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Daniel Smith PR101 watercolour pigment compared
PR101 is synthetic red iron oxide. Depending on how the pigment is treated or heated, the resulting watercolour paint that's created from it can be transparent or opaque, appear reddish or brown. It's...
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Book Review: The Big Book of Less: Finding Joy in Living Lighter
Once again Flow Magazine has come up with a wonderful book. This is one of those books to read while you're cosy on your sofa. The theme of this book is on minimalism, appreciating what you already...
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November 2019 Roundup
BooksCreating Characters for the Entertainment IndustryAn Urban Sketcher's GalwayDragon Quest Illustrations: 30th Anniversary EditionThe QB Papers by Quentin BlakeThe Art of RAGE 2Hoooook: The Art of...
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How to KILL the FEAR of DRAWING: Faces & Anatomy (Kickstarter)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1334411271/how-to-kill-the-fear-of-...Tags: kickstarter
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Review: XP-Pen Note Plus Smart Notepad for Digital Writing
The XP-Pen Note Plus or Note+ is a device that can convert your handwritten notes or drawing into digital files quickly. The functionality is kinda similar to the Wacom Bamboo Slate that I've reviewed...
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Book Review: Sketch Every Day: 100+ simple drawing exercises from Simone...
Sketch Every Day is a 208-page paperback artbook filled with drawing tips from Simone GrünewaldSimone has animated, designed characters, backgrounds and storyboarded for video games. She has almost a...
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Review: Huion Inspiroy Dial Q620M wireless graphics tablet
The Huion Inspiroy Dial Q620M is a 10.5 by 6.5 inch wireless drawing tablet that features 8 physical shortcut buttons and a control dial. At the time of this review, it's selling at US $109 on Huion's...
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Book Review: 1318 Art of PyeongJun Park
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.Pyeongjun...
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Book Review: Life Drawing for Artists: Understanding Figure Drawing Through...
My impression of Rockport Publisher is they put out a lot of books on graphic design. They do publish the occasional books on drawing but this is the first time I've seen a life drawing book.Life...
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Book Review: Coral - The Art of Pernille Orum
This is such a beautiful book by character designer and illustrator Pernille Orum. It's a 80-page paperback published in 2017 so it may be difficult to find out. The copy I have was from Basheer...
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Book Review: Tatsuro Kiuchi ART WORKS 木内達朗作品集
Tatsuro Kiuchi ( 木内達朗 ) is a Japanese illustrator and painted based in Tokyo, Japan.This 320-page paperback artbook collects his illustrations and paintings from the 90s to 2019. There are works for...
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Daniel Smith PBr7 watercolour pigment compared
Here are swatches of all colours from Daniel Smith that use the pigment PBr7These are convenient earth colours that good for mixing and neutralising other colours.Raw Umber vs Burnt UmberBurnt Sienna...
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Book Review: SUISO: Daisuke Richard Making & Works
Daisuke Richard ダイスケリチャード is an illustrator based in Tokyo. This is his artbook that features beautiful illustrations of schoolgirls.The book's a 160-page paperback format with low gloss paper. The...
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Book Review: The Art of Frozen 2
This is a wonderful companion artbook for Frozen II, just like first artbook for the first Frozen. The book's a large 160-page hardcover that collects the concept art for the animated film and there's...
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Aquazol vs Gum Arabic binder in watercolour
Here are some unscientific tests between the Aquazol binder that's used in QoR watercolour and gum arabic used by many other brands. Aquazol (Poly(2-ethyl-w-oxazoline) was first patented in 1977 by...
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Review: Kuretake Cambio Brush Pen (and how to refill)
The Kuretake Cambio is a brush pen that's comparable to the Pentel Colour Brush Pens. They have almost similar body size and both use synthetic bristles. The Kuretake Cambio comes in three sizes, fine,...
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Dec 2019 Sketchwalk at Botanic Gardens
Date: 28 Dec 2019, SaturdaySTART Time: 9:30 AM Location: Pavilion at Keppel Discovery WetlandsEND Time: 12:15 PM Location: Same as starting pointNearest MRT: Botanic Gardens (Circle Line), Orchard Road...
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Book Review: Calligraphy and Lettering: A Maker's Guide
Calligraphy & Lettering: A Maker's Guide is a 176-page paperback published by Thames & Hudson in collaboration with Victoria and Albert Museum (London). The content is presented in a rather...
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Winsor & Newton sale on Jackson's Art (Dec 2019)
Jackson's Art (UK) is having a good sale on Winsor & Newton products now.Create an account or sign in to see the actual prices as purchases from outside UK do not need to pay UK taxes. Tags: sale
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Book Review: Mini Kawaii Doodle Cuties: Sketching Super-Cute Stuff from...
Zainab Khan, creator of Pic Candle, is back again another book, his second book after Kawaii Doodle Class. The format of this book is similar to the previous book. It's a step-by-step instructional...
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