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I have reviewed a few Cretacolor products over the years and Cretacolor is another one of those companies with a very prestigious name and history, yet with perhaps the exception of their wonderful Cretacolor Pastel Pencil range. Nevertheless, Cretacolor products are unfortunately not popular among artist content creators and for the life of me I am unsure as to why this appears to be the case.
In this review we take a look at the 36 set of Paul Rubens 4th Gen Artist Watercolors, these are the 5ml tubes of watercolors and not the pans, which I have reviewed in the past. Watercolor artists all have their own preference when it comes to using pans or tubes of watercolors, I personally find that using tubes provides more flexibility when it comes to mixing, not to mention ease of use and speed.
In this article we will be taking a look at the brand new 150 set of Derwent Chromaflow Coloured Pencils. This is not an actual review of the Chromaflow pencil, I have reviewed this pencil before and if you would like to check out the characteristics of the pencil, how they blend, layer and behave on certain paper, simply follow the link to the original review.
Before I get started in this article, I want to make clear this is not a blame game or finger pointing exercise, I would never in a million years try to tell parents how they should parent. The information in this post focuses on huge mistakes my wife and I made with our kids when they were growing up, for what it is worth, I hope you can learn from our mistakes and apply what you may find helpful to your kids.
I am sure that the lady who authored this book for colored pencil artists is well known by you all. Cynthia Knox is like the Godmother of the Colored Pencil community, Cynthia Knox has authored more colored pencil books, hosted online colored pencil tutorials and colored pencil tutorials around the word in person than most of us can dream of.
I have wanted to review the Mitsubishi Hi-Uni Graphite Pencils for such a long time now. I have been reviewing art products for about eight or nine years now, and in that time I have tested, demonstrated and showcased quite a few graphite pencils, from budget brands to high level Artist Brands.
In this article we are going to be looking at some of the most gorgeous Journals I have ever seen or used, these Italian Leather Journals are hand crafter in Italy providing that authentic artesan feel. This written version of my review will be relatively short, simply highlighting the important details such as paper type, various journal types and most important, the company name and how to place an order with them should you wish to do so.
This is less a review and more a conclusion to my own personal experiment and hopefully the information within said experiment will be helpful to you. Also, before I go any further into the article, I would love to hear your experience of buying from Temu? When I first ordered art supplies from AliExpress, I was nervous due to the fact, most if not all the sellers are located in China, India, Japan etc.
For me the pencils in my Top 5 Artist Quality Colored Pencils list were really difficult to put in order. The only pencil that I was certain about was 1st place, but let’s get into my all time favourite top 5 artist quality colored pencils. After going through the list, let me know if you agree with my list or if you would put them in different order or perhaps you may even have a completely different top 5 artist quality list, leave your list in the comment section, I’d love to know.
Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you like to shop for your art supplies and where in the world you live, this review is of another Chinese brand colored pencil. However, before you stop reading, give this pencil a chance as I think there is something quite special about it, so sit back with a coffee, tea or refreshment of your choice, and let me show you my Seeing Essence Colored Pencil Review.
In this review we take a deep dive into the Derwent Inktense Colored Pencils, this is a product completely unique to Derwent and although not a new product in the art world, the 100 set is very much new. In this review we will take a look at the characteristics of the pencil, the various sets available in the Inktense range, tests I have conducted and artwork.
In this written review we take an in-depth look at the Deli Colored Pencils and look at claims such as, the Deli Colored Pencils are Faber Castell Polychromos cheaper alternatives. However, before I put any credence, or not, to this claim, we need to test, analyse and demonstrate the Deli Colored Pencils before making any comparisons.
In this review we take a look at the Giotto Stilnovo Colored Pencils, now it is important to understand that the Giotto Stilnovo are marketed towards the younger artists among us, the fledgling artists of the future; however don’t let that put you off from these pencils.
In this post we take a look at the 70 Piece Kalour sketching and drawing set. There are a lot of different sketching sets on the market that comprise of graphite, charcoal and a multitude of other art accessories, with each set delivering various degrees of performance.
Often, artists in various parts of the world, are unable to get hold of a product they have once used or watched their favourite artist used and so I will be asked if I know of a good alternative. One such art supply I have been asked a lot about is the Prismacolor Verithin, this is a colored pencil, many colored pencil artists love to use for its precision
As soon as I started the testing process of the Faber Castell Black Edition, I thought that a comparison video against the Faber Castell Classic Red set would be beneficial as both sets are aimed at similar artist groups. I wanted to test both pencils and see how they compare against each other and hopefully this will be an interesting and helpful video for those looking to purchase either of the sets.
The Arrtx Sketching Pencils come in what I think is the perfect graphite grade scale and that is 4H to 8B. I will get into each grade in more detail soon, but I have reviewed graphite sets where the scale goes as high as 9H and I personally think when you get to that grade, all you are doing is drawing with clay and scratching the heck out of your expensive paper.
I hope this review does not appear to mundane to some of you, or you are of the opinion, as I was before long, that a water brush is a water brush and there is not much difference to them. As I say, I was once of the same opinion, however this set of push button water brushes from Derwent really changed my outlook.
I can totally understand why these two brands of colored pencils have been requested so much. Let’s get the very obvious similarities out of the way from the beginning. Both the Phoenixcolor and Marco Tribute Master Collection are incredibly eloquently packaged, both of the sets I have on review are packaged in a similar style to that of the Tom Bow Irojiten, another lavishly packaged pencil.
In this review we take a look at a brand new product from Arrtx, it is the Arrtx 48 set of Soft Pastels. Arrtx are the company behind some excellent art supplies being sold at affordable prices with excellent quality items. In this review we take a look at the pastel quality, layering and blending, I also supply a botanical art piece on Clairefontaine Pastelmat
