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As spring rolls into Central Victoria, many artists in Bendigo find themselves refreshing their routines and reaching for familiar tools with renewed purpose. For those working with ink, having the right materials can make a noticeable difference.  The shift in temperature and light this time of year often encourages larger, more layered work, whether that means detailed illustration or calligraphy with expressive flow. But it is not just th...

Buying art supplies online is convenient, especially when you are not right next to a specialist shop. But when your order includes delicate materials like printmaking or watercolour paper, it is fair to wonder how it holds up during shipping. Paper surfaces take on subtle marks easily, and sometimes the state it arrives in does not quite match how it left the shelf. The way paper behaves after being boxed up, carried across suburbs or states, ca...

Drypoint printing has a soft but bold quality coming from the way the burr holds ink and leaves a raised, velvety line on printmaking paper. It is one of the more delicate intaglio techniques, and paper choice strongly shapes the final result. If the paper surface is too hard or slick, the burr can flatten out. If it is too soft or thin, the pressure from the press may stretch or tear the sheet. This is why choosing the right printmaking paper ma...