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Arrtx 60-piece Regular and Anime Acrylic Markers Review
If you’ve been following me for a while, you might have noticed that I am somehow obsessed with Arrtx. If you don’t (don’t worry, I don’t judgeXD) Arrtx is “a high quality, affordable art supply brand”. Yep, quote is my own. And no, they don’t pay me! DISCLAIMER: Arrtx materials ...
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Arrtx Sketching Pencils Review
It’s no news that I love Arrtx. I have reviewed their products again and again and again, I tried their colored pencils, their acrylic markers, their metallic markers, and I am anlways overwhelmed by the quality and consistency of their products. However, since my primary medium (and my greatest love ...
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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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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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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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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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Tutorial: Paper Dragon with Flapping Wings
As I have mentioned before, my kids and I love everything crafty. Lately we’ve been obsessed with dragons and craft pins. So today I’ll show how we made our Toothless-inspired, flapping-wings paper dragons. You can scroll down to download the ready-to-print template, or you can draw your own dragon. The ...
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Gabby’s Dollhouse Coloring Pages
Check out all of my coloring pages here. If you are watching Netflix, chances are that you have come across Gabby at some point. The show is so sweet and cat-friendly, it brings out your inner cat-person, no wonder why it is so popular. My little ones are totally obsessed, ...
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Draw this again – Steve Jobs vol2
If you’ve been following me for a while, you might have noticed that I tend to draw the same subjects again and again. There is a reason for that. Some people/characters inspire me so much that I wanna draw them … again and again! (Also, if you want to become ...
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Ioanna Ladopoulou
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