This week, on Episode 7 of Art Supply Posse, we host our first interview with artist, illustrator, and educator, Maura Cluthe. Meanwhile, Heather recovers from camping crud and Ana works too much. Enjoy!
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Ink Review: Waterproof, Permanent Inks
During an episode of Art Supply Posse, Heather mentioned that she didn’t realize that most fountain pen inks were water soluble. I held my tongue because I already had a pile of waterproof fountain pen inks in my arsenal and I was ready to test and share them with folks but I didn’t want to…
Art Supply Review: Pfeiffer Art Supply Handcrafted Watercolor Paints
I was really excited to be able to purchase the handmade watercolor pans from Pfeiffer Art Supply. They are listed as non-toxic and come in either half- or full-pans. Half pans are currently $6 each and full pans are $12 which is a very good price. There are currently 14 colors available in their line-up,…
The Great Eraser Rub-Off Challenge
After appearing on the Eraser episode of the Erasable podcast, I decided to fully test all the erasers (and then some) that were in the awesome CW Pencil Enterprise eraser pack as well as some of the erasers that were mentioned on the episode. Some were long time favorites of mine and others were new-to-me…
Podcast: Episode 6 of Art Supply Posse: Cats-up & Bullying
This week on Art Supply Posse, Heather and I discuss surviving bullying, being brave, making art, Sketchbook Skool and a backlog of follow-up. And we still didn’t get to it all! This week’s artwork was created by my lovely co-host, Heather Rivard using her new Schmincke watercolors. Pop over to the web site to listen…
Pencil Review: Prismacolor Col-Erase 24-Color Set
While researching other artist’s recommended drawing tools, I found several who recommended Prismacolor Col-Erase and since I tend to favor the Prismacolor Premiers but had never used the Col-Erase, I thought I’d see what the appeal was. Most artists mention a preference for the Col-Erase, not because they actually erase very well but because they…
Podcast: Art Supply Posse Episode 5
Woot! Episode 5 of Art Supply Posse is live and we are getting better. Heather got it edited and posted by noon today! This week is part two in our on-going series on markers. We discuss brush pens — the whys, the types and the what-fors — plus Heather gets her first “big girl” pan…