Tag Archives: Sakura

Oil Pastels: Purple Irises (demonstration)

While re-organising my art supply cabinet the other day, I found a box of Sakura Cray-Pas Specialist oil pastels that my parents had brought back from me on a trip to America many years ago and was still in its … Continue reading

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Pencils: Bruynzeel Design Colour Pencils (review)

I normally buy my art supplies from the place near my Dad’s work (which is nearly an hour away) or online from Jackson’s in the UK, with occasional forays into the city to buy from the art supply stores there. … Continue reading

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Markers and Pens: Sakura Pigma and Micron Manga-Comic Pro Set (review)

After the troubles I had finding a set of Faber-Castell PITT manga pens that wasn’t dried up when I purchased it, I was searching for an alternative and came across the Sakura Pigma Micron pens. Since I use these pens … Continue reading

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Oil Pastels: Sakura CrayPas Expressionist (review)

Recently I was looking for some cheap but reasonably good quality oil pastels for use in storyboard illustrations for my PhD project. Though I ended up not using oil pastels in that project (I decided to do it all in … Continue reading

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Watercolours: Sakura Koi Watercolour Pocket Field Sketch Box (review)

I bought the 24 colour Koi Field Box as an early Christmas present a few years ago as an impulse eBay buy, but I have to say I was quite impressed with the little set. Even though they are student … Continue reading

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