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. Framing Resources and information about matting and framing belong in this area. Color This is the place for discussing and sharing resources about color. Materials Please post any issues or advice about art materials in this section.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Core Topics category Core Topics	0	814	February 5, 2017
Painting hybrid reflection General Painting	4	43	October 18, 2021
Removing Mould Stains Materials	5	115	July 15, 2021
Inkjet printing canvas... is it usable? Materials materials	2	91	June 13, 2021
Rigid Supports Part I (MITRA) Materials mitra , rigidsupports , paintingsubstrates , substrates	1	111	May 5, 2021
Bargue copies General Drawing drawing , bargue , barguedrawingcourse	19	406	May 2, 2021
Visualizing the Dynamics of Oiling Out and Varnishing Materials painting , materials , oilingout , varnishing	0	118	May 2, 2021
Softening or Adding Defocus Blur to Long Straight Lines General Painting oil , softening-lines , defocus-blur , blending	2	156	April 30, 2021
Purdue Researchers Create White Paint that Reflects 98% of Sunlight Materials whitepaint , newpaint	0	84	April 20, 2021
Stylus option: The Pin Vise Materials stylus , pinvise	7	562	April 19, 2021
Rigid Supports Part II (MITRA) Materials mitra , paintingsubstrates , substrates , supports	0	88	April 13, 2021
DRAWING:VIDEO: Drawing Paper Surface Burnish Fix General Drawing drawing , burnish , fix	3	126	April 3, 2021
Voodoo Darkening - I think this is the core of the explanation Materials	2	141	March 23, 2021
Some Perspective on Overlay Nonsense Composition pictorialcomposition , composition , sacredgeometry	18	279	March 23, 2021
DSLR vs Mirrorless Discussion from Zoom Materials photography , mirrorless , dslr	0	117	March 3, 2021
Photographing Finished Paintings Core Topics	16	961	February 25, 2021
Paint Manufacturer lists of Munsell Notations Materials munsell , paints , notation	1	144	February 3, 2021
Dibond and Aluminium: A Simple question Materials	14	567	January 28, 2021
Basic Bargue Plate Walkthrough General Drawing drawing , arteducation , bargue , barguedrawingcourse	11	11640	January 26, 2021
Sizing up a few Sight-Size Issues Part II General Drawing drawing , sight-size	4	1405	January 19, 2021
Very good article on Early European Preparatory Layers Materials	1	138	January 15, 2021
French cleats, Belgian linen and gesso Materials	2	143	January 13, 2021
DIY framing Framing	0	154	December 29, 2020
Potential problems with working on Canvas (George O'Hanlon and Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) ) Materials canvas , cracking , cracks , relativehumidity	6	854	January 16, 2020
Liquin as a Final Coat/Varnish Materials varnish , liquin	30	8771	November 19, 2020
The Weird World in RGB (youtube video) Color	2	301	November 6, 2020
Voodoo Darkening (or Lightening) of Oil Paint Materials oil , voodoodarkening , voodoo , oilpaint	2	454	September 14, 2020
New Product Label On Liquitex Acrylic Gesso Bottle Materials	3	242	August 8, 2020
Why are these Charcoal Drawings so good? Can they be replicated with only pencil and Carbon? General Drawing languageofdrawing	9	1061	June 15, 2020
Regarding Perception, Photography, and Painting…PART II General Painting painting , perception , photography	5	734	June 13, 2020