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Favourite Art Supplies Review

Tombow Mono Zero Elastomer Eraser This eraser is very useful for removing harsh pencil lines for light sketching in watercolours, it...

Railings!! - dealing with unsightly themes.

One of my dislikes in watercolour painting is railings and municipal street furniture, i.e; posts, ropes, bollards, railings, bins and...

Urban Sketching

I haven’t produced any urban sketching since my art college days. They sent us out on the streets of Wrexham with a fineliner and...

Extending the life of stubby pencils!

A hack to make use of all those stubby pencil ends which I shared on Instagram. One tip is to find an old biro holder with the same...

Hope for New Brighton

Here is a project I've been working on recently for a community initiative called "Hope for New Brighton" who bring support and food bags...

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