Winsor & Newton watercolor competition 2024. Beautiful colors, swatches, mixes, exercices, tutorials and techniques videos for beginners.

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Discover the basics of watercolor granulation. Learn how to use granulating watercolors in your sketches and paintings.

The best synthetic brushes to use with gouache: Winsor & Newton, Da Vinci, Escoda. Personal recommendations from an urban sketcher.

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Best gifts for artists, urban sketchers, and other creatives for 2022 holiday season. Ideal for Christmas, birthdays and just for fun!

Pros and cons of using watercolor paints in pans and in tubes. Useful tips and personal experience.

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All the supplies you need to start drawing with ink: paper, nibs and nib holders, brushes, black and colored inks.

All you need to know about watercolor paper: textures, materials used, manufacturing methods, formats and sizes. Beginner-firendly guide.

A tutorial on using metallic watercolors together with regular watercolors on black paper for unusual effects in urban sketching

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Sketching on location: tips and tools for beginners. The benefits of joining an urban sketching group. Useful resources for sketchers.

Learn how two choose gouache paints, and what colors to buy for your urban sketching needs. Learn the basics of color mixing.

This article gives a handy tip on what to do if your gouache has dried hard inside its tube.

Don't you know how to choose paper for your alcohol-based markers? In this article, you will learn about seven different kinds of paper.