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  • Leisure Painter

    Painting project

    Dec 15, 2023 5 minutes

    You will need

    ■ Surface

    • A Pink Pig A4 140lb Bockingford watercolour sketchbook

    ■ Brushes

    • Rosemary & Co. sable blend, Series 401, No. 6
    • Pro Arte Series 100 Rounds Nos. 8 & 12
    • Pro Arte Series 10, 6½in. flat

    ■ Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour (tubes)

    • Raw sienna
    • Burnt umber
    • Light red
    • Alizarin crimson
    • Cobalt blue
    • Prussian blue

    ■ Miscellaneous

    • Mixing tray
    • Water container
    • 2B pencil

    I am always excited when I look out of the window and see those first snowflakes fluttering to the ground. The landscape turns from a dull, dismal grey-brown into a bright, white carpet. Then the cloud passes, and the sun breaks through to reveal a magical landscape.

    My first instinct is to grab my camera and

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