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Full size sheets of beautiful Saunders-Waterford 100% cotton watercolour paper. Available in 300gsm cold press (medium texture), hot press (smooth texture) or rough (the most textured). Choice of bright high white or traditional off white for a warmer look. Cotton gives you more time. It takes longer to dry than cotton blends or wood pulp papers that contain no cotton...

Our most popular watersoluble brush markers*

1. Pentel Brush Sign Pen: This small, soft felt-tip brush (0.5cm long) is the easiest to use and ideal for beginners learning hand lettering. The tip is easy to control and the colours don't bleed through decent paper stocks. Also available in an extra fine bristle version for illustrations.  Other Pentel brushes include the larger Pentel Color Brush, with a firmer bristle tip (4 x 12mm long) and a cartridge body you squeeze to control the flow of ink (0.5-8mm line). Pentel Fountain Pen Black is a felt tip, with a sepia tone, that acts more like a brush than a fountain pen.

2. Tombow: This is a popular

Our most popular pigmented (waterproof) brush markers

1. Pentel Pocket Brush Pen: Our most popular waterproof brush pen, with indvidual bristles (4x10mm) and smooth, wet strokes, from hairline to thick. Refillable with rich black, sepia or grey ink cartridges. Popular with illustrators and comic artists. Requires some practice to get a consistent line. Similar Pentel products are the Pentel Color Brush Pigmented Marker, a larger, squeezable, refillable, bristle tip brush and the smaller, non-refillable Pentel Sign Pigmented Pen for beginners.
2. Uni Pin: A low cost, very durable, small felt brush tip (5mm long) available in non-refillable black, dark grey, light grey or sepia. The non-blacks work harmoniously with watercolours, making

Our most popular tools for sketching outside:

1. Rosemary & Co travel brushes: Artist grade brushes, housed in a metal reversible handle to protect the brush tip when not in use. Popular designs are R2 Sable, R9 Squirrel, R12 Dagger and R10 Synthetic. For big brushes, look at the R16

Full size sheets of beautiful Saunders-Waterford 100% cotton watercolour paper. Available in 300gsm cold press (medium texture), hot press (smooth texture) or rough (the most textured). Choice of bright high white or traditional off white for a warmer look. Cotton gives you more time. It takes longer to dry than cotton blends or wood pulp papers that contain no cotton...

Our most popular Rosemary & Co artist brushes:

1. Eradicator: The eradicator is our most popular brush. A short, stiff brush for lifting watercolour. 

2. Series 33: Pointed rounds in pure Kolinsky sable. The best point and snap for watercolour.

3. Travel brushes: Rosemary's core designs, supplied on a reversible metal handle. The R9 Mop is the most popular for watercolour and the R2

This drawing warm-up exercise, by artist Judy Salleh, is a good way to improve your observation skills. Using recycled cardboard, art markers and coloured pencils, Judy shows how it is an easy technique you could practice very week

1. Toned paper - try a mid tone grey paper, to easily seek out the lights and darks

2. Doodle - draw as many objects as you can in 5 minutes

3. Look for the darks - with a black marker, emphasize the dark

4. Look for the lights - with a white pen, emphasize the lights and reflections

5. Colour - coloured pencil adds a waxy sheen, for a luxurious silky look

6. Cast shadow - finish with grey brush markers, layering as needed, to show the intensity of shadow each object makes

Look for doodle opportunites where ever you go. Doodling helps you loosen up and simplify your drawings. By focusing on

Church Point sketch process:

Taking a few lessons is a great way to learn or improve your sketching and painting skills. Let us know if you are a tutor and would like to be added to this list. ACT NSW Ako Lamble - art tutor based at the North Shore School of Art (Spit Junction) teaching beginner watercolour classes. We met Ako in our early...

Community groups are a great way to learn or improve your sketching and painting skills. Please check with individual group for event details. Let us know if you know of other active groups. Australia wide Australian Watercolour Institute (AWI) - National society of professional watercolourists. Membership is by nomination. Promote watercolour and sketch-based artworks through exhibitions and publications. Fountain Pens...