Category: Watercolour Painting

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Artist Review of Jackson’s Ceramic Palette

Jackson’s Ceramic Palette can be used with watercolour, inks, and dyes. Made from porcelain, it is easy to clean, will not stain, and will keep your paints wet for longer than a plastic palette which means a longer period for wet mixing. In this Artist Review of the Month, watercolour painter Virginia Pope shares how she uses the palette in her watercolour practice.     Artist Review of Jackson’s Ceramic Palette by Virginia Pope A studio piece. A thing of beauty is a joy forever. This palette certainly qualifies. The smooth bright whiteness is vital in helping you to clearly see your colours and the adjustments you make when mixing – it’s a pure and simple way of achieving your best result. This palette has weight, without being hefty and it will not move about. Plastic and metal palettes stain, so the true colour you are trying to achieve becomes a hit-and-miss affair. And as you add water to your paint it doesn’t hold together in one puddle as it does on ceramics, it gets busy, dividing into many sketchy small ones. Chasing these around to fill your brush is time-consuming and distracting, neither of these are welcomed when working …

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Review of Holbein Artists’ Granulating Watercolours

The new Holbein Artists’ Granulating Watercolours are an exciting addition to Holbein’s continually expanding line. I tested all 24 colours, and picked out some of my favourites that I believe would make a great addition to a watercolour set.     When I first heard that Holbein was producing granulating watercolours, my interest definitely piqued! I am a fan of Holbein’s premixed colours – I use their Acryla Gouache, Irodori Gouache, and pencils regularly across my mixed media practice. Here, I will be looking at the properties of the new Holbein Artists’ Granulating Watercolour paints, how they perform, and how I might choose to use them. I had the opportunity to test the Holbein Artists’ Granulating Watercolour set of 24 x 5 ml, and was inspired by its beautifully varied and exciting colour palette. Some of these colours may even surpass my previous favourites from Schmincke.     Consistency and Performance of the Holbein Artists’ Granulating Watercolours The Holbein Artists’ Granulating Watercolours perform consistently well across every colour. There was little to no separation between the binder and pigments in the box that I tried, meaning that the ‘goop’ that you can sometimes get when you open a fresh tube …

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