Tag: watercolour paper
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Japan stationary haul!
Last year we did a trip to Japan Osaka and I managed to get most of the stationary I wanted to buy – mostly the travellers notebooks and sheening ink. I was surprised that most of the stores were hard to find and whilst there was a lot of pens and highlighters not all stores…
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Line and wash painting book reviews
It’s been a while since I’ve done a book review. I’ve just got a haul of watercolour and ink painting books from the library as I’ve been delving into the world of calligraphy and sketch and wash. Modern Watercolour by Kristin Van Leuven This is an old goody that have popped up. Flipping through this…
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Watercolour sketch books comparison Kmart vs talens
Found some cheap watercolour and sketch books in Kmart yesterday for only $4 each. The anko brand look exactly the same as the Talens art creation sketch book that I bought in Japan for only $5.54 (554 yen) but most books like this usually retail for $10-20 AUD in Australia. It was a good opportunity…
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Handmade watercolour sketchbook!
At the end of last year I kept the spare paper from my daughter’s exercise books and have been making little notebooks from the scrap paper just by collating the pages folding them together and using the back of the cover as a cover. Cutting to size then stapling it. It’s a great way to…
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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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Watercolour ground
My watercolour ground just arrived today. My daughter and I have been getting into bible journalling colouring books lately as it’s a fun meditative mindful activity and the bible does say to meditate on the word of God the day and night. I prefer to use watercolour to colour (faster and more vibrant) and my…
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Movie night
The first ‘good’ art sketch book I owned was a moleskin art notebook. I decided to test it out by simply painting what I could see. This coincided with our movie night, so what better way to test it out than to paint in front of the tv. I started with my husband sitting with…
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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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