25 Art Supplies You Didn’t Know Existed
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
- I bought 25 of the most unique, weird and interesting art supplies I could find, most of which I’ve never seen before! I’m trying them out in the hopes to find some useful new art supplies and ways to be creative.
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13:16 I use it before also I see some stuff before
Sarah ive been trying to order your color cube!! And I don't know why it's not going through!!🤷♀️🤦♀️🤷♀️🤔☺️💞🙋♀️
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The "toilet" water dispenser isn't for cleaning brushes! I have one and I love it... it is for watercolor painting, because you constantly need clean water to wet your paper and your paint, and the water gets contaminated sooo fast. This way, you don't have to go to the sink every 5 minutes and refresh your water, just "flush" and voila, clean water! I keep one of the "bucket" brush cleaners next to the "flush" fresh water, and clean in one, add water to paint with the other.
Oh this makes so much sense! I’ll have to try this next time I’m doing watercolor. Thanks for the tip!
What’s the brand of that wet palette for acrylics please
@@SarahRenaeClarkI have a similar "toilet" type cleaner. The cleaning area is much larger, it holds a lot more water, and I use it for acrylics. It's GREAT! The brand is Masterson. Your comment about water color makes a LOT of sense!!
I just use the 3 container method 1 for initial cleaning 2nd for secondary cleaning
I was going to comment this also. I have one from TEMU of all places that has been a lifechanger for me. It's amazing for watercolor, but I absolutely wouldn't use it for other paints (maybe gouache).
When you showed the cube with colours, my first thought was: “That will be a fantastic fidget toy for my son with autism!” He completely relaxes when he can look at those colours. 🥰 The cube without the colours I do have at home, but… with a 3D photo from my son IN the cube. If I put the cube on a little light his picture lights up. ☺️
I've taught a couple of autistic children how to paint. Extremely therapeutic & they both took to watercolor very well. One almost became obsessed.
I've had better luck using a foam brush to apply the watercolor grounds to avoid the streaks! (It'd likely work just as well for the gesso) It also helps to get the thinnest possible coat on the paper, and it still protects the paper from soaking alcohol markers.
I was wondering if this would be a better idea!
I *adore* watercolour grounds, and agree that foam brushes do make it go on more smoothly.
Sometimes, I like having some texture though. I've used it on wood and canvas, and have achieved some fun effects with my watercolours, and other watersoluable media.
I use a foam brush for both gesso and daniel smith watercolor ground.
I use Silicone make up applicators for adding watercolor ground to my pages
@@ceilinh6004 (Only just saw this comment had replies lol) The foam brush does still leave some texture, it's rough to the touch but has less streaks than with a brush!
The paint brush rinser (toilet style brush cleaner) was originally produced by “Green Stuff World” if I’m not mistaken.
Green Stuff World is a miniature or hobby supply company, so the brushes miniature artists use are often much, much smaller than regular art brushes (like between size 5/0 and size 2 round).
The rinser tends to work better for those smaller brushes, definitely not ideal for large artist brushes.
I would have loved to see what you thought about the paint puck style brush cleaners, they look great!
This was a fun and informative video, loved some of the supplies!
I can’t believe I missed the paint puck cleaners! Everyone is suggesting them!
@@SarahRenaeClark it just means you might need to do a part two of this video.. 😅
Also, this Rinser from the Green Stuff World has another purpose! More then just cleaning the brush, it's also providing new fresh water, untainted by former rinses, for your brush.
I have a larger version to the toilet flush brush cleaner and I love it. I am a watercolor artist and love the fact that it always provides clean water so my watercolors don't get muddy.
The proportion divider is more useful for plein air sketching.
The wet palette looks awesome and is going on my Christmas wish list. I love my tombow fine detail eraser that you bought me and is a must have in my sketching kit.
I’m definitely loving the wet palette! The instructions were intimidating, but it ended up being quite easy
I swear by the Tombow fine detail eraser! They also make a colored pencil blending pen or pencil. I don’t know I have an opened the package yet, maybe you could try that next time. The wet Pallette dish would be so helpful for going back to art uni! Honestly, I feel like I’m breaking the bank with all these different art classes. It’s really helpful that you try out the items for us. Lol.
I have a stay wet pallet and use it all the time. It comes really in handy if I am using custom colors that I have made for a particular piece.
Please do a video of you testing the gelly plate to the fullest! It’s such a fun art supply and really want to see what mixed media you could create.
I think I will!
Apparently you can make your own gel plate too. But I think the premade ones last longer
I’d love to see this, too! BTW, a good reference for advanced gel plate techniques is Yeates Makes (channel here on YT). Thanks for all the great videos and happy holidays.
I remember one of my high school art teachers did a cheep easy diy "gel pad" by making clear gelatin but used the good stuff it lasted us a little over a week our class was45mins long and she would just pop it in n out of the fridge every class loved it😊
I watched that segment over a few times & don't understand what the big deal is. What's special about it?
Thanks :)
The second brush cleaner is best used for miniature painting brushes. With the watercolour ground, sand it between two layers, and then sand with ultra fine sandpaper, and it will work amazingly well.
Oooh good to know!
In my experience, gesso is more for using on paper that shouldn't get so wet (like a 99¢ journal), while the watercolor ground is for surfaces that aren't really designed for watercolor (like a traditional canvas or block of wood). Thanks for all the info!
I haven't seen the curve ruler since university. We used it in math or mechanics in the first semesters, when it was necessary to draw a curve of a function by hand.
From the thumbnail, i thought the avocado was a drawing of one.
Those erasers are cute. Fun stuff
I love how you try and put things together first and when you get stuck then look at the instructions. I do that all the time.
Gelli plate printing is so fun! I'd love to see you do a full video!
The wet/dry palette is going on my wishlist. Also that proportion tool is very cool I would need that. I struggle with proportions. The whiteboard tape would come in handy and that color cube would fascinate me for hours! Thanks for doing all this.
Fun! The brush washing stuff gave me an idea: I could make nubbly things out of clay for the bottom of my water containers.
Ohh, the proportion thing looks soooo helpful!!
The second brush cleaner, the one in the middle, would be better used as a water source during painting. When the paint water gets dirty you always have a fresh supply.
I really like the avocado erasers, kneadable eraser, curve stencil, and CYM cube
Yes i like when you group everything together on one video. I really liked the mirror paint and the colored cube.
The "forever pencil" claim reminds me of some pens my sister and I were fooled into buying about 13 years ago. Our local bookstore was selling them (and I continued to see them for years but can't find them now) for way too much for a single ballpoint pen but not so much that we weren't willing to buy 2 each along with our books. It was called something along the lines of "Thousand Year Pen" and if you read the fine print on the card it was attached to it said something about making a single 1-mile line every day for some impressive number of years that wasn't nearly as high as 1,000 years. I used mine for class and ran out of ink in the first one in 2 months.
A tipp for a cheap brush cleaning device: get one of these small round silicone suction cup makeup brush / face cleaning pads from the beauty store and stick this at the bottom of your glass jar, fill up with water, boom cheap alternative for all these devices.
Great idea!!
The “toilet” brush cleaner is exceptional for cleaning the brushes used for painting minis (like Warhammer models etc). The big brushes you used, not so much 😊
What I liked best about this video was the range of items you looked at. Artists and crafters of all kinds could find something useful here. Eclectic is quirky and fun.
I Love the paint keeper pallette and I especially LOVE the CMYK (as well as the clear) cube! I could Hours just looking through the CMYK cube!! ❤
for the green toilet brush cleaner thing, I feel like you would never have that much paint left on your brush when you are actually painting, especially if you are using watercolors or even acrylics so it might be more useful when you are actually painting as apposed to cleaning your brushes after
True, can see whats shes saying with the lil cleaning well though… maybe a lil deeper and wider? Feels like you’d have to be aware each time to not swish it too much or water would be everywhere… def feels more novelty… 🤔
Pretty sure it's not for cleaning your brush. I think it's for keeping your water for watercolors clean. Once it gets contaminated, you can just flush out the dirty water.
I love how excited you get about art supplies. I am the same. Thanks for saving me money by making this video. I can art supply vicariously through you.
I would love to see some mixed media videos and especially more on the gelli plate.
Sponge Bob looks like he wants some colour!
For keepeng my acrylic wet, i use small box. Inside i put small sponge for washing, or I cut it even smaller, around I put something, whats in my language called 'separating paper', it's used with textil dippers, and wet it.
When i know, i will not use it few days, i put it on freezer.
It's amazing, if you mix specific tones of colours, you can just keep it and don't need be affraid, you will not fit them exactly next time. 🙂
And als, as I am painting from home, with kids, if i leave it for a while, i come back to perfectly usable colours. Even in summer. 😄
Paint pucks are amazing for cleaning brushes and there is one that has built in brush holder and mixing wells. I love mine!
The Dura Lar paper has me intrigued, layered art pieces, suncatchers, shadowboxes, overlays.... So many ideas!
The wet palette is technically for keeping acrylics from drying out during a painting session, not for paint storage. It does make good paint storage sometimes, but it doesn’t always work the same with every kind of paint. Just kinda a buyer beware. 😊
Really interesting bundle of products. Thanks for testing them out.
I literally just saw your add and I love what you’ve come up with! With the colour pallets.😊
I enjoyed watching so much. Thanks for the entertaining. 😊❤
That was fun and showed me new art supplies out there! Thank you!
Oh I love the avocado etui and those cubes I think I need them too! Great video!
Now I want the cym cube❤️ so cool. It would look great next to my Color Cubes.
LOVE this all at once approach! More please!
Omg so excited for that curve maker thing! I’m a quilling artist, and sometimes I have to cut out curved edges for some of the elements of my pieces, and I’m no good at free handing the curves, I usually just curve the paper, glue, cut (while the strips come off), and then reglue it later. This will save me so much time!
Ooh it would be great for quilling!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Almost can't wait for the next upload
Love the cube. Thank you for your videos. You make my days better.
Duralar does have a line that takes colored pencil-it is matte finish but once the color is down you can definitely see it and I have used it the way you showed to test but also to do the picture. You can also use Grafix drafting film the same way and it takes many more layers and looks incredible.
Good to know!
Oh yes, mixed media video for sure. So much fun!
This was so much fun...I enjoyed every second of this video!!
that wet palette looks wonderful ❤❤❤
Great honest detailed review. Thank you!
Hullo Sarah, I have found a great brush cleaning solution. It is The Paint Puck! You can buy an assortment of pucks for your different cups and different kinds of paints! The smaller pucks will swell if put in a solvent or turpentine for cleaning your oil paint brushes. They also sell the Paint Puck Cup a silicone top and bottom with a clear tube connecting them. They have just created a new portable collapsible puck cup! I love how much easier it is to clean ALL of my brushes using my paint pucks! I did just buy some rubber/silicone stamps for swatching out my watercolor paints and I have to give them a go! Now Liz Chaderton has recipes for watercolor grounds as well as soft pastel grounds too, they are truly amazing! I am always looking for a less expensive way to create my premium surfaces. Thank you for sharing these ideas and methods with us. I am looking forward to seeing your next video! See ya then!
I've been using the paint puck cup for the past couple years and I absolutely LOVE it. I use the small pucks for my detail and makeup brushes. Definitely worth the investment!
Thank you for this recommendation! I wish I had seen the paint puck before doing this video 😏
The watercolor ground recipes sound like something fun to explore too! I’ll check it out
I do like the avocado things and that wet paint pad is awesome!
The proportional divider tool and the bendable arch tool were definitely my favorites! I've ordered both and am happily looking forward to trying them out. I need help with proportions and perspective when drawing! Thanks for the helpful and fun video 🙂
6:27 is actually used more for pattern making in sewing and fashion design than anything else and it is super useful for pattern manipulation (kind of a different kind of art)
That was a fun video! The proportional divider is one of my favourite drawing tools! I laughed so hard when you tried to use it for circles! I'm glad you figured it out! I have the "toilet" style brush cleaner and love it. I hate having any paint in my water, so this solves that problem. I mostly use it for watercolour though. I used it for acrylic once and it was fine, but I think I had less paint on my brush. The palette that kept the paint wet looked really useful!
The mirror paint looks like it would be cool to play with and the stay wet palette would come in handy for gouache! Nice video. I enjoyed watching.
Hi Sarah! I'm oldschool, and personally I prefer a longer form video. Some of these items I truly had not seen before, so great job unearthing these tools!
That gel plate looks so fun, I have no idea what I would use it for but now I kinda want one 😂😂. The wet palette definitely seems useful!! And the little avocado erasers we’re just cute. 😊
Now this was a very fun video, I think I find the brush bath the most useful (for me). The mirror paint looks awesome, that goes on my wishlist.
The middle brush cleaner I see used with watercolor and you want to quickly change your colors. Acrylic paint I don't see it working well. Loved finding this video as I found so much on here I need/want. 😆
you are so good at colored pencils that you are my inspiration. I stopped using them but after I saw you videos I started using them again!!!
Loved this video! Added several items to my Amazon wish list.
Try a paint puck for your water glass! Cheap and can be used in any container.
This was a blast, saw some cool stuff thanks. 😊
Thank you for sharing this Amazing video 😀and keep hard work 🥰
That wet palette has been my default palette for a long time now. I’ve left acrylic paint in it for MONTHS and it’s still wet. Literally my best purchase. 10/10.
That was fun!! Great stuff!!
Alright you talked me into it! Subscribed and excited 🎉
Sarah i love this video, you're my favourite artist, KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK😄😁
Thank you so much 😀
Super enjoyed, thank you
This video was very interesting and fun thanks x
This was good fun and some of those are really interesting. I enjoyed it!
Thank you for this video. It was very helpful for me 😊
This was really cool I truly enjoyed it. Tyfs😎👍
These supplies are interesting to say the least, but I'm really excited about the storage box for keeping your paints from drying out. I've never seen it before. I've thought about buying a gel plate, but they always seem a bit pricey. I would love to see you use it more before I buy one of my own. Thanks for the fun!!
What a fun video! None of these unusual art supplies are anything I'd use, but I really enjoyed your presenting them and showing how they work. You've got a very engaging and fun personality. 10/10!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’d LOVE to see some mixed media videos! I ❤️ all things art!
WOW!! Most of these items are cool!!❤
I agree!
Wow. The proportion divider is so useful ! The wet palette is amazing too.
And I learned today that the English word for compass has two meanings. In German Kompass only refers to the device to tell you where north is. The thing to draw circles we call Zirkel. But the word circle translates to Kreis. Not confusing at all 😅
Haha! English has soooo many words and yet we use the same words for totally different things 🙃
3:00 I remember seeing Adam Savage review this. I think it's more for people who love really well crafted tools and machinists. 6:55 I did actually buy that for architectural drafting. It's a pain to use and not worth it. It got very tiny curves in it and I couldn't straighten them out. Just get a set of French curves. 10:45 Oh yeah, I got a similar one from Jazza's minis art box from a few years back. Apparently used a LOT with minis and I kinda want to grab mine again and use it for this current project
That wet pallette is great for an intricate paint by number. When you use alot of the same colour but want to stretch or not waste paint. I found myself making homemade versions of that pallette when I was painting alot of paint by numbers.
I've had my gelli plate awhile now and its become my favourite tool to use (mixed media aficionado here)... there are some great TH-camrs you can learn from and i highly recommend getting one 💜
Makers Cabinet have some amazing products, yes they are expansive but they are hand-crafted brass art tools, Thier Iris is awesome, think they also sell a realy cool pencil sharpener.
Love the idea of the wet dry pallet but concerned about mildew in my current climate. Also I wish I knew more about the gel plate. I’ve seen the gel plate used on card making videos but I am curious if it has more uses
I would use distilled water on the wet palette to hopefully cut back on bacteria.
There's one artist on youtube that uses his peices also for junk journaling and mini album patterns. Ceri Griffiths is his name and my mom got into it because of him. Though as a Print Maker I kinda want to get that eventually for Monoprints (Prints that there is only one of) because it's hard to work around printing without a press unless it's relief and screenprinting. A Gel Plate looks like a perfect solution for more options for Print Making overall.
Clove oil helps with watercolor, wonder if it would help deter mold in acrylic? In my scene shop, I use a light dusting of Lysol in my gallon cans of artist acrylic and commercial latex paints every time they are opened to reduce mold and mildew growth. Our cans can sit for years before completely used up. Lysol does not harm those types of paint. But clove oil would smell better.
The instructions suggested distilled water, probably for this reason.
I’ll definitely be exploring the gel plate more in a video next year!
You can add a penny or any other copper piece to your wet palette and it will inhibit any mold growth. 😊
I have a brush cleaning cup from paint puck and I love it! The Little nubs help clean super well.
I use the same blue tub for washing my paints. I love it.
The avocado pencil case and eraser were cool. So was the colour cube.
I'd love to try a wet palette. That was amazing!
Yes! Do some printing videos, yours looked nice!
Sarah you need to try the paint puck. I have the ultimate rise cup it cleans your brushes and even has clippy things to hold your brush upside down. now I need a wet pallet, i had been thinking about one but you have sold me on one.
I vote YES on the mixed media idea for a video 😍
Great video. I liked the Gel Plate and mixed media information and would like to see you work in that media more.
More to come!
The wet dry paint palette looks awesome
Love your videos from Nepal and hope you keep growing
I use the dry erase tape for labeling, as well :) good stuff! DIY wet palettes work really well too, but I do want to get a nice one someday ;) I'm really intrigued by that drawing tool that helps with proportions! What a great idea!
There are pencils that are made with metal tips, but there’s a lot of ‘forever’ pencils that’s just made with graphite… I’m pretty sure the colorful ones are just regular crayons etc…
I have that magnetic circle ruler thing but found it really hard to use because it didn’t stick to the magnet all that well and just kept coming off… maybe I’m just too rough when using it…
Oh gosh, bendy rulers, we all had one for drawing graphs in secondary school… 😅 The toilet brush cleaner is great if you are doing miniatures or just using tiny fine liners… otherwise I found it way too small. I’ve been using the paint cup rinse cup (just ordered their new collapsible one as well) and I’m loving it because of all the different sized brush holders on the top, and of course there’s nubs at the bottom to help clean the brush too.
I’ve tried similar but cheaper acrylic paint palette and my paints have been kept moist for weeks 😂
(Damn, I have so many art supplies >
I agree about the forever pencils. These were just bad crayons!
I have the magnetic compass and absolutely love it it is great for mandalas but it's also just awesome for abstract circle type paintings.
Love this!
I loved your wall by the way
All these are soooo cool, and I love your ideas :-)
I have one of those "forever pencils", a very short one, attached to my keychain, so that I always have something to write with; but I wouldn't want to use it for art. That CMK cube is gorgeous, definitely on my wish list.
Love to see you dabble more with the gel plate
I've never seen those things except the ever-lasting one there are ever-lasting pencils that are used rather than a normal pencil
Wow, the first paint brush cleaner is looks pretty cool, it would be handy at arts classes when at the end of the day a few people have to wash dozens of brushes😂. Also I can’t believe that I haven’t tried kneaded erasers already, that would be pretty handy. I’d love to see more from this series!🤩
I use the flexible curve for (fashion) pattern making. I'm on my second one! The Gelli Plate is great when used with fabric paint on fabrics
Gel plates are a blast, I have so much fun creating with it. I don't thing there is any "wrong". Oil beads, so keep that in mind, but otherwise, go NUTS! I'm still a newbie at the medium, but it is fun.
Thanks for the tips!