Art Deco

Paper is cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses or other plant sources that have been treated in water before being pulped and formed into sheets. However other ingredients such as pigments, dyes, buffers and size are...

Features & Editorials 13th January 2021 by Lisa Takahashi  0 The definitive A-Z glossary of art paper terms. This guide has been designed to use as a companion when reading articles from our Paper Guide or any...

 Craft #origami #paper January 16, 2021 Grace Ebert All images © Juho Könkkölä, shared with permission Juho Könkkölä spent upwards of 50 hours scoring and folding just one sheet of Wenzhou rice paper to create this...

 Art Craft #ceramics #fiber art #identity #mixed media #sculpture January 14, 2021 Grace Ebert All images © Nicole McLaughlin, shared with permission “As a product of an American father and a Mexican mother, I am influenced...

(My "On the Easel" posts give you a behind-the-scenes look at what I am working on, what went well, what went wrong, and things I learn.) Below is one of my more dramatic paintings, Dramatic Sunrise, Caloundra....

We are proud to present our Paper Guide, a studio companion for artists working with paints, printmaking or drawing.     Paper has been used by artists for drawing, painting, and printmaking for centuries, and the production...

Two Rivers specialise in the centuries-old tradition of making handmade rag paper. We visited their water-powered mill, located among the rolling hills of West Somerset, to see how they make their paper, and find out what sets...

Guilaine Veneziani was shortlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize this year with her work Meet the Villagers. With no formal training, the self-taught painter creates vibrant, sensitively observed cityscapes from her time spent living in Shanghai. Here,...

Monet painted from a low vantage point, looking up at Camille. His child is further back, around eye-level. This creates an interesting play in terms of perspective and space. The low vantage point also gives dominance to...

In a year when normal life came crashing to a halt, our homes have become the center of our worlds. They are now our workplaces, schools, gyms, places of entertainment and only real safe refuge. It’s been...

Anne Carney Raines was shortlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize 2020 with her work Far Out. Reality and materiality are called into question as the wood grained floorboards of this cabin-like interior disappear beneath a painted curtain....

Michael Coppelov was shortlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize 2020 with his work The Seven Bridges of Köningsberg. Across the canvas, a faceted, complex landscape cascades in all directions, in what appears to be at once both...