Artiste Botanique
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
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
I cannot tell you how excited I was when I discovered that Winsor & Newton were releasing a range of Cadmium substitutes. I have long been in favour of ditching the Cadmiums for good. Their devastating environmental impact just isn't worth keeping them, especially with more modern pigments coming in all the time. For this… Continue reading Pigment spotlight:Cadmium-free Cadmiums by Winsor & Newton
Good stormy, rainy morning! I made a new video about the 'Neptune'. It shows the road test in different conditions. As well as seeing the brush performance it gives you a chance to see me demonstrate wet-in-wet and pretty extreme dry brush techniques, while painting a quince and some blackbirds. I really put that brush… Continue reading New video: testing the synthetic squirrel brush ‘Neptune’
Hello everyone! On the 31st of August, I will run a Botanical fruit painting watercolour masterclass at the Mall Galleries in London, from 11am to 4pm. I am very excited about this, I hope you will be too... I will post a link as soon as the tickets are for sale. Come and join me...Only… Continue reading Exciting masterclass at the Mall Galleries in London
Sandrine Maugy 