Art Alternatives Drawing Accessories Set

I purchased this for part of a set of supplies for one of my art students. (I tutor in the summertime, though I'm a speech therapist and special education teacher during the school year.) I really enjoy my art students and this is one of the first products that I recommend for them if they're going to be learning to sketch and draw in either graphite or charcoal. It's got a bit of everything in it, and it's just enough to get the student through the summer program and still have some left over. I highly recommend this as a starter set for anyone of any age who is just getting into drawing. I love the kneaded eraser, the assortment of tortillons, the chamois cloth (a favorite of my students), and the sanding paper.

Here is a great combination of tools, some of which I didn't even know I needed yet when I ordered it. I ordered it for the blending stumps (which also have a fancy french name I can't remember.) Huge improvement over my fingers! Then I learned that the sandpaper can be used for sharpening charcoal. There is also a chamois and a kneaded eraser. Kneaded erasers are really cool, much better at picking up marks gently than a vinyl eraser. I didn't see the erasing shield in my package.

My 12 year old is a new artist. He really came into his own in his 6th grade art class and has flourished. He keeps telling me that he wants supplies and I feel like I am feeling around blindly. He kept mentioning a blending stump that he uses in school so I looked this product up. Seemed like a great set of tools for a new artist. He took to them right away. I just wish it would have came with more precise instructions. He knows he needs more than just a pencil and paper, I know he can use more stuff, just not sure what. I googled how to use this and what each thing was called and what was what in the package. Once we got that all figured out, away he went and he's made great use of this!

I got this to use on my coloring books with my fancy colored pencils. I have found all the the chamois and eraser shield to be useful. Those I am sure are helpful to others. I use the blending stumps and tortillians with baby oil to blend my work. It makes my work look more like a painting then just a colored picture. The sandpaper file is used to clean the stumps, Everything appears to be of great quality.

If you're just starting out working with blending art mediums - this is a nice little kit. Has all the tools needed to get started using paper stumps for blending - plus the sanding tool for cleaning the stumps and keeping them sharp. If you aren't sure these tools are for you, but would like to try them - this is a good inexpensive way to try them out.

My step-dad recently took up drawing and my mother couldn't find an eraser shield anywhere. She didn't actually know what an eraser shield was, so she asked the only person she knew who would know: the starving artist. I've never found them to be useful myself (different preferred medium), but I got to be the hero and surprise my step-dad with a timely, practical, and meaningful gift. Which are the best kind!

These cardboard stumpfs are okay, but I don't' use them because they take off too much of the pastel pigment. I've relied on using my fingers to blend, and I've also bought a couple of "Style Stix", silicone tools which are really good at blending small areas. Just remember to clean them off (use rubbing alcohol, then dry them) between colors. Takes only a second to clean them, and avoids some contamination

I love to draw and I needed this whole kit cuz my old one was fully used out I liked that there is a variety of blending stumps and I'm so happy with them! Plus bonuses! We have the sexy sharpener and an awesome k needed eraser for fixing up them mistakes! Love it and I'm very happy with it x3 ten outta ten!