Painting & Drawing

A china marker is also known as grease pencil, wax pencil, or chinagraph. It is made of hardened colored wax and is water and fade-resistant. … Read more

The great thing about oil paints is that they do not dry as quickly as acrylics, thereby allowing you to mix colors straight on the … Read more

Working with oil pastels is hard as it is. But when you make mistakes, it becomes a lot harder because you would have to erase … Read more

We all know that when you use a blending stump, the edges become rounded and blunt. As a newbie artist, you might be wondering how … Read more

Some say Conte crayons look like chalk pastels but with textures similar to graphite. Some compare them to oil pastels due to their waxy features. … Read more

The main idea is to use sketch paper for planning, practicing, and figuring out what you want your art to look like and even experiment … Read more

Colored pencils are very versatile tools of creativity. I can create a lot of superb images using colored pencils – if I know how to … Read more

Creating an art piece requires more tools than just canvas and medium. There are other things, such as blending tools. The tortillon and blending stump … Read more

Pyrography is an underrated form of art, but the process of decorating wood (or leather) by burning using hot instruments produces such classic masterpieces and … Read more

Two painting mediums that have a lot of similarities are tempera and acrylic paints. What is the difference between tempera and acrylic paint? Are the … Read more