Arrtx 30 General & Pastel Acrylic Markers

Another review today. This time I am putting the notorious Arrtx Acrylic Markers under the microscope. I have previously reviewed Arrtx 126 colored pencil set and I totally astounded by their quality/price combinations. Naturally the bar was already high. Let me tell you that: They didn’t disappoint. Disclaimer: The markers were sent to me for review, […]

Tutorial: Realistic Skin with Colored Pencils vol2

A skin tutorial again! A couple of years ago I did this tutorial for drawing realistic skin with color pencils. Up to this date I still use it as the basis for my drawings. However, it mostly targets beginners, so this time I opted for something slightly more advanced, to cover more complicated portraits as […]

Arrtx Colored Pencils Review

If you are a colored pencil artist (hobbyist or professional, it doesn’t matter), chances are you are familiar with the “big three”, namely Faber-Castell Polychromos, Prismacolor Premier and Caran D’Ache Luminance colored pencils. These are the top three brands that dominate the market. (I’ve reviewed extensively all of them in case you want to catch […]