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Urban Sketchers Symposium, Chicago
I'm delighted to be one of the 36 instructors on the teaching faculty at the 8th International Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago in July this year. I'm guessing there will be over 500 participants -...
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The Portable Painter palette - up close and personal
I received a couple of Portable Painter palettes - an Indiegogo kickstarter project - and have set one up to play with it. It's an improvement on the W&N Cotman palette that many buy (and replace...
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Quick demonstrations
I've been doing a lot of sorting lately, since moving into a smaller house. It's a good chance to assess what is useful and what is not and reduce the clutter. I thought, however, that some of the...
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Top 60 watercolour blogs
I'm rather delighted to have been included in this list - you may enjoy many of the other blogs mentioned in the list here.There will be others you know of that are not in the list - feel free to add...
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Handmade watercolours
I painted out a lovely triad with DS yellow ochre, DS cerulean chromium and Sharlie's Pinkcolor deep - a gorgeous colour somewhere between Potter's Pink and Indian red - either of which could equally...
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Handmade watercolours using Schmincke pigments
I recently wrote about some of Sharlie's hand made watercolours, which were a joy to try. She gathers pigments from all over the world and is making quite a range of colours so I haven't tried, or...
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New Schmincke Watercolours 2017
The first professional watercolour set I bought over three decades ago was Schmincke. The pigments that were included in that set of 24 pans have been changed over the years, with 110 colours available...
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New Daniel Smith Watercolours
New Daniel Smith colours. Photo from Daniel Smith (http://www.danielsmith.com/content--id-871)It takes a little while for new colours to arrive in Australia but here they are - the new Daniel Smith...
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A Rose by any other name...Rose Madder and Potter's Pink.
Rose Madder is a natural colour from the roots of the common madder plant called Rubia Tinctorum. It is a soft granulating rose colour, but it is not lightfast so should not be used for exhibition...
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Schmincke Watercolours 2017 - full range
It is the 125th Anniversary of Schmincke Horadam watercolours, and they have been building up to a big release as part of an overhaul of their watercolour range. I've looked at the websites, dot cards,...
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Daniel Smith watercolour - full range
I've been using Daniel Smith watercolours since 1995 - just two years after they were first produced. They started with just 18 colours, including quinacridone gold, sap green, new gamboge, yellow...
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Winsor & Newton Watercolours - (almost) full range
My first watercolours over 35 years ago was a small sketching kit - Cotman student colours I suppose - that I still had until my car was broken into and it was taken about 10 years ago. I'd changed the...
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YInMn Blue
I was so excited when I heard that a new pigment had been discovered. Like many, by accident, back in 2009, in Oregon State University. The Professor's name is Mas Subramanian.The name of the pigment...
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Da Vinci Watercolours (almost) complete range
Da Vinci (USA) is a third generation family owned company based in California. They make oils, acrylics, gouache, painting mediums and, of course, watercolour. What's great is that they make...
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Old Holland Watercolour (almost) complete range
Old Holland goes back to 1664. Their website is really interesting to read :-)Their current range of 168 watercolours includes 5 whites that I haven't tested - Â Highlighting Titanium White (PW6),...
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Rembrandt Watercolours
Rembrandt watercolours are the professional range made by Royal Talens of Holland. I had only tried about 15 of the 80 colours shown on the colour chart until I was generously lent a brand new set of...
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Sketching and Sketchbook Exhibition
I have been busy preparing for two exhibitions - the first opened on Tuesday night, and the other, the AWI annual exhibition, opens on the 10th June at Juniper Hall - more about that soon.Chantal and...
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Sennelier Watercolours
The French brand Sennelier, which has been around since 1887, make a huge range of wonderful art materials - inks, pastels, all sorts of paints, dry pigments and so on. I've used their oil pastels for...
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Australian Watercolour Institute 94th Annual Exhibition.
One of the themes I return to again and again is that of decay. Rusted metal, dried up plants, fallen leaves... I love to depict the beauty in the unexpected.I guess one of the reasons they appeal is...
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Lukas watercolours
Lukas it a German company founded in 1862. They make watercolours in half and full pans and large 24ml tubes. They also make some different sets. Paint information is difficult to find so even though I...
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