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For Sale
You can read more information about the size and the pricing by clicking on the images. You can also check the availability of a painting on the paintings descriptions of the individual painting galleries. All paintings and commissions are sold unframed except those that are sold from exhibition halls or art galleries. For further information […]
Links
I recommend to visit the following websites too: Lizzie Harper ( Botanical and Natural History Illustrator) Andre Jute ( Best Seller Author and Painter) Russ Stutler ( the demi god of urban sketching) Matthew Mattingly ( great art by an all weather artist) Brian van der Spuy ( artist and author) Michael Daley‘s very informative […]
Pet Portraits
Wild Life Sketches
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Bio/Contact information
Marialena Sarris is a Greek watercolour artist. Her work is represented in private collections around the globe. Many of her commissions are for portraits of all kind. People (adults, children), pets and even flower portraits. In her spare time, she sketches the fascinating world she sees around her, gathering material for her future paintings. […]
Floral/Botanical Sketches
Still Life Paintings
Ideographies
Antiquities Sketches
Still Life Sketches
Review: Strathmore 500 Series Imperial Paper
I’m almost devoted on using HP and Mixed Media papers. So today I’m going to review another HP watercolour paper, this time the Strathmore 500 series Imperial watercolour paper 300 gsm.
Portrait/ Figure Sketches
Seascapes Landscapes and Urban Sketches
Wild Life Paintings
Night Starry Skies Series
Hahnemühle Bamboo Mixed Media 265gsm paper review
That is how Hahnemühle describes its Bamboo Mixed Media paper. Suitable for all media, strong, age resistant and above all environmental friendly. The above description attracted my attention so I bought a pad, I tested the paper and here is my honest review.
Migrating my website to Classic Press CMS
Hi everyone! I’m back to my blog with a bit more technical post about my website’s setup, that will probably interest those of you who have designed and run your personal portfolio websites on Wordpress and you are already fed up with the dysfunctional new default editor. If you belong to this category of people […]
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Etchrlab and Stephanie’s Law Mini Porcelain Palette Review
As I wrote in my previous blog post I modified my tiny and trusted watercolour box in order to hold 30 colours. The idea of holding 30 colours in tiny wells came to me when I realized that large watercolour palette boxes were neither convenient nor useful for my painting style, that is to paint […]
New and Improved Van Gogh Watercolours Review
Royal Talens the company that produces Van Gogh watercolours, updated recently this line of watercolours by adding some new colours and improving the consistency of the already existed ones. Van Goghs are the watercolours that I favour, partly because I use them for countless years due to their high quality and affordable price but mostly […]
How to Mix Skin Tones in Watercolour
Hi! I’m back on my blog with some new tutorials and reviews. Here I share with you a rather straight forward tutorial on how to mix skin tones in watercolours. The concept is quite simple. I’ve swatched light medium and dark skin colour mixes, that are useful when you are painting realistic portraits.
A modified Prang vintage metal box and my new colours
Let me present you here how I modified my vintage metal Prang watercolour box. This was a box that was gifted to me among other Prang boxes. The metal box was the most promising one and so I took the decision to change it a bit. This box’s dimensions are 21,5 x 5x 1 cm […]
Prang watercolour sets review and lightfastness test
Last September I received as a gift a variety of Prang watercolour sets, sent to me straight from US. Prang watercolour sets are ( as far as I know) very popular school watercolour paints. They are not available though at European market and the sets that are retailed from European online stores are ridiculously expensively […]
Experimenting with chalk resist (masking fluid alternative) UPDATED
According to this site: Chalk resist: Chalk resist is a thick paste made from powdered chalk mixed with water. This paste is brushed onto the desired areas of a sheet; once it is dry, the thick layer of chalk protects the underlying paper from wet watercolor washes. The chalk can be easily removed by counter-rolling […]