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.
I have waited a while before I started using sketchbooks for my watercolour paintings. I didn’t use one when I started out because I was always afraid of failure and I didn’t want to be stuck with a bad page if I messed up, but now, I have a new philosophy toward sketchbooks. Here are …
I think I have found my art style! I first learned the watercolour galaxy painting style from Let’s Make Art’s Galaxy Wolf project, and I really enjoyed that painting. It was one of the first watercolour paintings I have ever done. Though I have been trying to perfect my loose watercolour florals, the galaxy style …
As a horror writer and artist, Netflix’s Wednesday appealed to me on so many levels. However, instead of doing a straight up realistic portrait of her using coloured pencils, I painted this Wednesday Addams portrait in oil pastels. I wanted to make it my version of Wednesday, and here is my step-by-step guide how to …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
For every shaker card I’ve made, there is at least one that ended up in my trash bin. Here are some shaker cards tips I have learned from my tragic experiences, as seen on the card above. Planning Let’s face it: shaker cards require planning. Sometimes, a good idea in your head doesn’t pan out, …
