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Student grade vs Artist quality watercolour - the big reveal

September 24, 2018 | 13 Comments
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I’m really enjoying reading everyone’s comments on last week’s article working out which of my early sketches were done with WN Cotman paints rather than WN Professional Water Colour. A huge thanks to everyone who left a reply and especially those who explained the reasons for the choice). If you missed it, please go and...

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2019 Palladian Odyssey Tours - filling up fast

September 21, 2018 | Leave your thoughts
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I’m really excited to announce that we are offering Palladian Oydssey sketching tours again in 2019 and they are filling up fast! Most of you who follow my blog, know that the Palladian Odyssey tours have become a big part of my year. In fact, they are my absolute favourite workshops to teach for a...

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A Cotman Coffee Cup

September 19, 2018 | 9 Comments
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I’m interstate this week for a few days teaching a workshop, so I don’t have time to do the big reveal for my Student vs Artist grade question. (I’m loving all the comments!) But just as a teaser, here is a sketch I did this week of my morning latte done with WN Cotman (student...

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Were these old sketches done with student or artist grade paint?

September 17, 2018 | 36 Comments
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Following on from last week’s discussion about artist grade vs student grade watercolour paint, I spent a little time looking through some old sketchbooks and what I discovered was very interesting! There were examples of good use of student grade paint and examples of poor use of artist grade paint. So I thought it might...

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Two articles in Watercolor Artist

September 14, 2018 | 5 Comments
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I feel very honoured to have been featured in two articles in the fabulous Watercolor Artist Magazine this year. The first one was in the special 25th anniversary issue dated April 2018, and the second on in the current issue October 2018. I had to wait for the postage to Australia so I’m a bit...

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Back Home: My everyday sketching in 3 different sketchbooks

September 13, 2018 | 10 Comments
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I’ve been home from my big trip for six weeks now. Wow! that has gone fast and yet on the other hand it seems like a long time ago since I was in Portugal. I have been so busy with finishing off trip articles and gearing up for SketchingNow Watercolour that I haven’t shared any...

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