ART-THEMED crossword
(published by Artists & Illustrators magazine in February 2001)

by Eddie James

Across

Deep red colour (7)
Items appended (3-3)
10 Paint pigments in stick form (3,7)
11 Traditional painting of a religious figure (4)
12 Ornamental rock or shellwork (8)
13 A hard glassy coating (6)
14 Buyer/seller of art (6)
17 Exact copy (7)
18 Sparkle (7)
21 Sculpted figures projecting from a flat background (6)
24 First name of US artist Johns (6)
25 Dark red wine colour (8)
28 Popular painting medium (4)
29 The main blue-green colour? (10)
30 13th/14th C. Italian painter, 'founder of modern painting'? (6)
31 Adhesive label (7)

Down

Twilled cotton material (5)
16th C. Italian Renaissance master (7)
Support for the painter (5)
Weak water-based paint for walls, etc. (9)
Japanese paper art (7)
Pottery items (9)
Layer added just for appearance’s sake? (6)
12 Primary colour (3)
15 Printmaking technique (9)
16 It slows the paint drying process (9)
19 Technique whereby oil paint is laid on thick (7)
20 Remove a drawing error? (3,3)
22 Toulouse linked with this famous French artist! (7)
23 English artist, Roger (3)
26 Send (anag. of mitre) (5)
27 Thick, impenetrable (5)

Solution