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I am a big believer in learning efficiently rather than just putting in time for the sake of it. You could practice for years and hardly improve if you don't know what you are doing. This is...

 Craft #fabric #quilts #textilesJanuary 19, 2022Grace Ebert“Tiny Bubbles,” hand and machine pieced, hand and machine quilted, 44 x 44 inches. All images © Marla Varner, shared with permissionWhat began as an early pandemic project designed to...

Roman Szmal’s Aquarius Watercolour range already has a wide collection of 165 colours, most of which are single pigment, which ensures clean mixing and allows artists to really customise the colours on their palette. Roman Szmal have...

Roman Szmal’s Aquarius Watercolour range already has a wide collection of 165 colours, most of which are single pigment, which ensures clean mixing and allows artists to really customise the colours on their palette. Roman Szmal have...

When painting high-contrast scenes (or any subject for that matter) it's important that you get the relationships right. All the parts must fit together. This is more of a challenge with high-contrast scenes, as you must deal...

 Craft #birds #books #embroidery #insects #mushrooms #nature #threadJanuary 13, 2022Grace EbertAll images © Emillie Ferris, courtesy of David & Charles, shared with permissionU.K.-based artist Emillie Ferris (previously) has spent nearly a decade refining her distinct embroidery...

Pantone’s Color of the Year announcement is always highly anticipated, and this year was no different. But unlike previous years, the 2022 Color of the Year came with a few extra surprises. For one, Very Peri, Pantone’s...

 Art Craft #paper #sculptureJanuary 10, 2022Grace Ebert“Swan.” All images © Richard Sweeney, shared with permissionEvoking the spread wings of a bird in flight or a dancer’s graceful bends, the paper sculptures created by Richard Sweeney (previously)...

Claudia Kennaugh is the final judge we have to welcome to the panel for the Jackson’s Painting Prize 2022. Claudia is the founder of Art & People, a Bristol-based art advisory service offering guidance to artists and...

Features & Editorials 4th January 2022 by Clare McNamara  0 Last January we published Jackson’s Paper Guide a studio companion for artists working with paints, printmaking or drawing. In August, Leonie Bradley, a wood engraver, filmmaker and...

There has been uncertainty surrounding who actually painted this work and who the sitter was. Today, it hangs in the Met Museum as Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d’Ognes and is attributed to Marie Denise Villers. But...

This week we welcome Miranda Boulton to the Jackson’s Painting Prize 2022 judging panel. Miranda won the Jackson’s Painting Prize 2021 with her painting After Rachel I, after the Dutch artist, Rachel Ruysch. Here, she shares her...