• Dr Andrew Ludlow is a Chartered Chemist and Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry with nearly 30 years post-graduate experience working with pigments and painting colours. His experience and expertise covers research through to manufacture and has written numerous articles detailing the science and technology behind artist paints, their formulation, testing and manufacture.

• Andrew’s PhD is a study of polymer reaction kinetics and his thesis is held in the British Library for others to use as reference. He has published two papers in a leading scientific journal. He now focuses his research on traditional pigments and materials used by the great Artists.