But is there a decent alternative to Kolinsky brushes? There is a tendency for the fur business to make up names for fur, and in the US there are very strict laws preventing this. In the US all fur products which, as I read the regulation, includes brushes must be labeled with the country or [...]
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Alternatives to Kolinsky brushes
Posted in brushes, tagged watercolor equipment on May 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Japanese waterbrushes and “pochade” boxes
Posted in watercolor, watercolor pochade boxes, tagged japanese waterbrush, watercolor equipment, watercolor pochade boxes on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Above is a picture of two different Japanese waterbrushes leaning on their caps. As the name implies they are filled with water usually enough to do a compete painting. They solve two problems at once. First they hold all the water you will need expect if you want to put down a big wash on [...]
antique “watercolour” boxes and Homer’s tin palettes
Posted in watercolor pochade boxes, Winslow Homer equipment/technique, tagged homer's palette, watercolor equipment, watercolor pochade boxes on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Green and Stone (click on the name) in Chelsea, London have pictures of many different kinds of these old watercolor boxes, most of them already sold. They also sell a modern walnut watercolor pochade box with and without pigment. Here’s another type of antique watercolor box Now let us look at Winslow Homer’s watercolor box. [...]
