hello friends! i have a little haul for you guys today :) this is stuff that i've been
accumulating over the last- i don't know- year or so, and i just never really talked
about [them]. some of them i've made videos for, some of them i haven't so just bear with me
i'm gonna start with the least expensive and then move on to the more expensive stuff
and i do have a grand finale for you guys at the end
anyways, first thing is a jumbo a marker! i saw this on dollarama, it is a nice thick boy
i don't really know why, i just saw and i thought it would be a lot of fun
but then i realized it's actually great for blocking in large areas with black
or just creating like dark backgrounds very quickly
so it comes in handy
next up also from dollarama is this bullet journal now i don't have a demo for this one
because i haven't started it because i already have a bullet journal that
i'm using right now and i'm like barely in the beginning of it but it was only
$3.50 (CAD) so i couldn't not get it and it's got this like material sort of texture and
the back is kind of like this, like the glue is exposed so when you open it it actually does sit
pretty flat, we'll see eventually when i get to it if it actually works well, but $3.50 is amazing :D
next up is also from dollarama and this is just a sticky note set, it looks like this,
honestly i don't think that it's that cute but i'm using it in my current bujo
um just to add some color and i do intend on doing more mixed media stuff so i'm thinking of using it
when i do that in like more journal type stuff. it's good to just rip up and just throw on,
so i'm not mad at it, i think it was a dollar. 25 so can't go wrong
okay this is a little bit of a cop out but this is a glue stick um i wanted to mention
it because it's good for my bujo, so i've been using it a lot in my bullet journal to add little
mixed-media stuff in and i'm also using it in my sketchbooks whenever i want to like
glue stuff down and be creative so yeah got a glue stick fantastic very riveting content
also from dollarama i got the sketchbook and i kind of regret it because it's literally falling
apart at the seams i've had to glue it down with tape and these are just the first few pages like
come on :'( you can see it's just completely falling apart um i just wanted to have something
simple to sketch with but i don't think that this is gonna make it very far... i mean i'm still
gonna figure out a way to use the paper no problem probably in like a junk journal or something um
but i'm kind of disappointed because i really like the cover and it was only... okay it was $2.50,
that's actually not that cheap for something that's literally falling apart at the seams...
mistakes were made
okay next up is these boards
they're like the fake wood boards they're very sturdy and quite
thick um i wanted to get them so that i could tape down like a watercolor piece and then
be able to like move it around the surface and also just to be able to put something underneath
um to cut with like exacto knives but then i realized that this would actually look really good
as like a canvas for like acrylic paint? it's like a good size and you could just put it on your wall
um and it wasn't very expensive for what six... six of them? yeah so
that's fun
okay next up i wanted to mention this thing um it's a reusable grocery bag that's sitting on top
of a picture frame and i made this for when i was making my homemade diy paper video
and i don't really think i'm ever going to make paper again to be honest it was
way too difficult but i was thinking maybe i could use this and like embroider on top
of it and put it on my wall as decoration it's like a an interesting concept i might explore
okay so that ends the dollarama haul
next up is...
aliexpress brushes! these are detail brushes they're very small
and they're not too bad for the price, i think it was like six dollars or something like that?
they're quite springy which i appreciate um this bigger one is kind of like the one that
sucks um but then the rest of them actually do pretty well so i'm not.. i'm i'm i'm liking them
they get the job done
next up are some liner brushes...
brush pens, actually. so this is the pentel pocket brush it's got
it's got like a very genuine brush tip so you can make very delicate lines with this thing
as opposed to these tombow liners they have like the felt
tip? i don't really know but they're very sturdy, both good for different things. i like these
a lot more for when i want to draw very quickly for watercolor because they dry very fast
this one i feel like the lines look a lot more natural but
i do find that you gotta let this bad boy dry on the paper for quite a while
i like to do it overnight just to make sure that the watercolor doesn't lift anything,
you know, 100% but it's not very like time effective so it's good to have both
okay next up we have the plastic palette that i specifically bought for my himi gouaches so
i wanted to make a separate palette where i could have them dry and pull out and use it's
it's a lot more like space effective because the himi palette is so big
this way i can like make sure that um i actually use them instead of forgetting
that i have them half the time but this palette was from amazon it was like
i want to say 12 or something like that and it works pretty well i like that
it has so many wells and i like that this part comes out it's pretty nice
next up we have these two cuties, look at them hehe ^-^
i found these at a small like asian goods store a few years ago, it's this notebook and it's got
two kitties on them it's really cute i don't know what it says at the bottom here but in
english it says i'm always trying to seek you which is really cute, and then the smile pen
i really like how the tip is pointed the only downside is that the
lid doesn't fit in the back which is annoying but that's okay
i took this notebook and i turned it into
a commonplace notebook which just means i have quotes in here from everywhere; podcast, books,
just things that people have said to me... let's see if i can show you something that's not cringy
this one is from the pyper blue um youtube channel,
it's by lilith and she said "i shall try to see many things" and i really like that
there's also this: "dawn is for lovers and bakers" from modern love episode two, that was really cute
then there's this
"grief i've learned is really just love. it's all the love that you want to give but cannot.
all that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes the lump in your throat
and in that hollow part of your chest. grief is just love with no place to go."
by jamie anderson and i saw it on insta of a tweet
this is another one of my favorites: "a pedestal is as much a prison as any other small space"
this one's also really good: "boundaries are the distance at which i can love you
while still loving myself" this one's probably one of my favorites
i still have a lot to go, like i haven't filled it up at all
and i really want to get better about that i really love the idea of having this
all right what else do i have here?
these are the oh pastel markers um i've barely used these on camera
i think i used them to make my... oh yeah i used it in my like first ever bullet journal
setup video and i drew the September... or maybe not maybe it was a different video, but i drew
a cover page.. maybe it wasn't in that video, never mind. but yeah these are the pastels um
they're quite pretty and i wanted to get this because i have another set of alcohol markers
but they're quite dark so i wanted to get a set that was lighter because you can only build up
on alcohol markers right but they aren't actually as bright as i thought they would be i don't know
where the swatching cards are now i'm upset oh they're here here these are all the colors
they're not too bad but they're not like my favorite and there's a couple of neon ones
that i'm like not that crazy about but i can't wait to use these more
okay this next thing i still cannot believe that i bought ah
it was absolutely ridiculous purchase but they are the
james lewis brushes
if you don't know who james lewis is he's like a artist um and he does very like cool like
precision paintings so these are like very kind of straight brushes that he sold and i swear to god
i like must have blacked out when i bought these because i saw like two of his videos on instagram
next thing i know i was clicking his discount link and buying these i think it was like sixty
dollars for three of these which is not terrible for quality brushes but the problem is that like i
don't really paint in that style ever i don't have use for these most of the time unless like i'm
doing very thin precise lines they're still cool to have around and they're very like obviously
quality brushes but i don't know why why did i do that i could have bought like good watercolor
brushes with that money i did finally try the biggest one for this video and it does actually
hold a good amount of water so i could probably use it in more of my watercolor paintings for some
interesting lines i don't really know i do kind of regret it now but there's no going back so oopsie
okay so i did actually make a video on this recently but i bought the drawing
in collection from winsor & newton it's the black white and metallic set
um and they're pretty good drawing inks and because i bought these i also had to show my
papers so i have this black mixed media paper from strathmore and the inks do pretty well on here
so i'm kind of happy because i haven't really had a lot of uses for this thing so far
and then i also have the tan mixed media paper from strathmore and the inks are also okay on
here but they're not my favorite i have tried this with watercolor before it's also not my
favorite so i'm kind of like confused as to how i'm gonna use this paper but we'll see
it wasn't cheap either i think both of these were like around 15 to 20 dollars each so yeah
oh yeah but for this set i actually also had to buy...hehe
well i didn't HAVE to, i never HAVE to buy anything but i HAVE to, you know what I mean?
i bought some dip pens so it's been fun to play around with these
if you want to know more about you know the inks and this
you can check out my video on it i'll link it
next up i have some sketchbooks i made a video on this recently too but this is the
arteza sketchbook um it's double-sided and it's pretty good watercolor paper i just
don't really know if i like the ring bound thing in the middle um i feel like it just
like separates the pages a little too much and like i can never do a full page one
so that's kind of disappointing but that's all right and then to go with this i also have
another sketchbook that i've never started um it's a travel sketchbook it's very small here
size comparison and i bought this because i wanted to do like more plein air or urban
sketches outside in the spring summer and then i never did it because i am trash sometimes so
hopefully this upcoming spring i will bust out this bad boy but it's so cute and it's pink oh
it has a little pocky in the back how cute is like the smallest pocket
i ever know why i'm so excited i literally never use these things
okay the next thing that i bought is this mic that i'm currently using right now i know that
it's not technically an art supply but it does make my video sound better i think let me know
what you think let me know if the quality is good in the comments but yeah i had to
make this purchase i felt very like fancy like a youtuber so i thought i thought i would include it
and then now we have made it to the grand finale you guys um
this is kind of embarrassing um and kind of unhinged too but
i bought something i must have been out of my goddamn mind
it is...
the perfect sketchbook from etcher
you don't understand how expensive this thing is and also etcher doesn't offer
free shipping to me in canada so just like you can just take a guess on how much this cost
you don't have to guess i'll tell you
it was eighty dollars yeah
it's still in its packaging because i do not dare use this thing i don't know what came over me it's
like why would my art noob ass buy this anyways let me take it out for you guys i literally
opened this like every few months just to look at it and then i put it right back on the shelf
oh it's this really nice i think faux leather cover it's just got the engraving here
on the back this is limited edition i feel so fancy 20 20. yep 2020
and then you open it and it's just this gorgeous paper it's so thick you guys i cannot stress this
enough um the first page has like that thing i was actually really like i was like surprised
the first page is like glued to it kind of which is annoying but anyways i think this is fabiano
paper and like the highest form or i don't really know um i forgot at this point but it's just very
high quality paper and i i'm just not i'm not good enough to paint anything in this thing
i mean like this thing smells expensive i've been trying to get better about using my like
fancy art supplies because what's the point of hoarding them really like it's so stupid
but this this thing is an exception there is nothing i feel confident enough to draw in here
the day i finally do crack into this bad boy
um is the day i am announcing to the world that i am an artiste *chefs kiss*
but yeah i have this thing that just sits on my shelf and collects dust and looks pretty
and i look at it once in a in a blue moon there isn't even that many pages either so
every page is like what two bucks maybe more
i'll use you one day one day me and you me and you
all right all right that's enough this uh concludes my little art haul i've been
hoarding supplies like a little chipmunk for many months so it's actually pretty nice to
share them with you guys thank you so much for watching if you want to appease the algorithm
gods please like this video it'll help me out a lot and i'll see you guys next week bye