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.

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

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.

Gifts any sketcher and artist will love: markers, watercolor paper, pencil cases, books, viviva colorsheets, brush pens and inks.

Discover the basics of watercolor granulation. Learn how to use granulating watercolors in your sketches and paintings.

The best synthetic brushes to use with gouache: Winsor & Newton, Da Vinci, Escoda. Personal recommendations from an urban sketcher.

How many grey markers do you need? What's the difference between warm and cool tones? How do you decide what alcohol-based markers you need?