After settling on a palette with three reds, three blues and three yellows (counting raw sienna as a yellow), I was keen to produce a new set of...
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Colour Bugs
Now that the squad is selected, it's time to follow up that trial of the reds with a full scale workout for the new set of colours. Rather than...
The 2021 Palette Collection
And here it is, the 2021 12-pan palette. The squad has finally been announced. The loser in yesterday's trail of the reds was permanent rose....
Trial Of The Reds
It's that time of year when my mind turns to selecting a squad of colours to occupy my palette. Well, one of my palettes. I have a palette of 24...
Inktense Pencil Swatching
It's looking grim outside, so I thought I'd try out those inktense pencils. It's hard to make a mess with these, so I think I’m OK with them in...
Palette Cleaning And Setup
Actually, my sister messed up and ended up buying me two of those Winsor & Newton Professional 24 half pan palettes. So I've thrown away my...
Birthday Stash 3 of 3: New Books
Two more books just arrived in the post. That makes eight in my birthday stash and there may be a ninth on the way in a couple of weeks but I...
Birthday Stash 2 of 3: 24 Winsor & Newton Professional Halfpans
More birthday stash. This was from my kid sister. A tin with 24 watercolour half pans. I've talked in a previous post about how I wouldn't buy a...
Birthday Stash 1 of 3: Inktense Pencils
It was my birthday yesterday, and there was some stuff in my stash that I need to show off here. First up is this set of inktense pencils, which...
What to buy a potential new watercolourist
I've been meaning to do a post like this for a while. Say you've been to CenterParcs, your other half went to one one of those watercolour classes...
Drying Brushes
I thought I was being clever using old unpaired socks to dry my brushes while I was painting but found that they just got wet too quickly and...
Summer Swatching
The weekends are getting warmer and, although I did some painting a couple of weeks ago, I don't think the painting season has really started until...
Winsor & Newton Promarkers
These beasts were waiting for me on Christmas morning. They're all Winsor & Newton Promarkers with a chisel head at one end and a pointy one...
Birthday Book Stash
I got all these nine new art instruction books for my birthday. It may take some time but I'll definitely be reading them all and posting reviews...
Colour Charts
With four new colours joining my palette this week (or five if you count cadmium red, now promoted from associate to full member), I thought I...
Changes to my palette
After reading that Hazel Soan book, I’ve made some changes to my palette. I've now got a better understanding of the difference between...
New books
I've got some new books to be making my way through over the next few weeks. Maybe some early signs of what to expect in 2019.
The Palette
At some point, every artist with a blog needs to disclose what paints he has in his palette. Artists like to read articles like this just for the...