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Paints were first used in tubes, in 1841. An American portrait painter and inventor, named John G. Rand, invented a method of packaging oil paints in a flexible zinc tube. John Goffe Rand was born in 1801 in Bedford,...
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History of the Tate Originally when Tate first opened to the public in 1897, it had just one site, displaying a small collection of British artworks. Now, there are four major sites; Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate...
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John Constable remains a major influence on many of today’s landscape artists as they develop their own skills and style of painting. For his artworks, he used many artistic materials and tools that are still popular today such as...
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What is Watercolour? Watercolour paint is made of pigments suspended in a water-based solution. Watercolour is usually used on paper, and as it is semi-transparent, the white paper gives it a natural luminosity. It can be applied in various different...
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What is Plein Air Painting? The French term ‘plein air’ means “outdoors” so the plein air painting is the act of painting outdoors. This theory first started to develop and grow around the late 1800s, mainly due to the...
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