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...
Posts that are not about paintings
Pure Watercolour Painting: Peter Cronin – Book Review
I first discovered Peter Cronin a few weeks ago when I was watching the first series of the new version of Watercolour Challenge. It was a...
Oil Pastels: A Pause For Reflection
I've just reached the end of my first 12*8 inch oil pastel pad and thought I'd use this as an excuse to review my progress with the oil pastels. I...
Watercolor: Ted Keller – Book Review
I thought I'd treat myself to an art book after going through a lot this last month and decided to go for the Ted Keller book. It's been floating...
Atmospheric Animals In Watercolour: Jean Haines – Book Review
This book was only published two days ago and I'm already reviewing it. It was a birthday present from my sister that was expected to be published...
The 18-Colour 2022 Palette
My second job was to load up the Mijello palette that I got for Christmas. It roughly follows colour wheel order but I've been careful to save the...
Testing Out New Colours
It didn’t look too cold outside today so I was out of excuses. It was time to get outside with the watercolours and start painting again. But...
Draw Faces In 15 Minutes: Jake Spicer – Book Review
In that last post, I talked about all the new art gear that I opened up on Christmas morning. Great stuff but there were no art instruction books...
Christmas Stash
As life slowly reverts back to (the new) normal, it's time for me to show off what new art gear I got for Christmas. First up is a Meeden...
H2 2021:Survey Results
Thanks to everyone that's voted. It's time for me to accept that I'm unlikely to get many (or any?) more responses in, so it's time for me to look...
H2 2021 Poll
I reckon it's that sort of time. I've created another of my biannual art polls. If anyone can spare a couple of minutes to vote, I'd be very...
Landscape Artist Of The Year 2022
I've entered Landscape Artist Of The Year again. For my main landscape submission, I chose Hartlip Church In The Snow. I was allowed to submit a...
Drawing And Painting People: A Fresh Approach, Emily Ball – Book Review
Where to start? I guess I could tell you it's a 144 page paperback. The title suggests it's about drawing and painting people and when you look...
How To Make A Watercolor Paint Itself, Nita Engle – Book Review
Everybody knew this book review was coming, but what's the verdict? It's a 144 page paperback, first published in 1999. It has a nostalgic feel...
The Art Of Urban Sketching, Gabriel Campanario – Book Review
I'm still making my way through my birthday books and this one has taken a while to get through as it's a 320 page paperback monster. This is...
Color Choices, Stephen Quiller – Book Review
You knew it was coming and here it is - the Stephen a Quiller book review. This is a book that's been on my list for a while and I've now finally...
The Gusti Leder Yannick Stationery Case
First a bit of news. As well as putting detailed posts up here, I share my artwork in other places. One of those places is Instagram where the...
The Big Book Of Realistic Drawing Secrets, Carrie Stuart Parks & Rick Parks – Book Review
Another birthday book. This is a 224 page paperback. It's a book that's aimed at people wanting to draw with graphite pencils. It feels more...
Painting Animals In Watercolour, Liz Chaderton – Book Review
Another birthday book. This is a 112 page long paperback. So slightly short on pages but also small in other ways, being only about 7 inches by...
Create Perfect Paintings, Nancy Reyner – Book Review
Now this is more like it. This is a 144 page hardback that I've been after for a while and that I was very glad to see appear at the door over the...