Shesvii's Blog

Discovering how social media may contribute to the challenges artists face in expressing their creativity.

Lightfastness test update where I show the 2021 Beam Paints tests results, artworks I painted with these gorgeous paints and some pigment nerding. List of old formula Beam Paints lightfast and fugitive colours available.

What are pigments? How do I understand them? Does it matter if I read pigment info or not on my watercolours? This blog post will help you find out the responses to these questions.

Let's find out what makes handmade watercolours special and different from commercial paints!

The revenge of an artist that has witnessed censorship in art communities too many times.

A description of my watercolour lightfastness test including videos.

Here you can find all the colour name and pigment information for the Paul Rubens Candy Color set from Aliexpress!

A brief introduction to the most popular dyes and pigments throughout history!

An introduction to the story of colour names. Why are colours called the way they are? Did the fruit came before or was it the colour? Find out about the orange here!

A short and quick list of 5 great watercolour brands for beginners.