This review will include #SketchBoxJanuary2025, #SketchBoxFebruary2025, and #SketchBoxMarch 2025. Let me just say that I’m so happy to finally be in the current year with my SketchBox monthly reviews! This means I;m getting caught up!
First we have January’s box:
Art Graf Tailor Square 3 Set – Primary Colors (Magenta, Yellow, Blue), Princeton Snap! Angle Shader 1/4”, Derwent Tinted Charcoal Pencils (Sunset Pink & Slate), Sakura Pigma Medium Brush Pen, Speedball Fluid Watercolor Paper (140 lb/300 gsm, 4×6”, 12 sheets)
Who knew (obviously not me) that tailor’s chalk came in different colors, and could be used this way. Yes, I’ve been behind the door on this one, and thoroughly enjoying creating this way. The Derwent Tinted charcoal pencils were also new to me…but then most of what SketchBox sends me are unique.
This box was a lot of fun, and kept me occupied, just thinking about what to do, and how to do it.
Next we have February’s box:
Sketchbox Signature Artist Pastels (Cloud White), Bruynzeel Design 8840 Pastel Pencil (#45), PanPastel Artists Pastels (Dairylide Yellow, Magenta Shade, Turqouise Shade), Sofft Art Sponge Bars 4-Pack, Pastel Blender Pencil 2-Pack, Pentel Hi-Polymer Soft Eraser, Rembrandt Pastel Paper – Cream (75 lb/160gsm, 4×6”, 10 sheets)
As usual, pastels, and in particular, pan pastels, are a novelty for me, but have to say I might be getting the hang of it. The prompt for this month was “desert”, and the colors of the pan pastels were perfect! Had so much fun that I tied 3 different scenes or themes.
I will utilize these pastels in the future, for sure. It was great to mix the colors, and they captured the colors of any desert perfectly.
And finally, there was March:
Sketchbox Signature Quill Brush #2, Bear Claw Pencil, Rockwell Coffee Watercolor (American & Espresso 8ml), Sketchbox Signature Alcohol Marker (Caramel), Pigment Real Brush Almond), Derwent Drawing Pencil (Wheat), Paint on Pad (Natural, 4×6”, 15 sheets)
And leave it up to SketchBox to send me another novelty…watercolors derived from coffee…two different colors, and they smelled so good while using them. I don’t drink coffee, but I do love the smell.
Obviously this month’s prompt was coffee-oriented…latte!
And finally, we have a beloved kitty that fit the bill…she looks a bit like an espresso, and a latte all rolled into one!
And this completes the first 3 months of 2025. Thanks to @getsketchbox.com for more fun!
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