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.
This is the year of Emma Lefebvre! Hot on the heels of her Craftamo subscription box launch, Emma Lefebvre released her very first book this month and here is my review. Table of Content Watercolour Lessons covered a good variety of techniques and subjects. As a matter of fact, this book is geared toward beginners. …
This is a review of Emma Lefebvre x Craftamo subscription box 1 for January 2023. It finally arrived yesterday, and I had a chance to paint with the supplies in the box. The price for this box is CAD$70 + $13 shipping. Is it worth it? Let’s get to it! Packaging I am so heartbroken. …
LMA (Let’s Make Art)’s watercolour subscription box for January 2023 is “All Around the World“. Out of the four projects, I have been to two of the locations, so it is a bit nostalgic to paint them. By the way, I brought out my Kokeshi, a Japanese hand painted wooden doll from my trip to …
Despite being a published writer, I rarely reviewed books. However, I am compelled to review the Watercolor for Relaxation book because I have been painting from it since Christmas. Although there is a plethora of watercolour instruction books, this one hits all the right notes for me personally for several reasons. Table of Contents Watercolor …
If you love a good, festive art subscription box, Let’s Make Art really killed it this year. Titled “Merry & Bright”, this December watercolour subscription box has 4+2 projects that will get you into the holiday spirit. By the way, this is my second box from Let’s Make Art (you can read my review of …
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 …
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 …
