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Exploring Granulating Watercolours with Schmincke & Hahnemühle

Granulation is an exciting effect to explore within the art of watercolour painting. It offers an organic, textured appearance that would be difficult to obtain via other techniques. We've taken a moment to swatch out a few of the Schmincke...

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What are QoR Iridescent and Interference Watercolors?

What they are: Interference Colors Iridescent Colors Mixing with other colors Glazing Drawing with a dip pen Wet-in-wet applications: This article was written by Cathy Jennings At Golden Artist Colors' Just Paint. From its introduction, QoR offered three shimmery shiny...

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The Energy of Watercolours with Ilona & Van Gogh

Get inspired to harness the energy of watercolours like Ilona does in this video from Van Gogh Colours. How do you feel when you think about summer, and what does summer do to you as an artist?    In this...

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The Allure of Urban Sketching with Zandro Tumaliuan

Vancouver artist and passionate urban sketcher, Zandro Tumaliuan tells us about his experience Urban Sketching. He travels the world documenting the scenes around him with pen and watercolour, and sharing his joy for this exciting medium for creating art outdoors....

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One Minute Watercolor Roses with Willow Wolfe

Get ready to bloom with these simple stroke watercolour roses! Get ready to bloom with these simple stroke flowers. These strokes are great foundational elements that can be used in all your painting and help develop great brush control. Visit...

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How to work with the liquid, pigment-based watercolour Schmincke AQUA DROP

Discover The Finest Liquid Watercolours Schmincke Aqua Drop Liquid, pigment-based, highly lightfast, water-soluble, ready-to-use and water-thinnable watercolour 24 colours in a 30 ml plastic pipette bottle with a ball to shake up Ideal for watercolour painting, urban sketching, calligraphy, hand-lettering,...

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Painting Portraits with Schmincke Aquadrop Liquid Watercolor

Discover The Finest Liquid Watercolours Schmincke Aqua Drop Liquid, pigment-based, highly lightfast, water-soluble, ready-to-use and water-thinnable watercolour 24 colours in a 30 ml plastic pipette bottle with a ball to shake up Ideal for watercolour painting, urban sketching, calligraphy, hand-lettering,...

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The Colourful Journey of Daniel Smith

In this video, owner and CEO of Daniel Smith Artists' Materials John Cogley, talks about the history and organic growth of Daniel Smith. John also talks about the process behind the colours, clearly demonstrating his passion for colour.

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