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10% off Book Depository until 20 Aug 2018
Below are the discount codes for the various countries, valid until 20th August 5pm BSTPlease use my Book Depository affiliate link to support my blog.Netherlands - NL10Portugal - PT10Greece -...
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Half vs Full Pans
I use half pans in my watercolour boxes but I actually prefer to use full pans. One of the main reasons why I use half pans is because they are small, and hence the box that carries them is smaller and...
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Book Review: The Art of Sea of Thieves
This is a wonderful video game art companion for Sea of Thieves.This book reminds me of The Art of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. Both games focus on pirates but style of art is obviously very...
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Book Review: The Art of Magic: The Gathering - Ixalan
You don't really need to be a fan of Magic the Gathering to enjoy the breathtaking artworks featured in this book. MtG has truly pushed the boundaries of just how beautiful fantasy art can be. These...
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Book Review: The Art of Ratchet & Clank
This is a wonderful artbook for fans of Ratchet & Clank. It's a huge 248-page hardcover that features the concept art for the Ratchet & Clank games, from the first that was released in 2002 to...
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Review: Canson XL Watercolour Paper (300gsm)
Canson XL watercolour paper is an inexpensive 300gsm student grade watercolour paper. Is it good enough for watercolour? Let's see.Even though it's labeled as coldpress, the texture is more like fine...
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Largest Giveaway For You (Sponsored by Erin Hanson Gallery)
Huge giveaway contest happening now on my Youtube channel. 10 copies of Wine Country: Impressions will be going out to the winners. Join the contest at http://bit.ly/wine-country-giveawayTags:...
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Review: Sennelier Aqua-Mini 8 Half Pan Watercolour Set
I've reviewed Sennelier's 12 half pan box a few years ago so let me give you the bottomline first, their paint quality is still top notch. The reason why I bought this set is to see if the cute box...
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Join our Aug 2018 sketchwalk at Kampong Java Park
Urban Sketchers Singapore will be having this month's sketchwalk at Kampong Java Park on 25 Aug 2018 at 9.30am.Join us for another fun sketching session.Check out more details at...
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Gamboge + Crimson Lake + Primary Blue (Limited Palette)
For the next few limited palette posts, I'll be using Blockx watercolour. The colours for this limited palette are Gamboge PY6, Crimson Lake PR264 and Primary Blue PB15:3.This is a rather versatile...
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Book Review: The Art of Metal Gear Solid I-IV
Finally, a solid artbook for the Metal Gear Solid franchise. I've reviewed a couple of MGS artbooks before, such as the Japanese artbook for MGS4, English one for MGS5 and Ashley Wood's interpretation...
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Lemon Yellow + Blockx Red + Cobalt Blue Limited Palette
This time, I played around with Blockx's Lemon Yellow, Blockx Red and Cobalt Blue. The Lemon Yellow from Blockx is PY184, which according to handprint.com is Bismuth Yellow. This Lemon Yellow or...
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Review: Dell S2719DM HDR Monitor
Thanks to Dell Singapore for sending over this review unit S2719DM is the budget HDR monitor from Dell. They had previously released the UP2718Q but that was significantly more expensive. So it's great...
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A Few Payne's Gray
This colour is named after William Payne, a painter in the late 18th century. Payne's Grey is a dark blue-grey colour that can be used a mixer in place of black. The way I use it is to sometimes add it...
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Book Review: Kim Jung-Gi 2018 Sketch Collection
Kim Jung-Gi's new book's out, the 2018 Sketch Collection. I was quite surprised there wasn't any 2017 Sketch Collection last year. Anyway, this artbook is a collection of sketches from the recent...
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August 2018 Roundup
Here are the reviews from last month. BooksBook Review: The Dam Keeper: World Without DarknessBook Review: Undisputed Street Fighter: A 30th Anniversary RetrospectiveErin Hanson: Open Impressionism,...
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Book Review: Finish the Drawing by Jess Erskine Vol 2
Big thanks to Jess Erskine for sending me this review copy of her book.Finish the Drawing is a fun fill-in-the-blank drawing activity book that's self published by Jess Erskine. This is the second...
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Review: Veikk VK1560 Pen Display
Big thanks to Gearbest for sending over another pen display to be featured on the blog. Veikk is a company from China, just like many other pen display makers. I had reviewed their small S640 tablet...
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Oct 2016 - Oct 2017 Sketchbook
So I finally got down to scanning this sketchbook that I had completed a year ago. Gosh. Has it been that long?With the advent of social media which made posting and sharing work more easily, somehow I...
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