Library (The Paint Box)

Our resource library with short tutorials, articles, interviews and guest content.  Use the tabs below to filter the options and find what you're looking for. 

Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco: The Artists’ Palette

Ilaria shares how to choose colours for your oil painting

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Introduction to Colour Temperature

What is colour temperature? Find out here.

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Seeing Colour Temperature

Look at reference photos and learn to see colour temperature

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Tulips in Pastel Demo

A time lapse demosntration

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Plein Air Painting with Adebanji Alade

Tips and Advice from Adebanji

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How to Paint a Painterly Portrait in Pastel

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Pastel Types and Brands

A talk about the pastel types and brands I own

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Interview with Ben Hope PS NEAC

Pastel and oil plein-air artist Ben Hope shares his methods and materials

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Blog Archive: Techniques

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Blog Archive: Oil Painting

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Blog Archive: Pastel

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Oil Painting for Absolute Beginners

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How to Start A Portrait

How start with a good likeness

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Painting an NHS Hero

Painting a portrait of an NHS hero

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Time Lapse Pastel Portrait

See the progress - and play time - of a pastel portrait

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Lorena Kloosterboer’s Guide to Painting with Acrylics

Everything you ever wanted to know about acrylics

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Lorena Kloosterboer’s Poetic Realism

An Interview

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Floral Paintings by Kathleen Speranza

Beautiful floral paintings in oils

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20% Off Artwork Archive

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Glossary of Painting Terms

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Tips for Oil Painters

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25 Oil Painting Tips

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Painting a Geranium: Part 2

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Is My Painting Finished? A Check List

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Painting a Geranium – Part 1

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Painting Skin Tones

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List of Pastel Brands

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10% Off Jacksons’s for New Customers

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A Short Guide to Pastel

Guide to Pastel Colour Mixing

Oil Painting Supplies List