#btw i don't think the film is perfect or anything theres stuff i don't like and I won't be watching it again until next Christmas

[abrahamstalker]

Hey I don't usually use my Tumblr for this and I might delete this later but I'm a younger gay dude and I'm interested in older queer media and I have a question for any like older queer people who might know the answer.

Is white Christmas popular with non-cis hets? Or was it? Or at least am I not the only one seeing something between the main 2 guys. There are also a lot of glittery dresses and fancy suits. The vibe is just there. But I don't know.

[dausy]

(I filmed all these and put them on my tiktok @dausypoo btw)

So I wanted to do like a Christmas Gift guide for people looking for art related christmas gifts because at this point I'm such an art supply snob that I can talk about this all day long.

So I dun did a WATERCOLOR ONE first and provided links to stuff that I own and recommend and think would make a good christmas gift for people like me who like art supplies (*breathes*). This is not price specific.

First The Shinhan watercolor set. I'm a sucker for all things Pastel flavored if you haven't read any of my stuff before. Shinhan ofcourse does have other sets and larger and smaller set. This is one that I personally own and I love it and I use these colors all the time. It is one of my primary, most used sets a longside the art philosophy pastel set. Shinhan products are always impressing me. They have other supplies that I would love to try. They have a weird gouache/watercolor hybrid paint that I'd like to try. I'd love to own their markers if I could justify the cost. They have a new gouache set out that Im semi keen to own. I've purchased 2 of the gouache colors but weirdly..enough..I think they're ugly tubes and I do..judge..art supplies..on their covers. These watercolors however are ridiculously cute. The colors themselves are beautiful as well. The pastel ones in particular are pretty opaque..which..given that they're pastel and pastel colors tend to have white in them I'm not suprised. But I lay them on tinted watercolor and mix media paper with little issue.

Highly recommend. I'm sure the not pastel colors are beautiful as well. This set is about $70ish..dollars USD..which is..quite expensive..$ for beauty and all.

Link to amazon below

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This is probably my most used and abused set. I love everything about it. I own the regular pastel set also but for the sake of space I just linked this one but I recommend both sets.

This one in particular..again because its pastel and has to have white in it the colors are pretty opaque for watercolor. That means they can add some really cool effects with layering that I really love. Plus they give that vintagey vibe..hence the name. The charcoal black in this set in particular is the ABSOLUTE PERFECT matte black. I use it to paint all of my animals eyes and lips. I feel like I use it so frequently but ofcourse those small areas it lasts forever

this is findable in big chain stores like hobbylobby but its usually sold out. About 30$USD in store/online.

Link below.

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Oh blessed holbein. I'm a number 1 holbein fan. I trust anything holbein. I love their packaging and I love their products. To me they look like candy and I want to collect all of them. The cool red box is very Christmassy too if I may say.

I actually personally own a pastel 12 piece set a specialty anime set. Both those sets though I believe I purchased from amazon japan itself and aliexpress. Looking at prices though.....omg..I didn't pay that much in price. The anime-y sets are pushing 80$ on aliexpress..I think I paid 25$ for the pastels and 40 for the anime one. Whoa. They're also really hard to find now. The anime ones are great for collectors but because of price I'm recommending the standard set instead which give a good load of intro colors. Holbein ofcourse does offer monster large sets and various tube sizes.

you can also ofcourse just buy open stock. I have a few 15ml tubes I purchased open stock. Namely white. You can never go wrong with TITANIUM White. It looks beautiful on colored watercolor papers.

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My bb. The hahnemuhle tinted watercolor book. I love the tan one best but theres a grey one as well as demonstrated in my most recent sketchbook tour. My only regret is that they don't have like an 8x11 or 8x8 sized journal because these are tiny.

st louis art supply does sell large lose leaf paper which I own but I like bound journals. I dont like keeping up with tons of individual paper.

I love this paper though and I love the tone it gives to ones paintings. The tan especially if you love that vintagey vibe (with the vintage watercolors above)

very inexpensive too

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so these japanese watercolors below are from Choosing Keeping in London. I did indeed pay for overseas shipping BUT LOOK HOW CUTE THEY ARE.

I got the spring one but theres 4 seasons and various mini sets sold by the same shop. A single season though is pretty pricey at around 76£.

japanese watercolors in general are pretty interesting in general. Real weird and filmy texture but the box sets are so cute I think it makes for a fun gift. If I were to visit England one day I'd hit this shop up.

So thats it for right now. I do own more watercolors but these are the ones I think make for a fun gift with cute packaging and all.

Next I'll do my favorite topic of gouaches in a different entry.