Canson, Moulin du Roy
The watercolor paper Moulin du Roy from Canson was introduced in 2014, but just a few years later, it disappeared and was replaced by Heritage. Many watercolor artists who had come to love Moulin…
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The watercolor paper Moulin du Roy from Canson was introduced in 2014, but just a few years later, it disappeared and was replaced by Heritage. Many watercolor artists who had come to love Moulin…
This painting is from Virke, a small village which is centrally located in the western part of Skåne. About 60 people live in Virke, making it a very small village, but with a magnificent…
Manganese Blue (PB33) is a pigment that hasn’t been manufactured since the late 1980s. It can still be found through small producers of handmade paints, but if you come across the paint, it will…
Artists haven’t always signed their work. The role of the artist began to shift during the Renaissance, when ideas of individual creativity and the artist’s status as an intellectual rather than a craftsman became…
My participants in the watercolor courses I teach have repeatedly asked for a list of which colors granulate. I want to share this list with everyone reading here on akvarell.se. I’ve chosen to also…
To begin with, it’s easy to confuse Isoindolinone Yellow (PY110), which this text is about, with Isoindoline Yellow (PY139). However, these are two different pigments that share some properties but are not the same,…
The first thing I need to point out about yellow paints is that I find them troublesome. Most yellow shades offered by various paint manufacturers tend to be flat, unremarkable, and dull. Many of…
IKEA has a series of brushes included in a product line for children’s creative activities called “Måla.” The brushes are sold in a set of six—three flat and three round brushes. They are made…
There are many nice blue watercolors, and I like most of them. I use blue color for a lot, and blue is an essential component in most of the color mixes I create. Additionally,…
Hofterupsdösen is a dolmen, a tomb from the Neolithic era. It is located just east of Hofterup Church in Kävlinge Municipality, not far from where I live. It may seem like a tricky subject…