081211 New Equipment

Thanks to Fred
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31038637@N05/3092136099/in/photostream/

I have gone wild and filled my 12 pan set with 24 pans! Now to decide on the colours - here are some pages as I try to decide. I am certainly no watercolour expert... just trying different things. There is some much to learn.... (BTW I have already made changes to these colours.... And the arrangement of them in the set)

I just happened to be in my local art shop (funny that!) and I found a nice sketchbook... Daler-Rowney Ebony sketchbook 150g/m2 acid free cartridge paper. The test page I did with a nice wet wash and needed a quick sketch - what better than a 'simple' building... just happened to sketch Milan Cathedral (what could be more natural??) as it was the picture on my desk calendar. (okay - I know that I am NUTS!!!) The result... a very rough and lop sided sketch but the paper performed well....it has a slight buckle but less than the handbook paper. Nice white thick cartridge. I think it comes in A6, A5 and A4 size. I bought a A6 size to experiment the shop only had A4 or A6.