I was working in my Greybook by Hahnemühle (Canadian shoppers try Jackson’s). I love this paper and find it endlessly fun to capture objects using my Faber-Castell watercolor pencils. When I want to create something hyper-realistic, this is my place to come. I love working out every shadow and highlight. It makes my mind work…
Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils
An Apple A Day…
As I’ve said many times, I LOVE MY Hahnemühle GREY BOOK!! The paper in this toned sketchbook is just awesome. No, you can’t paint in Greybook as it’s not made for watercolor but holy cow, the hand of this paper is wonderful. You get eighty pages of 120gsm grey toned paper bound into a beautiful…
Put A Bow On It In Nostalgie
Hiya. Currently, in bits and bobs, I’m working in my Nostalgie Sketchbook by Hahnemuhle. The one I have is the A4 landscape, I love that size. I haven’t been around as much as usual for a couple of good reasons. I’m working on two big projects that I can’t talk about but are so exciting,…
Mushrooms in Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook
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…
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…
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…
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…
Finding A New Direction
The title seems highly appropriate with both my life in general and the artwork I’ve done. I have been so surprised at how much I’m enjoying the exactness of the Faber-Castell watercolor pencils I’ve been using. I love the painterly approach of watercolors but with watercolor pencils I get the best of both worlds. I…
Can I Borrow Your Pencil?
I’m having a boat load of fun on the toned paper and I have another dozen I want to do. I haven’t even started using the toned paper journals yet. Tomorrow, lol. I find it interesting how a simple pencil looks drawn on toned paper. It adds interest just by adding a toned background. Go…
World Watercolor Month is Done
Unfortunately I didn’t get to participate as much as I’d like to have this year in #World Watercolor Month. But I’m happy to have gotten one last drawing in before it was over yesterday. I’ve been working on this page (i.e.. I sketched it out and promptly forgot about it) for a whole month. I…