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Book 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...
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Book 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...
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Book 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...
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Book 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
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Book 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...
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Review: 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...
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Review: 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...
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Book Review: Terry Harrison's Complete Brush with Watercolour
This is an insightful book for those who want to learn more about different types watercolour brushes and the marks and textures they can make. This is a very hands-on book with exercises that you can...
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Cerulean Blue Chromium (PB36) (Daniel Smith)
Here are the scans I've created for my video on Daniel Smith's Cerulean Blue Chromium (PB36).Cerulean Blue Chromium is one of my favourite blues. The other two are Phthalo Blue (GS) and French...
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Book Review: Painting in Watercolor: The Indispensable Guide by David Webb
This is one of the better watercolour instructional books I have in my collection. David Webb is an illustrator who specializes in watercolour for over 35 years. In this 256-page hardcover, he shares...
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Lemon Yellow + Quin Magenta + Cerulean Blue Chromium (Limited Palette)
Here are the colour swatches I have created for another limited paletted video that I've posted on Youtube (below).The colours I've chosen this time are Lemon Yellow (PY175), Quinacridone Magenta...
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Review: Daniel Smith's Primatek Watercolor Set
Primatek is a series of watercolours from Daniel Smith that are made from natural mineral pigments and sometimes semi-precious stones. Many of the names of the colours in this series are really...
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Quinacridone Magenta vs Permanent Alizarin Crimson (Daniel Smith Watercolor)
I've a viewer on Youtube who asked me if Quinacridone Magenta is a better colour than Alizarin Crimson. So I created a video to answer the question, and I thought I should write on my blog as well.I...
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Book Review: Modern Watercolor: A playful and contemporary exploration of...
Modern Watercolor by Kristin Van Leuven is a fun guide for beginners looking to explore this exciting medium.The book has an introduction to various watercolour supplies and tools needed. That's...
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All the red watercolour paints I have (Swatches and Comparison)
These are swatches that appeared in this Youtube video.Red is probably the most mysterious colour to me among the three primary colours. So I've decided to create colour swatches of all the reds that I...
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Review: Ecoline Liquid Watercolor Bottled Inks and Brush Pens
Recently I was at the Straits Art and saw some sets of Ecoline brush pens and bottles and they were selling at a good price, so I decided to get some to test them out. I'm not a fan of liquid...
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Review: Wild Plein Pocket Watercolour Brush Set of 6
My friend Paul Wang passed me some new watercolour brushes to check out recently. They are from this brand called Wild Plein which I've not heard before. This is a set of 6 collapsible watercolour...
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Review: MaimeriBlu Watercolor (Introductory Set of 6 tubes)
I've been using Maimeriblu for a few months and it's about time I write something about it. I actually wanted to test it a bit more but I'm actually getting a bit fed up with this particular set. This...
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Perylene Red + French Ultramarine + Quinacridone Deep Gold (Limited Palette)
These are the colour swatches that I've created for my latest limited palette video.Quinacridone Deep Gold (PO48 + PY150) This is a nice earthy warm yellow colour. As this is already a muted yellow,...
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