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
5M ago
Hello, Well, it's been a while... I have been so busy with making contents for Patreon that I have been neglecting my website and my YouTube channel a little this year... I have lots of exciting news though, so you will hear from me a few times in the not-too-far future... For now, here is ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
9M ago
Hi everyone, New season, new venue! To start the spring in style, I am teaching a Camellia painting day at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest. Exbury is a lovely place to spend a day, surrounded by the Camellia collection. The date is Friday 31st March 2023, the place is the lovely room adjacent to ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
10M ago
Hi everyone, I wish you all a happy, healthy and creative 2023! My third video tutorial for Fabriano is out... This time we are painting three Ginkgo leaves. I have really enjoyed working with the team at Fabriano. They are really nice to work with and they also taught me a couple of technical things ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
1y ago
Hi everyone, Have you ever tried painting a pattern on a petal? It can be tricky... If painted too wet, it spreads too much and the pattern disappears, melting into a blotchy mess of colours (which actually sounds rather nice...). If painted too dry, it stands out too much and looks like it's painted on ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
1y ago
Hi everyone, Hampshire Open Studios is in full swing! I know so many of you are an ocean (or two) away so I filmed a virtual tour for you... The public opening is now over but I am still receiving visitors by appointment until the end of the event. If you wish to pop in ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
1y ago
Hi everyone, The first picture is on the wall, hurray!! Hampshire Artists Open Studios is starting at the end of this week... It is absolutely frantic around here right now, trying to get everything ready. As I write this, the paper cups have just been delivered, so at least if nothing else, we can have ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
1y ago
I probably did... Moonglow is a ready-made grey by Daniel Smith. I am not generally fond of ready-made greys because they are often made of a black pigment mixed with something else to soften the colour. Moonglow is different: the grey is obtained not by using a black as a base, but by mixing three ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
1y ago
Hi everyone, I have made a second video tutorial for Fabriano, this time painting a pear. I thought perhaps you didn't all find it on the Fabriano YouTube channel, so here is a video showing the project and containing a link to the full tutorial. https://youtu.be/SPIsiL7_q2s Happy Painting ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
1y ago
Hello everyone, I received a mysterious parcel a few days ago, with a big Search Press label on it… My book isn't due to be published until the end of July, so I didn't know what the parcel was. It was an advanced copy! So after just over two years of intense work and a ..read more
Sandrine Maugy Blog
1y ago
It's tulip time in the garden and I have in my sight the beautiful Tulipa 'Ballerina', a bright orange lily-flowered tulip that glows in the early spring sun. Its waxy tepals show an array of orange variations, from the undertones of green bias yellow to the red bias orange of the central veins on the ..read more