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Jane's Grey
Quick sketch of Sydney Harbour Bridge in the rainBurnt Sienna and Ultramarine As anyone who's been reading my blog would know, this is one of my favourite mixing pairs. This combination of two...
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Antique Winsor & Newton paint box
Antique Winsor & Newton 'Japanned Tin Box' palette - closedI recently had the opportunity to test out the paints in a paintbox that probably dates back to the from the 1890s. I don't know the exact...
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Daniel Smith new watercolours
New Daniel Smith colours for 2019 I have just received the 8 new Daniel Smith colours - 7 new greys and a new primatek. It's pretty exciting to have Jane's Grey in a tube like this!There are some...
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Handmade watercolours from Lost in Colours
Beautifully wrapped Lost in Colours packageI recently received a most beautiful package from Jyotsna of Lost in Colours. It contained a metal tin with 6 beautiful handmade watercolours that are...
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Roman Szmal Aquarius watercolours
Last year I received a number whole pans of watercolour from Poland. They were samples of some of the colours Roman Szmal was working on for his watercolour range. He has now launched them and it was a...
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A fun collaboration
I met Maria of Expeditionary Art when I visited Seattle in 2015, after a few years of chatting online.She is an avid sketcher and had created a lovely Pocket Palette - a tiny credit card sized palette...
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CARAN d'ACHE Museum Pencils
Caran d'Ache is a Swiss company that has been making a wonderful range of writing and drawing products since 1915. "Caran d'Ache comes from the word "karandash" that is the Russian term for "pencil"...
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Derwent Pencils from childhood
I have always loved colour, so it is no surprise that all I wanted as a child was coloured pencils, markers, pens, paint and other art and stationary materials. This set of 72 Derwent Pencils was my...
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ShinHan PASS hybrid watercolour-gouache
ShinHan is a Korean company. I posted a blog about their watercolours here.I was also sent a set of 6 ShinHan PASS hybrid watercolour/gouache last year and didn't get past painting out some swatches...
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Renesans Gouache
I was sent a set of 12 Renesans gouache tubes to try. These come from Poland, and Renesans make an additional three different ranges of watercolours that I have written about here.There are 26 colours...
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Aquarius palette
Aquarius Watercolours by Romaa Szmal with their hand-painted labels.Roman Szmal created a new watercolour range that was launched this year. I have painted out the samples he sent and posted them all...
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Faber Castell Polychromos pencils full range
I posted the full range of Faber Castell Albrecht Dürer pencils here. The beautiful Polychromos pencils are the same colours with the same colour numbers but I thought I'd add this photo as a quick...
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Renesans half pan watercolour range
I did a blog post about the Renesans Intense Watercolour range here in November 2018. The details on the website for the Half Pan (godet) range have changed since then. Here is the updated pigment...
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American Journey Watercolours full range
American Journey watercolours are the Cheap Joe's home brand, available only through their website. They are available in 15 and 37ml tubes with a couple in 8ml tubes and some sets.They started with a...
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Jackson's Professional Watercolours. Full range.
Jackson's Art Supplies in the UK is an amazing store as they stock so many different brands of watercolour. They also have a signature range called Jackson's Artist Watercolour Paint. It's a manageable...
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My sketching tools
I do a lot of travelling and take my sketching supplies with me all over the world. I've often been asked to do a blog about what I carry with me, so here it is. I'm packing it up to take to Cairns...
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Winsor & Newton Water Colour Markers.
I had the chance to try out the full range of Winsor & Newton Water Colour Markers a few weekends ago, as part of a great day with the Sydney Urban Sketchers. We met at the Jasco offices and had a...
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Rembrandt Artist Watercolours by Royal Talens
I have just returned home from Amsterdam, home of the Urban Sketchers Symposium for 2019. It was a pleasure and an honour to be part of the faculty, and we were treated to a tour of the Royal Talens...
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White Nights 2019 full range
White Nights, also known as St Petersburg, has been one of the many generous sponsors of the Urban Sketchers Symposium for the last few years now. They have been expanding their range, moving from just...
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Rosemary & Co Travel Brushes
I've written about Rosemary&Co brushes before here, but wanted to update the Travel brushes, also called Reversible or Pocket brushes.I caught up with Rosemary at the Amsterdam Urban Sketchers...
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