I started with the white, graphite and black set for figurative work, then bought the brown set, was blown away for the second time and have just order the primary colour set. They are the best for doing preliminary sketches for oil paintings, or sketching in general. So much pigment that it just makes painting fun. You can also use an eraser to lift them once dried if you are trying to find a highlight. Glad you like them as well.
I love these too. I have noticed that newer blocks are significantly smaller than those I purchased several years ago. This is an example of "shrinkflation" because the individual blocks have also gone way up in price. I bought some 2-3 yrs ago at my local art store for $8.99; they are now $11.00 and much smaller. I recently bought a single in black that is about 1/3 smaller than the originals-both in dimension and depth.
I have these 2 sets and the white. In my set, it was the black that was much smaller than the others, so I bought another black, because I love the intensity of this black. In my primary color set, I have a red in place of the magenta. I love having fun with these blocks maybe more than with my many watercolor paintings, however I don't think they are lightfast.
I was reading reviews and apparently the primary set used to have a problem with mixing purples, so they changed out the red for a magenta to let you mix brighter purple shades. These blocks look like a dream!
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I started with the white, graphite and black set for figurative work, then bought the brown set, was blown away for the second time and have just order the primary colour set. They are the best for doing preliminary sketches for oil paintings, or sketching in general. So much pigment that it just makes painting fun. You can also use an eraser to lift them once dried if you are trying to find a highlight. Glad you like them as well.
I love these too. I have noticed that newer blocks are significantly smaller than those I purchased several years ago. This is an example of "shrinkflation" because the individual blocks have also gone way up in price. I bought some 2-3 yrs ago at my local art store for $8.99; they are now $11.00 and much smaller. I recently bought a single in black that is about 1/3 smaller than the originals-both in dimension and depth.
Ya know? I have to say that your original review SOLD me on the beauty of ArtGraf Taylors blocks. I haven't ordered any yet but it's on my list.
You wont be disappointed!!
I have these 2 sets and the white. In my set, it was the black that was much smaller than the others, so I bought another black, because I love the intensity of this black. In my primary color set, I have a red in place of the magenta. I love having fun with these blocks maybe more than with my many watercolor paintings, however I don't think they are lightfast.
I was reading reviews and apparently the primary set used to have a problem with mixing purples, so they changed out the red for a magenta to let you mix brighter purple shades. These blocks look like a dream!
Thanks for the info