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Smart Art provides artists with diverse, high-quality materials that inspire and nourish creativity. Each month subscribers receive a new box featuring a different artist that highlights their time-period, 8-11 trial/full sized art supplies, a suggested project, and a detailed pamphlet introducing a new art medium.
Smart Art Box
Cost: $49.95/month.
Ships To: United States.
Coupon Code: N/A
Disclosure: This complimentary box was sent for review purposes. As always, all opinions are my own, and no compensation was received.
Smart Art ships via USPS and ships on or around the 1st of the month. If you sign up on or before the 28th of the month, you will get the box that will be released on the 1st of the following month. All orders processed after the 28th will ship the month after the following month. For example, a purchase made on or before January 28th will be shipped February 1st. A purchase made on January 29th will be shipped March 1st.
I never know what the Smart Art project is in advance which makes it extra fun to open.
The January 2017 Smart Art introduced “Nero Oil Charcoal” and included all of the materials to Create a Charcoal Sketch.
The Materials:
The box included:
~Cretacolor Nero Deep Black Pocket Pencil Set ($15.95)
~Cretacolor Artists’ Pencil 3-Piece Sets ($12.99)
~Canson Artist Series Drawing & Sketch Pad (5.5″x8.5″) ($5.99)
~Artist Chamois 5″x7″ ($4.15)
~Artist Organizer Box ($4.19)
The Instructions / Suggested Project
The box always includes detailed instructions to complete the project. Of course, you can also branch out on your own and explore with the materials. I started this and realized that this is not the technique I am best at (which is why my project isn’t posted). I did have fun with it, though, and it let me be creative, so it was still a win. Plus how do you know if you love something unless you try it out?
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