Isabey Syrus
A while ago, I bought a few brushes from Isabey, specifically their mixed-hair marten/synthetic brush called Syrus. It was a spontaneous purchase, mostly to get free shipping on a larger order. The brushes I…
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Raphaël Precision
Raphaël Precision is a synthetic brush that, according to the manufacturer, is designed to hold liquid well and serve as a synthetic alternative to natural hair brushes. I have been using a few of…
Royal Watercolour Society – Watercolour Paper
The Royal Watercolour Society is the world’s oldest watercolour society. It was founded in 1804.From 1895, Hayle Mill produced a handmade watercolour paper exclusively for the Society. Production, however, ceased in 1985 when Hayle…
Hahnemühle – The Collection
When I started painting watercolors in the late 1970s, I didn’t know anything about materials. I thought all watercolor paper was the same, so I bought cheap supplies. One of the first watercolor papers…
Baohong – The Master’s Choice
During a visit to China by two Australian watercolorists, Ross Patterson and David Taylor, they were approached by the owner of the family-run Baohong paper mill, who sought advice on what it would take…
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…
IKEA måla – Brush set
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…
Viceversa | handmade paper
It was in 2019 that three women (Roberta Gagliardini, Melania Tozzi, and Roberta Brencio) decided to establish the social cooperative Viceversa in the small town of Fabriano, a town with a paper-making tradition dating…
Escoda Perla
One of my favorites among all watercolor painters is Joseph Zbukvic, he likes to use Perla from Escoda. In fact, so much so that Escoda markets a collection of Perla brushes under the name…
