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 starting to mix...
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 and it's more like...
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 way too saturated, for example Benzimidazolone...
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. This one:
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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. …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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. …
