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How to Colour in Monochrome

Monochrome just means colouring in one colour. Many people think it means black and white but it can be any colour and white, or any colour without white! It makes colouring a lot simpler as you do not have to keep choosing colours! I have tried this for different pictures in Johanna Basford’s books. I […]

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How to use a White Gel Pen Effectively

There are many people that use a white gel pen or paint pen to embellish their work but others wonder how they work and whether it is worth them buying one. The great thing about gel pens and paint pens is that they will write over the top of the pencil and even over markers […]

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This Weeks Tutorials 2nd – 8th May 2021

Just in case you have missed them, here is a roundup of the tutorials that I published last week.

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Blog Product Reviews Reviews

Staedtler Ergosoft Pencil Review

The Staedtler Ergosoft pencils are a budget brand and they come in sets of 12, 24 and 36 and you can get them open stock (singles) but only for the ones included in the 12 and 24 sets at the moment. The new ones from the 36 set are not yet available. The pencils are […]

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Archive Newsletter – 3rd May 2021

Hi everyone! Welcome to all my new newsletter subscribers, thank you so much for signing up and welcome back to those that have already seen my first email! I hope that you are all safe and well. For the last few weeks, I have been colouring lots of pictures from Worlds of Wonder and I […]

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Blog Colouring Technique Book Reviews Reviews

The Secrets of Colouring 2 by Jennifer Zimmermann Review

I thought this book would be more advanced than other colouring guides I have, but the steps are actually really simple to follow. The guides all use prismacolor pencils but I just used the equivalent from polychromos. There is information on materials, money saving hacks, some information about pencil brands and elements of art. Then […]

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This Weeks Tutorials 25th April – 1st May 2021

I hope you have all had a great week. Lots of tutorials from Worlds of Wonder again this week including a flip through of what I have coloured so far, but a few others too. Here they are in case you missed them!

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Blog Product Reviews Reviews

Holbein Artists’ Colored Pencils Review

I only have the tweleve pastel tone set of these pencils at the moment, so it is those that I will base my review on. Only having twelve means that I often combine them with other pencils and find that they work really well with my polychromos. I used them for the buildings in the […]

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This Week’s Tutorials 18th – 24th April 2021

I am still obsessed by World’s of Wonder but have mixed things up a bit this week! I was lucky enough to be gifted two sets of pencils from my gift list so I reviewed those during colouring tutorials and I did a picture from the 2021 planner and one from Miniature Enchanted Forest as […]

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Blog Colouring Technique Book Reviews Reviews

Color Workshop by Rachel Reinhert Review

This book jas a variety of different colouring techniques running through it. It starts with the basics, so explaining about different colouring materials and tools. It then has a section on colour and the colour wheel. There are then different techniques that you can use with different mediums such as pencils, pastels, gel pens, watercolours […]