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.
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 …
If you didn’t know by my site name already, I love gnomes! I am picky about the type of gnomes to collect though. I don’t like the ones with an aged face. My favourite is the kind with just the nose and beard. The Marianne Design Creatables Tomte Gnome Dies are exactly what I wanted, …
Have you ever used just a few coloured pencils for a portrait? I challenged myself and created my first five coloured pencils drawing, using Prismacolor Premier pencils. I drew this portrait of actress Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina Spellman with black, canary yellow, poppy red, white and chocolate. While I love using Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils, …
For the past 4 years, I have been using Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils to do all my portraits. I know them like the back of my hand, so to speak. Read on for my honest review of Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils. What They Are Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils are wax based. The biggest set they …
After hearing so many good things about Ohuhu alcohol markers, I finally bought a set on Amazon for CAD$24 when it was on sale. At just a dollar a marker, this set is considerably cheaper than Copic, which is the gold standard as far as alcohol markers go. So, at $1 per marker, is this …
