Hello Steemians,

I hope you are all well and had a good day.

Its Monday and as far as Mondays go I have had a decent day and I am well.

As I left work and drove home I thought to myself "what should I do tonight? Will any of my deliveries have arrived?"

This meant my plan was to get home get Food straight away and then watch TV until bed time.

Upon entering the house my sister swiftly told me I had, had parcels delivered today and damn did that change my boring plans into something completely different. I wasn't expecting them for a couple more days but here they are and to my surprise All! of them.

48 BrushMarkers and Bleedproof Paper

All the colours

I bought a set of greys, warm and cool, skin tones, pastels, and 3 packs of additional colours - totaling 48 markers - 2 of which are blender pens and at least 2 blacks. I can say there are at least 42 unique markers all brush tip, and I'm happy to have brush pen markers made by "Winsor & Newton" ( http://www.winsornewton.com )

Mid Tones

• Turquoise
• Lime Green
• Sky Blue - with some normal names :)
• Carmine
• Lipstick Red - Apparently these names are a bit funky :P
• Gold

Skin Tones - Hopefully a very useful set

• Burnt Sienna
• Saddle Brown
• Praline - No idea what that is but cool
• Blush - should be very useful indeed
• Dusky Pink - sounds skin colour
• Almond - not sure thats a skin colour but cool

Pastel Tones

• Pebble Blue
• Meadow Green - I was hoping was a bit more meadowy before I saw it on paper
• Cool Aqua
• Pink Pearl
• Rose Pink
• Putty

Rich Tones

• Ocean Teal
• Egyption Blue - a great blue for the dark blue of the steemit logo
• Cadet Blue - a great blue for the light blue of the steemit logo
• Plum
• Firebrick
• Amber

13pcs colour set - 12 +1 blend pen ( Also known by me as the normal colour set )

Turns out I lied earlier about the pen count, but that was off the top of my head and I'm not changing it now.

• Black - I have got at least 2 of these
• Warm grey 5 - I definitely have 2 of this
• Cocoa
• Lush Green
• Bright Green
• Royal Blue
• Cyan
• Purple
• Magenta
• Red
• Pumpkin
• Yellow

Neutral Tones - Cool and Warm Greys - 12pcs +1 Blend pen

• Black
• Cool Grey 5
• Cool Grey 4
• Cool Grey 3
• Cool Grey 2
• Cool Grey 1
• Warm Grey 5
• Warm Grey 4
• Warm Grey 3 - on the paper I mixed grey 3 with grey 2
• Warm Grey 2 - see the arrows
• Warm Grey 1

A3 Bleedproof Paper - I was Skeptical

Having order many markers that love bleeding I added bleedproof paper and what a great idea. I was taught to have a bleed sheet to put below all drawings before using these types of markers and to make sure I didn't have to carry on doing that I put the new paper to the test.

As you can see on the right of the picture bellow I have my fresh bleed sheet to the right and no marking. Bleedproof paper also means the colour wont spread out as you colour - Fucking awesome ( sorry I don't swear that often but it is that awesome ).

And as you can see here I swapped the sheets and coloured a circle on the normal paper and that is an aweful mark it has left on the bleedproof paper.

Old to New

The promarker is the old and still manufactured marker - I am calling it old because I have used odd sets here and there since college 8/9 years ago. The BrushMarkers I am calling new as I don't recall Winsor & Newton making these markers that far back plus I have never owned a single BrushMarker!

Everything in One Picture For You!

My only spare pencil case

I thought they would fit but honestly I should have ordered 2 of these - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Winsor-Newton-ProMarker-Marker-Wallet/dp/B01B6AR848/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499716564&sr=8-1&keywords=Winsor+%26+Newton+Empty+Marker+Wallet

I managed to re-arrange my pencil cases and freed up a second and have them all contained in something but the marker wallet would be useful as every time I look for a single marker it is going to be extremely hard work to find.

Thank for reading sorry if my excitement doesn't come through while reading I honestly am excited and looking forward to using these in the future.

Now what to draw next?

Until next time,
Take care.

PS: With the help of Steemit I have been able to afford buying such a variety of markers and with STEEM/SBD I will continue to expand on my drawing equipment