I was very excited to check out the contents of this Scrawlrbox - I’d seen others play with it and I knew it would be fun. But was the price worth it? Let’s discuss below:
Items, Swatches, and Thoughts:
Spectrum Noir Metallic Paint Marker Set: Liquid Gold (Chisel nib), Quicksilver (Fine Point Nib), and Molten Copper (Bullet Nib)
These are really nice paint markers! They are oil based and very metallic and opaque. I liked that they gave us 3 colors in 3 different nib sizes - that was definitely a fun challenge! I think overall I liked the silver fine line nib the best, though the gold chisel nib was really neat too! In my art piece I used gamsol to move the paint around more to create different depths and values within the piece, and it turned out really great! I’m really glad I got a chance to try out these markers and am looking forward to using them for my ultimate metallic challenge later on this year!
Gellyroll Moonlight Bold Pen, 10mm in Pink
This was definitely an interesting pen. These moonlight pens seem like the best of all the gellyroll features - bold, opaque and bright. I liked this one and it was a fun highlight to the red/copper details in my piece, but it did feel a bit out of place in this box. For the price, a metallic gellyroll in another color seems like it might have been a great option here.
Derwent Sketching Pencil, 2B
I love Derwent sketching pencils, and I’m always happy to have another spare one around! This wasn’t a huge value add to this box (I personally don’t ever want a pencil or a cheap, round brush in an art box at the expense of more supples) BUT this one was nice for shading since we were given black paper. It is a high quality pencil that I will use in the future.
UniPosca Black Pen, 3M:
This seemed like a real head scratcher to me. I love a good posca pen, but why black when we were given black paper? I think white or really ANY other color would have been better than black here. I did use it to clean up some edges, but for the amount of value it added to the box, it was probably the thing I used the least.
Art Gecko Black Art Tiles, 10 sheets, 210 GSM:
I loved this paper. It was very heavy duty and took the gamsol well. I’m going to test it wet as well, but it was definitely a decent surface to work on with the paint markers, and I think it would work great for colored pencils as well! This paper is not easily available to me here in the US - so I was super glad to get a chance to test it here in this Scrawlrbox.
The theme for this box was “Out of the Darkness,” and I immediately knew I wanted to do something from Zelda. I love the moment in Breath of the Wild when Zelda’s powers erupt for the first time, and so I drew that here:
I did end up using Gamsol to get the paint markers to move well - and it worked like a charm. This is easily one of my favorite pieces of Zelda art that I’ve done, and I think it’s really cool that I did it with my Scrawlrbox!
Overall, I really had SO much fun with these supplies! They were well curated and interesting! I think the boxes value was not great, and that’s so disappointing. If they had just even added a second white gellyroll pen or white medium of any kind to this box, I think it would have been a perfect addition that also added enough value to make the box feel complete. I will say that we are not able to get this exact combo of markers to try out anywhere online, and so that does add some “invisible value” for me as a consumer. I also can’t easily get my hands on ArtGecko paper, so that’s nice to get a chance to play with that as well! Watch the full review here:
Did you get this box? What did you think? Let me know in the comments below
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