How-To Handouts

We currently offer a wide selection of informational PDF files for your download. Enjoy!

Painting

• Choosing Watercolour Paints
• Choosing Acrylic Paints
• Choosing Oil Paints
• Choosing Oil Painting Mediums
• Oil Painting Mediums at Opus
• Oil & Alkyd Varnishes at Opus
• Painting Grounds
• Painting Grounds at Opus
• Solvents & Thinners
• Solvents & Thinners at Opus

Papers & Surfaces

• Bookbinding Accordion Style
• Digital Fine Art Papers
• Handtinting Photographs
• How to Stretch a Canvas
• Inkjet, Laser & Photocopy Papers
• Making your own envelopes
• Zen of Bookbinding
• Zen of Papermaking
• Surface Preparation

Sculptures & Modeling

• Basics of Clay
• Mask Making Ideas & Materials
• 2 Part Plaster Mold Making
• 3D and Mold Making

Drawing Materials & Painting Tools

• Choosing Brushes
• Choosing Colour Shapers
• Drawing Materials
• Airbrush Materials
• Brush Size Chart

Decorative Painting

• Basics of Stenciling
• Achieving Crackle Finishes
• Marbling with Pebeo Colours
• Marbling on Paper

Printmaking Techniques

• An Introduction to Monoprinting
• An Introduction to Screenprinting
• Beyond the JPEG: Inkjet and Resin Transfers

Product Q&A

• Beyond the JPEG: Inkjet and Resin Transfers
• Surface Preparation
• Airbrush Materials
• Brush Size Chart
• MSDS Liquitex Clear Gesso
• MSDS Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish

Framing Information

• Framing your Oversize Artwork
• Notes on Hingeing
• Why Frame your Artwork?

Framing & Matcutting Forms

• Frame Order Form
• Single Mat Form
• Single Oval/Circle Mat Form
• Double Mat Form
• Double Oval/Circle Mat Form
• Triple Mat Form
• Triple Oval/Circle Mat Form