Category: Materials
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Watercolor Paper
Recommendation Let’s just get right to it. If you are a beginner, and you just want to know what you should buy… I recommend buying paper that is: Summary Watercolor paper is hands-down the most critical supply when it comes to watercolor. You can get away with inexpensive brushes, or even inexpensive paints, but nothing…
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Plein Air “Sketchbook”
Watercolor sketchbooks are really expensive. So, I bought a square of full-grain leather, and a leather sewing awl. I cut off part of the leather square, and cut it in half, then I sewed each half onto the square. To get the threads nicely spaced, I used a drafting compass to punch a hole, and…
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Pigment Tests: #1
Ron Hazell’s book recommended a pretty simple pigment test, which I have created here. I used the majority of the pigments I own, but did not use Lapis Lazuli Genuine, Titanium White, or Neutral Tint. The idea is to draw one big black vertical line with a marker, then paint horizontal lines of each pigment…