https://www.daenafae.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-01-12 https://www.daenafae.com/blog/secret-santa-paintings-community-art-projects monthly 0.5 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/2854f4b5-d45f-4a6b-a670-036c00448b29/Nugget+secret+santa+2025+daenafae+small.jpg Blog - Secret Santa Paintings and Community Art Projects - Make it stand out My watercolour illustration of a gorgeous grey cat, inked with a black ballpoint pen and white gelly roll pen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/43277281-b099-4d63-ae9c-6aef9afbe711/Oen+fantasy+character+illustration+traditional+ink+and+watercolor_smalldaenafae.jpg Blog - Secret Santa Paintings and Community Art Projects - Make it stand out My traditional ink and watercolour illustration of the elf conjurer character Oën. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/main-watercolour-palette-tour-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/e8736110-7e90-4fa4-9a21-6ddf0fd3ec0a/Expansion_palette_holbein_rp24_removable_wells_plein_air.jpg Blog - Main Watercolour Palette Tour 2025 - Make it stand out My expansion palette back in spring 2025. The same palette is now my main palette, with a different colour arrangement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/c5b640f4-26af-45e6-b873-8d41c21f0786/Updated+Watercolour+Main+Palette+Colour+Mixing+Chart+Daenafae.jpg Blog - Main Watercolour Palette Tour 2025 - Make it stand out The mixing chart for my main palette as of August 2025. This has remained the same up to writing this post. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/simplifying-the-sketchbook-practice-in-difficult-times monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/c1c7c0fc-9b0d-4e5e-af3b-fa3d4f9f33d4/Lee+Yeon+Tale+of+the+Nine+Tailed+sketchbook+drawing.jpg Blog - Simplifying the sketchbook practice in difficult times - Make it stand out A recent page in my sketchbook using a 0.7 mm 2B mechanical pencil, featuring a sketch of Lee Yeon from Tale of the Nine Tailed. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/sketching-apples-for-comic-inspiration monthly 0.5 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/84c84532-8aa2-4f11-8569-b463702d7b61/idunn_norse_mythology_golden_apples_inspiration_photo_for_comic.jpg Blog - Sketching everyday moments to inspire art & comics - Make it stand out Fallen apples among fallen rose petals, in various states of decay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/c35564ba-e5e8-43dc-ad2f-8e7c5f5a4779/Rotting_Apple_Pencil_Sketches.jpg Blog - Sketching everyday moments to inspire art & comics - Make it stand out The apple studies in my sketchbook, drawn in HB and 2B mechanical pencil. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/sketching-at-the-museum-again monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/f28a1865-47b5-4cc0-bcf4-dc0fe1091ff9/RuskinCollectionSketchingMuseumPlantNaturalDyes.jpg Blog - Connecting with Artists Through Time - Make it stand out Two of the many balls of wool dyed with natural pigments and dyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/386f200a-a148-4102-849f-9faa263fa8ec/RuskinMuseumOldArtistSketchbookNotes.jpg Blog - Connecting with Artists Through Time - Make it stand out A photograph of a sketchbook displayed at the Ruskin Collection, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield in October 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/4d2fbcd6-8284-4b7c-8ace-01359fc1bb1f/Sketchbook_20251107_0005small.jpg Blog - Connecting with Artists Through Time - Make it stand out A spread in my own sketchbook with plans for a character illustration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/70b0ed2c-2a91-4833-b32b-0489562180a3/RuskinCollectionMuseumSketchingAmethyst.jpg Blog - Connecting with Artists Through Time - Make it stand out My on-site sketch of an amethyst chunk slice at the Ruskin Collection in October 2025. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/absorbing-autumn-inspiration monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/b002368c-35aa-4740-9de7-13eaf7677109/Red_Oak_Tree_Leaf_Autumn_Fall_Sheffield_Botanical_Gardens.jpg Blog - Absorbing Autumn Inspiration - Make it stand out A red oak leaf I found on the ground, with the tree trunk in the background (top-right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/24ec65ba-dfb3-4362-8145-b9b92b1b126d/Sheffield_Botanical_Gardens.jpg Blog - Absorbing Autumn Inspiration - Make it stand out One of the entrances to Sheffield Botanical Gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/d324dceb-33e0-4cf9-a6e7-1bf1db3b462c/Sheffield_Botanical_Gardens_Himalayan_Pine_tree.jpg Blog - Absorbing Autumn Inspiration - Make it stand out A pinus radiata tree. Look at those shapes and twists! https://www.daenafae.com/blog/the-onlythreepigments-artist-challenge monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/1752917749314-BYS625V6XSX4VW6SDLW6/ScanningTraditionalArtFantasyIllustration.jpg Blog - The #onlyTHREEpigments Artist Challenge - Make it stand out I’m not afraid of using granulating colours in ink lined illustrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/9cf09964-5a38-46a7-bfbb-58eedb49943c/OnlyThreePigmentsArtistTagChallenge_Small.jpg Blog - The #onlyTHREEpigments Artist Challenge - Make it stand out The colour mixing chart of my hypothetical watercolour triad. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/done-something-to-my-main-palette monthly 0.5 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/6c02313d-c46d-44d9-952f-c3dcb6401004/TheFisherdessMermaidDetail.jpg Blog - So I may have done something to my main palette - Make it stand out A close-up of The Fisherdess (2025), with Ocean Blue in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/c9a7bac8-dd9e-4fe7-be15-1d746ec46391/watercolor_palette_colour_chart_preview.jpg Blog - So I may have done something to my main palette - Make it stand out A close-up of the colour mixing chart for my updated main palette. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/the-importance-of-rest monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/6fe19628-e5ef-4e08-b962-9e91d773cdb1/Dalby_forest_travel_sketching_butterfly_inspiration.jpg Blog - The Importance of Rest as an Artist - Make it stand out A small tortoiseshell butterfly I spotted resting on a thistle in a wildflower meadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/636e31fe-4fc6-4236-a42e-b8d72593a251/Dalby_Forest_travel_sketching_lake.jpg Blog - The Importance of Rest as an Artist - Make it stand out Dalby forest lakeside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/45c7b9cf-e712-4867-96a1-c60d5f2007ef/Dalby_forest_tree_creative_inspiration.jpg Blog - The Importance of Rest as an Artist - Make it stand out An interesting tree I spotted while walking through the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/168e8f4b-33ab-4efc-b650-495e3b33841a/Travel_sketching_kit_dalby_forest.jpg Blog - The Importance of Rest as an Artist - Make it stand out One of my current sketchbooks and my thin pencil case I like to use to make myself limit my tool choices. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/binder-splitting-from-dried-watercolour monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/4722ac96-f09d-4f50-942b-aa6b23ec3d52/Watercolor_paletter_binder_splitting_honey.jpg Blog - Binder splitting from dried watercolour - Make it stand out Terra Rosa by M Graham on my watercolour palette, with a droplet of runaway paint binder. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/artist-journal-forcing-digital-to-be-what-it-isnt monthly 0.5 2025-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/33776933-722d-4cdb-b88a-8e01b7b39291/Klara+sketch+grey+crop.jpg Blog - Artist Journal: Forcing Digital To Be What It Isn’t - Make it stand out Work in progress digital character illustration. The final ink lines are done, but the colouring hasn’t begun. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/mixing-earth-tones-from-orange monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/7ae2088d-58eb-4d92-94f5-7a2d86b195b7/PO71PyrroleOrangeMaimerBluMixingChartSmall.jpg Blog - How I Mix Earth Tones From Orange - Make it stand out A mixing chart for Pyrrole Orange by Maimeri Blu, with pigment properties and colour mixes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/1ea64617-b22a-42f5-9694-4bf1cd66429f/Mountain+lion+chewing+branch+watercolour+painting+Small.jpg Blog - How I Mix Earth Tones From Orange - Make it stand out All Natural Chew-Stick, 2025. Watercolour and white gouache. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/pyrrole-orange-po71-maimeri-blu monthly 0.5 2025-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/2a4c7e55-5f16-4b69-8e44-76e2fc37254b/Transparent_pyrrol_orange_daniel_smith_discontinued_po71.jpg Blog - Pigment Exploration: Pyrrole Orange PO71 (Maimeri Blu) - Make it stand out Three swatch cards from front to back: Pyrrole Orange PO71 by Maimeri Blu, Transparent Pyrrol Orange PO71 by Daniel Smith (discontinued), and Pyrrol Scarlet PR255 by Daniel Smith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/7ae2088d-58eb-4d92-94f5-7a2d86b195b7/PO71PyrroleOrangeMaimerBluMixingChartSmall.jpg Blog - Pigment Exploration: Pyrrole Orange PO71 (Maimeri Blu) - Make it stand out The mixing chart and pigment properties for Pyrrole Orange PO71 by Maimeri Blu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/ca4169d7-3462-4611-b0bf-1cb39e99ac4e/PO107TransparentOrangeWinsorAndNewtonMixingChartSmall.jpg Blog - Pigment Exploration: Pyrrole Orange PO71 (Maimeri Blu) - Make it stand out The mixing chart and pigment properties of Transparent Orange PO107 by Winsor and Newton. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/giving-moleskine-another-try monthly 0.5 2025-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/216ebf98-f765-4a03-98fd-33ba9486941b/Moleskine_sketchbook_leopard_sketch_pencil_drawing.jpg Blog - Giving Moleskine Another Try… - Make it stand out The drawing on the first page of my new moleskine sketchbook of a judgemental leopard. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/po107-transparent-orange-pigment-exploration monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/ca4169d7-3462-4611-b0bf-1cb39e99ac4e/PO107+Transparent+Orange+Winsor+And+Newton+Mixing+Chart+Small.jpg Blog - Pigment Exploration: PO107 Transparent Orange - Make it stand out A pigment properties and colour mixing chart for Transparent Orange PO107 by Winsor and Newton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/074123ee-7ac9-4009-9de2-35135f4f7b00/Elven+Time+Full+Traditional+Fantasy+Illustration+Daenafae.jpg Blog - Pigment Exploration: PO107 Transparent Orange - Make it stand out “Elven Time” (working title), 2025. Watercolour, colour pencil, and gouache. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/the-quest-to-find-my-dream-red-orange monthly 0.5 2025-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/074123ee-7ac9-4009-9de2-35135f4f7b00/Elven+Time+Watercolour+Illustration+Daenafae.jpg Blog - The Quest to Find My Dream Red-Orange - Make it stand out Elven Time (working title), 2025. Watercolour, colour pencil, white gouache (9 by 12 inches). https://www.daenafae.com/blog/artists-first-scanner monthly 0.5 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/6c02313d-c46d-44d9-952f-c3dcb6401004/The+Fisherdess+original+traditional+watercolour+and+ink+fantasy+illustration+daenafae+mermaid Blog - Artist’s First Scanner (Finally!) - Make it stand out Close up crop of my ink and watercolour illustration The Fisherdess using my new scanner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/af0885a7-1a81-46d0-b9b8-eff22f16b45a/The+Fisherdess+original+traditional+ink+and+watercolour+fantasy+illustration+coelacanth+fish Blog - Artist’s First Scanner (Finally!) - Make it stand out Another close up of the illustration, this time focusing on the coelacanth-inspired fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/327ca120-6118-4bef-b163-9efeeb76f0a9/The+Fisherdess+original+traditional+watercolour+and+ink+illustration+daenafae Blog - Artist’s First Scanner (Finally!) - Make it stand out The scan of my ink and watercolour illustration The Fisherdess, watercolour and ink 2025. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/to-ink-or-not-to-ink-that-is-the-question monthly 0.5 2025-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/627d4353-4de0-4bf5-9218-fc01489857d4/Fantasy_warrior_sketchbook_ink_drawing_closeup_helmet.jpg Blog - To Ink or Not To Ink - That Is the Question - Make it stand out An in-progress ink drawing over a pencil sketch of an armoured knight, in a Talens Art Creation sketchbook. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/pigment-exploration-quinacridone-violet-pv19 monthly 0.5 2025-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/e8736110-7e90-4fa4-9a21-6ddf0fd3ec0a/Expansion_palette_holbein_rp24_removable_wells_plein_air.jpg Blog - Pigment Exploration: Quinacridone Violet PV19 - Make it stand out My expansion palette, home to the pigments I am learning about such as Quinacridone Violet PV19 (second to last on the top row). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/97e384a7-ea3c-4098-b461-1f6403d2a94a/Watercolour_Mixing_Chart_Limited_Palette.jpg Blog - Pigment Exploration: Quinacridone Violet PV19 - Make it stand out A rough mixing chart using Quinacridone Rose PV19 as a cool primary red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/705ada46-73c0-4abc-87a3-f63c39f7caac/Quinacridone_violet_pv_schmincke_watercolor_pigment_exploration_mixing_chart.jpg Blog - Pigment Exploration: Quinacridone Violet PV19 - Make it stand out My initial mixing tests to learn about Quinacridone Violet PV19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/1751461841811-7MAPS958G4JGT1S9XA1K/Quinacridone_violet_pv_schmincke_watercolor_pigment_exploration_mixing_charts.jpg Blog - Pigment Exploration: Quinacridone Violet PV19 - Make it stand out The completed mixing chart, with my current Rose-PV19 (Rose Madder Lake by Sennelier) to the right as a comparison. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/my-favourite-warm-red-po71 monthly 0.5 2025-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/2a4c7e55-5f16-4b69-8e44-76e2fc37254b/Transparent_pyrrol_orange_daniel_smith_discontinued_po71.jpg Blog - Celebrating My Favourite (Discontinued) Warm Red - Make it stand out The middle swatch card is the old discontinued red-PO71 by Daniel Smith, the small card in front of it is the orange-PO71 by MaimeriBlu. At the back is Pyrrol Scarlet by Daniel Smith to highlight just how red the old version was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/7ec5bf51-abcb-40bb-af04-8e277c2429b1/Tiger_portrait_watercolour_first_layers.jpg Blog - Celebrating My Favourite (Discontinued) Warm Red - Make it stand out The early watercolour layers to establish tones and isolate the white of the paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/41b41565-935f-47cc-afca-04451cc9f639/Tiger_portrait_watercolour_final_layers.jpg Blog - Celebrating My Favourite (Discontinued) Warm Red - Make it stand out A close-up of the finished painting, after applying white gouache details for the whiskers and eye highlights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/64a1725f-1431-43eb-b8c6-92f080df5fc7/Tiger_watercolor_painting_warm_red_transparent_pyrrol_orange.jpg Blog - Celebrating My Favourite (Discontinued) Warm Red - Make it stand out The finished original painting “Tiger on a Pale Rock”, watercolour and white gouache on Arches cold pressed paper 7 by 10 inches. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/new-watercolour-palette-system-review monthly 0.5 2025-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/0ed1636e-c073-4e88-ad5c-743f2d87fdac/Limited_Watercolour_Palette_Portable_Painter_Micro.jpg Blog - Palette Check Up: Is the New System Working? - Make it stand out My travel palette with a limited selection of six watercolours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/d0ad248c-680e-4010-915b-03dedb939766/main_watercolor_palette_close_up.jpg Blog - Palette Check Up: Is the New System Working? - Make it stand out My main palette, with a healthy layer of dust after being left open overnight - oops! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/e8736110-7e90-4fa4-9a21-6ddf0fd3ec0a/Expansion_palette_holbein_rp24_removable_wells_plein_air.jpg Blog - Palette Check Up: Is the New System Working? - Make it stand out My expansion palette on a little outdoor excursion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/3eec72a7-af1b-4edf-b958-f9135273197d/Expansion_palette_holbein_rp24_removable_wells.jpg Blog - Palette Check Up: Is the New System Working? - Make it stand out Three pans taken from my expansion palette, resting on a mixing area of my main palette. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/learning-to-make-comics monthly 0.5 2025-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/a5915e60-b855-44f9-b17b-dbebebf25006/Comic_panel_learning_how_to_start_comic_illustration_loki.jpg Blog - Learning to Create Comics - Make it stand out One of the inked panels for the first comic page, before adding watercolour layers. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/favourite-sketching-pencil-essential-art-supplies monthly 0.5 2025-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/092a5425-9f5a-4bb8-993a-bec7e2260e3c/Favorite_sketching_pencil_artist_q%26a_pentel_P205_HB.jpg Blog - Artist Q&A: Favourite Sketching Pencil and Essential Art Supplies - Make it stand out If I had to pick only one, my favourite pencil is the P205 0.5mm mechanical pencil with HB Ain Stein leads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/38970948-7680-44da-8af8-3fbcdf64df81/Essential_art_supplies_sketchbook_and_pencil.jpg Blog - Artist Q&A: Favourite Sketching Pencil and Essential Art Supplies - Make it stand out Two of my favourite everyday sketching supplies: a mechanical pencil (P200 series) and a Royal Talens Art Creation sketchbook. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/painting-fantasy-illustration-only-three-colours monthly 0.5 2025-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/f23b097e-f9d7-4513-9a93-d30cd14ce42b/Fantasy_illustration_with_only_three_colours_deer.jpg Blog - Painting a Fantasy Illustration With Only Three Colours - Make it stand out A pan of Perylene Dark Red PR178 (left), and the ink line-art for the fantasy illustration (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/9163b7dd-c939-4523-b4fe-562d5e3de33a/Sketchbook_rough_sketch_coming_up_with_illustration_ideas_deer.jpg Blog - Painting a Fantasy Illustration With Only Three Colours - Make it stand out My sketchbook open to a spread of sketches. The right hand page shows the rough sketch, value study, and notes for the An Early Riser illustration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/62982f7a-df1f-4156-90ff-e5c9a9462f10/Perylene_Dark_Red_PR178_watercolor_full_pan.jpg Blog - Painting a Fantasy Illustration With Only Three Colours - Make it stand out Perylene Red Deep (PR178) by Schmincke. Taken after finishing the illustration. Look at that dent in the paint! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/d616dcd9-cf79-4f70-9ca1-314c628fcd88/Ink_illustration_lineart_comic_process_pen_drawing_fantasy_deer.jpg Blog - Painting a Fantasy Illustration With Only Three Colours - Make it stand out Inking the lichen textures with a micron fine-liner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/0c6610c9-b02a-4b7a-8b58-f371b066d871/An_Early_Riser_Original_traditional_ink_watercolor_illustration_lunar.jpg Blog - Painting a Fantasy Illustration With Only Three Colours - Make it stand out Close-up details of the deer carrying a floating moon. The white gouache details were the finishing touches to the illustration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/a4bc00e1-e4b3-46dd-bb14-1aa66334f1c0/Daenafae_An_Early_Riser_traditional_watercolor_ink_illustration_small.jpg Blog - Painting a Fantasy Illustration With Only Three Colours - Make it stand out An Early Riser, 9 by 12 inches on hot pressed watercolour paper. A traditional illustration drawn in ink and painted with watercolour and gouache. https://www.daenafae.com/blog/jackmans-art-materials-limited-watercolour-triad monthly 0.5 2025-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/ba1a969d-6865-43ac-838c-29d4021dc9aa/Jackmans_Art_Materials_Watercolour_Paint_Secondary_Mixes.jpg Blog - Exploring Jackman’s Watercolours With a Limited Triad - Make it stand out Secondaries mixed from the watercolour triad. The trio produces earthy muted greens and “oranges” (becoming browns), and slightly brighter purples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/e4e522f4-24b3-45e6-b556-60d16038b9b6/Jackmans_Art_Materials_Watercolour_Paint_Trio_Primaries.jpg Blog - Exploring Jackman’s Watercolours With a Limited Triad - Make it stand out The watercolour trio and their resulting mixes. The granulation of the PB72 Cobalt Blue is very intense, even in the small swatches of colour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/45571dda-1709-479b-b4a1-b0772a652eff/Plein_air_Pleinairpril_Watercolor_Trio_Study_Yew_and_Grave_Closeup_Textures.jpg Blog - Exploring Jackman’s Watercolours With a Limited Triad - Make it stand out Close up details of a plein air watercolour study painted on location from life using the Jackman’s watercolour triad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/9e352da5-c7a9-4fc8-8634-d255247d69bf/Plein_air_Pleinairpril_Watercolor_Trio_Study_Yew_and_Grave.jpg Blog - Exploring Jackman’s Watercolours With a Limited Triad - Make it stand out The watercolour sketch painted plein air from life using only the Jackman’s triad. 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I sketched them in black ballpoint pen, then when I got home I finished the page with some extra line-weight and added pencil tone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67aa609f886553734603fedc/5c5c0153-857f-4ec0-90a3-68fc462f44aa/Creative_Art_Inspiration_Sea_Lily_Crinoid_Fossil_Yorkshire_Coast_North_Sea.jpg Blog - Finding Creative Inspiration in Local Fossil Hunting - Make it stand out The first fossil I brought home as a young child (between my fingers). It is a tube-shaped tendril with a five-pointed star in the cross-section. 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