7 Easy Tutorials to try During Isolation/Lockdown
With more places around the globe entering states of lockdown,… Read More »7 Easy Tutorials to try During Isolation/Lockdown
Watercolour Pencils
How I Paint Auroras
My husband is pretty much obsessed with the northern lights,… Read More »How I Paint Auroras
Quick Watercolour Lightning Tutorial
It’s been pretty much forever since I’ve last done a… Read More »Quick Watercolour Lightning Tutorial
A Watercolour Comparison
This post is basically a result of a question I’ve… Read More »A Watercolour Comparison
Snowy Watercolour
Inspired by the snow and the Rocky Mountains, I painted… Read More »Snowy Watercolour
Draw and Paint a Barn Owl
This tutorial is brought to you by request. 🙂 I… Read More »Draw and Paint a Barn Owl
Rainy Watercolour Tutorial
This was such a fun little project, especially after about… Read More »Rainy Watercolour Tutorial
Simple Watercolour Pencil Trees
When looking through my watercolour journal, I realised two things:… Read More »Simple Watercolour Pencil Trees
Step-By-Step Illustration
I’ve started painting again, amid the madness that is immigration,… Read More »Step-By-Step Illustration
Autumn Watercolour
Huge excitement hit my house yesterday when my brand new Moleskine watercolour journal arrived. And, of course, like an energised kid, I had to try it out immediately.
I drew inspiration from the colouring and falling leaves here in the north – something I’ve always wanted to try painting. At the same time, I wanted to do a tutorial for you. You won’t believe how easy it is to get this effect!
So let’s get to it.
Colourful Watercolour
This isn’t a tutorial as much as a photo-diary of the steps I followed to create this painting. It’s really very simple, so I’m tagging it as beginner.
Honestly, the most difficult part is getting the violin symmetrical! If that’s something you struggle with, you can always try to find a stencil or print out a violin to trace (though I don’t know how well you’ll be able to trace through watercolour paper). If you’re not feeling the violin, I bet this kind of thing will also work well with flowers, skylines or whatever else blows back your hair.
Watercolour Mountains
I’ve been looking at some photos from our trip to… Read More »Watercolour Mountains
Watercolour Pencil Tricks
Yay, a tutorial, inspired by my friend Tallulah. 🙂
Before we get started though, a disclaimer. This is how I use these things. Some other, more experienced artist will probably tell you not to do what I do, and that’s OK. Like everything in life, we all need to find our own personal hacks to make what we do look like magic.
If you’ve experimented and found simpler ways to do things, please drop me a line! I’d love to learn too.
Review – Farber Castell Albrecht Durer Watercolour Pencils
A lot of my art-loving friends have asked me how I find these pencils and, since you want to read about art related stuff, I figured I’d do a review.
I got these puppies last Christmas and have been using them at least twice a week since. Without spoiling the review, I love them. I’ve had other brands of watercolour pencils before, including the budget range from Farber Castell, but these are my favourite by far.
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