Okay guys! So I just got back from my holiday the day before yesterday and I
still haven't unpacked yet but I arrived home to discover this massive box and I
started opening it and thought 'hmm YouTube peeps are gonna want to see this'
so I haven't looked at what's inside yet. This is gonna be a real surprise for
both of us. I've just had a quick glimpse- but this was sent to me by a paper
company- a German paper company- German is one of those languages that I really
can't pronounce but I'm gonna say Hahnmuhle... and I will pin the first
comment that corrects my pronunciation so that no one else has to ;) but yeah, I
don't know how this video is gonna go because I don't really know what to
expect! Let's just see what I've got. So to start
with in this bag... Right so I've got a few of these sheets of grey toned paper.
These are from what looks like a grey sketchbook that they do. It looks like
the paper is 120 gsm, it feels pretty good. I will see about prices and see if
I can put those up on screen and wherever I can. If you are interested in
hearing a detailed review of some toned paper from me though I do have a video
up on Strathmore's channel at the moment and I will link it up here somewhere but
that was a lot of fun and obviously this is just going to be a first impressions
but I will see about doing a few swatches and things just to give you an
idea of things rather than a detailed review. If you do want to see a detailed
review on anything just let me know. So that's their grey paper
sketchbook. Same thing here, another kind of sample of their bristol
paper; this is 250 GSM and that feels lovely and smooth, I can't wait to give
that a try. Well this is interesting it looks like they've got a hand lettering
set maybe or just a paper this best suited for hand lettering so it's a nice
smooth white paper -oh it's really smooth!
Almost like smooth to the point of being
shiny. That feels cool. It says here it's great for brush pen pencil and fine
liner. I think that would be great for brush pen.
Wow this is a sample of their watercolour paper. They do it in hot press, cold press
and a rough one. These have a nice kind of off-white colour to them, almost creamy.
300 GSM for all of them, really nice weight to them, lovely and thick. That
feels like pure quality. I think this must be their more premium paper, this is
a hundred percent cotton, suitable for all work, painting techniques and etching,
acid free, light resistant and features extreme longevity... so the vibe I'm
getting so far having not heard of this brand before is that they are definitely a
professional quality brand. I can't wait to try this. I don't think I've ever done
anything on 100% cotton paper before. I still haven't tried my arches paper yet
but it's quite nerve-wracking so this little sample will be a great place to
start. It feels amazing and I've heard from you guys that it
really makes a difference working on 100% cotton so really exciting. Also in
this red bag of treats I've got this faber castell extra thick (extra dick lol) pencil in
phthalo blue, a faber castell water brush in the size and medium; this would
be a great one for traveling with because it is a nice small size...
Well these are cute. These are some mixed-media pads
Wow made from 90% bamboo fiber and 10% rag, natural, acid-free, highly renewable,
saving resources... so it's produced with green power, they support environment
projects... well that is really cool. I've never seen anything like that. The paper
itself has a really nice feel to it. Again, nice off-white colour that really
helps your work stand out. I love the little size of these as well. I feel like
I could do a lovely series of little paintings on these, That's really
interesting, I've never seen anything like that. Right and that's it for the
red bag of treats. That was very exciting, still kind of a bit weird and all over
the place. I really didn't know what to expect from this. Very random. Now in this
big heavy box... I love how they've wrapped all this, I
almost don't want to open it. Alright so this is a hot press watercolour pad.
It looks like it's glued on all sides which is always very handy to stop
your paper from warping. Lovely smooth texture to it, I do prefer hot pressed
paper I think. I have actually seen this pad online for about £17 when I was
doing a little bit of research and for ten sheets, hundred percent cotton I
think that is pretty affordable. Looks like a really good quality as well.
Wow there's loads of stuff in here! Okay so this this is... I think oil and
acrylic paper. So this is another ten sheet set, 230 GSM, a linen finish... oh
wow! That is lovely! I've never used a paper like this before. I don't do
a lot of acrylic or oil painting- never done oil- but I think acryla gouache
would work really nicely on this. It's got a lovely kind of fabric texture to
it. That is awesome. That is really special.
Oh cool so this is one of those kind of pallet pads for mixing oils and acrylics
or any other paint really. I think so you can hold it, peel off a page, put all your
paints out there and just mix your paints on it. And there are
30 sheets on this, I feel like that could last quite a while. Yeah that looks like
it could work great. I love the ease and simplicity of being able to just mix
your paints, peel the thing off, get rid of it and start again on a fresh piece
of paper with no washing up. I'd be interested to know if it is recyclable- I
doubt it but for the ease and simplicity of it I think that it is an awesome
little tool. Well, so this is a pad of the watercolour paper that I showed earlier,
this is the hot pressed version, there are twelve sheets in here and it is 11
by 16 inches which is just perfect for bigger pieces. I am really
hoping to do some more bigger pieces this year. Last but by no means least
this is very chunky and heavy.... This I think it's just a block of 50 sheets of
the acrylic and oil paper. 330 GSM this one! It's got that linen texture and
satin finish and is quite a bright white this one. Yeah really nice thickness to
these and a lovely kind of satiny finish to them and a nice kind of subtle
texture as well.
Okay that's definitely it, I think I will leave the video there
then. Thank you so much to Hahnmuhle for sending me this paper and I'm really
pleased to have been introduced to this brand. I think they're a great option for
a really wide range of papers, really premium feel, premium quality and looking
at the website, they have tons of stuff on there, tons of different things that you
can have a look at. So overall, I'm really really impressed, I'm really pleased and
really looking forward to making some art with this stuff. So if there's
anything in particular that you'd like a more detailed look at, please do let me
know and I'll make a full video on it. Other than that, the children have just
got out of school, I don't know if you can hear them, so I'm going to end this video
here. Thank you guys so much for watching and I will see you in the next one. Bye!