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M.Graham Watercolours
M.Graham watercolours have been produced in Oregon for over 22 years. The M.Graham colour chart shows 70 colours and the website is very helpful.It's been challenging testing the MG paints since they...
View ArticleSlight setback...
I've been a bit quiet here for a while as I was travelling for 5 1/2 weeks in the UK, Europe and of course to the fabulous Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago, thenI had another week away skiing in...
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Granulation - what and why?
Goethite, DS. PY43Of the many characteristics the watercolour artist can explore, by far the most unique and special, is granulation. It's one of the reasons I use Daniel Smith watercolours - they are...
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Dr. Ph. Martin's Hydrus Watercolours
One of my lovely students, Sakshi, lent me a full set of Dr. Ph. Martin's Hydrus watercolours to test, which was great as they claim to be a range of pigmented lightfast liquid watercolours. Not...
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Daniel Smith Watercolour Stick Palette
Cigarette case hack - now a watercolour palette :-)I am back home after a fabulous road trip down and up the West Coast of the US, and while I was away I received many questions about some photos I...
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St Petersburg watercolours
White Nights/St Petersburg watercolours are made in Russia by Nevskaya Palitra, who also make a cheaper student range called 'Sonnet' and another range called 'Ladoga'. I have assumed that the names...
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Quinacridone Gold Hues
Quinacridone Gold could be considered a non-essential colour, but it very quickly became one of my personal go-to favourites when I first tried the Daniel Smith PO49 version back in about 1995. I think...
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Wallace Seymour Watercolours
It's my final post for 2017as it is already 31st December in Australia. I have many ideas for future posts, including hopefully completing my project to post the full range of every professional...
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Wallace Seymour The Four Humours
Happy New Year and welcome 2018! I have just updated my last post about Wallace Seymour Artists Watercolours, and shown a few of the Vintage Watercolours. The other product that was mentioned in the...
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolours
I have just posted about the Wallace Seymour pan colours known as Artists Watercolours, but to avoid confusion, I've decided to give the Vintage Watercolours their own post.These are a little bit more...
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Art Spectrum Artists' Watercolours
The Australian professional range of Art Spectrum Artists' Watercolours were created in 1966. The range now includes 67 colours and the colour chart can be found here. The colours can also be found on...
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QoR Watercolours
I explored some of the QoR colours some years back when they were first released, and wrote about them here. Rather than update that post, I'll show the full range, organised the same as the colour...
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Daler Rowney Artists' Watercolours
Daler Rowney Watercolours - Sketching set of 18 quarter pans. Daler Rowney is an English company that began in 1783 selling perfumes and wig powder but moved into artists colours and were the suppliers...
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Holbein Artist Watercolour
Holbein from Japan has been making watercolour since the early1920s. They don't contain any ox-gall, animal products or dispersing agents so are easy to control. They claim that the pigments are more...
View Article'Drawing Attention' - the Urban Sketching Zine.
The Urban Sketchers organisation, which was 10 last year, is going from strength to strength. The monthly newsletter has been redesigned to an informative 'zine' that is packed with information,...
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Ultramarine PB29 watercolours under the spotlight.
One of my most popular posts to date is a watercolour comparison of blues with 43581 views. While I have these comparisons on my website a well, I thought I'd update these and also post some key...
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Da Vinci Watercolours and a Sydney workshop.
The 12-colour Da Vinci full pan set.Da Vinci watercolours are one of my three favourite brands. They come in a range of tubes sizes including (in the US) massive 37ml tubes, and some colours are...
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TWSBI Diamond 580 fountain pen
The TWSBI Diamond 580 filled with Sailor Storia Lion inkFor all I love fountain pens, one of the frustrations of using them is that they run out of ink. So do other pens of course, eventually, but...
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Mijello 20-colour palette
My teaching palette. 20-colour Mijello palette.I'm always playing around with colours and palettes but this one is working so well I thought it deserved its own post. It is the Mijello 20-colour...
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Isaro Watercolours
Isaro Watercolour 7ml tubesIsaro Watercolours come from Belgium. I was familar with Blockx, also from Belgium, but hadn't heard about them until one of my blog readers told me so I am grateful for that...
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