DALER ROWNEY BLOG

The Royal Academy of Arts is currently displaying the exhibition The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters which showcases 35 original letters along with paintings and drawings reflecting the themes of his correspondence. This is the first Van Gogh exhibition in London for over 40 years which offers a rare insight into the famous artist's mind and work.

Daler-Rowney's Feature Artist Alan Hunt explains how to apply the watercolour technique of overlaying washes, working from light to dark, to acrylic painting to give the artwork depth from the foreground to the distance. Alan also explains that this technique when applied to acrylics can be used in reverse as well, working from dark to light. The two different techniques are demonstrated by his two paintings; the Swan and the Elephant.

Part of Daler-Rowney's tate week, we decided to show you some interesting info on how Tate Museum conserve their sculptures, by cleaning them and fixing broken parts. A great read here.

Carolee Schneemann at Tate Liverpool As part of the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival 23-27 September 2009

Check out the latest update of The Big Draw 2009, celebrate the campaign for drawing this year by attending and getting involved with cartoonists, artists and children around the country.

Today's Twitter Tuesday will give you the chance to win our new System 3 Brush Case, read more of the blog to find out how it can be done!

Daler-Rowney’s reputation as a manufacturer of the Finest Art Materials dates back more than 200 years. In 1983, the Daler Board Company purchased the George Rowney Company to become Daler-Rowney Limited as it’s known today. In their own specialist areas of manufacture, both companies led the development of fine artist’s materials in the United Kingdom for hundreds of years. The combined heritage of both companies and the Daler-Rowney name has become synonymous with consistent quality to artists throughout the world.

A big thank you to everyone who attended the Make Your Mark exhibition on Monday evening, and a big congratulations to the Winners, who came and had a great time!

Read through this interesting blog, about the first 7 days of Cory Trepanier's trek through the arctic, discovering beautiful landscapes to paint, all journal posts are direct from Cory himself.

I know what you all wondering, Why on earth is Daler-Rowney doing the Twitter Tuesday competition.. On a monday? Well read through the blog post and find out!