Tag: tools
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Beach holiday kits – final set up and paintings
So the last few posts have been the set up of my kits however I realised for my holiday I was limited with space and had to make some hard choices. So here’s what I actually took with me and what I actually used. The first kit I kept in my handbag for ink and…
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Metal stamping kit
The other day at the shops I happened to see how they do the monograming at Kiki K and noticed they use the heat transfer foil I used a while back to make illuminated verses framed using my laster printer (instead of Heidi swapp). They also charge $10 for only 3 letters. So when I…
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More plein air kits for the different styles of painting including new warm and cool triad pallete
Since I made the Upcycled makeup case to plain air kit I was looking for ways to repurpose my original A5 kit Watercolour travel kits – tools for Plein air painting and decided to go back to one of the original set ups to use up the Fabriano cold pressed pad. This kit includes –…
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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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Basic Ink sketching calligraphy kit
Putting together this kit as a Christmas present and I think this might be the most basic starter kit without having to buy a converter. The Fabriano Venezuela is a hard cover notebook and from my test watercolour painting it seemed to hold up well under wet on wet washes well. It isn’t as nice…
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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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Upcycled makeup case to plain air kit
I’m still looking for a replacement for my amazing A5 Plein air case which is falling apart. It only lasted a year or so with constant use so looking at options that are leather. I have my eye on the Kiki k sales as they use leather and the A5 continental organiser is the closest…
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New sailor fude 55 pen test sketches
Just got my new sailor fude pen with sailor converter and it’s bumped my flat rosemary and co brush from my kit. I actually bought one super cheap from temu but in this case it was a case of you get what you pay for the ink had to be pushed out manually. I managed…
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New A6 Plein air journal in leather set up
At our last camping trip I was sitting too close to the fire and some embers out a hole in the zip of my beautiful hand made pink Plein air watercolour colour kit. The zip had just snapped too so since then been hanging out for the black friday sales to find a new one…
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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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