The technique of wall painting known as Fresco called for the application of colour onto plaster. Two methods are available, and buon fresco (good fresco). and 'fresco secco' (dry fresco). Below is an example by Giotto an artist of the Florentine School.   Buon fresco...

For most artists the mixing of colour is pure guess work - trial and error and more often than not, error! Our colour Mixing Palette, together with an understanding of what actually happens when colours are mixed, has enabled countless artists of to mix their colours...

Whenever I give a demonstration of colour mixing I ask my audience where they experience the main difficulty. The answer is invariably the same - mixing greens. This is because we are very sensitive to green visually and also require a tremendous range for most types...

Market Link Art Materials, Reports, Trade News and Comment Compiled by Ingrid Lyon Leisure Painter Magazine Report: Paints from Michael Wilcox School of Colour I have been asked to produce a test report on a rather special range of paints produced by the Michael...

  The schemes of nature are usually quite simple. In this example, violet-red plus green, together with their mixes and influence from the light provide the full picture. This simplicity can be adopted when it comes to the selection of the paints to employ. If...

Did You Know? - Mummy The most grisly material used in the preparation of artist's materials must surely be that of ground up human remains. Mummies were imported into Europe and ground into a pigment which gave a deep transparent brown. Commonly mixed with nut oil it...