Candice's Studio Blog

This June, I "sort of" participated in the 30 x 30 Direct Painting Challenge on social media.  I say, "sort of" because I knew entering it that I ...

  I get a lot of questions from students about Watercolour blocks and often first time watercolourists buy one and unsure how to use it. Like most ...

  Have you ever forgotten to put the cap back on a tube of watercolour, only to have it completely dry out? Do you want to be able to squeeze every...

  I just finished teaching a workshop through the University of Guelph Arboretum on getting started in Painting Watercolours En Plein Air.  I love...

As watercolour artists, we are trained to use the white of the paper for our highlights and we learn to build up a painting from light to dark. Wa...

I first stumbled on Urban Sketching in 2015, I think I first saw it on Pinterest. I started carrying around a tiny moleskin everywhere and sketchin...

  On my first trip to Europe in 2010, I took around 700 photos over the 9 days I was there. 700 Photos! That's about 70 photos a day of buildings, ...

Spring has sprung in Canada and I am excited to take my watercolours and paint outdoors again. I get a lot of questions from students about what c...

As Spring returns, it is bringing back a lot of the feelings from the first two lockdowns. Sometimes these past two years seem like they crawled b...

Beginner Artists often go out and buy a shiny new set of 12 drawing pencils. They usually come in a snazzy looking tin. But why do you need a doze...

I just saw on Instagram a 2 Day Challenge this month to "Buy No Art Supplies" for 2  days . . . . It is scheduled for February 30th and 31st.  . ....

For me, one of the best ways to get inspiration is to get out of my studio and paint outdoors. But it has been a cold few months and without some w...