It’s time for another giveaway with Hahnemühle and Zebra! I’m thrilled to have both Hahnemühle and Zebra Pens on board to bring you some great prizes. Both companies have generously supplied a gift and I’m throwing in some cool swag too. Hahnemühle is providing their spectacular Watercolor Book in the A5 landscape size. This sketchbook…
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Cappuccino Book: What A Little Color Can Do
When Hahnemühle came out with the Grey Book I wondered if they’d eventually make a tan version. Well, that’s the Cappuccino. I thought I couldn’t love toned paper more but I was wrong. I also thought grey toned paper was my favorite, wrong again. Who knew? Maybe it’s because of the name. You all know…
For Neesie: Daffodils in Bloom
I have a friend who’s all the way over in Aberdeenshire Scotland. Her name is Denise Allen but I call her Neesie. We’ve been friends for a good number of years although we’ve never met. I’d love to see her one day and give her a big hug. She’s awesome. She has her own chickens…
Heralding Spring In Cappuccino Book
I’m so sick of being cold. Ya, really over this winter thing. I live in the West Coast of Canada and winter is kind of a hardship here. We just don’t have the resources, let alone the mittens, to handle cold weather! I want Spring. Right now. I demand it. So, I decided to draw…
I’m A Zebra Pen Artist Ambassador!
The other day I was talking about some of the techniques I use to save paintings that otherwise would hit the bin. The Artichoke below would have been one of those duds without liberal use of Brilliant Opera Rose. I used buckets of it, lol. The purples just weren’t popping and to get that deep,…
Hyper-Realism & The Fork
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…
Leda Sketchbook Flowers + Coupon Code
I love working in the Leda sketchbook (review). It has so many pages (160) that I never have to feel guilty about just playing. It’s wonderful to just let my artistic muse play, not think about balance or composition or perfection. I can just get the pens or pencils out and go nuts. It’s awesome….
Leda Sketchbook Review
I was so thrilled when Leda Art Supply(Website) asked me if I’d like to review their sketchbooks (US, CAN). They then asked me to be a brand ambassador. Yes please. (Stay tuned, at the end of this post there’s info on a coupon code and a GIVEAWAY!) I’ve been running my new sketchbook through it’s…
Crayola + Cézanne: The Power Of Creativity
In my Cézanne Watercolor paper review I showed you my unfinished Crayola crayon drawing. I thought you might want to see how it turned out. I’d have to say, my second favorite paper to use pencil crayon on is my Cézanne hot pressed Hahnemühle paper. For watercolor, it’s my number one. I have recently tried the cold…
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…