ScrawlrBox #060

Name: ScrawlrBox #060
Brand: Scrawlrbox
SKU: SQ0352654-0820
Price: 25.95 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

£25.95

Get inspired by our featured artist Bastien Marienne and consider not only the visual elements of art, but also the textural. Explore how adding a tangible texture can add depth and contrast to your work, and how it can heighten your sensory perception of art. This box contains Daler Rowney system 3 heavy body acrylics in blue, yellow and magenta, a Pro Arte Series paint brush, a Staedtler Mars Ergosoft Pencil, a Palette Knife Card and 3 premium artboards.

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Bastien Marienne aka. Babtwo

Between spontaneity and dynamic painting strokes, Babtwo seeks in each portrait to convey emotions and sensitivities. Self-taught and at first rocked by the underground universe, he then decides to turn to the practice on canvas to devote himself to new creations, study and experiment different techniques.

Fascinated by humans, it was these first courses in medical school and his first anatomical drawings that inspired him and very quickly aspired to make portraits: Deconstruct to reconstruct, dissociate to re-associate, play with colours, oppositions and contrasts, volumes and spaces, shadows and light, textures and materials; try to go beyond the superficial lines, to bring out the deepest in the raw state, glimpse a soul, capture a moment and read through.

Instagram/ @_Babtwo_
Facebook/ Babtw0

#ScrawlrChallenge

Facial Topography

This months box is all about texture and how its application can be manipulated to give an added dimension to your artwork. We have included heavy body acrylic paints which are thick and sculptural, plus the tools to apply them in various ways. But don't stop there. Try adding other tactile materials to the paints to further develop your texturised compositions. Be sure to think about not only how the thick layers make your work look, but also how it might feel to touch and use these elements to your advantage. Enjoy experimenting with this medium and (as always) we look forward to seeing your Scrawlr creations.

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Inside the box

Daler Rowney System 3 Heavy Body Acrylics

These Daler-Rowney System 3 Heavy Body Acrylics have been reformulated to offer more pigment and versatility than ever. The high pigment load used gives it excellent colour strength, permanence, light-fastness and opacity. They have a superior heavy body consistency offering a unique peak retention, ideal for impasto techniques and use with a palette knife (or card). It's an extremely versatile and manageable water-based acrylic, but also offers all the virtues of a heavy body consistency. These paints are fully intermixable which lends to limitless colour combining and blending possibilities. They are also suitable for interior and exterior use, making them the perfect medium for all mixed media art projects.

Pro Arte Series 60 PROLON

The Pro Arte Series 60 Prolon brush is a tinted nylon multi-media purpose brush with a round brush tip. This brush is comprised of durable and soft nylon hairs with a good colour-carrying capacity. Ideal for clean and crisp paint applications with acrylic and other thickly textured paints, as well mixed media projects. They are made from a high-quality synthetic hair with great colour retention and pointing qualities. They are very resilient with densely packed bristles which makes them great for use with high-viscosity paints such as oil, acrylic and heavy body acrylic.

Faber Castsell 9000 2B Pencil

The Faber Castell 9000 is a classic pencil, launched by Count Alexander von Faber-Castell in 1905. Each pencil features a graphite black lead, which is made from very finely ground graphite and clay. This combination ensures that the pencil performs a smooth application and is never scratchy. Its lead is fully bonded with the wood surround which makes it particularly break-resistant and it also has a water-based varnish which is non-toxic and environmentally friendly. This pencil is a top-quality instrument designed with your needs in mind, making it a firm favourite among artists and illustrators.

Artboard (3 Pack)

These artboards are perfect for all of your painting and mixed media needs. They are light weight and sturdy with a pre-primed surface ready for direct paint application. They are hard-wearing media surfaces, laminated with Optima mixed media paper, ideal for all of your artistic masterpieces.

Palette Knife Card

This palette knife card is great for creating various textural dimensions to your artwork. You can cut it, slice it, bend it and more to bring texture to the heavy body acrylics. It can also be used for mixing your colours before application, keeping your paints pure and your brushes clean.

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5 stars: 508 (66%)
4 stars: 166 (22%)
3 stars: 65 (8%)
2 stars: 11 (1%)
1 star: 19 (2%)

Very good

Enjoyed this box very much. The heavy body acrylics were interesting to use with a lovely texture to them. Haven't explored all the possibilities with this paint yet, but I like what I see so far.

Acrylic Gateway

I purchased this box so knew what content I was getting, had really wanted to try acrylic and this was an easy way in. Loved the materials and artist tips and had a great time experimenting. Still have loads left in the tubes and has encouraged me into acrylics which I am working with mostly now. Love scrawlr surprise boxes monthly, highlight of the month definitely but love historical purchases as well, always great quality materials and really makes it easy to try out new mediums.

August scrawl box was amazing.

August scrawl box was amazing. I love the materials inside and the challenge set. It wasnt my usual way to paint so I loved doing something I had not tried before and the materials were great quality. Now signed up to a subscription so every month feels like I get a present for myself lol. Thankyou scrawlrbox. X

Amazing Products

Excellent high quality paints to either add to your collection, or like me start you journey in to acrylic. Absolutely loved using these and has lead me to adding more acrylic to my art box.

I love the surprise of

I love the surprise of what your'e going to unbox. The sweetie is such a nice touch..don't ever stop that! I'm not even an artist, but I dabble. Love it!

Bright and textured

Fantastic inspiration, I really wanted to do the effect that came with the guide, but my colours blended too much maybe I was too impatient and needed to allow things to dry before continuing, But I did very much enjoy setting up in the garden and doing my own thing! the paints dry fast on the palette board and leave a great texture on the canvas boards

Great box. The tools in

Great box.
The tools in this box are a good quality and great fun to work with!
As usual the packaging was great.

Loved it!

I loved the colors and I liked the inclusion of the palette card as well. The paper was really nice as well and it was a generous amount! This was one of my favorite boxes so far!
Sophia, age 12

August 2020 Box

This box was excellent. It brings me joy to get these boxes every month. It was a real treat to get acrylic. I had a lot of fun with this months challenge. I did add a little white paint to one of my paintings. I like the size of the canvas/art boards too

I added some of my

I added some of my own white acrylic when I first tried out this box but enjoyed the challenge of using just the contents of the box in my second painting. I loved the texture I could create and plan to buy some more of these paints sometime to try a larger piece. I enjoyed seeing the paintings of the featured artist and used one of his paintings as inspiration for one of my pieces.

I enjoyed the challenge of

I enjoyed the challenge of creating a portrait with just primary colours and no white! I wish I had more time. This has been my most hectic school start-up in my 24-year teaching career!

Time to unsubscribe

This box is what made me decide to cancel my subscription. There was nothing useful as far as techniques or style that I felt was worth a box. I used the supplies and even tried to imitate the art provided. The comparisons were not even close. I personally believe that ScrawlrBox has had much better boxes.

Good box as usual, but

Good box as usual, but definitely needed a white or/and a black paint. Especially with the prompt given.

Lovely bold acrylic colours. Very

Lovely bold acrylic colours. Very versatile. I enjoyed using the paintbrush, great quality. The art boards made a great change from paper.

Out of my comfort zone and embracing the creepy!

This box definitely took me out of my comfort zone, I enjoyed this introduction to thick acrylic and having fun with texture. The supplies were great quality as always and more than enough to cover the perfectly sized canvases provided. This has been my favourite Scrawlr challenge so far. This is brilliant box to experiment with this type of medium.

High quality - as always!

I used to use a lot of acrylic paint, but the cheap stuff- this box was a completely different experience. The lack of a white makes you think outside the box with regard to shading, so you have to use colour... Perhaps could have done with the red and blue being a little further apart in tone, but a very fun box nonetheless!

Way beyond my skill level

Way beyond my skill level to make real pictures with, but easily one of the more fun boxes just for the tactile pleasure of smudging the thick paints around.

I'm happy with it!

I've never really tried good acrylique peint and thise are quitte amazing! Idk what to do with them right now but i love thé texture. The brushing is also very good. But i think thay lately we have too much pencil? Idk.

mouldable paint?

I really enjoyed trying out these thick acrylic paints, it was almost like a semi mouldable colour medium which was easy to manipulate and spread around. The art boards were the perfect match and it was nice to have the choice of a brush and 'palette card' to use.

Delighted

High quality paints, and canvas size ideal to recreate a stunning picture. Prompts my daughter to vary her techniques with other mediums,

Vivid colours

Very enjoyable, really tested my colour mixing abilities due to the limited vivid colours. The prompt was interesting as I usually do portraits and it added a different aspect to it.

Found challenge very hard and

Found challenge very hard and really needed a white too the box

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FAQs

Is this a subscription?

No. A previous box is a one-off purchase of that edition. It does not sign you up for monthly deliveries.

What will I receive?

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Can I still try the ScrawlrChallenge?

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