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Print Like a Pro with the Best Silkscreen Inks for Paper and Fabric
To get the best results from a screen-printing press, you need a reliable ink that has consistent flow, low tack, and longevity. The type you buy will depend not only on what material…
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The Best Bristle Brushes for Oil and Acrylic Paints
When deciding on the best paint brush for your project, it’s important to consider the brush-head material as well as its size and shape. A quality brush will hold a good amount of…
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The Best Charcoal Sketch Sets for Inventive Drawing
From early cave painters to Pablo Picasso to Roberto Longo, artists have long loved the expressive potential of a soft charcoal pencil or crayon. Each sweep of charcoal offers intense…
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The Best Colored Pencil Sets for Aspiring Artists
Are you curious about colored pencils as a medium? Has your child graduated from crayons and looking for something a little more grown-up to color with? Then a set of good-quality…
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The Best Alcohol Inks for Painting on Waterproof Surfaces
Highly pigmented alcohol ink is an incredibly versatile painting medium. Most products can be used on virtually any nonporous surface, from resin to Yupo paper (a synthetic waterproof paper)
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The Best Graphite Pencils for Sketching and Drawing
Perhaps we’re biased, but there’s a unique beauty to drawing pencils that isn’t matched by your everyday writing pencil. Usually painted in a pleasing color and embossed with their name…
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Find the Best Oil Pastels for Landscapes, Still Lifes, and Portraits
Made from pigment mixed with nondrying oil and a wax binder, the first oil pastels were invented by the Osaka-based company Sakura in 1924 for use in Japanese schools. While oil pastels…
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The Best 2023 Children’s Books About Artists
Every child starts out as an artist, bringing home drawings and ceramics that wind up occupying pride of place on the family’s refrigerator door or mantelpiece. Of course, not every kid…
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Make Your Own Paints with the Best Pigment Powders
Creating your own paint is a great way to cut costs while exerting greater control over the shades and effects you desire. Dry pigment powder can be combined with binders to create a…
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Use the Best Tortillons and Blending Stumps for Smudging and Softening
Keep those fingers clean: Pick up a tortillon or a blending stump to blend, soften, and smudge your creative marks. Made of paper that is compacted and shaped into a pencil-like design…
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