Gorgeous art, using the blender brushes with the stencils, genius! 'I've been organizing, so now I can't find anything' too relatable. This sketchbox is probably my favorite I've received. And those stencils are so nice, great choices.
Love your unboxing videos. You're very good at product description. And your stencil haul is awesome! The large stencil reminds me of Queen Anne's lace. Looking forward to seeing what you create with all the new stencils.
I've had those Marabu crayons for awhile. I LOVE how you used them thru the stencil with the brush !!!! I'm actually purging my huge craft room after 25 yrs. but am tempted with the Sketch Box subscription. I did get the Christmas box and will be playing with that today. You always inspire us.
Those worked great with the stencils!! I look forward to the Sketchbox each month. They are so creative in what they curate and how they work with vendors. Happy New Year!! 🥳
Dube stencil is a Carolyn Dube. Wonderful stencils and great tip using the blending brush. I may see if I still have my gelatos. They were my very first introduction to mixed media 13 years ago. Thanks Denise, I hope your new year is full of joy!
Those blending brushes saved my stencil work, much better for me than sponges. Yay! Thought I had all the art supplies I need until I saw those Kingart Gel Crayons. I was using pastels on top of stencils and it worked fine, but those crayons work much better and aren't going to fly away and smear. So, will order the crayons! Ha, ha! So fun to hear your excitement at opening art supply packages, as always! Thanks, Denise!
The Kingart Gel Crayons are fun - they make me want to get out my stencils too! I played with them again today on another project and noticed the pink I picked was a bit transparent… not exactly what I expected. The tempura paint ones are definitely more solid. Was just an interesting observation. I love the blending brushes too!! 🤗🤗🤗
1st vid of the new year, hot coffee, throwing the puppy her chew toy w/one hand & arting with the other til she poops out as the canny nanny for a week... Way to go! Ty.
After seeing this I’m really looking forward to receiving my Sketchbox this month and seeing just how many colors you can make with the MYB tailor’s chalks. I bet the earlier set will make good mix-ins if you want more muted colors, too. I’ve been away a while and am just about to binge the artful holidays videos - can’t wait! Happy New Year, Denise!
I loved your art haul. I had tried pastels in a summer art class a long time ago and didn't enjoy them. The Kingart and Maribou look like winners. It was great to see the blender brushes again. I haven't gotten one yet. I also enjoyed the new stencil technique. Happy New Art Year Denise!
Hi, Denise! I don't know if you thought of this, but what's exciting about the art crayons is they also work with oil and cold wax! Unlike oil pastels, you can use them at any stage of the painting since they dry. 😍
I’m glad you had an art haul to start the new year! I was curious to see what your Sketchbox had in it as I received my first one a few days ago. I just have the basic box but was very excited to get the blue Art Graf Tailor’s Chalk, especially after watching you use them recently. I also got: Holbein Artist Gouche (Iron Oxide Red), a Royal Majestic shader brush, Derwent tinted charcoal pencils (Sunshine Pink & Slate) and 10 sheets of Magnani printmaking and drawing cotton paper. I’m very pleased and will be trying them out today. HAPPY NEW YEAR, Denise. A big ol’ hug to you!
Just had to pop in to wish you a very happy new year with lots of good health, love, fun and creativity to you and your family 🎉🥳 With lots of love and gratitude to you for being such an inspiration and awesome teacher 🙏💖
Happy New Year Denise, Glad you got your hands on some Marabou Art Crayons...I love them. Glad another viewer told you about them. Cool items to play around! Love your monthly art hauls!
Happy New Year Denise and everyone on the channel! Just got my sketch box, now I’ve seen you demonstrate the products, I am more excited than ever to try them. Thanks so much!
Denise, the little scrap piece you made was a perfect blended work of art! I had my January Sketchbox open on my desk while I watched your video and I immediately started playing with making marks with the ArtGraf. Instead of digging out one of my Catalyst wedges I can just use the art supply itself! Happiest of New Year's to you!
I add the kings art to a cutting board plastic and then use the blender to grab it off of the cutting board and apply to my surface which also includes stencils.
Happy New Year Denise,love that you're my first RUclips video watch of 2025.I love the Art Graf squares they are a staple for me,especially the white,I love the Marabu crayons,they are a different formulation to the gelatos(not a fan either).(Matt) P.s Hope my Sketchbox arrives soon,I took out a subscription,inspired by you,I agree they are so creative in how they curate them
Yay!! So glad I'm your start to 2025!! It is going to be a creative year!! I'm glad to hear that the gelatos are different and you don't like them either!! Happy New Year!! 🥳
Love the Art Graft colors! Sadly this month is “no art supplies January”. Not 12 hours in and my list for February 1st looks like the defense budget of a small nation. 😂 Keep finding the good stuff for us, Denise. Happy New Year!
I had another play with both of the sticks.. and I think I like the king art ones better than the other ones. Slightly more creamy, and seem a bit better with coverage. I love that the samples I did dried completely! 🤗
This sketchbox was one of my favorites. And it's funny, I have had these crayons and love them too. I find Gelatos are more dryer in texture. But 2 magical pieces. Happy New Year DL. Wishing you all the best in 2025. ❤
I gave the Gelatos away when I had them... I think a bit before this RUclips channel started... and I just didn't like them... now I kinda want them back so I can compare them 😂.. I really liked this box too... I didn't have those colors in the ArtGraf! Happy New Year!! 🥳
Oh yeah.. does kinda look like Queen Anns Lace too! I couldn't think of the plant names when I was filming. I just used that one in a spread I filmed today and I LOVED it!! Happy New Year!! 🥳
I bit the bullet and ordered the sketch box subscription. (Birthday month so I just got myself an early gift!) I just did three months to see if I will like it. I’ve seen several creatives and their unboxing in the past year so figured, why not.
Happy New Year Denise! Great haul as always. I've had the marabou and lord I can't recall if they dry permanent, I believe they do. Love how you used the stencils!
Hmm, those crayons looks fun. I gave my Tempera sticks away ... did not like the broad tip. But these are smaller. The Kingarts look like lovely colors. The new year of " No Buy Art Supplies" have not started yet. 😁😂🙃 Happy New year Denise!🤗🤗
Haha.. I don't feel like I can really do a no buy year since it is part of my business model to buy art supplies... but I do plan to cut back a bit this year... I'm still kinda surprised every time I find something I don't have! 😂 Happy New Year!! 🥳
Boro is an ancient way to repair fabric and clothes using a Sashiko style of stitching. I think those patterns are different Sashiko stitches. (P.s. I kinda liked the close up while you were creating!)
I love them too... but I hate to think that they will fade even in my closed book that gets little exposure to light. They are the perfect creaminess and I like that they are matte.
Scrolling around on Amazon I saw some Crayola Pearlescent Cream Sticks that looked kind of cool. There are only 10 in a package and the package says "Oil Pastel Alternative". I might have to try those.
Great video as usual. Thank you so much. I have all the sets of the Marabu sticks they are lightfast and water soluble and they are really good. Btw, can you tell me how long it took to receive your Ocean Paper watercolors?
It took quite a while to get my oceans paper sets... but the lady I saw using them a while back said it took her a while to get hers - so I just didn't worry about it. It eventually shipped. I guess they are on island time there. 🤗🤗🤗
Denise, what is the name of the stencil that looks like Queen Anne’s lace ? You called it a weed and I cannot find it on the stencil girl site. Thanks for your videos and for your infinite joy about art products.
It was a stencil club stencil - so it is only available on that stencil club page - it was the December club - they don't name those. I really liked it!
Denise, it looked like maybe the Maribu pastels dissolved better when wetted than the Kings Art. Is that what you found? Were you able to smudge either, and did they both dry with no residue like the tempera? And, was there a sheen or matte like tempera?
I just had another play with these. They both seemed to dissolve about the same. I didn’t care for that - so I probably won’t do that with these. They did not smudge the next day - completely dry. They are more of a satin finish when dry.
Were you referring to Gelatos as the ones you didn’t like? They usually have to be applied to a coated surface..like a gessoed surface or some marker papers. They don’t perform well on naked paper. Hope this helps.❤
Are the Mirabou watercolor crayons permanent and water resistant once they dry like the tempera sticks? I would love to find a way to use those to do narrower mark making.
They are watercolor crayons - and they say not water resistant, so I don’t think so. I think it is a good choice for a higher quality stick, but I do like how the tempera sticks dry fast and the colors. I just don’t like that they won’t last.
Yes!! Hemlock!! That is the one I was trying to think of! It is probably the queen annes lace though. I just used that stencil in a layout I filmed that is coming up and I loved it!
Hello Denise. Your absolutely the best teacher, fun, funny and normal😳🤣🤣🤣❤️
Thank you! That's so kind! 🤗🤗🤗
“I’ve moved everything so I can’t find it…”😂🤣That’s so me! Thank you!🎉❤😂
Hahaha! Lots of things are hiding from me now! 😂 I'll have to do a studio tour soon to show the changes!! Happy New Year!! 🥳
Sketch box is always a win, in my world.
Right? I agree 🤗
Gorgeous art, using the blender brushes with the stencils, genius!
'I've been organizing, so now I can't find anything' too relatable. This sketchbox is probably my favorite I've received. And those stencils are so nice, great choices.
That was a great sketchbox this time with those art graf! Happy New Year!! 🥳
The King Art gel
Sticks are my go to for mixed media to add pops of color. They are also awesome with water!
So glad you love those. I think I’m really going to enjoy them! 🤗
One of my best watercolors was painted on Fluid cold press. I love it.
Oh! Good to know! Thank you! Happy New Year! 🥳
Love your unboxing videos. You're very good at product description. And your stencil haul is awesome! The large stencil reminds me of Queen Anne's lace. Looking forward to seeing what you create with all the new stencils.
Thanks! I love that stencil too! I have a few ideas already for it! Happy New Year! 🥳
Oh, I do love your excitement! And what a great haul. I may need to wishlist those Art Graft squares. So yummy. Enjoy!
They're so great, right?! 🤩
I love the Taylor’s chalk too. ❤️ I have this set and they are great!
You’ve made me being more brave in my creating. Love those colors!!!
I’m so glad!! Thank you! 🤗🤗🤗
I've had those Marabu crayons for awhile. I LOVE how you used them thru the stencil with the brush !!!! I'm actually purging my huge craft room after 25 yrs. but am tempted with the Sketch Box subscription. I did get the Christmas box and will be playing with that today. You always inspire us.
Those worked great with the stencils!! I look forward to the Sketchbox each month. They are so creative in what they curate and how they work with vendors. Happy New Year!! 🥳
Dube stencil is a Carolyn Dube. Wonderful stencils and great tip using the blending brush. I may see if I still have my gelatos. They were my very first introduction to mixed media 13 years ago. Thanks Denise, I hope your new year is full of joy!
Ah! Cool. Thank you! Happy New Year!! 🥳
Those blending brushes saved my stencil work, much better for me than sponges. Yay! Thought I had all the art supplies I need until I saw those Kingart Gel Crayons. I was using pastels on top of stencils and it worked fine, but those crayons work much better and aren't going to fly away and smear. So, will order the crayons! Ha, ha! So fun to hear your excitement at opening art supply packages, as always! Thanks, Denise!
The Kingart Gel Crayons are fun - they make me want to get out my stencils too! I played with them again today on another project and noticed the pink I picked was a bit transparent… not exactly what I expected. The tempura paint ones are definitely more solid. Was just an interesting observation. I love the blending brushes too!! 🤗🤗🤗
1st vid of the new year, hot coffee, throwing the puppy her chew toy w/one hand & arting with the other til she poops out as the canny nanny for a week... Way to go! Ty.
Sounds like a great way to start the year! 🥳
After seeing this I’m really looking forward to receiving my Sketchbox this month and seeing just how many colors you can make with the MYB tailor’s chalks. I bet the earlier set will make good mix-ins if you want more muted colors, too. I’ve been away a while and am just about to binge the artful holidays videos - can’t wait! Happy New Year, Denise!
You’ll love the tailor’s chalk! And the darker ones would be perfect to mute them! Hope you enjoy Artful Holidays! Happy New Year! 🥳
I loved your art haul. I had tried pastels in a summer art class a long time ago and didn't enjoy them. The Kingart and Maribou look like winners. It was great to see the blender brushes again. I haven't gotten one yet. I also enjoyed the new stencil technique. Happy New Art Year Denise!
Thank you so much! Those Kingart crayons are really cool and I think the blender brushes are so worth it! Happy New Year! 🥳
I was Gifted the Marabú Crayons and am excited to try.
They are fun! And they completely dried by the next day and didn't smudge! 🤗
Added to the Stencil Girl stash...AGAIN, because I just got those Marabu crayons, too, & now I have to try what you demonstrated...AGAIN!!
Yes! Totally try it!! Worked out so good on mine. Happy New Year!! 🥳
Hi, Denise! I don't know if you thought of this, but what's exciting about the art crayons is they also work with oil and cold wax! Unlike oil pastels, you can use them at any stage of the painting since they dry. 😍
Oh wow! That's awesome! I didn't know that! 🤗
I’m glad you had an art haul to start the new year! I was curious to see what your Sketchbox had in it as I received my first one a few days ago. I just have the basic box but was very excited to get the blue Art Graf Tailor’s Chalk, especially after watching you use them recently. I also got: Holbein Artist Gouche (Iron Oxide Red), a Royal Majestic shader brush, Derwent tinted charcoal pencils (Sunshine Pink & Slate) and 10 sheets of Magnani printmaking and drawing cotton paper. I’m very pleased and will be trying them out today. HAPPY NEW YEAR, Denise. A big ol’ hug to you!
Sounds like you got some amazing goodies in your first Sketchbox! I think they are usually very similar... Happy New Year!! 🥳
These turned out beautifully! Very abstract!
Thank you! 🥰
Just had to pop in to wish you a very happy new year with lots of good health, love, fun and creativity to you and your family 🎉🥳 With lots of love and gratitude to you for being such an inspiration and awesome teacher 🙏💖
You're the best!! Thank you! Happy New Year!! 🥳
Happy New Year Denise, Glad you got your hands on some Marabou Art Crayons...I love them. Glad another viewer told you about them. Cool items to play around! Love your monthly art hauls!
I think those are going to be fun to experiment with!! So glad you love them. Thank you! Happy New Year!! 🥳
Happy New Year Denise and everyone on the channel! Just got my sketch box, now I’ve seen you demonstrate the products, I am more excited than ever to try them. Thanks so much!
Hope you have some fun with them!! Happy New Year!! 🥳
LOVE the whimsical waves stencil!!!
Ooh, AND the crayons with the stencils. I should wait until the end to comment. LOL
I love that waves one too!! It is cool! Happy New Year!! 🥳
I’m in love with kings art!!❤
Cool! I think I’ll love them too! 🤗
Denise, the little scrap piece you made was a perfect blended work of art! I had my January Sketchbox open on my desk while I watched your video and I immediately started playing with making marks with the ArtGraf. Instead of digging out one of my Catalyst wedges I can just use the art supply itself! Happiest of New Year's to you!
It was fun to play with! I'm glad you liked it! Happy New Year! 🥳
I add the kings art to a cutting board plastic and then use the blender to grab it off of the cutting board and apply to my surface which also includes stencils.
That sounds like a great technique! Thank you! 🥰.
Happy New Year Denise,love that you're my first RUclips video watch of 2025.I love the Art Graf squares they are a staple for me,especially the white,I love the Marabu crayons,they are a different formulation to the gelatos(not a fan either).(Matt) P.s Hope my Sketchbox arrives soon,I took out a subscription,inspired by you,I agree they are so creative in how they curate them
Yay!! So glad I'm your start to 2025!! It is going to be a creative year!! I'm glad to hear that the gelatos are different and you don't like them either!! Happy New Year!! 🥳
Love the Art Graft colors! Sadly this month is “no art supplies January”. Not 12 hours in and my list for February 1st looks like the defense budget of a small nation. 😂 Keep finding the good stuff for us, Denise. Happy New Year!
Hahaha! You crack me up.. only 12 hours in 😂... You sound like me!! Happy New Year!! 🥳
I love my kings art gel crayons 💪🏻
Cool! I think I’m going to love them too! 🤗
I love the King Art gel sticks! They are creamier than Gelatos, activate with water way better than Tempora paint sticks, and the colors are lovely.
I had another play with both of the sticks.. and I think I like the king art ones better than the other ones. Slightly more creamy, and seem a bit better with coverage. I love that the samples I did dried completely! 🤗
This sketchbox was one of my favorites. And it's funny, I have had these crayons and love them too. I find Gelatos are more dryer in texture. But 2 magical pieces. Happy New Year DL. Wishing you all the best in 2025. ❤
I gave the Gelatos away when I had them... I think a bit before this RUclips channel started... and I just didn't like them... now I kinda want them back so I can compare them 😂.. I really liked this box too... I didn't have those colors in the ArtGraf! Happy New Year!! 🥳
Great haul there, just might have to put those on my art list. The one stencil "weed" to to me looks like Queen Anns Lace. Love all the stencils.
Oh yeah.. does kinda look like Queen Anns Lace too! I couldn't think of the plant names when I was filming. I just used that one in a spread I filmed today and I LOVED it!! Happy New Year!! 🥳
I bit the bullet and ordered the sketch box subscription. (Birthday month so I just got myself an early gift!) I just did three months to see if I will like it. I’ve seen several creatives and their unboxing in the past year so figured, why not.
I think you're going to love it! 🤗
Happy New Year Denise! Great haul as always. I've had the marabou and lord I can't recall if they dry permanent, I believe they do. Love how you used the stencils!
I looked it up and it seems they do after 24 hours! So now I think I'll really like them! Thank you! Happy New Year!! 🥳
I also store things so perfectly that I can't find them when I need them HAHAHA!!
Hahaha! I have totally changed up all my storage and now lots of things are hiding!! 🙈😂 I'll do a studio tour soon to show it off!! 🤗
Hmm, those crayons looks fun. I gave my Tempera sticks away ... did not like the broad tip. But these are smaller. The Kingarts look like lovely colors. The new year of " No Buy Art Supplies" have not started yet. 😁😂🙃 Happy New year Denise!🤗🤗
Haha.. I don't feel like I can really do a no buy year since it is part of my business model to buy art supplies... but I do plan to cut back a bit this year... I'm still kinda surprised every time I find something I don't have! 😂 Happy New Year!! 🥳
I was so excited to see the Art Graf when I received my SketchBox and was waiting to see what you came up with🤭
P.S. Last year one of the SketchBoxes had a Marasu in it.
I was excited to see the artgraf!! I didn’t have those colors either! I don’t remember the Marabu in one of the boxes… wonder what I did with that? 🤔
Boro is an ancient way to repair fabric and clothes using a Sashiko style of stitching. I think those patterns are different Sashiko stitches. (P.s. I kinda liked the close up while you were creating!)
Oh cool! Thank you! Happy New Year!! 🥳
Nice art haul love the stencils. Happy New Year 😊❤
Thank you! Happy New Year! 🥳
I still love the tempera sticks because they dry quickly and don’t move with water. They are not water soluble, so I can add layers on top.
I love them too... but I hate to think that they will fade even in my closed book that gets little exposure to light. They are the perfect creaminess and I like that they are matte.
Are those crayons similar to neocolors?
I’d definitely use them in the same way as the neo color 2. They are more creamy kinda like a lip stick rather than a harder wax like the neo colors.
Scrolling around on Amazon I saw some Crayola Pearlescent Cream Sticks that looked kind of cool. There are only 10 in a package and the package says "Oil Pastel Alternative". I might have to try those.
Those sound interesting! 🎨🎨🎨
Great video as usual. Thank you so much. I have all the sets of the Marabu sticks they are lightfast and water soluble and they are really good. Btw, can you tell me how long it took to receive your Ocean Paper watercolors?
It took quite a while to get my oceans paper sets... but the lady I saw using them a while back said it took her a while to get hers - so I just didn't worry about it. It eventually shipped. I guess they are on island time there. 🤗🤗🤗
Denise, what is the name of the stencil that looks like Queen Anne’s lace ? You called it a weed and I cannot find it on the stencil girl site. Thanks for your videos and for your infinite joy about art products.
It was a stencil club stencil - so it is only available on that stencil club page - it was the December club - they don't name those. I really liked it!
I recently purchased the Faber Castell Gelato 's. Wondering if you have revisited them to compare with the King Rt crayons?
I don’t have mine anymore to compare them, I remember not liking them at all, so I might not bother trying them again. Happy New Year! 🥳
the stencil can be Queen Annes lace
Yeah - thats it! I couldn't think of the plant names when I was filming 😂
I love the flower stencil that you called a weed. I went online and could not find it at stencil girl.
It is stencil club on stencil girl. You can only buy club stencils from that club page.
@ Thank you for explaining how that works. ☺️
Denise, it looked like maybe the Maribu pastels dissolved better when wetted than the Kings Art. Is that what you found? Were you able to smudge either, and did they both dry with no residue like the tempera? And, was there a sheen or matte like tempera?
I’ll have to play around with them some more! 🤗
I just had another play with these. They both seemed to dissolve about the same. I didn’t care for that - so I probably won’t do that with these. They did not smudge the next day - completely dry. They are more of a satin finish when dry.
@ Thank you!
Were you referring to Gelatos as the ones you didn’t like? They usually have to be applied to a coated surface..like a gessoed surface or some marker papers. They don’t perform well on naked paper. Hope this helps.❤
I remembered it later in the video! 😂.. but I still think I don't like them... but now I wish I had kept them to really compare. Happy New Year!! 🥳
@ Happy New Year Denise! 🥰
I LOVE the mark making! Did the gel pens dry?
Yes! Completely dry and doesn’t smudge at all!
@ OH BOY! That opens so many cool ideas! Thank you
I’m definitely impressed and I really like these now that they dry and are lightfast! ☺️
@ yes. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and trials with us.
Boro is a Japanese Way of stitching small pieces of fabric together, very beautiful. Think the marks on the stencil is too image stitched.
Oh cool!! I really like that stencil too, so I'll have to get it out and play! Happy New Year!! 🥳
Is it Gelatos that your thinking about?
Yes! I remembered them later in the video. Happy New Year! 🥳
I think Boro refers to a type of stitching from Japan
Its cool! I used that one today on a video I filmed and I love how it worked out!!
👍😊
Thank you! 🥰
Are the Mirabou watercolor crayons permanent and water resistant once they dry like the tempera sticks? I would love to find a way to use those to do narrower mark making.
They are watercolor crayons - and they say not water resistant, so I don’t think so. I think it is a good choice for a higher quality stick, but I do like how the tempera sticks dry fast and the colors. I just don’t like that they won’t last.
I have the mirabou and once they are on the paper and dry they do not reactivate
@@emilykoch3104 Oh cool! Thank you!!
Are the sketch boxes always water color centered?
No. They do a variety of supplies. You can see past boxes on their site, or check my art hauls, I’ve unboxed it each month ☺️
That weed is called Queen Anne's Lace
Yes! Thats it.. I couldn't think of the plant names when i was filming 😂 ... I used it today on a video that i filmed today - and I love how it looks!
What’s the verdict? Did they dry completely?
Yes! They did dry. I think I’m going to like using them! 🤗
@ excellent! They are on my wish list….along with a few other things!
Maybe Gelatos???
Ahh, You don’t have to answer 😅😅😅
Haha! It came to me later in there! 🤗
Happy New new year 2025
Happy New Year to you too! 🥳
Those crayons dry overnight and then they don’t budge!
I was reading that! I love that!! Happy New Year! 🥳
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Thank you! 🥰
Happy 2025!
Happy New Year!! 🥳
The Marabu are rather expensive here in Canada - I wouldn't recommend them for the price/value.
Good to know!
The weed, Queen Annes Lace or Hemlock. Dont eat the Hemlock.
Yes!! Hemlock!! That is the one I was trying to think of! It is probably the queen annes lace though. I just used that stencil in a layout I filmed that is coming up and I loved it!