A few weeks ago I asked on Instagram and my blog for people to share the main challenges they face when sketching with watercolour. I loved going through all the responses and there was a clear winner! The next three challenges also stood out from the rest and all four struggles are things that I...
CONTINUE READINGHappy New Year! I hope that 2024 will be a good year for you and your family. For the last few weeks I’ve been flipping through the pages of my 2023 sketchbooks (see this article for more) and thinking about how well I achieved last year’s goals. They were: Continue experimenting Make time for more...
CONTINUE READINGIn addition to reviewing my sketchbooks for the past 12 months, I’ve also done a review of all the blogposts I’ve published in 2023. So here is a collection of the top articles – the most visited/commented on. It’s interesting to see how they relate to my sketching review.:-) Watercolour I know that you all...
CONTINUE READINGIt’s time to take a photo of all my completed books for the last 12 months and do a little review of my sketching. This year I filled 13 sketchbooks: 8 x A4 Hardcover Alpha (by Stillman and Birn) 2 x 8″x10″ Softcover Alpha 3 x Square Softcover Alpha Note: I have also filled a...
CONTINUE READINGI managed to squeeze in a quick watercolour pencil and water brush sketch of a Christmas Tree on Friday while hanging out with my brother’s family. As I was working I was thinking: should I draw the tree first or the decorations? I started with the tree working negatively around the decorations but then decided...
CONTINUE READINGWhen I shared my most used watercolour paints last week, several people asked me why I use Schmincke French Ultramarine. The one-line answer is that it creates the most incredible ‘pigment parties’ when I mix it with other paints in my palette. I’ve previously compared it with some other brands – refer here for that...
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