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.
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 …
