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Review: ArtGraf 22cm Pencils
This longer than usual pencils are made by Viarco, the Portuguese company that makes all sorts of graphite products. I've featured several of their products before on my channel and their watersoluble...
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Review: Stephen Quiller Watercolor
I bought a few tubes of Stephen Quiller Watercolor from Amazon recently during a sale. The colours I've bought areTransparent Yellow (PY154)Pyrrole Red (PR254)Quinacridone Red (PR202)Quinacridone...
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Staining vs Non Staining Watercolour
Watercolour has many characteristics, such as whether it's transparent or opaque, whether it granulates or stain.When watercolour is described as staining, it means once the paint is dry on paper, it's...
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2019 Perfect Sketchbooks By Erwin Lian & Etchr Lab
The Perfect Sketchbook is back.This time, the Perfect Sketchbook is made and released by Etchr Lab, the company based in Australia that has been making premium artists bags for the last few years. The...
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List of 100% cotton watercolour sketchbooks
A few years ago, I wrote an article called "Best Watercolour Sketchbook for Artists" that featured some sketchbooks I think are good value for artists. The quality of those sketchbooks are good, but...
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Book Review: 2018 Dongho Kim's Urbansketch Collection
This book is sponsored by Superani, the same publisher that brought us the sketchbooks of Kim Jung Gi. I received a few books from the publisher that I will feature over the next few weeks. Dongho Kim...
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Sennelier sale on Jackson's Art (Sept 2019)
Check out the Sennelier sale on Jackson's Art. The 10ml watercolour tubes start from £3.90 and 21ml from £6.53. Tags: sale
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Book Review: The Art of Tekken: A Complete Visual History
Those expecting a concept artbook on Tekken would be disappointed with this. "The Art of Tekken" is used figuratively rather than literally. The graphics included are mostly in-game screenshots with...
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Review: Simbans PicassoTab 10-inch Android Drawing Tablet
Updated with discount codes for Sept 2019A company called Simbans contacted me recently and asked if I would be interested to check out a tablet of theirs called the PicassoTab. The highlight of this...
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Nantou Sketching Trip (Sept 2019)
These are the four daily videos I've made for the Nantou, Taiwan, sketching trip that some of us went on recently. Official name of the event is Sketchertour Nantou 2019 南投采風國際速寫 and it's organised by...
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Book Review: The Katurran Odyssey: An Epic Adventure of Courage, Discovery,...
The Katurran Odyssey was originally published in 2004 by publisher Simon & Schuster. This new edition is a paperback instead of hardcover and is published by Design Studio Press. It's great that...
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Book Review: The Art of Battlefield V
World War II is certainly an interesting subject to base on for a game. Game developer EA DICE did a nice job coming up with the concept and ideas for players to explore what it's like fighting WWII...
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Bronzite and Burnt Bronzite (Daniel Smith Watercolor)
Daniel Smith's Bronzite Genuine is made from the Bronzite stone found in Brazil. It's a warm bronze colour that looks distinctly different from the many earth colours from Daniel Smith's range. Skin...
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Book Review: The Marvel Art of Skottie Young
Skottie Young broke into Marvel Comics in 2002 and for more than a decade and put out an amazing volume of work that helped him grew to fame. This large 224-page hardcover is a collection of selected...
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Is it still safe to visit Hong Kong with the protests?
My wife and I just came back from Hong Kong a few weeks ago. It was the 13th week of protests for the extradition bill in Hong Kong if I remember correctly. Prior to the trip, we were actually quite...
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Watercolour paper can deteriorate with time
This is a warning to those who likes to stock up on paper and those who buy too many sketchbooks but can't use them fast enough. Watercolour can deteriorate over time. More specifically, the sizing of...
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Review: XP-Pen Artist 13.3 Pro Pen Display
The review unit was provided by XP-Pen.The XP-Pen Artist 13.3 Pro features a new design and better screen compared to the previous model, the XP-Pen Artist 13.3. Other than the Artist 13.3 Pro, there's...
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Book Review: Framed Drawing Techniques: Mastering Ballpoint Pen, Graphite...
Framed Drawing Techniques is the fourth book in the Framed series of instructional drawing books authored by Marcos Mateu-Mestre.Mateu-Mestre is a visual concept and graphic novel artist with almost...
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Good colours from Daniel Smith series 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote about series 1 colours from Daniel Smith, today let's look at some options from series 2. Hansa Yellow Medium (PY 97) is a very versatile mid yellow that's capable of produce...
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Acrylic ink vs India Ink
These are bottles of ink I've received from Renesans, an art supplies manufacturer from Poland, during the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Amsterdam a few months ago. There's Indian Ink, acrylic Ink and...
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