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Stretching Your Own Canvas: A Beginner’s Guide

Stretching Your Own Canvas: A Beginner’s Guide

Paul Worrall

A short article explaining techniques and methods of how to stretch your own canvas. A useful money saving technique.

Stretching Your Own Canvas: A Beginner’s Guide

Paul Worrall

A short article explaining techniques and methods of how to stretch your own canvas. A useful money saving technique.

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Water buckets and brush cleaners

Water buckets and brush cleaners

Paul Worrall

The humble bucket is an indispensable piece of equipment for any painter. Whether you are painting in acrylics or oils, artists have always needed a convenient receptacle for their water,...

Water buckets and brush cleaners

Paul Worrall

The humble bucket is an indispensable piece of equipment for any painter. Whether you are painting in acrylics or oils, artists have always needed a convenient receptacle for their water,...

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Best Practices and Things to Know About Spray Paint

Best Practices and Things to Know About Spray P...

Ben Platt

Spray paint is one of those mediums which is both simple and quite complex all at once, because there are a host of factors to consider between pressing the cap...

Best Practices and Things to Know About Spray Paint

Ben Platt

Spray paint is one of those mediums which is both simple and quite complex all at once, because there are a host of factors to consider between pressing the cap...

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Can You Varnish a Watercolour Painting? Here’s What You Need to Know

Can You Varnish a Watercolour Painting? Here’s ...

Ellie Jakeman

The purists would answer that watercolour paintings should be behind museum quality, anti-reflective, conservation UV filtered glass, and confined within a frame. And most watercolour paintings are, as this used...

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Can You Varnish a Watercolour Painting? Here’s What You Need to Know

Ellie Jakeman

The purists would answer that watercolour paintings should be behind museum quality, anti-reflective, conservation UV filtered glass, and confined within a frame. And most watercolour paintings are, as this used...

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Artist Interviews: Charlotte Hudders

Artist Interviews: Charlotte Hudders

Catherine Peters

This months interview has a very special connection to us here at ARTdiscount. Charlotte Hudders is the daughter of our very own MD! Originally trained in Theatre Design, Charlotte developed a diverse...

Artist Interviews: Charlotte Hudders

Catherine Peters

This months interview has a very special connection to us here at ARTdiscount. Charlotte Hudders is the daughter of our very own MD! Originally trained in Theatre Design, Charlotte developed a diverse...

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What are the Best Acrylic Paints?

What are the Best Acrylic Paints?

Ben Platt

Acrylic paint is still a comparatively young medium unlike watercolours and oil which have been used by artists as far back as the 1500’s and earlier still. In this article...

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What are the Best Acrylic Paints?

Ben Platt

Acrylic paint is still a comparatively young medium unlike watercolours and oil which have been used by artists as far back as the 1500’s and earlier still. In this article...

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Introducing the Winsor & Newton professional watercolour synthetic sable brushes

Introducing the Winsor & Newton professional wa...

Daniel Green

We are excited to announce the arrival of the brand-new range of Professional Watercolour Synthetic Brushes from Winsor & Newton. These brushes have been designed from the ground up to...

Introducing the Winsor & Newton professional watercolour synthetic sable brushes

Daniel Green

We are excited to announce the arrival of the brand-new range of Professional Watercolour Synthetic Brushes from Winsor & Newton. These brushes have been designed from the ground up to...

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Artist Interview: Alex Kelly

Artist Interview: Alex Kelly

catherine peters

With a significant a rise in sales of oil paints, we have begun researching more oil painters from across the UK and we have been lucky enough to interview contemporary...

Artist Interview: Alex Kelly

catherine peters

With a significant a rise in sales of oil paints, we have begun researching more oil painters from across the UK and we have been lucky enough to interview contemporary...

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