Sonriseartists Co / Features
When my studio shrank from a sunny spare room to a cosy corner in a shared flat, one of the hardest things was fitting my working kit into a smaller footprint. A full-size studio easel felt like a luxury I couldn’t justify—until I found a secondhand French easel at a local auction. It wasn’t...
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I remember the moment I debated swapping my familiar student tubes for a row of glossy pro bottles: standing in the art-supply shop, squeezing colour onto a scrap of primed board, watching how a cadmium-equivalent flattened out differently depending on which tube I’d purchased the week before. It...
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I often get asked whether student or professional gouache is the better choice for illustration work. It’s a practical question with no single correct answer — it depends on your goals, budget and the life you expect your work to lead. Over the years I’ve used both types extensively, teaching...
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