WOW, Hahnemühle is GIVING AWAY free samples of their watercolor paper to US & Canada! Gotta love free samples. I’ve reviewed both the Cézanne and the Harmony paper so go read about them both. Go to Hahnemühle’s website and fill in the request to receive samples of these papers. Remember, it’s WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. For…
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Artwork: Lettering Flowers
As you know, I’ve been taking a lettering course from Becca @The Happy Ever Crafter. Now that I feel comfortable with forming letters I thought it was time to try a cohesive piece. Obviously there’d be lettering. But what else to put with it? I’d been thinking about flowers for the past month or so….
Hahnemühle Harmony Paper
I’ve been working on Harmony watercolor paper since before my cancer surgery so I thought it was high time I reviewed it. Ok, long story short, I LOVE this paper. Yes, it’s made of alpha-cellulose which means it’s part of Hahnemühle’s Akadamie line of student grade paper. But seriously, if “student” grade paper is this…
Hahnemühle Hand Lettering Paper & Zebra Brush Pens
I’ve been taking a free course that teaches me the basics of hand lettering. It’s called SHOW ME YOUR DRILLS and is taught by Becca of The Happy Ever Crafter. Did I mention it’s free?? Yep, a whole month of practicing the parts of letters, drills, to get you ready to learn actual lettering. That’s…
Giveaway: Zebra & Hahnemühle Swag!
GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. It’s time for another giveaway. Hahnemühle and Zebra Pens are generously sponsoring me to get product into your lucky hands. This time I’m highlighting Hahnemühle’s Sketch Diary and a whole bunch of Zebra products you can use to express yourself. Hahnemühle Sketch Diary: The Sketch Diary is kinda awesome. It has 120…
Learning Hand Lettering
I decided a few years ago that I wanted to play with a little hand lettering. To be honest, I’ve always had a fascination with calligraphy and hand lettering. I’m a lefty, I’ve had hit and miss handwriting all my life. Sometimes it looks spectacular, other times it totally sucks and is unreadable! I wanted…
Review: Zig Zag Book by Hahnemühle
The Zig Zag book is Hahnemühle’s latest offering in their vast repertoire of paper products. See all the papers and sketchbooks I use here with places to purchase all of them. If you’d like to purchase your own, I’d love it if you’d use my Amazon Affiliate link HERE. The Specs: 300 gsm/140 lb. watercolor…
Plein Air Sketching Gear
I LOVE looking at other artists’ stuff. It’s like art supply porn isn’t it?? And who doesn’t love to be able to use the word “porn” in a wholesome way. Ok, yes, it may cause you to burn your credit card into ashes as you fill your cart with new art supplies. But that’s just…
Review: Hahnemühle Sketch Diary
For the past year I’ve been using Hahnemühle’s Sketch Diary A4 to plan every project. I’ve planned the Wet Paint Schmincke Palette, two Da Vinci Trios and kept track of all the art I’ve done. Now I’m planning a project with my oil pastels. I want to find out if there are any good lower…
My 2019 Da Vinci Palette
Over the years I’ve had several iterations of my palette. If you want to read all about my thoughts and where my artist’s palette started, go here. This year I’ve gone totally Da Vinci watercolors for my 2019 palette. There are a few good reasons for that. First, these paints love me, they work the best for…