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Book Review: Seville from Top to Bottom by Inma Serrano

Seville from the Top to Bottom is a beautiful artbook of sketches drawn by Inma Serrano (Instagram), an artist and illustration teacher based in Seville. This 96-paperback is a personal travel journal...

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Book Review: Drawing and Sketching: Expert Answers to the Questions Every...

This book is meant to be an introduction to different types of drawing media. Since the book covers plenty of media, eg graphic, charcoal, coloured pencils, pastels and inks. The book is on drawing and...

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Review: XP-PEN Artist 15.6 Pro Pen Display

The XP-Pen Artist 15.6 Pro pen display is the second generation of the Artist 15.6 that I reviewed last year. By the way, the unit I have here is a review unit sponsored by XP-Pen.A pen display is...

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Join our March 2019 Sketchwalk at Ghim Moh

START Date & time: 30 March 2019, Saturday, 9:30 am Location: Outside Ghim Moh market (Food Centre side)END Time: 12:15 pm Location: Same as Starting Location. Check out more details...

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Book Review: The Big Kopinski Volume 1

Big thanks to publisher Éditions Caurette for sending over this book for this review.Karl Kopinski is an illustrator born and based in Nottingham, UK. He has worked for movies, game studios and is...

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Book Review: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse -The Art of the Movie

It's refreshing to see a superhero movie done in a style that's no live action nowadays. Looking at Spider-Verse just makes me wish that there are more of such animated movies around that aren't afraid...

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Book Review: The LEGO Architecture Idea Book: 1001 Ideas for Brickwork,...

This is a book for LEGO builders who need ideas or inspiration on building specific architecture elements. This book focuses in detail on individual elements. For example, with building walls, there...

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Artist Review: iPad Air 3 (2019)

Before the iPad Air 3 came out, digital artist who might want to draw on the iPad could only choose between the affordable iPad 6 (2018) and the pricey iPad Pro (2018). The iPad 6 is nice for drawing...

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The Art of Atomhawk, Volume 3 now on Kickstarter

Atomhawk is back again with another artbook, a Volume 3 that they have just put on Kickstarter. Campaign ends 2 May 2019. Check out more details at http://kck.st/2K05YRSTags: atomhawk

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March 2019 Roundup

BooksSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse -The Art of the MovieThe Big Kopinski Volume 1Seville from Top to Bottom by Inma SerranoDrawing and Sketching: Expert Answers to the Questions Every Artist...

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Etchr Sketchbooks now on Kickstarter

Etchr Labs has launched their 100% cotton watercolour sketchbooks on Kickstarter. Campaign ends 10 April 2019 so head over and check out what they have now!Tags: etchr lab

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Artist Review: iPad Mini 5 (2019)

With the release of the iPad Air 3 and Mac Mini 5, all the tablets from Apple now supports Apple Pencil. That's great news for digital artists because we now have more options to choose from.The iPad 6...

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Movie Poster Expert Explains Color Schemes

Insightful video on colour use in movie postersTags: videomovie posters

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Review: Panart Interlocked Synthetic Watercolour Brushes

I've recently received some watercolour brushes from Panart Global, a company from India. hese are the Interlocked Synthetic watercolour brushes. The hair is made of silver-coloured synthetic filament....

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Book Review: Garis: An Anthology of Sketches by Johor Sketchers

Garis: An Anthology of Sketches is a sketchbook put out by the Johor Sketchers. Johor is one of the states in Malaysia. This sketchbook features the sketches of Taib Aur, Tok Rimau, Penglakar Lara,...

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Book Review: Making Marks: Architects' Sketchbooks - The Creative Process

Making Marks: Architects' Sketchbooks is a huge 320-page hardcover that features the architecture sketches of 60 architects and artists. This is actually the second volume to the first which was...

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Failed opaque ink sketch and other limited palettes

I haven't been sharing my sketches on the blog and I hope to do so more regularly. The trick is really to scan your work immediately after they are done. Putting it away so that you will scan later...

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Review #2: Holbein Artists' Watercolor

This is more of my first impression with using Holbein Artists' Watercolour than a full detailed review. I'll continued to update this "review" after I use the Holbein watercolour paint more thorough...

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Artist Review: Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite with M-Pen Lite

I've been getting many requests to review the Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite so here it is.As usual, my review is from the perspective of an artist. So let's see if this Android tablet is any good for...

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Book Review: The Art of Over the Garden Wall

This is the companion artbook for Over the Garden Wall, an American animated television miniseries created by Patrick McHale for Cartoon Network.This 184-page hardcover is filled with concept art,...

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