by Lachri | Aug 25, 2015 | Art product review, Art tips, Oil Painting, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials, Vlogs
The guys over at smart art box adjusted their schedule so that we get our boxes earlier each month, so this unopening is earlier than usual! This month’s box is oil painting in a Van Gogh style. What is a Smart Art Box? The smart art box is a monthly...
by Lachri | Aug 21, 2015 | Art product review, Art tips, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials, Vlogs
Today I’m going to be talking about the differences between four different Fredrix Pro Series canvases. The type of canvas that is right for your paintings will depend on how you’re applying the paint to the canvas. To start with, all of the Pro Series...
by Lachri | Aug 17, 2015 | Art product review, Art tips
When I agreed to make videos of the Smart Art Boxes, I had no idea how much I would end up looking forward to seeing what came each month. This month’s box had me extra excited. We got everything we needed to make a Sumi style painting! I’ve wanted to try...
by Lachri | Aug 1, 2015 | Art product review, Art tips, Colored Pencil
Since my first colored pencil supply video, I’ve changed up my materials quite a bit! The Pencils The biggest change comes from the colored pencils themselves. I used to use Prismacolor exclusively. I got so sick of fighting with broken leads and splitting wood...
by Lachri | Jul 18, 2015 | Art product review, Art tips, Colored Pencil, Vlogs
Today I’m going to show you how I use masking fluid and frisket to protect areas of my paper when I airbrush a background. Technically you can use this even if you’re not airbrushing, but as the colored pencil hits the masking fluid, it would cause it to...
by Lachri | Jul 15, 2015 | Art product review, Art tips, Graphite, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
I picked up this set of 5 pencils and a paint brush at my local art supply store about a month ago. The set costs $8. This may be one of my least expensive new art products I’ve used…ever. I first did a quick test on some scratch paper I had laying around....
