My friend Rosi cut peices off her blocks and shared them with me. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed them. They reminded me of inktense blocks and revived my love of that product. I find the tailor chalk shape very intuitive. I have not seen that set you have before but if I ever find a good deal on them I will grab a set!

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

I saw your video and how good they were; I was so excited to use my set! I couldn't find the 12 set anywhere except at my local art store...I hope they will become more widespread with time. They're really nice to use, aren't they. And thank you so much for watching my video! 😊💜

Adorable painting. I think I may have received one or two in an art subscription box. This video makes me want to go find out the moment I get back home! They looked really fun to work with.

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

They really are fun! A great quality supply. Thank you...I hope you're having lots of fun on your trip. 💜

@moma-b

2 жыл бұрын

Imo, they are just a smart marketing trick to make people buy something "new and shiny". They are big and heavy to carry, not practical for use, stain the hand, drawing with them is a pain, and they behave just like watercolor. So what do we gain? 🙂

Lovely jolly review 😊

Your reviews are always so helpful, Becky. I really appreciate how you go beyond swatches and produce lovely art works each time. Thank you! (I have hoarded a few of these but haven’t tried them properly yet.)

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I feel like swatches don't fully show how the supplies work as they usually behave differently again when applied in larger quantities for an artwork. Plus I like to see how the colours interact with each other. And I just like making art! 😂 I hope you try your Tailorshapes out; they're so nice to use. 💜

Lovely painting and this supply looks like a real blast and a ton of fun. Have a great Sunday, Becky.

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

I've been using them some more and they are excellent; just a tiny amount goes so far because of the pigment load. Expensive but worth it in this case! Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Awesome 😻 I like the set and the teddy is just the cutest😍

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's such a great set, I'm really liking it. 💜

Excellent review Becky. Thanks.

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😊

Thanks for the review. They look very interesting and vibrant!

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked it, and thank you for watching. ☺️

Those look very interesting and I love how your little teddy turned out. I save all kinds of boxes and things too, you never know when they will come in handy :)

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I've had that chocolate box for about three years; I am glad I finally found a use for it. 😂

Awww, such a cute Teddy Bear! 😇🩵🙏🙌

@BeckyTregear

9 ай бұрын

Thank you - I just had to paint that picture when I saw the cute reference photo!

Interesting colors.... thank you vor this great review and a sweet art🥰👍🏻💐

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊❤️

Love your little cute Teddy 😍 I will give it a try now that I can use your video as a tutorial 🥰. I hope you will have a nice weekend.

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Have a nice weekend too. 😊

You do such lovely reviews Beckey! This one did not disappoint, with the great swatches that really represent the lovely colors, to the cute teddy bear painting. I think these artgraf’ s are unique & versatile. The Lazy Redhead takes “out & about” with great affect. Their layerability [?lol] is great. They are so pigmented & generously sized that painting large is a breeze. And that white provides some awesome atmospheric affects in the landscape. Mediums of different formats provide such fun opportunities to expand creatively. I really appreciate Viarco & hope these don’t go away any time soon. [shhh, I’m slow adding back-ups to my stash] Hope you are still enjoying them too…

@BeckyTregear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really like these a lot; haven't used them in a while and I so need to get them out again and make more artworks. My "watercolour cabinet" is in disarray and some items have fallen to the bottom. I'm hoping to pull everything out soon and do a good old sort out. I know the Art Grafs are in there somewhere! 😂

Very nice music choice in the end 👍

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

I love the bear 🐻. Such a great piece 😊

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ☺️💜

I have one of the white ArtGraf bars and it's great, it's definitely fully opaque when using it dry, and it has a really interesting texture

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

They're a great product! It is hard to find opaque whites so I am glad to have this one. 😊

I love the earth tones!

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! 😆

Oh I think I might have a small array of these. They swatched so nicely.

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

I really like them, you'll have to find your ones! 😊

Your teddy is the so cute! The product is very interesting. The way you’ve arranged them in the box makes them look edible. 😅

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I imagine they don't taste quite as good as they look. 😂

@shadowguard3578

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeckyTregear agreed! The pastel looks like a square Neocolor II.

I’ve looked at them and they’re pretty but I have plenty of painting options as it is lol. I bet they’re fun for mixed media artists !

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

They'd be great for mixed media I'm sure! Haha yes I have too many things as well, but I like these a lot so I'm glad to have them 😁

Lovely painting and paints! Could I ask for a favor? Could you add a bit of white on the black paint and see if you get a blue-gray (rather than a neutral gray)? If yes, then the earth tones + white (bought separately at Jackson's Art that seem to have the best prices on these so far), might make sense. Because it would be like having a Payne's grey, forgoing the need to get the blue (that doesn't quite fit with the earth tones).

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

I tested them out; the black and white make very much a neutral grey (to the cooler side), and I wasn't able to make Payne's grey with them. Mixing blue with the brown made a really good Payne's grey - so yes, in this case the blue is needed. The black doesn't have any blue undertones that I can see. I hope that helps!

Water soluble box of things! Lol. I have to say, ArtGraf makes some interesting stuff. The water soluble graphite is fun but also can create a huge mess (I tried that giant one that looks like a kneaded eraser😂). These look like real chocolates squares and if I put them in a chocolate box I would accidentally try to eat one eventually if I’m being honest. The pigments are so beautiful and deep once activated! And they seem to dissolve the lines so well. I really desperately need those stamps for creating swatch charts as I’m the worst at it lol!

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

I forgot what I was saying partway through that sentence! 🤣 I am hoping Nick might carve out some wood with divots to fit them into as he reckons he can do that. Then they wouldn't move around everywhere. I keep them with my other watercolours so they don't accidentally get eaten, lol. I have to say those stamps are coming in mighty handy! 😆

The magenta and green colours are relatively new. I have also never seen this set before. The primary, earth tones and the monocrome (white, black and graphite) are the sets I have seen. Now I want the 12 set. XD They are also quite pricey here. Love the bear!

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you - even with my internet browsing, the 12 set doesn't seem to be anywhere except at my local art shop! 🤷

@xargothunter5746

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeckyTregearthe set must be brand new. I will keep an eye out for it. :)

@nattyw495

Жыл бұрын

@@BeckyTregear does your shop ship to oversea countries..lol....see you seem to have the best art store that are on the forefront of new sets....lucky for artist in your country...😁

@BeckyTregear

Жыл бұрын

@@nattyw495 They were doing international shipping at one point before the Pan Demic, but I am not sure now.

I think those markings, made on the back and shown on the box, are for the user to help them recognize the color in case they get mixed up in a box.

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

That's definitely a possibility!

Those are made in my country and it's the first time I've seen them.. OMG I thought you'd scratch a bit and work with it as pastels too so you could see if they can be used like that since they are messy but they look vibrant and quite nice to use.

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

I am sure there are Aussie supplies I am unaware of too! 😂 My hands got messy quickly which is why I ended up just painting with them. I am sure they could be used like pastels though! 💜

Glad you has fun with these.I was wondering if you were able mix new colors from them. I saw these on Amazon a few years ago and always wondered what they were like.

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

I got a decent purple out of the blue and magenta, and the green/blue makes a nice turquoise. The browns are really great! I like these a lot. 💜

@allisoncoles

2 жыл бұрын

They mix really nicely

Becky, out of all the sets of watercolours, which one is your absolute fave?

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Oh it's so hard to choose! I do have a great love for Sennelier watercolours so they usually sit in first place. But also Schmincke, Daniel Smith and M.Graham...they're all excellent too! Maybe I'll have to do a paint-off to try and decide further. 😂

Do they smudge after they dry? Do you need to put glassine or similar to protect them? Your teddy is just gorgeous!

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

It feels much like my other watercolour paintings, once they have been wetted. I think drawing them dry like an oil pastel would leave them a lot smudgier.

I looked it up and it looks like Viarco it's a brand that only sells Many art supplies and has these aquarelas in form of stick and that's why they created these aquarela Squares which are pressed pigment. They started inspired in Tailor's pencil which is a type of pencil you use with clothing so it doesn't stain the cloth, I only knew about the pencil because it's common here but they sell many pigments like these aquarela Squares and are specialized in graphite molding paste which you can mold to draw thinner or larger as you wish. They do not have pigment information but they are ecologically safe and help many causes. Here they're also expensive but art materials usually are in PT. I hope it helps a bit :) their page has lots of other supplies and it has International distribution which covers Australia so there's that xD they're everywhere.

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 💜 I think I actually have a stick of the graphite somewhere but it is lost in my studio. I am very impressed with their products so far, I hope to find more!

@tempest6781

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeckyTregear I will try to find information about their pigments if not I can send an email since it's my own language then report to you if they disclose it or not. I have the feeling they won't disclose that though, must be a unique formula from what I see from their products and how they work with the pigments... :) If I find something I'll contact you through Instagram which is easier ( I follow you there) :)

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

@@tempest6781 Thank you so much, that would be amazing! No worries if you can't find info...I speak no Portugese at all so any help in that area is much appreciated 😂💜

Few things are as useful as old chocolate boxes. 😄

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe a biscuit tin, but that's about it! 😂

@templemoore3799

Жыл бұрын

I put mine in our lovely red moon cakes box! Holds all three cork sets perfectly. [from a fellow yummies box collector😜]

Hey, thx for this video. I have them and yes, they are amazing... But that aside, I was wondering, could you please tell me which gold gouache you used? I have gold and silver in every medium I use, but never thought about metallic gouache! OBVIOUSLY, NOW I WANT THEM.... MORE THAN WANT THEM, I NEED THEM IN MY LIFE! 😂😂😂😂 Sooooo.... any suggestions as to which brand to buy from?.... I'll be buying online at Blick's. 😊

@BeckyTregear

6 ай бұрын

I had to look back at the video to see which gouache it was haha! This particular one in the pots is Art Spectrum metallic gouache in Gold; I also have silver and copper. Being Australian, you may not find them at Blick, but Holbein also have some amazing metallic gouache. The Irodori sets I bought have Gold, Antique Gold and Silver - hopefully they are sold as singles. Another option are the Schmincke Aqua Bronze powders, which just need a bit of water mixed in, and they go wonderfully shiny too! I hope that helps!

@veystone2580

6 ай бұрын

@@BeckyTregear Wow!!!! So much info!!! THANKS A LOT!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Hmm is there a link to the 12s? I cant find one.

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

When I was looking, they didn't seem to be anywhere! Literally the only place we've found the 12 set is at The Art Shop in Melbourne. Nowhere online, not even on Viarco's website! 😱

yeah those sadly not cheap but look really nice to use, worth the cost 😀

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

As long as they work well, that's the main thing!

I love this set i saw these on mind of water craft around a few months ago i havent seen the whole set but im gonna deftly keep my eyes open i think these would be good addition with the derwent xl set maybe a forest with path and next to ocean like maine coast area..or such i think msybe a great lakes beach scene colors seem pretty clise to different rocks that are on beachs on the greatlakes in northern america.... i think you could do a real good painting with both sets together...deft a art supply id put on my wish list...mikelle art mom🎨✍👩‍🎨

@BeckyTregear

Жыл бұрын

I really like them a lot! ❤️

@nattyw495

Жыл бұрын

I cant seem to find the whole set they have three in a set which are around 30.00 USA maybe they will put the whole set together soon to be available in canada art stores

I, personally would rather stick with the watercolor paints I already have… I’m sure there will be artists who will enjoy these. Watercolor crayons and pencils are as far as I think I’ll stray… it’s nice to see your demonstration though, as always. Jill

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Totally fair! These do feel a lot more opaque though, almost like a solid gouache. 😂

I think I would just buy the earth set, it seems to be the best colours.

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

The earths are gorgeous...so wonderfully opaque!

I think the little “AP” seal on the back indicates that it is non-toxic, ACMI certification, not lightfastness

@BeckyTregear

Жыл бұрын

Oh ok, thank you! 🙂

Why not use watercolor? Ot watercolor pencils? Or inktense pencils?

@BeckyTregear

5 ай бұрын

All are good options! These tailor shapes have a much thicker, more gouache-like consistency. Especially the earth colours!

These are great fun to paint with but, rather than using them like pans, I Frau with them then wet the marks afterwards, never knowing what to expect. Two tips when painting this way: - keep the initial marks light as there's a lot more colour in there than you think - if you're using multiple colours, best to wet them with little dabs rather than big strokes. If you do a big stroke through multiple colours expecting them to mix on the paper you'll be disappointed: you must end up with the colour at the start of the stroke completely hiding everything else. There's a video of me on the wetting stage at kzread.info/dash/bejne/fGt21NCgkbnRn7Q.htmlfeature=shared that I hope will convince people to try out this crazy new medium.

@BeckyTregear

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tips, I'm always happy to learn new ways to use a product! ❤

Soo nice how easily these dissolve with the touch of your brush. Allan Jay Quesada also revieved these tailor chalks and contacted ArtGraf about their pigment information. He shows their reply at about 3:05 in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n5qfp8ugqci0qLQ.html

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Oh great, thank you! I couldn't find much and I didn't get around to sending an email. 💜

The symbol below the name is a colorADD code for colorblind people. ColorADD is a project developed with the aim of allowing color blind people to correctly identify nuclei and limit the constraints and exclusion they face due to their inability to distinguish them.

@BeckyTregear

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the info - I didn't know that! ❤

Forbidden chocolates 😀🤣🤣

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

They might not taste very nice! 😜

I see this as a marketing trick to get people buy something just for the sake that it's something new and shiny on the market. Just by the review videos I can tell, using these are not practical, not comfortable. They stain the hand if you want to draw with them. They are heavy and big, so a small watercolor set with the same colors are much more practical than carrying these around. They behave just like watercolor, so what do we gain? The graphite ones are very limiting, you cannot lift them, using payne's grey or neutral tint watercolor for sketching value studies seems much more practical and giving the same look as a result. Even using Staedtler Mars Lumograph water soluble pencils will give the same result and they are more practical to use and carry around. It's a smart marketing idea, nothing new.

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Weirdly enough, for all of their perceived and valid flaws, I still actually really love these. From what I've used of them, they are much more opaque than watercolour so I'd liken them more to gouache. Probably stick form would be a little more practical but I've always had a fascination for tailor chalks so I like the shape of these. Messy, cumbersome, and weirdly awesome. But yes, a very boutique item, one which I think is very much love or hate. I love 'em, haha!

Hi Becky! The strange symbols on the colour charts are the symbols for colour blind people to be able to identify the colours when working with them. It's present in all ArtGraf/Viarco products. In the link bellow is the complete chart and official information. There's a link to it in the Viarco website. www.coloradd.net/en/

@BeckyTregear

2 жыл бұрын

Oh that’s great to know, thank you so much! ❤️

@nattyw495

Жыл бұрын

One of my bestfriend is color blind this is great im gonna tell her about this, thank you for information...mikelle art mom