Painting

May 16, 2025

Learn How To Make Your Own Pigments With These DIY Paint Recipes

Did you know you can create your own paint pigment? It's true! And better yet, the DIY version is easier and more accessible than you might think. Using some special (and not-so-special) materials, you can produce pigments to your exact specifications. This gives you ultimate control over viscosity and allows you to experiment with hues to create unique color palettes. But, where do you start?

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May 2, 2025

10 Tips for Beginner Painters To Make the Most of This Amazing Art Form

Ready to paint? Beginning this type of visual art can feel daunting, but it doesn't have to be. With some small steps, patience, and basic tools, you can begin putting pigment to paper (or canvas) and express your creativity via paintbrush. We’ve compiled a list of beginner tips for painting that will help you get started. No matter your media, these tips apply to all types of paint.

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April 24, 2025

Monumental Oil Paintings Explore Personal Transformation Through Swirling Ethereality

London-based Australian artist Ella Baudinet unifies the mind, body, and spirit through her ethereal oil paintings. The pieces combine sensibilities from multiple art movements, including abstraction, Surrealism, and realism, and are expressed through colorful, swirling compositions. Monumental in their beauty and scale, the thought-provoking works are included in Baudinet’s solo exhibition at S GALLERY in Madrid, Spain. The collection of paintings is titled Expansion, and they emerged during a period of personal transformation for Baudinet.

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April 9, 2025

8-Year-Old Painter Opens First Solo Exhibition and Has Already Landed Sales

Even when Kevin Kovacs was a toddler, his mother recognized his artistic talent. At 2, he’d paint with his parents, both keen photographers, and, by 5, he’d started sketching in earnest. During family trips to coastal towns across South West England, he would draw inspiration from the scenery and buildings he encountered, which, over time, his mother compiled and shared online.

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