Meet Nastya Smirnova - illustrator, art challenger and morning runner.

Nastya is the second person to let me into her wonderful house to talk about illustration, life and all around. Thanks, Nastya, for being so generous on your experience!

Nastya’s work is full of light, it is bright and gentle. Everyday sketches or book illustration - full of life, motion and color. Nastya says that her nickname is krasiver and when translated into Russian it means a person who creates beauty. I totally agree.

Hi everyone, it is Eraserexpertise vol 7.

Have you ever used masking fluids?

They are claimed to be useful in watercolors and gouache, even inks.

One can use fluid as masking material: apply fluid as paint on the surface you want to mask. It can be clean paper or already painted piece one wants to stay as it is. So artist can add layers. 

Let's try!

Hi everyone, it is Eraserexpertise vol 6.

Derwent Inktense. Seems to be another set of watercolor pencils. 

What are they for? What is the difference?

Let's see!

Once I changed career of blood-researcher to illustrator, there were some life-changing differences. For example, no one seemed to be in sports anymore. When you are a physicist, you are told to do sports not to go insane. I wonder does anyone tell this to illustrators.

Meet Tanya Ivankova - artist, illustrator, printmaker.

She lives in a fairytale house near Moscow with her family and I want to show you place where this artist creates.

Hi everyone, it is Eraserexpertise vol 5.

Magic watercolour sponge eraser - what is that? Eraser for watercolour? No way it works!

Hi everyone, it is Eraserexpertise vol 4.

It is written it is "general purpose cleaner for Inks, Dyes, Pigments, Acrylics and Watercolor.

Doesn't harm metal pen parts

Non-corrosive non-toxic. Dip or soak pen parts and tip."

Let's try!

Hi everyone, it is Eraserexpertise vol 3.

Winsor and Newton Pigment Markers.

What is it? What it is for?

Hi everyone, it is Eraserexpertise vol 2.

Dust free eraser from Faber-Castell.

Actually only one question: really?

Hi everyone! 

This is eraserexpertise, my blog on art supplies. 

Even when I was in school, studying physics and math day and night, I was in love with office supplies stores. 

And then I've discovered ART supplies stores. I would spend all little money to buy new pack of something, put in my tiny art box and wait :) Because it was too good to start. Do you know this feeling of new sketchbook?:)

But once I finished my sketchbook to the end and realized that this feeling is even better. And then I got courage enough to try all amazing treasures from art stores :) Since then I've done master in biophysics and some different non-art stuff, but got only more pencils to love:)

So here it is.

Independent blog about art supplies: reviews, videos, tips and more.

Each friday on my Instagram stories and forever - here.

Stay tuned!

Hi! My name is Olga Ptashnik, I am illustrator, creator and art supplies lover.