I was opening my second PENTRISTA Empty18 Well Plastic Painting Palette, when it occurred to me that other people might be interested in it. I liked it enough to buy […]
Written by Sandra Strait
Written by Sandra Strait
Each pan of paint from Khannah’s Honey Hues is a four to eight week production. It starts with the mixing of the binder, through the pouring of 6+ layers, and […]
Written by Sandra Strait
Tangle All Around: Our Art, Our Journey was ranked number #1 in Amazon’s Pen & Ink Drawing for several days after it was released. Alice Hendon, artist and author of […]
Written by Sandra Strait
For some time now, Schmincke has been releasing curated sets of Schmincke HORADAM AQUARELL Supergranulating colors. Each set of has a theme, with a range of complimentary colors chosen to […]
Written by Sandra Strait
I was quite pleased to receive a set of 160 Ohuhu Water Based Brush Markers and two Ohuhu Marker Pads Art Sketchbooks to review. The dual-tipped markers come in a […]
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Just looking at the cover of Rediscovering Gouache by Aljoscha Blau tells you this isn’t your usual How To book. There be Dragons here! Well, not really, but there are […]
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The Paul Rubens Artist’s Watercolour 24 Colour Set, Fourth Generation is a professional quality set, just recently released. There is a set with 24 colors and one with 36 colors. […]
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The new Sketching Stuff™ Watercolor Color Pan Set was curated by Charlie O’Shields and is available from Da Vinci Paint Co. Wait! Charlie O’Shields? Sketching Stuff? Isn’t Charlie the founder […]
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Today I’m here to show you how to do a painting is of a young boy and his dog wandering through trees on a snowy night. These instructions could be […]
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Did you know DANIEL SMITH now makes gouache? I was thrilled to receive the DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Gouache Primary Mixing Set, which includes Hansa Yellow Medium, Pyrrol Red, Ultramarine […]
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The Art Nomad Professional Watercolor Paint Set from ZenArt isn’t the smallest travel set or the lightest, but it is one of the handiest and most complete. With 6 brushes, […]
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At first look, you might think these are paint chip samples, but Nicholson’s Peerless Transparent Watercolors are “DryColor Sheets”. Also called DrySheets, they are made of a proprietary fabric-based card […]
Written by Sandra Strait