Watercolour resources
Even after many years I sometimes have wonderful surprises with new shades I can create with paints I thought I knew inside out.
- Pigments
- Brands
- My favourite mixes
The most common question I get from followers and students is about the best watercolour paper to use.
- Paper weight
- Paper texture
- Paper colour
- What I like to use
So what's the big deal? Why do I love sketchbooks so much?
- Why sketchbooks?
- Sketchbooks I use
- Others that I like
The right pens and ink will make your paintings pop.
- Pens
- Ink
- Pencils
- What I like to use
Watercolour handbook
My Handbook condenses all the practical techniques that I teach on my retreats and in my Patreon
lessons.
Cross-referenced to my online lessons for full practical demonstration.
Made by us
I'm an artist, David's a geek. These are some tools we've built over time that are useful to me — and we're sharing them because you might find them useful too. They are mostly free.
Swatch Maniac
Stuck on which pigments to mix for a scene? Snap a photo and it'll tell you — stick to my Essential palette, or go full maniac with the whole range.
Perspectify App
Perspectify helps you draw outside. Use your iPhone camera to help you measure angles in your environment, and then transfer directly to your paper.
It's a digital version of my secret perspective drawing tool.
Free to try.
For iPhone & iPad
Real Sketch App
Tracing, scaling, perspective, colour mixing, tonal values — a whole drawing toolbox in your pocket, with AR to help you see it on the page.
Mostly free with some tools you can buy.
500K+ downloads 😊
For Android
Dreamlapse App
Make stop motion and timelapse videos of your painting process. Simple to use, and works well for Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok clips.
- Automatic shooting
- Sync to music
- Up to 4K rendering
Mostly free but you can buy more power.
For Android