The Watercolour Log

A few months ago I purchased a few of the German Lukas paints to try. I had read some good reports about them and  they are very well pric...

Following up the previous posts on Daniel Smith the question arises are they worth the extra premium UK  and European buyers have to pay? I ...

Indanthrone Blue PB60, one of the least known or popular blues is the darkest valued pigment available next to Black Pbk6. There have been ...

I posted a feature on my visit to Pin Mill in July. After reviewing the photographs  I took, some of which are featured in that article, I d...

Last Saturday 23 July I painted in the garden at Pats house at Bitton.  This has been an annual event for several years, often twice during ...

Being very discontented with my last offering I followed my normal procedure and instead of sulking pressed ahead with another painting. The...

This was the caption on the photograph below which was on the cover  of the Guardian weekend magazine 26 June. I was so taken by it that I d...

As a follow up to my previous post this is the current position. Only one manufacturer of artists  watercolours offers the genuine article -...

Generally speaking  the advice given by nearly all professional artists is to use the best materials. By this they mean Artist Quality pain...

I decided to chance my arm yesterday and made an experimental painting from the photograph below. This is down Manor  lane near my home an...

Tim Hetherington was a famous war photographer and journalist. I say was because, sadly, he was killed in Libya by a mortar bomb on 20th Apr...

The other day I wandered along the lane near my home and collected a bunch of wild flowers, both from the verges of the road, down into the ...

As a change from my Amerindians I was taken by an illustration in one of the weekend colour magazines. This is the young lady concerned. H...

At long last the good news is that the acclaimed Daniel Smith range of watercolour paints, 247 colours and rising, is now available in the U...

Shot-in-the-Eye Oglala Sioux 1898 courtesy  www.firstpeople.us/ Shot-in-the-Eye was an Oglala Sioux who fought in the Battle of the Littl...