Float framing artwork

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Traditionally oil paintings are framed in a glassless wooden frame, but oil painting on paper is one exception to this rule. Like all artworks on paper or cards, [...]

Old Montreal Horse

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Painted on a small canvas (18 x 14), I never painted horses before and this is the most fun painting I have worked on in a long time. Taking a rest with a blanket on his back, our brave friend is every colour but white, [...]

Quick Monotypes

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Monotype printmaking consists of painting or drawing with ink on a copper or glass plate, then transfer the print to paper by applying hand pressure or using a press – This is not to be confused with monoprint; a similar printmaking technique where part of the printed image can be repeated using a fixed matrix such as a drypoint or an etched plate [...]

Drypoint ink experiment

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I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the Etching ink that I bought to get started with drypoint printmaking at home. Due to a shortage where I buy my printmaking supplies, and given that etching ink isn’t exactly your everyday art supply, I ordered a variety of etching inks online. Testing Sanguine colour Charbonnel Aqua Wash, Portland Black etching ink by Gamblin and Sepia colour Graphic Chemical oil based ink. [...]

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