I got a new art book for Fathers' Day. The review is coming very soon, maybe tomorrow. I'm keeping the book a secret for now, but as something it...
Category: Gear
Green Retreats
My art studio is well and truly complete following the placement this afternoon of a huge glass window unit that had some scratches in it. And now...
Coloured Pencil Full Swatch
It's all go at the moment. We've got someone coming in on Tuesday to replace all the doors and windows in the house, which means not much time for...
Preparation
Some more gear arrived in the this this morning, so I'm taking a day off painting to prepare some surfaces for future paintings. I have here: –...
The New Studio
Two posts tonight. Let's do this one first. The big news is that I've moved into my art studio and it's ready for me to use. Local firm AF...
Art Studio Getting There
There's been a lot of garden action today. The walls, roof, doors and windows have all gone up. The builders will be back again tomorrow to...
Art Studio Foundations
The builders have been round today to put in the foundations for my art studio. I was only expecting them to put in the piles but they've also put...
Site Clearance
After some long manic days, managed to clear a site for my art studio to be built on. It's a huge relief to reach this stage as the company...
The 2023 Colour Palette
This week I've been thinking about the colours in my watercolour palette. My 2022 palette included three Daniel Smith primatek colours as special...
Supergranulator Swatching
For my second and final set of swatches today, I turned to the supergranulators. Now being the owner of three sets of Schmincke supergranulators,...
Artgraf Swatching
It's a new year and I want to be out painting as soon as possible so that I can get a set of paintings worth including in an entry to Landscape...
Christmas Art Stash 2022
Happy holidays everyone! I thought I'd put up here all the new art gear I've been gifted today as it's a bit of a sneak preview of what to expect...
Supergranulating Swatches
Before having my first go with the shire supergranulators, I thought I'd swatch both of my supergranulating sets. This is in the back of an old...
Polychromos Swatching
So I've done a huge swatch of those Polychromos coloured pencils and here it is. They look good. Even the cobalt green and rose carmine will...
Birthday Stash 4/4: Everything Else
And then there's all this other stuff: - a backpack big enough to fit the big white plastic bits that come with my easel. No more lugging two...
Birthday Stash 3/4: Polychromos Coloured Pencils
And there's more. A set of 36 Polychromos coloured pencils, a case with room to expand to 60 pencils and a couple of pads of cartridge paper. ...
Birthday Stash 2/4: Fineliners
Next up are these fineliner pens, complete with pen case and extra smooth watercolour paper to use them on. The case is big enough to also fit the...
Birthday Stash 1/4: Schmincke Supergranulating Watercolours
So it's my birthday and I've got a lot of new art gear. Jeepers. So much that I've split it all over four posts, three of which will set me off...
Third Stone From The Sun
It was too hot yesterday to be outside painting. So I spent the day indoors watching YouTube videos of people swatching the colours from the super...
Inktense Purple Mix Testing
As I explain in the next post, I wanted to test out what sort of purples I could get from mixing the reds and blues in my inktense pencils. Here's...