Daphne Bennett

All join in! After dinner the kids were playing on the floor. I naively thought I could finally sit down and draw them quietly. But Juno stood up immediately and insisted drawing on my sketch book, then Bertie joins in to draw his sci-fi fantasy. So we sat together until bedtime.

For the paint, I am very satisfied with Derwent’s pastel paint pan, a handy gouache collection 12 pastel colours. I did worry it would be too girly but the colours are so beautiful, I can’t do without them now. For the darker colours I use the Van Gogh watercolours by the Dutch brand Royal Talens. Both Derwent and Van Gogh are very budget friendly with high lightfast rating. They work very well together and I am using both everyday.