Master Your Mediums: A Guide for Oil Painters: PART II of II
This post is Part II, so if you have not yet, read Part I first! There I discuss oil mediums, solvents, and the mediums that I DON’T use or recommend.…
Prizewinners at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2022
I’m very pleased to see that both the website of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Mall Galleries have lists of the Prizewinners at the Annual Exhibition 2022…
Master Your Mediums: A Guide for Oil Painters: PART I of II
I demonstrate this oil painting technique in my online course Glazing and Scumbling Roses. The subject of what mediums to use for oil painting causes so much confusion to oil…
Jackson’s Curated Sets for Botanical Watercolour, Lino Printmaking and Oil Painting
Jackson’s Curated Sets are made up of high quality materials, carefully selected by experienced artists, beautifully boxed and wrapped in hand painted paper, and ready to be gifted. Here, the…
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2022 & Events
This week the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters opens to the public at the Mall Galleries on Thursday, 24th November 2022. I haven’t been to one…
Just Stop Oil now threatening to slash artworks
The ignorant idiots who’ve been assaulting artwork around Europe are now reportedly threatening to start slashing paintings – despite the fact the oil in the paintings is nothing to do…
Robert Senior: Oil Painting – Jackson’s Art Blog
Robert Senior won the Scenes of Everyday Life Category Award in the Jackson’s Painting Prize this year with his oil painting, Train Station. In this interview, Sayan Baigaliyev, the previous…
Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2022
This exhibition is on for longer than most of the annual exhibitions of the art societies based at the Mall Galleries. The Annual Exhibition 2022 of the Royal Institute of…
Shape Castles in Paint, Chalk and Oil Pastel Inspired by Paul Klee and Mary Blair
Recently I shared that my students were doing Shape Stations (or centers) in the art room. I did this after the success of both our Dot Day and Line Study…
Plein air event in Lehigh Valley offers free Vasari oil paint – Lines and Colors
From now until October 15, 2022, there is a plein air painting event in Easton, PA co-sponsored by the Karl Stirner Arts Trail and Vasari Classic Artist’s Oil Colors, makers…