Join the Winsor & Newton Watercolour Contest 2025 and explore their stunning Revival Collection. In this article, I share how to enter, tips for starting your piece, and two free videos to inspire you, even if you’re not an experienced painter.

Many beginners use black watercolor to create shadows, but this often leads to muddy, lifeless sketches. In this post, I explain why black isn’t the best choice and show you how to mix beautiful, natural shadow colors instead.

Winsor & Newton watercolor competition 2024. Beautiful colors, swatches, mixes, exercices, tutorials and techniques videos for beginners.

My review of Ohuhu's 320-marker set: quality, color range, nibs, blending, marker paper.

Art supplies make the best gifts, right? This post contains ideas that will definitely bring joy to any artist (and you). No matter how...

Learn how to create impressive textures in your (urban) sketches: the general principles, the necessary tools and expert sketcher's tips!

A guide to choosing paper for urban sketching: watercolor, mixed-media, sketching, and marker paper.

Beginner-friendly guide to graphite pencils: how to choose graphite (lead) pencils for urban sketching. Key characteristics and uses.

Colored pencils for urban sketches: what kind of pencils to use, how to choose and how to use. Read the posts or watch the video.