Can We Colour - Coloured Pencil Artist

Are Star Joy Gold Edition the next MUST HAVE Budget Pencil Set? Call it progress or call it reverse engineering but cheaper coloured pencils are getting better. Those passionate about pencil art seem to want more options for beginner artists or hobbyists who dont have the means to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollar and with that in mind, and manufacturers appear to be listening! With that in mind, let me introduce you to Star Joy Gold 120. First Impressions The first thing that I noticed about the Star Joy colored pencils was the way they feel. The barrel casings have a velvety matte finish unline anything I've ever held before and while it may not make a difference to performance, appearance is everthing right? They're nice to hold and look fantastic in their colour sets One of the first things you notice when you open the box though is the order does seem a little strange - and there's a fantastic reason why, explained by StarJoy themselves in the video below.    Sw...

  Can we Colour for Mindfulness - My Coloring Origin Story! When I say I haven't been colouring for long, that doesn't included the sheer and innocent joy of colouring as a child does it? As a child, I was the quintessential 'inside kid' and my favourite things to do were write and colour - funny how things work out right? Cut to the adult coloring craze of 2016 and I was an adult with a long history of mental illness who needed an outlet. My major depressive disorder, cultivated from trauma and genetics was the perfect storm and I was in the centre. Finding coloring again was such a balm for me at first and diving head first back into the art reminded me of this childhood joy.  In 2021 I was made redundant, a mother again (to a boy this time - what do you do with those?) and in the midst of a global pandemic when the Universe handed me one more chance. I was blessed to come and work for a very successful pencil artist and this by default reminded me of my love for colo...