Although I find it difficult to find art supplies that do not include some animal product or by-product I strive to use those that are produced without any animal suffering. Thankfully there are many brands of synthetic brushes on the market and I’ve written about them at http://dianemarcotte.com/blog/animal-friendly-brushes/. But brushes are a small part of…
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Fantastic Eraser for watercolour, pastels, alcohol inks, etc. The Perfection Eraser Pencil by Faber-Castell is an eraser core in a wood-cased pencil barrel. The great thing about it is that it can be sharpened with a normal sharpener. You then have an eraser that comes to a fine point. Their #7057 is double-ended – the…
Although I find it difficult to find art supplies that do not include some animal or animal by-product I strive to use those that are produced without any animal suffering. Thankfully there are many brands of synthetic brushes on the market. A future post will look at paints and substrates. My Favourite Brushes Michael Wilcox…