Sorry I’ve been absent for a while. I’m hoping you missed me a little. Lately I’ve been working in my new Nostalgie sketchbook from Hahnemühle. I’ll be doing a comprehensive review on the sketchbook later in the month but until then here’s some simple details. The sketchbook has 80 pages that are suitable for light…
Watercolor Pencil Art
Price Alert: Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer Watercolor Pencils
Hi All! I haven’t done a PRICE ALERT for a long time. But I just came across a fabulous deal on Amazon for Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer Watercolor Pencils. The price is significantly better than even Dick Blick and they’re on Prime so Prime members get free shipping! These are my goto pencil crayons. I use…
Review: “Tangle Starts” by Alice Hendon
“Tangle Starts” by Alice Hendon of “The Creator’s Leaf” is a colorful book of backgrounds to help you bring your Zentangles to life. But this book is also so much more. Amazon’s Description: Love to create zentangle/tangle art on colorful backgrounds? Are you a collage artist who loves to cut, tear, rip and glue to…
Stillman & Birn Nova Series Sketchbooks Review
Stillman & Birn make a large range of watercolor & mixed media sketchbooks, varying the paper weight, color and binding. Their newest selection is the Nova Series 150gsm toned paper sketchbooks for mixed media. They generously sent me one of each new color (grey, beige & black) of toned paper they’re offering. The Nova series paper…
Strathmore Toned Sketchbook Review
Strathmore generously sent me one of their grey toned sketchbooks for review purposes. I also purchased some of their toned tiles to supplement this review. The sketchbook they sent was the 400 series grey toned hardbound sketchbook, the softcover is also available on Amazon. Strathmore offers hardbound, softcover, wire bound, pads and even cards &…
Toned Paper: Hahnemühle Grey Book
I’ve had some serious fun learning the best techniques when using toned paper in the last few months. When I got the idea to compare and contrast the most available brands, I hadn’t realized how totally addictive making art on toned paper would be. I am so grateful to the companies who provided product for…
Toned Paper: Global Art Materials Kona Pads
Global Art Materials generously sent me both colors of their Kona toned paper pads. Their Kona paper is made from “a unique blend of recycled coffee bean bag fibers and post consumer fibers.” This makes for strong paper with a good tooth, perfect for artists who work with dry media like watercolor pencils, pencil crayons,…
Toned Paper: Fabriano Ingres Pad
This is the first in a series of reviews of Toned paper. I have been lucky enough to work with the top brands who make toned paper. Fabriano agreed to participate and sent me a beautiful Ingres toned pad. The 9″ x 12″ wire bound pad is rare and hard to get but you can…
Hyper-Realism
Just a quick post tonight as I’ve been up every night this week until the wee hours working on my new WordPress website and blog. It’s coming along and I think it’ll be ready to debut in about a week. I still have to get my webmaster to check my work as I’m learning all…
Wanna French Fry?
The Ferry between the mainland & Vancouver Island I am inordinately attracted to feeding seagulls. I think it started because I was raised on the West Coast of Canada and rode the ferries back and forth from the mainland to Vancouver Island so many times as a young child. Back then the ferries used to…