Aug 26, 2010 · I’d like to do a painting (on watercolour paper, or illustration board) that uses acrylic paint very sparingly for certain flat/opaque/dark valued areas; and the rest of the areas …

Sep 16, 2017 · Now in order to make an absorbent ground you must find an ingredient that will absorb water ( and so watercolour) instead of repelling it. And that probably isn’t gypsum or …

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Jul 29, 2013 · Watercolour paper comes, usually, in three types of surface….rough, NOT (or CP, cold pressed …NOT means, literally, not hot pressed, and Hot pressed. Here is an official …

Jun 18, 2016 · I avoid stretching watercolor paper sheets before I start my watercolor compositions by painting wet-on-dry or by using watercolor blocks. I do experience minimal …

Mar 3, 2018 · I am fairly new to watercolor. I have taken several classes and I'm currently working in a book by Michael Lakin. (Beginner's Guide to Botanical Flower Painting). […]

Jun 6, 2017 · My experience…. Daniel Smith on left, W&N on right: buff titanium -no pyrrole crimson- don’t know pth. blue rs — same undersea green — this is just pthalo and black, no …

Sep 23, 2016 · The responses to my last post were so useful, thought I’d dive in with another question. Check out the image attached by pop surrealist Mark Ryden, the original executed in …

May 26, 2011 · This is a controversial subject Jan and a lot of hot air has been expended on it. Views differ but I say, although I personally use artists quality paints in various makes (I’m a …

Apr 7, 2009 · I’m reading through Watercolour Tips & Techniques which is an omnibus collection of books by Arnold Lowrey, Wendy Jelbert, Geoff Kersey and Barry Herniman. In the Kersey …