by Cowling & Wilcox | June 19, 2019 | How To, Tips & Techniques
You might have heard that painting with oils is more difficult than other mediums, but that’s not really the case. The act of actually painting with oils is no more difficult than working with other mediums, though the structure and drying style of oils can sometimes...
by Cowling & Wilcox | April 26, 2018 | Featured Products, How To, Ideas & Inspiration, Tips & Techniques
Oil paints have been most artists’ first choice for hundreds of years, with good reason. The colours are gorgeous, you can do anything with them and they last forever. Oil paints are slow drying, so you can remove what you don’t like while they’re wet or...
by Cowling & Wilcox | January 11, 2016 | Featured Artists, Ideas & Inspiration, Interviews, Online Exclusives
Our latest Featured Artist is the delightful Caroline Fox Betts, whose talent for landscapes we very much admire. How did you get started as an artist? I earnestly ‘got started’ in 2015 with a resolve to explore my abilities full-time, and learn more about mediums and...
by Cowling & Wilcox | December 8, 2015 | Featured Artists, Ideas & Inspiration, Interviews, Uncategorized
We’re delighted to bring you this week’s Featured Artist, Tracey Hollis Rowe, whose incredible talent for animal portraiture leaves us stunned. Read on for our Q&A with Tracey. How did you get started as an artist? I guess like most artists I was...
by Cowling & Wilcox | December 3, 2015 | Featured Products, Tips & Techniques
The finest quality artist materials don’t have to be expensive. Schmincke offer an excellent range of art products at affordable prices, bringing something new to the table. In 1881 two German chemists, Hermann Schmincke and Josef Horadam, founded the company H....
