hey guys welcome to planning with crystal so today's unboxing video is scroller box
for july 2021 scroller box is a uk based art subscription it retails at 16 pounds 95 a month
i can get it cheaper if you sign up for longer and on your first box you can get a discount
of three pounds using my link and i'll put all the information about that in the see more box
underneath the video so check that out if you do want to get a three pound off your first box
in this video i'm going to unbox the july box so we're going to see everything that
comes in there so major spoilers i'm going to show you everything i'm then going to switch
to an overhead view so we can actually play with the new supplies and see what they like
so stick around if you want to see all that so as usual in our little box we always get a magazine
it says scrollazine july 2021 it tells us inside all about the featured july artist who is called
jess kirkman it also tells you a lot about the supplies that you get in the box but we're not
going to look at that yet because that would be spoiling the surprise so this is the print
this month so you can just see it's a nice kind of mix of colors and on the back it tells you all
about that featured artist so it's a little bit of like an art print they include it every month and
it's a bit of inspiration for your own kind of artwork as well there's a bit of a q a in here
lots and lots of tips on how to use this month's supplies then they go back to in this case the
may box and feature lots of artwork that other scrawlrbox subscribers have shown on their own
instagram and stuff so you can do that and they may put them in the magazine in the future and
then it's just got a little bit more information about art at the back as well and a bit of a note
on price increases the box did used to retail at 15 pounds a month and it's just gone up to 1695 as
of july i believe it says the june edition marked their 70th box in scroller box started in 2015 so
i guess it makes sense through all that time they haven't put the price up and now they just have
so i still think it'll be worth it the amount of supplies you get generally is worth more than what
you've actually paid for the box even at 16.95 so as usual we get a little bundle of supplies
we also get some like paper or a book or something to do your artwork on so this is what we've got
this time it's the an a5 you pull pad 10 sheets 100 gsm and then it's got like shrink wrap on so
i'm just going to take that off so you can see a little bit better now it's not going to wrap on so
we've got 10 sheets of this paper and it feels kind of like coated and i don't even know how
to describe it i'm sure it'll tell us a little bit more in here so when we open up the bundle
there's a little card inside that tells you about the small supplies and it details everything in a
bit more detail on the back so it tells us about our paper the yupo pad is a non-porous acid-free
and ph neutral synthetic paper it's completely waterproof so that's that kind of textured thing
stain resistant and and is an intriguing alternative to two traditional art papers
with the 10 sheets included you'll have plenty to test out and experiment with this month's supplies
and that little book is worth two pounds 98 at the end of the video i'll tell you how much this
entire box is worth they always tend to include a sweet treat this month it's a little drumstick
very retro i remember these from being a kid so this is just like a sweet kind of chewy stick
and it's in the bubble gum flavor incidentally they do post scroll the box internationally but
there'll be additional charges on shipping if you are out of the uk and you do want to
experience the box i believe they will ship it internationally every month they always
include a little scroll the sticker not for any reason other than it's cute and you might collect
them stick them wherever you like but it always goes along with this month's theme so it kind of
matches up with the art print we've been sent so on to the supplies so this month's kit we have got
alcohol ink so these are by maribou and they retail at four pounds 99 each and it says these
alcohol-based permanent inks take fluid painting to a whole new level offering unlimited design
possibilities with their wide range of flow techniques the brilliantly bold and bright
colours are quick drying acid-free and can also be mixed to create your own colour combinations
these inks are best used on a non-absorbent paper but they can also be used on any smooth
non-absorbent surfaces such as glass metal ceramic or porcelain the creative possibilities
and applications are endless and of course you'll be able to see this in much more detail when i do
the overhead and actually try everything out the first one is magenta it almost reminds me of like
ink that you put in your printer like toner ink then we've got diamond sparkle which is like
white but perhaps a bit sparkly and we've got caribbean which is like a bluey kind of color
then we've got something else from marabou this is the alcohol ink extender and this is also worth
4.99 it says marabou alcohol inks are perfectly complemented but by this alcohol ink extender
the extender is an indispensable supply for many techniques and can be used not only to increase
the alcohol inks workable time which slows down drying time but also to lighten the pigment lift
colour and increase the transparency of your inks experiment to create a number of stunning effects
and it does say warning alcohol inks are highly flammable and give off harmful fumes
when in use please use in a well ventilated area or use protective breathing apparatus stay
safe sounds a bit scary hopefully having the window open will be enough but we shall see
then we've got a pipette i guess playing around with the inks so this retails at 59 pence and
it says this versatile little tool is fantastic for mixing and adding ink to your work you can
use it for marbling mixing colours or applying your inks and extender directly to paper then
we've got a paper straw this simple but useful tool will help you to create magical patterns in
your ink with a gentle puff of air try not to breathe in the fumes there's no value on this
but it's a paper straw so you know finally in this month's box we've got a paintbrush this is the pro
arts master stroke paintbrush it's worth two pound fifty and it says this paintbrush is well suited
for all of your painting needs it can be used for watercolor acrylic oil and alcohol mediums as the
tip is made from durable synthetic fibers then we've got our scroller challenge which is nebula
a glowing form of clouds made up of interstellar gas and dust it says each scroller box includes
a challenge word or phrase as inspiration create something using only these items and share it with
us on instagram with the hashtag scrollerchallenge and that's how you can end up in the magazine
so it says scrollerbox july 21 in a galaxy far far away this month's box is going intergalactic
pour dip and tip the ink to experiment with the abstract fluid forms it creates use the
tools to drip drop and blow around the ink to see what unique marks you can make try swirling your
paintbrush in while wet and then back in again once dry with the extender to see how it expands
your galactic arrangements so in here it shows us everything in this month's box and then like
i said we've got the interview with the artist and then it gives you some tips here on how to
use these materials so let's go and try everything out and see what we can create apologies for any
background noise i have opened the window just because of the fumes i've also put some gloves
on just some rubber gloves just because apparently alcohol ink stains your hands so let's get into
it i've lootened off the caps as well with advice on how to do that in the book club
the inks don't seem to want to come out of here for some strange reason
so i'm going to use a dry brush just to pop it in and get the color out and then
i will also you do with a wet brush and see what different effects we get
so these are the kind of this is like the sparkly one the blue
and then if i mix some of these together completely destroying this this brush i'm sure
should get a nice kind of purple effect
it's going to blow with this
and then you can actually use the
extender
put a drop of the extender on there then we can kind of reactivate it a little bit
and then we can even get a little bit of water and just drop that in there as well
kind of move things around again and just get a slightly different effect
good
this
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so let me know in the comments what do you think of the july 2021 scrawlrbox do you enjoy this
medium is it something you're excited to play around with it's definitely a little out of my
comfort zone but then that's not a bad thing i get these boxes so i've got something new
to kind of play around with as i've said before i am definitely not an artist but i
do enjoy doing kind of creative pursuits just as a bit of a self-care thing really and just
something that i enjoy so let me know what you think of this month's selection and like
i said i'll pop my link under the video if you do want to get three pounds off your first box
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