My final Sketchbox review!
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drawesomeThe most recent box I got made me decide to renew my subscription. I may review individual products, but I feel that 3 box reviews are plenty :) Or, who knows, maybe I'll become a YouTuber who does those slo-mo unboxing videos.
The box had a few items, but the star was a tin of 12 Derwent Inktense pencils. I've tried watercolor pencils a few times and they've always made me feel inept. These 'ink pencils' work how I always wished 'watercolor pencils' would.
Some samples. I applied the water 2 different ways in the top right drawing, I painted the water side to side on the top half of the robot, which is why there is a bit of a line effect. In the bottom half you can see more careful water application.
The box also came with 3 brush pens, and a small Strathmore Toned Mixed Media pad labeled 'sample only, not for sale'. I used the pad in my mushroom drawing. It'll be fun to use, but I am amused that it's 4x6 inch, 10 sheet sample.
The first pen is a Sakura Pigma Brush Pen in black. It's waterproof and I used it in the robot drawing. I put down color and drew over it, like in their demo video for this month.
The second is a Prismacolor Premier Brush Pen. Mine is blue. They sent out random colors.
The third pen is a Ecoline Liquid Watercolor Brush Pen. It's also a random color one. I got a meh sort of a yellow.
For completeness, here blue and yellow pen marks:
My overall review of Sketchbox is this:
The boxes seem to contain a few awesome things and a few things to pad out the box. Using their products has solved a ton of things holding me back. I was impressed by them providing translations for the packaging on Japanese pens in a previous box. The product demo videos they've started doing are also a nice touch.
I've checked prices for the box items on Amazon. The boxes are a chunk of change, but they do give good value and the items are very well chosen. A lot of the money I've spent on art supplies before was pretty much wasted. On a ROI basis, this has been money very well spent.
The box had a few items, but the star was a tin of 12 Derwent Inktense pencils. I've tried watercolor pencils a few times and they've always made me feel inept. These 'ink pencils' work how I always wished 'watercolor pencils' would.
Some samples. I applied the water 2 different ways in the top right drawing, I painted the water side to side on the top half of the robot, which is why there is a bit of a line effect. In the bottom half you can see more careful water application.
The box also came with 3 brush pens, and a small Strathmore Toned Mixed Media pad labeled 'sample only, not for sale'. I used the pad in my mushroom drawing. It'll be fun to use, but I am amused that it's 4x6 inch, 10 sheet sample.
The first pen is a Sakura Pigma Brush Pen in black. It's waterproof and I used it in the robot drawing. I put down color and drew over it, like in their demo video for this month.
The second is a Prismacolor Premier Brush Pen. Mine is blue. They sent out random colors.
The third pen is a Ecoline Liquid Watercolor Brush Pen. It's also a random color one. I got a meh sort of a yellow.
For completeness, here blue and yellow pen marks:
My overall review of Sketchbox is this:
The boxes seem to contain a few awesome things and a few things to pad out the box. Using their products has solved a ton of things holding me back. I was impressed by them providing translations for the packaging on Japanese pens in a previous box. The product demo videos they've started doing are also a nice touch.
I've checked prices for the box items on Amazon. The boxes are a chunk of change, but they do give good value and the items are very well chosen. A lot of the money I've spent on art supplies before was pretty much wasted. On a ROI basis, this has been money very well spent.
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Date: 2018-02-16 09:10 am (UTC)Yeah the boxes likely aren't for everyone. For me, I made some bad calls when I ordered various art supplies. I don't have artist friends whose marker or pen I can try out real quick. I have less art supplies now because I cleared all the pens and pencils I wish I hadn't bought off my desk.
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Date: 2018-02-16 11:15 am (UTC)Using these pens and pencils, what I draw actually reads well when scanned or photographed. With the pens and markers I was using, things would look fine in person but turn into a hot mess once I tried to get it into the computer.
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