MATERIALS

... and the storage thereof!

I have a question about using hot press versus cold press paper. It seems to me that you would want cold press paper, because when you are staining and starching the paper, it will absorb more. Once t

@Nadia Bouhdili just reminded me that I meant to post about this here. Vaishali told us about Kuretake in class, and I found this set had some excellent gold watercolors (6 shades of gold!) at a ver

Hilarie Cornwell told me about pergamenata, a cellulose-based parchment substitute. I love it...tough like real animal skin parchment, but not greasy. It comes very smooth and I usually rub it with a

The handmade manmade. Storage of the synths. Will update this to reflect the actual colours in the video.

I get asked this a lot so easier to put here. Does anyone have a list of natural pigment sellers that they regularly buy from? Eg from Etsy - some people mentioned that they buy pigments from Etsy. It

So I finally bit the bullet and invested in some giant sheets of 640 gsm hot pressed Fabriano paper. Now, I'm wondering how to cut them. They're thick as cardstock, and my usual box cutters aren't w

Starting a thread about handmade paints, as I know there is a lot of interest in these! Handmade paints from Bristle Brush Paints @bristlebrushpaints @islamicillumination What a treat… they look like