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Roymac revolution quill mop brush review
I recently bought a new synthetic brush made by micador called the Roymac revolution. I was so impressed I immediately bought two more in the same size. And I’ll probably ...
I don’t actually like the term pop art.
It’s true. For one thing, I don’t like the word ‘pop’. I never just ‘pop’ down to the shops. I never just ‘pop’ in somewhere. I never thought of my ...
The heart
The hearts are often the centrepiece of my artworks. Did you know that the word for ‘heart’ in Italian is ‘cuore’? (cuore also means “core”). And so the heart really ...
Vermillion
Of all the colours I have struggled with the most, it is probably orange. The reason is that many of the oranges did not seem natural to me, they are ...
The Staedtler lumocolor glasochrom pencil.
If you’re wondering what type of wax pencil I use in all my artworks, it’s none other than the Staedtler lumocolor glasochrom pencil (in black). The reason is that many ...
Cadmium red purple.
Yes you read right, cadmium purple. There is such a thing. By Old Holland. I was intrigued by the thought of this, so I bought it. And it is indeed ...
What erasers do I use and recommend? (for tight spots)
Tombow mono zero eraser review: Once every now and then one must erase something… in a tight spot. And yet we don’t want to erase the adjacent sections that are ...
What erasers do I use and recommend? (for ink marks, not pencil marks)
Tombow mono sand eraser review: Sometimes we make genuine mistakes. We make marks on paper with some kind of a pen, not pencil. Uh oh. In these kinds of situations, ...
Praseodymium yellow
The only Winsor & Newton colour that’s in my palette is their lemon yellow deep. The reason is that it’s a really amazing warmish mid-yellow. Schmincke has nothing like it. ...
What erasers do I use and recommend? (for removing pencil marks)
Faber-Castell “dust-free” eraser review. What erasers do I use and recommend? Well it depends on the purpose. If I want to remove ordinary pencil marks, I reach for a Faber-Castell ...
Colour accuracy during scanning
As we beginning to upload new works, We seem to be having a bit of trouble getting colours to display correctly. We want to represent the artworks onscreen accurately so ...
What sort of watercolour brushes do I use?
Unlike with my choice of pigments, I am not nearly so fussy with my brushes. I am using very basic brushes made by Mont Marte®. These are the traditional watercolour ...
The brain.
I’ve always thought brains reminded me of walnuts (or rather, walnuts reminded me of brains) and so I draw the whole corpus callosum (a) in the shape of a walnut ...
Rare green Earth
Another Schmincke colour that I stopped using is their #516, green earth. Why? Because along with PBr7, it contains pthalo green PG7 that’s why. Ugh. Daniel Smith’s rare green Earth ...
Cobalt violet PV49
One of the other colours in my palette is cobalt violet, but not Schmincke cobalt violet hue. I’m referring to Daniel Smith’s cobalt violet (PV49). It’s a single pigment colour ...
The holy grail.
I woke up early today* (which is rare, because I’m more of a night owl). And I managed to do two drawings (outlines) before midday. I’m quite pleased about that. ...
Old Holland cold grey
One of only two Old Holland colours I’m using. I needed a cold grey for my larger works of art. I found this and it works. It’s exactly what it ...
Update: my artwork process
I’ve been quite inspired and motivated these past few weeks. And I think part of the reason is that I haven’t spent as much time on social media. Well none ...
A quick sneak peek at my next artwork.
Here’s a sneak peek at one of my upcoming artworks. Here you can see that the outlines have been completed and it is ready for painting. I don’t always do ...
The culture of coexistence and consumerism.
A captivating and vibrant investigation into the dichotomy of modern life As a species, we’re both inhabitants and consumers of the natural world. This piece invites you to examine our ...
van den hooven business cards arrived yesterday!
The main feature is that they are an extremely minimalist design. The ‘reversed’ text is the colour of the paper and has been “knocked-out” of a large block of orange ...
What pencils do I use and recommend?
What pencils do I use and recommend? I pretty much exclusively use the classic Staedtler mars lumograph 2B pencil. For writing and drawing. First of all I just like the ...
Cobalt turquoise
Cobalt turquoise (PG50) is one of those colours that I instantly fell in love with. There’s nothing else like it. Nothing comes close. The next closest cobalt colours, cobalt cerulean ...