March 2017 Roundup

Books

Here are the books featured in March. I haven't been able to feature as many books compared to other months.

1. Drawn from Life: Contemporary Artists, Timeless Techniques
2. Florence Sketchbook by Fabrice Moireau
3. VISCERAL: The art of Jason Edmiston
4. How to Draw with a Ballpoint Pen: Sketching Instruction, Creativity Starters, and Fantastic Things to Draw
5. Learn to Paint in Watercolor with 50 Paintings by Will Freeborn
6. 5-Minute Sketching -- People: Super-quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings
7. 5-Minute Sketching -- Architecture: Super-quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings
8. Learn to Paint People Quickly by Hazel Soan
9. The LEGO Batman Movie: The Making of the Movie
10. The Art of Archer
11. Colour and Line in Watercolour by Glen Scouller
12. Assassin's Creed: Into the Animus
13. Quick Draw Urban Landscapes: Step-by-Step Masterpieces by Sarah Wimperis

Here are artbooks whose reviews are going to be late:

1. The Art of Ghost in the Shell
2. The Art of Kong: Skull Island
3. The Art of Horizon Zero Dawn
4. Masters of Sketching
5. GRAPHITE 2

Art Products

1. Parblo Pearl P10 10" LCD Writing Tablet Drawing Board
2. Artisul Pencil Sketchpad Graphics Tablet
3. Peggy Wong's DIY Compact Watercolor Box
4. Dell Canvas Artist First Impression
5. Dell U2917W Monitor (21:9 Aspect Ratio)

The other products that I'll be reviewing are the Missyee Light Board that was sent to me recently. It looks like a generic light box without any brand stamped on it. But the quality is actually quite good.

I'll also be reviewing the XP-Pen Artist 16 Pen Display.

Actually you can check out these unboxing video I uploaded yesterday to get a preview of those items.

Videos

I've bold the more popular videos below. Check them out.

1. Review: Portable Painter Watercolor Palette
2. Review: Platinum 3776 Fountain Pen with Music Nib
3. March Updates. Sketching Tutorial Set 4 / One Week 100 People / HCMC Trip
4. Book Review: The Urban Sketcher: Techniques for Seeing and Drawing on Location
5. Review: Pilot vs Platinum Desk Pen (DPN-70 and DP-1000AN)
6. Peggy Wong's DIY Compact Watercolor Box
7. Review: Artisul Pencil Sketchpad (Graphics Tablet)
8. Ho Chi Minh City Travelogue (Day 1)
9. Ho Chi Minh City Travelogue (Day 2)
10. Ho Chi Minh City Travelogue (Day 3, Last Day)
11. Unboxing Dell U2917W Monitor & First Impressions
12. Florence Sketchbook by Fabrice Moireau (Book Review)
13. Independence Palace (Sketching HCMC Series)
14. Dell Canvas Artist First Impression (No Review Yet)
15. Cafe Sketching at Prive ACM (4K)
16. Victoria Theatre Sketch (timelapse)
17. Cosmetic vs Watercolor Brushes
18. Book Review: Sketch!: The Non-Artist's Guide to Inspiration, Technique, and Drawing Daily Life
19. Viviva Color Sheets for Outdoor Sketching?
20. Unboxing Stuff: Reckless Deck, Light Box, XP-PEN Artist 16 (31 Mar 2017)
21. Ho Chi Minh City Cityscape Sketch (Timelapse)

Gumroad

There are now six sketching courses/video bundles on my Gumroad page. Sketching Tutorial Set 4 is the newest. I'm currently working on a Sketching Ho Chi Minh City video tutorial bundle which I hope to release in April.

If you happen to be a Patreon supporter at the $5 tier, you already have access to the course! Patreon supporters have access to the lessons as and when I finish filming them.

How to support Parkablogs

The other way to support me is through my Patreon page. The rewards are you get to watch the full length sketch tutorials that I create. Any amount pledge per month is appreciated. You help more put out more reviews for artbooks and products.

The reason why some artbook reviews are later than usual is because I'm saving up money. It's more difficult to earn money through Amazon now with the affiliate fee cut from 8 to 4%. Before the cut, I would just pre-order the books so that I get them fast, but now I wait and see if I can find sponsors or friends who can lend me the books to keep my cost down, hence the delay. Most books are still bought for review unless I specifically mention they are sponsored. Eventually, I still hope to review all the artbooks out there that I know of.

My plan for the money is to fund the blog, and also to fund the travel trips so that I can make more travel sketching videos, such as the videos and tutorials that I've made from my recent trip to Ho Chi Minh City.

The last and easiest way to support me is to share my reviews or Youtube videos with your artist friends.