Art Haul - Inks and Watercolours - Choosing Keeping & Jackson's Art 

😂😂😂 This must be the funniest Art Haul I’ve ever seen! Your comments! 🤣 Thanks for brightening up my afternoon on what has been yet another miserable wet day here in the UK!

The presentation of the supplies generated so much dopamine for me. They look so lovely.

The Museum Aquarelles are artist quality, and the only pencil I would call "watercolour pencil" instead of just "watersoluble". They have the maximum lightfastness and the white is the best white to layer over other colours (in case you've been hunting for white coloured pencils). The Supracolors are nice as well, I'd say they are 'studio' quality -- somewhere between artists and student. The MAs are same as Luminance and Supras same as Pablos in permanent ranges.

Hi April! Such a pretty cover painting!! Thanks to you and your other videos I just painted my first sketchbook cover. Never had that idea before. It was great fun. :) As for the name Ruegen chalk on the Schmincke Horadam naturals tube: the german island Ruegen has similar to Dover chalk cliffs. :)

Really shake the Golden bottles well to get the best results - I have a quite a few of the titanium mixed ones and they separate a lot between uses. The chalky Schminke color may be more sticky due to binder separation - you can stick a toothpick in it and give it a good stir. The Museum Aquarelle are the higher quality - I believe the colors in the museum line are lightfast.

Every time I watch one of these I see lots of things I want to try. and I love the cover of the sketchbook.

Funny and entertaining video as always. ohh and all the neon colours 😍

your analogies are the best😂 What a great haul video.

This is so good, what a wonderful haul ☺☺

Lovely haul April!

Very good choices. I picked up the Lumi Neons last year during my Japan trip and I was instantly OBSESSED 🤩. I’m new around here and feel very much at home here, so I’m gonna sub 🥰❤️

I have the liqutex acryla gouache and the tip inside can get dry. But it is because I hadn't touched them in a year, and it was only one of them. But the paint inside was still great. Just use a sewing needle to stab out the dry paint.

Okay, one more comment for engagement. 😂 I absolutely love the bunny cover, especially the background! So many delicious colours and shapes. 😍😍😍 As for materials, I have everything you showed except for the Kuretake neons (which I want, don't know where to get), the Schmincke Naturals (wanted until I learned how fugitive they are -- and I have too many watercolours as it is) and the Liquitex gouache (which I've avoided on principle -- they are not actual acrylic gouache but acrylic paint with matte additives). 😅 Oops. The Golden Fluids are amazing and would love more but they're so expensive! Especially if you look at the larger sizes on Jackson's. 😫 Ideas for next haul -- oh boy. Koh-i-Noor highlighter pencils? Liquitex Fluid acrylics? I've been tempted by the neons. 😅 Flashes? Like how about Stil de Grain? (the Fluo Rouge is my addiction right now and I really want to see what the Fluo White does!) Stil de grain is from buckthorn berries. 😊 Okay, I need parental controls to block all art material discussions. 😅 Sorry for the novel.

Love the good night patchy bunny book cover! I’ve also ordered some Liquitex gouache from blick’s and after watching your video I cannot wait to try them out! ❤

I did not know that caran dache had neon pencils, I've been using staedler (?) text surfer ones they also have green ;) but they are also chubby ones I use a fiskars sharpener it's just like a kids' school kind but its round its my fave pencil sharpener it's got a nice big hole lol

The best haul video! I love those museum aquarelle pencils.

What a wonderful haul! What is the sketchbook that you paint the cover of? It's lovely and large!

So glad you liked the antelope brown, I was hoping so as I suggested you would like it. It's got a greenish tinge to it, quite similar to the stil de grain watercolour you got. I love the museum wc pencils a lot, and yes, they're the higher quality. I might have to get the fluro pink pencil now.

how fun !!!

Love the neon pencils! Would love to try those too

Hi! Oh we finally get to see the mystery goodies you got in London! Love the video!! Love a good haul!! I was one of the ones that suggested Yupo paper for the alcohol inks. Hope you enjoy it!! For potential recommendations since you love neon, 2 things to try if you havent already: Liquitex Acrylic Inks (same line you got) but on neon colors and Pentel Oil Pastels Neon set (super cheap! About 3 pounds for the set amd they are super neon!) Oil pastels are not my fave but love neon!!😍

Those kuretake neons are something of other world 🤩🤩 i don't use watercolour pencils, well I used them as regular colour pencils but maybe I should give them a chance 😅 you present us always the funniest videos April ❤

Do you have plans for a video where you paint a landscape sketchbook cover? The ones you showed on instagram are some of my favourite works of yours and I would love to see how you go about them 🤩☺️

Love the video as always 🤩🤭 the chatting is as fun as the swatching and painting 🥰 on a side note: do you mind sharing the name of the camera that you're using? The quality is stunning - the neons really looked neon-y😯

Question: what sketchbook did you use for your new patchy bunny cover?

Have you tried Mozart komorebi Japanese watercolours. They're like a cheaper version of kuretake gansai tambi but they have 6 fluorescents in their set

Thanks so much for this video - your bunny painting is so sweet! Does the liquitex acrylic gouache dry matte? Any sheen at all? ❤️🕊️

Hi love your video so much❤can I ask what’s the brush that you use when you swatch the neo gouache color in the beginning?thanks

What was the automatic pencil you were using? I haven’t seen that thick of lead for them before

Who is oversized chicken who dares to belittle me???

"the best thing in the Tate" 😱 ok, this it, have to unsubscribe! Cute cats, but the Turner collection at Tate Britain is like the best museum in the world. Closely followed by the Rothko room (Tate Modern). (okay, me and my outrage will get back to the haul -> like i need to be influenced to buy more art supplies 🙄😅)

The neons turned out so good!!! And you wanted loadsss more from Choosing Keeping 🥸😝 you can also make any acrylic paint into fluid by adding fluid medium