Canadian art blog with thorough (and at times, salty) product reviews, with special emphases on watercolour and pastels.
Canadian art blog with thorough (and at times, salty) product reviews, with special emphases on watercolour and pastels.
Grabie 100 Watercolour Set is a compact set that comes with a handy tool kit. This is the most shades in a set I have ever reviewed; the next big set I have is Paul Rubens 48 watercolour set. I am reviewing this Grabie 100 watercolour set as someone who mostly works with a limited …
Hey friends! I bought Daniel Smith Watercolor Ground a while ago and had been testing it on different surfaces for this review. I paid CAD$12.99 when it was on sale on Amazon.ca, which was not a bad price. You can buy it at other places like DeSerres for a similar price point. It comes in …
Arrtx metallic acrylic markers come in 12 shades in this set. These are brush tipped, waterbased markers that dry down to a waterproof finish, just like the Simptap markers I previously reviewed. However, unlike the Simptap markers, these don’t require shaking or pressing any valves. The set comes in a sturdy box, making this a …
Arrtx Simptap Acrylic Markers are the brand‘s latest offering with some improvements from the typical acrylic markers. These are still activated by shaking them. However, unlike the traditional acrylic markers where you need to press on the nib to get the paint flowing, each Arrtx Simptap acrylic marker has a valve top where you press …
Hi friends! I don’t know about you, but I stopped buying stamps now that I can just paint my own. This is a deinfluencing post, so if you don’t want to spend money, please continue to read for some ideas on DIY religious Christmas cards. Why Paint Your Own Cards? After amassing a lot of …
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 …
