by Artiste | Dec 14, 2020 | Paint advice
Painted by Peter Paul Rubens around 1617, the painting The Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus represents a scene from Greek mythology. It is now on display at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. A sensual register at the center of Greek mythology In 1617, the artist...
by Artiste | Sep 25, 2020 | Paint advice
The Sunflowers are a series of paintings by the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Willem van Gogh, who lived from March 30, 1853 to July 29, 1890. This series, which consists of seven paintings in total, was painted by the Dutch master between 1888 and 1889....
by Artiste | Aug 28, 2020 | Paint advice
Young Girl with a Pearl, an oil painting on canvas (1665), is one of the best known works by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. It depicts an imaginary young woman in an exotic dress and a very large pearl earring. The work is kept in the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague....
by Jean-Baptiste Gouraud | Jan 24, 2020 | Paint advice
Jean-Baptiste Gouraud gives us his expert opinion on the different properties of oil paint. During the first oil painting classes in art schools, students are often initiated into a particular drawing technique: painting the same still life, over and over again, for...
by Jean-Baptiste Gouraud | Jan 13, 2020 | Paint advice
According to Jean-Baptiste Gouraud the essential tools to make oil painting. As a general rule, any artist who starts working in oil painting will have to gather a selection of brushes, rags, a palette, painting supports, a primer, turpentine, a medium and a few tubes...
by Jean-Baptiste Gouraud | Jan 2, 2020 | Paint advice
In this article Jean Baptiste Gouraud gives some advices for those who begins in oil painting. If you don’t know how to play chess, sitting down with a group of players discussing their playing techniques could be a real source of frustration. This can happen...
