Book Review: Watercolor Techniques: Painting Light and Color in Landscapes...
Michael Readon's Watercolor Techniques is a wonderful book that collects tips, techniques and demonstrations that any watercolour artist can learn from. It's suitable for beginners as well as advanced...
View ArticleColour Contamination in Watercolor Pan Boxes
Recently, a reader Tommy Olrich asked me this question in one of my videos on Youtube:So i notice you don't take super duper care to keep your pans uncontaminated from other colors. won't the other...
View ArticleHow I fill watercolor pans (DIY)
This video is one of the more popular videos on my Youtube channel from the last 30 days so I should share it here too. The text below is the transcript of the video.Filling your own plastic pans with...
View ArticleSketching with Watercolour Splashes
These sketches are inspired by Tia Boon Sim's sketches. She likes to prepare her watercolour paper by splashing them with paint. Usually, she has several pieces that are prepared days in advance. You...
View ArticleReview: Winsor and Newton Watercolour Sticks
The watercolour sticks are a relatively new product from Winsor & Newton. It's better to think of these watercolour sticks as water-soluble crayons because they probably meant to be used as such....
View ArticleBook Review: Hirameki: Cats & Dogs: Draw What You See
This book is sort of a sequel to the earlier book Hirameki: Draw What You See!. In this book, it's about drawing cats and dogs from the random watercolour splashes you seen on your page. Actually,...
View ArticleBook Review: Watercolor Artist's Guide to Exceptional Color
Update 2016: The book may be out of print, but an ebook version has been made available for sale. This is a beautiful and useful book dedicated to understanding colours as used in watercolour. It's...
View ArticleReview: Classics Watercolor Set from Prima Marketing
This is the third Prima Marketing watercolour set I bought on Amazon. I've already reviewed Tropicals and Decadent Pies. The main thing that attracted me was the affordable price. Each set sells from...
View ArticleBook Review: Handbook of Watercolour Tips & Techniques
This book was originally published in 2011 and has been reprinted several times, the most recent in 2016. I guess it must have been quite a good seller, and it's not surprising because the content is...
View ArticleBook Review: Exploring Color Workshop, 30th Anniversary Edition: With New...
I've several books by Nita Leland and they are all very inspiring, books that you can refer to again and again, and it applies to this book as well. The first edition of Exploring Color published in...
View ArticleBook Review: John Salminen - Master of the Urban Landscape: From realism to...
When I first flipped through book, I was blown away by the beauty and amount of detail and effort that went behind each piece of painting featured. John Salminen is definitely a master on urban...
View ArticleBook Review: Learn to Paint in Watercolor with 50 Paintings by Will Freeborn
I've been following Will Freeborn's blog for a while now. So it's great to see that he's putting out a book. I like his art, in particular his pen and ink watercolour sketches.This book is for...
View ArticleBook Review: Learn to Paint People Quickly by Hazel Soan
I like how Hazel Soan has depict subjects with just a few strokes and some blending of colours. Those human figures on the cover were just painted with a few colours. That's what I'm talking about. So...
View ArticleBook Review: Colour and Line in Watercolour by Glen Scouller
This is a lovely artbook by Glen Scouller, a Scottish artist living in Ayrshire. I was drawn by the expressive drawing on the cover to get this book. It's not a style that I see often when it comes to...
View ArticleMarija Tiurina's Eden
An awesome painting by Marija Tiurina that's inspired by Hieronymus Bosch‘s The Garden of Earthly Delights.Tags: marija tiurinawatercolourvideo
View ArticleBook Review: Watercolor 365: Daily Tips, Tricks and Techniques
Watercolor 365 is a fun book that features tips and techniques relating to watercolour.This book serves well as a companion to other structured beginners watercolour books. You don't really need to...
View ArticleReview: Wayfarer Mixed Sable Watercolour Travel Brushes by D'Artisan Shoppe
Disclaimer: These brushes are provided by D'Artisan Shoppe for this review.I'm a big fan of pocket travel watercolour brushes. Compared to normal wooden watercolour brushes, these portable versions are...
View ArticleReview: Rigger Art Synthetic Brush Set of 6
Thanks to Rigger Art for sending me these brushes for review.Rigger Art is a that manufactures art products. I was just checking out their Amazon seller page and they are only selling a palette, some...
View ArticleBook Review: Handbook of Watercolour Tips & Techniques
This book was originally published in 2011 and has been reprinted several times, the most recent in 2016. I guess it must have been quite a good seller, and it's not surprising because the content is...
View ArticleBook Review: Exploring Color Workshop, 30th Anniversary Edition: With New...
I've several books by Nita Leland and they are all very inspiring, books that you can refer to again and again, and it applies to this book as well. The first edition of Exploring Color published in...
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