I really appreciate your in depth review of these commonly known and available sketch books. I typically use watercolor, (some gouache and acrylics) and am on the hunt for something that I can swatch washes into. Particularly want something that will reveal watercolor’s characteristics. So far, I’ve been less than thrilled with those I’ve tried…sigh! Maybe the etchr is in my future. Btw, have you tried any of the baohong products?
Thank you! And I’ve been meaning to try BaoHong’s hot press watercolor block. If you don’t mind my asking, I’ve been looking for gouache brands to try that are a little more professional than the Himi Miya or Arrtx gouache but not quite as pricey as Holbein. Would you happen to have any suggestions?
Out of the ones I’ve tried I’d suggest Etchr and Stillman and Birn’s Delta and Beta Watercolor sketchbooks for anything good with swatches. Stillman’s the easier of the two to find in store and online and a bit more affordable. I really love both for swatching, but given my budget I’d suggest the Delta. Etchr’s paper is beautiful, but the watercolor sketchbooks by Stillman and burn are also really nice quality, and I didn’t mention it in the video but if you’re looking for a hardcover sketchbook they also come in hardcover versions of the softcover ones I reviewed like Etchr.
I started out with a Royal and Langnickel set bought unused at a garage sale, which were fine to begin with. Then I bought 8 tubes of basic mixing colours from M Graham. They’re beautiful to work with, although more transparent than other legacy brands. After I bought them, UA-camr Sade Saves the Day produced a 5* review of the better brands. I think she’s left YT, but you can probably still find that video. I highly recommend it! Another UA-cam channel to seek out is Sarah Burns, who is a gouache artist . She recently did an exhaustive research/test & follow-up of several brands of gouache dispensed into palettes, ‘dried’ and then compared with ‘out-of-the-tube’ gouache. I think you’d enjoy the thorough analysis! It was fascinating!
@@jenneke2 Wow thank you so much for the rec! I have to say you're great at professionally talking about art supplies and recs. If you're ever thinking about making videos about supplies or anything I think you'd be really good at it!
I really appreciate your in depth review of these commonly known and available sketch books. I typically use watercolor, (some gouache and acrylics) and am on the hunt for something that I can swatch washes into. Particularly want something that will reveal watercolor’s characteristics. So far, I’ve been less than thrilled with those I’ve tried…sigh! Maybe the etchr is in my future. Btw, have you tried any of the baohong products?
Thank you! And I’ve been meaning to try BaoHong’s hot press watercolor block. If you don’t mind my asking, I’ve been looking for gouache brands to try that are a little more professional than the Himi Miya or Arrtx gouache but not quite as pricey as Holbein. Would you happen to have any suggestions?
Out of the ones I’ve tried I’d suggest Etchr and Stillman and Birn’s Delta and Beta Watercolor sketchbooks for anything good with swatches. Stillman’s the easier of the two to find in store and online and a bit more affordable. I really love both for swatching, but given my budget I’d suggest the Delta. Etchr’s paper is beautiful, but the watercolor sketchbooks by Stillman and burn are also really nice quality, and I didn’t mention it in the video but if you’re looking for a hardcover sketchbook they also come in hardcover versions of the softcover ones I reviewed like Etchr.
I started out with a Royal and Langnickel set bought unused at a garage sale, which were fine to begin with. Then I bought 8 tubes of basic mixing colours from M Graham. They’re beautiful to work with, although more transparent than other legacy brands. After I bought them, UA-camr Sade Saves the Day produced a 5* review of the better brands. I think she’s left YT, but you can probably still find that video. I highly recommend it!
Another UA-cam channel to seek out is Sarah Burns, who is a gouache artist . She recently did an exhaustive research/test & follow-up of several brands of gouache dispensed into palettes, ‘dried’ and then compared with ‘out-of-the-tube’ gouache. I think you’d enjoy the thorough analysis! It was fascinating!
@@jenneke2 Wow thank you so much for the rec! I have to say you're great at professionally talking about art supplies and recs. If you're ever thinking about making videos about supplies or anything I think you'd be really good at it!