#art supply reviews

[nattosoup]

Watch "Definitely NOT A Copic Dupe- Molotow's Sketcher Markers & Aqua Color Brush Unbox & Swatch" on YouTube

What is it with markers lately? Big promises, serious flaws, and hefty price tags make for snarky reviews from me. I hope yall find this one helpful, if not entertaining! I'm reviewing two Molotow water-based markers- the new Sketcher and the old Aqua Color Brush.

[doodlewash]

REVIEW: Light Spring and Bright Spring Watercolor Sets from Da Vinci Paint Co.

It’s Spring, and the Da Vinci Paint Co. has created two curated sets, Bright Spring and Light Spring Watercolor sets, to celebrate the colors of the season. With those names, you might think the colors are much the same but they are different — not just in color, but in the way they perform. Sets of six 15 ml tubes of paint chosen to represent the beautiful colors of Spring! Comparison  Da Vinci…

[cupiidzbow]

i forget there interests I don’t really talk about to other people or keep to a minimum bc I know they’re not the most conventional but I have a huge special interest in crayola art supplies/and collecting and I have almost every recent release of specialty crayon and I get so excited when they release new ones . I got so excited recently bc they just released swirl crayons ( I think they’re a revival from a 90s version) but I’m literally so fucking excited you don’t get it. you don’t even know. Sorry I wanted to ramble. Hark! to my completely unrelated tumblr blog I go!☝🏽

[hasellia]

Papers Please is meant to be played on a Wacom Cintiq.

Like no joke, crank up that air con, check how much money you have in your bank acount, tell your family you love them over the phone, buy yourself a $1000+ art tablet and live in the immersion. Experiance the neck strain as you manually flick through every document on your cluttered desk with your arms and hands as time runs out. It's a treat!

[koifsssh]

Welcome back bestie! Always happy to see you (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠❤

SCURVY! HELLO! always a pleasure seeing you! Hehe, I've been messing with markers in my absence!

It's very fun! I'm glad I found them earlier this morning!

Markers... my beloved...

(These two drawings I really liked... or well... technically three!)

(Hehe, Maverick belongs to @thatthirstyweirdo !)

[improvewithtutorials]

In case some of you consider buying art supplies from Temu. Please inform yourself beforehand, read reviews, watch videos. Do not blow your hard-earned money on art supplies that suck!

[inthewaytoamultilinguallife]

hello, ive been learning portuguese for a bit and i was wondering if you had any recommendations for media? like youtubers, blogs, movies or series. if you do, thanks in advance

uff fuck, i will sure try my best but i can’t promise anything

I normally get my dose of Portuguese via going to academic workshops or working alongside Brazilian people, so I don’t exactly engage with media in Portuguese as a conscious learning process, I'm afraid. Like, for example, i normally just get a bunch of Instagram reels and TikToks cause I'm on the Brazilian side of instagram/tiktok, and not exactly because i follow any particular account or something, and i don’t level or recognize how hard the Portuguese is in each one, etc 

I have some series that i remember watching and liking tho, which are:

De volta aos 15: a drama/comedy series around a 30yo woman that time travels a few times to when she was 15 and tries to fix everyone's life, as one does

A sogra que te pariu: a very absurd sitcom in the best latinoamerican style (and set during covid)

Samantha!: Another comedy, now about a kid star from the '80s who is trying to launch herself back

Lulli: comedy, drama and romance. A medic student gets electrocuted and starts hearing everyone's thoughts

3%: suspense, fiction, drama. Set on a diasporic word where, while everyone gets a one-time change to better their life, only the 3% makes it

Ciudad invisible: Drama, mystery. This one has lots of references to folk culture and stories! It's about a man who, after a family tragedy, starts seeing different mythological creatures that will help him uncover the past

omnisciente: sci-fi, drama, thriller. The city is controlled and watched all the time everywhere by drones. A woman tries to solve a murder that the drones never picked on + plus discover how fucked up the system and the drones are

Coisa mais linda: Drama, romance, set in 1959, after getting cheated on and left alone, a woman sets herself to open her own bossa nova club

ninguem tá olheando: comedy, drama, fantasy after discovering some secrets of the bureaucratic angelic system, a guardian angel set himself to break every rule that there is for protecting humans

Valentina: drama a young trans girl moves to a more conservative rural town 

Alice júnior: Coming of age film about a YouTuber trans girl as she challenges her catholic school's conservative ways 

[kindaokartchannel]

I decided to try the baroque oil colour for 89czk 😭

I was intrigued to see what kind of oil paint could be that cheap

I don't think it's oil

It literally dried almost instantly (felt like it soaked into the canvas board) and the brush just washed clean in plain water so I'm 89% sure it's acrylic, it's also super thin which is arguably a pretty interesting effect also the tubes were not full

Might work on this a bit more but just in case someone wants to have an idea of how the paint looks, used on canvas board from Action

Edit:

[crysodenkirk]

I am both a seller and a user of art journals, so let's take a look at the pros and cons of Redbubble's hardcover journals.

[ika-himee]

Artist Loft vs Himi Jelly Gouache

Out of curiosity, I decided to try the Artist Loft jelly gouache set. (My boyfriend took me to michaels to buy some art supplies to entertain myself during game night because i had a slightly stressful day and didn't feel like playing games lmao, so i just kind of stumbled across it and said, wth why not XD)

Here are my opinions on the set. I purchased the 24 set that comes with the brushes. It retails for about $24-$25. I had a couple coupons ($5 off $15+ and a 20% off) I purchased other things, but had I only purchased that, the set would have cost somewhere around $18 after tax i believe.

On amazon, the Himi gouache 24 set costs about $25-$26 and I think it also comes with brushes. So the sets are pretty comparable.

I have the 18 set of Himi gouache, that does not include brushes (tbh I cannot remember what I paid for it I bought it a couple years ago).

Having used both, I would say that the paints perform similarly and act as gouache should. (I could not find any information on the artist loft set about archival quality, but I scan most of my finished pieces, so it isn't a huge concern for me tbh.

The packaging is identical, the only real difference I noticed packaging wise is that the foil sealing the cups was incredibly difficult to remove from the artist loft set. I literally spent a collective 6 hours over 3 days peeling the foils off because they were stuck (and it would have taken longer had my dad not offered to help).

Content wise, the biggest issue with the set compared to himi was the quantity. Himi gouache cups contain 30ml of paint and the artist loft cups only contain 27ml i believe it is (which is not disclosed on the external packaging like it is with himi). They also seem to stain a bit more than the himi gouache, but probably not much more really. The artist loft set is also a bit more temperamental when it comes to adding water. Just a touch too much water, and the paint became extremely thin and streaky. I mostly got by with just the water left on my brush from rinsing and used that the thin the paint enough to use properly. The himi gouache was a bit more forgiving with the water, though it also gets streaky if you add too much.

Pigmentation was fine and each color acted as I expected it to. I did notice that the gouache skinned over rather quickly (within about an hour of use, the top layer already skinned, which the himi gouache did not skin so quickly when I first got it.) Overall, I think for a house brand, it did quite well and the price was well enough in line with the competitors to make it a solid choice if that is what is available to you (especially if you have coupons and vouchers).

HOWEVER, the fact that I had to spend hours (my fingers are still a little sore btw lol) peeling foils off of the cups before I could even dive into the paints was enough to make me low-key regret buying it. Now that its open and I've used it, I very much enjoy the set, and having 24 colors is great for people that want some variety and dont want to mix their colors. (I default to color mixing all the time though, so I could literally get by with the main 4 paints if i needed to haha, I just like options).

Do I recommend Artist Loft Jelly gouache?

Yes I do. However, I only recommend it if you can get a discount on it. Otherwise, I think you would do just as well getting the himi gouache unless you don't want to wait for it to ship and Artist Loft is in stock at the store. (remember, opening the artist loft cups is a literal nightmare and himi peeled off much easier).

[wellappointeddesk]

Paper Review: Sakae TP Iroful Loose Leaf A5

Review by Tina Koyama A friend who writes with both graphite pencils and fountain pens told me about Sakae Iroful paper. He said it’s made for fountain pens, but he enjoys writing on it with pencil, too. I found that intriguing. At first blush, the two types of instruments seem to have opposing needs: Pencils want at least a bit of tooth, while fountain pens love to skate across smoothness. Can…

[nattosoup]

November just seemed to fly by!  Lots of arty goodness went live here on Youtube during November, and I want to make sure you don't miss any of it! Here's a playlist of all the videos that went live last month!   I've been told I make great company- why not learn while you clean or work on other tasks, and put me on in the background?

[doodlewash]

REVIEW: Ocher 'Terra' Watercolour 24 Color Palette from Sister’s Ink

Sister’s Ink Ocher ‘Terra’ Watercolour palette is a unique palette of handmade paints with each shade designed to capture the essence of Australian landscapes. As you will see in this review, it can be used for other subjects as well. Full of earthy yellows, reds, browns, this is a palette designed to create rich landscapes, animals, and portraits. It also has enough blue and green to make it…

[emilylorange]

trying to reconcile the fact that i like all these and somehow i painted them. seems weird, can't do it.

[purple-pigeon-art]

I had to make some stickers with some sticker sheets that Buttercrafts sent me to test out on a hydroflask. Theyre decent sticker sheets. I get the ones i usually use for a really good deal so ill prob stick to those but i still love how the buttercrafts stickers come out. Here are 3 stickers that have been made with their sticker sheets

[creative-chaos-apparently]

Rae Art supply review

“Rite In The Rain”

This red lead but also the normal led is AMAZING. It builds color so slow.

The pen is heavy and carpal tunnel friendly.

The paper is waterproof! (As is the pencil and lead), and appears to be made of bamboo or maybe wood? It doesn’t draw as well as normal paper does with the pen, but still lovely and is perfect for writing down notes