Articles

10 years of transforming mental health hospitals with art

Tim A Shaw's reflections on the last ten years establishing and building Hospital Rooms: an organisation that transforms NHS mental health hospitals through site-specific contemporary art.

Ask the chemist: Oil Paint FAQs

We asked Winsor & Newton Colour Engineer, Johny some common (and uncommon) questions about oil paint.

Through the eyes of Chan Wai Lap

While Chan Wei Lap began swimming to take a break from his creative work, it became a source of inspiration for his long-running series of swimming pool artworks.

Isaac Andrew's Workshop

Join East London-based figurative oil painter Isaac Andrews as he demonstrates how to create a vibrant tulip painting using a limited palette of Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour.

Colour Story: Manganese Blue

Unlike older blues such as ultramarine or cobalt, manganese blue was a product of modern chemistry. Its distinctive tone set it apart from other pigments and gave artists a new...

Reimagining the Winsor & Newton archive with Antonia Figueiredo

We invited Antonia to reimagine notebooks from Winsor & Newton’s historic archive. First published between 1850 and 1890, these ‘shilling books’ offered guidance on various traditional art techniques. In her...

Jackie Liu, winner of the ‘26 International Art Prize

New York winner Jackie Liu is a disabled and autistic Chinese American artist whose intimately detailed oil-over-acrylic portraits of her chosen family capture fleeting, blissful moments. She describes her work...

Axel Jonsson, winner of the '26 International Art Prize

Paris winner Axel Jonsson is a Swedish figurative oil painter who is inspired by contemporary political events, history, mythology, literature, popular culture and self-experienced episodes and memories. Axel was selected...

Winsor Orange Professional Watercolour Swatch

Colour Story: Winsor Orange

Combining the power of red and the optimism of yellow, orange has long been associated with creativity, vitality and transformation.

Bliss Coulthard, winner of the '26 International Art Prize

London winner Bliss Coulthard is an East London-based watercolour artist whose layered, emotive paintings explore memory, femininity and the complexity of personal experience. Bliss was selected by judge Katy Wickremesinghe, Founder of...

Art Mail Watercolour Workshops

Follow along with artists Andrew Carter and Aysha Tengiz as they create two very different watercolour postcards using their Art Mail postcard packs. Order any watercolour materials today to get...