Gear

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...