Self 1 Self...
COLOUR BLINDNESS
Ishihara test. Can you see a number? What is it? Background. An artist that I know surprised me when he told me that he was colour blind....
Acrylic Paint for Artists
ARTIST'S ACRYLIC PAINT Rowney introduced Cryla Colour into the UK in 1963. That was the first time British artists could experiment with...
DOODLING DOODLES
Doodles are visual evidence of thought happenings. If you have an artist inside you maybe you doodle when you have pen or pencil and...
ACRYLIC versus WATER COLOUR or OIL PAINT
ACRYLIC versus WATER COLOUR or OIL PAINT... I wrote a blog piece about oils, acrylics and watercolour paints about a year ago. [LINK]....
Giclee is Still the Best Thing Since....
GICLEE IS STILL THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD... I wrote a blog post about giclee printing a couple of years ago. It claimed that...
The value of FEEDBACK for artists
The term ‘feedback’ is used to describe the helpful information or criticism about prior action, service, or product from an individual,...
FAT OVER LEAN
FAT OVER LEAN... Fat over lean is a phrase that comes from traditional artist’s studios. It refers to the sequence that should apply when...
CAMERA OBSCURA
A DARK ROOM German astronomer Johannes Kepler was the first to coin the term ‘camera obscura’ in 1604. The word ‘camera’ translates as...
MORE ABOUT ACRYLOGRAPHS
MORE ABOUT ACRYLOGRAPHS from the studio of Colin Ruffell Some artists thrive using established techniques while others enjoy...
