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Professional Quality, Made More Accessible: The Growing Opus Essential Range Meet the newest addition to Opus Essential: artist-quality canvases designed to give oil and acrylic painters a dependable surface at an accessible price. Good materials matter. They affect how paint...
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A beginner-friendly guide to travel journaling, including sketchbook recommendations, portable art supplies, and simple ways to record your experiences through drawing, painting, and observation.
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Learn how to choose the right watercolour paper by understanding paper weight, texture, format, and fibre content. This guide explains how watercolour paper affects paint flow, lifting, layering, and overall results, helping artists find a dependable surface for their practice.
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Choosing the right canvas can shape how your work looks, feels, and lasts. This article explores Opus Art Supplies’ expanded and carefully curated selection of stretched canvases, offering reliable options for artists at every level—from beginners and students to experienced...
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Learn how to assemble your Opus Finest Stretched Canvas Kit in this step-by-step article, complete with videos, diagrams and detailed photos.
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Learn how to assemble your Opus Finest Stretched Canvas Kit in this step-by-step article, complete with videos, diagrams and detailed photos.
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Celebrating Over Four Centuries of Excellence: Hahnemühle's Artistic Legacy Celebrating Over Four Centuries of Excellence: Hahnemühle's Artistic Legacy From a humble beginning in 1584 under the founding father Merten Spieß, who began the journey with a foundational charter from the...
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Granulation is an exciting effect to explore within the art of watercolour painting. It offers an organic, textured appearance that would be difficult to obtain via other techniques. We've taken a moment to swatch out a few of the Schmincke...
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We are proud to introduce our latest addition to The Collection at Opus: Magnani 1404. With roots tracing back to 1404, Magnani Paper stands as an enduring masterpiece in papermaking. In this introduction to Magnani 1404, our goal is to...
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Create your own handmade greeting cards this holiday season! Give your art as a gift. Strathmore has these 4 holiday card ideas for you to try for yourself. Watch the video below and follow along the steps for each holiday...
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Learn tips and techniques for working with watercolour (and other water media) on Aquabord by Ampersand. These smooth surfaces hold the pigment closer to the surface for brighter, truer colour and offer a wonderfully smooth finish for excellent detail.
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The new Liquitex Recycled Canvas features canvas cloth that is made with 100% recycled plastic bottles fastened to FSC certified wood. Suitable for both acrylic and oil paints, this high-quality surface has been tested by professional artists and within the...
