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    Illustration Equipment

    Illustration equipment blogs will discuss materials used to create my traditional botanical and natural history illustrations.  There will be guest blogs, and blogs where I  research new materials.  Topics will include ink pens, inks, pencils, papers, watercolours and inks, and brushes.

    A Visit to Cranfield Paint Factory

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    Visting the Cranfield paint factory was an absolute treat – the perfect combination of being wowed by the manufacturing processes, and being taught an enormous amount about a subject that I was already fascinated by. My friend Lucy, founding member of AGNES, arranged the visit.  AGNES encourages ecologically sustainable practise within the arts community.  Lucy […] Read more

    Comparing Synthetic Watercolour Brushes – Part 5 (the final episode!)

    Posted on in Illustration Equipment, Testing Synthetic Watercolour brushes
    This is the fifth and final of my blogs and linked films, looking for a synthetic watercolour brush to replace the sable ones made by Winsor & Newton.  My Winsor & Newton series 7 number 1 size is the brush I always use. Today I’m reviewing the Escoda Prado Tame synthetic,Escoda Perla White Toray synthetic, […] Read more

    Equipment: Pencils & Erasers

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    This is another blog in the series on equipment used.  Check out earlier blogs on Waterproof inks, Watercolour papers, Paints  and  look out for one I’ll soon be publishing on brushes. Personal Preference As mentioned before, choosing your equipment can be quite a personal choice.  We develop loyalty to brands and types of drawing tool […] Read more
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    Equipment: How to Choose a Waterproof Pen and Ink for Watercolour

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    Equipment: How to Choose a Waterproof Pen and Ink for Watercolour is a guest blog from KT of Goldspot pen shop. Ink and watercolour is a classic, intriguing combination that creates some really amazing effects when accomplished with the right tools.  Black outlines define a beautiful watercolour painting that jumps off the page! Fig illustration […] Read more

    Botanical Illustration: Comparing HP Watercolour Papers 3

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    Introduction to the watercolour paper quest This is the third of three reviews of Watercolour Hot Press papers for botanical illustration.  This time, I find the holy grail…a replacement!  Please check out the first and  second in this series for more tests and results. As a natural history illustrator and someone who does plenty of botanical illustration, […] Read more
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    Botanical Illustration: Comparing HP Watercolour Papers 2

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    This is the second of three reviews of watercolour Hot Press papers for botanical illustration.  Please check out the first and third in this series for more tests and results! As a botanical illustrator, having a good hot press watercolour paper to work on is really important.  Unfortunately, recently the paper I used to use, Fabriano […] Read more
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    Lizzie Harper