Scrawlr Mixed Media MiniKit

Can’t decide what to get creating with? We’ve made that decision for you with the Mixed Media MiniKit! A section of supplies with a whole range of finishing effects for those who love to dabble in all media forms.

This kit contains 3x Marabu Art Crayons in; Sunshine Yellow, Plum and Pomegranate, a Derwent Watercolour Pencil in Terracotta, Lyra Polycolour Colouring Pencil in Dark Violet, plus a Size 4 ProArte Paintbrush.

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What's in the MiniKit?

Marabu Art Crayons

These Art Crayons are buttery-smooth, wax-based soft pastels in a sturdy, fully-loaded retractable holder with an ergonomic grip and a clear protective cap. They are a versatile medium, suitable for a variety of fine art and mixed media work. They work well on raw or primed surfaces such as paper, canvas, fabric or wood. They produce a vivid, lightfast pigment and are water-soluble so can also be used to create seamless blends and washes and are wipe-resistant after 24 hours. These crayons are a highly forgiving art product that you can work with in tons of ways, working and reworking to your creative heart’s content. It is a product that encourages play and experimentation, so you can let your experimentations run a little wild.

Derwent Watercolour Pencil (Terracotta)

This premium watercolour pencil is equip with soft and easily blend-able pigment lead, which allows for beautiful washes, blending, layering and other desirable watercolour effects. It can be used with or without water, which empowers you to draw and paint with complete control. The pigment is not permanent once dry, so you can re-wet it again, to move, blend and adjust as your heart desires.

Lyra Polycolor Pencil, Dark Violet

Made from the best natural PEFC-certified cedar wood, that features a coloured end that matches the lead so you know what colour you are about to work with. It has a 4mm diameter lead for better yield, which is made from permanent high-pigment powders that are UV resistant. This pencil will guarantee an intense, bright colour distribution every time.

ProArte Polar Round Brush, Size 4

Perfect for use will all forms of water based mediums, this round style paint brush offers the sound performance you would expect from one of the world leaders in brush making. This durable brush is great for soft and clean paint applications. The nylon fibres have a good-colour carrying capacity whilst maintaining their shape well.

Great little mix

These materials are very versatile and go well together. I’ve used the Marabu art crayons before and they go on smooth, can be blended and I love the feel of them.

Mixed

The Derwent watercolour pencil is good. The lyra pencil is fine, although I would have preferred another watercolour pencil (I did try it with water but didn’t work). And the brush is fine.

Firstly, you do get a lot in the tube (the tube is almost full which is nice). I think the colours could have been better, I would have preferred the modern primary colours, yellow, magenta and cyan. The colours provided weren’t even traditional primary colours (yellow, red and blue) instead there was plum which is more of a purple than a blue.

The crayons aren’t as water soluble as I hoped. I tried colouring with them then adding water with a brush, with a water dropper and a spray. Then I tried colouring heavily on the page and using it as a palette which worked, it created a light watercolour. Then I added clear water on the page and drew on top and lastly I dipped the crayons in water a drew with them.

Mixed results, using waster with a brush on top of the colour was the worst technique which it strange as it’s the most common. Overall the crayons aren’t impossible to use however the Derwent watercolour pencil work best (which is nice as I’ve only ever tried the Derwent academy watercolour pencils which aren’t so good).

I think instead of the crayons they should have added stabilo woody pencils, I’ve never tried them but I’ve heard good things about them, they’re like a Chucky watercolour pencils which also words on black paper and glass.