Hello all! I hope this week went beautifully for everyone. I’m back to remind you about Hahnemühle’s newest watercolor paper, The Collection. I’ve loved working on it, I think it may now be my favorite paper. My fave used to be Cézanne (also Hahnemühle-surprise, they do make spectacular paper) but this paper usurps that title….
watercolor paintings
How I Paint Glass
This is my latest ball jar painting. I love painting glass. It’s ridiculously fun. I remember when I first started painting. I looked upon other people’s art where they’d captured the beauty and transparence of glass. HOW did they do that? It looked so complicated. Well, it is and it isn’t. Now that I have…
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…
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…