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Do you have a link to the grey and black coloured pencil cases? 😊

Oh my gosh! I wish I’d seen this before getting the 90 set of Arrtx acrylic markers! I always want the biggest set so that 168 set is calling my name now! I actually watched the sketches.n.scrubs video yesterday and it made me feel kinda icky about how brands are pushing their products and it made me wonder just how many people would be touting Arrtx acrylic markers if they hadn’t been sent out for “free”. Frankly, as I said earlier, I wish I’d seen your video before I went and got my Arrtx set because I’d much rather have that Guangna set. I will say though, at first glance, I prefer the Arrtx packaging over the black box of Guangna… but after you opened the box and I saw the swatch sheet and the way the trays pull out, I was like “oh yeah! Way better choice than Arrtx” especially since it’s essentially the same quality product and bigger quantity and cheaper! Thanks for sharing and enabling me to get another set of pens! Haha!😂

Cute Connie.

Great video Connie. I appreciate all the research you do for your videos. If I could ever get settled I would love to do similar kinds of videos. If you ever want to corroborate on a video with shared supplies and mediums, paper just let me know. Especially since I’ve got US print of most books. Thank you for your time and effort and absolutely YES, artists and expert hobbyists should get paid to do reviews. Both kinda look like a bribe but I think the companies should sign a form saying a truthful unbiased review is expected. Pffft. Like that will happen.

Awww.

168 GuangNa Acrylic Brush Markers from Temu £69.63 Really good in Johanna Basford books, etc.

Are we just looking at them or are we going to be using them 😂😂😂

Great video but what’s even better was your colouring with these markers! Those pages are beautiful. I admittedly have a lot of acrylic markers as well and I’ve started doing some full pages with them just to see what I can create. I say colour with them! You are clearly good with this medium!

You and Mr. CC sound exactly like me and mine -- I lol'd. I haven't watched the entire video yet, so please forgive me if you've already noted this, but none of the companies you mentioned developed the fin-style ink feed. (The "feed" is the actual technical name for that part.) No modern company has. They lifted it straight from fountain pens. I have a c.1920 Moore fountain pen with a finned feed in it, and several other vintage pens on my desk right now, all with finned feeds. These fountain pen finned feeds ALL look *exactly* the same as the one in the "free ink" style pen you held up. So while these companies may have done some development in terms of adapting a specific feed to work with the higher viscosity of acrylic media, the technology itself is over a hundred years old, possibly over 120 years old. I did watch the Sketches.n.Scrubs video in full, and found it compelling. I can't change what a TH-camr does, but I can absolutely change the direction of my own purchases away from companies with practices I do not agree with, and I do that anyway. But her experiences, especially the one noted that took place during Black History Month . . . omfg. Just . . . NO. I've never been so grateful that I like to sit on my butt and not stand at my desk, lol. EDITED TO ADD: I looked it up, because I am fascinated by these things, and maybe you are as well. E.L. Waterman (and if you're into fountain pens, you'll recognize that last name) was the first to patent a channeled feed for a fountain pen in 1884, which was soon followed by several further refinements; the first finned (aka "comb") feed was patented in 1904 by a gent named August Eberstein. Moritz Pratt over at The Art of Scribing has a great article that goes into what pen feeds and their exact shapes do, but essentially it boils down into three things: delivering a steady flow of ink to the nib, allowing unused ink to drain back from the nib and feed back into the main ink supply, while maintaining a regulated airflow for both that uses the air pressure as a stopper that keeps thin liquid ink from gushing out at unwanted moments.

Hi Connie and MR CC it was lovely to hear your speak on Connie’s channel.. what an interesting video.. thank you for sharing ❤❤❤😊😊😊xxxx

Yikes! I guess we can expect that in a few days in NB 🫣

Loved that beautiful moment with your hubby, that's so nice, Connie ❤ I'm trying desperately not to buy anymore of the Chinese colouring supplies that they're pumping out to TH-camrs for reviews and to my Instagram feed via bloody Temu and aliexpress ads, FOMO is real, but it's my 2025 resolution to stay away from 'free for review' videos, because I end up buying something that I don't need. Clearly they're stealing ideas from propriety makers, clearly they underpay and overwork their staff and I've started to be concerned lately about what ingredients are used in them chemically, I mean, what if there's something that could cause health issues? Like in the oil pastels? They'll never tell the truth. No, I think I'm done with buying it. It's better (for me) to save and buy a little of the good stuff a few times a year, like the Staedtler pigment markers you recommended to me - they're great, thanks😍

A lot of the Disney color by number groups use these acrylic brush markers. The did claim as well that it’s a better price version than Arrtx. Thanks for confirming!

lol first off, my 10 year old was walking in and I was all outloud “coloring chemist! She’s a chemistry teacher. I haven’t seen her in forever!” And then Mr coloring chemist came on and we giggled forever lol 😝 I’m still trying to figure out what more to do with my acrylic markers except tiny things. When you said “I have so many” I yelled out YESS SHE DOESS! lol I remember your first few videos and you kept getting them. Ps they do have those on temu too. They vary in price tho. They ship locally tho.

I have some Pental pens that have the fin system, reminds me of a syringe. And I have some Highlighters with the same delivery system.

Thank you for the informative video.😊

Nice to hear from Mr coloring chemist. The rabbit hole of acrylic markers is always fun. Always interesting to hear your thoughts!

Always enjoy your deep dives. It’s good to get answers to questions we all have. Hi Mr CC😂

I will be coming back to watch this fully when I’ve got a bit more time…..but I’m very interested to see what your findings are Connie, I’ve had a small set of those Guang Na acrylic pens for some time and found them adequate for what I want to do ❤

I also think about things like this. My thoughts are that there are manufacturers that create the inks and others companies that create and manufacture the vessel/pen casing. Artxx spends much more on marketing to get there name out there. It’s like how Costco puts their Kirkland brand on items like coffee, tinfoil, etc. they don’t manufacture them. You can buy tinfoil from Reynolds’s but Kirkland will cost much less and be the same foil just dif packaging. Thanks for the info. 👍🏻

Hubster hello, good to see your hand and hear your voice. We really enjoy Connie and her talents. Enjoy your movies and stay warm. Blessings for both of you.

The only question I have is….Do they bleed?

Beautiful job. I did the same, but used “happy planner” discs. Tysmfs ❤❤

Beautiful-great job. Love my pit pens. Thanks for these tips! 😊

Oh my! 😬How many days til spring?

I enjoyed the video, very calming like a female Bob Ross. I love that you tried to talk to the owl

Stay warm, Connie. That’s a beautiful view.

Great view. Yes we are cold 🇨🇦

It's beautiful! Thanks for sharing - I hope you stay warm!

What an amazing view you have. It looks so beautiful. Stay warm 😂😂. Xx

Oh my gosh I LOVE your sticker book!!! So many great memories. That's a treasure. (I modified my planner too).

I have been searching high and low for a good pen set for doing the color by number Disney books that will give me detail and won’t bled through. I saw how beautiful your backgrounds are using Zig Art pens, also those pens have a rubber tip - which is game changing from fiber tips. I have tried Tooli-Art, but the paint just flows too fast and for detail they do not work in the Coloriage mysteries books. I have just one of those books for “palette cleansing” between heavier books…. It is hard to find a good one set for these. Do you have any experience with these books?

Nice to see your adaptation, I have been adding stickers as well, and totally have one of those old style of photo albums 😁

as a scientist.... are you thinking the breakdown for the blending fluid is glycerine water and perhaps gum arabic? I'm going to make a dupe. lets brainstrom on the possible ingredients. lol if you would do that as a video that would slap for sure.

that blender is 18 aud for 50 ml, they lost me over that. what a joke.

These are not first and second generation...both sets are different so they did no come out as a replacement of another

Hello Connie Lovely to see all your pretty journals.💕

I don't color in books but draw and color mandalas. I think the type of paper used is key. My favorite markers are Steadler brush pens, FC pit pens, and Pentel brush pens. Other brush types I've used are Koi and (forgive my spelling) Kuritaki. I have Ohuhu and Tombrow. You have to find the right pens for your project. Nice video.😀⛄⛄

I would like the link for the cottage cove stickers, please. Thank you.

Awesome Video

I have Bunches of Botanicals by the same company. Want to use the stickers in my notebook at work.

Gosh those scratch and sniff!😄 instant flashback! So cool to share that with us 😊

Blast from the past seeing your sticker book….what great memories! I love what you did with your coloring planner. Please show us your Pro Click Binding System.

I love what you did with the journal! We all need to make things our own. I really like the Cottage Core & Christmas sticker books and how you decorated the pages. I have the book as well, but haven't decorated it - now I feel inspired!! Thank you! BTW....That vintage sticker album is really something!!

Oh my goodness, I loved the tour down memory lane with your sticker album. Brings back such good memories from the 80s!

Thank you for the chatty and interesting video Connie - I loved it!! I always learn from you and I enjoy the thoroughness of what you are doing!!

Looks fun. Introverts silently rule the world!

Love what you’ve done with your journal! It’s fun and bright. Beautiful!

I could smell your sticker album from Calgary! I’m sure my mom still has mine tucked away somewhere :) This is such a great idea! Thanks for sharing - I’m inspired to grab a copy and do this myself!

The name did NOT come from a marketing reaearch department, I'm guessing 😂