Unedited First Impression of Jazza's Carry-All Studio Bags and Art Haul Goodies, too.
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Unedited First Impression of Jazza's Carry-All Studio Bags and Art Haul Goodies, too.
Hi! I'm Miranda Watson and I create fun art videos on this channel twice a week. My passion is watercolor and water-based media. Subscribe to my channel if this appeals to you, and hit the All Notifications on the Bell to be notified when I upload a new video. A Like on this video if you enjoyed it also helps me out. Thank you for spending your time with me today, I appreciate you!
Get extra ad-free videos and original and print artwork on my Patreon Site: / mirandawatson
SUPPLIES USED IN THIS VIDEO (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases):
Marabu Graphix Watercolor Ink, Set of 6: amzn.to/3i20i5k
Glass Dip Pen with Holder: amzn.to/3MKBIXk
(US & UK, etc) Peerless Watercolors: peerlesscolorl...
FILMING SETUP:
Nikon Z30 Camera: amzn.to/3Wprv7b
Studio Lights: amzn.to/3GARrYd
Feel like buying me a Kofi? Here's that link: ko-fi.com/mira...
I am a Young Living Essential Oils Distributor! Check it out at www.youngliving.com and use either my name, Miranda Watson, or my Distributor number, 158111, when you place your order. Thank you!
DISCLAIMER: any product links above may be affiliate links.
Instagram: @alkalicreekart
Email: alkalicreekart@gmail.com
I got a PO Box! Here it is:
Miranda Watson - Alkali Creek Art
P.O. Box 396
New Castle, CO 81647
Wow yours turned up so fast! 😂Mine is still probably weeks away so I'll save your video for later as I want to get my first impressions when opening the box too. I'm glad they are actually starting to arrive though - I was wondering if these bags were ever going to be released, lol.
Howdy. I just got the small bag for field sketches. I like it a lot. I also got the Prussian blue and think it is a nice contrast. It was fun to be part of the process. ❤
Very nice! The Prussian Blue is really pretty; I'm glad I chose it.
omg i need to watch this! so exciting! 😆
Absolutely wish I was able to order these when they were available. Lol. Just the bags of course. But I never got the chance. Oh well some day. That paper is awful I have tried it twice and never had any luck with it. Used it up for colored pencil practice cause yeah
Yeah, not impressed with the paper and from the comments here, not many other people are either. 😬
The bags are looking good! The only Hahnemühle paper I have enjoyed so far is Expression, pure cotton, 300 gsm, cp.
The bags are quite neat :) but the rest of the stuff is not very good (for the $$ you spent on it all :O ) and that paper is horrid!! I had a block bought for my birthday 2 years ago and I hated it, it's the most awful paper I've ever painted on, so I don't think it's worth over $300 at all, but I do like the bags :D
@@phillipstroll7385 erm nope he doesn't market to children, have you even seen his past boxes?? Defiantly geared to professionals :)
@@Azkademon Hi! I'm mystified. Have you replied ont this comment by mistake?
@@MrsBarnabas ermm no?? I'm mystified by your reply?
@@Azkademon Hi again. Sorry - I meant your reply to @phillipstroll7385 :
_"erm nope he doesn't market to children, have you even seen his past boxes?? Defiantly geared to professionals :)"_
Did Phillip delete his comment?
@@MrsBarnabas yes I think so and its ok :) I think philipstroll was a troll hahaha
I get to watch yours now, yay! The Prussian Blue colour is pretty; it was my third choice after red and turquoise. I didn't think to try my phone in the small pocket....nope, it doesn't fit, doh! I'm glad you got the tier with the extra art supplies, as I was tempted but it was getting too expensive. I wanted to know what was in there, haha! The water bottle pockets are super annoying and I want a big bottle of water! A number of issues that I would want to fix.
Yeah, I'm going to try my smallest water bottle here eventually. 🙃 We'll see! I'm hoping the bags will work well for me since I actually really needed a new one.
Is the paper shredding because it’s a thin protective sheet? Most blocks have a protective sheet that is not intended to be painted. Hmmm
Sadly, no, it's the actual paper. 😕
You probably could have got a real leather bag for that much miranda, sorry to be a kill joy but the art supplies look quite cheap as well.
You are absolutely correct. 💯
I agree those art supplies were super cheep
I got a 4 pack of those silicone water cups on Amazon. They are a bit tippy, so I leave the bottom layer not expanded and it’s more stable. They work fine for me and I like having a lid so that any residual water doesn’t end up deposited on stuff in my bag.
For some reason, I never think of not expanding them fully even though I know it's possible, so thanks for the reminder!
This is such a good review ☺☺☺
Thank you. 😊
Aww, poor Jack. He doesn't seem to have luck with the kitties. I like jazza's stuff. I hope youbliid it all, too.
Fingers crossed! 🤞
Hi, Miranda! (Second attempt - the laptop crashed on the first!) I saw this come up this evening and had to stop and watch it straight away! I'm looking forward to seeing you put it to use. I'd be concerned about the weight of the bag when fully loaded, as it look heavy as it is, with all the padding, and the thick flap. Not sure how long that faux leather will cope with constant use.
When I watched Jazza developing the bag, I kept thinking, "This is more a bloke's bag than a Unisex." because it looked so clumsy and heavy. So I'm looking forward to seeing how well it works for your class bag, or as a bag where you'd be carrying it some distance, rather than just to and from the car. The back pack option would alleviate the weight and balance issue, I think.
That it won't stand up by itself would irritate me no end, but maybe when you've got some things in it that you use all the time (ie that live in the bag) it might stay upright for taking things out and putting things in?
No dedicated space for a modern cell phone seems odd. That pocket would take my 1990's cell phone, or my current 2014 phone, perfectly, but as you demonstrated, not the current monstrosities.
The pockets designed for a very slim water bottle seem odd, too, seeming not to take into account that more than half the world's population lives in hot climates.
But I also kept thinking that this was more a 'messenger' type of carry-on bag than a dedicated art bag, as he kept talking about space for laptops (where art papers should go) and chargers, cables, etc where paint supplies would need to go. It's certainly that type of design. The little one is nothing special - just a bag of a type that we can buy anywhere, any time.
Disappointed with un-named art products as part of your package, but I think you’ll like the Goldfaber watercolour pencils - especially when you use them on a decent paper.
The Hahnemühle Britannia paper’s a bit of a shocker! I’ve never used the sample I have, because the very small pad is a rough texture which I don’t like, but your experience with it with the various media really has shocked me! I’d like to see you using the brushes with gouache, and the glass pen, too (on a different paper, obviously!).
Having said all this, as I said before, *your reasons for buying these make it worth it for you, and I really am looking forward to being proved totally wrong (about everything but the price tag!)* as you get to use the Studio bag on a regular basis, both for class and for longer treks, in the long term. 😊
Hi, Miranda! I'm replying to myself as it refers to my comment ^. I've just seen a random item which popped equally randomly on my home page. I'll email it to you...
So here's where I admit that I am more impressed with the bag than before this item popped up! I still don't like the flap, but he put all his things from his old, well-used bag into it and it all fits really well. He also got the extras, as you did, and I'm still not very impressed with those.
I'd still like the big inside pocket to be divided (maybe with a couple of removable dividers) for ease of keeping sketchbooks / paper clean and flat, and pockets to hold things like small, or long thin items in place. Would that big space be big enough for my zipped brush wallet (29 x 16 x 2cms) and zipped watercolour pencil wallet (holds 72, measures 31 x 21 x 3.5cms) ) as well as an A4 sketchbook and A5 w/c sketchbook? No, I'm not considering buying one of the bags, but it's the sort of stuff others might want to know.
I'd be interested to know how much it weighs when empty, too, so are you able to do that? I think it would matter to quite a lot of people. I almost always check the weight of bags, because of issues carrying stuff..
The one time I didn't, I allowed myself to be carried away by an expensive leather satchel. I'd been looking for an old-style school satchel for ages, and this one looks the part. Only, in spite of handling it in the shop, I was so thrilled to have found it that I ignored its weight! Consequently, it's never been used as a satchel, and currently is an expensive storage space for coloured paper stock for card inserts! It's a shame, because if I'd been able to use it, it would have been wonderfully softened and beautified by constant use by now, some 15 years later! I have just done a quick search online, one very similar to mine costs £320!!!
I've just looked at the clock, and it's 1.30am!!!!!! I was heading for bed three hours ago, and got side-tracked!!!!!!!)
Yes, I'll weigh them and let everyone know - good suggestion. I'm using the little one on a trip now and it's quite heavy but it's packed with all my stuff. Now I'm curious the actual empty weight. 🤔
We got ours yesterday. So far we are really happy, but they won’t get proper test drives for a while yet. I get the small one for travel and hubby get the bigger one for his primary work bag. They seem a bit heavy, but are still far lighter than my leather ones that are almost the same size.
We opted for the dry media package, and it had enough stuff that was new to us to make it worthwhile (markers, light box, etc.). Since we both paint, they wasn’t much duplication with the supplies we already had, so we get to tackle a new challenge too!
Yes, I'm looking forward to my upcoming trip to test the little one out. 😀 That was probably a good idea to get the art package that was more likely to have items you didn't already have. Good thinking!
OMG, this was fun. I'm a tad obsessed with bags, so this was totally up my alley. Thanks, Miranda!
Oh, nice! I like bags, too, lol.
I don't know how much you paid for those bags, but someone in the Comments mentioned over $300. If that's the case, I don't think fake leather and child grade art supplies are worth that price. I would rather get a large leather zipper tote or backpack from Fossil or Michael Kors and pay a heck of a lot less for it than that. My leather Fossil and Michael Kors bags have lasted for years.
Absolutely this!!!! I got the same set and really feel ripped off
I love bags (art bags or regular totes, etc), but have never heard of Jazza so this was new to me. Converting that amount to Canadian dollars (and probably extra in shipping and duties) would make them crazy expensive for me. I’m really happy with my Etchr Slate mini and Field case which work well for the amount and type of supplies I take with me. I’m honestly not sure what features I’d have to see in a new bag to tempt me into switching or buying an additional art bag?
I hope you enjoy them and they work well for you! (Disappointing supplies though. I think I’d rather get fewer extras of higher quality as I’d be more apt to use them.)
Now that it's a few days later, I have some buyer's regret. I think the flaps on the bags are going to be a big pain in the you-know-what and the price tag WAS high. But we will find out!
@@MirandaWatsonArt Understandable, always hard not to have buyer’s regret for a big purchase unless it’s beyond perfect! Hopefully you’ll be able to make them work perfectly for you 😊.
These bags seem to be very good! I like the little zipper bags on the bigger one. It looks like enough space for the supplies an artist needs ( almost.. 😅 .. not enough for me I guess 🤪) I’m also in love with this yellow ❤ Thanks for sharing Miranda! 🌸
Thanks, Xoonani!
The bags look soo good! And I'm not a bag person at all😅 I just put my art kit inside my laptop bag
That works!
i wanted to get the small bag but if i remember correctly, it's faux leather and i've had too many of those flake on me so hopefully i can get one if jazza ever brings it back using real leather..
Yeah, real leather is so much better. I have a Rolleiflex leather camera bag that was my great-grandfather's, and it's still flawless after all these years. It's approaching 100 years.
Meanwhile, I've never had pleather last even a year before it starts showing signs that it's going to be flaking off, and once it starts it's all over.
The plastic leather substitute was the deal breaker for me too. Beautiful bag, I just don't need more synthetic polymers in my life.
I've seen way too many similar bags that just have that cheap discount store look that can be had for $15 or less and honestly unless I missed something it didn't seem really geared toward art users. It had one or two small things that just didn't really fit.
I love that she's supporting other artists with this, but it seemed way over priced and I would be heartbroken if it had been me. She sounded a bit let down which is always a bummer.
I hope it works out for her.😊 Maybe it will be just what she needs and sometimes the harsh light can make things look worse and more plastic so I'm going to hope it looks great in parson.😊
I hope it lasts. 🙏
seems like all right bags, would be curious how long they last out in the wild. 🙂
We're going to find out. 😀
def tell us how it does😀
Will do!
Is the second page on the block misbehaving? The top page is often a protective page.... I'll have to watch the rest of the video to find out.
Thanks for sharing and unboxing. It was fun to see.
Spoilers, second page also behaved poorly.
Still enjoyed watching the video.
Yeah, sadly, the second page was the same.
I have a set of the exact pigment liners I got on a Hobby Lobby clearance, and honestly like them as well as any of the more expensive ones. And I think their blackness is better than my Pitt pens, honestly. I doubt any of this is worth the price, so I hope you got a nice discount for reviewing it. Nice review.
Zero discount, but supporting a worthwhile creator is a boon.
I loved your cat at the end! I'm not a fan of the bag but I don't travel much to paint, so I'm clearly not the target audience. 😂
With what kind of watercolor marker, I find them easier to work with when I apply the color on a palette and then use a wet brush to pick it back up 😅
They do get watered down, but I kind of like the effect.
I'm looking forward to hearing how these work for you when you travel
Me, too! 😅
Im glad i only ordered the bags, but here in Australia we still havent received ours as yet unfortunately
I wasn’t aware the big bag was that big so I’m glad I watched. It also looks really heavy ..maybes you could weigh it for us? My problem with my current bag is how heavy it is so I’m looking for a lighter one. Wish I could find one like that small one but with more pockets.
I weighed it in the follow-up video and it seems like it was close to 4 lbs.? I'd have to double-check the video, lol.
Great review. I'm not sure I feel it looks worth the pricetag, but I guess until you know how well it handles usage and how long it lives for you can't really know that 🤷 they do look nice enough, but didn't wow me. I expect that maybe I'm not the target audience for this bag. Maybe younger trendier marker/urban artists would find it more useful/enticing? I do like the smaller prussian blue one, but I think it would become a day satchel rather than an art bag, so again wouldn't be able to justify the price I think. I'd love to see a video of you packing/using them.
I do think your suggestion of being for a younger audience is accurate, now that you mention it!
Those skinny side pockets could be for an umbrella.
Good idea!
I was really excited to join this, but the pricing was just so high and I wasn't particularly a fan of a pleather flap, as they always tend to crack on me. (Plus tbh, carrying around a RUclipsr logo didn't appeal to me too much...) The Rollacrit Bag of Holding came out just a short time after for about half the price, so I ended up going for that. While it's not technically an art bag, it's got a lot of similar features and it's been designed to be super durable. I can't really speak for it in action yet, as it doesn't ship until around July, but I have really high hopes for it being my travelling artist/convention bag as well as what I bring with me throughout my masters degree.
Would have loved to support Jazza on this one, he's an awesome creator, but it just didn't tick all the boxes for me as far as usability, look, price and quality are concerned, whereas the Rollacrit bag seems to so far!
Those art supplies are a choice. A bag marketed toward professional artists coming with kids/student grade kit? Mmm. I don't doubt the value is there, but I think this was a less is more scenario with high quality goods, and it might have been something really special.
Yes, agreed.
30:16 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Way too much money for the quality and the products. Thanks for sharing.
Great review! You addressed all the issues I was having with the set. Especially since I had to pay an additional 180€ for import taxes and fees, so the bundle cost me way over 500€. I wrote a long feedback comment on his vlog about it which I just discovered was deleted. That disappoints me even more, because I thought Jazza was open to feedback and constructive criticism.
Mira, he deleted your comment?
@@MrsBarnabas 🤷🏼♀️ it’s not there any more. I posted a second comment about my first comment being deleted which is still there… I doubt RUclips deleted it
@raftycorner I believed you, Mira. It is just sooo disappointing when we get this sort of response. 🤔 Jazza has a big team which deals with the admin side of things (and that often means reading through hundreds of comments to get the overview of how the viewers are responding), so it may have been an over-sensitive one of those, rather than Jazza himself? This is always a problem when a channel gets to be so big, and the actual artist has to delegate to others...
Edit to add: I took a look at his vlog post and there are a lot of negative comments about the the bundle, order, shipping and delivery issues, and someone commented that 'Jazza' (for Jazza, read 'his team!) hasn't answered any of those.
I won't buy these these things, not only because more often than not, I can get something similar, which is within my budget, but also because too often, there are problems outside of the ArtTuber's control - eg with a Craftamo brush set by a very frugal, lovely crafter (LW) where there were a few comments on unboxing / review videos about loose ferrules; or where dispatch is delayed without the customer being informed.
Also, all too often, overseas buyers don't get told about Import costs where they live and don't realise that they need to check with their country's rules before ordering this sort of thing. They end up with massive import duties to pay, and sometimes, even high 'Customs handling charges' made by some delivery companies. So it ends up making what should have been a joyous, and often an impulse purchase, helping out a fellow artist become a nightmare.
@@MrsBarnabas I knew about import taxes, but I’ve bought previous products and was always super happy with the quality, so while import taxes are annoyingly high, when the product is worth it it doesn’t matter as much. My major issue is that the content of the bundle felt more like an afterthought. He didn’t put as much research and quality check into it like he did for the bags or the sketch pack. And they only showed a selection of things that you might get after the kickstarter was over. Had I known before which items were included, I would have opted to just buy the bags. But because my expectations were high based on the previous materials I’ve gotten, I went for the bundle, which is probably why the art supplies were a let down
Such a bummer that your comment was deleted. I am slightly regretting purchasing the bags, but I need to use them and see what they're like. My upcoming trip will be a great test of the little one. Fingers crossed 🤞.
An art bag without shoulder straps is a big nono for me
Yeah, I think this is going to be quite a heavy bag to not have the padding on the strap.
I'm so glad you posted this. I got the same set of the two bags and the hundred dollars of wet media. I have to be honest, when I opened mine, I was horribly disappointed in the children's quality art supplies that they sent. I ended up getting the water color crayons instead of the sheets of water color. Honestly, I really wish I had gotten the sheets. Instead , it looks like smart art just threw together stuff that they had from previous boxes left over... I'm sorry muse kits
I don't think I realized that the bags we're gonna have a plether top. I think I expected them to be a little bit higher quality. But like other people had mentioned I'm kind of wishing I had just spent my money on an actual leather bag and went to an art store and got some high quality supplies. I probably could have spent less. But I was excited just support jazza, And with some of his previous art boxes , I thought that it might actually have a decent value
Im glad to see im not the only one underwhelmed
Yes, on everything you said. It's a bit of a bummer.
I accidentally refused delivery of mine lol. It’s supposed to come back here. I have all those supplies because I subscribed to muse kits for a few years. 😩 I am secretly hoping they send it back to muse kits now lol.
Those are the markers that were in that “Plein Air” muse kit, I just gave mine away 😊
Beautiful how do you get this bag please
I don't think you can get them anymore, sadly.
The bags look amazing especially the smaller one. Just a shame the extras look poor quality as I don’t link Jazza with poor quality
I'm loving the small one!
Lovely bags, but the art supplies are a bit of a let down. Most are student quality.
Yes, true.
You are painting on the protective cover. Remove it to get to the first sheet of paper.
Nope. The next page was exactly the same.