TECHNIQUES

Hello everyone! I wanted to share with you an exercise I made during my painting conservation training. During this class, we focused on frame conservation and gilding. As you can see on the pictures,

Hello everyone! I have finally decided to be brave and try making my own paints, from powdered pigments. I haven't tried yet to start from the mineral forms, that will be for next time! I did start wi

Dear Vaishali, Many thanks for your feedback on my previous submissions! I have inked the outline of my composition . I am attaching seven images below, which show different stages of my inking. If

Just tried my first experiment with natural dyes for paper preparation: beets and onion skin+turmeric. Here is the result: The beet was actually a beautifully even deep pink until I went to starch it

Good morning everyone! 😊 I'm interested in Islamic decorated papers, and I was wondering if any of you had resources/reading recommendations on the subject? I'm looking for information on techniqu

Hello all! I have pestered Vaishali quite a lot in the past about the ins and outs of making and selling fine art prints. If any of you find it helpful, I found this online course by an American artis

Working on burnishing here, and I keep running into a problem which I think is just a product of my own impatience: I can’t seem to get from a bunch of burnished lines to a fully burnished page. Her

Hello all! I came across an artist (Mary Maguire) whose paintings include some miniature-style subjects, like the mughal-ish prince below. This artist sells "hand colored" prints, which intrigues but

I am pretty sure the answer is no, but I have only inked about two pictures so far, and I can't remember doing any burnishing before the color fill, but I thought I would ask anyway!

Dear Vaishali, Many thanks for your feedback on inking the composition! They were super helpful. I have filled in the colors in the composition. I am attaching an image of my flat coloring of the mini

Dear Vaishali, I hope you are doing well. Since I missed the last week’s lecture and demonstration, I am attaching a set of images that display my work in progress. When you get some time, may I reque

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