Made up of pigments agglutinated in oil, colours come in tin or plastic tubes closed with a screw cap.

Eric Préteseille shows you how to easily paint a Mediterranean street with oil.

Anne Karin shows you how to easily make the first step to a portrait oil painting.

Anne Karin shows you how to easily make the first step to a portrait oil painting.

Brilliant, creamy, natural… oil paints enchant every budding artist. Invented at the dawn of the Renaissance, it has crossed the centuries without picking up a single wrinkle. Set sail on a trip through time!

For successful works, mastering the use and blending of colors is essential. As an introduction or a reminder, here are the basic concepts and principles to know!

The subtle, sparkling shades of watercolor paint…You only need a few minutes to create homemade watercolors. If they aren’t better than manufacturer colors, they are certainly just as good

The serenity of early morning, the surrealism of a foggy backdrop, the theatricality of a stormy scene… A memorable landscape is characterized first and foremost by an identifiable atmosphere.

The role played by a natural setting (sky, sea, field, prairie, etc.) depends on the place that it occupies in the composition, but also on the treatment that it receives.

A still life is a composition of live objects! While the direction of the lines or paint brush strokes makes handling volumes easier, your perfect mastery of color is what gives them realistic contours.