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Acrylic Markers
I absolutely love my acrylic markers—they’re a total game changer! 🎨✨ There’s no fuss with getting out my brushes, preparing my work area or bothering with any clean up. I grab my box of markers and have a seat where my heart desires and I can get started right away. They work on almost any…
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Exploring Sanguine Pencil Techniques
Sanguine: Drawing with Earth and Emotion There’s something grounding and quietly powerful about drawing with sanguine pencil. The medium itself—born from iron oxide-rich clay—has been used by artists for centuries. It brings a warmth and weight that graphite simply can’t offer, and a kind of emotional resonance that makes it ideal for organic, expressive work.…
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Chinese Ink
On Working with Chinese Ink There’s something humbling about working with Chinese ink—a medium that feels both ancient and alive. It moves with elegance, but demands presence. Every drop carries weight. I’ve used it across different surfaces—watercolour paper and mixed media paper in particular. Both respond differently to the ink’s character, but one thing remains…
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Contour Drawings
The power of a line is so great that it can bring its audience to a halt, direct, redirect, convince, and play mind games if it is clever enough. “Lines” need not be limited to straight cut 90° angles, planned and measured. They can be loose, bold, shy, whispered, there is nothing a line can’t…
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Alcohol Ink Markers
The fun thing with alcohol ink markers is the variety of colours. I bought a 168 marker set for relatively cheap off Amazon. I never knew the possibility of having so many neutral and subtle shades, as well as the dozens of greys and off-whites. Wow. It’s seriously like a candy store feeling when I…
Rachel in Bloom 