Hey Cait! What a lovely thing to hear! I’m so so pleased you’re liking my content, you’ve just made my day! 🖤🖤

Hey Elena 🤗 I love these kinds of videos too, I hope you found something useful from it! 🖤🖤

Thanks Rachel! Glad you liked it 🖤

Can you buy from Jackson’s website? They might ship to Argentina, I hope you can try them one day because they’re amazing paints 🖤

Thanks Kat! I’. So silly, I need to update that link in multiple videos I think 😂 thanks for flagging it to me 🖤

@@Finelinernerd Thanks for updating the link! I caved and bought the brushes through it with the black Friday discount! Can’t wait to try them

Haha! I really appreciate you using the link, and I hope you love them as much as I do! Let me know how you get on with them? 🖤🖤

Hi Luca! Thank you for your kind words 🖤 the gold I use is Daler Rowney’s “shimmering gold” ink, it’s made with a mica that sits between gold and silver (something I like to call “champagne”) and it might just be my favourite art supply 👀🖤

Hey Kuba! Nice to meet you 😋, thank you so much for the tip about the paper because I’ve been wanting some bright white paper for ages! My only problem with Arches is that it’s a bit too yellow, I’ll definitely check it out 🖤🖤

@@Finelinernerd if you want bright paper try out the fabriano artistico watercolor paper. It is 100% cotton and comes in two whites, bright white and natural white. I compared it with arches and it’s so much brighter. Also it’s a really soft, but not sensitive paper.

Hi Ildikó, welcome to the channel! I hope you’re enjoying the videos 🤗 and thank you for using the link, I do get a small commission so it means a lot. Hope you’re having a lovely day 🖤

I think they’ll do it again at some point so I wish , I wish you luck if you try again! Just know that size didn’t play a part 🖤 there’s such a range between the different ambassadors followings, I just think there were so many entries so don’t be discouraged 🖤 if you do end up getting some please let me know what you think! I LOVE talking about art supplies 🖤🖤🖤

@@Finelinernerd aw your so sweet ty! I’ll be sure to let you know. Also btw I’m that person who won the dot card on Instagram. Just discovered your yt and I love it keep up the cool content!

I’m that case welcome! 🤗 did you get my message about the dot card? 🖤

@@Finelinernerd yes I did! Thanks for updating me! Can’t wait to get them.

The package from Aus arrived today in the UK, so shouldn’t be long until it gets to my home and then it’ll be on it’s way! 🥰🖤

Hey Juan! I just updated the link, I’m so silly! Should work now 👍🏻 I know what you mean about the fear 😅 I’m not sure what lightbox I have as it was a present and it doesn’t have a brand name. But I would recommend getting one with an adjustable light dimmer because ambient light has a big effect on seeing through the paper.

And if you wanna abridge the time you are waiting for the light box then just hold your picture against the window. I did that a lot when I was young. 😎

@@Finelinernerd thank you so much for your advice!

Hi Blythe! I am SO basic hahaha! I use plates because then I’m not constrained by how much I can mix, it’s good in practise until I haven’t washed them in weeks and I have 12 plates stacked up by my desk covered in dry watercolour 😅🖤

Hi Leonie! I let the paper expand for 5-10 minutes but I keep it wet, it will curve slightly while it expands but then flatten out again before it starts drying. I tape it down at this point. That way the edges are bound to the board when the paper is most stretched, so when it dries it dries tight. I hope that helps 🤗🖤

@@Finelinernerd Yup, absolutely! Thank you! 😃 Interestingly, after I'd let the paper that was all bubbly dry overnight I found it totally flat in the morning! When I rewetted it, it did bubble but when it dried it dried flat again. This paper I'm using has very mystical qualities 🤔

Oh weird! And you’re taping it down after 5/10 minutes of being wet? (Depending on how wet you make it)

@@Finelinernerd Not this time, I'd just taped it down after maybe 2/3 minutes, after making sure it was good and wet. So I doubt I waited long enough for the paper to really stretch out nicely. I'll have to keep that in mind for next time :)

Oof, I don’t know, maybe third? I do love them but some of the colours in the set aren’t what they maybe should be (for example the Alizarin Crimson is kinda brown) I don’t automatically “reach” for them like I do W&N and DS, but they are great paints 🖤

@@Finelinernerd I’ve been using Paul Rubens and White Nights and now I’m ready to move on to some more professional paints but it’s impossible to know where to start!

It is isn’t it! It’s a mine field, like I say in the video try a limited palette from a few brands before making your decision (so you don’t waste money like I have in the past 😅) let me know what you choose in the end? 🖤

It was arches paper 👀 but I had to show the reality! 😂 you’re so brave drawing straight onto it!

@@Finelinernerd Arches 😳- I couldn't do that (unless I had a warehouse full of it). As for me, brave or lazy... I wonder which it is.

It did hurt a bit 😂

@@Finelinernerd ha ha it hurt me too. Second hand pain.

@@Finelinernerd We appreciate the sacrifices you make for us viewers, James. 🥰

Oh no that’s a shame! Have you emailed Betty Hayways to find out what happened? 🖤

@@Finelinernerd nah, but I looked through tagged posts on Instagram for other purchases and it seems to be how they're shipped now and has been since last year. I assume that the Chelsea Paper Co. decided it was cost prohibitive to send them in a bulky box to protect the storage box (which appears to be cardboard anyway?) that then wouldn't fit through a letter box when they could instead send in the thin box they were sent in, especially as coming from Jersey into the UK they had to add a customs declaration. There's less chance of headaches with all the border uncertainty if a customer doesn't need to physically accept the package. That or they just ran out of lovely boxes somehow and didn't think it was important to tell anyone they were changing the presentation of the product for... reasons? But that feels unlikely. They were intentionally packed as received, hand wrapped with a company sticker, so whatever the reason for not including the box others received, it was a conscious decision. I don't think emailing would create any kind of resolution, as it's not like someone just forgot to send the box. It's fine I suppose, I have brush rolls, but it's still disappointing that they've marketed the set since launch as coming boxed and had their "ambassadors" show it that way too and then changed the presentation seemingly without notice.

I’m sorry they weren’t represented here as you received them, I wasn’t aware of the packaging change but you raise good points for a possible reason why it was changed. I have a spare box because I bought a set myself long before the ambassador program started, I’m very happy to send it to you (I’ll cover postage), if you would like it send your address to finelinernerd&gmail.com for me 🤗

@@Finelinernerd ah you're very kind to offer, but it's honestly fine. I'll store them in my brush roll and they'll be safe and secure. It's moreso the principle than the practicality that's bothered me. They're lovely brushes, and it's a real shame that they're not being given the attention to detail they deserve after what sounds like a lot of effort went into design, supply and manufacture. Obviously life has changed a lot since they were first released, but a quick note on the website about the lack of a box the customer may have seen from one of their ambassadors' video/written reviews or tagged social media posts advertising the brushes would have sufficed. Transparency is important, especially as a relatively young brand. They rely on social media and word of mouth for advertisement so it would also make sense to keep their ambassadors up to date of any changes, but nobody I've spoken to had any idea. Very strange.

If you change your mind let me know, as I say I’m not using one of them so very happy to share. I’ll give the feedback to Betty Hayways as well 🖤

Hi Raquel! I never knew you were @helenikes! Good to know 🤗🤗 and I’m really glad you like the video 🖤🖤