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 have three more DIY watercolour Christmas cards for this year. These require sketching an outline prior to painting; I used Derwent Graphitint pencils so they dissolve in water without a trace. For these cards, I used 4×6″ Fluid 100 watercolor paper block. It has cold press finish with a fine grain texture. …
Tired of buying a new stamp set each season? Here are four super easy DIY watercolour Christmas cards that cost you next to nothing if you already have the paints. Better still, no drawing skill required! Just grab your paints and dive right in. Loose Style Painting I used my Paul Rubens watercolour, but you …
Paul Rubens Neon Watercolours contain 14 Opera Series paints. If you are not familiar with opera paints, they are usually not lightfast but offer super vibrant, fluorescent pigments. Don’t look for lightfast information in these paints because there is none! With that in mind, let’s open and see what’s inside. Fancy Packaging! I love that …
This is a two-in-one review of Spectrum Noir AquaBlend watercolour pencils. I found these at my local Winners/HomeSense store at CAD$19.99 each, which was too cheap to pass up. I know I have said I won’t buy any more budget art supplies, but this came highly recommended by Lindsay Weirich of the Frugal Crafter and …
Realizing the limitations of the Paul Rubens Macaron Oil Pastels set, I purchased the Paul Rubens oil pastels set of 48 (+3) with regular colours. At the time of writing this review, Paul Rubens is selling the combination of the macaron and regular colours in one set of 72, available at Amazon.com (US only) for …
I am a sucker for pastel shades. When Paul Rubens came out with a set of 36 oil pastels in macaron colours, I knew I have to have it. Read on for my Paul Rubens Macaron Oil Pastels Review! Paul Rubens released a few sets of oil pastels. There is a 24 set of macaron …
Are they worth it? You have probably seen many budget art supplies on Amazon, retailing at a fraction of the price of professional products. Are they worth the money? Here are my thoughts on them. Budget Art Supplies on Amazon: Clones! Many budget coloured pencils are the products of white labeling–they all came from the …
Why I prefer painting in watercolour after years of working with coloured pencils Anyone who paints with coloured pencils can tell you that they are a slow, tedious medium, often taking many hours to finish. Here are the main reasons why I love using watercolour more than coloured pencils. Time The number one reason why …
Often touted as the best budget pastel paper, Canson Mi-teintes Pastel Paper retails for merely CAD$11.85. Are these really good or just good for the price? Read on to find out. Testing Canson Mi-Teintes Pastel Paper with Soft Pastels I used the more textured side for the eagle drawing because I was going to use …
I am a huge fan of Lindsay the Frugal Crafter, from whom I have learned so much about art and art supplies for the past several years. I also believe in supporting artists, so when I saw that she has a collaboration with Craftamo, I put the brush set on my wish list. My husband …
