Hello, and welcome back to Jenna Gets Creative! Today we are doing another ScrawlrBox. (I
never know where to put this on the screen...) So we're opening February's ScrawlrBox. That
means it was mailed in mid February, it got here pretty early on in March, but I already
had a lot filmed, so yes you are seeing this the very last week in March. Sorry! If you
follow my Instagram, you've already seen the piece I'm about to show you, because I couldn't
wait, but if you haven't, well this will be new. And even if you have, it's fun to watch,
right? I hope so! Let's get on with it.
Alright, so, as I mentioned, we are watching the February ScrawlrBox here. And, as I have
said in previous ScrawlrBox videos, when ScrawlrBox calls a box "February" box, that means they
mailed it out in February. I am international to their headquarters; they come from the
UK, I'm in Canada. I received it about 2 weeks ago from when you're seeing this, but then
my mother and sister were my house guests for about 5 days in the middle there, so you're
seeing it now. It's still March, so we're not really all that late. That's just how
it rolls.
Anyway, the featured artist, as you saw right there, was Tsarina Rina, and you can go back,
pause it, find her information. Beautiful print, all the feathers and I think some of
them might be leaves, but mostly feathers. And this box gave us 2 beautiful watercolour
styled stickers; the logo in watercolours, and a feather. So I'm just gonna go ahead
and read from the card right now and then we'll talk a bit after. We have the "Karin
BrushmarkerPRO. The BrushmarkerPRO use their 'liquid ink' technology to maintain the intensity
and control of colour until the last drop. They are equipped with a super durable and
flexible Japanese nylon tip and contain non-toxic paints with an intense dye based colour. The
colours can be mixed directly by contacting the ends of the markers, by using the blender
pen, or wash out with water to create tonal transitions. Test how far a small amount of
colour can stretch when you add water." The retail prince for these is £1.95. I will
have the converted prices to USD and CAD in the description box below. I looked these
up after, and it appears that these, this is a Polish brand, which is interesting. I
don't think I've ever tried a Polish brand of anything art supplies before. They are
very nice. I do really like them. I would be interested in getting a bigger colour range,
not too sure if they're worth the price at this point yet, because I have no idea if
they're lightfast or not. There doesn't appear to be all that much information on them. We
did receive 4 markers; 3 colours and the blender. And I don't actually have anything on me while
I'm recording this that tells me the exact colour names, but there's a purple, a green-teal
colour, and a yellow. Anyway.
Next there is the "Caran D'ach Fibralo Fibre Pens. The stroke of this artist quality fibre-tipped
colouring pen is transformed on contact with water to create surprising effects. The water-based
ink will not bleed through paper and can be washed out of most modern fabrics. The bright,
transparent colours will not dry out for days with the cap left off." Retail price is £2.10
each. Again, converted price is in the description below. We got 2 of these pens, a blue and
a yellow. They do really remind me of the Stabilo marker pens that have always made
me think of just like, childrens' school supplies! But they, they do melt down with water quite
nicely. "Spectrum Noir Aquatint. Each AquaTint pen is filled with bright water-soluble dye-based
ink, dispensed through a fine nylon brush. Colour can be applied directly, as accurately
or freely as you wish, then blended out with water. You can even just dip the nib in water
and use like a regular brush for a very light colour wash, great for moving and blending
colours from the other pens." And there's actually another tip somewhere here on the
card that says if you wanted to use water techniques with these supplies and you didn't
already have a paint brush, you could actually just use the tip of the Spectrum Noir Aquatint
as you brush, because they are also basically just water brush pens. I do have 1 other Aquatint
brush. I got it in a SketchBox, yeah it was a SketchBox. Yeah, it was the one that came
with the Marabu Graphix markers, and 2 of their SketchBox Signature Color Brush pens.
It was the last one I got that was Basic, before I tried the Premium, and that was the
box where everybody who got Premium was wishing they had got the Basic, which was kinda funny.
And um, I do really like Aquatint. I've seen several other artists I follow, both on YouTube
and on Instragram, already post their works, their videos, their pieces, what not, from
this box, and it appears that Spectrum Noir sent ScrawlrBox an assortment, and everybody
just got a colour at random. Which makes me a little bit disappointed, because I got Rose
Quartz in this box, and when I got this product previously, I got Pink Champagne, so they're
very, very similar shades, and I've seen people get purples, and blues, and greens, and...
yeah. But it's coincidence, I don't blame anybody, it's just I have exactly 2 of these,
and they're pretty much the same colour. Just my luck, I guess.
We also have:"Artline Drawing System Pen. A precision-manufactured drawing pen with
a low-friction nib held in a steel frame.It has a ribbed grip zone for comfortable, accurate
control to deliver the high quality water-resistant pigment ink, perfect for watercolours. The
closely fitting airtight cap, also boasts a strong metal pocket clip." The retail price
for that was £3.16. This very much reminds me of just any other pigment liner that you're
gonna use with water supplies, or maybe even with alcohol markers. I have not tested it
with an alcohol marker yet to see if it would smudge, but it very much does remind me of
say Staedtler Pigment Liners, Uni-Pin Pigment Liners, those kind of pens. So I expect it's
probably the same.
"Caran D'ache Edelweiss Pencil. A simple HB pencil with premium Swiss manufacturing. Intended
for artistic and technical drawing, these graphite pencils have with superior quality
leads and FSC certified cedar wood barrels." Interesting typo in there, I'm not sure what
they were saying. Retail price is £0.75 each. Well, it's an HB pencil, what can I say. I
know Caran D'ache is basically one of the kings of pencils, although if it's an HB pencil,
I really don't care who made it. That sounded snarky, I'm sorry.
"Helix Pencil Cap Eraser. These hi-polymer erasers slide easily onto the end of pencils
without erasers, or even ones with worn-out erasers. They are made from a high-quality
polymer material that leaves behind minimal eraser dust. The erasers are PVC and latex
free." Retail price is £0.59. It's as good as any Staedtler Mars, that kind of white
eraser that I've used in the past. I like it just fine. It is nice to be able to put
it on my art pencils that don't have an eraser. Very convenient. And when my Mom and sister
were here and they were playing with my art supplies, they actually ended up using that
just picking it up in their fingers, using it instead of my bigger erasers, which I thought
was kind of funny.
The paper we have been supplied with is "St Cuthberts Mill Botanical Ultra Smooth 300gsm.
Botanical Ultra Smooth is 300 gsm, mould made from 50% cotton. The absensce of acid guarantees
excellent permanence and resistance to aging. It contains optical brighteners to give a
bright white colour and is ideal for botanical watercolour paiting as well as charcoal, pastels
and graphite. ScrawlrTip: One side will be smoother than the other, so choose wisely."
I really do like this paper. If I came across this purchasing it by the sheet locally, I'd
probably get a few more sheets to try it with different mediums. It certainly works very
well for these supplies. The only place I've seen it so far, I did a quick look online,
was Jackson's Art Supply, which is a UK company. They are a great resource, fellow Canadians,
if you're trying to order the expensive European brands of coloured pencils open stock. They
send small numbers of pencils just regular post, and it's super cheap if not free, which
is a better deal than ordering from the States and typically getting major tariffs. Anyway!
The challenge was "Plumage," so I decided to go ahead and draw a peacock in front of
a single stylized peacock feather. And for the eagle-eyed among you, yes, this is drawn
from the same peacock reference as the peacock half of the first mandala drawing I did on
this channel. So if you think it looks familiar, or if you go back and watch that, it's, yeah,
it's the same peacock. Not trying to fool anybody, just figured that was the best thing
to do with the colours I had been given, and I had a lot of fun doing it. I really do enjoy
getting ScrawlrBox every month. I have seen, at this point, that next month's box involves
coloured pencil, and I am so excited! I won't say more than that, 'cuz I don't wanna spoil
it for anybody who is getting it or just waiting to see what myself and other YouTube artists
do with it, but yeah. I accidentally spoiled it for myself by seeing another Instragram
artist who gets the box post it, because they already have it, and it's coloured pencils!
Yay! Anyway, I'm gonna let the music take it for the next 2ish minutes, because
I have run out of things to say about these products, and I don't want to start a random
story for only 2 minutes. By the way, if you're new here, please do subscribe and ring the
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