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Tips on colour mixing

My tips on colour mixing. For years, when I used watercolours, I was always disappointed with results. Everything has this dull muddy appearance, and I was unsure why.  At high school we were taught colour theory. There was the basic colour wheel, what to mix to make other colours and all about hues, tints and […]

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3 tips to watercolours

3 Tips to watercolours

Just a simple blog post today, but an important one!  When you’ve gone out, spent your money on the best, or nearly best watercolour supplies, and have begun your watercolour journey, you don’t want to come unstuck by making a few rooky errors..  So here I’m sharing some basic tips to keep in mind when […]

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5 reasons to try watercolours

5 reasons to try watercolours

I have always dabbled in art. I started out as a standard child, colouring in, using crayons and colouring pens. I always LOVED stationery shops, and was jealous of my friends felt tip collections! Ha ha At school I was marked down for art. The loose style I had did not fit into the geometric […]

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8 reasons why creativity is vital for your health and wellbeing

8 reasons why creativity is vital for your health and wellbeing.

While promoting, and even teaching my watercolour workshops I hear the same sentence said again and again, “I’m just not creative” or “I wish I was creative”.  Well, news flash… you are!!! Everyone has an element of creativity in them; it’s just been supressed over years of adulthood.  If you think about children, they all […]

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