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Introduction to Ampersand Floaterframes
Learn more about Ampersand Floaterframes: the profiles, the styles, the colors available, even which frame to use for flat or 1.5" cradled artwork. You'll see why the Ampersand Floaterframe is simply the easiest floater frame you'll ever use.
Introduction to Ampersand Encausticbord
Learn why artists love Encausticbord for more than encaustics. It is also perfect for image transfer, acrylic, charcoal, ink, graphite, markers, collage, and more.
Introduction to Ampersand Primed Canvas Texture
Want all of the benefits of painting on a panel, but with the familiar texture of canvas? Watch this video and learn how you can get the best of both worlds!
Alicia Philley: Acrylic on 48x48 Ampersand Unprimed Basswood
Time-lapse of Mountain Pass by Alicia Philley. Acrylic on 48x48 Ampersand Unprimed Basswood.
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Alcohol ink on Claybord Art Tiles
An exciting video demonstrating the beauty of alcohol inks on Claybord Art Tiles.
Image transfer on Claybord Art Tiles
Ampersand Artist Ambassador Frances Tyler gives an excellent demonstration on how to transfer images onto Claybord Art Tiles.
Introduction to Ampersand Claybord
Learn why Claybord is the ultimate multimedia panel in this informational product knowledge video.
Tips for using Claybord
While Claybord allows the use of traditional pigments, tools, and techniques, it is also an ideal surface for experimentation. You can cut into the surface and expose the white clay ground as part of the creative process. Pigments can be manipulated to vary tonal value, create detail, develop highlights, and correct mistakes.
Ampersand Floaterframe: Simply the easiest floater frame you’ll ever use
At Ampersand, we noticed that floater frames available to artists didn't properly accommodate wooden panels. So, in 2016 we began manufacturing our very own. Ampersand Floaterframes offer a complete and easy solution for displaying your artwork on panel.
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Fluid Art with Claybord Art Tiles and Marabu Alcohol Inks
In this step-by-step guide by Celia Buchanan, you’ll find a fun and easy tutorial for fluid art. Explore with Marabu Alcohol Inks and acrylic pouring medium on Ampersand Claybord Art Tiles.
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Claybord and Golden High Flow Acrylics
Amy Shawley Paquette demonstrates her "painterly illustrative" style using Claybord and Golden High Flow acrylics. Inspired by nature, texture, color, and travel; her work incorporates figurative elements with wildlife, architecture, and landscapes that are influenced by her adventures.
How to transform your Floaterframe with gold leaf
Did you know that you can customize Ampersand’s Floaterframes? One way is to apply a metal leaf. A gold Floaterframe is a beautiful treatment that can enhance your artwork and truly make it stand out.
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Silhouettes on Primed Smooth
Ampersand Primed Smooth works great for making silhouette paintings of your family or friends. Its smooth surface means that you’ll have excellent control of both the drawing and the painting steps in this project. Also, because it is a rigid panel, you can frame it without a mat or glass when you’re done for a lasting keepsake!
Image transfer on Claybord
Claybord is great for this kind of work because of its versatility. The rigid panel takes the pressure of an image transfer process without bending or tearing. Its smooth surface allows for a clean transfer and for collage materials to make a perfectly flush connection.
RISD Professors demonstrate on Pastelbord
Transform a reference photo of a person into a monster or caricature! Techniques in Procreate and acrylic paint on Pastelbord are shown here as a means to illustrating these monster and caricature portraits, and approaches to distortion, drawing a range of textures and forms are explained. Demo led by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Deepti Menon.
RISD Professors demonstrate on Unprimed Basswood
Techniques for how to draw pigs using Caran d'Ache Neocolor II crayons on Unprimed Basswood. Demo led by Teaching Artist Deepti Menon and Art Prof Clara Lieu.
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