This was a great video, at the moment my favorite art supplies are some super cheap Kingart metallic watercolors that I use every year for Christmas Cards and gift tags❤️.
My faves this year have been Pan Pastels and my Faber castel Polychromos pencils. I love their transparency and ability to layer - I do abstracty stuff inspired by landscape and tree bark and river rocks. I can get almost a watercolor effect with them, though my drawings take hours and hours. This was a great video: I loved seeing your work and the way you use color is enchanting and inspiring. Thank you!
Your artwork reminds me of art by the The Group of Seven, a group of Canadian landscape artists. Something about the vibrant landscapes you create and structure of your work brings them to mind. I very much enjoy your videos and artwork.
Wow! This has been so inspirational; you’re truly an amazing artist!!🤩💜🥰🎉🤘🏾👍🏾 Please continue to grow, experiment and inspire others. Love the vibrant pieces you create, they call to my soul. Thank you for posting!! 🤩💜🤘🏾🙏🏾 I am too early in my watercoloring journey to have favorites but I do love the way you experiment with your art supplies and get to know them. 🙏🏾🤩💜
Watched til the end! ❤ I’ve really gotten into M Graham watercolors lately. They have so many excellent versions of colors and I often find something in their version of a pigment that I don’t find anywhere else. A genuine viridian that re-wets beautifully; a cobalt violet that has presence; a PB60 that stays vibrant even after it dries; a scarlet pyrrol that’s so vivid you’ll think it’s fluorescent. I could go on and on. But for those who live in parts of the world where its prices are within reach, it’s just so good!
My favourites this year have been Inktense + Derwent Drawing pencils, fountain pen (my Platinum Prefounte in particular) and rainbow pencils! I also got the Gansai Tambi watercolours and Holbein acrylic gouache for my birthday back in June and they've been really fun!
Love my Poscas for line work. My favorite pencil is still my Bic mechanical. I don't know why, but I love using the silly thing! Bristol paper is my jam! Another unusual choice that I can't explain. My watercolor collection goes like this...... I tried Turner. They were on sale so I got several colors. As I watched art demos, I was, "OOOO....gotta have that color!!!!!!". "There's the red I was looking for!" Now you know what my watercolor collection looks like! LOL! I've got several brands, although I no longer have full set syndrome. I just buy paint by the color or effect. Swatching is a MUST! Sketch book is a handful of 9 x 12 in. sheets of sturdy paper folded in half using a bone folder, and stitched together down the crease. I carry it in the cover from an old planner that has a flap that folds over. Brushes: Ranger brushes are nice and stiff and durable. For a softer brush, I like the Mimik Kolinsky. The synthetics are so good now, I don't see any need to buy natural brushes. Type and size of brush depends on what I'm painting. Enjoyed seeing your favorites. Saw a couple of colors by Roman Smal that I want to try! Never heard of them before. Right now it's December so I'm doing my end of the year clean, destash, and reorganize. It's always nice to start the New Year with a clean studio area! I'll have to look into Roman Smal in a few weeks.🥰❤
I have an art creation sketchbook for nature journaling (the small square one). I make ink and watercolor illustrations in it, usually full page. Yes, the paper curls, so you have to clip the edges to keep them in place. Otherwise it can handle watercolour the way I use it just nicely. Even very wet washes (you just have to leave it alone to dry), wet in wet works too with medium wet washes. Up to four layers without paper damage. The pages are not flat of course but I don't care much about that. I write on the left page my notes and paint on the right page. So every page has only one side with paint on. I guess it comes down to personal preference as I found myself not liking 100% cotton watercolour paper as much as it is praised all over in the art community. I prefer to stick to 25-30% cotton watercolour papers.
My favorite supplies of 2024 include Canson Fabriano sketchbook, Saunders Waterford cold press blocks, Neocolor ii, Della Magna and Arkaar handmade watercolors, Roman Szmal Pascualino Fracasso set and new colors in 2024, Daniel Smith tube watercolor and gouache, Holbein gouache, Wallace Seymour earthy watercolors, Terry Ludwig and Unison soft pastels, Molotow acrylic markers, the Etchr Nano bag, and Supracolor, Museum Aquarelle, and Koh-I-Noor watercolor pencils.
My favorite supplies are my Roman Szmal watercolors and Baohong academy paper but I will have to find a replacement as I believe Meedan/Baohong are the same company.
Thank you for sharing your favourite supplies! I have some of these as well and enjoy my Daniel Smith paints and Princeton Aqua elite brushes. Watching this reminds me I need to use my sketch books more, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing your art! ❤
Is there much of a difference between tombow markers and pitt dual tip markers? 😮 i have almost the full range of tombow, but im curious about pitt dual tip
Pitt pens use india ink instead of water based ink. They have slightly different working properties, in my personal experience, the ink is blendable when wet but cannot be reactivated with water after it initially dries. Pitt also offers lightfastness ratings which is a real plus if you want to display your art.
This was a great video, at the moment my favorite art supplies are some super cheap Kingart metallic watercolors that I use every year for Christmas Cards and gift tags❤️.
My faves this year have been Pan Pastels and my Faber castel Polychromos pencils. I love their transparency and ability to layer - I do abstracty stuff inspired by landscape and tree bark and river rocks. I can get almost a watercolor effect with them, though my drawings take hours and hours.
This was a great video: I loved seeing your work and the way you use color is enchanting and inspiring. Thank you!
Your artwork reminds me of art by the The Group of Seven, a group of Canadian landscape artists. Something about the vibrant landscapes you create and structure of your work brings them to mind. I very much enjoy your videos and artwork.
You are a true inspiration. Enjoy watching and listening to you spread your joy of art.
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Derwent Inktense pencils are my favourite at the moment❤
Wow! This has been so inspirational; you’re truly an amazing artist!!🤩💜🥰🎉🤘🏾👍🏾 Please continue to grow, experiment and inspire others. Love the vibrant pieces you create, they call to my soul. Thank you for posting!! 🤩💜🤘🏾🙏🏾
I am too early in my watercoloring journey to have favorites but I do love the way you experiment with your art supplies and get to know them. 🙏🏾🤩💜
Watched til the end! ❤
I’ve really gotten into M Graham watercolors lately. They have so many excellent versions of colors and I often find something in their version of a pigment that I don’t find anywhere else. A genuine viridian that re-wets beautifully; a cobalt violet that has presence; a PB60 that stays vibrant even after it dries; a scarlet pyrrol that’s so vivid you’ll think it’s fluorescent. I could go on and on. But for those who live in parts of the world where its prices are within reach, it’s just so good!
Yes, M Graham one of the BEST Viridian watercolors!
So, in order to trick yourself into creating more art, challenge yourself to complete those sketchbooks you don’t really like! 😂 Brilliant!
I’m saving for the Mona Omrani set!
its a great set!
My favourites this year have been Inktense + Derwent Drawing pencils, fountain pen (my Platinum Prefounte in particular) and rainbow pencils! I also got the Gansai Tambi watercolours and Holbein acrylic gouache for my birthday back in June and they've been really fun!
Nice art🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Hoping the new RS essentials set will become available here soon too!
where is here? Artemiranda online, and Peters Art in Berlin online carry it!
My favorite art supply~ My Holbein Botanical watercolor set and my Holbein pastels watercolor set.
Lovely video, Sketches! To tell you my favorite art supplies would take too long, but I made a video about the subject, lol.
Love my Poscas for line work. My favorite pencil is still my Bic mechanical. I don't know why, but I love using the silly thing! Bristol paper is my jam! Another unusual choice that I can't explain. My watercolor collection goes like this...... I tried Turner. They were on sale so I got several colors. As I watched art demos, I was, "OOOO....gotta have that color!!!!!!". "There's the red I was looking for!" Now you know what my watercolor collection looks like! LOL! I've got several brands, although I no longer have full set syndrome. I just buy paint by the color or effect. Swatching is a MUST! Sketch book is a handful of 9 x 12 in. sheets of sturdy paper folded in half using a bone folder, and stitched together down the crease. I carry it in the cover from an old planner that has a flap that folds over. Brushes: Ranger brushes are nice and stiff and durable. For a softer brush, I like the Mimik Kolinsky. The synthetics are so good now, I don't see any need to buy natural brushes. Type and size of brush depends on what I'm painting. Enjoyed seeing your favorites. Saw a couple of colors by Roman Smal that I want to try! Never heard of them before. Right now it's December so I'm doing my end of the year clean, destash, and reorganize. It's always nice to start the New Year with a clean studio area! I'll have to look into Roman Smal in a few weeks.🥰❤
My favorite art supplies of 2024 are my floandforj handmade paints ❤❤❤
I have an art creation sketchbook for nature journaling (the small square one). I make ink and watercolor illustrations in it, usually full page. Yes, the paper curls, so you have to clip the edges to keep them in place. Otherwise it can handle watercolour the way I use it just nicely. Even very wet washes (you just have to leave it alone to dry), wet in wet works too with medium wet washes. Up to four layers without paper damage. The pages are not flat of course but I don't care much about that. I write on the left page my notes and paint on the right page. So every page has only one side with paint on. I guess it comes down to personal preference as I found myself not liking 100% cotton watercolour paper as much as it is praised all over in the art community. I prefer to stick to 25-30% cotton watercolour papers.
My favorite supplies of 2024 include Canson Fabriano sketchbook, Saunders Waterford cold press blocks, Neocolor ii, Della Magna and Arkaar handmade watercolors, Roman Szmal Pascualino Fracasso set and new colors in 2024, Daniel Smith tube watercolor and gouache, Holbein gouache, Wallace Seymour earthy watercolors, Terry Ludwig and Unison soft pastels, Molotow acrylic markers, the Etchr Nano bag, and Supracolor, Museum Aquarelle, and Koh-I-Noor watercolor pencils.
love Prolene-Plus flat brushes for gouache and Princeton Aqua Elite, Da Vinici Casaneo quill 2 and Jackson's Icon brushes for watercolor!
It’s funny how a sketchbook can dictate the quality of our art. It’s like how a cup of tea can taste “bluh” in the wrong cup.
My favorite supplies are my Roman Szmal watercolors and Baohong academy paper but I will have to find a replacement as I believe Meedan/Baohong are the same company.
Yay! First comment!!!!! ❤❤❤
Thank you!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing your favourite supplies! I have some of these as well and enjoy my Daniel Smith paints and Princeton Aqua elite brushes.
Watching this reminds me I need to use my sketch books more, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing your art! ❤
Is there much of a difference between tombow markers and pitt dual tip markers? 😮 i have almost the full range of tombow, but im curious about pitt dual tip
Pitt pens use india ink instead of water based ink. They have slightly different working properties, in my personal experience, the ink is blendable when wet but cannot be reactivated with water after it initially dries. Pitt also offers lightfastness ratings which is a real plus if you want to display your art.
you might try the Faber Castell watercolor markers which could complement your Tombow set.