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How to distinguish artist grade paint from student grade paint ?

In this video, Yves-Marie Salanson, Sennelier artistic director, explains how to distinguish artist grade paint from student grade paint.

When buying a tube of paint, you have to know that there are two different qualities... read more

How to draft a face with watercolor?

For this creation Mr Salanson uses:
- A Sennelier charcoal ... read more

Discover Egg Tempera paint

In this video, Yves-Marie Salanson, Sennelier artistic director, presents Egg Tempera paint with a special guest, Madeleine!

In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, artists who did not know how to use oils, used the Egg Tempera. That’s why their artworks are very well preserved... read more

Discover the Sennelier Artist Acrylic!

Created in 2009, it has been formulated to match with the Sennelier Artist Oil Paint texture and colours. Indeed, this paint has a very good covering power with a strong consistency and a very smooth paste.  read more

How do we get textured watercolor ?

First of all, you need to use the Semi-absorbent Gesso that you applied on a stretched canvas which is unusual for this technique. This Gesso is going to absorb watercolour in order to restore these effects.
In this video, Yves-Marie Salanson decided to paint a fantastic boat called... -- read more lien-->page122

How To Paint Your First Watercolor?

How To Paint Your First Watercolor?

Watercolor is known for being a bit difficult to use, but that’s not true. In this video Yves-Marie Salanson (artistic director) show you how easy it is to paint with watercolor.

To do this watercolor painting Yves-Marie Salanson uses... read more

Sennelier artist watercolor, l’Aquarelle formula change!


In this video, Yves-Marie Salanson, Sennelier artistic director, tells you about the Sennelier artist watercolor, l’Aquarelle, since its formula change in 2012.Sennelier artist watercolor existed before but did not have the success of the competing brands. Sennelier was best known for pastels or oil paint.
In 2011, Sennelier asked artists read more

Creating effects with alcohol

You don’t need to be an expert to have fun with painting! In fact, there is a field of experimentation pleasant to work: to test the material, the pigment reaction and approach painting as a game. Read more

Autumnal Landscape Pastel Painting

Sennelier offers a range of 525 colors of Pastels à L’Ecu (soft pastels). Obviously as a beginner, you don’t need all of these 525 colors. In this video, Mr. Yves-Marie Salanson (artistic director) show you how to do a pastel painting in 2 steps... read more

Discover the Sennelier ink range!


In this video, Yves-Marie Salanson, Sennelier artistic director, presents the Sennelier inks!

This range is made of 30 Shellac based colors. Shellac is a natural product. Indeed, it’s a resin secreted by a bug from tree trunks in Asia.This resin is used for a long time for painting and furniture varnish. It’s this Shellac that... read more

How to draw with confidence?


Many artists draw irregular lines, lines made of numerous lines. They hesitate so their move is irregular. If you are one of these artists, you probably lacking confidence.

In this video, Mr Yves-Marie SALANSON (artistic director) is sharing his tips to be more confident when drawing.... read more