ArtSnacks time! What a fun box.
The Kuretake Metallic Purple brush pen is my absolute favorite! Kuretake makes a wonderful product. The Koi brush marker seems nice. I'm happy to add to my alcohol markers with the Ironlak and La Plume brush marker. They all seemed like nice products from my initial scribble/doodle.
Here's the video. I'll announce the Live Stream soon.
Happy birthday, Diana~
What a nice birthday present -- something to enjoy and play with. You're a mere kid since I'm now 490 in dog years!
Donna in NH
Posted by: Donna | 04/13/2016 at 06:30 PM
You made me do math, Donna! 70? I’ve lived every year as best I could so far and indeed to continue in that same vein. I hope the same for you.
Posted by: Diana Trout | 04/13/2016 at 08:11 PM
Hi Diana, I meant to tell you this after watching another video where you were wondering how to sharpen a large pencil (I think it was a pencil...I'm 70 also and my brain doesn't always work) and since you showed another large pencil I thought I'd tell you about the Ticonderoga pencils for kids I get at Staples and Walmart. Have you seen them? They come in a 4-pack with a sharpener ! and a two pack without one. I love them. Easy on the hands and bright yellow so they don't get lost. Cheap enough too. They're called My First Ticonderoga. Crayola also has a large sharpener for crayons that works great for big pencils, etc. No affiliation with either company, blah, blah, blah. Still loving all your videos. Thanks for doing them.
Posted by: Suzanne | 04/14/2016 at 12:18 AM
Happy Birthday Diana! Thankyou for your inspirational videos and blog. Love your friendly and encouraging style which has led me to making my own little journals and exploring journaling prompts from the Reset Girl. I hope to join you for a live stream soon as time zones don't always make it easy (Australia). All the very best for your birthday.
Posted by: Isabell | 04/15/2016 at 08:09 PM
Hi Suzanne, Thanks so much for that tip about the larger pencils. I’ve had a few coloring book programs and a some folks with arthritis. I’ll pick up a couple of packs for future programs. That’s just great and get the sharpener bonus. I’m really happy to hear from you.
Posted by: Diana Trout | 04/16/2016 at 09:26 AM
Thanks Isabell! I love the Reset Girl’s prompts too. I hope to be able to do some live streams at different times of the day. I think you folks are ahead by 13 hours from EST but there are 3-4 time zones there? Is that right?
Posted by: Diana Trout | 04/16/2016 at 09:29 AM
Hi Diana,
Sorry but I just now saw your reply to my big pencils tip and I wanted to make sure you realize they are not colored pencils but regular lead pencils. There are, however, a few large colored pencils floating around out there, usually in the kids department. I found some of the multi-colored leads at Target, I believe...those really fun ones that have 3-4 different colors in each pencil...great for sketching and coloring books too! I think Barnes & Noble has them also in the kids section.
Posted by: Suzanne | 04/19/2016 at 11:28 PM
I think I’ve seen the big pencils too, Suzanne, in the kids departments. I’ll look around. And YES! those tri color pencils are a blast.
Posted by: Diana Trout | 04/20/2016 at 08:35 AM