Core Topics

General Drawing This section is for "all things drawing." General Painting This section is for "all things painting." Composition This section is for information regarding Composition and Design. Materials Please post any issues or advice about art materials in this section. Framing Resources and information about matting and framing belong in this area. Color This is the place for discussing and sharing resources about color.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Core Topics category Core Topics	0	776	February 5, 2017
Removing Mould Stains Materials	5	63	July 15, 2021
Inkjet printing canvas... is it usable? Materials materials	2	53	June 13, 2021
Rigid Supports Part I (MITRA) Materials mitra , rigidsupports , paintingsubstrates , substrates	1	83	May 5, 2021
Bargue copies General Drawing drawing , bargue , barguedrawingcourse	19	312	May 2, 2021
Visualizing the Dynamics of Oiling Out and Varnishing Materials painting , materials , oilingout , varnishing	0	80	May 2, 2021
Softening or Adding Defocus Blur to Long Straight Lines General Painting oil , softening-lines , defocus-blur , blending	2	110	April 30, 2021
Purdue Researchers Create White Paint that Reflects 98% of Sunlight Materials whitepaint , newpaint	0	54	April 20, 2021
Stylus option: The Pin Vise Materials stylus , pinvise	7	501	April 19, 2021
Rigid Supports Part II (MITRA) Materials mitra , paintingsubstrates , substrates , supports	0	59	April 13, 2021
DRAWING:VIDEO: Drawing Paper Surface Burnish Fix General Drawing drawing , burnish , fix	3	95	April 3, 2021
Voodoo Darkening - I think this is the core of the explanation Materials	2	99	March 23, 2021
Some Perspective on Overlay Nonsense Composition pictorialcomposition , composition , sacredgeometry	18	229	March 23, 2021
DSLR vs Mirrorless Discussion from Zoom Materials photography , mirrorless , dslr	0	87	March 3, 2021
Photographing Finished Paintings Core Topics	16	936	February 25, 2021
Paint Manufacturer lists of Munsell Notations Materials munsell , paints , notation	1	115	February 3, 2021
Dibond and Aluminium: A Simple question Materials	14	458	January 28, 2021
Basic Bargue Plate Walkthrough General Drawing drawing , arteducation , bargue , barguedrawingcourse	11	11158	January 26, 2021
Sizing up a few Sight-Size Issues Part II General Drawing drawing , sight-size	4	1267	January 19, 2021
Very good article on Early European Preparatory Layers Materials	1	105	January 15, 2021
French cleats, Belgian linen and gesso Materials	2	108	January 13, 2021
DIY framing Framing	0	113	December 29, 2020
Potential problems with working on Canvas (George O'Hanlon and Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) ) Materials canvas , cracking , cracks , relativehumidity	6	764	January 16, 2020
Liquin as a Final Coat/Varnish Materials varnish , liquin	30	8174	November 19, 2020
The Weird World in RGB (youtube video) Color	2	268	November 6, 2020
Voodoo Darkening (or Lightening) of Oil Paint Materials oil , voodoodarkening , voodoo , oilpaint	2	373	September 14, 2020
New Product Label On Liquitex Acrylic Gesso Bottle Materials	3	209	August 8, 2020
Why are these Charcoal Drawings so good? Can they be replicated with only pencil and Carbon? General Drawing languageofdrawing	9	983	June 15, 2020
Regarding Perception, Photography, and Painting…PART II General Painting painting , perception , photography	5	615	June 13, 2020
What is the color Brown? Color	0	264	May 27, 2020