Hiya. Just a quick post to remind all of you who haven’t entered. The GIVEAWAY for Da Vinci Trios + Hahnemühle watercolor book ends tomorrow at midnight Pacific Time. Get your entries IN. And just to whet your whistle for some Da Vinci paint and some Hahnemühle paper, here’s a painting I did for Hahnemühle’s…
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Today It’s All About The Paper!
If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you know I’m a fan girl for Hahnemühle paper. I started out using Arches and loved it. I couldn’t imagine loving any paper as much as I did Arches. Then I was asked if I would like to try out Hahnemühle paper. I’m so glad…
Plein Air Painting With Hahnemühle Postcards
Many of you take your watercolors out into the field. By field I mean coffee shops, parks, and other fun places to go and paint. The activity is called Plein Air painting. It makes for such a fun little adventure to go somewhere else other than the four walls of your studio and throw paint…
Jenny’s Squirrel on Hahnemühle Britannia Quattro
I have only recently had the fortitude to move into trying to capture animals. No I don’t mean with cheese and a trap, lol. Until now, I didn’t feel confident enough in my skills to actually render a drawing that encompassed all the wonderful things animals embody. They’re so cute, fluffy, curious and full of…
Playing with my “Juicy” Trio
I’m working with my Da Vinci “Juicy” Trio again today, using both Hahnemühle Quattro Skizzie paper and my Leda Sketchbook. I wanted to show that you don’t have to work like I do, this paint works in many ways and on many kinds of paper. This first piece is done on Hahnemühle’s Quattro Skizzie Sketch paper….
Leonardo & Deconstructed Olive Oil
I’ve already said (Here and Here) that I love Hahnemühle’s Cézanne watercolor paper, either hot or cold pressed. While Cézanne is their 140lb/300gsm Leonardo is the 300lb/600gsm version of Cézanne! These olives are done on the hot pressed watercolor paper. I’m hoping to also try the cold pressed soon. So far, so good. I’m still…
Review: Cézanne Watercolor Paper by Hahnemühle
This is some awesome watercolor paper! I have worked on Arches ever since I started using watercolors but then Hahnemühle sent me a block of their Cézanne watercolor paper. The paper is hot pressed, 140lb/300gsm watercolor paper and I’m absolutely HOOKED. This is such a beautiful paper to work on. The paper is mould-made of 100%…
Valentines Cards With Hahnemühle Postcards
Yesterday I showed you a few ideas for making love notes using Hahnemühle YouTangle.Art tiles. But what if you have more to say? Does your valentine need a beefier card with a little more real estate for you to go to town on? Does your love need more room to make itself known? If so,…
Will You Be My Valentine? (Love Note Ideas)
Do you buy your Valentine’s Day cards or do you make them yourself? I just cannot purchase a card, I always make them. I think, “I’m an artist, the least I can do is use my skills to make the card personal”. There’s no way around it, gotta get the pens and pencil crayons out,…
Hahnemühle Postcard Review
Hanhemuhle generously sent me a tin of their postcards for review purposes. I decided ’tis the season for Christmas cards! I can’t think of a better use of these cool, sturdy postcards than decorating them for family and friends. The specs for these little gems are as such: Hahnemuhle Postcards: Paper Weight: 230gsm Paper Details:…