May 2016 Roundup

Books

These are the books featured in May 2016. The Art of Loish: A Look Behind the Scenes is fantastic. I also found out that several Charles Reid books were reprinted. I bought Painting What (You Want) to See so far. The other books are Painting by Design and The Natural Way to Paint.

1. Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice: Tech Manual
2. DRAW Portraits in Colored Pencil: The Ultimate Step by Step Guide
3. The Art of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
4. Marvel's Captain America: Civil War: The Art of the Movie
5. Mechs and the City
6. Alien Next Door
7. Start Sketching Start Drawing
8. Design and Colour in Watercolour
9. Painting What (You Want) to See by Charles Reid
10. The Art of Mouse Guard 2005-2015
11. The Art of Loish: A Look Behind the Scenes
12. Painting What (You Want) to See by Charles Reid
13. ZERO: ART OF ZERO

Art products

Thanks to my trip to Bali (again) in May, I managed to use several sets of watercolours and can review them. Usually reviewing watercolour sets take me months. That's nothing like a sketching trip that allows you to sketch and paint so much. I'm quite impressed by the quality of White Nights Watercolour given their price.

I also featured the XP-PEN 22HD which is the latest pen digitizer display in the market. It works quite well.

1. St Petersburg's White Nights 12 half pan watercolour set
2. XP-PEN Artist 22HD pen digitizer display
3. Ultramarine Blue vs French Ultramarine
4. Phthalo Blue (Green vs Red Shade)
5. Van Gogh 12 half pan watercolour set
6. Butouch stylus
7. Wacom Express Key Remote
8. Kissho Gansai Watercolor Review (18 half pan set)
9. Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Review

Youtube videos

I only made 23 videos. That's short of my target of 1 per day but I think it's a more manageable pace.

1. Bukit Pasoh Da Po Exhibition
2. What's Coming in May 2016
3. My Sketches from April 2016
4. Bali 2016 Packing List & Timelapse
5. Bali Sketching Trip Day 1
6. Bali Sketching Trip Day 2
7. Bali Sketching Trip Day 3
8. Review: St Petersburg White Nights Watercolour
9. Curious Palette Cafe Sketching
10. Bali 2016 Sketchbook Tour
11. Ultramarine Blue vs French Ultramarine
12. Phthalo Blue Green Shade vs Red Shade
13. Review: XP-PEN Artist 22HD Pen Digitizer Display
14. Review: Art Before Breakfast
15. Review: Van Gogh Half Pan Watercolour Set
16. Review: Wacom Express Key Remote
17. Guide and Intro to Graphic Tablets for Digital Artists
18. My early sketchbooks and things I learned
19. Review: Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolour
20. Mixed Media with Watercolor, WC Pencil & Ink (1)
21. Haji Lane Sketchwalk (28 May 2016)
22. Affordable Watercolor Sets for Beginners (My Recommendations)
23. How to Find Time To Do Things You Love

Patreon

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