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Book Review: Watercolour by Milind Mulick
I only got to know of Milind Mulick in 2012 when I first shared some of his paintings on this blog. He's a watercolour artist from India and has been painting for 30 years. This book first came out in...
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Book Review: No Excuses Watercolor: Painting Techniques for Sketching and...
Gina Rossi Armfield is back with a new book that follows the same style as her earlier and popular book No Excuses Art Journaling: Making Time for Creativity.No Excuses Watercolor is a beginners...
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Book Review: The Watercolor Course You've Always Wanted
Focus of the book is actually on mastering shapes to use them effectively in watercolour paintings. So it's rather conceptual in a way that it forces you to think about your painting before you start....
View ArticleWatercolor Mixing with Colour Temperature in Mind
In this demonstration, I talk about how you can mix bright and dull secondary colours (e.g. orange, green, purple) from warm and cool primary watercolours. Suggested reading:Watercolor Artist's Guide...
View ArticleWatercolor Mixing - Creating Green, Gray, and Violet
Dale Laitinen shares his colour recipes for mixing greens, grays and violets in this video.Mixing greens Phthalo Blue + Quinacridone Gold Cobalt Blue + New Gamboge New Gamboge + Phthalo GreenMixing...
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Mixing Watercolour Grays & Black with Convenient Colours (Part 1)
This article is to accompany my Youtube video. When I first started using watercolours, I had difficulty mixing grays and blacks. In the early days, I used Payne's Gray, the black that came with...
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Holly Exley watercolour art
Holly Exley's watercolour artworks are SO NICE!!!Tags:Â holly exleyart blogs of notewatercolour
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Book Review: Hirameki: Draw What You See!
This book's authored by two artists Peng and Hu, and on the cover it has them listed as Peng+Hu. Hirameki: Draw What You See! is a fun book that doesn't take itself too seriously. For the activities...
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Book Review: Cambridge: The Watercolour Sketchbook
Graham Byfield's latest book collects the watercolour sketches he made at the university town Cambridge. I really enjoyed looking at the campus, all the wonderful architecture, and reading all about...
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Review: Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections: Tropicals
I only got to know about Prima Marketing watercolour sets when I read about them on the Wetcanvas forums, and also while I was searching for empty watercolour boxes on Amazon.From what I read on their...
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Review: St Petersburg's White Nights Watercolour 12-pan Set
St Petersburg's White Nights watercolours are affordable entry level paints suitable for beginners and students. These watercolours are made in Russia. There are many box sets available, ranging from 6...
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Ultramarine Blue vs French Ultramarine: Difference Between the two PB29
I've been wondering about the two Ultramarine for the longest time and decided to finally compare the two. By the way, I'm currently using French Ultramarine. It's really difficult to see any...
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Phthalo Blue (Green vs Red Shade)
Phthalocyanine is actually a chemical compound commonly used for dyes and pigments. One of the main characteristics is the high intensity of the colours. Phthalocyanine Blue or Phthalo Blue is a...
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Review: Van Gogh 12-Pan Watercolor Set
I've finally gotten around to reviewing the Van Gogh 12 half-pan watercolour set that I bought a long time ago. Van Gogh watercolours are made by Royal Talens from Netherlands. They are also the same...
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Review: Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Review (18 half pan set)
Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors are handcrafted watercolours made in Japan. Unlike European and American watercolours, they are more opaque. The watercolours are sold in pan sets from 12, 18, 24 to...
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Book Review: Design and Colour in Watercolour: For Painting, Illustration and...
Design and Colour in Watercolour is a book that looks at the thought and painting process of Michelle Scragg with her paintings as examples. This is not an instructional book so if you expect one, you...
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Review: Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Review
Here's the review of the popular Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolour. Gansai refers to Japanese watercolour and Tambi means "aesthetic".I bought this set after making a mistake. In an earlier video...
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Book Review: Painting What (You Want) to See by Charles Reid
This is one of few Charles Reid books that have been reprinted in 2015 and 2016. I love Charles Reid's instructional books and I really welcome all the reprints and hope that more will come. Painting...
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Book Review: Watercolor Masters and Legends: Secrets, Stories and Techniques...
Masters and legends are labels that are not easy to live up to. This book is bold to have a title like that.Highlight of the book is the immerse variety of style from the 34 artists featured. They are...
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Review: Simple & Stunning Watercolor Techniques with Mary Murphy (Craftsy)
Simple & Stunning Watercolor Techniques is a video tutorial course on creating watercolour textures. The instructor is Mary Murphy from New York. These are the lessons in the 149-min...
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