Colin Ruffell

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 versus WATER COLOUR or OIL PAINT... I wrote a blog piece about oils, acrylics and watercolour paints about a year ago. [LINK]....

IPAD ART This is about iPad or other mobile and tablet art. I mentioned this in a previous blog about plein air painting or making art...

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...

As an artist I think about colour using an established colour model. The primary colours are Blue Red Yellow, [BRY]. With these three...

Watching paint dry. Last Saturday I gave a demonstration of my acrylic painting technique in the huge, new, Great Art, artists supply shop i

Canvas, hardboard, paper or plank. A lot of non-artists don’t have much idea about why artists use such a variety of surfaces for their...

NORTH LIGHT IN ARTISTS' STUDIOS ‘North light’ means that the windows in the room face north. And this fact, here in Brighton, England,...

LANDSCAPE, PORTRAIT, or SQUARE are the usual choices of orientation when you start to paint a picture. ‘AMALFI’ by Colin Ruffell ...

HOGS, HAKES and FILBERTS are kinds of brushes that artists use. Hogs are made using hog bristle, hakes are softer and flatter, while in...