Inventory Update

As we continue to navigate this remarkable year together, I would like to provide you an update as to our stock levels heading into BTS and Holiday. Overall, Royal Talens North America has a current fill rate of 99.4% over the past 3 months. We have an increased container schedule for the remainder of the year so that we can keep our fill rates high.

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Dena Peterson: My Steps in Copying a Van Gogh

Dena Peterson, award-winning artist, and one of 120 international artists behind the film ‘Loving Vincent’ has developed a guide based off of her workshop, Channeling Van Gogh: How to Add Passion to your Paintings. Whether you are simply curious about his approach, a fan of his work and style, or you are trying to find your own artistic voice, this can be a useful tool for you!

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Dear Marten: Van Gogh vs. Rembrandt Watercolors

Dear Marten, I am trying to learn a little bit about the differences between the student grade and artist grade watercolors you offer; specifically between the Van Gogh and Rembrandt watercolor lines. Very roughly, do the Rembrandts contain double the pigment that the Van Goghs do (or more or less than this)?

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Karen Weihs: Mixing Oil Colors

Painters today have pigment choices to select from that would have mind blowing effects even on the color-loving Impressionists. Despite this abundance, many artists and art educators such as myself endorse the use of a restricted or “limited” palette as a way to develop an easy-mixing solution of creating a harmonious painting. Here are the two limited palettes I prefer to teach.

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Van Gogh Immersion with Dena Peterson

I recently returned from my first trip to visit the places where Vincent Van Gogh lived and painted in France. I was invited by Sue Ann Hum of My Art Trip to teach for her Van Gogh Immersion trip. Royal Talens donated Cobra Oil Paints to the students of the trip so that they could try oil painting.

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