July 2023

A watercolour painting of a seascape with rocks in the foreground, plus six watercolours on a palette.

Swatching and trying handmade watercolours

I was on vacation on Vancouver Island, and stopped at an art supply store. They had a display of a small Canadian brand of handmade watercolours – Stoneground Paint Company, so I decided to pick up a small palette to try out. I chose a small set of six colours called the Vancouver Island Palette. […]

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How to gesso your canvases

Acrylic supplies, Acrylic tutorials, Acrylics

I gesso my pre-gessoed canvases. Yes, you heard that right! I’m usually buying inexpensive canvases, which come gessoed, but I find adding a couple extra layers of gesso helps make the painting experience much easier. Often, if I just use the panels as-is, I struggle to ensure all the texture in a canvas is filled

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