Favourite art supplies for illustration with watercolour | cute illustration, drawings & paintings

In this video I’ll show you my favourite art supplies that I use for my illustrations, drawings and paintings. These are the ones I use the most, and there are some supplies I didn’t know about when I just started out, so I just wanted to share:). Thought it might be helpful:)
Hope you enjoy!
Supplies featured:
Pentel side fx mechanical pencil
Ecobra mechanical pencils
Staedtler mars lumograph black 8B
Tombow mono eraser
Faber-Castell 7057 Perfection eraser
Faber-Castell Kneaded art eraser
Uni pin fineliner
Sakura pigma micron fineliner
Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pens with brush nibs
Faber-Castell Polychromos
Winsor and Newton designer’s Gouache in Titanium white
Sakura Gelly roll pen in size 10
Winsor and Newton Cotman watercolour brushes
Daniel Smith Watercolour pan set
Derwent inktense
Hahnemühle Cezanne watercolour paper
Hanhemühle Toned watercolour books and paper pad
Hahnemühle Zigzag watercolour book
Canson XL watercolour paper
Talens art creation Sketchbook
Music:
Music from Epidemic sound
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Vendla / Infinite love / courtesy of epidemic sound
Oakwood Station / Around the corner / courtesy of epidemic sound
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[@StudioEstherillustration]

My favourite art supplies❤️ Hope you find it helpful! What are your favourite art supplies and why?:)

[@user-iz1ue2yf7n]

Mine r alcohol markers cuz they’re easy to use and blend

[@user-iz1ue2yf7n]

Watercolor confuses me sometimes 😅but I want to try it more 🙂

[@StudioEstherillustration]

@@user-iz1ue2yf7n I think working with alcohol markers is pretty hard! But maybe the blending is a little easier:)

[@karenkessin4135]

For white highlights I am a fan of the Kuretake Zig Brush Pen White Ultra Fine. Amazon carries it.

[@StudioEstherillustration]

@@karenkessin4135 I looked it up and that looks reaally nice! Thanks for sharing! I might end up getting this one😄

[@tara-lee]

I'm so glad you showed up in my recs. I love your illustrations!❤

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Thank you!😊

[@cazkiwinz4300]

This ^^ Me too! 💋

[@sanzoy]

Your vid popped up in my homepage feed and wow KZbin finally recommended something I enjoy! Love your art style, love the BGM of the vid. Please upload more❤

[@StudioEstherillustration]

What a nice comment, thank you! I really enjoy making them, so I definitely will upload more!

[@irmabecx4758]

Yeah, high quality watercolours can be like that. When i switched to artist's grade paints (Schmincke Horadam) I had the same experience; I thought I didn't like them at all att first. But ever since I got them I don't touch my old paints anymore, I always reach for the high grade stuff! :)

[@Heyits__JC]

I love your art style so much, new sub here~~ can’t wait to see more art from you 🥰

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Thank you so much for your kind comment and for subscribing!☺️There will definitely be more!😄

[@Narja23]

The toned paper pads and sketchbooks are my go to for watercolor! I'm in love with them ❤

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Love your enthusiasm about the paper! The right paper makes me sooo happy❤️😄

[@AlbaGouacheArt]

Very beautiful video, interesting and nice. Very beautiful drawings😍😍

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Thank you so much!😍

[@K.ART_vlog]

so nice ❤️😍

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Thank you!😍

[@xinnoondaily]

I Love this! We did something similar where we live out. This video actually gave us inspiration and hope that we can still become successful, thanks so much for this video.

[@coloredcarol8074]

Lovely artwork you have! I love looking at and making cute things too :) thanks for sharing your favourite supplies, I particularly loved the mechanical pencil with the side button, so handy! One of my favourite art supplies is muji’s hand cranked pencil sharpener. It makes a vey fine point and it’s the only one of mine that works well with prismacolor pencils. Btw, subscribed!

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Thank you so much, I had a look at that sharpener, looks nice! I’ve never had one of those. But the prismacolors are a lot softer than the Faber-Castell pencils, so it’s probably harder to find a good sharpener for! Good to know that one works so well👍. And thank you for subscribing!😊

[@carlaventurini1935]

So beautiful your works!!

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Thank you! Happy you enjoyed it😊

[@edielambe8510]

If you don’t already have one, pick up a pencil holder/extender. Worth your while

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Good idea:) I never bought one of those, but they do seem handy.

[@asmabennillustrations]

Thank you. i enjoyed the video 😊

[@kareno.4397]

I love your art style! My favorite art supplies are similar to yours (paper, fineliners, erasers), but I'm just an amateur. 😅 I've never tried Daniel Smith's watercolour, my favorite one is a Van Gogh watercolor set from Royal Talens, the same company from the sketchbook.

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Thank you so much😊. I started out with a Van Gogh watercolor set! The first ones I used:) (mine was a blue box, but I think they have a lot of different sets now). Royal Talens have some really nice supplies!

[@GM-yn9nc]

Love the tour. New subscriber!

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Yay good to hear!🎉And thanks for subscribing😊

[@Bkt27]

I just found your channel and I love your art style I have been using watercolors a lot more recently and its okay😅 I use strathmore paper which isn’t THE best but it okay I’m a noob so it’s good enough I also use arteza watercolor and random brushes😅

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Thank you!😊 I’m working on a art supplies for beginners video right now! Spoiler alert: random brushes are fine if you’re beginning😋. I hope it might be useful for those starting out:) I didn’t start out with superfancy supplies, but I learned a lot!

[@sablemoreno5095]

Nice. I have a few DS sample pack tubes and they're really good when I use them. I also have that same exact mini spray bottle 😂 One tip if you can't afford a porcelain palette is to lightly rough up the tin with like a super fine grit sand paper- think like 3000 grit to prevent gouging. I believe there's also a toothpaste coating hack, but I forget if that's to whiten after some color staining or to prevent the beading that happens or a mix of both.

[@StudioEstherillustration]

That’s a nice tip about using sand paper to rough up the tin! One of my palettes is from a thrift store and was probably made for food, but I like it anyways😋. And now I know it’s called beading! English is not my first language and I could not figure out what to call it😅

[@UTleochi]

Such a shame the Cézanne watercolor paper has been discontinued 😢 it’s my absolute favorite. Love your supplies and your adorable art🥰

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Oh no, I did not know that! It’s such nice paper, I’ll have to go to my art supply store to get some more if they still have it😅 and thank you!🥰

[@UTleochi]

@@StudioEstherillustration Yes, you definitely should get whatever stocks they still have, that’s what I did. Hahnemühle have launched two new all cotton watercolour papers, the cheaper is called Expression and the high end cotton paper is called Collection. I haven’t tried them yet, so I cannot tell how they differ from the Cézanne. Sadly Hahnemühle mainly produce pulp paper now, I wonder why! They used to have more choices.

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Hmm I will have to get the newer ones as well, hopefully they are just as good! Maybe I’ll do a review if i can find them:) Thanks for the information😊👍

[@UTleochi]

@@StudioEstherillustration Good luck! Hope you will like the newer ones, looking forward to your review! :D

[@StudioEstherillustration]

@@UTleochi hi! I’m working on my review video. Would it be okay if I mention your name (because you were the one that told me about the newer Hahnemühle paper? 😊). It would just be a little screenshot of your comment, something like that. If I don’t hear from you I won’t put your name in :). Anyways thanks for telling me about the paper😄

[@magicmoments6899]

your caracters are so cuteeee 🥰

[@StudioEstherillustration]

thank you!😊

[@InkByt3]

New subscriber :)

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Thanks for subscribing!🥳

[@InkByt3]

@@StudioEstherillustration You are welcome

[@InkByt3]

@@StudioEstherillustration I keep on seeing you mention your staedtler mars lumograph and really wanted to get one! 😆Recently I found an amazing little art stores which sells great supplies in good quantities and prices. I got the staedtler mars black 8B and it definitely doesn't disappoint!

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Yay! I’m happy to hear it doesn’t disappoint! It’s such a good pencil for those tiny black details:)

[@InkByt3]

Indeed it is!

[@fines_artchive]

Glad I found your channel. Your artworks are so adorable ❤ new sub here 🫶

[@StudioEstherillustration]

So kind!Thank you for subscribing!😊

[@Saud_theking]

6:35 i was suffering from this problem so, where can i buy the porcelain palette.??

[@StudioEstherillustration]

At an art supply store or online. Or you could look in a thrift shop for porcelain plates or trays (they are made for food mostly, but that doesn’t matter😊).

[@Saud_theking]

@@StudioEstherillustration thanks 💖

[@Rapture.ready100]

You didn’t say what gouache you like!!

[@midnightriot2454]

I have to say, it's graphite not lead, lead would kill you LOL

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Omg, as you can tell English is not my first language 😅😂 But now I know, so thanks!👍

[@StudioEstherillustration]

I googled it again after the previous comment and it showed up as pencil leads, indeed! So I wasn’t recommending people to use a deadly mechanical pencil😂. Thanks for your comment to let me know👍

[@InkByt3]

@@StudioEstherillustration Same over here in Australia! Pencil leads are the common name, little school children's parents' often receive calls home to tell them that they "keep on chewing pencils." Thank goodness that they aren't lead 😳 🤣

[@StudioEstherillustration]

Thank goodness!😋😅

[@InkByt3]

@@StudioEstherillustration haha!