Core Topics

General Painting This section is for "all things painting." Framing Resources and information about matting and framing belong in this area. General Drawing This section is for "all things drawing." Composition This section is for information regarding Composition and Design. 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	701	February 5, 2017
Sizing up a few Sight-Size Issues Part II General Drawing drawing , sight-size	4	1035	January 19, 2021
Basic Bargue Plate Walkthrough General Drawing drawing , arteducation , bargue , barguedrawingcourse	9	10136	January 19, 2021
Very good article on Early European Preparatory Layers Materials	1	14	January 15, 2021
French cleats, Belgian linen and gesso Materials	2	18	January 13, 2021
Dibond and Aluminium: A Simple question Materials	9	218	January 6, 2021
DIY framing Framing	0	34	December 29, 2020
Potential problems with working on Canvas (George O'Hanlon and Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) ) Materials canvas , cracking , cracks , relativehumidity	6	514	January 16, 2020
Liquin as a Final Coat/Varnish Materials varnish , liquin	30	6816	November 19, 2020
The Weird World in RGB (youtube video) Color	2	193	November 6, 2020
Voodoo Darkening (or Lightening) of Oil Paint Materials oil , voodoodarkening , voodoo , oilpaint	2	220	September 14, 2020
New Product Label On Liquitex Acrylic Gesso Bottle Materials	3	124	August 8, 2020
Why are these Charcoal Drawings so good? Can they be replicated with only pencil and Carbon? General Drawing languageofdrawing	9	791	June 15, 2020
Regarding Perception, Photography, and Painting…PART II General Painting painting , perception , photography	5	342	June 13, 2020
What is the color Brown? Color	0	170	May 27, 2020
Alla Prima Apple Study with SNAG Review General Painting snag	19	584	May 15, 2020
Impact to Effort Ratio: Works by Barry Mr_B_OB and Trevor Lingard Composition	2	194	May 14, 2020
Finished drawing General Drawing	7	292	May 14, 2020
Mixed Media, oil painting onto paper drawing Materials drawing , painting	2	190	May 14, 2020
RESOURCE:Cleaning and Tying Paintbrushes Materials	13	1650	April 18, 2020
Regarding Perception, Photography, and Painting…PART I General Painting painting , perception , photography	0	255	April 16, 2020
Stylus option: The Pin Vise Materials stylus , pinvise	4	367	March 28, 2020
A Study of Titanium White Oil Paints (PW6) from Neilson Ferreira Materials painting , titaniumwhite , oil , pw6	1	181	March 28, 2020
Color Scheme Tool Core Topics color , colorpalette	0	150	March 5, 2020
Medium Yellowing Test by Ben Sones Materials mediums , yellowing	12	1722	February 25, 2020
Creativity in Mimesis General Drawing drawing , perception , creativity	3	291	January 30, 2020
Cornsweet Consideration for Edges General Drawing perception , cornsweet , edges	1	272	January 22, 2020
Can I leave the paint canvas blank? General Painting	9	1043	January 17, 2020
MITRA - Grounds and Primers Materials grounds , primers , mitra	0	258	January 17, 2020
The Color Virtuocity of Charles Cromwell Ingham Color color , inspiration	1	244	January 14, 2020