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.
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 …
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 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 …
Hi, friends! My Stunning Watercolor Skies review would have come sooner had the book not been sold out on Amazon despite preorder! Thankfully, Chapters has stock and I was able to get a copy. I have been enjoying the projects so far. If you are like me, no longer a beginner but leaning toward intermediate, …
Hi friends! Are you a neat freak like me? If you want to keep all your paint swatches in one album, this Painter’s Color Diary review will show you whether it is worth the price. What It Is: Painter’s Color Diary (Travel Size) is a handy reference record of your paint swatches, all in one …
Hi friends! I have been dying to review Rosa Gallery watercolour for a long time. Thankfully, it has finally arrived in Canada as open stock! Previously, you could only get it on Amazon as a set. If you are curious about this Ukrainian brand and haven’t tried it out yet, please read this review. 🙂 …
Hello, friends! I am reviewing Fluid 100 watercolour paper in hot press and cold press in this post. The inclusion of hot press is purely coincidental because I purchased it by mistake! For some reason, I thought the hot press one looked like it was cold press just because of the colour. The Specs Fluid …
