Materials

Materials · Guide Choose the supplier after you have chosen the paper: the useful checks are format, range, delivery practicality

Materials · Guide Choose hot press when the mark matters more than surface texture: fine detail, controlled edges, line and

Materials · Guide 2 min read Brush shape changes the mark, water load and edge a painter can make comfortably.

Materials · Guide A useful core palette needs enough range to mix blues, greens, oranges, violets, neutrals and darks without

Materials · Guide 7 min read Lightfastness in watercolour is not a technical nicety. It is the difference between a

Materials · Guide Single-pigment watercolours contain exactly one colourant, identified by a Colour Index code printed on the label. Knowing

Materials · Guide Granulation is the visible, textured pattern some watercolour pigments make as a wash dries. It is a

Materials · Guide The choice between pans and tubes is about workflow. Pans concentrate a palette into a portable box.

Materials · Guide 3 min read A useful travel kit solves five problems: colour, mark-making, paper, water and the small

Materials · Guide Sizing controls how water and pigment meet the paper. It is one of the reasons a wash