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! 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 …
Always looking out for budget cotton paper, I bought Arteza Expert Watercolor Pad on Prime day when it was CAD$4 off. If you are in search of budget cotton paper, please read this review of Arteza 100% cotton paper before you buy. The Specs By the way, not all of the Arteza Expert watercolour paper …
I don’t know about you, but I am too precious with my 100% cotton paper. Sometimes it is crippling to the point that I am afraid to paint. So I decided to buy cheaper paper to practice on, to take that pressure off. The Winsor&Newton 25% cotton paper costs just CAD$13 and change. Is it …
100% cotton sketchbooks are very hard to come by. In fact, I made the trip to ARTiculations in Toronto to buy an Etchr cotton sketchbook for this review. It costs the same as the non-cotton sketchbook I was not happy with. If you have not used a sketchbook yet, you may want to read this …
A month ago, I purchased this set on Amazon, at a really good Prime special price of CAD$14.99. I did not expect anything from it, since it was so cheap. Please read on for my review on these Adaxi watercolour brushes to see if they are worth the money. 🙂 Packaging and Presentation First of …
As I try to improve my loose watercolor florals, I felt the need to have another book that gives great illustrations and step by step on how to paint them. Since I already have another book on painting bigger flowers, I wanted something a little different. I came across Sushma Hegde‘s new book, and spent …
Hi friends! This isn’t a new product by any means, but I wanted it for a long time and finally got it for Mother’s Day. Without further ado, here is my review of Mungyo Nostalgia of Pastel Professional Watercolour. First of all, in case you don’t know, Mungyo is a Korean art supply brand. I …
