Cool thing about these kneaded eraser: they were originally created to clean wallpaper. Back in the day when great and lighting was coal fired the walls would collect the smudge. After we went to kerosene they no longer needed to clean the wallpaper. So the guys sister, who was a school teacher, suggested he altar the product a little. Make some softer and add color for the kids in her class to play with. While the original design remained as an eraser.

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

It's always great when an old product gets repurposed into something new. And I'm glad they did for kneaded erasers! Thanks for the trivia - I didn't know that.

Great suggestions Becky. A few more things I find very useful are day light lamp and hair dryer.

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

Those are good too! I have a heat gun which is essentially the same as a hair dryer, just with more precise heat settings.

Thank you Becky. I’m taking notes and hope I can get these in the UK and also those old fashioned enamel butchers tray are great palettes and clean up nicely

i love your positivity and excitement:))) i love your videos too good job

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

The tip on the porcelain vs plastic palette was really well shown.

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

some really useful items there indeed!! I'd like to add one more to your list that I can't live without, it's a paint tube squeezer!! Perfect for getting out the tinniest little bits from expensive paint tubes, and I'm a bit of a scrimper like that lol :D

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

A tube squeezer is one item I don't have....and I need to get one!! 😂

@elaineg60

8 ай бұрын

I keep forgetting this!! Going to go get it now before I forget again! I have 3 tubes of colors I use a lot-all 3 are down to the last bits. I attempted to improvise with a thing for toothpaste..it didn’t work. (Not “tight”, or “close” enough.

I have a bunch of these items and agree that they are priceless. I'll look up the ones I don't already possess. And more such videos are welcome.

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

Thank you, I'm sure I'll come up with plenty more items - I already have some ideas. ❤

very helpful accessories and I would like to have another video of your most used art supplies. Thanks.

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

Thank you, and I have quite a lot of other useful things to include in another video. 😊

Hi, Becky! A quick tip for your Caran D'Abche 'chopping board'. It should come clean if you use a wet toothbrush and toothpaste, just as you would for cleaning your teeth. If the stain's really stubborn, leave the toothpaste on for a few minutes and then scrub it off with the toothbrush. This works on plastic palettes, too, btw, and as a bonus, will also stop the paint beading up. I've looked at the roll-on double sided tape, but am comme-ci / comme-ca about it, because we can't get refills for them, and in the long run, I think that the plastic waste would probably be a little more than the plastic backing on a roll. The other down side is that once on, it doesn't come off, and I'm one of those who quite often needs to reposition something. Jam jars - so glad that you mentioned those!!!! They all have lids, so the pet problem's easily solved! Those big double pots: is there any way of emptying just one side, when the dirty water needs changing but the 'clean' side is fine? And so to my weakness: white ceramics!!!! I have quite a collection of 'Allsorts', which I use for teaching reflected light and choosing our own colour palette, as well as shapes, shadows, and more... Having so much is no hardship! I began the collection before I went back to art seriously, simply because I love the feel, shape, beauty of white / off-white old ceramics! I'm resisting the ceramic palettes simply because In have absolutely no space to store them. At present, most of my ceramics are still in boxes as so far, I still haven't found someone to put up the shelves for them and I can't do it myself as the walls are cloisonné (not solid, but hollow grids about 5cms deep and 5cm hollow cubes. They need special grips and are restricted for weight-bearing. Such a bore!!!!! But maybe it's just as well, as I could easily be tempted to buy more white ceramics!!! I have the Dahle pencil sharpener, too! Mine has a little thing on the back where the handle joins the sharpener, which you turn to make the point longer or shorter. I tend to keep mine half-way (oddly, there are no numbers and you have to work it out by trial and error at first!), so I don't end up wasting pencil with mega-long points. Maybe yours has one, too? I can't find a smudge-glove small enough for my hands, so I think I may follow your tip and see if I can find some cheap cotton gloves to adapt. It's less about keeping my hand from smudging the paper and more about keeping my hands warm doing plein air in the cold weather! I see how well Sarah Burns manages with her chunky mittens / fingerless gloves (jealous!), but maybe it's because my hands are so small, and gloves in general are too big for me, and children's, just that bit too small... BTW, I now use BluTack as a putty rubber, and so do my students. Works just as well and loads cheaper! But I used to use Faber Castell or Lyra (I tried other brands, but those were my favourites!). So yes, more 'useful items', please!!! 😊

@3534538

8 ай бұрын

I bought some cotton gloves at the drugstore, they are intetended to save your clothing / bedsheets when you let hand cream sink in over night. Perhaps you can find some at the make-up corner, too?

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! My main gripe with jam jars is that I knock them over quite often (I'm very clumsy, lol), and I find the square Mont Marte pots have a much lower centre of gravity, and they don't knock as easily. Also because they're brightly coloured I can see them better, haha. But jars are fine; I do use them quite a lot as well. Probably no way to remove only the dirty water from a double chambered pot unless it is siphoned. I love ceramic dishes, and I have to stop myself buying more as well, because there are so many - we share that problem! 😂 I'll try giving the board a scrub with some toothpaste, thanks! I'm thinking Jif will probably work as well. I just switched to a new toothbrush so I have a spare old one now, yay! Oh yes, and I found a glue tape that actually has refills available! The first ones I got didn't and I still can't bring myself to chuck them out, so I shopped around and my local stationery store has their home brand one which is quite cheap and also has the refill cartridges which are much smaller and less wasteful. I'm happy about that. 😊

These are the best suggestions I've come across! Thank you for sharing!

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

Oh thank you! I'm glad I picked some good ones. 😊

Thanks for sharing this supply advice 😊. I particularly like the porcelain palettes.

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

They're the best! ❤

@awatercolourist

7 ай бұрын

@@BeckyTregear Indeed! It actually feels so luxurious.

The Uniball eye pens were my obsession during high school. It was the only pen I’d use for my schoolwork. I love them.

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

They're so great! 💜

The Dr. PH Martins can be dried out on a palette, so you could scoop a little out and dry it out for travel. I agree with all of your items.

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

I might try that. I am not sure if it's fully reactivate in water from dry but now I need to test this! 😂

@rogerboucher1913

7 ай бұрын

@@BeckyTregearplease tell us if it works after you’ve dried (tryed) it.

I agree that porcelain palettes are a must. I love them and have 3 plus a few small porcelain dishes thrifted from a re-sale shop. I gotta get the tool for getting the tops off the paint.

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

Thrifted ones are the best kind of palettes! 😁

i have all kinds of shapes and size for those bottle top opener, really saves the skin on your fingers and helps A LOT when the MS plays up.😀

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

They are game changers for opening stubborn lids. 😊

Great glove hack! I have a bag of those white gloves and now they might actually get used.

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

They work well for protecting paper! I also use cotton gloves to hold my large sheets of paper when I'm cutting them down. Saves getting fingerprints all over them. 😊

This is a great list. I have and use most of these things, and I completely agree that they are super useful.

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I love things which prove their usefulness time and time again. ❤

Very cool tyfs and even cooler is I already have most of them lol. With your dahle 133 you can adjust the little knob on the crank handle to determine how much of a sharp point you want on your pencils

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

I didn't realise that you could adjust the sharpening point....typical me, I'll have something for ages and then discover (or have it pointed out) a "new" feature on it, lol!! 😂

@kymdalton7277

7 ай бұрын

@BeckyTregear 😂😂 don't worry you're not alone...me too!! That's what makes us fun hehe 😆🤪 I only know because someone on KZread showed it 👍

so many fantastic tips, loved the video ❤

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Thanks for all your videos Becky :) Sure - show us more

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

I'll have to collate another ten items - I'm sure it won't be difficult! I had to leave some out of this video because I had too many options, lol.

lovely tips!! i already knew of some of this but the paint tube opener thingy blew my mind!! i am adding to cart immediately!

@BeckyTregear

6 ай бұрын

That is a super useful gizmo...it has saved my fingers many times, haha! 😂

Happy to say that plenty of what's on your list is in my artist array too. I definitely need to get Signo and Dr. Marten's white soon too. Thanks for the video. You're awesome and I love the happy, cheerful energy you have.

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Both white ink options are great. The pens can be more useful for their portability - I've spilt that jar of ink before, lol! I get happy talking about art supplies, lol!

Hi Becky, nice video. I recently received the Dr. Ph Martin's bleedproof white based on your recommendation. I will be using it tomorrow on a watercolor painting. I like your video and i am not averse to your sharing more similar type videos of objects that make an artist's life easier. Thank you for sharing.

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

I really hope you like the ink, otherwise I'm in trouble! 😂 Let me know how you go with it.

Great tips , ideas and products!! Thank you!!

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, I hope to show more in a future video as well. 😊

You are adorable. Great recommendations!

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Thank you for sharing these links - I just ordered the tube opener because I have some vintage W&N tubes that are just doing a number on my fingers every.time! Thank you and Happy Holidays to you and yours!

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

Those vintage tube lids shall be opened in no time! Hopefully...unless they're massively stuck on with paint, but even then it is a lot easier to open stubborn lids when they aren't digging into one's fingers, lol. Happy Holidays!

I use a 97 cent pair of pliers to open my tubes, crimp ferrules and open pop bottles. I needed something versatile lol.

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

Pliers are always a useful tool! Anything that can be used as a lever really.

Great video! Love the tube opener, I definitely need one of those! Yes please, more gear videos! 😍

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

They save a lot of pain when trying to open tiny lids, that's for sure!

Brilliant video and certainly see some tools I never knew existed. The Golden lid opener is a game changer and think I need one now. Really enjoy how you’ve not just listed the ten items but also given examples of how they all work. Really appreciate this video … thank you

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! That lid opener has saved my fingers many times, especially from the Sennelier tubes, lol.

I would love to see more! I just ordered the Dr PH white. So excited to receive it.

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

I hope you love the ink as much as I do! 😊

Great items Beccy! I agree with most of them as I use them as well. I am going to put the DR. Martins White ink on my list. Thank you and Merry Christmas! 💜💙💚💛🧡

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! It's worth shopping around for the best price on that ink, as it varies wildly online. Merry Christmas!

@izabellan9706

8 ай бұрын

@@BeckyTregear Thanks Becky, I will keep an eye out on the price reduction for sure.

I have 3 of the Caran D’Ache palettes and gave them to my daughter and bestie last year as gifts with some Inktense pencils…which is how I use them the most. Whether mixing a few pencils for a shade I need and don’t have-OR: I’ve come to rely on inktense for permanent backgrounds/under-paintings. But..they’re obviously limited in colors…so, I started experimenting..using a minimum of 50/50 of inktense + your choice of professional watercolor; STILL gives you a permanent background. Some of the granulating colors can be tricky and you might need more inktense. I just ordered some of the new colors..my Christmas gift to myself this year, from Jackson’s since I still can’t find them here. I’ve come to rely on them for almost all my styles-I’ve even used them on xuan paper for a traditional painting-trying out a newer way of painting a peony that requires an underpainting. Using my traditional paint chips..I just wasn’t getting the vibrant, more realistic look the artist was getting..so, I tried inktense…it’s still not exactly like the Master’s..but, that’s why he’s the Master and I’m still just a baby student. 😂🤷🏼‍♀️.QUESTION on the uniballs-did you try them on hot press? I LOVE my uniballs, I have 3-4 different kinds, sizes & colors; HOWEVER, I normally only use them in my planners, occasionally in my journal..although I used my .37..whatever the extra extra fine one is, for cats whiskers a few weeks ago. I had just “re-organized” and couldn’t find my microliners. (STILL missing a brand new tube of Burnt Sienna..HOW does someone LOSE a 15ml tube?! 🤷🏼‍♀️😂. And Dr Kitty Leela swears she didn’t steal it so..🤷🏼‍♀️). Anyways, my uniball worked perfectly..it was on cold pressed, but I drew on top of the DRY paint-as a finishing touch..not on just white, clean paper. I’m going to add yours to my list. I’m also asking about hot press for a reason..I just ordered some. I’ve only been doing Western WC for about 2 1/2 years, and I’d always used cold press or rough. I’ve been working on a rather “strange”, not usually my style, painting, for months..cold press just isn’t doing it. It’s kind of semi-abstract, kind of cartoonish, VERY detailed..my daughter and her wonderful wife are sitting with their arms around each others, watching my 2 grand-fur babies, in a dream, playing a Panjo and bongo drum, wearing country-fried clothes (overalls & farm hat..prairie dress). Yes..I know 😂. I have a strange brain…what’s left of it at my age anyways. There’s a few other things in the background..but, Something just doesn’t look right on the cold press and my bestie said she thinks this style is more fitting on hot press. Lots of fine line detail, some that will be directly on the paper, not on painted spots. I need the strings of the Panjo to stay VERY fine, no bleeding. Let me know if you think it would work!😊

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

That's a really interesting idea mixing Inktense with watercolours - I may just need to try this at some point! They are very good for having a permanent non-lifting underpainting, for sure! The Uniballs generally work well on both hotpress and cold press paper. The only exception is the Hahnemuhle sketchbook I'm working in, where the Uniballs feather so badly on it, and I'm forced to use fineliners only on that paper. It's super annoying and I'm totally over it! But other cotton papers like Fabriano and Saunders etc should be fine with the Uniballs. I hope you find your Burnt Sienna soon! I've lost large tubes of paint before as well, lol. 😂

Fabulous video and excellent suggestions. I'd like to see more like this where you talk about your tools and supplies. I recall when first trying a Uniball white pen, I had no idea there were different tip sizes. I was so frustrated until I realized - duh! - I should've gotten the BROAD one. Ceramic/porcelain palettes = 1,000%!

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm thinking in a future video I should mention those blue shop towels, which I found after seeing your video on them. They are great!

I can recognize your voice anywhere. 😅 I had KZread on while I was cleaning and random art videos just poppin up and I hear your voice and I'm like " oh there's Becky. "

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

Haha that's funny! 😂

Love your video I have the .Dahle 133 Sharpener it is green and I love mine too also the needable erazer too. Merry Christmas xxxx

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

I think they do come in different colours, depending on location as well! Great sharpener! Merry Christmas. 😊

@bethmegansmith4642

8 ай бұрын

🥰@@BeckyTregear

I have a lot of the items on your list (and agree), but there are two items that I want/need 😃: a good pencil sharpener (mine are all the little tiny sharpeners that you twist) and I'd love to get a brush pot with two wells (I use two different pots now and yes, that works, but I like the stability of those two-well pots). Would love to see more favourite items!!

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

I've been having a good time sharpening my pencils with the Dahle, and it saves a lot of wrist pain which I experienced with the tiny twisty ones. They're fine for a single pencil, but a whole box of coloured pencils is a different story, haha! The two well pots are quite prevalent on Amazon, and they come listed under all sorts of brand names, but they're exactly the same. They must all come from one factory. 😂

Oooh I hadn't seen the Uniball eye pens in the smallest size. Only the .05, .07 and 1.0 but after a quick look in my fav online art stores I found a four pack. Merry Christmas to me 😂 Up until now I've been using the Faber Castell fineliners in the smallest sizes but find the nibs wear out really fast on watercolor paper. These should be much better

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

The ultra micro ones are harder to find but yes the rollerballs last a lot longer than fineliners. They're great to use! 😊

I looked in the doctor's bag I used to store all my art stuff and found stuff I forgot I had

Do you reckon that a small cheap chopping board with a rough surface could work just as well as the Caran dache one? I have a couple spare from IKEA only because they sell in set of 3 and I only needed one!

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

It's worth a try! I mean the Caran d'Ache one really does look and feel like a slim chopping board. I just haven't got any spare ones to test on, but if you try it out I'd love to hear if it works! 😊

I have a Derwent crank sharpener and I love it, but it does bite the pencil. I think it does more damage to my Prismacolors, with the small core, than it does to Faber Castell or Derwent and I care less about the Prismas. It actually sharpens the Prismas to a very sharp point as well, so I'm not complaining.

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

I can't deal with the bitey ones. I was almost in tears when I saw what the blue sharpener did to one of my Luminance pencils. 😭 I'd cry over the Prismas too, although that's more because they break so easily anyway, lol.

You can snap the glue tape applicator if you press too hard

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

I've done that once, I think. 🤣

Sorry but it's a thumbs down from me and I won't be watching this video. Multiple KZreadrs have tried to sell me this handbag and none of them make fashion content.

@BeckyTregear

7 ай бұрын

No worries, I understand. Hopefully I'll see you again in my next video, and have a great week! ❤

@ArtbyAllisonDakin

7 ай бұрын

Too bad you didn't watch the video! The bag part was short and concise and the rest of the video was awesome and full of great tips 😊