I have a video suggestion that u could do if you’d like; try listening to a song without words and paint what you “see” in your head when you listen to it. I tried it and it’s really fun and good for your brain.
I live in a very small town in the middle of the desert with no art stores to be seen for miles and miles. BUT we do have a Walmart. What I've discovered is Walmart online has lots of art supplies usually cheaper than Amazon and they do free pick up so I don't have to pay shipping. I just order online and pick up and my local neighborhood Walmart store. :D
Im the same way!! Small town in the middle of the desert,, no art stores but have a walmart. I sometimes order amazon,, but i find a lot of the same art supplies the Walmart site for cheaper,, plus most of it is free shipping, no prime to worry about
I neeeed to try those posca markers ahhh they're so pretty to look at haha. And speaking of - you look beautiful! Your hair looks so cute in a bun and your skin is FLAAAWLESS. I CANNOT get ahold of that illo sketchbook! I tried in December and they were all sold so now I need to check if they're back in stock! Edit: I just saw they aren't in stock in your description ahhh dammit >:( Edit edit: you just mentioned theyre sold out lol
Posca markers are great .. I just wasted half of my salary on those and I wanna buy more ... most markers are not even available here in Egypt so when I found them I was like "yessssss my babies come here !!!"
@@nourachann yeah, it's a bit hard to find something like copic markers or even posca markers here in Egypt, I'm struggling with that too because I'm from there :''
@@nourachann yeah, I actually thought about this, but I didn't really get around to any of their stores. I'm not really sure about where I can find them tho
Checked on the Illos the other day and they’re in stock again! They were out for months but now they’re back and with a new cute pocket size (at least in my area)
For a cheaper glass palette get a cheap glass picture frame of the size u desire and put a sheet white paper in it. You can see how the colors will appear on paper without wasting paper. Its easy to clean too. Love your videos mira. Thank you for posting them. Have very inspiring artistic day.
Omg I literally got ful, of joy when she showed the Squared sketchbook omg I wanted that so badly and you described my feelings it just makes u feel better to have it 😩❤️ your like a art sister
As an artist on a budget who had fell in love with watch RUclipsrs use copics I slowly built up a collection of spectrum noir pens. Really love using these, I also enjoy Arteza watercolor pencils. For both watercolor and dry application. Have just put in an order on Amazon uk as they have a sale on Arteza supplies, and decided to get some of the fineliners, think I seen them here first and thought they look amazing. :D
Don't be sorry for rambling! I love listening to you!💕🌹 i have a pentel signpen and its glorious!!! The nib is like no other nib I've had for a pen! Also I've just been using crayons for my sketchbook and surprisingly I like them! I always thought crayons were bad but they're not as bad as I thought! Also I've been using tombow twintone markers in my sketchbook and they are water based so they are kinda like watercolors!😊
Definitely not the only one about the hard cover haha I do it all the time also your so inspiring and your art is amazing and I love alk your videos and channel I wanted to know if u could try the studio 71 markers i got mine off Amazon and there way cheaper than most markers and they have brush tips ! Achohal based too . And I can't find many other opinions on them ..... I would love yours ! Also if you could find the numbering system for them that would be amazing !!! ♡Emma♡
emma s I have commented this so many times!! Sadly no one has noticed but I totally agree! I got mine and really want to see a review because there are not many videos on them. So glad I’m not the only one who wants to see a review on them
I'll give the Arteza 36 watercolor set a try, their cotton rag paper, the Bee watercolor paper, the Prima watercolor sets, the Pentel water brushes and the detail brushes from both Arteza and Virtuoso.
I really want that Illo and it's never freaking in stock! 😂😭 On Arteza, I was really impressed with their canvas paper for acrylic. I also picked up the Arteza detail brushes on your recommendation and got the gouache for Christmas and I love both. My favorite art tools often depend on my mood at the time and what I'm creating. Arches is glorious but expensive. And black Bristol is a favorite but dear in price and difficult to find!
Ohhh where do you usually find black bristol?! I've been looking for some!! I hope they restock the illo soon. I'm afraid I'm gonna run out of pages before they do haha
@@MiraByler I found both of mine on Amazon. Bee 9x12 and Bienfang 14x17. I painted a really gorgeous wolf on the Bee with gouache that just popped off the page. I haven't had a chance to try out the Bienfang yet though.
I have been painting since I was five and I’ve never forgotten how to do it and I have one watercolor set and I would love to buy more so I might look these up
I ordered the Lukas 48 watercolor set from Jerry’s and its fantastic, there are tons of skin tones and 9-11 blues (depending on if you decide to include the super dark Payne’s Grey and Indigo) and they are extremely vibrant, especially the Prussian Blue and Turquoise.
Omg, the leathery feel of a hardbound sketchbook is glorious! I've always just used the Canson XL Mixed Media, but I'm getting super tired of wire bound sketchbooks. So I've been perusing Amazon a lot lately for a nice hardbound book that can handle watercolor and gouache but has a decent size amount of paper. I just didn't want to burn through it super fast.
I'm weird, I prefer the spiral ones because I can fold it over, I can't fold the regular ones and it drives me nuts! Does it help you when it isn't spiral because you're left handed? I USE THAT SAME WATERCOLOR PAPER (the Bee paper)! I found it at Michaels and had 50% of coupons! My new favorite thing is my light box my parents got me on Amazon, it's called the Tracer and it's super helpful to be able to trace images onto my watercolor paper!
Creatively Revived I have the same problem. I only can use the spiral notebooks and stuff. But with your question if it’s easier to use one with out spirals for using your left hand. Well I can’t really say anything about it. But I’m left handed and just turn around the spiral notebook so the spiral is on the right side.
Hi to my fellow "Buckeye Nut"🤣 In my playlist you are one of the few I've labeled inspirational You Tubers!! I love your advice, cheerful mood & ability to be so funny too! This video was great as always. But our weather here has been dreadful. My dog & I want some sunshine. Enjoy your week🌞🦋
I really appreciate that this is all supplies avaliable on Amazon, because I live in the UK so the art supplies avaliable here are different, so online is way easier to find the same thing. :) Saying that, my favourite art supply is a set of Arteza acrylic paint tubes I got from an actual art shop (Cass Art in Brighton). I got them on sale in September because the shop has a sale for students (it's a artsy city, and although I'm not studying art I could still take advantage haha).
I’m also a Prima Junkie!! I have 6 palettes I think. I got my first one for my birthday two years ago and then immediately ordered 5 more🤣🤣 In addition to the classics, I have the odyssey, shimmering lights, decadent pies and I’m drawing a blank on the last two right now, but I’m DYING for the vintage pastels, essence, woodland and complexion ones too! The only bummer for me is that when I purchased my sets they didn’t have color names😕 I didn’t do anything smart like label them myself to keep track of them, and now they’re all mixed up and it’d probably be difficult to figure it all out; so I just created a different system for mine and arranged them into warms, cools, Earth tones, neutrals and metallics and that’s been a fun way to work w them as well! We basically have the exact same taste in supplies as I have most of what you’ve recommended here but I really want to try the posca pens too! One supply that I’d really love to recommend to you that I think you would LOVE is Holbein Acryla-Gouche. I mean, it’s incredible. The best of all the worlds and it’s just so beautiful. It takes a bit of getting used to at first coming from a more watercolor-centric learning process but I’ve been more and more excited to use them each time I break them out. I got the set of 12 5ml tubes for like 19.75 on amazon so they weren’t expensive at all! I know Holbein can be a bit pricier but this was so much cheaper than I expected and I’m so happy that I decided to try them out. One thing that has helped me tremendously w my learning curve while using them was making a homemade wet palette as they tend to dry REALLY quickly but I can keep my mixed paints for weeks this way w no issues at all.. ok no more rambling!! Thanks for another great video!!💖
Ahhh do you like the shimmering lights palette?! I’ve been wanting that and the vintage pastels as well. It’s nice to meet another prima junkie haha!! Also, YESSSS!! I’ve been dying to get some Holbein Acryla Gouache. It’s a bit out of my price range at the moment, but I’ve been setting a little bit aside so I can get a set!! So glad to hear you say good things about it
I have to be honest that it’s not my hands down favorite (I think that’s decadent pies) but there are a few really really beautiful colors in there that are worth having☺️💖 Some of them are super creamy and just gorgeous but a few have a really granular texture that doesn’t always give me exactly what I’m looking for but are still really valuable to have when creating landscapes etc. idk if my expectations were just a smidge too high due to my experiences w the other palettes but I’ll just say it’s not my fave as a whole BUT a couple of my fave colors came from it. I wish they had color names and numbers when I purchased them so I could tell you which ones they are but I really have no idea😅🤣 I hope you’re able to get your hands on the Holbein Acryla-Gouche soon! It’s life changing! A bit different to work with at first but once you get the hang of it I think you’ll love it.❤️ God bless I’m a rambler😅😭🤓😬
Thanks for showing these great deals. I just wanted to add since you are familiar with Arteza products there red H2O brushes are the best I've ever used. And have the best price I've ever seen. You get a set of 6 for around $ 14.00. Also, I have noticed other artist that have tried them think the same. So if you have not tried them you may want to give them a go. TFS
I love your videos, you're not afraid to geek out over art supply qualities, makes me realize I'm not alone :) (your moth paintings are seriously so cute!) Thanks for the reviews!
I will definitely be trying the posca pens and think I'll get some fine tips too! My fave art supply is my $10 Daler & Rowney Pencil Pallet from Walmart! It has an HB and a 2B graphite pencil, soft medium and hard charcoal pencils, a medium and soft charcoal stick, 2 paper blender stubs, a kneaded eraser, and sharpening board (sandpaper for charcoals)!!! I have dropped the graphite pencils literally over 100 times and have never broken even the fine point on the lead, let alone the actual wood of the pencil like I've done with so many other cheap ones! Plus, unless you're ridiculously talented, most artists NEED to draw some sort of sketch or outline, so you will literally constantly use this set. I use mine every single day! Granted I work predominantly in greyscale, but still! Thanks so much for sharing with us Mira, you're such a huge inspiration! I'm off to binge more of your vids and create some (master)pieces! P.s. I would LOVE to steal your style sometime! When I do work with color, I tend to gravitate towards similar pallets and styles as you so I think it would be really fun :)
You are definitely not alone about the sketchbook covers. It's like...look at me! I'm fancy! I want that prima complexion palette. I recently bought the 72 count Arteza watercolor pencil set. They are better than the Faber Castell pencils I have honestly. Lastly, there is never too much talking when it comes to art supplies! :)
Thanks for this video Mira. It’s so helpful to know what an artist has tried and really liked. Helps me figure out where to put my dollars. I asked for, and received, the 36 palette Arteza watercolors based on one of your videos and I LOVE them! I also bought the complete set of larger-tipped Posca paint pens after another of your vids. Again, loving them. I appreciate knowing I can trust your recommendations 😁
Gah - you totally sold me on the Illo Sketchbook and they are sold out until the end of February. But I’ve been looking for a great mixed media sketchbook and I’ve tested three or four and not found the one that’s my made my heart sing. Though, I love the spiral bound book versus a spine bound book because I like to flip the pages all the way around and I don’t paint/draw across the spine.
I have exactly the same sharpener, and I LOVE it! Edit: I've seen the different Gelly Roll colours at Michaels, but not in the art supplies section. I've only ever found them (and Uni-Ball Signo) in the scrapbook section. As for my favourite art supply, I'm currently obsessed with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils, but I recently tried a Marabu Graphix Aqua watercolour ink (came in December's premium Sketchbox) and now I really, REALLY want new drawing inks! lol.
Maybe you should try looking through book sections in thrift stores! My first sketchbook was a $2 red leather bound sketch book I got from a clarence section lol.
I love this type of video. I live in a small town. The only store I can get art supplies is at Joann fabrics. There prices are a bit higher in prices with most of there art supplies. I just got about 50$ worth of supplies and really didn't get much. So thanks for the video. Ps. I'm grateful we even have a art store around here. 🙂
Never be sorry for random rambling, lol. I love your rambling videos the best!😄 I really do love everything I have purchased from Arteza so far. Next I need the gouache. I also love the Pastel Dreams pallete. It really added something to my style of art. As for favorites that you might want to try, Daniel Smith wc is amazing!! I bought a turquoise that I add to every wc pallete. It granulates so beautifully. I buy so much stuff on Amazon, lol. I am definitely going to try the illo sketchbook and the pencil sharpener. And maybe the Bee wc paper. Oh, and Posca pens have been on my wishlist for a while thanks to you and Kasey Golden. Thanks for this video. I really appreciate finding out what your favorite art supplies are. Makes me feel more confident trying new supplies. 😊
Thanks for sharing, they have lots of art supplies at five below store... They have a nice little selection for a very low price check them out if you have one in your area... One of the stuff that I really buy at Amazon are sharpies color markers sometimes they are very cheap but I’ve been finding them at dollar tree and my local five below store.... And the posca markers I used them with a extra wide tips for graffiti tagging.... And they work really great...
I loved this! Thank you for the pencil sharpener recommendation. I need something like that! The M. Graham gouache is really fantastic. I'll have to grab a tube of their white. I have a couple of the colors they have available and they are so pleasant and rewet better than some of my Winsor & Newton paints. (I typically work from a dry palette.) A recommendation I have would be the Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Water-soluble pastels. They are so fun.
YES. I am not a fan of spiral sketchbooks to be honest. The paper is more free to shift around and thus it smudges pencils more easily than if it is a normal bound book. As for art supply recommendations....I don't do much in terms of traditional art, but I can say that the Zebra mechanical pencils are very well built, and cheep too! I got a two pack for one dollar at the Walmart near me. This little pack even came with some extra lead for when the pencils run out! Also, the Pigma Micron PN is a nice pen with an ever so slightly flexible nib. This makes it easier to control than the Pigma brush pens. The draw back on these, however, is that they don't allow for nearly as much variation in line thickness. For coloring, you can't go wrong with Ohuhus or Copics. I also like Crayola colored pencils because, why not?
Check out stillman and birn sketchbooks - I absolutely love them, did an inktober in their square one 270 gsm. I do choose hard cover spiral so I can fold it and etc and their regular bound ones kinda fold flat but illio is folding out flat so you can do like a one 2 page piece which isnt something I do often so i got like every one of their series sketchbooks - from each line lol...
You are such a delight I always enjoy your videos and when the once in a blue moon occasion happens that I do not love the piece you working on I love your process and respect your choices! I wish the Prima watercolors were a little more lightfast, someone else mentioned the Arteza 36 half pan pallet as a better quality paint, a student grade PLUS! I bought the Gouache, watercolor paper and Black paper, The acrylics from Arteze and the paint markers too! Wonderful Video Miranda, (Oh I am still loving my purchase of Snow! No buyers remorse and everyone should get one of your originals if they can!) Have a Grand Day! EDIT: you asked at the end for a recommendation(s) I love Mission Gold Watercolors and I want to get their Mission WHITE watercolors because they are supposed to be a Transparent/Opaque gouache hybrid! I have watched a few reviews but they are a bit pricey and I got the Arteza tubes so I will use those up before buying more!
WOW it sounds like you had a grand art haul!! That had to be so exhilarating to get all of that in the mail! And yay! So glad you're loving that picture. :D
Mira dear, EVERY video of yours inspires me to make art (ok, well maybe not those when you were exploring things with microscope obviously lol) and basically anything I see you're using that I haven't tried yet I'm like - oh gosh this looks so cool, I'd like to try that too! Which is bit of a problem because I live on the other side of the world and most of what you use I couldn't find here. Of course I could buy it on amazon as you say these are from there but the price plus the shipping probably wouldn't be that tempting. I still love to see these videos when you show your art supplies though :)
I love watching your videos. I gave an order arriving today of arteza fineliners and the fantasia colored pencils that you showed in another one of your videos. I was wondering though, I don't think I have ever heard you talk about fixative. I remember vaguely using it in high school but haven't given it much thought until lately. Do you use it?
I totally get the hardcover sketch book thing!! I use my spiral ones mainly when I have to take the artwork out. The nice hardcover ones just make me feel good about the art I'm doing. It feels less...messy? Sloppy? Idk lol I've really wanted to try the prima watercolors. I've seen a couple youtube artists use them but I've never used pan pallets before. I've always used watercolor pencils and tube watercolors. My greatest fear is buying them and then not using them at all. I do have the arteza gouache in my wishlist though! :)
I used to use tube watercolors as well, and I found my transition was easier by using a spray bottle to activate the pans. Still miss the tubes sometimes. What ones do you use? :)
@@MiraByler I use daler rowney. I know they are not the best but I bought them when I was first starting out and always liked how easy they were to blend with my better art materials (my fav being my prisma/ derwent watercolor pencils). I've been looking for better ones but kinda don't want to buy something pricey and regret it.
I love those Tombow Fudenosuke pens. Makes it so easy to get thin lines and thick lines without having to switch pens. I bought a 5 pack of the hard tips off Amazon not long ago. Really cheap too.
I nEEEED that pencil sharpener!!! I always sketch with Ticonderoga pencils, but they always break!!! I think I might buy it :3 Thank you for the awesome art supply tips!!
Did you also buy the pencil case on amazone, cuz mine is starting to wear off and I'm looking for a big transparent one so i can carry a little bit of everything and not have to look around for ages in darkness to find that one pencil x)
OK so I was looking for the best art supplies on Amazon and your video popped up first and I was like yo most viewed definitely gonna watch because I’m just that type of person anyways but she said she watches her in from drawing wiff waffles I nearly screamed
I know this is ancient, but if you still use glass palettes, it will save you money. Get glass cutting boards. I tape my watercolor paper to them, and have one about the size of yours, and I got a stack of five glass cutting boards, about 8x10 inches, for about twenty bucks.
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I have a video suggestion that u could do if you’d like; try listening to a song without words and paint what you “see” in your head when you listen to it. I tried it and it’s really fun and good for your brain.
My school system has this challenge every year for K-5th grade. I’ve won it before and it’s really fun!
I've been buying a lot of Arteza lately, I'm pretty impressed by the quality for the price. I want their metallic gouache!!
Whaaat!!! They have metallic gouache?!!!
@@MiraByler YASSS!! it's new!
What is guache? Sorry lol😂
@@crazilydavisly it's like a mix between acrylic paint and watercolors
@@saraelizabeth6576 ah cool thanks!!!💕
Her: I like getting my stuff online...
Everyone now: we have to get *all* of our stuff online
True 😩
Hello There!!!! Super true 🤪
And we still do 😑
I can't afford all them but love watching. and as almost deaf, thanks for the captions!
I live in a very small town in the middle of the desert with no art stores to be seen for miles and miles. BUT we do have a Walmart. What I've discovered is Walmart online has lots of art supplies usually cheaper than Amazon and they do free pick up so I don't have to pay shipping. I just order online and pick up and my local neighborhood Walmart store. :D
Renée Dixon thanks for the tip!
Im the same way!! Small town in the middle of the desert,, no art stores but have a walmart. I sometimes order amazon,, but i find a lot of the same art supplies the Walmart site for cheaper,, plus most of it is free shipping, no prime to worry about
I neeeed to try those posca markers ahhh they're so pretty to look at haha. And speaking of - you look beautiful! Your hair looks so cute in a bun and your skin is FLAAAWLESS. I CANNOT get ahold of that illo sketchbook! I tried in December and they were all sold so now I need to check if they're back in stock! Edit: I just saw they aren't in stock in your description ahhh dammit >:( Edit edit: you just mentioned theyre sold out lol
Posca markers are great .. I just wasted half of my salary on those and I wanna buy more ... most markers are not even available here in Egypt so when I found them I was like "yessssss my babies come here !!!"
@@nourachann yeah, it's a bit hard to find something like copic markers or even posca markers here in Egypt, I'm struggling with that too because I'm from there :''
@@rodyahmed6165 You can find Posa Markers in Samir and Aly stationary stores
@@nourachann yeah, I actually thought about this, but I didn't really get around to any of their stores. I'm not really sure about where I can find them tho
Checked on the Illos the other day and they’re in stock again! They were out for months but now they’re back and with a new cute pocket size (at least in my area)
I have a few artery products love them all. Love the twimarkers. And their gouache
Mira I love your energy and it just makes me so happy you exist and share your genuine self with the world 💛
Ahh thank you! 💜✨
For a cheaper glass palette get a cheap glass picture frame of the size u desire and put a sheet white paper in it. You can see how the colors will appear on paper without wasting paper. Its easy to clean too. Love your videos mira. Thank you for posting them. Have very inspiring artistic day.
This is such a genius idea!!! This needs to be an art hack video in and of itself! 😁
@@AnaReaps Well it's quite known among the painting community and basically in every hack Video. But whatssoever still a good thing to know
@@komorebi3803 i guess i just havent seen a lot of painting hack vids lol i work mostly with pencils but want to start branching out more.
@@AnaReaps Well that probably explains it , lol.
Anyways I wish you a great time and a lot of fun while trying out something new. :)
Also you should get a Koi watercolor travel kit
Omg I literally got ful, of joy when she showed the Squared sketchbook omg I wanted that so badly and you described my feelings it just makes u feel better to have it 😩❤️ your like a art sister
As an artist on a budget who had fell in love with watch RUclipsrs use copics I slowly built up a collection of spectrum noir pens. Really love using these, I also enjoy Arteza watercolor pencils. For both watercolor and dry application. Have just put in an order on Amazon uk as they have a sale on Arteza supplies, and decided to get some of the fineliners, think I seen them here first and thought they look amazing. :D
Oh gosh, I love the shirt that you are wearing! Floral designs are the best!
Yessss florals!! I have spring fever so badly, haha
I love the moth drawing you did with your Posca pens inside your sketchbook.
Don't be sorry for rambling! I love listening to you!💕🌹 i have a pentel signpen and its glorious!!! The nib is like no other nib I've had for a pen! Also I've just been using crayons for my sketchbook and surprisingly I like them! I always thought crayons were bad but they're not as bad as I thought! Also I've been using tombow twintone markers in my sketchbook and they are water based so they are kinda like watercolors!😊
I haven’t had a new sketchbook in forever I really want to try drawing in the square sketchbook
Definitely not the only one about the hard cover haha I do it all the time also your so inspiring and your art is amazing and I love alk your videos and channel I wanted to know if u could try the studio 71 markers i got mine off Amazon and there way cheaper than most markers and they have brush tips ! Achohal based too . And I can't find many other opinions on them ..... I would love yours ! Also if you could find the numbering system for them that would be amazing !!! ♡Emma♡
emma s I have commented this so many times!! Sadly no one has noticed but I totally agree! I got mine and really want to see a review because there are not many videos on them. So glad I’m not the only one who wants to see a review on them
Coming back to add............ *takes a breath*
"I'm an artist and I'm addicted to art supplies" 😊😆
I live in a remote part of Australia. We don’t have any art stores. Nearest is 550 miles away. I’ve become a friend of online shopping.
I'll give the Arteza 36 watercolor set a try, their cotton rag paper, the Bee watercolor paper, the Prima watercolor sets, the Pentel water brushes and the detail brushes from both Arteza and Virtuoso.
I have a very similar pencil sharpener that i got recently! But its a derwent brand! I love it so much! Those types of sharpeners are THE BEST
Yeeeeeees!!! 😃
Nice video! I think arteza is the Morphe of the art community
I like the sketchbooks that have a leather hardcover and still has the spiral
I really want that Illo and it's never freaking in stock! 😂😭
On Arteza, I was really impressed with their canvas paper for acrylic. I also picked up the Arteza detail brushes on your recommendation and got the gouache for Christmas and I love both. My favorite art tools often depend on my mood at the time and what I'm creating. Arches is glorious but expensive. And black Bristol is a favorite but dear in price and difficult to find!
Ohhh where do you usually find black bristol?! I've been looking for some!! I hope they restock the illo soon. I'm afraid I'm gonna run out of pages before they do haha
@@MiraByler I found both of mine on Amazon. Bee 9x12 and Bienfang 14x17. I painted a really gorgeous wolf on the Bee with gouache that just popped off the page. I haven't had a chance to try out the Bienfang yet though.
What an amazing array of advice. Thank you for taking time to add the links. I might give in to buying the pencil sharpener!
I have been painting since I was five and I’ve never forgotten how to do it and I have one watercolor set and I would love to buy more so I might look these up
All the products are so yum...thanks Mira and oh I love all your videos and your art is so soothing
I ordered the Lukas 48 watercolor set from Jerry’s and its fantastic, there are tons of skin tones and 9-11 blues (depending on if you decide to include the super dark Payne’s Grey and Indigo) and they are extremely vibrant, especially the Prussian Blue and Turquoise.
Omg, the leathery feel of a hardbound sketchbook is glorious! I've always just used the Canson XL Mixed Media, but I'm getting super tired of wire bound sketchbooks. So I've been perusing Amazon a lot lately for a nice hardbound book that can handle watercolor and gouache but has a decent size amount of paper. I just didn't want to burn through it super fast.
I'm weird, I prefer the spiral ones because I can fold it over, I can't fold the regular ones and it drives me nuts! Does it help you when it isn't spiral because you're left handed? I USE THAT SAME WATERCOLOR PAPER (the Bee paper)! I found it at Michaels and had 50% of coupons! My new favorite thing is my light box my parents got me on Amazon, it's called the Tracer and it's super helpful to be able to trace images onto my watercolor paper!
Creatively Revived I have the same problem. I only can use the spiral notebooks and stuff. But with your question if it’s easier to use one with out spirals for using your left hand. Well I can’t really say anything about it. But I’m left handed and just turn around the spiral notebook so the spiral is on the right side.
julia ME TOO
Omg! I love rin and, yes, that is her go to sketchbook!
Luv AMAZON, makes shopping and comparing prices so easy.
You need to try the Vintage Pastels pallet from Prima!!! It's so beautiful!
Hi to my fellow "Buckeye Nut"🤣 In my playlist you are one of the few I've labeled inspirational You Tubers!! I love your advice, cheerful mood & ability to be so funny too!
This video was great as always. But our weather here has been dreadful. My dog & I want some sunshine. Enjoy your week🌞🦋
I really appreciate that this is all supplies avaliable on Amazon, because I live in the UK so the art supplies avaliable here are different, so online is way easier to find the same thing. :)
Saying that, my favourite art supply is a set of Arteza acrylic paint tubes I got from an actual art shop (Cass Art in Brighton). I got them on sale in September because the shop has a sale for students (it's a artsy city, and although I'm not studying art I could still take advantage haha).
Nice, glad you posted this. I get most of my supplies on Amazon if they have it available.
Favorite watercolor paints are Qor watercolor I love them so much.
I am just starting out as an artist and I found this video very helpful
I’m also a Prima Junkie!! I have 6 palettes I think. I got my first one for my birthday two years ago and then immediately ordered 5 more🤣🤣 In addition to the classics, I have the odyssey, shimmering lights, decadent pies and I’m drawing a blank on the last two right now, but I’m DYING for the vintage pastels, essence, woodland and complexion ones too! The only bummer for me is that when I purchased my sets they didn’t have color names😕 I didn’t do anything smart like label them myself to keep track of them, and now they’re all mixed up and it’d probably be difficult to figure it all out; so I just created a different system for mine and arranged them into warms, cools, Earth tones, neutrals and metallics and that’s been a fun way to work w them as well!
We basically have the exact same taste in supplies as I have most of what you’ve recommended here but I really want to try the posca pens too!
One supply that I’d really love to recommend to you that I think you would LOVE is Holbein Acryla-Gouche. I mean, it’s incredible. The best of all the worlds and it’s just so beautiful. It takes a bit of getting used to at first coming from a more watercolor-centric learning process but I’ve been more and more excited to use them each time I break them out. I got the set of 12 5ml tubes for like 19.75 on amazon so they weren’t expensive at all! I know Holbein can be a bit pricier but this was so much cheaper than I expected and I’m so happy that I decided to try them out. One thing that has helped me tremendously w my learning curve while using them was making a homemade wet palette as they tend to dry REALLY quickly but I can keep my mixed paints for weeks this way w no issues at all.. ok no more rambling!! Thanks for another great video!!💖
Ahhh do you like the shimmering lights palette?! I’ve been wanting that and the vintage pastels as well. It’s nice to meet another prima junkie haha!!
Also, YESSSS!! I’ve been dying to get some Holbein Acryla Gouache. It’s a bit out of my price range at the moment, but I’ve been setting a little bit aside so I can get a set!! So glad to hear you say good things about it
I have to be honest that it’s not my hands down favorite (I think that’s decadent pies) but there are a few really really beautiful colors in there that are worth having☺️💖 Some of them are super creamy and just gorgeous but a few have a really granular texture that doesn’t always give me exactly what I’m looking for but are still really valuable to have when creating landscapes etc. idk if my expectations were just a smidge too high due to my experiences w the other palettes but I’ll just say it’s not my fave as a whole BUT a couple of my fave colors came from it. I wish they had color names and numbers when I purchased them so I could tell you which ones they are but I really have no idea😅🤣
I hope you’re able to get your hands on the Holbein Acryla-Gouche soon! It’s life changing! A bit different to work with at first but once you get the hang of it I think you’ll love it.❤️ God bless I’m a rambler😅😭🤓😬
Thanks for showing these great deals. I just wanted to add since you are familiar with Arteza products there red H2O brushes are the best I've ever used. And have the best price I've ever seen. You get a set of 6 for around $ 14.00. Also, I have noticed other artist that have tried them think the same. So if you have not tried them you may want to give them a go. TFS
Love them but I love you mostly 💖
I love your videos, you're not afraid to geek out over art supply qualities, makes me realize I'm not alone :) (your moth paintings are seriously so cute!) Thanks for the reviews!
I will definitely be trying the posca pens and think I'll get some fine tips too! My fave art supply is my $10 Daler & Rowney Pencil Pallet from Walmart! It has an HB and a 2B graphite pencil, soft medium and hard charcoal pencils, a medium and soft charcoal stick, 2 paper blender stubs, a kneaded eraser, and sharpening board (sandpaper for charcoals)!!! I have dropped the graphite pencils literally over 100 times and have never broken even the fine point on the lead, let alone the actual wood of the pencil like I've done with so many other cheap ones! Plus, unless you're ridiculously talented, most artists NEED to draw some sort of sketch or outline, so you will literally constantly use this set. I use mine every single day! Granted I work predominantly in greyscale, but still!
Thanks so much for sharing with us Mira, you're such a huge inspiration! I'm off to binge more of your vids and create some (master)pieces! P.s. I would LOVE to steal your style sometime! When I do work with color, I tend to gravitate towards similar pallets and styles as you so I think it would be really fun :)
You are definitely not alone about the sketchbook covers. It's like...look at me! I'm fancy!
I want that prima complexion palette. I recently bought the 72 count Arteza watercolor pencil set. They are better than the Faber Castell pencils I have honestly. Lastly, there is never too much talking when it comes to art supplies! :)
Thanks for this video Mira. It’s so helpful to know what an artist has tried and really liked. Helps me figure out where to put my dollars.
I asked for, and received, the 36 palette Arteza watercolors based on one of your videos and I LOVE them! I also bought the complete set of larger-tipped Posca paint pens after another of your vids. Again, loving them.
I appreciate knowing I can trust your recommendations 😁
Ahh yay I’m so glad you like them!! I was pleasantly surprised with the Arteza palette when I first tried it. The pigment is wonderful!! 😁
This was so helpful! Btw you are gorgeous!❤️
Thank you so much I’m trying to save money for art supplies 😀
Me wanting a switch lite for my bday but now I want art supplies
Gah - you totally sold me on the Illo Sketchbook and they are sold out until the end of February. But I’ve been looking for a great mixed media sketchbook and I’ve tested three or four and not found the one that’s my made my heart sing. Though, I love the spiral bound book versus a spine bound book because I like to flip the pages all the way around and I don’t paint/draw across the spine.
It is so hard to find a good mix media sketchbook! I feel your pain! I hope you can get an illo when they're back in stock!
Your so lucky to be able to live near art stores even if Amazon is cheaper. The nearest art/craft store to me is Hobby Lobby and its an hour away.
Prismacolor color-erase my favorite!
I have exactly the same sharpener, and I LOVE it!
Edit: I've seen the different Gelly Roll colours at Michaels, but not in the art supplies section. I've only ever found them (and Uni-Ball Signo) in the scrapbook section. As for my favourite art supply, I'm currently obsessed with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils, but I recently tried a Marabu Graphix Aqua watercolour ink (came in December's premium Sketchbox) and now I really, REALLY want new drawing inks! lol.
Yes hardcover, leather sketchbooks are so much more fancy!!! I should know ... I don't own any because I'm poor!!! :'(
Maybe you should try looking through book sections in thrift stores! My first sketchbook was a $2 red leather bound sketch book I got from a clarence section lol.
You do such beautiful art pieces, im so happy to be a subscriber. Keep up the good work!
my arteza watercolours arrive tomorrow! I'm so glad you liked them, I took a risk!
Ahh, yay! I hope you like them. They're so nice!
I love this type of video. I live in a small town. The only store I can get art supplies is at Joann fabrics. There prices are a bit higher in prices with most of there art supplies. I just got about 50$ worth of supplies and really didn't get much. So thanks for the video. Ps. I'm grateful we even have a art store around here. 🙂
New subscriber. I love Arteza and Prima myself seriously can't get enough. I can't wait to try one of those sketchbooks Thank you for sharing.
The tombow pen is called the Tombow Fudenoske. There ya go!
I have a set of arteza professional grade pencils and I love them :3
Never be sorry for random rambling, lol. I love your rambling videos the best!😄
I really do love everything I have purchased from Arteza so far. Next I need the gouache. I also love the Pastel Dreams pallete. It really added something to my style of art.
As for favorites that you might want to try, Daniel Smith wc is amazing!! I bought a turquoise that I add to every wc pallete. It granulates so beautifully.
I buy so much stuff on Amazon, lol. I am definitely going to try the illo sketchbook and the pencil sharpener. And maybe the Bee wc paper. Oh, and Posca pens have been on my wishlist for a while thanks to you and Kasey Golden. Thanks for this video. I really appreciate finding out what your favorite art supplies are. Makes me feel more confident trying new supplies. 😊
Ahh I’m glad you mentioned Daniel Smith! I’ve been wanting to try those watercolors, so it’s a relief to hear people say good things about them. :)
i do need these since i only draw with paper and pencils
love these recommendations!
Amazing video!! It was really helpful to see your art supplies recommendations!! Thanks for the video!
I like the Bee paper too!!
Thanks for sharing, they have lots of art supplies at five below store...
They have a nice little selection for a very low price check them out if you have one in your area...
One of the stuff that I really buy at Amazon are sharpies color markers sometimes they are very cheap but I’ve been finding them at dollar tree and my local five below store....
And the posca markers I used them with a extra wide tips for graffiti tagging....
And they work really great...
I loved this! Thank you for the pencil sharpener recommendation. I need something like that!
The M. Graham gouache is really fantastic. I'll have to grab a tube of their white. I have a couple of the colors they have available and they are so pleasant and rewet better than some of my Winsor & Newton paints. (I typically work from a dry palette.)
A recommendation I have would be the Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Water-soluble pastels. They are so fun.
YES. I am not a fan of spiral sketchbooks to be honest. The paper is more free to shift around and thus it smudges pencils more easily than if it is a normal bound book. As for art supply recommendations....I don't do much in terms of traditional art, but I can say that the Zebra mechanical pencils are very well built, and cheep too! I got a two pack for one dollar at the Walmart near me. This little pack even came with some extra lead for when the pencils run out! Also, the Pigma Micron PN is a nice pen with an ever so slightly flexible nib. This makes it easier to control than the Pigma brush pens. The draw back on these, however, is that they don't allow for nearly as much variation in line thickness. For coloring, you can't go wrong with Ohuhus or Copics. I also like Crayola colored pencils because, why not?
Check out stillman and birn sketchbooks - I absolutely love them, did an inktober in their square one 270 gsm. I do choose hard cover spiral so I can fold it and etc and their regular bound ones kinda fold flat but illio is folding out flat so you can do like a one 2 page piece which isnt something I do often so i got like every one of their series sketchbooks - from each line lol...
Love your videos 😉❤️
Only issue with the Illo sketchbook is that the paper isn’t acid free.
What do you mean by acid?
shadowseer07 What do you mean?
Glass pallet hack go to your local dollar tree or dollar store get yourself a picture frame with glass of any size works good and cheeper too
You are such a delight I always enjoy your videos and when the once in a blue moon occasion happens that I do not love the piece you working on I love your process and respect your choices! I wish the Prima watercolors were a little more lightfast, someone else mentioned the Arteza 36 half pan pallet as a better quality paint, a student grade PLUS! I bought the Gouache, watercolor paper and Black paper, The acrylics from Arteze and the paint markers too! Wonderful Video Miranda, (Oh I am still loving my purchase of Snow! No buyers remorse and everyone should get one of your originals if they can!) Have a Grand Day! EDIT: you asked at the end for a recommendation(s) I love Mission Gold Watercolors and I want to get their Mission WHITE watercolors because they are supposed to be a Transparent/Opaque gouache hybrid! I have watched a few reviews but they are a bit pricey and I got the Arteza tubes so I will use those up before buying more!
WOW it sounds like you had a grand art haul!! That had to be so exhilarating to get all of that in the mail! And yay! So glad you're loving that picture. :D
I really like ur shirt!
Thank you!
i literally read " ur like rlly sh**" haha lol sorry
Mira dear, EVERY video of yours inspires me to make art (ok, well maybe not those when you were exploring things with microscope obviously lol) and basically anything I see you're using that I haven't tried yet I'm like - oh gosh this looks so cool, I'd like to try that too! Which is bit of a problem because I live on the other side of the world and most of what you use I couldn't find here. Of course I could buy it on amazon as you say these are from there but the price plus the shipping probably wouldn't be that tempting.
I still love to see these videos when you show your art supplies though :)
The arteza watercolor tin has also been sold out for over a month on their website.
I only buy hardbound sketchbooks cause they make me feel cool I’m ngl
I love watching your videos. I gave an order arriving today of arteza fineliners and the fantasia colored pencils that you showed in another one of your videos.
I was wondering though, I don't think I have ever heard you talk about fixative. I remember vaguely using it in high school but haven't given it much thought until lately. Do you use it?
Great job love you videos you are soo talented
Thanks!! :)
I got Faber-Castell watercolor pencils I can’t wait till Monday
My michaels has Gelly Roll pens but they’re in the scrapbooking/papercrafting aisles!
Ohhh that’s good to know!
Posca pens are the best
Agreed!
They are amazing.
You inspired me to do art
I totally get the hardcover sketch book thing!! I use my spiral ones mainly when I have to take the artwork out. The nice hardcover ones just make me feel good about the art I'm doing. It feels less...messy? Sloppy? Idk lol I've really wanted to try the prima watercolors. I've seen a couple youtube artists use them but I've never used pan pallets before. I've always used watercolor pencils and tube watercolors. My greatest fear is buying them and then not using them at all. I do have the arteza gouache in my wishlist though! :)
I used to use tube watercolors as well, and I found my transition was easier by using a spray bottle to activate the pans. Still miss the tubes sometimes. What ones do you use? :)
@@MiraByler I use daler rowney. I know they are not the best but I bought them when I was first starting out and always liked how easy they were to blend with my better art materials (my fav being my prisma/ derwent watercolor pencils). I've been looking for better ones but kinda don't want to buy something pricey and regret it.
Which watercolor pallets would y'all recommend for a begjnner? Both seem great.
I would recommend both!! Haha
I love those Tombow Fudenosuke pens. Makes it so easy to get thin lines and thick lines without having to switch pens. I bought a 5 pack of the hard tips off Amazon not long ago. Really cheap too.
I'd really like to see you try out the Arteza gel pens! Love watching you "art!"
I nEEEED that pencil sharpener!!! I always sketch with Ticonderoga pencils, but they always break!!! I think I might buy it :3 Thank you for the awesome art supply tips!!
I also love the Prima palettes and have started collecting them - have you tried the Arteza water brushes? I am very impressed by them
The Prima watercolors are sooooo nice! I wish I could get the pastel palette. I use pastels a lot.
Edit: only 19 US dollars?!?! That is great! :>
9:10 omg I had something when I was a child **y** aaaah I loved this sharpener sooo much
Now i wanna play art :D
Hi Miranda! Hope you had fun tubing
I did! I hope we all do that again!! I hope you had fun too
If you enjoy watercolors, I recommend the Arteza Watercolor Pencils 😍 they are so... Perfect! I really love them.
You’re awesome!!!!
Did you also buy the pencil case on amazone, cuz mine is starting to wear off and I'm looking for a big transparent one so i can carry a little bit of everything and not have to look around for ages in darkness to find that one pencil x)
The illo sketchbooks are on preorder if you go to their site directly. You save 15% for preordering and they ship this month! I snagged me a couple.
Yay!!
OK so I was looking for the best art supplies on Amazon and your video popped up first and I was like yo most viewed definitely gonna watch because I’m just that type of person anyways but she said she watches her in from drawing wiff waffles I nearly screamed
Still man n birn is a great sketch book
I know this is ancient, but if you still use glass palettes, it will save you money.
Get glass cutting boards. I tape my watercolor paper to them, and have one about the size of yours, and I got a stack of five glass cutting boards, about 8x10 inches, for about twenty bucks.
Thanks for the tip!! This is really helpful!
OMG I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS