Rachel Fong Art – my journey into watercolour and life
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Masking tape Test 2 for larger paintings
I’ve previously done a comparison of different masking tape which you can read more on Comparing masking tape vs kraft tape on different surfaces. This was great at the time I was figuring out the best way to set up my plein air kits and only had access to sheets of paper which required taping.…
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Planner review Stirling ink vs hobonichi + staology bonus
Finally got my hands on a Stirling ink planner for their 4th of July sale they were clearing their 2026 planners. I have been bullet journaling with various blank notebooks for a few years. I typically carry at least 3 – notebooks with various types of paper and spreads usually a weekly, daily bullet journal…
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Sourdough in a bread machine + feeding the starter
Now for something different. This is for anyone who happened to get a sourdough starter from me. I’m actually trying to clear my backlog of sourdough so baking to give away. Recipe This is my recipe I used in the bread machine. Add the follow ingredients to the bread machine basket in order: 200g water…
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Hope through reflection
Reflecting on my travels through the valley in the shadow of death, the stark eerie white trees rising out of the water resilient through fire and flood. Through reflection, I can look towards the lighthouse, towards hope in Jesus Christ, my saviour. The inspiration I recall the joy of our first 4wd camping trip, looking…
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Painting the sunrise
One of the things I love to do when camping is to wake up before dawn and paint the sunrise. We often camp near the beach so this is also a chance to practise painting waves which I’ve yet to fully master. I love seeing the changes in colour and find that it’s a new…
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Jesus is risen! Happy easter with my first themed series of paintings
The theme was messy church and the brief was to paint a series of 3 paintings the cross, the resurrection, a messy church. It was a quick fun challenge (two done in an evening and the final finished the next day) I was asked to do an option for our church sermon series for Easter.…
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Pocket porcelain palette anko knock off of the etcher
Couldn’t walk past this discovery in Target. Today I was trolling the art supplies and the portable paint brush stand caught my eye. When I looked closer I noticed the word porcelain then the picture looked just like the etcher pocket porcelain palette. For $12. Porcelain you can’t go wrong decided to buy it just…
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Happy new year – trying out some textured art
We saw some lovely textured art paintings that were quite expensive the and thought I could do that. So have been looking at buying some modelling paste to wanting to try out textured art and at $30 for 250ml decided to wait to boxing day sales. Reading up about this the lower quality paste can…
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Getting back into a painting habit
When I first got into painting I was so excited to use my new paints and kits I used to paint every day. I quit Facebook for a year and it was easy to find time after dinner I would paint my family or the food. But life got busy, travel, then the sales to…
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New inks fresh from Japan
Here’s the inks in the order purchased. I managed to do the whole 8 floors of Itoya (Ginza, Tokyo, Japan) stationary, craft and art supplies in one hour. The inks I already know are mostly the same price from store to store but stock is usually limited or different. So I went with the rule…
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