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 a review of Let’s Make Art watercolour subscription box*. Spoiler alert: I really love it! Shipping to Canada I need to address the elephant in the room right off the bat. Let’s Make Art charges US$40 to ship to Canada! It was the only reason why I didn’t subscribe sooner. Because of the …
If you watch youtube or shop for watercolour pan palettes on Amazon, you have likely come across Paul Rubens, a brand produced by a Chinese company (Aowen) in Shanghai. I was skeptical at first because it is significantly cheaper than most artist grade brands such as Daniel Smith, Schmincke, Holbein, etc, but because so many …
I am excited to review Meiliang, aka Pretty Excellent (direct translation), one of the most popular watercolour pan palettes on Amazon. I bought it on Prime day for about CAD $22, quite a steal as it has 36 colours. So is it as good as thousands of people say? Meiliang is the student grade paint …
I have been off posting and busy learning watercolour these days. It’s quite the opposite from coloured pencils portraits, which are much more detail oriented and time consuming. If you are a beginner and don’t want to commit to paid classes yet, here are some of the best free watercolour lessons available online. Best Free …
Derwent Metallic Paint Pan Set is a travel-friendly, pocket size solid paint set that comes with a water brush and 5 built-in mixing palettes. It retails for about CAD$35 on Amazon, but I got it at half price, which was such a steal. Made in Britain, this is a quality product, especially in a sea …
I did two small portraits of Sadie Sink as Max on Stranger Things with Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils and Derwent Graphitint. Spoiler alert: more Derwent love ahead. Read on for my honest review of Derwent Graphitint (12 set). 60% Off! Not that these pencils were not on my radar, but I did not plan to …
I am always on the hunt for a medium as underpainting for my coloured pencil portraits. After my disappointment with Art-n-Fly markers, I wanted to try a set of water-based markers instead. Here is my honest review of the Ohuhu dual tip brush pens skin tone markers. Ohuhu Dual Tip Brush Pens Skin Tone Markers …
I used to be a snob when it comes to affordable art supplies until Ohuhu came along. Since then, I have been trying some well-reviewed, budget brands like Arrtx and Art-n-Fly which are sold on Amazon. Because I was pleasantly surprised with Art-n-Fly’s oil-based coloured pencils, I had high hopes for this set. Shop it …
Abstract art is the opposite of my usual realistic portraits, and I have never tried doing it before. I didn’t have the intention to try it until I saw the Faber-Castell 20 minute studio Abstract Art Kit for Beginners at my local Winners for CAD$9.99. To be honest, the reason I bought it was because …
While I love coloured pencils, they are a slow medium. Each portrait takes me at least 5 hours to complete. Soft pastels and pastel pencils, however, take much less time to blend and cover larger areas. I cannot tell you how attractive that is! I decided to try out two brands–Conte a Paris and Stabilo–for …
