Artiste Botanique
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, Today I am posting something that means a lot to me: Daniel Smith have released the Sandrine Maugy palette, in the form of one of their dot cards! As you know by now, Daniel Smith is my favourite paint brand. I love their choices of pigments, the fact that most of their paints… Continue reading The official Daniel Smith Sandrine Maugy Palette
I probably did... Moonglow is a ready-made grey by Daniel Smith. I am not generally fond of ready-made greys because they are often made of a black pigment mixed with something else to soften the colour. Moonglow is different: the grey is obtained not by using a black as a base, but by mixing three… Continue reading Did I mention how much I like Daniel Smith Moonglow?
It's tulip time in the garden and I have in my sight the beautiful Tulipa 'Ballerina', a bright orange lily-flowered tulip that glows in the early spring sun. Its waxy tepals show an array of orange variations, from the undertones of green bias yellow to the red bias orange of the central veins on the… Continue reading 108 orange mix variations for flower painters and botanical artists
Hello everyone, it's been a while! I have been working on my next book, writing articles for Artists & Illustrators Magazine, working for my Patreon site and also working on a massively exciting project with Fabriano... I love their papers, I like their ethics and the people I am in touch with at Fabriano are… Continue reading Testing and reviewing Daniel Smith MAYAN YELLOW
Sandrine Maugy 