Introduction to Lino, Printing Guide
January 29, 2020
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Introduction to lino printing Setting up for printing Cover your work area with newspaper and set up the equipment as shown below. This set up
Beginners Guide For Brush Techniques
It’s important to have a variety of brushes in different sizes and shapes, so you can achieve desired textures. Here are some of the most useful brushes to have in your art kit. If you are new to painting, it’s good to play around and see what effect you can get from each brush.
Flat Brush
Having a flat brush in a larger size is handy for covering large areas and a smaller size for working on details. You can used this brush on its side to apply more paint or on the edge to create thin lines.
Round Brush
The rounded brush is a really generic and useful brush, good for applying paint when working on the body of your painting, then using the tip you can add in the fine details making sure you are pressing lightly.When working on small areas make sure you down size your brush.
Angled Brush
This can be used to create interesting wavy lines. You can also use it on its edge for thin lines and the tip for find detail.
Flibert
With its unique shape the flibert brush can be great for creating flowers petals. So you it’s shape to your advantage.
Fan brush
Great for applying texture, using it on the flat edge and apply strokes can create the effect of hair. Also you can use the tip of the brush, gently speckle this on the page to create lots of tiny dots, like water splashes.
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Introduction to Lino Cutting Guide
January 29, 2020
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Introduction to Lino Cutting SHOP FOR LINO Your Lino Kit Contains Soft Lino, Cutting Tools: handle, 5 blades, blade removal stick, Roller (brayer), Hand Guard, Ink Tray, Ink, Instruction Leaflet, Stamp Holder, Pre-cut
Pencil Grades
January 17, 2020
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Pencil Grades Want to know what is the right pencil to use? Lots of people get confused about the way pencils are graded. Don’t worry
Beginners Guide to Watercolour Pencils
January 13, 2020
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Beginners Guide for Watercolour Pencils Pencil techniques Watercolour pencils are really versatile and easy to use, the great thing about them is that you have
Beginners Guide to Watercolour Painting
December 20, 2019
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Beginners Guide to Watercolour Painting Styles There are a few different techniques you can use for watercolour which equate to different styles of painting. If
Brush Techniques
December 9, 2019
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Beginners Guide For Brush Techniques It’s important to have a variety of brushes in different sizes and shapes, so you can achieve desired textures. Here