Max, I know you say you’re late to the comment party, but I love hearing people’s suggestions and experiences of equipment, whether on the day I post the blog or years after. It’s so interesting how much variety of equipment is out there. And Id never even heard of Kuretake Zig brushes! Thankyou.

Pentel Aquash are good but if you’re already using Zig white ink? The Kuretake Zig waterbrushes are better.

The yellow, the ultra fine tip, is my suggestion for your fine detail work. There’s a sponge element within the brush feed- think that’s why the water control is much better.

(Have no Derwent nor Caran d’Ache waterbrush experience for comparison. Both are very expensive compared to the Japanese made in AUD terms.)

Ps- thanks again for the review work from someone very late to the comment party.

Hey, Im so glad youve started using watercolours! I hope it’s a medium you end up loving. As well as the Rosemary and co, which some people adore, I like the Princeton Velvettouch which are the best of the synthetics (in my opinion) for holding their tips. So glad my blogs were helpful in navigating all the different brushes on offer.

Never apologise for that, Peter. And it doesnt feel old to me at all, we’re about to discuss it for next month’s book club! Im really glad you enjoyed it. She’s also done one on fabric which I plan to read too, at some point….

Regards Peter

It’s a stunner isnt it? She’s written a similar one on fabrics that I’ve not got round to reading yet. But it’s absolutely in the pile.

Happy Easter!
I hope you had a great time in your holiday! 🙂 🙂

It is very easy to make your own watercolours and you can find fantastic colours as raw pigments that you probably didn’t even know that they existed. And it doesn’t worth to buy as ready made the colours that you use the most because the same colours in pigment form are very cheap. French Ultramarine f.e costs here 3 euros per 150grams. With 150 gr of raw pigment that you can make it yourself into watercolour you will probably have a supply of tubes and pans for the next five years.

I have read this book and it is a great read because Finlay traveled to all these places to get information for all these colours! She went to Afghanistan to find Lapis to Mexico cochineal , to India to find how Aureolin was made… It is not that she simply gives generic information about the pigments and the colours. Her book is like a travel journal! TBH I envied her for all these travels…! Ahhhh…

Hi Marielena (and Peter)

Ive been on holiday for a week, and come back to see this blog buzzing with brush suggestions and cross-pollination of ideas. It’s perfect. I had no idea you MADE your own paints? How wonderful! I read a fabulous book recently all about colour through history, it was called “Colour” by Victoria Finlay and had a lot about pigments and how artists made their colours in the past etc. Fascinating.

Cheers marialena

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