A few days ago I refilled my palette and this was a chance for me to record my most used paints. So that is what this article is all about! Here are my top five… 1. The clear winner (by a long way) is Schmincke (SCH) French Ultramarine and this is because I use it...
CONTINUE READINGI always start thinking about the new year in early December as I know that if I don’t, the busyness of the holiday season can overtake me. And so I’m already seriously gearing up for my next SketchingNow Group Event in January. I’m excited to be offering a Live Version of my Watercolour course starting...
CONTINUE READINGA few weeks ago I got some new organic herbal tea from a new (for me) tea shop in Western Australia and so of course I had to record the occasion in my sketchbook. The tea packets were not the most exciting objects to draw (all the same shape and colour – only varying in...
CONTINUE READINGWe’re just finishing up the Live Version of my SketchingNow Buildings course and it’s been an amazing 10 weeks! Every time I revisit the Buildings course I find new ways of using the concepts, find new examples to explain them and create more demos! The last few times I’ve hosted a Buildings group event I’ve...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve been using a water brush for two weeks now and I’m really happy that I decided to do this challenge. There is no doubt that I’m missing my dagger brush but I know that it will be really good down the track to develop my techniques using waterbrushes. I chose the large Pentel Aquash...
CONTINUE READINGI love the Neocolor crayons by Caran d’ache – both Neocolor I and Neocolor II (watersoluble). In the past few weeks, I got my little set of Neocolor II out again and I’ve been having fun playing with them. They are perfect for loose mark-making and I’m really enjoying the challenge of working with their...
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