When we saw Sandi had a "favorite art supplies" video, our hearts started beating faster! So proud and happy to see Utrecht Artist Colors made the list- it's a Blick exclusive!
If I may 🙋🏼♀️ Just wanna say that The Daniel smith watercolor sticks are not watercolor crayon, they’re watercolor in a stick. They’re really meant to be sliced up and put in a pallette and used as watercolor, rather than a crayon- that’s why it’s hard to draw with them !
@@22GmaRocky yeah! You definitely can, obviously I wouldn’t tell anyone not to use them how they like ! I’m a watercolor nerd and I know that the Daniel smith sticks are better value for money if you want to try their watercolor- one stick has a lot more paint the the average paint tube from what I understand
You can use them however you want! I like to think that there are no rules in art. :) Daniel Smith themselves have said it can be used in a variety of ways.
I’m the kind of person that has more art supplies than actual art xD and your videos always get me inspired and excited to just lay out all my art supplies and just use everything that I feel like using and have fun
Practical fact: the (Kum) longpoint sharpener treats your wallet and the enviroment a tiny bit nicer. Because of the angle it takes more of the wood and less of the lead, so you can use your pencil longer compared to 'normal' sharpening where you sharpen the lead and wood of equally.
This video was deliciously satisfying to watch! So much eye candy in those beautiful supplies. I can’t wait for a Tombow video. I’ve amassed quite the collection of art supplies in the last couple of years but they bring me so much joy! 🙈😂
Needed this video, Miss Sandi! Just seeing you play with supplies and talk about supplies was the cheer I needed to get back into creating. My tools are NOT SHARP but I am excited to sharpen them again thanks to you!
Thanks so much for some of those intensive details. For some reason, I had no idea that the Ecoline Brush Markers were refillable! I am totally ordering them now! I do love most of their muted colors. And the Cretacolor Mega Pencils! I adore the absurd size of them. I am not a dainty supplies gal in the least. 🤣
Hey Sandi, I’m sure someone has let you know by now, but the DS Watercolor sticks are meant to work by wetting from the stick. You can cut them and add them like pans to a palette or take a wet brush to the stick. I live in Seatlle and spent a lot of time down at the store when they were open. They didn’t design them to draw from really. Just a pigment option before they made pans.
I was plumb giddy when I saw your new video pop up!!!! I enjoyed a cup of coffee while watching you play with the supplies! Thanks for inspiring us! Your videos always make me smile!
I truly enjoyed your vlog!!! I’m a first timer. I’m 73 and I was a constant artist Then life, work, marriage,children,a widow in my mid 40’s. Art and my music teaching .photography all went away. But I’ve really been building my art supplies again and I find myself anxious to draw more. I started pastels and watercolor pencils. So finding your site tonight was awesome!! See you soon!!✌🏻🤠
Thank you for this video, Sandi! I love hearing what supplies other artists love. It's the best way to find good supplies, I think! Also, I just had to say... The owl painting at 8:17 (when you're flipping through the sketchbook) is just amazing. I had to go back and pause the video to look at it more!
Awesome episode! I loved it! Definitely would love to see the using the markers more. I have the eco line and I did not know you could refill them !!!! You blew my mind! Wahoooo!
I was so happy you see your video pop up in my notifications. I do need some new supplies from Santa ! Thank you for taking the time to show us all. You’re the best. Hugs to everyone in the Hester household.
I've recently started using the Royal Talens sketchbooks...love them! I have the same green and yellow as you 😆I'd definitely like to buy some gouache paints. I used to have some 20 years ago but they were all such bright colours that I never really used them.
Hi Sandi, I am a new subscriber, you’ve helped me through a couple of miserable flu days the passed days so this new upload felt like an old friend popped up 😄 Today I made some colour swatches of my polychromos collections inspired by you, a nice activity when don’t have a lot of energy but still want to play with colour a bit. Thank you for the lovely videos! Greetings from the Netherlands.
I'd love to see a video on how you use pastels? I bought a cheap set and started using it, and I just love that I can add colour while on the go without the mess of water-based mediums
Thank you so much for sharing Sandy!! I was looking for a new water brush as well as sketchbooks. I love when you show us your favorites and how to use them I feel like I learned so much! Hug☕
I'm so happy to have found you on youtube! You have been such a blessing to me. I have been in a major drought of inspiration regarding my art-due to a loss, divorce- in last two years-I've just not had the desire to reconnect with my love of art! I am too precious with my supplies and always want perfection, so that never goes well when you have a low desire to do art in the first place! I'm learning through your videos to have fun and just make marks! I hope it gives me the inspiration to begin again, I kinda feel like I forgot how???? It's a really sad feeling but I'm hopeful. I watch your videos and you have inspired me and made me smile. Just thought I would share with you. I love your goofy nature! God bless.
Thank you for sharing and I’m so sorry that this season is so hard and heavy. I think easing back into your art is the best way. Do color swatches and things that don’t have pressure. Just enjoy the materials and how they feel going down on the page. Enjoy the little things that are so wonderful about just creating
I just watched some of your videos and I must admit you make me feel comfortable with my "bad" art because even if it's not perfect it's still an art and it's beautiful. I think I should appreciate my artworks more. Thank you so much.
This video is my favorite of the favorites also! - I do thank you for the time in detailing all of this and will look so forward to future videos of more favorites! - Thank you, Sandi !
Sandi, thank you for this beautiful video. I enjoyed watching it very much. It’s pure eye candy. We as artists can never have too much art supplies… ❤❤love the tuna can idea 💡 thank you.. 🥰
Loved this video, I know that beautiful red box is going to be under the tree for me this year since I know Santa got it for me. I got some ideas for him to put in my stocking now too. 🎅
Everytime I see you use and mix colours my eyeballs do a happy dance 🥰 I came across the tim holtz watercolour pencils the other day and immediately thought of you. They are pigment sticks, that look like chunky pencils. I don't think they're light fast, but a few people recommended them over neocolor 2s. Maybe a new one for next year. 😊
I bought the Kum pencil sharpener after watching your video. The derwent lightfast & caran d'ache luminance work well together I find. I'm looking forward to watching your coloured pencil video next year as it is my favourite medium.
Sandi I loved all of this! I’m wanting to explore matte acrylic paint or acrylic gouache and I’m wondering what your current favorite is? I’ve seen you liking liquitex and flashe and a few others but I’m not sure which brand is your favorite to work with now. I’d like to make a purchase very soon. ❤
Thank you, Sandi, for sharing! I discovered Neocolor II last year and love them too!!!! I have a hard time breaking my pastels and neocolor II. I guess I should try to loose up a bit and start breaking them more in order to use them more freely. LOL.
I'd love you to do a video on how and why you use black. It's a color I never use in any medium. I love the Derwent drawing pencils and look forward to trying their Lightfast series.
All the yummy stuff in one place! Completely enjoyed this. Fun to see some of my favs too, and others I'm looking forward to trying :) Thank you Sandi!
I wonder if, with the Daniel Smith watercolor sticks, it might be easier/more intended if you use a water brush with them, take some pigment from the stick, and then lay it down on the paper? This is how I use my neocolor II and inktense blocks when I'm using a travel kit and helps a lot when getting down fine details - though broader washes need a bit more effort. And speaking of neocolor II, I can still remember when you initially opened up the box and didn't realise there was a second layer. 😅 That was fun seeing you open and swatch them regardless
@susanloramorris 1 day ago You are such a shining ray of light in my day. I love all your videos. Planning to get the Landscape class soon. I was sad to learn that the Emma Carlisle book on Devon is sold out😢 Thanks you for introducing me. I am now a Patreon of Emma. Have a happy day.
Hi Sandi, very inspiring to see your favourites and why you love them too. I NEED to go and paint now. Thank you. PS I didn't know the ecoline pens were refillable either!!!! Youve saved me a fortune 😁
I loved this video! I think my favorite part was the gouache you showed. Do you actually work with the gouache by sticking the brush right in the tube, or was that just for swatching? The two-stage sharpeners are the best! Blackwing makes one, too, very similar to your Kum sharpener (opens the same way, etc..)
I absolutely loved this video! I’ve been meaning to ask you a question and if you answer it in a future video I’m sure it will help a lot of people: we know that your goal is to paint loosely and we know you can draw and paint realistically. Do you think that’s the path we should follow in our art? I’m just beginning so I’m trying to learn how to see and draw things as they are - I can see there’s a conscious effort trying to go away from that to paint loosely. Do you think both styles feed each other? Could everyone, artists of all levels, benefit from doing both? Love you and your channel! 😊
I buy the DS Watercolor sticks as an economical form of watercolor. I cut a bit off and put in half pan and use it as any other pan. You get a lot more paint for the dollar. I agree not a fun smooth drawing experience with stick. Very thick and so much resistance.
Love these videos! Thank you for sharing. Some of the colors you shared I have never seen before but are just beautiful. I will definitely be adding them to my Christmas list this year 😊
I have always struggled with markers- my brain seems to get confused 😅 intentionally working with them more. Would love to see your thoughts on markers! Great video, such a wonderful spread of materials. Thank you!
This is the first video from this channel I've seen. 🎉🎉🎉SUBSCRIBED 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤ Daniel Smith Watercolor Sticks aren't meant to be used dry. If you dunk it in water or ink (really cool effects) then draw, it will work better. Not by much but better. BTW, I agree, Undersea Green is an amazing color. Off to explore the channel. Thanks for sharing.
*another thing you might want to mess about with would be exploring the shading qualities and potentials of fountain pen inks...Goulet Pens has nearly 800 inks alone and they do sell samples so it is very easy to obtain a lot of variety across the color spectrum and i have a LOT of them as proof on top of over 31 bottles of ink as well...there are also the inks at a personal favorite off of Esty called FoxandQuills where he ships the ink in small Erlenmeyer Flasks which is just as cool as it sounds...some work better than others (obviously) so small scale experimentation is advised but some of the effects i've found with the shimmer and sheening inks have been pretty amazing...the darker inks make beautifully moody storm clouds*
*the samples are small but there's enough there to make some really nice washes...they do sell collections of there most popular or by makers ...i have so many favorites but you would probably like the ferris wheel press inks especially the tanzanite sky...organics studio Nitrogen is also quite nice...collecting inks can get expensive (duh) as is collecting unique limited run playing cards*
… Derwent Drawing pencil -OVER- Neocolor 2!?!?!?!?!?! 🤯😮🤯😮🤯😮💡💡💡🤩🤩🤩 Yeah, I’ve been skipping back and watching that one small clip over and over to try and wrap my little gray brain around that juicy tidbit of generously shared info! I’m definitely going to try that! What other interesting and mind blowing mixed media combos do you have up your sleeve?? Thank you @sandihester ❤
It's so hard to narrow things down to what your favorites are! Thank you for sharing this and for the links 💕 I've been looking for a sketchbook that can hold up to mixed media - I'm excited to get my order 😁 I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and I wish you and yours a happy holiday season 🎄🎁♥️
The sketchbook is Dylusions by Dyan Reaveley Journal. They're readily available around the globe. I love mine, and always have different formats at hand.
Oohh, so many awesome art supplies 😍 Sadly I can not use your affiliate links because the shipping would be sky high... but boy, I have bought and tried a lot of new stuff from watching your videos 😄 I even ordered a prismacolor pencil to see what all the fuss was about... I loved it, but let me tell you, it is the most expensive pencil I have 😂
The prismacolor was expensive?!?!? They’re so cheap here in the states - bummer! No worries about not using the affiliate links! I put them there for those that don’t purchase from them too because I think it’s helpful to see more info quickly if you need it
@sandihester I cannot get Prismacolor here in Norway, so it was the tax and shipping that made it so expensive. Super annoying, because I would love to have the full set... 😍
Sandi, love your videos...learning something new every time. I have a question about canvas... is it necessary to stretch your own or are ready made canvases just as good? Thanks for your thoughts. 😊
Great video. My credit card is so happy that I use the same supplies. Except for the Kum pencil sharpener is in my wishlist, as I have 5 sharpeners and they're terrible.
The word for those Daniel smith sticks is gummy. I get it, if you buy them from blick the prices are so much better than the tubes especially for those genuine colors like sodalite. They all sell for the same price regardless of type.
Is there anything more juicy for an artist than looking at art supplies and learning how other artists use them?!?
I agree Julie!
When we saw Sandi had a "favorite art supplies" video, our hearts started beating faster! So proud and happy to see Utrecht Artist Colors made the list- it's a Blick exclusive!
Ohhh, I didn’t know that Blick! Lots of people are purchasing new supplies ❤️
If I may 🙋🏼♀️ Just wanna say that The Daniel smith watercolor sticks are not watercolor crayon, they’re watercolor in a stick. They’re really meant to be sliced up and put in a pallette and used as watercolor, rather than a crayon- that’s why it’s hard to draw with them !
Thanks
Yep
I saw that you dip the stick in water first….. but I don’t have any.
@@22GmaRocky yeah! You definitely can, obviously I wouldn’t tell anyone not to use them how they like ! I’m a watercolor nerd and I know that the Daniel smith sticks are better value for money if you want to try their watercolor- one stick has a lot more paint the the average paint tube from what I understand
You can use them however you want! I like to think that there are no rules in art. :) Daniel Smith themselves have said it can be used in a variety of ways.
I’m the kind of person that has more art supplies than actual art xD and your videos always get me inspired and excited to just lay out all my art supplies and just use everything that I feel like using and have fun
Practical fact: the (Kum) longpoint sharpener treats your wallet and the enviroment a tiny bit nicer. Because of the angle it takes more of the wood and less of the lead, so you can use your pencil longer compared to 'normal' sharpening where you sharpen the lead and wood of equally.
This video was deliciously satisfying to watch! So much eye candy in those beautiful supplies. I can’t wait for a Tombow video. I’ve amassed quite the collection of art supplies in the last couple of years but they bring me so much joy! 🙈😂
I’m so glad you enjoyed it so much!
Needed this video, Miss Sandi! Just seeing you play with supplies and talk about supplies was the cheer I needed to get back into creating. My tools are NOT SHARP but I am excited to sharpen them again thanks to you!
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I"d love to see demo of how you use your Flash paints and what kind of canvas or surface you utilize when painting with them.
wow i love your rice method of storing your pastels! So smart
It works well!
the neocolour pastels glide so nicely onto the paper!! the colour payoff is so satisfying
Yes!!
Thanks so much for some of those intensive details. For some reason, I had no idea that the Ecoline Brush Markers were refillable! I am totally ordering them now! I do love most of their muted colors. And the Cretacolor Mega Pencils! I adore the absurd size of them. I am not a dainty supplies gal in the least. 🤣
A adore absurd size of them too!
Hey Sandi, I’m sure someone has let you know by now, but the DS Watercolor sticks are meant to work by wetting from the stick. You can cut them and add them like pans to a palette or take a wet brush to the stick. I live in Seatlle and spent a lot of time down at the store when they were open. They didn’t design them to draw from really. Just a pigment option before they made pans.
I was plumb giddy when I saw your new video pop up!!!! I enjoyed a cup of coffee while watching you play with the supplies! Thanks for inspiring us! Your videos always make me smile!
Sooo glad you enjoyed it!
I truly enjoyed your vlog!!! I’m a first timer. I’m 73 and I was a constant artist Then life, work, marriage,children,a widow in my mid 40’s. Art and my music teaching .photography all went away. But I’ve really been building my art supplies again and I find myself anxious to draw more. I started pastels and watercolor pencils. So finding your site tonight was awesome!! See you soon!!✌🏻🤠
So glad you’re enjoying the channel and finding your way back to creating again is so exciting! Enjoy the journey!
Thank you for this video, Sandi! I love hearing what supplies other artists love. It's the best way to find good supplies, I think! Also, I just had to say... The owl painting at 8:17 (when you're flipping through the sketchbook) is just amazing. I had to go back and pause the video to look at it more!
Oh thank you!
Awesome episode! I loved it! Definitely would love to see the using the markers more. I have the eco line and I did not know you could refill them !!!! You blew my mind! Wahoooo!
Love that I blew your mind friend!!!!!
I was so happy you see your video pop up in my notifications. I do need some new supplies from Santa ! Thank you for taking the time to show us all. You’re the best. Hugs to everyone in the Hester household.
So glad you enjoyed
I've recently started using the Royal Talens sketchbooks...love them! I have the same green and yellow as you 😆I'd definitely like to buy some gouache paints. I used to have some 20 years ago but they were all such bright colours that I never really used them.
Such a great sketchbook!
Loved seeing all the different supplies you like 😊
Hi Sandi, I am a new subscriber, you’ve helped me through a couple of miserable flu days the passed days so this new upload felt like an old friend popped up 😄 Today I made some colour swatches of my polychromos collections inspired by you, a nice activity when don’t have a lot of energy but still want to play with colour a bit. Thank you for the lovely videos! Greetings from the Netherlands.
So sorry you’ve been sick and I’m glad I could be a little help to your sick days!
I'd love to see a video on how you use pastels? I bought a cheap set and started using it, and I just love that I can add colour while on the go without the mess of water-based mediums
Thank you so much for sharing Sandy!! I was looking for a new water brush as well as sketchbooks. I love when you show us your favorites and how to use them I feel like I learned so much! Hug☕
Ohhh that’s awesome - so glad it was helpful!
I'm so happy to have found you on youtube! You have been such a blessing to me. I have been in a major drought of inspiration regarding my art-due to a loss, divorce- in last two years-I've just not had the desire to reconnect with my love of art! I am too precious with my supplies and always want perfection, so that never goes well when you have a low desire to do art in the first place! I'm learning through your videos to have fun and just make marks! I hope it gives me the inspiration to begin again, I kinda feel like I forgot how???? It's a really sad feeling but I'm hopeful. I watch your videos and you have inspired me and made me smile. Just thought I would share with you. I love your goofy nature! God bless.
Thank you for sharing and I’m so sorry that this season is so hard and heavy. I think easing back into your art is the best way. Do color swatches and things that don’t have pressure. Just enjoy the materials and how they feel going down on the page. Enjoy the little things that are so wonderful about just creating
@@sandihester thank you ❤️I will! :-)
Yay..!!!... well, I'm not going to watch until I make my pot of coffee and properly sit down to appreciate it..!!
Look at all those colorful swatches on the wall! They look beautiful together. Hope you're keeping well Sandi.
They’re helpful for sure and pretty
Thanks for sharing your favourite art 🎨 supplies Sandi have a great weekend 💜
You bet Deborah!
I just watched some of your videos and I must admit you make me feel comfortable with my "bad" art because even if it's not perfect it's still an art and it's beautiful. I think I should appreciate my artworks more. Thank you so much.
I think you should too.
This video is my favorite of the favorites also! - I do thank you for the time in detailing all of this and will look so forward to future videos of more favorites! - Thank you, Sandi !
Ohhhh I’m so glad!
That was great!!! You have so many favorite things, I love it!! Keep painting your heart out. Have a wonderful weeked!!!
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Oh wow! So jealous of the big set of neo colors!! Thanks for sharing your faves!!❤️
Totally loooved this video!! I am sooo inspired now and want to gather my supplies and just play. Love how free you are with your sketchbook!
That’s awesome!
Sandi, thank you for this beautiful video. I enjoyed watching it very much. It’s pure eye candy. We as artists can never have too much art supplies… ❤❤love the tuna can idea 💡 thank you.. 🥰
I just found u by accident!!!! I am now subscribed!!!! I could listen to u alllllllll day !!! Thank you for great content !!!
Thank you! Welcome!
thank you so much Sandi! so many good ideas!
You’re so welcome!
Loved this video, I know that beautiful red box is going to be under the tree for me this year since I know Santa got it for me. I got some ideas for him to put in my stocking now too. 🎅
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You got me experimenting with pastels and acrylic I love it now and anything goes 😮which is super fun
Yes!!! So fun!
I always want to buy stuf when you make this videos 😀
Everytime I see you use and mix colours my eyeballs do a happy dance 🥰 I came across the tim holtz watercolour pencils the other day and immediately thought of you. They are pigment sticks, that look like chunky pencils. I don't think they're light fast, but a few people recommended them over neocolor 2s. Maybe a new one for next year. 😊
Ohhhhh interesting
I bought the Kum pencil sharpener after watching your video. The derwent lightfast & caran d'ache luminance work well together I find. I'm looking forward to watching your coloured pencil video next year as it is my favourite medium.
I’m excited to share my favorite pencils!
Sandi I loved all of this! I’m wanting to explore matte acrylic paint or acrylic gouache and I’m wondering what your current favorite is? I’ve seen you liking liquitex and flashe and a few others but I’m not sure which brand is your favorite to work with now. I’d like to make a purchase very soon. ❤
I love liquitex and for regular gouache I like Holbein. I have a favorites supply list on my website if you’d like to check it out
The Kum sharpener is indeed life changing.
Yesssssss
Thank you, Sandi, for sharing! I discovered Neocolor II last year and love them too!!!! I have a hard time breaking my pastels and neocolor II. I guess I should try to loose up a bit and start breaking them more in order to use them more freely. LOL.
I enjoyed the Favorite things. Makes me feel like a Wish Book kid at Christmas.
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Love your favorite things. That aqua color is amazing. I would love to see your favorite colors in the Tombow markers please. Have a great weekend.
I’ve heard from several of you about Tombow so I’ll be sharing
I'd love you to do a video on how and why you use black. It's a color I never use in any medium. I love the Derwent drawing pencils and look forward to trying their Lightfast series.
I share some of that in my acrylics class when I go over color mixing and my favorite mixes
All the yummy stuff in one place! Completely enjoyed this. Fun to see some of my favs too, and others I'm looking forward to trying :) Thank you Sandi!
so glad you enjoyed it Toni!
On the Daniel Smith watercolor stick. Wet your paper and then try using it. It goes on smoother.
Thanks Sandi….new ideas for my Christmas list for sure!😀
Oh good 🙌
What a lovely collection you have accrued over the year. Now it's time to start filling up my cart with some goodies. LOL.
Have fun doing that!
I wonder if, with the Daniel Smith watercolor sticks, it might be easier/more intended if you use a water brush with them, take some pigment from the stick, and then lay it down on the paper? This is how I use my neocolor II and inktense blocks when I'm using a travel kit and helps a lot when getting down fine details - though broader washes need a bit more effort.
And speaking of neocolor II, I can still remember when you initially opened up the box and didn't realise there was a second layer. 😅 That was fun seeing you open and swatch them regardless
@susanloramorris
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You are such a shining ray of light in my day. I love all your videos. Planning to get the Landscape class soon. I was sad to learn that the Emma Carlisle book on Devon is sold out😢 Thanks you for introducing me. I am now a Patreon of Emma. Have a happy day.
Thank you! So glad you’re enjoying the channel and Emma’s Patreon!
What fun! I seem to learn something every time I watch you. Thank you!
That makes me happy to hear!
Hi Sandi, very inspiring to see your favourites and why you love them too. I NEED to go and paint now. Thank you. PS I didn't know the ecoline pens were refillable either!!!! Youve saved me a fortune 😁
glad it made you want to go paint!
Thank you, thank you, thank you ... missed you and this was fun!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
so happy when I saw your video . missed it so much X
Wow. So interesting. Thank you. I love your authenticity and enthusiasm.
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I loved this video! I think my favorite part was the gouache you showed. Do you actually work with the gouache by sticking the brush right in the tube, or was that just for swatching? The two-stage sharpeners are the best! Blackwing makes one, too, very similar to your Kum sharpener (opens the same way, etc..)
Yep - that’s how I do it - stick the brush right in there - especially when I’m out on location painting
Great video Sandi.....Always so much fun
Ohhh good!
Sandi this is yet another delightful video, Thanks for the hard work
Thank you Amber!
Great info Sandi. I like the idea off lightfast pencils and some of the colors you shared throughout are absolutely wonderful.
So glad you enjoyed it!
I absolutely loved this video! I’ve been meaning to ask you a question and if you answer it in a future video I’m sure it will help a lot of people: we know that your goal is to paint loosely and we know you can draw and paint realistically. Do you think that’s the path we should follow in our art? I’m just beginning so I’m trying to learn how to see and draw things as they are - I can see there’s a conscious effort trying to go away from that to paint loosely. Do you think both styles feed each other? Could everyone, artists of all levels, benefit from doing both? Love you and your channel! 😊
I don’t think it’s the path everyone should follow. I DO THINK that no matter your style you should enjoy creating! That’s too priority!
@@sandihester that’s a great answer, Sandi! Thank you 🥰
My husband has just ordered the Emma Carlisle book for me for Christmas after I saw it on here…. Thank you for bringing it to our attention
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its a dream table of art supplies! 😀
Favourite of the favourites 💕💕💕 great video ,thank you ✌️🌻
Thank you ❤️
I buy the DS Watercolor sticks as an economical form of watercolor. I cut a bit off and put in half pan and use it as any other pan. You get a lot more paint for the dollar. I agree not a fun smooth drawing experience with stick. Very thick and so much resistance.
Agreed, long thin points are the best. 😊
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Thank you Sandi. A wonder and helpful video. Christmas is coming.
Thank you!
Thanks Sandy, very useful and enjoyable as always.
Ohhh good!
Thank you Sandi!!! So many good gems 💎
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Love these videos! Thank you for sharing. Some of the colors you shared I have never seen before but are just beautiful. I will definitely be adding them to my Christmas list this year 😊
Ohh good!
The woman who was my inspiration came :D long live ...
I loved this video! I added so many things to my Christmas wishlist--thanks for doing this in time for Christmas :)
Ohhh good!
This was so inspiring to watch! I’ve only recently got into neocolors and now I’m itching to get them out!😊
Ohhh good - so glad you enjoyed it!
I have always struggled with markers- my brain seems to get confused 😅 intentionally working with them more. Would love to see your thoughts on markers!
Great video, such a wonderful spread of materials. Thank you!
Ok!
The ecoline brush markees are great
Yay!! I was hoping you’d do a favorite supplies for Christmas video
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♥ I love you when you share your favorites with us.
Oh good!
This is the first video from this channel I've seen. 🎉🎉🎉SUBSCRIBED 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Daniel Smith Watercolor Sticks aren't meant to be used dry. If you dunk it in water or ink (really cool effects) then draw, it will work better. Not by much but better. BTW, I agree, Undersea Green is an amazing color.
Off to explore the channel. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for subscribing and I hope you enjoy the other videos!
I will be adding a lot of these to my Christmas list this year!! 🎄🥳😍
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That was fun! Have you replaced the Stillman and Birn sketchbooks with the Royal Talens or just added Royal Talens to your list of favourites?
Pretty much just using Talens
*another thing you might want to mess about with would be exploring the shading qualities and potentials of fountain pen inks...Goulet Pens has nearly 800 inks alone and they do sell samples so it is very easy to obtain a lot of variety across the color spectrum and i have a LOT of them as proof on top of over 31 bottles of ink as well...there are also the inks at a personal favorite off of Esty called FoxandQuills where he ships the ink in small Erlenmeyer Flasks which is just as cool as it sounds...some work better than others (obviously) so small scale experimentation is advised but some of the effects i've found with the shimmer and sheening inks have been pretty amazing...the darker inks make beautifully moody storm clouds*
good info!
*the samples are small but there's enough there to make some really nice washes...they do sell collections of there most popular or by makers ...i have so many favorites but you would probably like the ferris wheel press inks especially the tanzanite sky...organics studio Nitrogen is also quite nice...collecting inks can get expensive (duh) as is collecting unique limited run playing cards*
Such fun! Loved watching this video 🥰
Oh good!
Love the selection. ❤
… Derwent Drawing pencil -OVER- Neocolor 2!?!?!?!?!?! 🤯😮🤯😮🤯😮💡💡💡🤩🤩🤩 Yeah, I’ve been skipping back and watching that one small clip over and over to try and wrap my little gray brain around that juicy tidbit of generously shared info! I’m definitely going to try that! What other interesting and mind blowing mixed media combos do you have up your sleeve?? Thank you @sandihester ❤
I know!!!
I recently discovered the Tombow markers and it LOVE them!!!
They are great!!!
It's so hard to narrow things down to what your favorites are! Thank you for sharing this and for the links 💕 I've been looking for a sketchbook that can hold up to mixed media - I'm excited to get my order 😁 I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and I wish you and yours a happy holiday season 🎄🎁♥️
I love both of these sketchbooks and they both hold up well
@@sandihester Thank you for the recommendations 💗 I'm excited to use all my favorite things in one place.
The sketchbook is Dylusions by Dyan Reaveley Journal. They're readily available around the globe. I love mine, and always have different formats at hand.
I wish they’d put that on the sketchbook 😂🤪
You need to give gallery oil pastels a try!
Ok!
Yes,your list of to bow colors
Oohh, so many awesome art supplies 😍 Sadly I can not use your affiliate links because the shipping would be sky high... but boy, I have bought and tried a lot of new stuff from watching your videos 😄 I even ordered a prismacolor pencil to see what all the fuss was about... I loved it, but let me tell you, it is the most expensive pencil I have 😂
The prismacolor was expensive?!?!? They’re so cheap here in the states - bummer! No worries about not using the affiliate links! I put them there for those that don’t purchase from them too because I think it’s helpful to see more info quickly if you need it
@sandihester I cannot get Prismacolor here in Norway, so it was the tax and shipping that made it so expensive. Super annoying, because I would love to have the full set... 😍
@@Alice_in_artsupply_hoarderland bummer
01:37 Special mention for the cute ladybug on your pastel set!
Feels like Christmas 🥰
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Love your collection of colours❤ great video
Thank you!
Tombow video would be great :-)
Ok, good to know!
Hellow SANDI , I very like BRUSH PEN ECOLINE.
VERY like ART SUPPLIES.
Lovely! Thank you 😊
Sandi, love your videos...learning something new every time. I have a question about canvas... is it necessary to stretch your own or are ready made canvases just as good? Thanks for your thoughts. 😊
Ready made are just as good. I just like a certain canvas and it’s also cheaper to make your own
Great video. My credit card is so happy that I use the same supplies. Except for the Kum pencil sharpener is in my wishlist, as I have 5 sharpeners and they're terrible.
That made me laugh!
The word for those Daniel smith sticks is gummy. I get it, if you buy them from blick the prices are so much better than the tubes especially for those genuine colors like sodalite. They all sell for the same price regardless of type.
yessss - gummy!
Use water on your Daniel smith stick. Dip it in water or wet the paper. I don’t know. It’s easier to get it done that way.