Super Cute Grabie Watercolor Set Travel Kit Review with Plein Air Painting. Yes, I Went OUTSIDE! 😂 

Folks are just curious to see what's going on....it'll never not be awkward though, lol.

Oh that's awesome! I grew up in Auckland and did consider buying tickets but I think I'd prefer to sketch somewhere where I didn't live for half of my life, haha! Plus we were just there in May, so I think we will go further afield on our next overseas trip. I hope you have an amazing time on the Sketching Symposium. I went to Brisbane Sketchfest in 2019 and had a blast, it was so much fun! ❤️

Haha that is very true! That little flask is very much intended for stronger things than water, but it is so tiny and portable I use it for my art, lol!

Definitely not pro paints, but they don't really need to be for a little set like this, and it's always easy enough to swap half pans out for other ones. 😊

It was a bit of fun anyway! If rather chilly....😂

Can't go wrong with an old jam jar! I have one with a busted lid and I still can't bring myself to throw it out, haha. 😂

It was about 20C in the sun, but much colder out of it and with the wind chill!

I have a few wobbly travel brushes too, so I was really happy to get a sturdy one in this set!

I found that flask years ago in a newsagent of all places, and have never seen them again since, lol!

It's my favourite colour in the set! 😊

That sounds fun - I haven't done much Christmas artwork this year; I hope to next week or so. 😊

Haha yes I have to fight with my shyness but I do like painting outdoors and once I get into it, I tend to forget there are others around. But yes, being on camera is always really difficult, hence why I mostly film my hands, lol.

It is finally warming up here; the weather has been so wet during winter and spring. I hope to have some more little outdoor arting adventures during the next few months. 😊

Winter is never an easy time to paint outside! Mind you, neither is full summer here when it is 35-40C, lol. There is a brief window where conditions will be perfect. 😂

A paper towel is always very useful to have! I tried a wristband but I got too sweaty, lol. I guess we live in an area where people like to see what others are doing. 😂

Thank you; I definitely want to keep the travel brush but I might give the paints away eventually. Or, even better, keep them! 🤣

Haha don’t worry, Gracie have all sorts of cool looking things that I want to try and it’s hard to choose when they give different options! I want it all! 😂 I was fine during the painting, probably because I wasn’t there too long, but yes I imagine I’d get sore after a while. I prefer painting at a picnic table, or maybe off an easel . I hope to get a better setup going for plain air artworks! So many ideas for next year, lol.

Yeah I would imagine that they've gone with colour names that match or are similar to the original pigments - well, except maybe sap green which is normally many pigments and can vary a lot anyway. But I'd still call this one May Green or Apple Green, haha.

This big kid loves it so I am sure it would work for any age (maybe not small children who have a tendency to destroy rather than create, lol). If I gave this set away, I would have trouble letting go of that travel brush - it's such a good one! 😂 I'll probably end up swapping out paints for others I have that are more useful colours and don't currently have a tin to live in - a few loose Van Gogh pans, for example. We shall see - I might still give it away....but ohhhh that brush!

It's such a handy little brush, I have used it quite a lot!

Ooh I hope you like it too!! ❤️

Thank you! ☺️❤️

Oh that's great that you got the set too, I'll look forward to seeing your video on it! I tend to do the same thing; avoid other reviews to not have a bias when looking at a product. It helps to go in clear headed! 😊

My guess is that they are cadmium hues rather than the real thing, but I have no pigment information to know for sure! And yes, the pencil made quite a mess, so maybe I'll put in an IKEA one instead; I always manage to bring one or two pencils back from there when I visit. 😂

The brush was definitely my favourite part of the kit! Going outside on the one sunny day of the week, LOL!

Me too! White is always a useless one for me - I prefer extra colours.

Definitely my favourite thing in the set!

Thank you! It's great when half pans are removable and can be replaced with paints of choice. 😄

I hope you enjoy your set when it arrives! 🙂

@@BeckyTregear I'm sure I will. Thanks again!

Dark green is always a must have in my palettes! It was 20 here so normally that would have been perfect for sitting outdoors, but that wind was blowing up from Antarctica so was much colder where I was sitting! 🥶

Thank you, I hope to do more outdoorsy stuff over summer. 😊 I do have collapsible cups, I just don't know where they are at the moment, haha! I need to sort through all of my art bags 🤣

@@BeckyTregear Sorting through your art bags might make an interesting video for us... 😇

I have to find them all first; they're not all in my studio but have migrated to other parts of the house! 🤣

@@BeckyTregear 😊

Eek that's cold! 🥶 I forgot people were there once I got into it, but it's definitely awkward being out in public, haha!

Sue, I use a shopper on wheels for my kit. I've had to swap from the art trolley a friend bought me, as even when empty, because the frame is solid and it has an integrated, not-very comfortable fold-up seat it's really heavy to get on and off a bus. Also, the wheels aren't too good (given how good the frame is, that is weird!) and one broke! Instead, I'm using the one I used for shopping when I couldn't use the car. It's much lighter, and also a little narrower, so the bus is actually do-able, even when fully loaded. As I usually go out for the whole day in the better weather, it takes all my stuff - full kit in a back-pack - for a full-sized painting, and sketching kit in a small bag for smaller work, plus flasks and lunch. I fasten my stool and walking stick to it with one of those stretchy elastic things with hooks on (bungee cord). The stool frame goes over the handle, with the folded seat downwards, and the cane, over the handle, and both then are kept in place by the bungee cord. As for being shy, yes, it is difficult, but bear in mind that just about everyone who comes to speak to you (and in fact, at most, it's only maybe one or two, as folk are far too busy doing their own thing these day) will have no painting experience beyond school and they are all amazingly friendly and impressed! I’ve never yet had anyone who wasn’t, in 25 years of plein air! Anyway, just taking your kit out onto a balcony, into the garden or down the road is still ‘plein air’ and a great way to get out of the house for half an hour, a day, or anything in between. BTW, being in SW France, it's cold here, too, right now, but not as cold as Eastern Scotland yet (-5 over the w/e though).

@@MrsBarnabas that's a great idea and you can get some real trendy ones these days, I will have a look on town tomorow thank you for your reply

@@sueallen952 Mine is a dark-ish red. I bought it when I was waiting for my French driving licence, to get to the shops and back. The odd thing is, I didn't notice this when I bought it two years ago, and only saw it when I began using it for art a couple of months ago: the stitched-on logo says, 'Les Artistes', Paris'!!! Let me know what you get? It's a real boon for me, because the town is on a hill, with impossible in-town parking (!!!) and I can leave the car in the car park, and take the free hop-on-hop-off bus to get to the places in town where I want to sketch! It still means a bit of walking, but I'm now able to begin to walk there, and get the bus back to the car park at the end of the day (when I'm usually pretty tired!). Very proud of myself for that! (I'm disabled, too.) 😊

@@MrsBarnabas buses are such a bind, I'm still recovering after the bone graft and biopsy on the same foot and I don't have family or friends so things are difficult as you probably know but I get so much pleasure out of my art, I was diagnosed with wet macular last year and cataracts so every thing is not as bright as it was. Because I spend Christmas on my own I buy art goodies all year, wrap them up then forget what I've bought so I have surprises lol enjoy your outings and art

The tip of the pencil had broken in transit and I guess that is what made the graphite mess; most of it cleaned up so I'm not too fussed (plus it was free, lol). I didn't do a price conversion because everything in $US and Pounds is going to be so much more in $AUD - it's all expensive here. 😭 We've had some high wind days but mostly it has been raining...like SO much rain! But thankfully the weather has improved and today is a gorgeous sunny 25 degrees with a light breeze. Then it will get too hot and I will start whinging about the heat...hahaha! 🤣

@@BeckyTregear I thought the graphite mess may have been the broken graphite stick, too, but it was sealed in the the tube with tape, and the paint box was closed. Anyway .... Price-wise, I was curious to know what it was in € & £, because a lot of stuff from the US, unless on sale, is expensive here, too (much the same reason - shipping, customs and taxes!) . The exchange I did is just a straight conversion on the $. Actually buying it here, assuming we can (I can't find it on Amazon UK / France), would almost certainly be a lot more expensive. I'm glad that you've had a fine day! Hope you managed to be out and enjoying the sunshine! 😊 Edit to add: Just seen your reply to Sketches and the paint box swap - I thought you would - it makes a lot of sense.

Haha yes! I am thinking an IKEA pencil would be less messy.

@@BeckyTregear Great idea!

That's weird, it's sending me there now when I click on it.....not sure what's going on there! Anyone else having issues?

Sadly I think only USD and Pounds - I keep asking them when they will do AUD and they have no update for me yet. USD is expensive 😭😭