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...

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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...

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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: –...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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