Materials

Below I have listed all the materials I use in my work. Be it coursework, practice sketching or actual pieces. This will get updated from time to time as I progress or simply decide to change brand.

Be warned, some of my materials I have had for some time and are very old so I cannot guarantee they are still available. Anything I have ordered recently I will add where I purchased it from.

As I do not want any negativity on my page (other than critiquing my own work), I will not put up any medium or brand I did not work well with. I am humble enough to recognise that it could as easily be a limitation in my skills or experience as any fault of the product itself. Assume if it is not listed I either haven't used it or couldn't use it well.

Pastels

Currently using my old and trusty Inscribe soft pastels. I have had them for years, but they are still available.

While I wish I had a greater colour range I love them and find them easy to work with.

Acrylics

My primary acrylics are Atelier Interactive. They are professional quality and very nice to work with. My mum also gifted me her old Liquitex acrylics and despite their age they still work perfectly!

My student acrylics are Chromacryl which are good for student paints and work well enough with the Atelier.

In addition I have a titanium white from Outlines which I like.

Brushes

My brushes are quite a motely crew. I have many for years, some have been gifted to me and many I have no idea where they came from.

My main acrylic brushes are either Daler or from the SAA. Both are very nice with lovely long handles and easy to clean brushes.

My main watercolour brushes are from Reeves and have held up well in my amateur hands.

Pencils

All of my colour pencils are from Derwent.

I use Derwent Studio, Derwent Graphitint and Derwent Coloursoft.

All of them are lovely quality.

Oils

My main collection of oils are from my school days. While I haven't used them in recent times I do know my Rowney paints are very good.

As I needed to extent my pallet for my next online course I have added professional standard oils from Winson & Newton. I'll update when I've worked with them for a while.

Watercolours

I have little experience with watercolours. Currently I have a pan set and a set of watercolour tubes.

My pan set and tubes are both from Rowney. They were bought for my by an accomplished watercolourist so I know they are very good. Even if I can't do them justice.