Seasons Greetings D/ic/ks! It's almost that time of year again to add to your ever growing pile that you don't use but swear you'll get around to one day. Ask questions, Leave reviews, and generally talk about anything and everything art supply related.Thread question:Did any of you ever get one of those 100+ art supply kits as a child, and what would you include if you were tasked with making an actually good version?
What kind of board do I want for watercolor? As in the thing I tape the paper to. Something that isn't going to warp from the water
>>7810948>what would you include if you were tasked with making an actually good version?a ballpoint pen and 99 sheets of printer paper
>>7810948I'm getting this set of oil pastels trying to upgrade from Pentel's.
>>7810948>Thread question:Did any of you ever get one of those 100+ art supply kits as a child, and what would you include if you were tasked with making an actually good version?Looking back on it, a lot of those art supply kits were actually quite good... for serious art. Not really for kids. To make a kit better for kids it should include stamps, construction paper, markers, glue sticks, and polymer erasers. Avoid things like pastels or blending tools or anything that requires instruction to use.
>>7811213Yeah I agree what's the point of putting in pastels? Especially the dry ones, they were always to crumbly and didn't make marks well.Including paper is a great idea too since printer paper isn't great for anything that's not colored pencils or markers. better brushes would be godsend, I hated the ones that were just hard plastic bristles.
>>7811950>I hated the ones that were just hard plastic bristleOh yeah I know the ones you mean. Useless for just about anything. Do kits still include those? Modern synthetic brushes are a lot better than the old ones, but don't hold up over time.
Any good art supply deals on aliexpress?
>>7812428They have cyber monday deals going on right now but it's nothing too great. It gives me an excuse to buy more baohong paper though. There's also some watercolor brushes for less than a dollar if you're feeling lucky.
>>7810948Buuump
>>7810948I'm looking for a pair of artists' calipers / proportional dividers like picrel, BUT ones that actually have an accurate 1:2 measurement. The ones on Amazon are shit and if the big side measures an inch, the small side will measure more like 5/8ths of an inch. Also a recommendation for "golden ratio" calipers would be appreciated as well.
Bought this on a whim and it's quite good for the cost. The colours are bright and cover everything smoothly, unlike my other cheap watercolours where you can see the brushstrokes. They're just a bit on the opaque side, I think. The water brush is okay, I can see how it would be convenient on the go, but the bristles are a bit stiff and it takes forever to clean when you want to switch colours. I prefer my normal synthetics.
>>7817231shit's chalky as fuck
>>7817231>>7817271yeah that's surprisingly low quality coming from a brand that usually makes top quality materials. Would it be that hard to add honey or at least more gum arabic?
>>7819467it's not about adding stuff, it's about them adding filler in the first place, that's obviously not anything approaching pure pigmentknowing their prices, you could probably get white nights or rosa for about the same price and have far superior paint
Anyone got experience with Daniel Smith watercolor sticks? They say they're made with gum arabic and "pure pigment" and many people say they're the same as their regular pans and just as strong, yet a stick of PB36, which should be 30ml worth of tube paint costs 11 eurobucks compared to 13 for a 15ml tube. I know packaging and handling is most of the production cost at smaller volumes, but this sounds too good to be true
>>7819502come on, I know someone tried them>sodalite stick 11 social credits>sodalite 15ml tube 18 social credits
