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  • Robins

    Robins

    Dec 20, 2024

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    by

    Emma Butler
    in Nature

    These friendly visitors to our gardens are such a welcome sight in winter. With their orange-red breasts and joyful song, they really lighten the darker days. Long associated with Christmas, it’s the perfect time to take a closer look at…

  • All 100 Luminance Pencils

    All 100 Luminance Pencils

    Dec 13, 2024

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    by

    Emma Butler
    in Art Supplies

    After discovering that Caran D’Ache’s Luminance pencils were the perfect fit for my drawing style two years ago, I’ve been gradually building up my collection. Last week, I took delivery of the final pencils I needed to complete the full…

  • Saucer Sketches: Greens and Blues

    Saucer Sketches: Greens and Blues

    Dec 6, 2024

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    by

    Emma Butler
    in Techniques

    Some of my favourite watercolours are in the green and blue range so I had great fun with this week’s quick sketch. I was going to draw another scene, but as I sketched the curves that I wanted the hills…

  • Saucer Sketches: Muted Watercolours

    Saucer Sketches: Muted Watercolours

    Nov 29, 2024

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    by

    Emma Butler
    in Techniques

    This time of year is great for picking up some extra art supplies as there are so many offers for Black Friday week, the run up to Christmas and during the New Year sales. It can be difficult to know…

  • The Greylag Goose in the Isle of Man

    The Greylag Goose in the Isle of Man

    Nov 22, 2024

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    by

    Emma Butler
    in Isle of Man, Nature

    Several species of geese can be found in the wild in the Isle of Man. Some are migratory visitors, whereas others are present year round. The picture is often confused by feral, previously domesticated, birds being seen alongside those that…

  • Travel Sketching and Christmas Fairs

    Travel Sketching and Christmas Fairs

    Nov 15, 2024

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    by

    Emma Butler
    in Art Supplies, Grenaby

    I had a wonderful time away at a family wedding last weekend, and took my ‘Colours of Nature’ travel palette with me in case I had a chance to sketch during the trip. The weather was very grey but the…

  • Colours of Nature: Palette Creation

    Colours of Nature: Palette Creation

    Nov 8, 2024

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    by

    Emma Butler
    in Art Supplies, Colours

    Among the colours featured in the book ‘Nature’s Palette’ by Thames and Hudson, there are several that are described as ‘characteristic colours’ as they are used as reference points to describe other colours. As I’m going on a short trip…

  • The Migrant Hawker

    The Migrant Hawker

    Nov 1, 2024

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    by

    Emma Butler
    in Nature

    Dragonflies are the most mesmerising of insects. To me, they always seem too big, too beautiful and too alien to be real when seen flying or hovering nearby. I guess one of the reasons they look so alien to me…

  • Corvid Celebration

    Corvid Celebration

    Oct 25, 2024

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    by

    Emma Butler
    in Nature

    With Hop-tu-Naa on the way and the WildTober drawing prompts this week featuring ‘corvid’, I just had to feature these wonderful birds on the blog. The Isle of Man is lucky enough to be home to a variety of corvid…

  • Turning Autumn Leaves into Cards

    Turning Autumn Leaves into Cards

    Oct 18, 2024

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    by

    Emma Butler
    in Techniques

    With the Autumn Leaves in Ink workshop coming up, I’ve been creating lots of leaf ink drawings to show as examples and to test out different colour combinations of ink. While doing this, it occurred to me that these leaves…

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