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@bravezoom

7 ай бұрын

13:16 I use it before also I see some stuff before

@tammygeorge1638

6 ай бұрын

Sarah ive been trying to order your color cube!! And I don't know why it's not going through!!🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤔☺️💞🙋‍♀️

@celebr8suz10

4 ай бұрын

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The "toilet" water dispenser isn't for cleaning brushes! I have one and I love it... it is for watercolor painting, because you constantly need clean water to wet your paper and your paint, and the water gets contaminated sooo fast. This way, you don't have to go to the sink every 5 minutes and refresh your water, just "flush" and voila, clean water! I keep one of the "bucket" brush cleaners next to the "flush" fresh water, and clean in one, add water to paint with the other.

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

Oh this makes so much sense! I’ll have to try this next time I’m doing watercolor. Thanks for the tip!

@catbraunwell6450

5 ай бұрын

What’s the brand of that wet palette for acrylics please

@penelopefp

4 ай бұрын

​​@@SarahRenaeClarkI have a similar "toilet" type cleaner. The cleaning area is much larger, it holds a lot more water, and I use it for acrylics. It's GREAT! The brand is Masterson. Your comment about water color makes a LOT of sense!!

@debtoth2570

4 ай бұрын

I just use the 3 container method 1 for initial cleaning 2nd for secondary cleaning

@HeroicLeigh

4 ай бұрын

I was going to comment this also. I have one from TEMU of all places that has been a lifechanger for me. It's amazing for watercolor, but I absolutely wouldn't use it for other paints (maybe gouache).

When you showed the cube with colours, my first thought was: “That will be a fantastic fidget toy for my son with autism!” He completely relaxes when he can look at those colours. 🥰 The cube without the colours I do have at home, but… with a 3D photo from my son IN the cube. If I put the cube on a little light his picture lights up. ☺️

@KassiusFineArt

6 ай бұрын

I've taught a couple of autistic children how to paint. Extremely therapeutic & they both took to watercolor very well. One almost became obsessed.

I've had better luck using a foam brush to apply the watercolor grounds to avoid the streaks! (It'd likely work just as well for the gesso) It also helps to get the thinnest possible coat on the paper, and it still protects the paper from soaking alcohol markers.

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

I was wondering if this would be a better idea!

@ceilinh6004

7 ай бұрын

I *adore* watercolour grounds, and agree that foam brushes do make it go on more smoothly. Sometimes, I like having some texture though. I've used it on wood and canvas, and have achieved some fun effects with my watercolours, and other watersoluable media.

@jicolourist

7 ай бұрын

I use a foam brush for both gesso and daniel smith watercolor ground.

@mintygreenring8132

7 ай бұрын

I use Silicone make up applicators for adding watercolor ground to my pages

@MyStarseedColoring

4 ай бұрын

@@ceilinh6004 (Only just saw this comment had replies lol) The foam brush does still leave some texture, it's rough to the touch but has less streaks than with a brush!

I have a stay wet pallet and use it all the time. It comes really in handy if I am using custom colors that I have made for a particular piece.

The wet palette looks awesome and is going on my Christmas wish list. I love my tombow fine detail eraser that you bought me and is a must have in my sketching kit.

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

I’m definitely loving the wet palette! The instructions were intimidating, but it ended up being quite easy

@evelynvongizycki1017

4 ай бұрын

I swear by the Tombow fine detail eraser! They also make a colored pencil blending pen or pencil. I don’t know I have an opened the package yet, maybe you could try that next time. The wet Pallette dish would be so helpful for going back to art uni! Honestly, I feel like I’m breaking the bank with all these different art classes. It’s really helpful that you try out the items for us. Lol.

Please do a video of you testing the gelly plate to the fullest! It’s such a fun art supply and really want to see what mixed media you could create.

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

I think I will!

@recoveringsoul755

7 ай бұрын

Apparently you can make your own gel plate too. But I think the premade ones last longer

@lisam9233

6 ай бұрын

I’d love to see this, too! BTW, a good reference for advanced gel plate techniques is Yeates Makes (channel here on YT). Thanks for all the great videos and happy holidays.

@RockinTROUBLE4U720

6 ай бұрын

I remember one of my high school art teachers did a cheep easy diy "gel pad" by making clear gelatin but used the good stuff it lasted us a little over a week our class was45mins long and she would just pop it in n out of the fridge every class loved it😊

@echognomecal6742

5 ай бұрын

I watched that segment over a few times & don't understand what the big deal is. What's special about it? Thanks :)

The second brush cleaner is best used for miniature painting brushes. With the watercolour ground, sand it between two layers, and then sand with ultra fine sandpaper, and it will work amazingly well.

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

Oooh good to know!

The paint brush rinser (toilet style brush cleaner) was originally produced by “Green Stuff World” if I’m not mistaken. Green Stuff World is a miniature or hobby supply company, so the brushes miniature artists use are often much, much smaller than regular art brushes (like between size 5/0 and size 2 round). The rinser tends to work better for those smaller brushes, definitely not ideal for large artist brushes. I would have loved to see what you thought about the paint puck style brush cleaners, they look great! This was a fun and informative video, loved some of the supplies!

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

I can’t believe I missed the paint puck cleaners! Everyone is suggesting them!

@Jennie_Chbz

7 ай бұрын

@@SarahRenaeClark it just means you might need to do a part two of this video.. 😅

@Rutanachan

7 ай бұрын

Also, this Rinser from the Green Stuff World has another purpose! More then just cleaning the brush, it's also providing new fresh water, untainted by former rinses, for your brush.

@thooper61

6 ай бұрын

I have a larger version to the toilet flush brush cleaner and I love it. I am a watercolor artist and love the fact that it always provides clean water so my watercolors don't get muddy.

@KaerryKat

6 ай бұрын

The proportion divider is more useful for plein air sketching.

I haven't seen the curve ruler since university. We used it in math or mechanics in the first semesters, when it was necessary to draw a curve of a function by hand.

In my experience, gesso is more for using on paper that shouldn't get so wet (like a 99¢ journal), while the watercolor ground is for surfaces that aren't really designed for watercolor (like a traditional canvas or block of wood). Thanks for all the info!

The second brush cleaner, the one in the middle, would be better used as a water source during painting. When the paint water gets dirty you always have a fresh supply.

I love how you try and put things together first and when you get stuck then look at the instructions. I do that all the time.

From the thumbnail, i thought the avocado was a drawing of one. Those erasers are cute. Fun stuff

The wet/dry palette is going on my wishlist. Also that proportion tool is very cool I would need that. I struggle with proportions. The whiteboard tape would come in handy and that color cube would fascinate me for hours! Thanks for doing all this.

Gelli plate printing is so fun! I'd love to see you do a full video!

A tipp for a cheap brush cleaning device: get one of these small round silicone suction cup makeup brush / face cleaning pads from the beauty store and stick this at the bottom of your glass jar, fill up with water, boom cheap alternative for all these devices.

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

Great idea!!

Fun! The brush washing stuff gave me an idea: I could make nubbly things out of clay for the bottom of my water containers.

I really like the avocado erasers, kneadable eraser, curve stencil, and CYM cube

The "forever pencil" claim reminds me of some pens my sister and I were fooled into buying about 13 years ago. Our local bookstore was selling them (and I continued to see them for years but can't find them now) for way too much for a single ballpoint pen but not so much that we weren't willing to buy 2 each along with our books. It was called something along the lines of "Thousand Year Pen" and if you read the fine print on the card it was attached to it said something about making a single 1-mile line every day for some impressive number of years that wasn't nearly as high as 1,000 years. I used mine for class and ran out of ink in the first one in 2 months.

Ohh, the proportion thing looks soooo helpful!!

The “toilet” brush cleaner is exceptional for cleaning the brushes used for painting minis (like Warhammer models etc). The big brushes you used, not so much 😊

Yes i like when you group everything together on one video. I really liked the mirror paint and the colored cube.

for the green toilet brush cleaner thing, I feel like you would never have that much paint left on your brush when you are actually painting, especially if you are using watercolors or even acrylics so it might be more useful when you are actually painting as apposed to cleaning your brushes after

@KrisWilliams81

7 ай бұрын

True, can see whats shes saying with the lil cleaning well though… maybe a lil deeper and wider? Feels like you’d have to be aware each time to not swish it too much or water would be everywhere… def feels more novelty… 🤔

@Rebecca_English

3 ай бұрын

Pretty sure it's not for cleaning your brush. I think it's for keeping your water for watercolors clean. Once it gets contaminated, you can just flush out the dirty water.

I Love the paint keeper pallette and I especially LOVE the CMYK (as well as the clear) cube! I could Hours just looking through the CMYK cube!! ❤

Paint pucks are amazing for cleaning brushes and there is one that has built in brush holder and mixing wells. I love mine!

Duralar does have a line that takes colored pencil-it is matte finish but once the color is down you can definitely see it and I have used it the way you showed to test but also to do the picture. You can also use Grafix drafting film the same way and it takes many more layers and looks incredible.

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

Good to know!

I would love to see some mixed media videos and especially more on the gelli plate. Sponge Bob looks like he wants some colour!

For keepeng my acrylic wet, i use small box. Inside i put small sponge for washing, or I cut it even smaller, around I put something, whats in my language called 'separating paper', it's used with textil dippers, and wet it. When i know, i will not use it few days, i put it on freezer. It's amazing, if you mix specific tones of colours, you can just keep it and don't need be affraid, you will not fit them exactly next time. 🙂 And als, as I am painting from home, with kids, if i leave it for a while, i come back to perfectly usable colours. Even in summer. 😄

What I liked best about this video was the range of items you looked at. Artists and crafters of all kinds could find something useful here. Eclectic is quirky and fun.

Love the idea of the wet dry pallet but concerned about mildew in my current climate. Also I wish I knew more about the gel plate. I’ve seen the gel plate used on card making videos but I am curious if it has more uses

@gabbywilliamson76

7 ай бұрын

I would use distilled water on the wet palette to hopefully cut back on bacteria.

@Merdragoon

7 ай бұрын

There's one artist on youtube that uses his peices also for junk journaling and mini album patterns. Ceri Griffiths is his name and my mom got into it because of him. Though as a Print Maker I kinda want to get that eventually for Monoprints (Prints that there is only one of) because it's hard to work around printing without a press unless it's relief and screenprinting. A Gel Plate looks like a perfect solution for more options for Print Making overall.

@kraznia

7 ай бұрын

Clove oil helps with watercolor, wonder if it would help deter mold in acrylic? In my scene shop, I use a light dusting of Lysol in my gallon cans of artist acrylic and commercial latex paints every time they are opened to reduce mold and mildew growth. Our cans can sit for years before completely used up. Lysol does not harm those types of paint. But clove oil would smell better.

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

The instructions suggested distilled water, probably for this reason. I’ll definitely be exploring the gel plate more in a video next year!

@AwkwardBirb

7 ай бұрын

You can add a penny or any other copper piece to your wet palette and it will inhibit any mold growth. 😊

Omg so excited for that curve maker thing! I’m a quilling artist, and sometimes I have to cut out curved edges for some of the elements of my pieces, and I’m no good at free handing the curves, I usually just curve the paper, glue, cut (while the strips come off), and then reglue it later. This will save me so much time!

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

Ooh it would be great for quilling!

6:27 is actually used more for pattern making in sewing and fashion design than anything else and it is super useful for pattern manipulation (kind of a different kind of art)

Try a paint puck for your water glass! Cheap and can be used in any container.

The middle brush cleaner I see used with watercolor and you want to quickly change your colors. Acrylic paint I don't see it working well. Loved finding this video as I found so much on here I need/want. 😆

Hullo Sarah, I have found a great brush cleaning solution. It is The Paint Puck! You can buy an assortment of pucks for your different cups and different kinds of paints! The smaller pucks will swell if put in a solvent or turpentine for cleaning your oil paint brushes. They also sell the Paint Puck Cup a silicone top and bottom with a clear tube connecting them. They have just created a new portable collapsible puck cup! I love how much easier it is to clean ALL of my brushes using my paint pucks! I did just buy some rubber/silicone stamps for swatching out my watercolor paints and I have to give them a go! Now Liz Chaderton has recipes for watercolor grounds as well as soft pastel grounds too, they are truly amazing! I am always looking for a less expensive way to create my premium surfaces. Thank you for sharing these ideas and methods with us. I am looking forward to seeing your next video! See ya then!

@femguardian8616

7 ай бұрын

I've been using the paint puck cup for the past couple years and I absolutely LOVE it. I use the small pucks for my detail and makeup brushes. Definitely worth the investment!

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this recommendation! I wish I had seen the paint puck before doing this video 😏 The watercolor ground recipes sound like something fun to explore too! I’ll check it out

I love how excited you get about art supplies. I am the same. Thanks for saving me money by making this video. I can art supply vicariously through you.

That was a fun video! The proportional divider is one of my favourite drawing tools! I laughed so hard when you tried to use it for circles! I'm glad you figured it out! I have the "toilet" style brush cleaner and love it. I hate having any paint in my water, so this solves that problem. I mostly use it for watercolour though. I used it for acrylic once and it was fine, but I think I had less paint on my brush. The palette that kept the paint wet looked really useful!

3:00 I remember seeing Adam Savage review this. I think it's more for people who love really well crafted tools and machinists. 6:55 I did actually buy that for architectural drafting. It's a pain to use and not worth it. It got very tiny curves in it and I couldn't straighten them out. Just get a set of French curves. 10:45 Oh yeah, I got a similar one from Jazza's minis art box from a few years back. Apparently used a LOT with minis and I kinda want to grab mine again and use it for this current project

Sarah you need to try the paint puck. I have the ultimate rise cup it cleans your brushes and even has clippy things to hold your brush upside down. now I need a wet pallet, i had been thinking about one but you have sold me on one.

The wet palette is technically for keeping acrylics from drying out during a painting session, not for paint storage. It does make good paint storage sometimes, but it doesn’t always work the same with every kind of paint. Just kinda a buyer beware. 😊

Now I want the cym cube❤️ so cool. It would look great next to my Color Cubes.

I do like the avocado things and that wet paint pad is awesome!

Makers Cabinet have some amazing products, yes they are expansive but they are hand-crafted brass art tools, Thier Iris is awesome, think they also sell a realy cool pencil sharpener.

Wow. The proportion divider is so useful ! The wet palette is amazing too. And I learned today that the English word for compass has two meanings. In German Kompass only refers to the device to tell you where north is. The thing to draw circles we call Zirkel. But the word circle translates to Kreis. Not confusing at all 😅

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

Haha! English has soooo many words and yet we use the same words for totally different things 🙃

The Dura Lar paper has me intrigued, layered art pieces, suncatchers, shadowboxes, overlays.... So many ideas!

Oh yes, mixed media video for sure. So much fun!

I've never seen those things except the ever-lasting one there are ever-lasting pencils that are used rather than a normal pencil

I loved your wall by the way

The proportional divider tool and the bendable arch tool were definitely my favorites! I've ordered both and am happily looking forward to trying them out. I need help with proportions and perspective when drawing! Thanks for the helpful and fun video 🙂

I literally just saw your add and I love what you’ve come up with! With the colour pallets.😊

Really interesting bundle of products. Thanks for testing them out.

I have a brush cleaning cup from paint puck and I love it! The Little nubs help clean super well.

Oh I love the avocado etui and those cubes I think I need them too! Great video!

you are so good at colored pencils that you are my inspiration. I stopped using them but after I saw you videos I started using them again!!!

I've had my gelli plate awhile now and its become my favourite tool to use (mixed media aficionado here)... there are some great KZreadrs you can learn from and i highly recommend getting one 💜

LOVE this all at once approach! More please!

That wet palette has been my default palette for a long time now. I’ve left acrylic paint in it for MONTHS and it’s still wet. Literally my best purchase. 10/10.

That was fun and showed me new art supplies out there! Thank you!

Great honest detailed review. Thank you!

The wet dry paint palette looks awesome

That wet pallette is great for an intricate paint by number. When you use alot of the same colour but want to stretch or not waste paint. I found myself making homemade versions of that pallette when I was painting alot of paint by numbers.

I have the magnetic compass and absolutely love it it is great for mandalas but it's also just awesome for abstract circle type paintings.

that wet palette looks wonderful ❤❤❤

That gel plate looks so fun, I have no idea what I would use it for but now I kinda want one 😂😂. The wet palette definitely seems useful!! And the little avocado erasers we’re just cute. 😊

The mirror paint looks like it would be cool to play with and the stay wet palette would come in handy for gouache! Nice video. I enjoyed watching.

There are pencils that are made with metal tips, but there’s a lot of ‘forever’ pencils that’s just made with graphite… I’m pretty sure the colorful ones are just regular crayons etc… I have that magnetic circle ruler thing but found it really hard to use because it didn’t stick to the magnet all that well and just kept coming off… maybe I’m just too rough when using it… Oh gosh, bendy rulers, we all had one for drawing graphs in secondary school… 😅 The toilet brush cleaner is great if you are doing miniatures or just using tiny fine liners… otherwise I found it way too small. I’ve been using the paint cup rinse cup (just ordered their new collapsible one as well) and I’m loving it because of all the different sized brush holders on the top, and of course there’s nubs at the bottom to help clean the brush too. I’ve tried similar but cheaper acrylic paint palette and my paints have been kept moist for weeks 😂 (Damn, I have so many art supplies >

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

I agree about the forever pencils. These were just bad crayons!

Love the cube. Thank you for your videos. You make my days better.

I enjoyed watching so much. Thanks for the entertaining. 😊❤

Now this was a very fun video, I think I find the brush bath the most useful (for me). The mirror paint looks awesome, that goes on my wishlist.

Great video. I liked the Gel Plate and mixed media information and would like to see you work in that media more.

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

More to come!

I use the flexible curve for (fashion) pattern making. I'm on my second one! The Gelli Plate is great when used with fabric paint on fabrics

Thank you for sharing this Amazing video 😀and keep hard work 🥰

My favorite items were the Stuart Semple Mirror paint and the CMYK prism cube. I could get lost in the colors. Would holding the cube up to the mirror paint mess up the Universe?

@ShoshiPlatypus

5 ай бұрын

Lol! Please just warn us all before you try!

Loved this video! Added several items to my Amazon wish list.

This was so much fun...I enjoyed every second of this video!!

Gel plates are a blast, I have so much fun creating with it. I don't thing there is any "wrong". Oil beads, so keep that in mind, but otherwise, go NUTS! I'm still a newbie at the medium, but it is fun.

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

I got the Paint Puck which is the non-movable brush cleaner that has a base like the motorized brush spa and I really like it.

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

This sounds perfect!

I use the same blue tub for washing my paints. I love it. The avocado pencil case and eraser were cool. So was the colour cube. I'd love to try a wet palette. That was amazing! Yes! Do some printing videos, yours looked nice!

I bought the Daniel Smith transparent watercolour medium but it has some sort of grit after it dries. This makes a lot of wasted watercolour pencils, for example Albrecht druhers as the grit makes you use a lot more due to its grit like texture. I found an ideal solution in Golden Satin glazing liquid. It makes your page able to take water mediums but doesn’t eat your pencils. Golden Satin Glazing liquid was developed to add to acrylic paints so they don’t dry as quick as they would normally. It comes out white but after it dries it cannot be seen. I am sure many ppl would like to see it work. On one picture I painted the reverse side of the paper & was happy with the results & so were my pencils. I thought you should know this information to share with your subscribers, I also love your stay wet palette but as I primarily use watercolours I don’t need one. Love & *virtual hugs* from Perth. The Jackson’s you visited while here was my Jackson art supply. Thanks Sara, you rock ❤❤❤

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll check it out. I also didn’t like the watercolor grit. I’m sure it will be useful for certain projects, but I preferred the gesso in all the quick comparisons I did here.

@ShoshiPlatypus

5 ай бұрын

I agree with you about Golden Satin Glazing Liquid. Awewome stuff! My most recent use of it has been to prep extremely thin Bible pages with it (2 thin coats, drying in between) - I can now use any water-based medium and it won't bleed through. It's fabulous stuff.

These supplies are interesting to say the least, but I'm really excited about the storage box for keeping your paints from drying out. I've never seen it before. I've thought about buying a gel plate, but they always seem a bit pricey. I would love to see you use it more before I buy one of my own. Thanks for the fun!!

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Almost can't wait for the next upload

I am really interested in the Dura Lar clear paper. When painting mandalas I am always using photo copies or mylar to try out different ideas. This would work great.

This video was very interesting and fun thanks x

I have one of those "forever pencils", a very short one, attached to my keychain, so that I always have something to write with; but I wouldn't want to use it for art. That CMK cube is gorgeous, definitely on my wish list.

Super enjoyed, thank you

The saf-t compass and proprtion tools look cool.

The stay wet pallet is a winner 🎉. Wonder if I could use it for gouache?

@SarahRenaeClark

7 ай бұрын

I’d assume so, but gouache can be reactivated anyway, so it’s not as necessary

Alright you talked me into it! Subscribed and excited 🎉

Thank you for this video. It was very helpful for me 😊

That was fun!! Great stuff!!

Love to see you dabble more with the gel plate

This was a blast, saw some cool stuff thanks. 😊

Hi Sarah! I'm oldschool, and personally I prefer a longer form video. Some of these items I truly had not seen before, so great job unearthing these tools!

I use the dry erase tape for labeling, as well :) good stuff! DIY wet palettes work really well too, but I do want to get a nice one someday ;) I'm really intrigued by that drawing tool that helps with proportions! What a great idea!

Waaait about the toilet, that's actually a great idea for watercolor. To use it as your clean water "jar". I'm actually intruiged in it now haha.

This was really cool I truly enjoyed it. Tyfs😎👍

Patty-I liked the avocado eraser, the clear paper.

I’d LOVE to see some mixed media videos! I ❤️ all things art!

The forever pencils do run out, but they last a good while, and you can get replacement points fairly cheaply. I've had one for a few months, use it quite a lot, and haven't replaced the point yet. I will say, it makes fairly light marks. I use it for scribbling notes and quick sketches, not for making a finished piece. It's a handy one to keep in my pocket, since I never need to bother with finding a sharpener.