Watercolour resources
What's on my palette, suggestions for a limited palette, pans vs tube paints and more...
- Pigments
- Brands
- Travel & studio palettes
The most common question I get is how to choose watercolour paper.
- Paper weight, texture, colour
- Cotton vs wood pulp
- Pads, blocks, full sheets
So what's the big deal? Why do I love sketchbooks so much?
- Why sketchbooks?
- Sketchbooks I use
- Past sketchbooks
Why I choose fountain pens. Different inks. My brush preferences
- Pens, inks, nibs
- Travel and studio brushes
- Markers, masking fluid, other bits & pieces
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