Tag: learning
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Beta series Stillman and Birn – initial thoughts
Second painting in my Beta series Stillman and Birn and so far not that impressed. This is the brand that both Liz steel (urbane sketcher) and Jane Blundell (fine art watercolour painter) both seem to agree on but my initial sketch and wash seem ok but there was a little pilling where there were too…
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Limited colour pallette and smaller Plein air kit
Packing less always forces you to choose what’s essential. For more info about this kit see my previous post. Here’s some of my initial paintings using my Jackson sketch book, drawing with waterproof ink and then using the spray to squirt water into the lid and using my smaller basic demi palette from the art…
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Reflections of a reflection
I love this picture as it captures our first roadtrip in our new 4wd camping out west in the bush. I usually enjoy painting on roadtrips but it was our new car my husband didn’t want me to paint in the car. So for this trip I did more sketching whilst we were driving and…
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Watercolour ground test #2 texture
Based on my first watercolour ground test I found that 2-3 layers was optimal on normal printing paper (Watercolour ground tests – part 1. I was also curious to see if I could create texture with watercolour ground. I bought a few different types of rollers and sponges from Temu. I started with drawing 3…
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Pink sunrise – obsession with painting pink clouds and testing Baohong paper
I saw the most beautiful sunrise the other day it was the last day of a weekend away and didn’t get a chance to do much painting so decided to get up early to go for a run and paint the sunrise Plein air. I was able to test out my new Daiso folding chair…
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Watercolour ground tests – part 1
Watercolour ground is a medium which transforms any surface into a watercolour paper. So far I have found it to be effective on colouring books and creative bible journaling and found that I needed about 2-3 coats for it to not bleed through. See my previous post Watercolour ground for more info. One of the…
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Watercolour sketchbook comparison
Just got my new haul of watercolour sketchbooks from Jackson’s art they have a new Australian site and are offering 20% off everything. Took a few weeks for these to arrive from the UK store. Was so excited to test these out. I like to use the wet on wet sunset clouds as a great…
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Comparing masking tape vs kraft tape on different surfaces
Being a novice I read a lot of different articles and came across some artists preferring to stretch the paper before you use it, some use masking tape, others use kraft tape. I bought some kraft tape and my husband had found some scotch tape. I also wanted to use a lightweight compact surface to…
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My first big painting!
This is my first large watercolour painting of a Ken Duncan photo from WA Kimberley’s from his Chasing the light series. I was trying out using sheet paper I didn’t have a board big enough so used masking tape to a new canvas board still in its wrapping. I didn’t stretch the paper and should…
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Learning to paint in watercolour from books
For the past year (2022) I’ve been learning to paint with watercolour and remember hearing about how in art school they learn to paint by copying the masters. I have been on the hunt for some nice paintings to decorate my home with that are beautiful, calming and inspiring. I tried one or two YouTube…
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