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November 2024 News
Indica Berry being Mixed in Francesca’s Paints’ Studio in Battersea November is a month that is very dear to our heart. Francesca’s Paints was established and founded on the 14th November 1996 meaning it will be turning 28 this year. My passion for paints ands colours started in Sydney, Australia, where I lived for 7 years and it was there that I fell in love with the paints and colours of the world. I discovered this trade working for Porters Paints, the only manufacturer at the time which created traditional and natural paint finishes. I was employed because of…
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October 2024
Our Wonderful Stevie Painting the Colour Charts. September brings about perhaps the most exciting shift in daylight of the year: The summer – autumn equinox. The summer sun sits high in the sky and is more than happy to coat everything in powerful and blinding rays. It demands very little from us in terms of selectivity as most colours of course look their best when drowned in sunlight. Autumn, on the other hand, is a much fussier sun. It has sunk much lower in the air, nosing through our windows and casting its discriminating glow much to the dismay of…
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September 2024
August’s smouldering heat and incessant rain has brought the sort of warmth and humidity that our plants in the studio have adored. Tendrils of flowers have been erupting from our spider plant throughout summer, and now our journey to the sink is fraught with plant based battles. Our Studio in Battersea. But foliage has not been the only thing this month’s weather has enticed into fruition, our external paint finishes like Limewash and Masonry have become our best sellers leading us to speculate – from our studio here in Battersea – that the great outdoors has wrapped its wriggly roots…
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August 2024
This month we are so honoured to announce our new Colour Collection: Donne D’Arte. Donne D’Arte is a reimagined Renaissance palette, inspired by, and paying tribute to, the pioneering female artists of the period. Calm, fresh, and serene, the collection is reminiscent of the colours used within their paintings but reconceptualised with a softer, feminine twist. Every Colour within the Donne D’Arte Collection represents a different Renaissance woman artist, with elements from their distinctive paintings influencing each refined shade. The process of their creation was arduous, with considerations made not only for the best reflection of the artist, but also…
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When I was envisaging this collection in my mind, I thought of the feminine, of women and of artists. From this, I created 6 new colours; tonally of the same strength, they are very complementary and work well when grouped together. They are calm, fresh, and serene, and they remind me of colours used in Renaissance art with a softer, feminine twist. Art has always been a point of inspiration and influence for me. Impressionism, Minimalism and Futurism styles have been a constant, but the period that touches me the most is the Renaissance. It’s the beginning of everything; a…
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