TREKELL INSIGHTS

Round unpainted panels with dark Trekell labels stacked together.

Why Trekell Uses Baltic Birch for Wood Painting...

When you choose a wood panel, you are choosing more than a shape or size. You are choosing the foundation beneath your painting. That foundation affects how the surface feels...

Why Trekell Uses Baltic Birch for Wood Painting...

When you choose a wood panel, you are choosing more than a shape or size. You are choosing the foundation beneath your painting. That foundation affects how the surface feels...

Fine brush adds detail to a gray-and-white cat portrait on a shaped panel.

How to Paint Fur Without Painting Every Hair

When Trekell Pro Team Artist Kai Lun Qu painted his newly rescued cat, Gigi, he approached her coat as larger masses of color and value rather than thousands of individual...

How to Paint Fur Without Painting Every Hair

When Trekell Pro Team Artist Kai Lun Qu painted his newly rescued cat, Gigi, he approached her coat as larger masses of color and value rather than thousands of individual...

Purple coffin panel painted with a pale woman in a layered dress.

How Shaped Panels Can Inspire Your Next Painting

For Trekell Pro Team Artist Danica Sills, the painting often begins before she decides what to paint. She chooses the panel first, then lets its shape spark ideas, influence the...

How Shaped Panels Can Inspire Your Next Painting

For Trekell Pro Team Artist Danica Sills, the painting often begins before she decides what to paint. She chooses the panel first, then lets its shape spark ideas, influence the...

Artist with glasses holds a painted crescent panel in a studio.

How Carlo Miranda Painted Crochet Without Paint...

When Trekell Pro Team Artist Carlo Miranda decided to paint a crocheted balaclava, he was working with a subject full of color, pattern and texture he had never painted before....

How Carlo Miranda Painted Crochet Without Paint...

When Trekell Pro Team Artist Carlo Miranda decided to paint a crocheted balaclava, he was working with a subject full of color, pattern and texture he had never painted before....

Six stages of a young child's portrait, from warm underpainting to dark finished tones.

Mastering Soft Brushes: A Quick Guide to Choosi...

Not all soft synthetic brushes behave the same way. In this Trekell demonstration, Pro Team Artist Eric Johnson explains how brush filament, shape and firmness affect everything from glazing and...

Mastering Soft Brushes: A Quick Guide to Choosi...

Not all soft synthetic brushes behave the same way. In this Trekell demonstration, Pro Team Artist Eric Johnson explains how brush filament, shape and firmness affect everything from glazing and...

Two portrait studies with a brush touching the upper figure's cheek.

What Happens When Two Artists Swap Their Favori...

When Trekell Pro Team Artists Alex Garant and James Ormiston painted portraits of each other, there was one rule. They had to use the other person’s favorite brushes. Why Swap...

What Happens When Two Artists Swap Their Favori...

When Trekell Pro Team Artists Alex Garant and James Ormiston painted portraits of each other, there was one rule. They had to use the other person’s favorite brushes. Why Swap...