hi everyone as you can see i have a new video here on my channel
and the first part was mostly asmr but this next part is going to be a voiceover
so let me introduce myself my name is zyra and i post mainly art and drawing videos so if you'd
like to watch more be sure to check out my channel and subscribe today's video is all
about doing an unboxing review and demonstration of the zen art supplies fine art miniature brushes
and you've made it past the unboxing so now let's talk about these brushes let's get started
first of all i want to thank zen art supplies and more specifically fabrian for sending these
brushes to me so i can try them out this set consists of 12 japanese synthetic paint brushes
all with different sizes and tips which are great for fine details in your artwork each brush can
be used for acrylic oil watercolor gouache and ink so it's incredibly versatile and the complete set
including the cute foldable canvas case is only 35.95 usd on their website now i absolutely love
using fine brushes for my artworks especially when using ink and watercolors and when creating line
art so i was super excited to get not just one but 12 different fine brushes each brush came
in a plastic wrap to protect the brushes and the bristles but unfortunately there were two brushes
with slightly damaged bristles due to the plastic wrap that was slightly disappointing and i've
already informed fabrian about this issue as soon as they arrived so hopefully this doesn't happen
to anyone else who may be interested in purchasing these brushes now or in the future the brushes
themselves are pretty good and they look well made they are lightweight with a glossy finish and the
handle's design has that knob which gives you a good grip when using it especially since these are
very small brushes and as i've mentioned before these are made with japanese synthetic fibers
which are super soft and they also retain their form even after multiple use i'm very
interested to see how long these brushes last me as i use a lot of synthetic brushes
which have lasted me a while if taken good care of so hopefully i get a lot of views out of these
my only concern with this product in general was the foldable case that came along with the brushes
whilst it looks so beautiful and i'd love to keep the brushes in their original case unfortunately
i will not be storing the brushes in the case i realized that after leaving the brushes in the
case and then storing that case in my drawer for months i think the canvas may have creased
therefore damaging one of the brushes which is pretty unfortunate because i now have a total
of three damaged brushes it sucks but i can still use them so it's also not really that
big of a deal i feel like i just learned a lesson which is to now store the brushes
with the rest of my other brushes which are in a jar hopefully keeping them and their bristles
in pristine condition as for the foldable case i will be using it for other items just not a brush
i feel like it's perfect for pens or pencils that i want to carry with me when traveling to work
or to uni and so that's my little review of the fine line miniature brushes from zen art supplies
as for the demonstration i chose to create a full ink drawing making sure there were lots of fine
details in the drawing to really make use of the brushes and the different tips i wanted to draw
something with lots of beads or gems like jewelry but i also wanted something relatively simple
and i know it may not look simple but i'm basically just drawing a person's bust which i do
all the time so it's not an extremely challenging subject to draw however the headpiece is the true
showstopper that's where i went bananas with the details like the small beads the details
on the leaves and the flowers and to balance it out i went with little to no details on the hair
and by complete accident i ended up creating this gradient hair which i absolutely love because
overall the drawing looks well balanced with the heavy amount of black on top and the heavy
amount of white on the bottom there just needed to be some kind of transitional element in the
middle and i think that's the hair so i'm really happy with how this drawing turned out i also got
to try the different brush tips when lining the sketch and i have to say that the rigger brushes
the brushes with the long thin bristles they were perfect for creating long smooth thin lines but
they were very tricky to control i will have to get used to them to really master using them for
line art especially because my hands shake when creating fine details and i'm very much used to
using the round brush for line art but with the round brush they make my shaky hands very obvious
with the rigger brushes i feel like it completely eliminates the shakiness of my hands but it's just
very tricky to control especially when to stop the stroke so i think that's something
that i'll just have to practice with for small objects like the beads i used the five slash
zero round brush as that gave me the most precision and of course i also use the
flat and the filbert brushes for the black square which were larger areas that needed to be painted
and i used the size 2 round brush to paint the braids i had so much fun using these brushes and
creating this artwork and i do recommend these brushes if you're also interested in line
art and fine details i will link this product and zen art supplies website in the description box so
please check them out all art materials used in this video are also listed down there with that
said i will end today's video i hope you like this video and the drawing i made with these brushes
please give this video a like and subscribe share this video to fellow artists and thank you so
much for watching i wish you the best of luck with your our journey and i will see you in my next one
bye