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For oil painters: Increase the fluidity of your paint by mixing the colour with glaze medium (a mix of linseed oil, dammar varnish and solvent), and apply with a fine round or rigger brush for flowing, even, unbroken lines.

How to efficiently extract all the paint from a paint tube

1. Use a tube wringer from the bottom of the tube towards the top to squeeze out the paint.

2. Fold the top of the tube and use pliers to crimp it, pushing out any remaining paint without piercing the tube.

3. Continue flattening the tube and then use a tool to scrape out any leftover paint

96 chess pieces

Fontainebleau presents landscape as a constructed memory. A stand of autumnal trees anchors the left edge. Across the lower field a hillside unfolds in small triangular planes of cobalt, ultramarine, violet, crimson and mustard. At right, a radiant ochre rectangle holds a dark red disc. Its light drifts diagonally, setting a clear order of values

Computers as bicycles for the mind. Paintings as trampolines for the heart.

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Moths typically have feathery or saw-edged antennae, while butterflies have thin antennae with club-shaped tips. Moths also tend to be nocturnal and have stockier, fuzzier bodies compared to the sleeker butterflies.

The job of filters is to screen out that noise.

The workshop is an accumulation of old things