How to make glue

I got this recipe from someone who works at the National Library of Wales in the book binding department. I was told it is traditionally used to stick the leather to the hard cover of the book (usually called the …

Stretching Paper

My complete guide to stretching paper the over-top way! The credit for this method goes to Nita Engle who’s book “Making watercolor paint itself” was where I first got most of this method from. It is also a great resource …

Smooth Backgrounds

Ok, try this one on for size. Say for example you’ve done a nice figure illustration but the background isn’t quite the colour you wanted. The problem is that if you start layering your premixed colour on top of your …