Schmincke neutral grey
I keep confusing the name of this colour with Schminke’s “neutral tint”. That grey is a warmer, purplelish maroon grey. But this is a kind of colder, much more bluish. ...
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Schmincke spinel brown
Winsor and Newton calls it “magnesium brown”, but I am using the Schmincke version (which may or may not have magnesium in it). Iron zinc spinel, or PY119, as it ...
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 ...
Daniel Smith cobalt violet PV49 pigment
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 ...
Natural vermillion historical pigment
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 ...
New abstract artworks for sale!
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. ...
The lungs
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 heart
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 ...
The brain.
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 ...
Online art shop website updates
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 ...
By real art. Pay with crypto.
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 ...
Roymac revolution quill mop brush review
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 ...
I don’t actually like the term pop art.
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 ...
The Staedtler lumocolor glasochrom pencil.
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 ...
Cadmium red purple.
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 ...
What erasers do I use and recommend? (for tight spots)
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 ...
What erasers do I use and recommend? (for ink marks, not pencil marks)
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, ...
Praseodymium yellow
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. ...
What erasers do I use and recommend? (for removing pencil marks)
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 ...
How can I use bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to buy real art?
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. ...
Colour accuracy during scanning
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 ...
What sort of watercolour brushes do I use?
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 ...
Rare green Earth
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 ...
The holy grail.
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. ...