ART + TEMU = REGRET?

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The evidence of forced labour, intellectual property theft, privacy concerns, and environmental impact has me pretty certain I'll never purchase anything from Temu

The issue with Temu is less about the quality of the products and more about how much the app tries to harvest every bit of personal data it can from your device. That's why they try to lure you in with ridiculously cheap offers.

The tiny watercolor tray would be nice for nature journaling and sketching while hiking. Instead of breaking up existing paint pots, you could easily use tube watercolors for a personalized portable palette.

…coming to the comments to ask why Jazza didn’t use tube watercolors for the mini palette!?

The little watercolour tray is supposed to be filled with tubed watercolours and you could put a little squared sponge, that is dry, into the small rectangle on left side of the set.

Watching jazza defile a perfectly good watercolour pan to break into sections caused me pain 😭

1. I only use watercolor & take 3 pallets with me everywhere. I've seen those lovely, mini, wooden pallets on Etsy & have wanted one for years, but cannot justify the purchase. 2. Dedicated watercolor artists usually prefer empty pallets so they can choose their favorite paint brands & colors. I can't imagine any watercolor artists who'd prefer the type of paint that would be included with a $9 pallets. 3. Watercolorist fill empty pallets with tube paint & allow them to dry before using them.

The tiny water color palate is for the people who like to travel with their art or do on site paintings. It's ideal for a notebook not a block bc it clips to the top of an individual page. Tube watercolor paint or gouache are also better for putting in the trays, and it being open means you can pick out whatever color palate you want to use. It's convenient especially with a pocket notebook of either watercolor or mixed media paper. It is a tool not an art supply if that makes sense. I can understand it's not for everybody but I also think the review in the video was harsh? biased? idk, it felt like a review for an average person and not an artist if that makes sense. I mean no hate at all it's just the vibes I was getting

The water color pallet is great! It doesn’t come with paint so you can choose your own quality and colors of paint. It’s made for artists who paint on the go like me. Instead of bringing my whole mini pallet which is still quite large I can bring that micro pallet

I had an earlier version of the Xenx tablet you showed. I used it during COVID for scribbling things during Zoom classes (I’m a chemistry teacher). It was completely adequate for drawing diagrams for a chemistry lecture, but I can’t imagine trying to do anything precision with it. I also always have a small watercolor box (one of the Windsor and Newton ones) and a pad in my bag, I’ve carried that stupid thing around for 20 years or more, and I use it probably once a year. And I love it.

I have the mini watercolor pallet and absolutely love it(I like that it comes epmty so I can customize the colors to my needs), I keep it in a mini ikea bag with a mini leather bound journal(1"x2"), mini washi tape(about 3mm), working dollhouse crayons, a mini jar of water and mini paint brushes I made out of toothpicks. BUT.. with that being said, I am mostly a miniature artist. I started out doing acrylic paintings on finger nails... so having everything I need for random creativity fit in my pocket is absolutely amazing..

Just a comment on washing art supplies/work trays in the sink at home: If it's solid when dry (acrylic skins, or wet or dry oil globs) DON'T. Plumbers are expensive, and the fish won't be happy with the chemicals. Wipe or scrape those mediums into a piece of waste paper. Wipe as much as you can off the tray/mat with a cello sponge or paper towel. Then, if it needs washing, wash it in a plastic pail or tub. Let the solids settle. Pour off the water. Wipe up the pail/tub, put the wipe in the trash.

I have never seen anybody chop apart their water color pans to fill another pallet. You couldn't find any watercolor tubes on Temu ??😂😂 And I know you have some gouche tubes somewhere

I'm not sure if I'd be confident to spend any money on Temu. I'd rather go to a local store and know I could be face to face with a person for advice and help. Great video to watch though, I was curious to see the outcome 👍

6:10 Quite ironic to me that I actually had a bigger version of one of these as a toddler and it was my favorite toy and it actually DID inspire me as a "budding artist" 😂 My earliest memories of drawing come from that board

I have the mini wooden watercolor palette with 15 cups and is the size of my palm. I always use Arteza tubes and just squeeze the amount I need into them. LOVE using it when I'm out on walks or traveling. Done a lot of travel journals and 4in x 6in canvas panels for my bookshelves. Although I got mine from AliExpress, it was 8 dollars. It's definitely been my best creative companion for about four years now. 😁

The portable watercolour palette is adorable and you should have used tube paint to fill it instead of destroying your half pans. And yes, lots of watercolour artists like having portable palettes with them. I have a (much more expensive and better quality) mini palette and love it. 😁

to be fair, most of stuff on Temu is items they did not design but copied, and you can find different seller of the same item and thus different name on the same item as well on the site. So have in mind stuff on Temu is often stolen designs and budget version of them. But I'm sure they can surprise you as well with greatness. Just have some salt in mind when browsing, and defiantly try to understand the dimentions of the thing before buying. Its like amazon sometimes, some do have dimension in a picture somewhere. There been several who thought they found the cheapest clothes or furniture and got doll and doll house version. Then its China, who knows what labor they using, some sweatshop etc. have that in mind too.

The mini water color pallet is so you can take your stuff on the go and you can customize what colors you want. You would fill the water color wells using tube water color and let it dry (or your own if you make your own paint). You can clip it onto a clip board for solid painting surface while you are on a hike or in a park.