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Watercolours

Introducing the Winsor & Newton Profession Watercolour Synthetic Sable Brushes

by Daniel Green July 12, 2021 2 min read

We are excited to announce the arrival of the brand-new range of Professional Watercolour Synthetic Brushes from Winsor & Newton. These brushes have been designed from the ground up to provide artists with a synthetic alternative to sable and squirrel hair brushes. 

Watercolour Paper Guide and How to Stretch Watercolour Paper

by Ellie Jakeman February 18, 2021 11 min read

Stretching watercolour paper is a technique used to prevent your paper warping or cockling. Unstretched paper that is less than 200lb or 425gsm may move and create hills and valleys while you are working on it especially if you use a lot of wet-on-wet or wash techniques, resulting in your pigments pooling in one place.

WATERCOLOUR WEDNESDAY - EPISODE 8

by catherine peters December 02, 2020 2 min read

Episode 8 'Creating a Landscape'

Our final episode of 2020 brings together all the techniques showcased over the last 7 episodes along with new techniques, to conclude with a final piece.

WATERCOLOUR WEDNESDAY - EPISODE 7

by catherine peters November 25, 2020 1 min read

Episode 7 - 'Creating Textures'

Our episode shows you how to create texture using non-specialist supplies such as sponges, rock salt and clingfilm.

WATERCOLOUR WEDNESDAY - EPISODE 6

by catherine peters November 18, 2020 1 min read

Episode 6  - MASKING & RESIST TECHNIQUES

We are looking at Masking and Resist watercolour techniques in this episode.

Our In-House artist Ellie Jakeman takes you through resist techniques using both tea-light and Taper candles plus masking techniques with our own ARTdiscount masking fluid and masking tape.

WATERCOLOUR WEDNESDAY- EPISODE 1

by catherine peters October 14, 2020 1 min read

EPISODE 1- 'Creating a Dilution Chart'

Welcome to our first episode for Watercolour Wednesdays! We are joined by artist Ellie Jakeman who has extensive experience using watercolour both as an artist and an art teacher, designing courses for large classes and small groups

Seascapes & Watercolours - Inspiration for Your Summer Project

by Jean Bell August 14, 2018 4 min read

In this guide, we’ll show you some basic watercolour techniques, how to paint sea in watercolour and which art supplies to use.