#raphael brushes

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First try at cutting down an old Raphael 8408 size 4 brush (on right) to approximate my super-worn-down 8408 size 0 (on left), which just lost what was probably one bristle too many, painting wet-on-wet in the white ink goo of the repainted face in my last A* page. But I really got to like making jerky hard lines with the tough precise little nubs of hairs it had left. So hopefully I’ll be able to recycle the piles of old brushes I have laying around into fresh new nubs.

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Little 1″ watercolor sketch with my new Raphael “vegan” 8344 synthetic brush : )

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Altenew Beautiful Day

Hi all, its Wednesday, so another challenge starts at the Addicted to Stamps and More challenge blog! This week it’s “Make Your Mark” so bring out your pencils, pens, markers, watercolours… anything that will leave a mark on your project, and link it up here.

I used my favourite colouring medium, my watercolours of course, and did a type of painting that’s apparently on trend at the moment,…

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2019 A Year of Opportunities

2019 A Year of Opportunities

Hi all. It feels like I haven’t blogged for ages and its not for a lack of desire but I’ve been working on my painting and I started 2019 with a few orders for my handmade cards and another project for a German charity group, so busy busy! I’ve decided that 2019 will be a year of opportunities for my paintings, which means I will sell them and I will improve my techniques by daily online lessons.…

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Watercolour Christmas Wreath

Hi all! I’m back today for the first of three posts to inspire you to start making your Christmas cards if you haven’t started, or share more ideas if you’re running out of ways to make them! My first card is for our “Make Your Mark” challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More, so get your markers, pencils, paints and show us  what you can do with them!

For our last challenge of the year, I…

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Shanah Tovah Umetukah

Hi all! It’s a “Holiday” theme at Addicted to Stamps and More and we would like to see any holiday theme card or images of your holidays in the link up.  As Rosh Hashanah is just in afew days, I though I’d make a Jewish New Year card to wish my Jewish friends and all my Jewish readers, “A Good and Sweet Year”!

I will always be grateful for my dear friend Dalit, who is only one of two Jewish…

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Learning to paint...everything!

Learning to paint…everything!

I have had the wonderful chance of attending art classes in Madrid during our family visit here and I am learning so much. After 6 months of learning from books and YouTube videos, I felt so privileged to be able to paint under the guidance of professionals. I had 2 teachers who taught me in 2 very different ways so I was very lucky.  One was a young painter/teacher Clara Varelawho taught me the…

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Addicted to Stamps & More - Stamp Collage

Addicted to Stamps & More – Stamp Collage

Hi all, I’m back today with a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More and the theme is “Make Your Mark”. We look forward to seeing your creations using markers, watercolours, colour pencils… anything you use to make YOUR mark in the gallery.

As we are just past the middle of Kathy’s “The Daily Marker’s 30 Day challenge” (where she challenges us to colour something a little everyday) and this…

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