
Sandrine Maugy Blog
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We cover a range of topics, including Illustrations on Botany, Bird, garden, nature, autumn, and much more. Sandrine Maugy has been teaching Botanical Painting for the illustrious West Dean College since 2005.
Sandrine Maugy Blog
2M ago
Hello everyone, A couple of weeks ago, botanical artist Julia Trickey kindly invited me to do an online talk as part of her series called “Botanical Talks”. Of course, my first one had to be about colour and pigments. We ran out of time for me to answer all the questions at the end of ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
3M ago
Hi everyone, Next Thursday I am doing a live online session with Julia Trickey. Julia is a great botanical artist and lovely person who has a programme of online talks in which she invites other botanical artists to talk about specific subjects.The theme for mine is, obviously, colour-mixing! In the first part I will explain ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
4M ago
Hi everyone, As autumn is here, I am starting to turn towards more neutral colours. The painting I just finished is a bright orange and saturated blue Strelitzia, the end of summer on Patreon. Now these bright hues are gone and the browns and greys are coming in, with the occasional surge of automnal red ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
6M ago
Hi everyone,Today I am going to talk about palettes. More specifically, ceramic palettes. If you haven’t tried one yet, you really should. Painting on ceramic or porcelain is so much better than painting on plastic: the colours show better, the paint doesn’t bubble or flake, the mixing is smooth and easy and the paints can ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
7M ago
I was getting ready to start the sketches for this week’s post on Patreon when I decided to stretch my paper, because I am going to use so much water and really drench my paper. Then I thought it would be useful to do a quick video tutorial, showing you a very easy way to ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
8M ago
Hello, I am still testing the Daniel Smith gouache paints I reviewed last month.The pigments and their characteristics are the same as they are in watercolours, but I am not a gouache painter, so I am exploring techniques that are unfamiliar to me, which I find very interesting and also a lot of fun. One ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
9M ago
Hello everyone,Have you ever tried gouache?Last time I did was many years ago and I wasn’t that impressed. The opaque medium seemed to kill the pigment saturation and I missed the watercolour glow.When Daniel Smith offered to send me some gouache paints to test and review, I was in the middle of a Patreon project ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
10M ago
Hello everyone, For a few years now I have been using a little single wooden palette that I really love. As I am planning a big holiday for next year, where I would like to do some plein air painting, I am putting together a painting kit that is light, pleasant to use, and as ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
1y ago
Hello, It is the start of Camellia season here in the UK, so I thought it would be a good time to post a tutorial of these slightly tricky glossy leaves.I always paint my leaves wet-on-wet but it is even more important for the shiny ones. Painting wet-on-wet avoids all hard lines within the shape ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
1y ago
Hello, Who doesn't like a new paintbrush? Especially when it looks this good…The Panart 1102 (round brush) and 1122 (flat brush) watercolour brushes are probably the most handsome brushes I have ever seen… but do their performance match their good looks? I tested the brushes on a real painting, using wet-on-wet and dry brush techniques ..read more