Dude! I had so much fun watching this! I laughed out loud to your reaction to the sandpaper on paper technique! I’ll have to try making my own alcohol blender brush 👀 that’s next level genius 🔥

@KatiesKrafts14

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, Rae! So, in September I’m going to post my first art KZread video ever! You’ve inspired me to create my own small tutorials. I’ve recorded a few videos and I’m having so much fun! THANK YOU!

@Sillyheartzx0

2 жыл бұрын

@@KatiesKrafts14 I'll subscribe so I can see it in September!

@KatiesKrafts14

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sillyheartzx0 Aww, Thanks SOO Much!!!! Ill subscribe to you too!

@Sana.12

2 жыл бұрын

@@KatiesKrafts14 I'll definitely check out ur channel in September for ur video 😊

@KatiesKrafts14

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sana.12 Thanks SOO much!!!

Makeup brushes are my Wife's go to for painting. She swears by them. I just like to brush them on my cheeks HAHA

@genaw3563

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! 😂

@SarahRenaeClark

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they are cheaper than a really soft paint brush? Does such a thing exist?

@genaw3563

2 жыл бұрын

@@SarahRenaeClark I would think so, but then again I’m not sure. I’m definitely going to try to use the make up brushes for my next painting. Great video by the way Sara! ❤️💙

@Voirreydirector

2 жыл бұрын

Hello dear ADC! You have been in my prayers.

@Chaotic_Pixie

2 жыл бұрын

@@SarahRenaeClark Wet N Wild makes very soft, very inexpensive brushes that are actually shockingly good for painting and makeup... and as nail art clean up tools too. They have the white handle and pink fading to white bristles. I've actually taken to using makeup brushes I've gotten that I won't use due to shape on my face for painting. I figure, brush sets are often good value and if one or two are used for painting rather than makeup, its still using them.

9:00 I laughed too loudly at this 😄 Loved the video!!!

@bhargavipaswani572

Жыл бұрын

Saaammmeee

@renemyburgh9598

Жыл бұрын

Hiiiiii moriah elizabeth!!!

@Starry144

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know how to say this without seeming cheesy but MORIAH I’m your number one fan!! I just ordered your book and I’m so exciteddd!!

@KatiesKrafts14

Жыл бұрын

I love your channel moriah!!!! I started an art channel last month and i'm so happy with it!!!

@abigailhasman122

Жыл бұрын

Hey Moriah

Corn starch in America = cornflour in Australia. It’s the same thing - the starch extracted from the endosperm of corn kernels, which thickens really well but doesn’t taste like corn. It’s white, super fine and if you add the right amount of water you’ll have a non- Newtonian liquid. Our Australian cornflour is not to be confused with very fine corn meal (aka polenta), which is a flour made from the whole corn kernel.

@SarahRenaeClark

2 жыл бұрын

This is helpful! I googled it and the results said they were different. But I think there’s just a lot of confusion with the terminology between countries.

@Cyberia398

2 жыл бұрын

@@SarahRenaeClark confusingly, some of the ‘cornstarch’ sold in Australia is actually made from wheat - usually marked on the pack as ‘wheaten cornstarch’. I always check before I buy as sometimes bake gluten free recipe for work or friends, and while pure wheat starch shouldn’t have any gluten, I like to be sure. I wonder whether potato starch or tapioca or water chestnut starch would give different results? I would say though: adding carbohydrates to your artwork could theoretically make it more attractive to insects? 🐜 🪳 Has someone tested this? 😆

@philurbaniak1811

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cyberia398 yep I think we are tiptoeing into pancake territory! 👍😆

@Voirreydirector

2 жыл бұрын

Here in the northeast United States corn starches are sold for cooking and also for personal and baby care, it is the latter, I believe, that one needs for this.

@rugileokuleviciute9869

2 жыл бұрын

We have both corn starch and corn flour in my country. Flour is slightly yellowish and is used for baking instead of flour (for example corn bread). And corn starch is a starch that can be used to replace potato starch in deserts (it has better properties).

Here’s my favorite swatching to match hack. Punch a hole thru a solid area of your swatch then you can put colors under and see if they match or how ever you use swatches! Hole punch ftw!

My old art teacher never used paint brushes for art. He used only make up brushes. Every type ever created! Best "trick" I ever learned. I forgot about it as I got out of art but just showed my husband, an artist, and he is flipping out. I have a feeling I will never be able to find brushes to apply my make up again! Thanks for sharing!

@testerwulf3357

Жыл бұрын

Get him his own brushes so he strays from yours 😂

@bonnylouwho76

Ай бұрын

How funny, I have used makup brushes for years, having discovered that when a "real" brush top fell out of its metal neckband, I had to come up with something to finish a ship a work for someone. I am pretty ticked off that someone STOLE my makeup brush container when I moved as it took me YEARS to collect them and to have my new nice actually ones for my FACE in there as well. Grrrrr. They also stole an entire small tote with ALL of my crochet and stitchery hooks and needles and patterns as well. Who does that? My MOM's collection was with mine as well, worn worn and beloved and she died in 2001. Grrrr Now for buying myself some more makeup brushes. The sponge brushes are great as well. The make up sponges natural, synthetic, and silione work great in art applications as well. As I learned from watching my older sister who was in college ( ten years older than I am.) Use whatever comes to hand to make things with. When I did some huge murals at the age of fourteen or fifteen, for a Nativity play. I did it ALL in pastels. The son of the woman who asked me to do it was a Senior and HUNK and he stood behind me watching me for hours at my work. NO PRESSURE RIGHT? I am self taught only having had my sixth grade teacher who was a wonderful professional artist teach her own 6 week art appreciation course. I LOVED IT. and a six week watercolor course in Jr High The teacher was P_____D off because I was better at dry brush and sketching than see was and her star favorite pupil had no ability for it. As I stated I learned from remembering what my older sister had done and this provided me with the impetus that if she could do those things, I could try it as well. She would come home from school and I would be her figure drawing model for some of her assignments and I LOVED IT!

The lion king joke 😂😂😂😂 You might be onto something with the alcohol marker/crayon thing!

@tasticola

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but will it work with creamy pastel crayons, or only wax?

@maxwell_design_studios

2 жыл бұрын

@@tasticola not likely as it would gum up the marker. Worth a try if you’re curious though!

@tasticola

2 жыл бұрын

@@maxwell_design_studios I'm not that curious 🤣

I love Rae and saw this originally but I'm the same with the graphite vs. chalk. Super great hack but I prefer a 6B pencil (woodless if it's on hand or you can afford it) rather than chalk. It's less messy and easier for me to erase on my final product. I've also needed a light box in the middle of the night so I flipped over a clear plastic storage bin and put a desk lamp under it. Worked well enough in a pinch.

@lizhart81

2 жыл бұрын

I agree - I use the 9B from the large graphite pencil set I own that I otherwise would very rarely use. It lays down smoothly and quickly on the back of the reference sheet or tracing paper, and doesn't need much pressure to transfer evenly.

@SmillyDonut

2 жыл бұрын

I like compressed charcoal sticks.

@jmb822

2 жыл бұрын

I personally love using chalk pastel because I’m a painter. When using graphite, when you paint over that graphite, that gray muddies up the paint which can be frustrating, especially for more detailed work where there’s a lot more graphite being transferred. Chalk pastel is wonderful because I can choose a line color that can complement my paintings while still keeping the colors vibrant. One tip I have is after rubbing the chalk pastel on the back of your drawing, tip the paper over a trash can to get rid of the loose powder - this will help keep your transfer as mess free as possible.

@Whole-Milk

2 жыл бұрын

Soft B graphite pencils for me too! I use 2B or 4B usually since it’s lighter in color and easier to erase than the darker B pencils

@winterrain1947

Жыл бұрын

great idea for a light box! so glad I read this.

As a kid I didn’t have a lightbox so I decided to be resourceful :) I took a big box that some sort of doll had been in, the kind with cardboard on the back and a big clear plastic window on the front. Cut a hole in the back and slid a flashlight into the hole. Bam! Homemade lightbox 🙂 it actually lasted like 2 years too, so not bad

@Skittl1321

2 жыл бұрын

When I didn't want to use the window, I always put flashlights under our glass coffee table...

@Jessica-ch1yi

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skittl1321 that works too :)

Re sandpaper: the best range of sandpaper is available from jewellery supply stores - from 200, or lower, to 2000 and more. In silver jewellery making wet & dry sandpaper is used in increasing grits to get rid of saw and filing marks. One standard rule to get the most even surface is to rub in only one direction, not too heavily, then do a second round at a 90° angle. It’s like cross hatching, really. Also, paper will clog your sandpaper quickly, so shake it out or use a fresh bit of sandpaper for the second round for a more even finish.

@SarahRenaeClark

2 жыл бұрын

With this info, I’ll definitely have to give it a try!

@janinafisher101

2 жыл бұрын

Great tips!

@learnartwithme3766

2 жыл бұрын

Car/guitar finishing also uses 2000 near the end and close to buffing (wheel) stages.

@emerana

2 жыл бұрын

when in the military we had to get brass fittings super shiny with the finest sandpaper or suffer extra drills. If I had known this jewellery supply hack back then it would have been god-mode

@Comet_Teaser

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the size of grit of the sandpaper will make a vast difference to your results. A large grit will tear paper to pieces, but the finest grits will give a very smooth finish.

Re the cornflour, I'd be worried it had a possibility of going rancid and moulding :/ Maybe talc instead? Also big chunky blush/fluffy brushes are fantastic for softening and blending acrylic and oil

@SarahRenaeClark

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a good point, and applies to SO many “hacks”. You can’t expect your art to last for years and years if you aren’t using proper supplies. It’s handy if you are creating something that you photograph for a print, or if it’s just an activity for fun. But I’m not sure about the longievity of something like this.

When I've transferred an image I don't used chalk/pastels or carbon paper. I take a sheet of tracing paper and trace the figure/image. Then, on the back of the page, apply a simple pencil. Just male sure you cover all areas of the image that you will need to transfer. Then flip it onto the drawing pad and using a pencil or ball point pen, retrace the image.

*My Hack* when I need a pencil extender and I'm not around any I take out my Staedtler pencil-shaped eraser and replace the eraser with the pencil in the eraser case. Works like a charm and I can keep using the pencil by moving the guide up.

@jenniferalvarez4041

2 жыл бұрын

Do Prismacolors fit in the Staedtler eraser?

I've used the eraser and blending stick trick for over 30 years (since I was in high school). I'm always amazed when someone finds a trick new to them that I thought many artists have always known about.

@erikhamann

2 жыл бұрын

Like the charcoal tracing. That’s a standart procedure of the old masters.

@keepyourshoesathedoor

Жыл бұрын

I have too.👁👁

Hi Renee, for the chalk transfer method I often use compressed charccoal sticks. They are quicker than using graphite, but less messy than soft pastels. I can also use white charcoal for when I am transfering an image to a dark paper.

For the color matching I have seen someone who uses a hole punch instead of just coloring to the edge of the paper. I haven't wanted to match anything that closely but I think a hole surrounded by the color might be clearer for me.

@gimygaming8655

2 жыл бұрын

THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY HELPFUL

@dawsie

2 жыл бұрын

I love this idea it helps to hide the colours near it so you get a cleaner match🤗thanks 🤗🤗

@bonnylouwho76

Ай бұрын

Please explain this for me,. Do you mean that a color swatch is made then a punch of that mix is punched out of that swatch and laid against the existing color that has already been painted onto the main work paper or am I missing something. Thanks so much!

@colorcrazy2944

Ай бұрын

@@bonnylouwho76 I think they made color swatches of all their colors, probably on a rectangle, I think that is the shape people usually use and possibly faded out but I don't remember the exact video I saw this on. On every swatch they used a hole punch to make a hole. Then when you are painting something you put the swatch over the color you want to match and look at that color in the hole. This way your swatch color surrounds the color you want to match and you can tell if it really matches what you want or not. I don't think they said but I am guessing the piece you punch out of your swatch is thrown away since what you want to use is the hole in the swatch. You could do this on your painting or on your reference. I think it mostly helps to isolate the color you are working with so you can see it unaffected by the colors around it.

I keep a retractable kabuki makeup brush in my travel kit. Less than 3 inches long so very compact, and has a lid so the hairs don't get damaged. Perfect for removing stray flecks of pigment, graphite and bits of eraser without smudging my work.

Really enjoyed you video, my own favourite hack is using small pencil like you little white baby one, removing the wood and using the core. Put the pencil core in a small jar with lid, add thinner and I use it for backgrounds

@SarahRenaeClark

2 жыл бұрын

So it becomes like a paint? Interesting!

@Dark01978

2 жыл бұрын

Yes or liquid pencil, I use the little lip gloss pots with lid, small amount of core and thinner it then turns into liquid pencil, look foward to you doing some testing

@shadowheartart3898

2 жыл бұрын

Was going to suggest this. Great way to use the last bit of pencil core, when it gets too small to hold

For that first hack with the chalk or graphite, i use a soft pencil like a 6B pencil and trace over the back of the picture then either draw over the lines on the front once you have put it down on where you want the picture to be or you can rub the pencil over the lot and you still get the desired effect. A friend of mine taught me that

@jenniferbowles6080

2 жыл бұрын

I use this. I hate chalk pastels so I use charcoal or graphite.

I love Rae, but I also cringed when she said to use white colored pencils for blending for the exact reason you pointed out, so I audibly said "THANK YOU" when you reacted how you did 😄 I really appreciate you demonstrating the differences - and it softened my cringe, because I saw that the white pencil is actually a little better at blending when you've already laid down a lot of color! I also appreciated you comparing the eraser to the sander, because I sincerely wondered if it would work as well or better, and now I know 💜 And your waterbrush filled with alcohol hack is brilliant!! I am excited to try that.

@SarahRenaeClark

2 жыл бұрын

The white pencil definitely “blends” better because of all the extra wax. But it comes at a sacrifice of the original colors.

@mornasev

2 жыл бұрын

I have an old set of very cheap, knock-off colored pencils that work great as blending pencils. lol. They also have a slight hint of the color(s) I'm trying to blend.

@fangchick93

2 жыл бұрын

I only use the white to blend if I want the colour to look pastel or shiny, otherwise I use the lightest of the pencil in colouring each area with or a colourless blender pencil to burnish.

@lisa4471

2 жыл бұрын

Personally i don't use white pencils to blend at all. Just use my zest it pencil blend or layer and burnish at my final layers :)

On the tracing with calk/graphite - I find it works a lot better with a softer pencil. I usually use a 5B, purely because its the one I don't use very much from my pencil set. Also you can clean the pastel crumbs off with a makeup brush, and it won't smudge.

Wow I was really expecting the cornstarch to make the paint thick and goopy but I was blown away

For those who do scratchboarding here's a few tips! Make-up brushes are a lifesaver when wiping off the ink dust, just do it lightly! Clay tools and sewing needles do just as well for makeshift blades for scratching, I even made a makeshift anti-tremor scratch tool with a old semi-heavy mechanical pencil and a sewing needle! Sadly I only have those two for how- but I hope they help ^^

@sammyt1313

Жыл бұрын

Dollar tree has some really great options in the craft isle for scratch tools. The clay scoring tools are my go to! They come with 2 for just $1.25 USD 🎉

This was such a fun video!! Idea: You might try sanding with paper towels. I learned this from my husband who used to make his own custom pens. The last and finest sanding tool he used was a paper towel to get the nice finish on the pen. I have used paper towel when I just needed the slightest bit of sanding and it's worked! Probably the cheaper the paper towels, the better😄 Possibly worth a try on your coloring page sanding idea? I would love to know if it works for you!

@SarahRenaeClark

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting!

@colorcrazy2944

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard of using paper bags to sand also. I guess paper is just rough.

Thanks Sarah and Shane. I used to use cornflour for many art activities for the preschoolers, it was cheap! If you mix it with pea glue and colour, you can drip it off the end of the poon to make great designs. If you mix it with boiling water and colour it makes great finger paint, specially if it’s still a bit warm when you use it - you can print it onto paper but it does curl the paper and can peel off when dry. We never had any trouble with ants and often did these activities outside. 😀

I use a very thin layer of clear gesso when I can't lay any more pigment down. Sometimes twice! Best to do it before the pencil is too shiny though. I've also used pastel fixative instead of gesso.

I love your art hack of using alcohol marker blender on top of intense ❤️❤️

I bought a makeup brush because you recommended it. I have never used one in real life on myself. My father got upset when I coloured outside the lines, so he told me to outline the area with the colour and I wouldn't do that anymore. It worked. Then, I recently ran across people who do that now, then was in the 1940s, and it still works for some reason. Some weird mental hack? Just wanted to mention that I ran across new markers two days ago. First I didn't know Crayola had 24 skin tone pencils but what caught my eye was Crayola's 24 skin tone markers. I have never coloured skin with markers!

@penelopefp

Жыл бұрын

I just saw the skin tone pencils on vacay and was so excited I bought them as a souvenir for myself! (I'm not a frig magnet or tshirt person.) I love them!!

Use a "block" with the sandpaper so you get even presure on it :)

@jsv1891aik

2 жыл бұрын

Ohh and lightbox, a picture frame with the cellphone under for light works pretty good, dont have to stand up drawing :D

@SarahRenaeClark

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea! I’ve also done a variation using an iPad as a light box. But the picture frame idea seems better!

@jsv1891aik

2 жыл бұрын

@@SarahRenaeClark iPad is pretty smart :D the kids murderd mine, but never thought of doing that :)

My dear, I am just happy you survived the five minute craft ordeal! Thank you for continuing to enlighten us on the good and not so. The trick with transferring the old fashioned way is to not blow off the excess, the excess is what is pressed into the tracing lines.

To save your colouring page, this is something I've seen from Lachri Fine art. But she does a lot of art with colouring pencils, she uses powder blender with her which means she needs to be able to not have all the layers interfere blend into each other. So she uses a spray textured fixative between them. It lets you put more pencil over the top, and since its textured the pencil will grip onto it more than whatever finish you get with other kinds of fixatives. There's also clear gesso, which is used to prime surfaces to paint onto but you can use pencils over the top of them too. You might need to test to make sure it doesn't smudge the pencil already on the paper though.

@Tentaclestudio1

2 жыл бұрын

I use a similar technique when painting theatre/ masquerade masks- paint the basic colours on, then a quick coat of varnish before adding the aging/ texture, then on other coat of varnish before adding the highlights. It makes painting the masks much less stressful, and I can paint with speed and confidence- knowing that if/when I mess up, I can just white that one layer off!

Great tips! 👍 I kind of want to take up colouring now.. and oils and pastel and charcoal and, weirdly, macrame 🤷🏼‍♀️ I just need to finish some outstanding projects first, to make space 😆

@SarahRenaeClark

2 жыл бұрын

I WANT TO TRY THEM ALL! - Me too. All the time.

@philurbaniak1811

2 жыл бұрын

@@SarahRenaeClark 😁

Blending stump hack. I use the paper nail files you can buy for my blending stumps, I use the rough side first and then turn it if I need the stump tip to be finer. The good thing is they are cheap and I can put them in my art bag easily.

@SarahRenaeClark

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

Using an empty reusable marker and blending solution has been my go to blender :) for a while. Get a bunch of blending solution fill a empty marker and there you have a great travel amount for colored pencil.

Graphite works great. I personally use a softer graphite like a B3 or 5. It doesn’t smudge as much as pastels do, and is very easy to erase if needed. Downside of those carbon copy sheets is that they don’t erase at all. Which can suck big time if you make a mistake or when having paint that doesn’t cover it completely.

@janinafisher101

2 жыл бұрын

You can get light coloured carbon papers. A friend bought me some sewing carbon and it includes pink (and white).

The makeup brush hack to clean off your pictures works really well! I always use that and it also doesn't smudge my work. Thank you for sharing! I really enjoyed the video :)

Adding texture to paper with sandpaper - we used it for soft pastels in art class.

After watching this video I really want to watch Sarah paint with acrylics or oils. It's going to be very interesting. Great video btw. I love both you and Rae and it's nice to see KZreadrs supporting each other. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

@janinafisher101

2 жыл бұрын

Acrylics are a lot easier because of faster drying times, but I bet she'd fall in love with acrylics. Oh dear...just what she needs...another medium, and more colours to buy!

Already on the first one, I used go use that graphite method! Using a 6b pencil is best for the back of it. They keep dark and transfer really well, whereas harder pencils won't transfer as visibly.

Here’s an art hack I use: I draw with fineliners regularly and when I want a lighter value, I just use the hatching technique and apply less pressure to the pen.

Love your studio background.......it just matches your energy sarah

I have been using the graphite pencil hack since primary school. A heavy coat of pencil on the back and a firm trace work the best, but you can make it as light as you need.

I like using soft graphite sticks for the transfer method. It’s dark enough to show up, but much less messy than chalk or charcoal.

Interesting artistic tricks. Will try some of them soon...that makeup brush is essential to spread the powder of the pencils and you can also paint with eyeshadow makeup hahaha I used to paint large areas at school and then apply marker or pencil depending on the style to show. Another coloring trick is with parchment paper where you can make reliefs of drawings with a pen that does not write and paint on the face upside down with markers. They turn out very nice three-dimensional style cards

I feel like the white pencil makes the colors look blurry rather than blended so I prefer to not use then much either

@SarahRenaeClark

2 жыл бұрын

I think it can be helpful if you’re wanting to achieve a specific effect, for sure! That’s why mine are so short!

Black crayon also works on the first hack! I tried it at school it worked!

Ever since I started drafting in a CAD program many, many years ago, I almost never draft by hand outside of in-class demos. My drafting brush at home is now my drawing/coloring clean up brush. All about "use what you have". 😎

When I didn't have a lightbox I would take a clear glass baking pan, turn it upside down and cover my phone with the flashlight on facing up then use the glass pan to trace on just being careful not to draw over the makers stamp on the middle it's been quite useful in a pinch

@jenniferalvarez4041

2 жыл бұрын

Very clever!

I paint in acrylics mostly. I find if I’ve painted a dark background, using the white chalk rubbed on the back of whatever I’m tracing works like a charm, plus you can just brush it off when you are done.

The sanding board is gorgeous sharpening pencils by grinding down the point to change the point into a wedge or chisel or to make smoother or shape it.

Thank you for this video! Between you and Rae these are some fantastic art hacks! I saw Rae’s video when it came out and loved the hacks, and it was interesting to see the spins you put on some of her hacks as well! I love seeing collars between artists, even though this wasn’t technically an official collab, it was pretty close 😄

I am a professional artist and I've been using makeup brushes for decades for gold leaf and painting.

I saw your swatch pages in another video of yours and that inspired me to properly swatch my own pencils, not to mention trying to blend them BEFORE I get into coloring. Totally helped with my last piece. Thanks!

My favorite art hack from you is the alcohol blending marker with the derwent pencils! That view blew me away 👍❤

These are great hacks! Thanks for sharing and giving your opinions too. I love the “make your own alcohol blending marker” that’s brilliant 🙌🏼

For tracing I put a torch under a glass/ clear table the trace on top of the table. I don’t like tracking on the window because of the weird angle.

Interesting hacks (some). The first one is a substitution of a light box. But it is messy and I really don’t use pastels or graphite as they are expensive. The window hack is the best as you mentioned: it is cheap and saves material. A brush that also works is a duster made of feathers. I know it might sound cruel for some, but here in Mexico is common to find dusters made of hen feathers, they are cheap and effective. Acrylics come in two options: satin and matte. Matte acrylics are so good to lay prismacolor on top of them. Avoid satin acrylics they don’t really work with prismacolor colors. This is another alternative to using markers as base layers. Matte acrylics (scholar) work so nice, I use a local brand called Politec. Satin acrylics (like the brand Pebeo) are much better for other artistic projects. Watercolor, ink and pencil colors create beautiful results. Not in cheap paper, the one used in coloring book for kids…avoid that. But in books with good paper (over 160 grams) the effects are fantastic. For watercolor you just need to know how to control the water and pigment. It sounds easy, it takes a learning curve if you want to professionally do watercolor as an artist… but for coloring books it is not that hard. I will be trying my own art challenges, and probably record them (share? I am not sure yet). I have seen that no KZread artist has done any of them so far, so that will be interesting. Nice video as always. Thanks!

If you're still thinking about using sandpaper on that page of lumiere and cogsworth, maybe use a sanding block meant to buff fingernails? They should be fairly cheap and they're the finest, tinest grain of sandpaper I can think of...

I love your walls and melting clock!! Just literally everything about your studio!😍

The first hack - I use a 3B pencil in exactly the same way that you did and I find that works far better than pastel! Corn starch added to the paint has made the paint chip off in the drying stage or a few days later! I use makeup brushes for all my art! Watercolour, acrylic and oils. I bought really cheap £1.00 set from amazon and it’s really useful. Not fantastic but handy if you know what you’re doing might ruin the brush I use very fine sand paper, nail files or erasers for cleaning my blending stumps

@MelanaC

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the ❤️. I meant to say what a great idea of yours to use alcohol marker or isopropyl alcohol in a water brush for blending crayon or pencil!!! That’s amazing! Love your work 🥰

I think if you use automotive sandpaper (ie wet&dry sandpaper) the paper has a finer grit to it which will sand the paper but it won’t damage the paper like standard sanding paper 🤗

I use a number 5-6 pencil and put it on the back of my paper, and then trace, plus doing it that way, I can do more than one

Lots of people love makeup brushes for blending paint! Some makeup brushes may shed less than a typical super soft art brush. Depending on what you get it could be cheaper too

This was super fun! I agree with you about the blending with pensils. It's harder to do something else with the drawing after you saturated your blending with white.

13:01 finding funny because I've been using it as a child. For me It's nostalgic

You, Rae and Claire are top notch. Brilliant content

Love your videos Sarah. Your an amazing artist. I've learnt sooooo much from you ❤🥰

Love the hacks! Will definitely check out Rae's video!

8:52 I just took my morning medication while watching this and had a hard time not spitting them through the entire room 😂🙈

For the alchohol blending crayon hack, I actually keep Crayola Crayons and 2 Colorless Blenders with my prismacolor colored pencils. The Colorless blender can blend the two mediums together. It came in handy because there is one color I can never find in Prismacolor.

This one you have to do carefully, but you can also use Turpentine to blend colored pencils too. I was just taught that last semester in art school.

I love the idea of using sandpaper to get rid of those annoying extra lines on your colouring pages. I have found that I like to colour with something which will cover them like posca pens or paint. (Or even wax - which I am currently making a video about - it's great fun)

Rae's hacks work. Tried them all. The cornflour/starch works like a charm.

All of the hacks were wonderful! Watching your videos always makes me happy ^^

10:20 Still my fav reaction of her the NAUR gets me everytime

These look super fun! Thanks for the great ideas!

Not sure how available they are where you live, but instead of sand paper, look for a foam sanding block. They tend to have the smoothest textures ever.

This was fun! It's so awesome to see you go out of your comfort zone and try some painting hacks. :)

Also, Love your videos. A lot of times I can relate to your experiences (and disasters)! They also make me laugh!! Thank You!

Bamboo cutting boards make great surfaces for art and crafting projects. You can take a work in progress, put it inside of s semi opauqe plastic tote, put the lid on it it ( also placing the items you are using with it) to set it aside until you can get back to it. Cake pans with plastic lids work great as well I have a kitty cat who is curious out of her mind! Which means I am always looking for methods to keep her away from all of the many kinds of projects I enjoy employing. I no longer have a large enough living space for a separate room for art and creativity purposes My entire one bedroom apartment ( without a full dine in kitchen) is NOW my ARTS LAB, ALL OF IT lol I have found some awesome and sturdy rolling carts to place materials on as as well.

Hi! I love your videos Sarah! ❤️ You made my day with this video

I do the chalk method all the time. Usually with black chalk, but you have to smudge first, then wash hands and thennnnn start to trace 😂. Is very useful and saves you lots of time.

My fav one was the cornstarch one... Super easy

Loved this video. I've been using alcohol colorless blender on my colored pencils for some time or the corresponding color to give a smoother look.

I use those strips of colour swatch myself. And you can also compare colours between different sets quickly and easily, to find the same shades, or a different tone of the same colour from another set

Great reactions! For the wax crayon, you can also get a smooth effect if you use an embossing tool (crafting heat gun) which melts the crayon - just a little.

My favorite method for colored pencils are definitely layering. Another good option is to find a good base tone and use it to blend into darks and out of lights (for skin especially).

Back in my childhood we had chalk/transfer paper. It was so easy to work with.

Hi Sarah, I found you before I found Rae in the past couple of days, Just seeing her hacks this morning, ( and finding that I had already tried many that really did not work well years before I discovered her channel.) I just found your video about trying them out. I have yet to watch it, yet will do so now. Thanks.

The fact that both brushes did blend ok, wasn't because it was acrylic. You wondered if the hack might work for oil. You were using soft brushes already, so there was no advantage. Your brush was likely a water colour brush and already had soft bristles. If you used a medium or hard bristle brush, you would have notice a difference. Oil paint actually blends a million times easier than acrylic too, so a change of paint medium wouldn't have shown the hack better. The other thing is, you used a very small sample size. Acrylic paints are notorious for drying very quickly, which is why they don't blend well. But because you tried just a little paint, it was easy to blend.

Make your own blending stump out of tightly rolled newsprint, copy paper etc. Always use a blender! Thank you for the video

I’m so interested in the sand paper for coloring books, please do a video about this!!

I subscribed because I think you’re awesome! And I loved your art hacks at the end! Of course, Rae’s hacks were great, too!

I use a big make up brush for cleaning my drawings too (graphite and color pencils). I'm so happy watching a Pro as you using in the same way

this was such a fun video, i didn't even realise it was posted today until i went to the comments. thank you for testing these, im really bad at following art hacks / cooking videos so it's helpful to see someone test them for me

Love love love!💕 Ima old school kind of Mom/ Artist & I'm also very very new to the KZread art network I've just come across. Which is where I found this channel. And I'm so hooked. Just thought I would throw that out there. 😁💕💃🏼 Again, Love Love Love!!!

I was just scrolling down to art videos of rae dizzle and found your video i loved it 😍 and keep going

This is so funny I love super Rae dizzle and you , come through you two

Yup, alcohol blender brush is freaking amazing!!!!! Doing that now

Rae: "Use makeup brushes for blending" Me, who as a teenager used to use the makeup brushes in the multipacks I never used because I didn't own any proper paintbrushes: Wait, what?

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Yeah, they’re brushes. You can use them.