Hey guys!
Just want to say hello. I’m chilling at home, searching and generally making a mess with my new set of watercolor crayons. Fun story, I got them in a mystery box…. Let me rephrase that: I got 12 packs of them in 2 mystery boxes. That photo is of me holding up one pack with the swatches and mixes I made.
Ocean State Job Lots has mystery craft boxes and well, I’m a sucker for a good deal (you pay the $20-50, price may vary by store, and then get a store cash card for what you spent back, so essentially it’s free). So now I have 12 packs of these watercolor crayons, which were by far the most useful items in the boxes. There were a lot of iron-ons. A LOT of iron-ons, almost exclusively of numbers and letters. Also a lot of paving stone letter stamps, which I will try to find another use for. Maybe pet toys? They are plastic.
The watercolor crayons (gel crayons by another name) are in glue stick-like tubes, so they aren’t dried out or otherwise damaged from what I imagine is years sitting in a warehouse somewhere. Date of manufacture says 01/14. Almost 8 years prior.
Anyways, I did discover that the red and yellow make an okay flesh tone, and yellow plus blue makes an almost-perfect sap green. My personal sap green tastes run olive to be sure. I even managed a dark grey from mixing all 4 colors! Anyways, next up will be cutting sections off to create a palette, and using a palette knife to mix chunks together for more color options. With 12 packs of these, I can afford to mess up a few times! LOL.
Wish me luck! Haha, seriously though, this is actually brightening up a not-so-cheery holiday season (see my chicken post for details). Opening the first box was a wonderland. The second box was almost identical to the first, but that first box…magic.
Just goes to show, opening even a crummy gift brings out the inner child in us all. Or is it just me?
Opening packs is always fun, I was just surprised by the date of manufacturing, strange to be a packet with 8 years old still selling in stores Anyway, have fun with them. Let's see what you come up with using them.
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Thanks! Will do! I plan to have some messy fun with these. They are comparable to the Crayola gel crayons I have, and those aren’t terrible. Use like crayons basically.
Btw I never knew there are gel crayons in the market too😅, that's just my ignorance. But hey, we learn new things every day.
Gel crayons are wonderful! Basically lipstick but water soluble (to a degree). Less pressure, bigger stick. Basically, ideal for colorists with motor function or other hand/wrist issues. Young and old and otherwise. Only downside is, it can be messy - think oil pastels but even softer and mushier - basically, think drawing with lipstick. Exactly that.
"...drawing with lipsticks" perfect.. got it😂
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Hahaha, I understand you perfectly, in the depths of our being we will always be children. Now I'm waiting for the works with your new watercolors.
Hope you have a good time creating some cool stuff. Glad to hear something as simple as watercolour crayons could brighten up your day here is some !PIZZA as well to make it even better <3
Thanks!