This is a surprisingly good kit of drawing pencils with different degrees of softness, thickness and intensity at an excellent price. I have used several of them in my drawings, and I'm really happy with them. I would have loved having a charcoal stick included and the package to be a tin, not cardboard, but that's me being picky.
This
is a great minuscule push-pen eraser perfect to erase small areas in a
drawing or to create shades or highlights. See my photos for the size compared to an average pencil tip. It nicely erases most graphite
traces. Very comfortable to use and to put away. As the tip is tiny, the
dust generated is not much. I own a mono zero rectangle eraser but I
prefer this circular version, as it is way smaller and more practical.
MIND
The package texts are written in Japanese.
Due to the size of the rubber, this one doesn't last much. placing the rubber bar won't take much time.
I have many of these tubes. Needless to say, they aren't acrylic. They're cheap gouaches. However, the pigments are great and they are great value for money. Great for beginners on a budget. The sage colour is really pretty, especially when dry, but I have noticed that this tube is way runnier than other pigments. I've used this straight from the tube, without mixing it with water, and it has poor coverage and is really watery. Due to being water-based, the pigment dries lighter than the colour you get fresh from the tube.
I have mixed feelings about this eraser. To be frank, I expected this to
be excellent, because Arteza is a reputed arts supplier. However, this
pack didn't match my expectations.
THE GOOD
> The rubber part is excellent and removes graphite traces that other good-brand erasers don't.
> These pencils are really perfect to erase small areas and for shading/ highlighting.
>
I initially thought that the sharpener was unnecessary, as I have
plenty of similar sharpeners. However, this one is especially designed
to sharpen rubber and, after using it, I've realised that this is the
one that sharpens the rubber perfectly.
> The brush is perfect to remove eraser/graphite dust.
> Good value for money as there are FIVE pencil erasers with attached brush plus the sharpener.
NOT SO GOOD
> When sharpening the eraser, part of it is wasted.
> If, by any chance, you use the sharpener a a bit over, the fine point rubber will break and it will be wasted.
> The brush is too stiff. I would rather have one stand alone medium quality brush than one bad one attached to each pencil.
> Due to the rubber waste mentioned above, these pencils last less than smaller fine push-up erasers.
These are artistic good quality paper napkins, They're quite large, have two layers and are true to the product photos. Perfect for fancy picnics, high tea or to use them when you have visitors. I use them mostly for decoupage, as a cluster image (by selecting one of the printed areas) or as background for some of my mix media collages. Pricey, but I'm very much in love with these. The back layer is easy to peal off.
I specially like the blue and white bird item, but all of the ones I have purchased are fabulous and mini artistic pieces on their own.
These are artistic good quality paper napkins. They're quite large, have two layers of tissue paper and the prints are good quality. They're perfect to impress your guests. I use them mostly for decoupage, as visual element accents in my mix-media collages, or as background piece for some of them. The Amazon-themed napkins are just stunning.
I'm
a fan of these acrylic water-soluble brand and tubes. I consider this
more a gouache than a proper acrylic, though. It is a great product for
beginners at a very affordable price, and the tube it has a generous
amount of paint in it. The paint is a bit more liquid than other similar
acrylics I own and the hue changes a bit when dry.
This antique
white colour is just beautiful on its own and perfect to mix with skin
colour hues and get a more natural look. It is a white warm, not beige,
but it has a hint of beige. Actually, if I had to give it a name that
perfectly describes the colour, I would say 'vanilla', as it looks like
the colour vanilla ice-cream usually has.
The thing I don't like
about this tube is that the top cap and base are too small and thin,
respectively, to hold the tube vertically, so I have to store this
horizontally and, this being the case, it takes a lot of space.
