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Create Festive Holiday Cards with Princeton Velvetouch Brushes
This fun and easy video tutorial on creating beautiful holiday cards will help you create stunning greeting cards for your loved ones this holiday season.
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Choosing A Readymade Frame At Opus
Framing your artwork is an important step in the end stages of finishing your piece. Adding a frame gives your work a clean and professional appearance to your finished artwork. Frames also protect work from environmental impacts such as sunlight...
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Opus Holiday Staff Picks
Our Staff Holiday Picks From Caran d'Ache Pastels to Cyanotype Sets, let us help you decide what to get your friends and family this holiday season! See Product See Product See Product See Product See Product See Product See Product...
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Choosing The Right Artist's Easel
In this post, discover what features to look for when selecting an easel, whether you're looking for a huge easel for your studio, something compact for a small space, or an easel to take on your next adventure.
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Materials At Work: Spotlight on 'The Crawl'
In this episode, four of this year’s Eastside Culture Crawl participants tell us what they have in store for the 2022 Crawl, plus discuss their relationship between them, their art and their tools.
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The Light of Your Studio Life with Daylight
Setting up proper studio lighting is one of the most important steps you can take as an artist. Lighting influences every colour choice you make throughout your process and will influence the success of your painting and other colour work....
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Art Brings Us Together 2022
"With all art bestows on us, we also bestow on others." Vote now for your favourite art organization! Update, January 23, 2023: We asked for your favourite arts organizations/low income schools and you really delivered! Now it's time to vote for...
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Mixing Colours With Jane's Grey Watercolours
In this article, learn how watercolour artist Jane Blundell uses a special mix of Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine Blue created by Daniel Smith to her specifications.
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Choosing Your Opus Acrylic Brushes
Edited January 24, 2023: We've updated this article to include more details about Opus Mezzo Brushes which have launched since this article was written. Our line of Opus Acrylic Brushes is the widest brush range we have. Each of our...
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Mixing Acrylic Colours with Amsterdam Acrylic Paint
It is often said that you can create every colour by mixing the three primary colours: red, yellow and blue in different ratios and combinations. What usually isn’t mentioned, however, is that undertones are something to keep in mind as...
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Find Your Flow with Liquitex
Making the correct art materials choices depends upon understanding the characteristics of the materials and how they best suit your artistic process and sensibilities. In the Liquitex Professional colour range, it’s important to understand viscosity. Understanding Liquitex Viscosity Options Viscosity...
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The Consistency and Benefits of Akua Intaglio Ink
The unmatched working properties offered by the Akua lines of inks offer up creative potential unlike any other ink on the market. The innovative formulations responsible for these properties can lead to a range of questions from our printmakers–none more...