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Book Review: Just Draw Fineliner Art: Incredible Illustrations Crafted With...

Just Draw Fineliner Art is a 208-page paperback artbook that features 85 pieces of fineliner art from contemporary artists. I bought this book because it's in the same presentation style and...

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Artist Review: Samsung Tab S7+

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7+ have some noticeable upgrades to the 10.5-inch Tab S6 which was released about a year ago. Most notably, the displays have upgraded with 120Hz refresh rate and the...

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Book Review: Just Draw Botanicals: Beautiful Botanical Art, Contemporary...

Just Draw Botanicals features 90 beautiful botanical illustrations from artists around the world. The author is Helen Birch, created of drawdrawdraw and has written several other books that I've also...

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July & August 2020 Reviews Roundup

I didn't put out July's roundup because there wasn't enough reviews worth making a roundup for. So I've combined two months instead. I'm starting to get back into the groove of putting out more...

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Review: Winsor & Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable Brush

I've heard many good things about the Winsor & Newton Series 7 watercolour brushes. On Dick Blick Art Materials, the brush was rated 4.8 out of 5 stars from over 200+ reviews. It's about time to...

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Book Review: The Art of Onward

This is a 176-page large format hardcover packed with concept art for Pixar's Onward. You're really getting your money's worth with this book because there's so much art included. There are designs for...

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Review: Inktober 2020 x Viviva Colors Sketchbook

First off big thanks to Viviva Colors for providing the sketchbooks for this review.Vivava Colors and Jake Parker have teamed up to release some custom sketchbooks and colorsheets for Inktober 2020....

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Review: C-FORCE Portable 4K Touchscreen Monitor (CF015xT)

Big thanks to C-FORCE for providing another monitor for review. They asked if I wanted to review something else and this time I picked the CF015xT, a 4K, USB-C + HDMI, touchscreen portable monitor. The...

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Book Review: Hand Drawn Vancouver: Sketches of the City's Neighbourhoods,...

Big thanks to the publisher for sending this book overHand Drawn Vancouver is a travelogue style sketchbook from Emma Fitzgerald, an artist and author based in Canada. Fitzgerald was born in South...

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Artist Review: iPad Pro vs Samsung Tab S7+

Years ago, the best tablet that digital artists could bring around was clearly the iPad Pro but with the release of the Tab S7+, Samsung has finally caught up. The iPad Pro (2018 & 2020) and...

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Book Review: Shiok, Sia! Sketching Singapore's Favourite Street Food

Shiok, Sia! Sketching Singapore's Favourite Street Food is one of two books by Anita Ryanto on Singapore food. The other book is on dessert. This book is a small squarish paperback with 96 pages. The...

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Book Review: Shiok, Sia! Sketching Singapore's Favourite Desserts

Shiok, Sia! Sketching Singapore's Favourite Desserts is one of two books by Anita Ryanto on Singapore food. The other book is on street food. This book is a small squarish paperback with 96 pages. The...

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Book Review: A Travel Guide to Sketching on the Move by Alvin Mark Tan

Alvin Mark Tan is an artist and content creator based in Singapore, and he's my friend from Urban Sketchers Singapore. I've featured a few of his books before, namely La Kopi, CIao Firenze! and Thirty...

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Book Review: Royal London Sketchbook by John Cleave

Royal London Sketchbook uses the same presentation from the other travelogue style sketchbooks published by Editions Didier Millet. It's a large 96-page hardcover with beautiful artworks accompanied by...

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Draw Like a Boss 2 (kickstarter)

If you want to draw like a boss, check out this book at http://kck.st/32YiZlbCampaign ends 6 Oct 2020.Tags: kickstarterself published art books

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Review: Commuterpak tablet sling bag by Funk St Outfitters

Big thanks to Funk St. Outfitters for providing the bag for this review. This is not a paid review though. I've been looking for a sling bag for my 12.9-inch iPad Pro for the longest time. I usually...

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Book Review: The Complete Urban Sketching Companion

I guess the Urban Sketching Handbook series must have been pretty popular for publisher Quarry Books to come out with this book.The Complete Urban Sketching Companion is actually compilation of four...

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Book Review: The Illustrated World of Tolkien by David Day

The Illustrated World of Tolkien is a book curated from nine books published earlier, namely the original Tolkien Bestiary (1979), Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia (1992), The World of Tolkien:...

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Book Review: Frameables Cloudscapes and City Lights: 21 Prints for a...

Frameables is a series of books published by Flammarion that features pages where you can remove as prints. Such books are not uncommon. I wanted to feature Frameables because the artworks included are...

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200,000 Subscriber Milestone Giveaway Contest

To celebrate the 200,000 subscriber milestone of my Youtube channel, I'm holding this giveaway to thank you guys for your support!The last time my Youtube channel reached 100,000 subscribers was almost...

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