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Direct Painting Challenge - June 2022
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 ...
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How to Remove Pages from Watercolour Blocks and why you should try them!
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 ...
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Don't Throw Away Dried Out Tubes of Watercolour! (Here's What To Do Instead!)
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...
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My Favourite Plein Air Supplies
I just finished teaching a workshop through the University of Guelph Arboretum on getting started in Painting Watercolours En Plein Air. I love...
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Using Black Watercolour Paper
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...
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What is Urban Sketching?
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...
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Why you should start Sketching on your Vacations instead of taking Photos!
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, ...
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Whats in my Plein Air Palette?
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...
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2 Year Anniversary of Teaching Online - Silver Linings
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...
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2B or Not 2B - Artist Pencil Guide
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...
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Free (Or Almost Free) Art Supplies
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.
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7 Ways to Get out of a Creative Slump!
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...
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