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    PAINT LIKE A VEGAN

    Nov 29, 2019 3 minutes

    One of the wonderful things about art is our ability to craft new images using the same materials as the Old Masters. However, when they are made from centuries-old recipes developed in less enlightened times, it can be problematic.

    While animal hair brushes and rabbit-skin glue may be obvious, other art materials with animal by-products can include gouache (gelatine and oxgall), oil paints (beeswax), paper (sized with gelatine), and watercolour (honey).

    Luckily for vegans, or simply any conscientious artist, there are plenty of traditional-style

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