Artiste Botanique
With all the roses in the garden, it was only a mater of minutes before I succumbed to the urge of painting one of them. I chose 'Odyssey', a pale lilac open rose with large blooms and lovely perfume. In order to keep the yellow and crimson stamen fresh and vivid, I decided to use… Continue reading Painting stamen using masking fluid
The first question that popped into my mind when I first saw Quinacridone Lilac was "Do we really need another Quinacridone sitting between the Quinacridone pinks and magentas?" The only way to find out was to try it, test it, mix it and compare it. I already have quite a few Quinacridones in my palette:… Continue reading Pigment spotlight: testing Daniel Smith Quinacridone Lilac
Hello friends, The SBA London exhibition is coming at the Mall Galleries! The preview is next Tuesday and then it goes on until Sunday. I have 3 paintings in there: the Dahlia I am using as a heading for my website (above), a big red poppy (also above, heading this post) and a quince from… Continue reading SBA London exhibition 2019
The tickets for my botanical fruit painting workshop at the Mall galleries in London on Saturday 31st of August are now available and the booking system is up and running. It's £100 for the day or £90 if you are a friend of the galleries. Please click here for details and booking on the Mall… Continue reading London Mall Galleries workshop tickets for sale
Hello everyone, I already wrote about the difference between transparent and opaque colours in a blog post here. This time I am taking it one step further: why do transparent pigments sometimes make opaque paints? 1- Transparent/opaque To recap the previous post, transparent pigments let the light through their layer to hit the paper and… Continue reading Transparent vs. opaque and why transparent pigments can turn into opaque paints
Sandrine Maugy 