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Thursday, March 3, 2011

A Thank You Gift From Sennelier - Thank You, Sennelier!

My thank you gifts from Sennelier France.

A while ago I was contacted by Sennelier of France and asked if I would help them with a blind test of their watercolors. They had seen my website and liked my work.. and so invited me to help them improve their product.
 I have used Sennelier supplies for years and am familiar with their high quality product line. When I lived in Italy I used their pastels ...and loved them! 

 It was a fun test, with several tubes of various watercolor colors to compare..It really made me think about the consistency and fluidity of each tube as I compared and rated them all, then finally picking my favourite from each group. They told me they would sent me a thank you for my time at the end of the testing. The time spent was fun and I had learned someting during it.

When several weeks later a big box from France was delivered to our home I was more than excited about the contents! I have new watercolors to use....new pastels to play with and new oil pastels to try! AND lots of new 300 lb watercolor paper to put to good use, along with some new watercolor brushes!
Thank you Sennelier!!! Believe me, the pleasure was all mine!! Below is one of the paintings that I completed with the test paints which I liked the best!! It is available on my website.



"Lift Off"     watercolor          8 x 13"


Now I am just now heading down to the studio for a bit....going to try those Sennelier oil pastels for sure!




3 comments:

Scrappy Grams said...

How wonderful, you got to test products that you use and rewarded with more of them! Delighted for you.

Kim Vanlandingham said...

I use a couple of thier oil colors. I think they are very high quality. Too cool all the goodies that they sent you!!!

Linda Shantz said...

Sennelier oil pastels are the best out there! I can't wait to hear what you think, Kathi. I love them, have the whole set!