The Watercolour Log

Rembrandt ( Royal Talens) the Dutch company, now owned by Sakura Color Products of Japan, was started in 1899 by Martin Talens as the '...

Two days ago I received a most pleasant surprise in the mail. A lovely watercolour sketch of an `Orange-breasted Sunbird' signed Gerard...

Continuing the series of photographic  selections of  paintings I  either like or have found interesting are the following on animals. I b...

Having joined the small group on Facebook headed by Gerard Hendriks and Robin Berry, the latest subject is a Mandarin Duck.  This is a real...

On Facebook the well-known artists Gerard Hendriks and Robin Berry have instituted a modest painting competition where each posts paintings...

I recently did two small paintings of Robins. I rather enjoyed it and inspired by Gerard Hendriks quick, colourful, and impressionistic cu...

I have  had the painting of my grandaughter Evie, aged 8, framed by the Meltone Gallery in Bath. This was by the Dutch artist Gerard Hendri...

A Happy New Year to everyone who visits this blog (and everyone else). I have been thinking about what to do this year and will be posting...

Looking at Gerard Hendriks way with birds and animals and  his `painting a day' series, I was prompted to try something   sort of simil...

Did you know that the (once) great British company Winsor & Newton, previously owned by a Swedish educational company called Colart, are...

Even prior to the wonderful portrait of Evie painted by Gerard Hendriks, I had started another due to some fair criticism and my own dissa...

My last post but one was a feature on Gerard Hendriks the  Dutch  master watercolourist. In the course of preparing it I contacted Gerard, ...

I continue to discover fabulous new artists - to me -  by the score.  One I have been made aware of in recent months is the Dutch watercolo...