Chatting about new art supplies from NAMTA-Creativation (art materials trade show) w/ Becca Hillburn
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- Опубликовано: 20 апр 2024
- Today we are speaking with Becca Hillburn. She is the author and illustrator of the comic 7" Kara, an art teacher, and art supply reviewer! She attended the NAMTA/Creativation Art Materials Trade Show a couple of weeks ago and is here to update us on new products and trends in the industry. Also, there is a lot of geeking out about art supplies! I hope you enjoy this friendly art chat!
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This so causal and informative Lindsay. You and Becca chatted like ‘ besties at an artist’s sleepover’, thank you!💜✨🤩
Yay! Thank you!
I watched Becca’s tour of the art s and crafts exhibition and really enjoyed what she had to say because I trust her to be honest ❤. Great interview ladies🎉
I agree!
Love Becca! thanks for having her on Lindsay.
Our pleasure!
Co-sign! I discovered Becca from her recent guest appearance & have been enjoying it since!
I love this in-depth insiders’ conversation. I’m awed by the depth of knowledge & experience!
This was a nice conversation. I always check for a review from Lindsay. She doesn't bash products and will say who a product might be for. I trust her values and ethics.
Thanks 😊
Becca is so fun! The two of you together is great! I loved hearing about the art trade show! Thanks Lindsay for another great podcast!
Our pleasure!
I wonder if people forgot that we are, and have been, in a recession for a while now. With Covid and everything, I think people adjusted as if it was a new normal. But it’s not. Or it shouldn’t be. We as consumers have such a lower buying power today compared to just 10-20 years ago. I appreciate that RUclipsrs are trying to be less consumption driven and more mindful about the products they use and show. That said, I’m so happy that we can use people like Lindsay as a resource to help us get not just the best bang for our bucks but the RIGHT bang. She and people like her are our advocates and shepherds on the creative road.
Thank you.
Aww, thank you so much!
Here here!! I agree
Great conversation! I appreciate the honesty and integrity of you both.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved it to the last minute! So fun to listen to you two geek out about the art supply world!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a fun video! Loved the interplay between you both!
Yay, thank you!
This was so interesting to watch, and I enjoyed hearing how you both shared your experiences in the world of art! Thank you so very much.😊🤗
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve really enjoyed the conversation today! Thank you so much!
So glad!
I love Becca Hillburn! She's so well spoken, honest and intelligent....fantastic podcast Lindsay! I love listening to these while making paint or while organizing and cleaning my studio or while making art (or like my husband refers to it😊)...
Keep em coming. Thanks for sharing and much love❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really enjoyed listening, thanks Lindsay and Becca!
Our pleasure!
Awesome interview. It look three times to finish this pod cast…but I couldn’t wait to get back to it! Keep ‘‘em coming 🥰
Glad you enjoyed it!
this was a great video i watched it all ,i could talk art all day if i could.thank you both for all you share
Glad you enjoyed it
Glad you’re using your journalist skills. So enjoyable to watch and learn.
Thank you so much!
Very nice interview. You both gave me so much information. I learned about things I never even thought of. It's nice to see how the art industry works. It is amazing to see how many brands of supplies we have today as apposed to what I had to choose from in 1974-1977.
Our pleasure!
Fascinating - Thank you :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Looking forward to watching the videos I have missed.
More to come!
Love this ❤
Thanks!
Hi, Lindsay. Thank you for your video. ❤
You are so welcome!
Oh this is great! Thanks so much Lindsay, Ive been always been checking up on this event for years now. Looking forward to all the scoop!
Why since they don't sell to individuals? Why would you care?
@@phillipstroll7385 Because the CHA, later Creativation was where all the big innovation and future products for the year were presented and of course those products were going to be sold later to individuals at the stores. So every year, I would connect to crafters and artists that went there and would video themselves there and they would inform the rest of us who cannot go (I live in Spain, it was too far and costly for me). You then knew which things to look forward to for the rest of the year. Also there were usually great demos being held, Its how I first knew of Tim Holtz for example, because of his demos that were recorded and then posted on social media. SO yeah, of course we care about that event and what they do there. It was (still is I believe) the biggest event of the scrapbooking/journal/crafter world. At least for me it was 🙂 I would literally tell friends to not bother me that weekend at certain hours since I was watching all the LIVES from there 😀 Does anybody remember that marvellous year where so many people were using periscope? It was as if we were literally there.
You're so welcome!
You could see demos of new products and learn new techniques and learn about what was coming out during the year so you could think about what you might want to try.
I can't believe you kept going for nearly three hours! I watched this one in stages between Sunday night and last night.
Becca is a really interesting person.
She really is!
This was very interesting ! I made it to the end…. Thank You !
Awesome! Thank you!
This has been my fave of these interviews so far! Anyway- the Qor palettes- I got the intensity on Ebay (legit, new, unopened) for $19.99 like 4 months ago. I think its similar to the ones you found.
I bet it is! Great price and thank you!
Hullo Lindsay & Becca! Sweet re-visit video. I just wanted to mention that I have skipped the first several ads as they were 45 minutes to over an hour long! I am wondering if this video being almost 3 hours long is attracting longer Ads? Well I was wanting to watch the video that Lindsay posted so I only watched a couple of ads so far at 30 minutes in. Thanks Lindsay for chatting with Becca again so soon as I watched her video on the show and I believe that she remembered more with your prompting! Ok back to the video…
Yikes. Please skip those long ones! That may signal youtube not to show them here!
I enjoyed listened while painting iris'. Great show!
Glad you enjoyed it!
It is so nice and VERY informative to hear a real artist point of view! I'm a paper crafter that dabbles in markers and paints.
Paper crafters are 100% real artists:) glad it was helpful:)
This was entertaining and informative! Love the conversation:) I got so much done while listening/watching. On the subject of hauls, I never feel like yours are hauls, Lindsay. Yours feel like you’re sharing products that you are interested in, and I trust your opinion. I’ve unsubscribed and asked RUclips to not recommend channels to me because of some channels’ haul videos. Some just seem like mindless purchases for the sake of having a haul video or free products that then feels more like an advertisement for a company or a product, and that is not my style. I’m a newish subscriber to Becca’s channel, but I haven’t seen anything from her that feels like that either.
She is as genuine as they come!
The Merri Artist is in McMinnville
Oregon , hands down best small art store ever!❤❤❤ I think you mentioned them!
Yes! I've ordered a few times, great prices, great oriduct, great service!
Lindsay, your year of favorites resonates so strongly with my art goals to use what I have, to "shop at home!" I have pan pastels, oil pastels, soft pastels, the list goes on and on. Having fresh video content leveraging these products is SO HELPFUL to inspire us afresh is wonderful!
I'm so glad!
Lindsey, I did get Stabilo woody, it seems like the stars on wooden barrels are lightfast rating. I do have Neocolor 2 but I loove the thick barrels of woody and the color selection of the basic set is rather lovely. I just ordered 5 pastel shades with sharpener, because the speed I am using the woodys I will soon need a sharpener. When I saw them in Muller, I had to try them. 😂😂😂😂 Again I blame Lindsey for enabling me. or better to say, this time I did make my hubby buy me the supplies 😂😂😂😂
Lol! I'm surprised I didn't scare people away from them!
@@thefrugalcrafter not me, I am triggered with bad reviews almost as much as with the good reviews 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
I was at Creativation with Erin Reed Makes, and we filmed LOTS of booths.
Thanks for the heads up!
I completely agree with the idea that Copic is almost sabotaging ITSELF on PURPOSE in response to these other markers.
Speaking of Winsor and Newton Professional paints, they do have some unique pigments. I really love the Magnesium Brown PY119...so they are a great reliable company. I know this is a rather odd comment, but you were talking about them.
Thanks for the info! I hope they don't mess with the Profesional watercolor line like they have with other products.
Interesting, I wonderful if it is similar to the Py119 from Schmincke Horadam. I have to admit that I bought this color a while ago, but rarely used it. 😅
I love the quality of all my Karin products.
Good to know!
Is the earth paint you're thinking of, Lindsay, maybe the DecoEarth acrylic paint that is made of recycled house paint?
Yes! That's the one! Deco Art has a lot new interesting stuff!
I have 3 Epson EcoTank printers and they are super cheap to use. My ET-2750 prints fabulous photos, and there is a higher priced actual photo printer too. Also, Target around here still takes empty ink cartridges.
my eco tank won’t print on anything but printer paper. It won’t accept card or photo paper and even rejects some brands of printer paper. I love the low ink consumption but hate how much it has limited me in terms of printing possibilities. With my previous cheapo Canon i was even able to print onto canvas…
I have heard mixed reviews. I like the quality if my Epson but it eats the cartridges. I wish I could add a eco tank to it. I'll see if my local target takes the cartridges. Thanks!
Store brands of both Michael's, Artist loft brand & Hobby Lobby, Master Touch brand are not the best. It's so difficult to find quality supplies.
They both became craft stores.
Is there a product you recommend in the store brands? I've found the store brands hit or miss. Some decent and others low quality or identical to what's on amaxon for 1/3 the price. Store brand brushes are often good tho because they are made by good brush companies. I've liked michaels brand cardstock and paper but I haven't tried many paints because I've been burned by store brand paint before. Let us know what's good please:)
@thefrugalcrafter I'm just remembering when you could go to these stores & get better quality items. It seems that in our area of Ohio, they just push the store brands. Zero watercolor journals.
At least I have a Dick Blick about an hour away.
You need to buy a epson ecotank or cannot, they are 250 to 300 dollars, but when I looked at ink cartridge refills today it was like 30 dollars for 1 black cartridge and 37 for the color, if you have a 60 to 100 dollar printer you have literally bought the expensive printer with one ink refill. Just a suggestion. I've been window shopping for like a year trying to decide what the best option is, I believe that is the best way to go.
Epson eco tank printer was a game changer for me.
Good to know!
Which means you buy the printer ink in bottles and refill the tanks with Epson branded in and it is very affordable
@@lyndalseaton9777 yes, my colleague is making a book, monography, of his complete work. he is preparing concept for graphical designer. I printed 20 pages in full color (4 photos per page) and my ink has decreased maybe like few milimeters. previously I had Canon Pixma. I had to order set of cartriges 2 or 3 times a year and I only printed like few pages here and there. eco tank I use all the time. it has sooo economical ink tanks.
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You made a very good point- you've been getting free stuff for so long- its not a factor. I do believe this. IN FACT- your Swedish study you mentioned in sat chat... it didn't really apply to the example you were talking about hehehe but it does apply to this. You probably weight things you pay for higher because you literally invested in it. Actually maybe the example isn't the same here haha. But it was interesting to hear that study and all of that value thinking we humans do.
It really is!
Weh, my first comment got eaten by the filter!
Anyway. So. While at NAMTA, I believe the things that were new from Golden (re: 1:54:34 ) that Becca forgot are their new online paint mixing preview tool, as well as them having the YInMn blues in oil, watercolor, and acrylic on their website. I might also be missing something, that whole event was a LOT to geek out over!!
Thanks for sharing!
@@thefrugalcrafter of course! 😁
It was good to listen to this episode; I think Becca really did a good job of capturing several of the highlights of what we saw!
(And the Holbein/Maxon connection was so exciting to hear about in person!)
@@kinnokitsune sounds like you both had a blast!
I was a Creativation...lots of neon and color changing inks.
Ohh. What are color changing inks? Do you mean duochrome or interference colors?
Interference inks
OMG. Is Becca from NC? She mentioned being in Cheap Joe's Asheville....
She visited there, she I in Louisiana:)
Jerry's Artarama currently only sells 100 colors of the Artfinity Alcohol inks not enough ink refills to fill all 300 colors of their Artfinity alcohol markers currently.
Good to know and thanks for clarifying the marker name!
I watched the whole thing and enjoyed your conversation a lot! I’m really curious what happened with the hour long Holbein stop, Becca, because I like the products I have of theirs, admittedly not too many, but if they became more common in the US I think it would be a good thing. Anyway, Lindsay, you’re an art legend for good reasons, and Becca, I think I’ll remember what you said about Louisiana in March (from Minnesota). Thank you!
Thanks!
LINDSAY…….if you’ve never done instant ink, I pay 13 a month and I print files to make folios and they use tons of ink but I get 300 pages a month and you can definitely print photos, in Fact with an HP Tango printer I think you can print photos for free( they don’t count towards your page counts so you could print your pictures all day, also I went on hp instant ink and now they even have a toner subscription and the cost is 13 dollars for 400 pages a month, of course there are cheaper prices for lower pages and you can fluctuate your pages every month plus they use a roll over page count too!! I would DEFINITELY try it if you haven’t yet!!
Good to know!
Frito Lay is owned by Pepsi!
Interesting!
I feel I am forced to buy from Amazon as I don’t know where to go to buy art supplies especially quality supplies.
I have had terrible experiences at Etsy, they are a last resort vendor for me.
I wish Dick Blick and Cheap Joe’s had a catalog as I would buy new items if I knew about neat things! I realize the cost would be prohibitive, but an e-catalog would work.
I love haul videos still as they often have things I am not aware of, Influencers seem to apologize for hauls..don’t! I am responsible for what I spend! Haul videos are informative to me.
I love tutorials, but Influencers seem to think the consumers does not like tutorials….I do.
Thank you! BTW you can request a printed catalog from Blick. The big catalog comes out once a year and it's a great resourse!
I have gotten paper catalogs from Blick’s, Cheap Joes, Jerry’s Artarama as well! They all have digital catalogs too! The best gathering of products is their websites!
The Prismacolor brand has sadly been getting more and more cheapened for years now. It's unfortunate...but when a large corporate biz, like Newell, who has owned Prismacolor and a number of other well known brands for years, the corporate grab & squeeze for profit wins over about everything else, even if it's a legacy product, which Prismacolor definitely is. I think Newell must be leading the brand to appeal more to hobbyist and impulse buyers and out the fine arts market? If they ever do the "sets only" thing to their color pencils, (which would be stupid) that'll be the end for Prismacolor color pencils as a preferred brand by many millions of customers. I hope they don't ever go THAT far. Fingers crossed 🤞
I hope so too! Prismacolor, and Winsor & Newton have been trading on their name a bit too much with some of their recent moves. I hope they turn those ships around before its too late.
I don't know, maybe there's something wrong with me, but I take money from wherever I can, and speak my mind anyway... it doesn't work great for me from the financial point of view, since this behaviour is not what is expected of me... what I'm trying to say is that I don't mind whether you're being paid or not - people are not idiots and they can tell when you're pushing the bulshit... that's why I watch you guys. So you need to decide whether it affects you or not. The woodys were the same price per pencil as was polychromos about 10nyesr ago in central Europe.
Thanks for your point of view:)
The absolute best advent calendar that I got was kind of pricey, but pretty amazing and worth the price. It was more crafty, journaling, multi-media, card-making oriented, but everything was usable. CoraCreaCrafts. I would definitely buy it again next year!
Thanks for the recommendation 😀