A year and a bit ago I got one of the Jazza (yes another arty youtuber) art boxes and I found it amazing to get as I had never used some of that stuff before. So last year during lock down, I ordered one of the mega art box set from Jazza via Smartart, and also signed up for a monthly smart art box. Lockdown/covid, the state of the world, was (is) uninspiring and horrible. Restrictions are lifted now currently in my city – and I have managed to get myself being creative in art again. It’s been a long slow slog of a process though.
The Jazza box and the first two art boxes all came in a few days of each other after waiting for ages; I’ve barely scratched the surface of the Jazza boxes, waiting for a bit of inspiration there, but the other boxes I’ve had a play with and incorporated the stuff into my art stash.
The first box was pens and pencils, second was opaque watercolour, third was oils. I don’t like oils much unless they are the low irritant ones, and two of my paintings were total clusterfucks, but the giraffe turned out ok for a quick sketch. It forced me to paint for the first time in ages so that was ok I guess. I just got my April box today, it’s pastels/charcoal, something else I’ve not used for ages.
Jazza art boxes, waiting for me to play with it 
The first smart art box was pencils, markers, pens 
Doughnut challenge…Pen, marker 
Seahorse challenge, Pen, marker 
The crystal challenge – i drew this cartier brooch in pen and markers 
this really bright watercolour set. I did a little set of earth/air/water/fire with this and markers 
This paint was opaque and bright, lots of fun to work with 
An oil sketch of a giraffe head, the third box had oils
