Scholarly Articles

Safflower allows certain colors to hold onto a luminosity that would otherwise be lost. Learn more about it and the safflower colors we offer.

When painting with watercolors outside, there are a few things you definitely need, and others that can ease your way...

Masking Fluid resists watercolor paints, allowing artists to preserve fine details and lines of paper that might be otherwise difficult to paint aro...

An easy solution for taking watercolors on plein air painting adventures.

To push the boundaries of watercolors, work larger, or eliminate glass, varnish is a valuable option.

The description “earth pigment” originally indicated a natural material mined from the earth, but natural pigments also have synthetic siblings that g...

Synthetic Ox Gall is a wetting agent to change how diluted watercolor moves over or absorbs into surfaces. Lift Aid is a transparent fluid which when ...

QoR Interference and Iridescent paints reflect and refract light, causing different colors and effects.

Issues with zinc oxide, specifically the tendency to form brittle films and increased risk of cracking, have been well-known since the pigment was int...

As with any new technique, some experimentation and playing might be needed when learning how to use iridescent and interference paints, as they do no...

SoFlat was created in direct response to the artists we speak with every day to fulfill the desire for a matte, leveling and opaque paint. Flat in she...

Over the years we have seen increasing interest in matte paints, especially those thin enough to create a smooth, brushstroke-free finish. This paint ...