Rabbit Ears Cap: Painting with Acrylics and Coloured Pencils Acrylics are such a versatile medium. You can use them spread thickly as you might with oils, thinned down with water…
I never do any painting on linen so bought a few lengths of different linen grades to try out. There’s such a huge variety of supports for artists to paint…
Why You Need a Stay Wet Palette If you’ve ever painted with acrylic paints then you’ll probably have come across a stay wet palette (perhaps you know it by the…
Do You Want to Draw an Easter Bunny? Easter is around the corner so it’s just the right time to learn how to draw a bunny rabbit. Follow this easy…
Why do you need to stretch watercolour paper? Watercolour paper likes to buckle. It will buckle at the slightest hint of moisture, at least that’s how it can seem sometimes!…
Should ballerinas be slender and svelte? Well these ones aren’t and they look nice and elegant to me! I had a trial pack of Stonehenge Aqua watercolour paper lying about…
This Artist’s Sketchbooks It’s very hard to leave an art shop without spending money, there are always so many things you’d like to try or things you need to stock…
I didn’t know you could get specialist shoes for ten pin bowling. I suppose I’ve never had reason to think about it, I’ve only ever been bowling twice! Apparently you…
I hadn’t realised how much I use my palette knife until it went AWOL. What a disaster! I’ve only ever done 1 palette knife painting but I use it to…
I’ve been trying out Lana Vanguard Polypropylene paper, it’s made in France and similar to Yupo paper. I’ll stick to writing ‘Yupo’ though as it’s a much shorter and easier…