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Refillable Brush Pen from Straits Art (review)
These are the new refillable brush pens brought in by Straits Art. There's no brand on this brush pen from what I can see. Main selling point is this is refillable and it's cheap although I can't...
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ArtGraf adds green and magenta pigment blocks
Two more colours, Magenta and Green, have been added to the ArtGraf pigment blocks. These are all the colours available now. Shown above are sets for the earth colours, primary colours and...
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Book Review: How to Draw Almost Everything Volume 2: An Illustrated Sourcebook
How to Draw Almost Everything Volume 2 is a part of the Almost Everything series from Quarry Books. The first volume by Chika Miyata published in 2016 was quite popular, with 300+ reviews on Amazon....
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Architectural Illustration: Capture a City’s Personality by Carlo Stanga...
Carlo Stanga is an Italian illustrator known for his architectural illustrations, which are detailed and colourful. You can see his work from his Instagram page and his artbooks. I'm a fan of his art...
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Book Review: New Botanical Painting by Harriet De Winton
New Botanical Painting is an instructional artbook by watercolour artist Harriet De Winton on how to draw botanical art.This is a 128-page paperback with 30 step-by-step projects to follow along. All...
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Blackdot Pro 2 Giveaway
Big thanks to Blackdot for sponsoring this giveaway!That's my video review.Blackdot Pro 2 is the follow-up to the popular Blackdot Pro wireless earphones that sold more than 11,000 units (read the...
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Book Review: TO:KY:OO by Liam Wong
When I first saw Liam Wong's photographs of Tokyo online, I was amazed by his sense of aesthetics. This guy has good taste and obviously knows what he's doing. In this book I read that he became the...
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September 2020 Reviews Roundup
Here are the artbooks and supplies featured in September 2020. BooksNew Botanical Painting by Harriet De WintonHow to Draw Almost Everything Volume 2: An Illustrated SourcebookFrameables Cloudscapes...
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Review: Marbleous Watercolour Sketchbook by Wiltfried Pathuis
Here's the review of the Marbleous watercolour sketchbook I received from Wiltfried in Amsterdam during the Urban Sketchers Symposium a few months ago. Wiltfried Pathuis is an illustrator and urban...
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Review: PRISM+ W280 Max 4K HDR10 monitor
PRISM+ is a company based in Singapore that specialises in selling gaming monitors. When they contacted me to ask if I was interested to review their monitors, I say "yeah, sure". At the time of this...
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Book Review: Science and Fiction: Concept Art from Pixoloid Studios
Big thanks to Pixoloid Studios for sending over this artbook for review.Pixoloid Studio is a concept design studio based in Budapest, Hungary. They specialise in pre-production design for movies, video...
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Things you can do if you think Singapore is boring
"Singapore is boring" is a phrase people like to say about Singapore. I used to think that way but after being an urban sketcher, someone who sketches on location, I've found out there's so much to...
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Filming with OneDash22 and MOE STAR at Tiong Bahru
It has been such a long time since I've been back to Tiong Bahru. The neighbourhood still looks the same except many shops have changed. The shop at the corner of Eng Hoon Street used to sell roast...
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Urban Sketching: Express Your World in a New Perspective by Lapin (online...
Lapin is an illustrator and urban sketcher based in Barcelona, Spain. He's extremely productive and has filled more than a hundred sketchbooks with sketches. He's definitely one to learn from if you're...
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Essential Art Supplies and Tools for Beginners
Here's a list of art supplies and tools that I personally recommend to beginners. This list is compiled based on more than a decade of experience with using them to make art. Better quality art...
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How to record art videos with your phone
This article is for those who want to make art videos with your phone. By art videos, I mean recording yourself drawing, making an art tutorial, demonstration or recording any kind of crafting process....
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Book Review: Guweiz: The Art of Gu Zheng Wei
Gu Zheng Wei is a digital artist based in Singapore. This guy is talented, hardworking and his story is inspiring. This is one of those illustrator artbooks from 3dtotal Publishing made possible...
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Review: Benu Tropical Voyage pen (Euphoria series)
This pen is provided by Benu Pen for this reviewBenu Pen will release a new collection of pens called the Euphoria series on 15 Oct 2020. At the time of this review, there are 11 designs, among them...
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Review: Sailor Cross Concord Specialty Nib Fountain Pen
The Sailor Cross Concord belongs to the Naginata-Togi or Specialty Nib series of fountain pens made by the Sailor pen company. I actually have a few of these Specialty Nibs fountain pens that I bought...
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Sailor Specialty Nib: New 2018 vs Old Pre-2016
The Naginata Tobi or Specialty Nibs from Sailor was originally crafted from the founding of Sailor in 1911. The manual handcrafting process gave way to mechanized production after WWII. Around 1991,...
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