Today I did the “Watercolour Summer Landscape” lesson from the Sketchbook Revival workshop. It taught techniques that I have learned before (but not practiced enough!). I was especially reminded of something that I always tell aspiring artists who ask for advice: the right materials make everything easier. “Student grade” art supplies are so called because they’re cheaper, but ironically they actually make it harder to learn. With watercolour, a high-quality paper makes all the difference. I was going to treat myself to a piece for this, but I couldn’t find my supply (maybe it’s in my storage locker?) so I had to settle for my art journal sketchbook, which is pretty good, but not good enough to make painting this as effortless as the instructor said it should be! (Also, I need more practice. Ahem.)