Walking away and looking at any work you do is really helpful. As I T've said before, leave it overnight and the painting fairy comes and fixes everything! LOL TFS

What a pleasure to watch! Thank you!!

It's beautiful 🤩. Thank you for showing your struggle...it gives me courage....

I love the story about your mom, so sweet. Thanks so much for this video! It's very helpful.

Perseverance = Amazing work of Art! ❤

So beautiful I’m makes me feel warm and fuzzy. I love it!

AWESOME! It makes me think of Starry Night

I think the cat looks great!

Wow! That is fabulous!

The amount of effort and attention you put into this gift guide is phenomenal ❤

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Love to see paintings, but I like everything you bring to us! I love this painting! Wonderful!

Gorgeous! 🩷

This is FABULOUS! and so are you. Your cousins r fortunate. Honestly I was gonna ask how much. Just perfect🎉❤

That is amazing, from trash to treasure. Love it.

Thank you Sandy! My husband used to draw back in college, nearly 40 years ago. While I’ve always encouraged him to start again, and we have planned to take watercolor classes together after he retires in a few years, he was always too busy with other things in our lives and his music. Two weeks ago he was showing our sons and future daughter in law his old sketches. They also encouraged him to start again. He tagged along with me to a craft store while picking up things for my son’s wedding, and bought some new pencils, paper, etc. HOLY COW! His drawings are amazing! I also know they will continue to improve with practice and experience. I really want to set him up with supplies that will make his new art adventures even more exciting and enjoyable. While I have a good understanding of watercolor and card making, drawing is definitely NOT my thing - well I did explain what a kneaded eraser was for). (Seriously, even my stick people look wonky). This guide will be incredibly helpful in setting my hubby up for success. Thank you! Sorry so long.

It turned out amazing!

Thank you for the note of encouragement! So helpful to know I'm not the only one that feels like giving up on my art every once in awhile...

I didn’t care for an impressionist style painting I did recently so I cut it up and mounted the sections on greeting cards. They turned out much more to my liking.

So very glad you didn’t chuck it out - it turned out so beautifully.

One of my favorites from you, Sandy! And that's saying something, because there are MANY. I hope I get to experience many serendipitous moments just like this one as I work to improve my art.

This is so beautiful

Why not?

Done

Of course we can! The only one's who don't want us to do it is the manufacturers. I mix like a wild person but I'm not a professional in anyway😁. 🤓🇸🇪 🤓🇸🇪

Ahh Penguins. Your Christmas jams. You make them? Very Cute!!

Such a nice idea !!!! Thank you for all the nice picks in your lists

Congratulations, Sally! It’s a beautiful chicken!!! ❤❤❤

That needle brush…. Not sure I have been that nice!😂😂😂😂😂

Fantastic!

What kind of brush is that? ❤

Sending love and hugs, Sandy! I can’t imagine what you are going through but will be sending good thoughts and prayers as you attend your dear mother’s memorial 💖

My heart hurts for you. I loss my Mom 7/16/2001 and think of her everyday. The huge hole in my heart slowly filled with all the great memories. I sure miss her still, my kids had her for such a short time. But I know she is loving all my grands, and great granddaughter. ❤️🌻I love hearing others stories of their Mom and Dad! Mine weren’t perfect but darn close! They set high standards!❤️❤️

Thank you so much for showing me this technique, i tried it out and lovrd it and now i am trying to doing an ap art piece with this method

😭😭😭😭😭 I’m sitting here crying at my desk. How special! ❤❤❤

I still have trouble understanding how the chart works….could be chemo brain, l would love to understand

Bless you for the patience you have to make such a chart. I'm sure your mom is applauding in heaven! Haven't used my Copics in a long time - they're probably all dried up by now. Thanks for all you do to try to help us artists - no matter the medium. TFS

Sandy, been following your page for several months and you have great content. And as somebody who has lost their mom back 2018 and just recently lost my dad in May of this year, I fully understand your pain... I completely understand your gripe with Ohuhu markers as far as the numbering system (or lack of in this case) over saturation of many colors, trust me, I get it... It's annoying. Annoying as trying to ride a bicycle with an ingrown ass hair up a bumpy street. However, that stuff only matters to people who have a need to understand that. Most people just want to color and don't really care about any of that and don't have 1200$ to spend on a full set of Copics only have a few of them dried out upon arrival and re-buy the again, just for a hobby... I've had several that were dry on me when I got them directly from Copic. (ughhhhhh) However, you taking the time to make a Hex chart for those people who have those to help them out even with a set that you don't really approve of, simply for the betterment of other artist, says wonders to your character and your craft... The world actually needs more people like you...

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When you are starting out with a new hex chart, could you make individual color pieces so you can move them around rather than having to recolor each time you change your mind? Then, when you are happy with the results, you could put the colors on a permanent one. This might be what you are doing already, just thought I would throw it out there. I'm sorry about hid loss, I lost my mom a couple years ago and I still find myself talking to her.

Are you using the ohuhu markers now, I recall your old video where you didn't seem to care for them?

Yay!!! Congrats!! You really deserve it!!

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This is so nice of you to make this chart . I don't use alcohol markers I can't tollerate the smell. If I did use them I would for sure buy this!! I am sorry about your mom❤ I miss mine too she was artistic too. Thank you for doing this it was fun to watch. 😃

This is AWESOME! Thank you!! I will use it because sadly so many of my copics have dried up from their faulty caps. And every time I try to use them I just get depressed when yet another one is dried up, so I haven’t used them in ages. Now when I try to use them and one is dried up I will put the closest Ohuhu color in its place and just throw out the copic. I continue to keep the dried up ones because it hurts to throw them out. I have the complete set and boy do I regret the money I wasted getting them all. Because of the drying out issue, and then the cost of the refills going up as they got smaller and the price stayed the same 😢 Thanks, mom!! Say hi to my mom for me 😊

Having lost my mom this was a tear jerker. I can’t help with the hex chart- don’t own alcohol markers but certainly remember Two Things and a Rant. Glad that your artist mom, like mine, can help even though she’s not “here” any longer. Sending a long distance hug

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Sandy, I just finished filling in my Ohuhu chart. I splurged on the 320 set because so many of my Copics are dry. I’m slowly getting the refills I need and would love to get the comparison chart. I’m not a coloring expert so don’t have a preference between the two. My biggest beef with Ohuhu is the cap not matching the actual color of the marker.

Such a special video. I am curious why you chose to compare copics with ohuhu instead of olo?