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.
Hi, friends! I live in Ontario, and see Mont Marte art supplies at HomeSense, Winners and Marshalls all the time. For the most part, they are not anything to write home about; you generally get what you pay for. However, as a watercolourist who wants to try out gouache, I didn’t want to splurge on …
Hi, friends! I bought The Witching Hour box from Let’s Make Art and it comes with 6 tubes of Holbein gouache. These contain 5ml each and retail for US$21.95 on letsmakeart.com as a set. I never did a full painting with gouache at all, so I bought the box hoping to test it out. Please …
Hi, friends! I bought Grabie watercolor pad for this review not expecting much. However, I was pleasantly surprised! At the time of purchase (Amazon Prime price of CAD$13 and change), this was the cheapest 100% cotton watercolor paper I have used. So, how does this perform? Satisfaction guaranteed! First of all, this is a pad, …
Hi, friends! I bought a few things from the Amazon Prime day sale this week and this set is one of them. The regular price isn’t expensive, a bit less than CAD$16, but it’s even cheaper on Prime day! Read on for a review of Oat Art Studio watercolour brush set. Oat Art Studio Watercolour …
Do you really need this brush? Filbert, cat’s tongue, daggers. There are so many specialty brushes for watercolour loose florals! I have amassed all of these in various sizes, and added one more to my collection: the triangle brush. Also called the triangle wedge brush, this is yet another specialty brush for florals. If you …
