Tempera is a type of paint made using egg yolk. It is still used today by some artists but it was very popular in ancient Egypt as well as d...

Watercolors paints are made by mixing pigment with water. Because they aren’t made with oil, watercolors are easier to clean up but the colo...

Until the mid-1800s, artists had to buy the ingredients separately and mix their own paints. This involved grinding colored minerals into pi...

Charcoal is the substance left over when wood is burned. It is used in the same way as pastels to create artwork in shades of black, white, ...

There are several types of pastels, soft pastels, hard pastels, and pastel pencils. Soft pastels look like crayons, though they are not waxy...