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As an art supplies enthusiast, I'm always on the lookout; for great and affordable brands to try and then; share my findings with my art friends and students. Let's face it, most of us don't have thousands of dollars to spend on of brand of watercolour alone. Lucky for us, more and more brands understand that and offer us good quality supplies. This time I try Paul Ruben Phosphorescent and Prima Marketing Vintage watercolour sets. For Paul Ruben, I think phosphorescent is a bad translation as it is lightly glittery but doesn't glow in the dark… The first video is my first impression as I open both boxes and create swatches of them. The second one is a timelapse of me, creating a page in my Arteza sketchbook using both of them together. As always, the first time using a product gives us unpredicted results. I find both brands to be a bit dull. Since then, I used them on bright Fabriano 100% cotton paper and they were much brighter. I hope you have fun watching both, I have two more videos coming in this series. Let me know if you heard of great products you would like my opinion on and I’ll look into them when my budget allows it,
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Contest closed! the winner is Jeanne Elliott It’s funny how life work sometimes. At first, I was hesitating in accepting Effys invitation to teach in this class wondering what I would have to share. Recent life events have made this the perfect opportunity for me and probably what I will need to navigate the year to come. I will create a piece on stitching your life back together and reinventing who you are. I'm a bit late to the party but here's your chance to win a spot. Simple as usual we are asking for shares! We need your help to be seen!
You have 3 days to enter only. The winner will be announced on the 16th.  The class is going live in 3 weeks! Time flies so fast! I keep myself busy building it all. I am halfway through shooting all the lessons, but I keep adding content because I am excited! If you've taken a class with me before, you know that I always give more than what I'm selling. Do you wish to learn a new medium, explore different styles and develop your own while doing so? Get challenges that will help expand your creativity? I want to share all of my thoughts processes. Do you wish to learn more about Gouache Magic and get familiar with me? Here is a video resuming my plans to get you as excited and inspired as I am about gouache. You can also visit the class presentation page to learn about the supplies that will be used. I purposely kept it small. Affordable gouache is more and more available and you don’t need more than 15 colours to get started.  A few months back, I bought myself 2 sets of Arrtx jelly gouache after seeing good reviews online. They are also sold under Miya or Humi names but, I'm almost certain, it's all the same formula. When I first got them, I made an unpacking video and a timeline of my first painting with them with a voice-over of my impressions. I was meant to share this video before revealing my new class, but you know, life being insanely busy, I totally forgot I did it! The positive side of it is that it gave me plenty of time to work with them a lot more and, I got to say that I love them a lot! I'm not sponsored by anyone and, I paid for them with my own money so, here is a video of my first impressions and first go at creating with them. They are on the inexpensive side and perfect to learn about a new medium. I got sets of 18 but, I saw them available in a box of 24 or 56 colours on amazon. Allie express also has them with the added bonus that many stores will sell them by colour. Although you got to be super patient with delivery time with them. I love finding products that are great and affordable. It means that you don't need to break the bank every time you wanna try something new. Gouache magic begins in 12 days. Maybe this will be the spark that you were missing to join in the fun? The class is still available with a 20$ rebate until the launch. No code is needed. Learn-more here. Register here |
