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What is Saatchi Art? Is it worth it? Review of Pros and Cons
1. Saatchi Art’s legitimacy Many artists know Saatchi Art because of the reputed Saatchi Gallery or Saatchi & Saatchi company. However, Saatchi Art has nothing to do with the Saatchi Gallery today. Originally Saatchi Art was a part of Charles Saatchi’s business called Saatchi Online. In August 2014, Demand Media, […]
Review of Jackson’s Curated Sets: Vegan Watercolour
Botanical painter and watercolour tutor Sandrine Maugy tests Jackson’s Curated Set for Vegan Watercolour. Sandrine Maugy Tests Jackson’s Curated Sets: Vegan Watercolour First I have to say that I was thrilled for Jackson’s to curate a vegan watercolour set. Finding information on art materials and whether or not they […]
Review: Fabriano Black Black Drawing Paper (300gsm)
Nope, there’s no typo. This paper is called the Fabriano Black Black. According to Fabriano: Fabriano Black Black is a range of uncoated cardboards made of ECF cellulose pulp. This paper is characterized by a very deep black colour due to the high quality and lightfast pigments used for its […]
Best places to sell art online [open call for review] 2022
How to choose your selling art online place 1. Hosted It’s hosted shopping cart software for short. It allows you to have an independent online store (not on Etsy) without having to have your own website. It’s the opposite of self-hosted shopping cart software, which you install on your website. […]
Review of Jackson’s Curated Sets: Charcoal and Graphite
Hertfordshire based artist Ryan Leigh reviews Jackson’s Curated Set: Charcoal and Graphite demonstrating how the materials can be used together to create rich and detailed tonal drawings. Ryan Leigh Tests Jackson’s Curated Set: Graphite and Charcoal This set comes in a thoughtfully packed box with the products wrapped in […]
Review of Jackson’s Curated Sets: Moku Hanga Printmaking
Cornwall based artist Adrian Holmes tests the Jackson’s Curated Set for Moku Hanga Printmaking and shares his thoughts on each of the materials included and how suitable the set is for beginners to this method of Japanese printmaking. Adrian Holmes Tests Jackson’s Curated Sets: Moku Hanga Printmaking Last month […]
Amadine for vector graphics (app review)
Amadine is a vector graphic design app that’s available on MacOS, iPad and iPhone. Price of the app is US $29.99 for a single license, US $49.99 for a family (5) license and US $29.99 or US $9.99/year for iPad/iPhone license. If you have intention to get this app on […]
Review of Jackson’s Curated Sets: Ink
Bath based artist Mel Pozniakow reviews Jackson’s Curated Set for Ink sharing her thoughts on the materials and how the set encouraged her to challenge her regular painting practice. Mel Pozniakow Tests Jackson’s Curated Set: Ink I was recently asked by Jackson’s if I would like to write a […]
Spoke Art’s 2021 Year in Review
Goodbye, 2021:A Look Back Exhibitions, Events, Print Releases and everything in-between Congratulations everyone, we did it! Another year gone or a second run at 2020, we’re not sure but we are happy we made it. This year was a rough time for a lot of us no doubt, but the support and […]