I already have so much art stuff that I have bought in sales but never used. Amazon Prime Black Friday and Arteza I am looking at you. I am unlikely to have time to learn it all (57 and terminal cancer) but my nieces will inherit the start of a lifetime of supplies.
I want to tell you that if you love the idea and results of acrylic gouache as a matte acrylic but hate how fast it dries, (just putting it out thrre bc i dealt wkth this issue) lefranc burgeous flashe paint is perfect. It isnt crazy exoensive and its very matte, does better than acrylic gouache if you want to use mediums on top (colored pencil especially) and last but not least, it stays wet MUCH MUCH longer. ❤
I agree with you. flashe paints have super pretty colors and are so matte and velvety smooth to the touch. No brush strokes shown great for mixed media almost everything layers well on top of the Flashe paints. They sell them at Jackson's
For your Prussian Blue from Windsor and Newton that crumbles and falls out of the pan. You can add a drop or two of vegetable glycerin. I use food grade. It absorbs the moisture from the air and will help keep it from drying out and cracking. Start with a drop and add sparingly to your desired hardness
The final artwork is abstract landscape with different exotic colors and it turned out very beautiful. I was actually thinking I'm not that good at coming up with these abstract works of art in concept, it's vey nice there is a community that's actually there to help me inspire with it. As a side tip, you might not want to force the label to open and just cut around the inside with a knife or it can splash you in the face or eyes if you don't have protection and as you can see it has a very powerful cover power. Thank you for review, pretty hair lady 😊😊
OMG! I watched the whole video and I cannot, for the life of me, decide which art supply I enjoyed more. What you did with everything is just stunning!! So I love all the art supplies you got!!! Because the final piece turned out so beautiful!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
I watched to the sweet, sweet end. 😅🎉 My favorite is always the watercolor but I love seeing new products and things I don’t have ( yet lol). I tend to gravitate to the same colors you do. I love the way you describe every product and color. especially pigment numbers, along with pros and cons or best uses. I’ve started going color blind so I know can trust your descriptions and know exactly what I’m getting. Thanks! I love watching you swatch and seeing the colors on your pages how they work together. Opera pink is such a tease, but I can’t help myself either - I love the purples it makes. The way it fades is a crime. 😅 You’ve also curated the best comment section, I always find great tips from your other fans. Thanks for another great video and congrats on the 40% off !
I love the swatching/playing page, it’s an artwork in itself! And your choice of acrylic gouache is gorgeous, those bright colours have me drooling 😂 I think I particularly loved the acrylic gouache and adding the pastel pencils on top. You inspired me to try that and experiment with layering some supplies I’ve never layered before.
I also love golden yellows, cool reds, super vibrant pink, magenta, all shades of blue green and green blue and moody dark neutrals! I don’t have one favourite supply but the acrylic gouache seems to just be a more regular acrylic they willfully mislabled to increase the price and sales… scummy. Still once you have a supply best figure out how to make best use of it and enjoy it.
Aww, a very enjoyable art haul! I have a few of those pastel pencils, they go well over watercolour paintings. My favourite art supply would probably be the gouache. Thanks for the video. 💜🩷
The colours of everything you got are just so beautiful. It is like you fell into a rainbow. I absolutely love bright colours too and I love how you explained various things about the different paints. :)
My go-to art supplies are oil pastels and alcohol inks, though not together. If I were to shop a 40% off sale, I'm not sure what I would buy - probably some acrylic gouache and maybe pan pastels. Ooh, and maybe some fine point Poscas. Your color selection is always so beautiful - I think I'm most drawn to your watercolors choices, the gouaches and the Poscas. Thank you for sharing your goodies with us!
My newest trick is getting sample pots of 100% acrylic matt Valspar DIY paint from B&Q (there are easily 300 + ready to mix shades to choose from, let alone colour matching anything you want). Similar to Liquitex soft body. Mixed with a heavy medium or impasto medium they are truly fantastic. I’ve been mixing them with gouache and acrylic gouache. £4.50 for a 236ml pot. Obvs some pigments are more opaque than others but for larger canvases, vivid underpainting etc. I can’t fault them. I also picked up EVERY paint chip (they’re nice and big, with a square hole and free) and have them all on a giant “jailer’s keyring” so I can play with palette choices.
How lucky to come across a 40% off sale!! I can only dream of that here!!! I'd like to try the Liquitex acrylic gouache, and I'd love to add some more W&N gouache to my collection. I'm into using markers at the moment so I want some of the chunky poscas, I think!
5:35 Genuine Green Gold is actually PG10, a discontinued pigment. It’s a sister pigment to PY129 and noticeably more green. I suspect Green Gold is a hue mix that imitates PG10.
I absolutely loved your very very long video 😆! My fave art supply is watercolour but if I was let loose in an art shop with 40% off everything i think I'd go nuts on water soluble oils. I've never worked in oils and am pretty intimidated by them but I'd def have a dabble with the water soluble type first. I have pretty much everything else 🤭. I think my fave of your haul was probably the acrylic gouache 😊. Cheers from Australia x
Try PanPastels its like painting also try Flashe paints its a water soulable vinyl emulsion instead of acrylic emulsion. the paint dries matte and feel like a peach fuzz so smooth and silky.
My favorites are watercolor, gouache, and acrylic. I love dip pen and inks also. Clearly I can't decide lol. I love everything. I'm currently expanding my watercolor exploration in techniques etc. Next I'd like to get a small print press for Lino
Fabulous art haul! I’d say my favourite supply was the acrylic gouache, mainly because I bought similar colours in the same sale 😂😂 also bought the canson art books. And after watching g your videos I bought some Roman Szmal paints in the Jackson sale ☺️
I never used gouache,( i am a fan of Daniel Smith watercolors) but i like how you presented thé Windsor & Newton gouache.. i deffenitly gone try it. Thanks tot warm me up for it!
Oh I prefer the ecolines everytime but people seem to prefer the tombows!! And I have a different experience as my tombows never seem to solve fully and the ecolines do!! It’s mostly about paper as always! I enjoy using them on their own paper (ecoline watercolor paper) but that’s just my preference!! I usually go over with pencils to conceal marks😅!!
Love all these art supplies! I'm currently quite satisfied with the art supplies I have and the nagging voice says I don't need anything else, however, what I'd like to try are acrylic markers. Though, if there was a 40% off sale, I'd go in with the wood art (where you strategically burn the wood to draw) - cause that needs some gear that's more expensive and any sale would be tempting xD
@@SketchesnScrubs I’m so jealous!!! Cassart are quite good with their sales normally but they always discount from the RRP which sometimes works out no cheaper than buying from Amazon etc. I would love to come across a genuinely good sale like you did. Thank you for sharing. ❤️
Yes it was quite unusual - they were clearing out as the lease had ended and thus wanted to sell everything. I did share when it was going on, and offer to buy things and post them to members at the time. I haven’t seen a deal as good since but my members and I are always searching and sharing with each other to ensure we get the best deal possible 😅 art supplies are expensive ❤
22:17 There’s a video from Jerry’s Artarama we’re one of its hosts explains how Liquitex Acrylic gouache is not acrylic gouache but it’s more like Matte Acrylic. He goes into detail as to why that is and even shows a demonstration using Liquitex Acrylic gouache and Turner’s Acrylic gouache. The title of the video is “Artist Problems - Gouache vs. Acryl Gouache FINALLY EXPLAINED!” This is not to discourage you from using the Liquitex paints because there’s some lovely colors in the line but just don’t combine them with other acrylic gouache paints.
Ahhh please share the shop! I was CERTAIN I knew but they definitely haven’t got a 40% off sale now. Unless it was only one particular branch location or you filmed a while ago? Was it literally 40% off everything I would die! (And then spend double what I was going to anyway ha!) Edit: don’t worry, I know. Luckily I’m not actually in London at the moment so can’t even say I’m under any illusion I would have made it if I had known about it.
Hey, it was an art store in Stratford closing down their brand as the lease ended! I shared it on Instagram and with my members at the time (and even bought requested supplies on their behalf and shipped it 😂😅 because they were such a good deal) but the shop has closed a few weeks ago. Xx
@@SketchesnScrubsI did! My go to is still watercolour and I have everything including a pack of Carbothello that I probably won't use 😂 but I don't have any acrylic inks. So that what I would buy at the 40% off sale. 😊 Also it is in fact pronounced Eek-o-lina. I only recently discovered this. I'm a newbie to Tombows but I just got a bunch of them. Thanks Katie lol 133 is one of my favourites!
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I already have so much art stuff that I have bought in sales but never used. Amazon Prime Black Friday and Arteza I am looking at you. I am unlikely to have time to learn it all (57 and terminal cancer) but my nieces will inherit the start of a lifetime of supplies.
I want to tell you that if you love the idea and results of acrylic gouache as a matte acrylic but hate how fast it dries, (just putting it out thrre bc i dealt wkth this issue) lefranc burgeous flashe paint is perfect. It isnt crazy exoensive and its very matte, does better than acrylic gouache if you want to use mediums on top (colored pencil especially) and last but not least, it stays wet MUCH MUCH longer. ❤
I agree with you. flashe paints have super pretty colors and are so matte and velvety smooth to the touch. No brush strokes shown great for mixed media almost everything layers well on top of the Flashe paints. They sell them at Jackson's
For your Prussian Blue from Windsor and Newton that crumbles and falls out of the pan. You can add a drop or two of vegetable glycerin. I use food grade. It absorbs the moisture from the air and will help keep it from drying out and cracking. Start with a drop and add sparingly to your desired hardness
Hung in to the end; liked the Posca brush nib pens… interesting! Thank you so much!🎉❤💜👍🏾Totally enjoyed your test abstract mark making page🤩
Thanks for watching! 😂😅😂 I did too! ❤️
The final artwork is abstract landscape with different exotic colors and it turned out very beautiful. I was actually thinking I'm not that good at coming up with these abstract works of art in concept, it's vey nice there is a community that's actually there to help me inspire with it. As a side tip, you might not want to force the label to open and just cut around the inside with a knife or it can splash you in the face or eyes if you don't have protection and as you can see it has a very powerful cover power. Thank you for review, pretty hair lady 😊😊
Thank you so much for watching and the tip John x
OMG! I watched the whole video and I cannot, for the life of me, decide which art supply I enjoyed more. What you did with everything is just stunning!! So I love all the art supplies you got!!! Because the final piece turned out so beautiful!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
I watched to the sweet, sweet end. 😅🎉
My favorite is always the watercolor but I love seeing new products and things I don’t have ( yet lol).
I tend to gravitate to the same colors you do. I love the way you describe every product and color. especially pigment numbers, along with pros and cons or best uses.
I’ve started going color blind so I know can trust your descriptions and know exactly what I’m getting. Thanks!
I love watching you swatch and seeing the colors on your pages how they work together. Opera pink is such a tease, but I can’t help myself either - I love the purples it makes. The way it fades is a crime. 😅
You’ve also curated the best comment section, I always find great tips from your other fans.
Thanks for another great video and congrats on the 40% off !
Again, another great video. ❤ thanks
So nice of you! Thank you Nathalie ❤️
I love the swatching/playing page, it’s an artwork in itself! And your choice of acrylic gouache is gorgeous, those bright colours have me drooling 😂 I think I particularly loved the acrylic gouache and adding the pastel pencils on top. You inspired me to try that and experiment with layering some supplies I’ve never layered before.
I also love golden yellows, cool reds, super vibrant pink, magenta, all shades of blue green and green blue and moody dark neutrals! I don’t have one favourite supply but the acrylic gouache seems to just be a more regular acrylic they willfully mislabled to increase the price and sales… scummy. Still once you have a supply best figure out how to make best use of it and enjoy it.
Aww, a very enjoyable art haul! I have a few of those pastel pencils, they go well over watercolour paintings. My favourite art supply would probably be the gouache. Thanks for the video. 💜🩷
The colours of everything you got are just so beautiful. It is like you fell into a rainbow. I absolutely love bright colours too and I love how you explained various things about the different paints. :)
My go-to art supplies are oil pastels and alcohol inks, though not together. If I were to shop a 40% off sale, I'm not sure what I would buy - probably some acrylic gouache and maybe pan pastels. Ooh, and maybe some fine point Poscas. Your color selection is always so beautiful - I think I'm most drawn to your watercolors choices, the gouaches and the Poscas. Thank you for sharing your goodies with us!
I like the ecoline and being able to refill them as needed. They work years after having bought them which is also a plus for me.
Thank you Katrina x
Stuck on the DS and WN watercolors. Don’t know that I am yet ready to add the others though I was interested to see them, especially in combination.
Lovely art piece at the end! My favorite art supply (supplies!) were the watercolors and the gouache.
Great video Sketches - so many luscious things! I wish we had sales like that here now and then. Love all those turquoises!
Thanks so much Jude! It was the best sale I’ve ever seen in the UK 😂 wish it was a more frequent occurrence x
My newest trick is getting sample pots of 100% acrylic matt Valspar DIY paint from B&Q (there are easily 300 + ready to mix shades to choose from, let alone colour matching anything you want). Similar to Liquitex soft body. Mixed with a heavy medium or impasto medium they are truly fantastic. I’ve been mixing them with gouache and acrylic gouache. £4.50 for a 236ml pot. Obvs some pigments are more opaque than others but for larger canvases, vivid underpainting etc. I can’t fault them.
I also picked up EVERY paint chip (they’re nice and big, with a square hole and free) and have them all on a giant “jailer’s keyring” so I can play with palette choices.
Your watercolour and gouache selection was hilariously similar to what I might’ve picked given the same circumstance. You have excellent taste.
Thank you so much! 😂😂😂 great minds think alike! ❤️
My fave is a tie between the acrylic gouache and pastel pencils!
Thank you for watching and sharing! ❤️
How lucky to come across a 40% off sale!! I can only dream of that here!!! I'd like to try the Liquitex acrylic gouache, and I'd love to add some more W&N gouache to my collection. I'm into using markers at the moment so I want some of the chunky poscas, I think!
I would love to try Neo colours
Thank you for watching Karen, I hope you enjoy them when you try! They are quite enjoyable x
5:35 Genuine Green Gold is actually PG10, a discontinued pigment. It’s a sister pigment to PY129 and noticeably more green. I suspect Green Gold is a hue mix that imitates PG10.
I absolutely loved your very very long video 😆! My fave art supply is watercolour but if I was let loose in an art shop with 40% off everything i think I'd go nuts on water soluble oils. I've never worked in oils and am pretty intimidated by them but I'd def have a dabble with the water soluble type first. I have pretty much everything else 🤭. I think my fave of your haul was probably the acrylic gouache 😊. Cheers from Australia x
Love all the color! Favorite supplies Daniel Smith watercolor and the Polychromos.
Try PanPastels its like painting also try Flashe paints its a water soulable vinyl emulsion instead of acrylic emulsion. the paint dries matte and feel like a peach fuzz so smooth and silky.
Lovely video!! It's a very good job I didn't see that shop 😂
😂😂😂 thank you Helen ❤️
you have to shake the posca too
I would try some stencil butter if they were 40% off
Hearing/seeing your take on the Posca Pens was my favorite part of the art haul. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with them. 🌷
Really enjoyed the video. Eco line markers are refillable!
Thank you so much x
My favorites are watercolor, gouache, and acrylic. I love dip pen and inks also. Clearly I can't decide lol. I love everything. I'm currently expanding my watercolor exploration in techniques etc. Next I'd like to get a small print press for Lino
My favourite medium is W&N watercolour. I'm keen to try the W&N gouache.
It’s one of my favourite gouache! Xx
Fabulous art haul! I’d say my favourite supply was the acrylic gouache, mainly because I bought similar colours in the same sale 😂😂 also bought the canson art books. And after watching g your videos I bought some Roman Szmal paints in the Jackson sale ☺️
I never used gouache,( i am a fan of Daniel Smith watercolors) but i like how you presented thé Windsor & Newton gouache.. i deffenitly gone try it. Thanks tot warm me up for it!
Please could I ask what shop you got all this from so I can keep an eye out for those amazing sales! Thanks for the context ❤
You're welcome! Sorry they were closing down hence the amazing sale (it was a branch of cassart) x
Oh I prefer the ecolines everytime but people seem to prefer the tombows!! And I have a different experience as my tombows never seem to solve fully and the ecolines do!! It’s mostly about paper as always! I enjoy using them on their own paper (ecoline watercolor paper) but that’s just my preference!! I usually go over with pencils to conceal marks😅!!
I suspect you are right Gwen! x
The page you did where you played around with your supplies at the beginning looked like it could be a shell suit pattern 😅😅😅 x
Love all these art supplies! I'm currently quite satisfied with the art supplies I have and the nagging voice says I don't need anything else, however, what I'd like to try are acrylic markers. Though, if there was a 40% off sale, I'd go in with the wood art (where you strategically burn the wood to draw) - cause that needs some gear that's more expensive and any sale would be tempting xD
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I feel your pain opening those darn liquitex paints! My takeaway: holbien acryla gouache is better 😅
Ohhh posca doing brush nibs at long last…
I agree with your takeaway 😂😅 though I have to play with both a bit more to be sure lol xx
Thank you for this video, really enjoyed it! But where did you shop to get 40% discount, please tell us? ❤
Thank you for watching! It was Cassart in Stratford - a shutting down sale x
@@SketchesnScrubs I’m so jealous!!! Cassart are quite good with their sales normally but they always discount from the RRP which sometimes works out no cheaper than buying from Amazon etc. I would love to come across a genuinely good sale like you did. Thank you for sharing. ❤️
Yes it was quite unusual - they were clearing out as the lease had ended and thus wanted to sell everything. I did share when it was going on, and offer to buy things and post them to members at the time. I haven’t seen a deal as good since but my members and I are always searching and sharing with each other to ensure we get the best deal possible 😅 art supplies are expensive ❤
@@SketchesnScrubs so kind of you and what a shame I hadn’t found you then! Enjoy your wonderful supplies and making art! ❤️
22:17 There’s a video from Jerry’s Artarama we’re one of its hosts explains how Liquitex Acrylic gouache is not acrylic gouache but it’s more like Matte Acrylic. He goes into detail as to why that is and even shows a demonstration using Liquitex Acrylic gouache and Turner’s Acrylic gouache.
The title of the video is “Artist Problems - Gouache vs. Acryl Gouache FINALLY EXPLAINED!”
This is not to discourage you from using the Liquitex paints because there’s some lovely colors in the line but just don’t combine them with other acrylic gouache paints.
Ahhh please share the shop! I was CERTAIN I knew but they definitely haven’t got a 40% off sale now. Unless it was only one particular branch location or you filmed a while ago? Was it literally 40% off everything I would die! (And then spend double what I was going to anyway ha!)
Edit: don’t worry, I know. Luckily I’m not actually in London at the moment so can’t even say I’m under any illusion I would have made it if I had known about it.
Hey, it was an art store in Stratford closing down their brand as the lease ended! I shared it on Instagram and with my members at the time (and even bought requested supplies on their behalf and shipped it 😂😅 because they were such a good deal) but the shop has closed a few weeks ago. Xx
I'm late but I'm here!
Thank you so much for watching Michelle! I hope that you enjoy it
@@SketchesnScrubsI did! My go to is still watercolour and I have everything including a pack of Carbothello that I probably won't use 😂 but I don't have any acrylic inks. So that what I would buy at the 40% off sale. 😊 Also it is in fact pronounced Eek-o-lina. I only recently discovered this. I'm a newbie to Tombows but I just got a bunch of them. Thanks Katie lol 133 is one of my favourites!
Hy! I'd buy every dot card they have 😂
Excuse me? 40% off I would have blacked out.
😂😂😂😂😂 I know!