Blog & Art Tips
Paintbrush Quality: Why it Matters
What do you look for when picking out your painting essentials? In this blog post, we’ll be taking an extra close look at paintbrush quality – what affects...
Plein Air Painting for Beginners
Painting from nature can be fun and rewarding. It's nice to go outside on a beautiful day and find something that captivates your attention, even better when it...
Mixing White Gouache with Watercolour
Did you know that you can experiment with gouache without committing to the purchase of an entire set? All you need to start is White gouache! It can be...
How To Paint from Low-Quality Reference Photos
Photographs are a funny thing. They are seemingly more accurate than paintings, but unless the photographer is a professional- there will always be something missing. The lens might...
Introduction to Gouache
Gouache is a unique type of opaque paint, as it is water-soluble and super quick- drying. Traditional gouache even reactivates like watercolour when you add more water to...
How to Use and Mix Green
Green is one of the most difficult colours to mix correctly, because there are so many shades of it in nature, often within the same landscape scene that...
Watercolour vs. Gouache: What's The Difference?
If you are interested in watercolour, you might, sooner or later, come across gouache. I remember gouache mostly from when I was a kid, it was the non-toxic...
