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Review: Arrtx Acrylic Markers + Metallic Paint Pens

I am slowly becoming a huge Arrtx fan. Their products never disappoint. When I first tried out their pencils I expected a casual pencil targeted to kids (Mostly due to the low price tag). Imagine my surprise when I found out that I could create my usual photorealistic art without

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Kids Crafts

Tutorial: Gabby’s Dollhouse Easter Eggs (+ free template)

It’s this time of the year again! Easter Eggs are a big deal in our family, the little ones love painting them – and everything else that is in close proximity (but that’s another story). Normally I am just watching, ready to fix the colorful mess they leave behind. This

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Reviews

MuseKits February Artbox Review

The other day I was sent the February MuseKits Artbox, to try out and review. MuseKits is an Art Subscription Box, each month you receive a box full of different Art supplies. Disclaimer: The Februry MuseKits Artbox was sent to me to review, however this is not a sponsored post

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Nomad sculpt

Tutorial: Pencil in Nomad Sculpt

Tutorial day today! We’ll be making a pencil in Nomad Sculpt. Cause there’s nothing more beautiful and more elegant than a humble pencil. (This is coming from a pencil artist, oh well, I’m biased!) Start off by deleting the default sphere. Then add a cylinder from the primitive tab. Adjust

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Procreate

How to solve the limited layer problem in procreate

If procreate is your app of choice, chances are you have come across the dreadful message: Once a certain layer limit is reached, you cannot create any more layers. This can be frustrating. I am old enough, so I used to work with photoshop long before procreate was developed. In

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Reviews

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

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Colored Pencils

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

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Colored Pencils

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

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Colored Pencils

Moleskin Watercolor Pencils Review

My husband went on a business trip to Italy and I stayed home with my kids. He brought me a deluxe moleskin set. I decided I might talk to him again, after all!  I am generally a Mega moleskin fan, I’ve used up countless sketchbooks over the years. Sometimes I

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Graphite

Faber-Castell Pitt Graphite Matt Review-The perfect black pencil?

According to my social media log it’s been almost 3 years since I last used graphite pencils, and about 1.5 years since I used traditional media in general. Still… pencils are my favorite toys, when I see something new, I MUST have it! Naturally, my pencil collection, which I’ve built

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