I have been following several Miniature Painters’ work on Instagram* — I am amazed at the amount of implied detail these artists are able to achieve. I’m not normally drawn to flowers but I love watching Nina Hidalgo’s videos as she fills sketchbook after sketchbook. I also love the wee wooden palette she uses that snaps together with tiny embedded magnets and clips to the tiny sketchbook.
A while back, I decided to order one of these palettes on Etsy to add to my small collection. Before the Russian Dictator Putin declared war on Ukraine. The Go Draw palette with hand-bound sketchbook comes from a lovely Russian artist, Julia Mironova. With so many sanctions declared against Russia, I wasn’t sure if the palette would actually get here.
But it did arrive this week, inspiring me to once again try working tiny.
Here is the Go Draw palette next to my Demi Palette from Art Toolkit. Both will now live in my purse for impromptu sketches when away from home — after I decide what colors to load the new one with.
* Two of my absolute favorite artists who paint tiny are Bronwyn Royce @PigmentsArt and Katharina @Katharinacreates — check them out on Instagram!
TINY! I'm still using the tiny metal one I got from Wet Paint years ago, but working small is fun! Looking forward to seeing what you do.
ReplyDeleteI remember your tiny metal palette! Back then, I didn't think it held enough paint -- and this wee wooden one holds even less! Watching videos of miniature painters on Instagram challenged me.
DeleteThe past few months, I have found it a struggle to sketch anything at all. So perhaps having a tiny option will make it easier to get through this "funk"?
Working so tiny also gives reason to finally use that ridiculously small sable brush that came with an old Winsor & Newton watercolor set years ago!
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