Art blog with thorough (and at times, salty) product reviews, with special emphases on watercolour and pastels.
Art blog with thorough (and at times, salty) product reviews, with special emphases on watercolour and pastels.
Strathmore Watercolor Travel Pad is a 100% cotton paper that is completely under the radar. When it comes to 100% cotton paper, you think of Arches, Etchr Lab, but this watercolor travel pad is seriously underrated and I am baffled why I’ve never heard of it. The Deets: Strathmore Watercolor Travel Pad is part of …
Don’t Buy These Stamps! Looking for the easiest DIY watercolour cards? If you are tired of buying new stamps every season, fret not, because you can paint these yourself. 🙂 Materials Used for Easiest DIY Watercolour Cards By the way, I didn’t glue any of the sentiment strips on the paper. I just laid the …
Since my recent purchase of Sennelier extra soft pastels didn’t cover more yellow skin tones, I bought a pack of 5 Rembrandt soft pastels in Burnt Sienna to fill the gap. At CAD$11.99 (available at Deserres), Rembrandt is much cheaper than Sennelier. However, there are substantial differences between these two brands. For a review of …
It surprises me not too many people have mentioned Winsor & Newton watercolour paper. At CAD$18 each currently on Amazon.ca, the price is more than reasonable for 100% cotton cold pressed watercolour paper. The Specs This wired watercolour paper pad is made in Italy. Though the description does not say whether the paper is sized, …
