• CotmanSketchersSetSmallI’ve been asked many times to recommend a watercolour set for beginners. That’s difficult to do as my viewers are all over the world and the re are so many sets to choose from.

    I use Winsor and Newton Artists Quality watercolours. This set is a grade below and quite a lot cheaper. It is a small set, so you can get used to the paints and the way they work and also get used to the idea of mixing.

    Also, being a small set, it is great to slip into a pocket and take with you sketching.

    I shall be using this set in my videos in the near future so if you want to follow along, I’m putting Amazon links below to the set and the Derwent watwer brushes too.

  • flowersTomorrow is Mother’s Day in the UK where I live. I’ve had to rush this a little to get a card made for my mother. I hope you like it and find some inspiration or learn some new technique from it.

    You can get the in the UK here: http://amzn.to/1gNpZ8s
    and in the US here: http://amzn.to/1gaG6qA

  • RotringTikkyGraphicI’m always asked what pen I use. It’s called a Rotring Tikky Graphic and you can now get them from the I used to use the rapidograph in the old days. It’s a very technical pen that needs a lot of looking after and cleaning out. It also has a fine metal nib which I was always breaking.

    The Tikky Graphic is disposable – you can’t refill them, but I think they are good value for money compared with other disposable pens and these are so technically superior.

    I generally get my pens from Cult Pens who have an amazing stock of weird and wonderful pens from all around the world and they provide a very fast service in the UK. I think they send stuff worldwide too.