Watercolour Articles

While the basic skills and understanding of the supplies and mediums require time to master, some tricks and hacks can help you invigorate your art skills at a swift pace.

Before you shop art supplies online, make sure you know everything about drawing paper and how to choose the best ones.

Zentangle art is an American drawing technique known to encourage focus, imagination, and increase personal well-being. With unique shapes, Zentangle is easy to understand, soothing, and a fun way to make stunning pictures.

A Mandala is an arrangement replicated in a circular pattern with basic shapes. We may look at nature - flowers such as roses, marigolds, and dahlias; swirls in a water body; and snowflakes, as well as ancient art for representations of mandalas.

Shopping for school supplies, specifically art supplies, can be overwhelming and confusing, particularly when your child is already a budding artist. You don't want to send them off with anything that would be instantly robbed or lost, but you really don't want their school supplies to impede their creative growth.

In advanced times like today, paint brushes come in numerous shapes, sizes, types of brush fibers and blends. All these characteristics can be either a guide or a hindrance to a craftsman depending on the desired results and knowledge.

Printmaking is utilized by numerous artists today. Printing performance depends on how you prepare the prototype/grid (or matrix). There are three basic printmaking techniques: relief, intaglio, and planar.

When it comes to painting, the quality depends on how well you have prepared your surface. Picking up the brush and simply start painting is so tempting because it feels like you are making significant progress, but 'Stop!'

It’s 2020, and it’s time to search for new inspirations that can help you think out-of-the-box. King’s Framing & Art Gallery organized various art contests in 2019 and to applaud their work and creativity, here’s a list of all art contest winners.

Andree Raymond is the winner of the Ink October Contest Winner 2019 sponsored by King's Framing & Art Gallery.