How to Select Pigments for a Working Palette
Learn how to select pigments for oil or watercolour with clarity: assess permanence, opacity, tinting strength, mixing and the demands of your practice.
Oil Pigments: What Painters Need to Know
Oil pigments determine far more than hue: learn how pigment character, particle size and permanence shape mixing, handling and durable paintings in use.
How to Make Paint Swatches That Teach You More
Learn how to make paint swatches that reveal opacity, undertones, tinting strength and handling, so every palette decision is better informed in practice.
What Makes Paint Archival in a Painting?
What makes paint archival? Learn how pigment permanence, binders, lightfastness, grounds and sound studio practice protect a painting across generations.
How to Prepare Watercolour Swatches Properly
Learn how to prepare watercolour swatches that reveal pigment strength, transparency, granulation and mixing behaviour for a more deliberate palette choice.
Linseed Oil Versus Alkyd for Oil Painting
Linseed oil versus alkyd: compare drying, gloss, handling, yellowing and film structure to choose a painting medium suited to your working method well.
Why Do Oil Paints Wrinkle? Causes and Cures
Why do oil paints wrinkle? Learn what causes surface puckering, how film formation works, and how to prevent it in your painting practice more reliably.
Why Do Pigments Granulate in Watercolour?
Why do pigments granulate in watercolour? Learn how particle size, pigment density, paper and water control create texture, and how to use it with care.
Essential Watercolour Granulating Colours
Choose essential watercolour granulating colours with confidence. Learn how pigment, paper, dilution and mixing shape their distinctive texture in practice.
How to Plan a Limited Palette for Clearer Colour
Learn how to plan a limited palette with pigment-led choices that improve colour harmony, mixing control and confident painting decisions in the studio.
Transparent Opaque Pigments for Painters
Transparent opaque pigments are not a contradiction. Learn how opacity, tinting strength and film thickness shape glazing, mixing and light in oil paint.
How to Glaze Oils for Luminous, Lasting Colour
Learn how to glaze oils with sound layering, measured medium use and pigment-aware choices for luminous colour, depth and lasting paintings that endure.
Oil Mediums: How They Change Paint Handling
Understand oil mediums, from linseed oil to alkyd gel, and choose the right balance of flow, gloss, drying time and paint-film strength for lasting work.
Student Versus Artist Grade Paint: What Changes?
Student versus artist grade paint differs in pigment, permanence, mixing and cost. Learn what each grade means, and choose materials for your practice wisely.
Watercolour Granulation Techniques That Work
Learn watercolour granulation techniques for textured washes, controlled blooms and pigment separation, with paper, water and layering advice.
How to Choose Professional Oil Paint Sets
Learn how to choose professional oil paint sets by pigment, palette, tube size and handling, so every colour earns its place in the studio with confidence.
Pigment Lightfastness Ratings for Painters
Pigment lightfastness ratings help painters select colours that retain their character over time. Learn how to read them and build a lasting paint palette.
How Oil Colours Help You Build a Better Palette
Choose oil colours by pigment, opacity, drying behaviour and mixing character. Build a working palette with clarity, control and greater confidence daily.
Watercolour Pigment Selection Guide for Painters
Use this watercolour pigment selection guide to build a purposeful palette, assess transparency, granulation, staining and reliable mixing for paintings.
Best Pigments for Portraits and Natural Skin
Choose the best pigments for portraits with confidence: a practical guide to undertones, opacity, mixing, permanence and a disciplined working palette.
Single Pigment Versus Mixes for Better Painting
Single pigment versus mixes: learn how pigment choices affect clarity, greying, glazing and palette design in oil and watercolour painting daily practice.
Pigment Index Number Guide for Painters
This pigment index number guide helps painters read colour labels, compare pigments, avoid false equivalents and build a more purposeful palette in practice.
How to Choose Watercolour Paint Sets Well
Choose watercolour paint sets by pigment, palette structure and working method, so every colour earns its place in a serious painting practice with care.
Limited Oil Palette for Better Colour Mixing
Learn how a limited oil palette improves colour mixing, value control and pigment knowledge, with practical guidance for building a serious studio set.
Oil Paint Colour Equivalents: Compare Properly
Oil paint colour equivalents are best chosen by pigment, opacity and handling. Learn how to compare names, mixes and palette roles with daily confidence.
How to Read Pigment Codes on Artists’ Paint
Learn how to read pigment codes on artists’ paint, from PY and PR to PB, and choose colours by composition, permanence, opacity and mixing in practice.
12 Best Granulating Watercolour Paints to Try
Find the best granulating watercolour paints for textured washes, mineral mixes and expressive skies, with pigment-led advice for building a fine palette.
How to Choose Watercolours for Your Palette
Learn how to choose watercolours by pigment, transparency, granulation and palette purpose, so every colour earns its place in your painting practice daily.
Choosing Non-Toxic Artist Oil Paints Wisely
Choose non-toxic artist oil paints with a clear view of pigments, binders, labels, studio practice - without compromising colour, handling or permanence.
Choosing Vegan Professional Oil Paints Well
Choose vegan professional oil paints with confidence: understand binders, pigments, labels and studio performance without compromising colour or handling.
Using a Solvent Free Oil Painting Medium
Learn how a solvent free oil painting medium changes flow, drying and gloss, and choose a considered method for sound, controlled oil painting practice.
Oil Paint Transparency Guide for Better Glazing
Our oil paint transparency guide explains pigment opacity, glazing, layering and mixing so you can select colours with greater control in the studio daily.
Oil Paint Lightfastness Ratings Explained
Understand oil paint lightfastness ratings, pigment permanence and practical palette choices, so your paintings retain their intended colour over time.
Why Single Pigment Oil Paints Build Better Palettes
Single pigment oil paints give painters clearer mixes, reliable colour decisions and a stronger understanding of every mark they place on the canvas itself.
Oil Paint Pigment Index Guide for Better Choices
Use this oil paint pigment index guide to read Colour Index codes, compare pigment behaviour, and build a dependable, purposeful oil palette confidently.
How to Choose Oil Paint Colours for Your Palette
Learn how to choose oil paint colours by pigment, value, temperature and mixing behaviour, then build a durable palette suited to the way you paint well.