I’ve spent a little time putting art work into my current watercolour sketchbook. The small watercolour sketch above features a rare splash of red. I don’t do it very often. It was a quick watercolour sketch based on one of my own photos. It measures 6″ x 9″ approx. and was painted on Baohong Masters’ Choice rough paper, 140 lb. The colours used were Ultramarine GS, Prussian Blue, Manganese Blue Hue., Undersea Green, Pyrrol Scarlet and a tiny bit of Lunar Black. As an experiment, I did also use a Titanium White watercolour stick on the sea. I’m going to do other watercolour interpretations of this.
The four watercolour experiments on the two pages above were painted some time ago now, but they’ve only just found a home in my current sketchbook. I’ve put the necessary details next to the images for my future reference. I used very cheap ordinary table salt for these. You don’t need to buy fancy, expensive salt to get good results. I have done a post about my observations on creating salt patterns – you can read it HERE. The sketchbook I have put my art into here is an Artway Enviro hardbound sketchbook, A4 landscape style.
I have also recently added two new sections to my website PHOTOGRAPHY and MIXED MEDIA. Both these areas are important parts of my creative journey and have influenced me. I want these on my website as a record of what I’ve done creatively in the past.
INDIGO BEACH ART 
The sketchbook you show here is so neat and beautifully designed, do you no longer use the folder you have talked about some time ago?
What do you think about your experiment with the watercolor stick (Daniel Smith watercolor stick?), is this a better option than using white designer gouache here?🤔
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Hi Ina – I really like the sketchbook I’m currently using and will continue with it till it’s full. Afterwards I may go back to my ring-binder style sketchbook as that does encourage me to experiment more, even though it may be a more “messy” sketchbook. But that’s how important lessons are learnt and brilliant ideas are conceived…
As for the watercolour stick – it was a Daniel Smith one. I’m not in love with it. I wanted to try it, and when it’s used up I wont buy another! White gouache or opaque watercolour paint is better I think. But better still is the white of the untouched watercolour paper – that is the best white you will get in watercolour. That’s my preferred option, although it does require more planning and forethought.
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Thank you, Evelyn,I considered to buy such a stick, but in the end you are right, the paper white is the best. And for such rough textures in white a dry brush technique with white gouache will do it quite well I think.
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