I Couldn't Resist- Easily Influenced by This Writing Desk & Craftamo Brushes

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This Writing Desk: thiswritingdes...
RU-vid: tinyurl.com/3h...
Instagram: / thiswritingdesk
Inner Critic Quiz: tinyurl.com/3u...
Wilderness Watercolor Landscapes: amzn.to/46Wf0pO
This Writing Desk x Craftamo Brush Set: craftamo.com/c...
Just a reminder: Kolbie Blume and I do not know each other! All opinions are my own, based on my experiences reading Wilderness Watercolor Landscapes, checking out her social media, and purchasing and trying her collaboration with Craftamo.
Reviews like this are made possible thanks to the generosity of my Patrons on Patreon! / nattosoup
Mentioned in this Video:
Big Brush Playlist: tinyurl.com/yv...
Amazing Amazon Brushes- Review & Overview of Watercolor Brushes: tinyurl.com/4z...
Do Yall Know About These? My Favorite Watercolor Brushes: tinyurl.com/ye...
Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Watercolor Brushes from AliExpress: tinyurl.com/yn...
Other Easily Influenced Reviews:
Easily Influenced Playlist: tinyurl.com/yc...
Shownotes:
I suspect Craftamo is buying white label brushes from other companies and repackaging them- this generally comes at a markup. Part of what leads me to suspect this is their Meet the Team Page: craftamo.com/p...
none of their team members are in Research and Development, or Factory/ Manufacturing- it's leadership, financing, collaborations, and design.
One of my very clever art friends who's excellent at digging and very internet savvy found CubeCraft Art Brushes/Craftamo Brushes on Shop the World: shoptheworld.i...
I see several on AliExpress that look sorta like these brushes- Craftamo may be white labeling from a few companies and mixing and matching, although it'd be a challenge to get the handles to match, so maybe it's a mix and match from a company that offers manufacturing AND labeling.
Here are some that look shockingly familiar
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Some of these vendors manufacture brushes for companies we recognize
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Some of these companies do custom handles:
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www.alibaba.co...
Honestly, it would be hard to pinpoint just one company, all these brushes look basically the same, and almost all can be customized.
The point I want to make is lookl how cheap they are on Alibaba. I don't have an issue with white labeling or private labeling, I have an issue with the amount of markup.
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I'm not the only artist with concerns about Craftamo and their quality:
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:18 Book Review- Wilderness Watercolor Landscapes
22:06 Book Flipthrough
24:03 Kolbie Blume Online
29:45 Taking Kolbie's Quiz
33:53 The Worst Critic
34:48 The Sales Funnel
39:19 Other Socials
42:50 Craftamo Brushes Collaboration
46:33 Opening the Dang Box
53:57 Craftamo Online
1:05:21 What Kolbie Says About Brushes
1:09:58 Brush Comparison- Craftamo v Popular Brands
1:14:40 Digging In To Craftamo
1:21:31 Back to Swatching Brushes
1:42:06 Swatching Her Brushes on Paper
1:48:44 Pros and Cons
1:53:45 The Verdict
1:56:42 Craftamo & AliExpress
2:01:06 Final Thoughts
Music:
A Day in the Village Loop
A Day in the Village Loop Layer Dulcimer
A Day in the Village with Final No Loop
By the Bonfire Intro
By the Bonfire Loop
By the Bonfire with Final No Loop
Calm Intro
Calm Loop
Calm Loop Layer 03 Guitars
Calm with Final No Loop
Exploring the Village Loop
Exploring the Village with Final No Loop
Japanese Village Loop
Japanese Village with Final No Loop
Kevin MacLeod- Folk Round
Kevin MacLeod- Master of the Feast
Kevin MacLeod- Enchanted Valley
Knights in Town Intro
Knights in Town Loop

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@booksandbubbletea 24 дня назад

I really needed to see this! I have been wanting to get a set of craftamo brushes for a while now because sooooo many people rave about them and some of my favorite artists have sets with them. The prices were hard to swallow so I never bit the bullet and now I am super happy I didn’t. ❤

@phillipstroll7385 24 дня назад

I so love your honesty in the easily influenced segments.

@mjpete27 23 дня назад

Ok last comment in this video! I have looked very hard at Sarah Burns brush/gouache subscription! I believe she had a LOT to do with the package and everything else that goes into the whole experience, from the brushes included to the gouache tubes of color and her projects she has included! I hope I find more people getting the 6 or 12 month subscription offers! Now that she has completed the series we can start anytime and progress at our own pace! I will be looking for videos featuring her collaboration with Craftamo! I have watched Lindsay’s brush unboxing and she was happy with her collection, but said that she was not going to push them and she asked her viewers to only buy them if they were truly needed or were looking for a way to support her and her channel. I seldom buy sets unless I want all the sizes in the set and the brushes cost less per brush in the set! I say buy a brush or two work with it then decide if you want more from that line of brushes. I select the #12 brush as I was taught this is the most versatile round brush made. So I have more #12’s in different brands and lines of brushes! I wonder if you have a turn to brush that you simply don’t have enough of this brush?

@minkg8178 24 дня назад

Watercolour landscape paintings put me off using watercolour for so many years because all the ones I'd seen were mushy muddy looking green and blue vague things (I like detail). It wasn't until I took my kids to their art class and an illustrator was doing a one-off lesson there that I saw how vibrant and detailed watercolours could be and realised how versatile they were. Needless to say I now love watercolour but I'm still wary of landscapes, lol. Having said that, my comfort drawing when I'm ill hasn't changed from when I was a kid and that's to make a scene that does have mountains, trees, rivers in it but it's as a background for drawing a odd little house for someone to live in, then giving them a vegetable plot, some fruit trees, bushes with berries, mushrooms, fishing gear, maybe a cart for market...there's something about it that really soothes me. Maybe one day I'll get as far as an actual landscape.

@mjpete27 23 дня назад

Ok Becca, I just wanted to say that all brushes no matter how they are made are NOT EQUAL! I have use of a true Kolinsky brushes, my Gran used natural hair brushes and I got one of her #12 long belly brush, the kind that are no longer available in many countries. I have used the Princeton brushes from the heritage and soft touch, as well as the Aqua Elite lines of brushes and I believe that they are worth the cost of these brushes. I can recommend Rosemary & Co brushes for all types of brushes. If you are looking for a good basic synthetic watercolor “squirrel hair” brush I like the Mimik brushes I get at Jerry’s Artarama! I have commented on a separate comment about brushes, but I have purchased some costly brushes that are not worth the money I spent! Your expertise and knowledge is appreciated in just how overpriced these sets truly are. Thank you. Please keep going and creating quality content for us.

@gertietheduck 22 дня назад

one last comment - I love how you used Bowie at the end as your blackout screen hahahaha

@tanglingheadphones 24 дня назад

I haven't seen a Craftamo brush that didn't also look like a super cheap brush I'd already seen from the crapton of Chinese listings in the online shops in SE Asia, just with different color combos. Thanks for another interesting and excellent review.

@ilonavandertang-vos2198 23 дня назад

Thank you for this video. There are so much better and not even that prizy brushes on the market then the craftamo ones. Thank you for being clear about what you think about them! Sometimes I think there are to many people calling themselves artists, while the real artist would never yell that loud😊

@mjpete27 24 дня назад

Hullo Becca, I am just 34:00 minutes in and I have been disappointed in most online quizzes too! I learned all my watercolor and painting techniques from my Grandmother from 10 to 13 years old when at 13 my Mom let me get a library card! My Gran was not interested in portraits so any kind of people painting thatI wanted to do I had to do it myself. After I got a library card the Loomis book of drawing heads and hands was my first checkout! I honestly do not remember books that I have checked out so many years ago. I am not going to recommend any book created in this internet age, maybe not even after 1981 ! I have changed my attitude on synthetic brushes, when I started watercolor using a synthetic brush was foolish in the extreme! They were truly horrible, now the technology of brush making is so advanced as to make the difference in use undetectable by most users. I will say that there is a difference in the cheaper versions of synthetic brushes than the better made ones! I am going to watch more of your video, thanks!

@gertietheduck 22 дня назад

I really like how aesthetic those boxes are but I would get stressed about them taking up so much space and me not being able to get rid of them because they are so pretty I would feel bad chucking them (hoarding tendencies)

@dianeloftus5476 24 дня назад

Kolbie is one of several artists that I follow on RU-vid. I am a beginner and have learned several things from her videos. I have also learned several things from other artists on RU-vid. I have painted about half of Kolbie's lessons in her free Painting the Wilderness course. She may not be my favorite artist, but she has contributed to my learning process. Kolbie explains much of her process and background in her videos. If anyone doesn't like her style and way of doing things, then just don't watch her. Also, formal education in teaching does not necessarily make a good teacher. What makes a good teacher is how one is able to present and explain a subject. So, pick and choose your "teacher" on RU-vid based on how well you can understand and follow that teacher, especially for those of us who are self-taught painters. Finally, I'm sorry...I don't agree with some of the reasons for not liking the book or Kolbie's teaching. I did listen with an open mind and open heart. Everyone has their own opinion, and it's ok to agree to disagree. Thank you for sharing your review and critique.

@phillipstroll7385 24 дня назад

Oh no... she's terrible. She's no artist. Anyone picking up a brush last night for the first time can do the "artwork" she "teaches".

@gertietheduck 22 дня назад

the fact that everyone seems to fancy themselves a coach (or feel they have to style themselves that way due to perceived market demand) these days kind of kind of grates on my nerves too, Becca (not really thinking of this specific example and i have nothing against this specific artist and wish them well, it’s more the trend I am spotting). Some of that stuff is so patronising. like, I am an artist by training. I may not be a trained watercolour artist but I do not need to be talked down to. I think you are also right in that yes there are people with strong inner critics and even highly trained peeps with strong inner critics… but there may be something of a reinforcing in all the repetition of the critic’s voice and assumptions around it. Like… what if you are ok about something? Would you, say if you were a teen reading this, not start to wonder if there was something wrong with you for not feeling negative about it?

@gertietheduck 22 дня назад

but also, totally get this is all well-meaning. I just find it a bit grating sometimes

@attorneycarissa 24 дня назад

Craftamo is so overpriced.

@phillipstroll7385 24 дня назад

I love this lilipusion style but if they existed why wouldn't they make their habitats around that which exists around them? Their clothing, seems to me, would be made from leaves, mushroom cap hats, candy wrapped dresses, etc. They would have smaller versions of human clothing. Also, would 7 inches be huge in that little world?

@phillipstroll7385 24 дня назад

Maybe remind ppl animals absolutely must die in order for synthetics to exist. There is absolutely no way around it. Not only that, synthetics are micro plastics. So, people might think a bit about their hypocrisy and wilful ignorance before jumping on a bandwagon.

@Linders3052 22 дня назад

I believe most crafters would admit that it's easy to fall down a rabbit hole when it comes to purchasing supplies. One only has to view the various art supply hauls on RU-vid to risk getting caught up in the moment and FOMO. I do appreciate getting an inside view of art books when available; I've been disappointed by so many. That said-I have Lindsay Weirich's Craftamo brush set and have been enjoying them. The combination of brushes in that particular set worked out for me, but they enhanced what I already had. And Lindsay is the first to advise followers to check their own inventory to see if something they already have will do the same job. @mjpete27 - I recently purchased the 12 month Sarah Burns subscription box-after considering it for some time-and have been satisfied with the contents so far. I have been following Sarah's channel for some time and watched her video as the boxes were being developed, so I felt comfortable about ordering them. I like the idea of learning at my own pace and knowing that I have the supplies to complete a project.