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.
Hello fellow artists! I hope you had a great start of the year. My family and I went to Prague and France around Christmas last year, and as part of my pilgrimage, I visited the Sennelier store in Paris. Though I have used Sennelier soft pastels before, this is my first purchase of their watercolour. …
Hi friends! In this post I am showing a Coton de Tulear painting I have done for a friend, who lost her beloved Coton de Tulear of 14 years this month. The dog’s name is Chazz, and he was a gorgeous little boy that I have had the pleasure to meet before. It was the …
Not gonna lie, I fear fixatives since the last one I used from Pebeo. This time, I am not fooling around, and went straight for Sennelier Latour soft pastels fixative. In fact, I had high hopes for it. If you wonder whether this works, read on for my Sennelier Latour Fixative review. I believe this …
Hi friends! This Pebeo Pastel Fixative review is part commission horror story and part review. It might trigger you if you had a commission gone wrong, so be warned! I will put a warning before the disaster part. Pebeo Pastel, Pencil and Charcoal Fixative This product comes in two sizes: 200ml and 400ml. The 200ml …
Hi friends! Today I am writing a review on Sennelier Summer Sky pastels. This is the second 6-pack Sennelier set I own, and I might just have encountered a Sennelier extra soft pastel that isn’t. Did I waste my money? Let’s find out! The Packaging I wanted to mention this before the review. Recently, I …
Hi, friends! I have been using Mungyo Gallery Artists’ Soft Pastels long enough to give them a fair review. These are lightfast, artist quality pastels at a budget price. Read on if you want to find out whether they are worth the money! Since these soft pastel sticks are colour true, I don’t find the …
Since my recent purchase of Sennelier extra soft pastels didn’t cover more yellow skin tones, I bought a pack of 5 Rembrandt soft pastels in Burnt Sienna to fill the gap. At CAD$11.99 (available at Deserres), Rembrandt is much cheaper than Sennelier. However, there are substantial differences between these two brands. For a review of …
I was pretty happy with Mungyo and Faber-Castell soft pastels. They are budget friendly, easy to use and very pigmented. However, I have always wanted to try Sennelier, since so many artists have recommended them. So, are Sennelier soft pastels really the best? The Brand Sennelier is a very well known French brand established since …
