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Is this the best art trolley ever? Meeden art trolley review

Hello, Since I have been painting landscapes in oils, I have been striving to keep this new venture separate from my usual job, which is painting watercolour botanicals. This desirable separation is both physical and psychological.Physical because my oils are messy and the painting area, my clothes and even my face get the regular smudge… Continue reading Is this the best art trolley ever? Meeden art trolley review

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Painting Experiments: Water-Soluble Oils Schmincke Norma Blue Revealed

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

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Paints & Pigments 01 – Your questions answered

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

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Live session with Julia Trickey

Hi everyone, Next Thursday I am doing a live online session with Julia Trickey. Julia is a great botanical artist and lovely person who has a programme of online talks in which she invites other botanical artists to talk about specific subjects.The theme for mine is, obviously, colour-mixing! In the first part I will explain… Continue reading Live session with Julia Trickey

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Daniel Smith Sugilite Genuine tested in 110 mixes

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