Artiste Botanique
Hi everyone, As the summer approaches and I am painting more landscapes, I have a mission to put together my ideal plein air painting kit. It is quite a challenge for me because wherever I go I tend to pack the kitchen sink… You should see the amount of art stuff I take with me… Continue reading Meeden easel box field test and review
Hello everyone, For Christmas last year I treated myself to an unusual subscription: a quarterly box of pencils. I love Blackwing pencils and I find their themes usually resonate with me. I hesitated with the subscription because their quarterly boxes come from the USA, and the postage is steep. But in the end I thought… Continue reading Unboxing Blackwing Pencils Volume 343: A Nostalgic Experience
Hello everyone, Wow, 2 posts in rapid succession, that’s unusual and probably highly unexpected :)I have recently been exploring painting landscapes in a semi-abstract style using water-soluble oils and I wanted to share with you what I found in my experiments…I received a starter set of basic colours from the Schmincke Norma Blue range to… Continue reading Painting Experiments: Water-Soluble Oils Schmincke Norma Blue Revealed
Hello everyone, A couple of weeks ago, botanical artist Julia Trickey kindly invited me to do an online talk as part of her series called "Botanical Talks". Of course, my first one had to be about colour and pigments. We ran out of time for me to answer all the questions at the end of… Continue reading Paints & Pigments 01 – Your questions answered
Hi everyone, As autumn is here, I am starting to turn towards more neutral colours. The painting I just finished is a bright orange and saturated blue Strelitzia, the end of summer on Patreon. Now these bright hues are gone and the browns and greys are coming in, with the occasional surge of automnal red.… Continue reading Daniel Smith Sugilite Genuine tested in 110 mixes
Sandrine Maugy 