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Painting techniques, advice from working artists, creative inspiration, and a closer look at the tools behind the work.
When you choose a wood panel, you are choosing more than a shape or size. You are choosing the foundation beneath your painting. That foundation affects how the surface feels under your brush, how...
When Trekell Pro Team Artist Kai Lun Qu painted his newly rescued cat, Gigi, he approached her coat as larger masses of color and value rather than thousands of individual hairs. Using Trekell Opal...
For Trekell Pro Team Artist Danica Sills, the painting often begins before she decides what to paint. She chooses the panel first, then lets its shape spark ideas, influence the composition and become part...
When Trekell Pro Team Artist Carlo Miranda decided to paint a crocheted balaclava, he was working with a subject full of color, pattern and texture he had never painted before. His solution was not...
Not all soft synthetic brushes behave the same way. In this Trekell demonstration, Pro Team Artist Eric Johnson explains how brush filament, shape and firmness affect everything from glazing and blending to texture and...
When Trekell Pro Team Artists Alex Garant and James Ormiston painted portraits of each other, there was one rule. They had to use the other person’s favorite brushes.Why Swap Brushes at All?Every artist develops...
Trekell Pro Team Artist Josh Sorrell paints a 5" x 5" portrait using only three Trekell brushes and shares one of the biggest lessons he has learned over the last decade: recognizing a successful...
Every painting is a bit of a battle, and Trekell Pro Team Artist Julie Beck trusts specific Trekell brushes and tools at each stage to help her win it.Over time, every artist develops a...
Trekell Pro Team Artist Alex Garant explains why she avoids traditional hog bristle oil brushes and instead relies on soft synthetic Mop brushes and Golden Taklon brushes to create smooth, controlled oil paintings.Rethinking “Traditional”...
Trekell Pro Team Artist Stefani Rabideaux shares her simple process for prepping and painting on an oval floater panel and why this surface works well for mixed media.Choosing a Panel for Mixed MediaAs a...
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