Comments on: Paul Reubens Artist level Youlan series Watercolour box: Review

By: ingrid

ingrid — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:18:28 +0000

Hi Lizzie,
Thank you very much for you reply. I’ll certainly check your link and will look out, impatiently, for your your book!!
Thank you for your wonderful creations and all the work you put in to let us, the public, see and read about your work! Much appreciated!!
Hugs,
Ingrid

By: Lizzie Harper

Lizzie Harper — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:39:24 +0000

In reply to ingrid.

Hey Ingrid

So glad the suggestion about the cheaop but good paints was helpful.

I’ve written lots of step by step blogs here on my website, or you could check out my youtube videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd_5uf3Zy8q0bLFy5b5PHiw) which also include lots of step by steps. Although Ive done a book for beginners, the editng process is yet to kick off, so it’ll be a long wait til its published I fear. Any “beginners guide to botanical illustration” should be useful, sometimes guides to flower painting can be less accurate and may not be as precise as you’d like, so look out for “botanical” in the titles.

Hope this helps and good luck!
Yours
Lizzie

By: ingrid

ingrid — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:29:06 +0000

Hello, I’ve been looking for a set of good quality watercolour paint, but being a beginner in watercolours, I found Winsor and Newton a bit expensive! So I looked at your blog and saw your youtube videos( which are brilliant by the way!!) So, today the Paul Rubens box arrived!! All looks really nice and I’m eager to start testing them and making colour swatches! thank you for your blog and video, I would never had thought that a box of 24 halfpans of this price could be so good!!
Oh a little question, how do i learn to draw the flowers and plants? is there a book of someone that explains about setting up and drawing the flower/plant before painting? My results are very ‘cartoonish’ and would like to improve!! Many thanks, Ingrid

By: Lizzie Harper

Lizzie Harper — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:08:27 +0000

In reply to Marialena Sarris. Thanks Marialena, and for checking the lightfast quality of the pigments. Its just a cerulean blue Im missing so I may well blue-tak that into the central space. Great idea! Thanks

By: Marialena Sarris

Marialena Sarris — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 12:58:53 +0000

The 24 pans Paul Rubens set costs on French Amazon 57,99 euros. And bellow is the price of a similar W&N 24 pans set at a local store.

https://www.hobby.gr/winsor-newton-profesional-watercolor-black-box-me-24-half-pans-2

That is £118

And here is the same set at Jackson’s

https://www.jacksonsart.com/winsor-newton-professional-watercolour-lightweight-metal-sketchers-box-set-24-half-pans

I’ve checked out the pigments used in the Paul Rubens set and they are all lightfast. So don’ t worry they will not fade.

I would suggest to start using the new box. You can add in the middle empty space of the Paul Rubens box some of the colours from your old box and secure them there with a bit of blue tack ( that sticky thing for posters). This pink box is so pretty ànd so much more compact. And it has additional mixing space at the bottom if you remove the tray when you are painting.