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ARTescape 2018
I'm excited to have been invited to teach at the Cairns ARTescape for 2018 - a week long workshop series in beautiful North Queensland, Australia. We'll be based in the Botanic Gardens Arts Precinct -...
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Rivervale Handmade Watercolours
I've received a number of lovely samples of handmade watercolour paint from Arkansas USA, some of which are sold on an Etsy site Rivervale Watercolor, others are not. It is a fabulous collection of...
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Nine Colour Mixing Grid
I've been sorting through some large sheets of paper and came across this chart from many years ago. I was always frustrated that a normal mixing chart only showed one or maybe two possible mixes, so I...
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Da Vinci Brushes
Da Vinci brushes are from a specialist brush-making company in Germany. It is not the same company as Da Vinci paint, which is from California.They make brushes for artists, cosmetics, shaving, nail,...
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Albrecht Durer Watercolour Pencils
There are many brands of water-soluble pencils, but these are my favourites of the readily available ranges. They are great colours - very natural - and fairly lightfast. There is a shift in colour...
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Fountain Pen Inks
I've loved fountain pens since I was a child. I've bought a number of inks over the years, though these days I am mostly using waterproof inks for drawing and sketching. Fountain pen ink that is...
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Princeton Brushes
One of the great companies I recommend for those looking for good quality synthetic brushes is Princeton. Though they also make beautiful looking sable brushes (see the Siberia range), the ones I've...
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Da Vinci Triad - a cool triad for the northern summer
Permanent Rose, Hansa Yellow Light and Phthalo Blue in 8ml tubes create a cool bright triad.Da Vinci have been featuring a range of triads as they launch their new smaller 8ml tubes. I was asked to...
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Daniel Smith half pan watercolour sets.
I've been asking Daniel Smith paints to create pan colours for many years, as they are a far simpler way for people to get started in artist quality watercolours than buying tubes. It takes time and...
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Rosemary and Co Brushes
I've been posting a series of chats about different brushes and here is another favourite range - Rosemary and Co, made in the UK and shipped directly to artists. These are lovely brushes that are...
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The Ultimate Mixing Set
The Ultimate Mixing Set, Daniel Smith half pan palette.The new Daniel Smith 15 half pan Ultimate Mixing Set is due to be launched in mid October 2018.I thought I'd put together some of the many mixing...
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ShinHan PWC Watercolours
ShinHan is based in Korea. They have a number of different art materials - oils, acrylics, poster colours, art makers etc - but I'll concentrate on their Extra Fine range of watercolours - the PWC...
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Sketching workshop in the Botanic Gardens
There are places left in my upcoming two day workshop Watercolour Sketching in the Sydney Botanic Gardens on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th October. This is such a lovely location to sketch plants,...
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Maimeri Blu revamped range
MaimeriBlu tube and half pan, taken from the website www.maimeri.it.I was checking the links on my blog and website yesterday and saw that my 2017 paint-out of the full Maimeri Blu range is now totally...
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White Nights Watercolours
I've written about this range before. It is known by a number of different names - White Nights is more common in Europe, St Petersburg in the US, but they are made by Nevskaya Palitra in Russia.The...
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Gouache
My Gouache Palette. There are two styles of gouache that I have worked with. One has chalk added to make it more opaque. This is really lovely to work with fresh from the tube, but doesn't re-wet...
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De Atramentis Document Inks Revisited.
In late 2014, the De Atramentis Document Inks - a range of lightfast, pigmented, mixable fountain pen friendly inks - was released. It's been a revolution for many sketchers who previously really...
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Sketching in the Greek Islands
In October 2019, I am really looking forward to leading a sketching and painting tour of 6 beautiful Greek Islands - Rhodes, Katellorizo, Symi, Nissiros, Kos and Kalymnos. the tour begins in Rhodes on...
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Renesans Watercolour Tubes - Complete Range
Renesans Watercolours come from Poland and are available in tubes and pans. The website is under construction but the samples I used I assume were created from the tube colours as the pans colours seem...
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Happy New Year for 2019
2019 started in Sydney with a bang as usual - the midnight fireworks off the Sydney Harbour Bridge are always wonderful.Plans for this year are coming together. I'm delighted that I'll be teaching...
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