Aug 26, 2010 · I’d like to do a painting (on watercolour paper, or illustration board) that uses acrylic paint very sparingly for certain flat/opaque/dark valued areas; and the rest of the areas …

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Jul 29, 2013 · Watercolour paper comes, usually, in three types of surface….rough, NOT (or CP, cold pressed …NOT means, literally, not hot pressed, and Hot pressed. Here is an official …

Jun 18, 2016 · I avoid stretching watercolor paper sheets before I start my watercolor compositions by painting wet-on-dry or by using watercolor blocks. I do experience minimal …

Jun 7, 2017 · My experience…. Daniel Smith on left, W&N on right: buff titanium -no pyrrole crimson- don’t know pth. blue rs — same undersea green — this is just pthalo and black, no …

Jul 11, 2015 · It’s made from PR122 which is fairly lightfast at best. Fairly lightfast? More like extemely lightfast. Quinacridone Magenta is the most lightfast Magenta available, better than …

Mar 2, 2018 · I am fairly new to watercolor. I have taken several classes and I'm currently working in a book by Michael Lakin. (Beginner's Guide to Botanical Flower Painting). […]

Oct 31, 2014 · Hi all, I’m wanting to use crimson red but I also have carmine that I want to darken down in about three or four steps. How do you suggest I darken it down? I’m wanting a deep …

Aug 22, 2013 · Maybe it will work for sunlit sides of buildings and such, but it seems that for landscapes and urban scenes, I might really need a PBr7 burnt sienna to give that extra body …

Apr 7, 2009 · I’m reading through Watercolour Tips & Techniques which is an omnibus collection of books by Arnold Lowrey, Wendy Jelbert, Geoff Kersey and Barry Herniman. In the Kersey …