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Material matters
Tim A Shaw is an artist and co-founder of Hospital Rooms, Making Time and the Dentons Art Prize. He makes installations, light-sculptures, paintings, and mixed media assemblages that often form immersive environments outside of the gallery space. He studied Fine...
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If you’ve ever wondered where it makes sense and is safe to cut corners on art supplies, while maintaining a high standard and ensuring longevity of your artwork, this article is for you. We’ll share a few simple tips on...
Materials at work
In this episode, we're further exploring the profound connection and relationship between artists and materials. Our guest artists Rande Cook, Alanna Sparanese, and Renee Nault each speak about their respective connections between art material and creative process.
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Winsor & Newton prides themselves on adapting to progress and instigating change in our industry. Their extensive archives are full of objects that showcase their proudest innovations, including this display tracking the evolution of the paint tube. Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir...
Artist Stories
Alpay Efe is a painter who lives and works in Germany. With years of practice, Alpay has mastered oil painting and creates immensely beautiful and astonishing pieces of work. His large-scale portraits and more intimate smaller works carry a striking...
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Continuing our discovery of an artist's connection to their materials, we're diving into the favourites of our team of creatives and art material specialists at Opus North Vancouver. Here are a few of our team's favourite materials which allow them...
Product News
This fall, we’ve invited three accomplished artists to curate their set of three ‘Must Have’ colours from our Opus Essential Acrylic, Oil and Watercolour collections.
Community
We are so excited to have ushered in a new online experience to better serve our art community. With change comes a period of adjustments and learning. There are still bugs to work out and we appreciate feedback that helps...
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Many Opus staff have their own art practices and benefit from knowing and testing the vast range of products available at our stores. As you know each product has their own set of differences and strengths, so finding the one that...
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In order to meet the wide range of artists' needs, Stillman & Birn’s sketchbook system gives them the choice of paper weight, shade, and surface type best suited to their specific techniques. With both internal and surface sizing, their papers have...
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For drawing and sketching paper, it is important to know which techniques will be used on the paper. For example, smooth paper works well for creating clean lines. When working with colour and/or graphite pencils, having a bit of structure...
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Michael Chesley Johnson shares his perspective on color temperature in oil painting, and how all representational painters can benefit from mastering its use.
