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Reading Time: 9 minutesPreviously, we discussed some basic ways of categorising pigments, looking at the organic/inorganic and natural/synthetic definitions and then progressing a little into qualities in use. I am going to continue this, in a series of four further posts, diving a little deeper in the categorisations …
Reading Time: 13 minutesAs has probably been obvious, I have been acquiring quite a few interesting and exciting pigments over the past couple of years, starting with some earths to compliment the foraged earths that I have been collecting, and then branching out into creating some of my …
Reading Time: 12 minutesGetting to the bottom of how pigments (and indeed different preparations thereof) behave ultimately can become a bit of a rabbit hole. I will aim in this post to wander, perhaps circuitously, through some of my thoughts and considerations when exploring and using different pigments …
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe decided to make a further attempt at Hebden Bridge and Todmorden the other day not, of course, not prompted by the aquisition of more Wallace Seymour, but solely by the suggestion of slightly better weather. After something like 41 days of solid rain in …
Reading Time: 4 minutesI have always had a bit of a journey with acrylics. While it has been around in use by artists since the 1960s, Hockney being a key early adopter, I do not recall it really being about in the 80s and early 90s when I …
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis was another Christmas list present last year, and while I’ve used the colours in various paintings I’ve not really sat down to write up a bit about them until now. I’ve always been quite taken with the work of Jean Haines, particualry her floral …
Reading Time: 3 minutesSchminke have released a set of limited edition watercolours, developed and produced in collaboration with various artists. I’d thought about ordering some of these, but generally tried to behave slightly, until they appeared in Fred Aldous, when I was in town shepherding my child about …
Reading Time: 4 minutesOk, so this sounds like some weird Monty Python extrapolation, and I guess I am being a little abstract here, but hey, that’s my brain. As is very obvious, I have developed a bit of an obsession with sourcing the weirdest and wonderfullest, or perhaps …
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs seems to be not uncommon with my brain, I find something, I get obsessed. I’m talking of course about more Wallace Seymour watercolours. To be fair, these are not going to become my primary materials, but there is something about them that speaks to …
Reading Time: 4 minutesAfter the small set of Daniel Smith Primatek Watercolours I received for Christmas a couple of years ago, I have slowly collected a few more from this range. I am very much still in two minds about these. There is increasing muttering that these are …
Reading Time: 12 minutesThis is the first in a series of posts, leading up to a display and discussion of the various palletes (of which there are many) that I have acquired, put together and use in my watercolour practice. Both for the purposes of adding my opinions …
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve just spent an absolute tonne of money on paper… While you can create impressive artwork on and with anything, it is certainly the case that for certain techniques, having good quality watercolour paper can make a lot of difference. Three of my favourites are …