Manganese blue barium manganate sulfate pigment PB33
I recently started using genuine manganese blue colour, a pigment made from barium manganate sulfate. You can buy my first artwork using this unique and rare pigment here. I’m also ...
I recently started using genuine manganese blue colour, a pigment made from barium manganate sulfate. You can buy my first artwork using this unique and rare pigment here. I’m also ...
One of the other colours in my palette is cobalt violet, but not Schmincke cobalt violet hue. I’m referring to Daniel Smith’s cobalt violet (PV49). It’s a single pigment colour ...
Of all the colours I have struggled with the most, it is probably orange. The reason is that many of the oranges did not seem natural to me, they are ...
I have been busy the last few months creating many new artworks, some of which are now available for sale! One of these is available for as little as AUD$110. ...
Another organ that I like to paint are a pair of lungs. I tend to paint these in a triangular shape. But lately I have been doing them into a ...
The hearts are often the centrepiece of my artworks. Did you know that the word for ‘heart’ in Italian is ‘cuore’? (cuore also means “core”). And so the heart really ...
I’ve always thought brains reminded me of walnuts (or rather, walnuts reminded me of brains) and so I draw the whole corpus callosum (a) in the shape of a walnut ...
We just wanted to provide a quick update as we’re busily working behind the scenes to improve your online art shopping experience here with us. We’ve re-enabled trackship, which means ...
Where else can you buy real original abstract art with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies? Right here! Because this week van de hooven has decided to accept all major cryptocurrencies on ...
I recently bought a new synthetic brush made by micador called the Roymac revolution. I was so impressed I immediately bought two more in the same size. And I’ll probably ...
It’s true. For one thing, I don’t like the word ‘pop’. I never just ‘pop’ down to the shops. I never just ‘pop’ in somewhere. I never thought of my ...
If you’re wondering what type of wax pencil I use in all my artworks, it’s none other than the Staedtler lumocolor glasochrom pencil (in black). The reason is that many ...
Yes you read right, cadmium purple. There is such a thing. By Old Holland. I was intrigued by the thought of this, so I bought it. And it is indeed ...
Tombow mono zero eraser review: Once every now and then one must erase something… in a tight spot. And yet we don’t want to erase the adjacent sections that are ...
Tombow mono sand eraser review: Sometimes we make genuine mistakes. We make marks on paper with some kind of a pen, not pencil. Uh oh. In these kinds of situations, ...
The only Winsor & Newton colour that’s in my palette is their lemon yellow deep. The reason is that it’s a really amazing warmish mid-yellow. Schmincke has nothing like it. ...
Faber-Castell “dust-free” eraser review. What erasers do I use and recommend? Well it depends on the purpose. If I want to remove ordinary pencil marks, I reach for a Faber-Castell ...
We now accept Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies to pay for our art, yes. This is a somewhat reluctant move, and we admit that still prefer other more traditional payment methods. ...
As we beginning to upload new works, We seem to be having a bit of trouble getting colours to display correctly. We want to represent the artworks onscreen accurately so ...
Unlike with my choice of pigments, I am not nearly so fussy with my brushes. I am using very basic brushes made by Mont Marte®. These are the traditional watercolour ...
Another Schmincke colour that I stopped using is their #516, green earth. Why? Because along with PBr7, it contains pthalo green PG7 that’s why. Ugh. Daniel Smith’s rare green Earth ...
I woke up early today* (which is rare, because I’m more of a night owl). And I managed to do two drawings (outlines) before midday. I’m quite pleased about that. ...
One of only two Old Holland colours I’m using. I needed a cold grey for my larger works of art. I found this and it works. It’s exactly what it ...
I’ve been quite inspired and motivated these past few weeks. And I think part of the reason is that I haven’t spent as much time on social media. Well none ...
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