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.
I am always on the hunt for a medium as underpainting for my coloured pencil portraits. After my disappointment with Art-n-Fly markers, I wanted to try a set of water-based markers instead. Here is my honest review of the Ohuhu dual tip brush pens skin tone markers. Ohuhu Dual Tip Brush Pens Skin Tone Markers …
I used to be a snob when it comes to affordable art supplies until Ohuhu came along. Since then, I have been trying some well-reviewed, budget brands like Arrtx and Art-n-Fly which are sold on Amazon. Because I was pleasantly surprised with Art-n-Fly’s oil-based coloured pencils, I had high hopes for this set. Shop it …
Abstract art is the opposite of my usual realistic portraits, and I have never tried doing it before. I didn’t have the intention to try it until I saw the Faber-Castell 20 minute studio Abstract Art Kit for Beginners at my local Winners for CAD$9.99. To be honest, the reason I bought it was because …
While I love coloured pencils, they are a slow medium. Each portrait takes me at least 5 hours to complete. Soft pastels and pastel pencils, however, take much less time to blend and cover larger areas. I cannot tell you how attractive that is! I decided to try out two brands–Conte a Paris and Stabilo–for …
I am always skeptical when I see the word “dupe” in reviews. The thing is, oil-based coloured pencils are notoriously expensive to come by. What if there is such a dupe for, say, my trusty Derwent Lightfast, at a fraction of the price? Read on for this Art-n-Fly 48 oil-based coloured pencils review to find …
What They Are Caran D’Ache Neocolor II Aquarelle is a line of water-soluble wax pastels. They are made in Switzerland and have a firm, creamy consistency. I am reviewing the 40 set of Caran D’Ache Neocolor II in two ways–wet and dry–to test out how good they are. Caran D’Ache Neocolor II Packaging Review: If …
With this portrait, I was hoping to mix two media–pastel and coloured pencils–as an experiment. My original plan was to draw Megan Fox with coloured pencils and use PanPastel on the hair as underpainting to cut down the time. However, because I didn’t use pastel paper, this plan did not quite work out. I always …
Up for review is a set of 12 Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils in assorted greys. Is it worth the money? What They Are Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils are oil-based, light fast and break resistant coloured pencils. This particular set of German-made pencils is priced at a bit over CAD$26 on Amazon. The Paper I use …
I have been using Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils to do most of my portraits for the past four years. They are wax based, creamy and blend well, but my major gripe is that some of the colours give a lot of wax bloom. I was ready to move onto oil-based coloured pencils. I tried Lyra …
After purchasing my basic 24-pc Ohuhu alcohol marker set, I realized the colours were too dark for some of my other projects. I purchased Stampin’ Blends to fill in the colour gap. I bought 4 sets in Ivory/Bronze, Pool Party, Fresh Freesia and Gray Granite. Each set of 2 markers costs CAD$12.00 at the time …
