I’ve used my ink-samples to paint for a while now and I thought I’d share my ‘trick’. Not really a trick, but it makes it easy to use them. Before I open the vial, I shake it, so inkdrops stick to the cap. When I take the cap off, I simply add a few drops [...]
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Magnetic paintbox
I like to switch around my paints (a lot) and found it very annoying to do so when I blue-tacked the paint to the paintbox. I like to squeeze in more paints than the official number so I removed the pan-holder from my tiny paintbox to do so.
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Trying out some paper
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Watercolour tips
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I bought some new watercolour paints and have played with them these past few days. I came up with a few handy tips that have helped me to better understand and work with these colours: Think CYMK (not RGB) RGB works for light, not paint. Also forget about that red yellow blue colourwheel you got [...]
Crawling and some sketching
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I crawled around a bit today, trying to hoover under the sofa. Today the first sketchcrawl of 2010 also took place, so I also did some drawings. I didn’t crawl during the sketching though, not good for the knees…
New art supplies (paint, paintbox, journal)
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I have this thing about art supplies. I get all happy and giddy when walking into an art supply store. I don’t necessarily have to buy anything (although I wouldn’t mind), just seeing all the colourful paper and the paints, and smell the paper makes me happy. Every once in a while I do like [...]