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My anxietyyyyyy; my nerves couldn’t handle it. I’m so un-chill. It all works out but my brain is creating parallels to “The Out-of-Towners”. Thanks to Nick saving the day!!! 😭😭
Hahaha! Thankfully the area we were in was pretty chill, so it’s wasn’t scary, but without Nick we would have missed a good portion of the concert. Nick was our savior!! 🙏
Thank you so much!! I appreciate you watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🤩 I have more videos like this showing my sketchbook from this trip on my channel ☺️
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I found the French shop quite expensive. You can get great quality for half that money anywhere in Europe. But the Venetian store... *I need this* I might travel there just to buy a set or two. 🤩
Charvin was expensive, I will admit, but there weren't a lot of other shops that were near the sites we planned to visit and I wanted art supplies that were specifically made in France. And I would absolutely recommend visiting the store in Venice!
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@@allisonsedar Sennelier, Rafael, Isabey. I went to Sennelier's factory or whatever it's called. They show you how they make their pigments and the hives where they make honey to bind their watercolours, their history, their papers, etc. It's quite interesting. Most of the stores I've found while travelling were by chance, and they were rather small so I admit I'm not the best for recommendations.
Hi Lola! The items in the video are from France and Italy. I have some vlogs about my trip up on my channel if you'd like to check them out, more coming soon!
I definitely think the pigments were brittle because they were so liquidy, when I mix paints I don’t use water I use 1:1 gum Arabic and pigment with 2 small drops of glycerin per pan they dry quicker that way and don’t crack as much. Your watercolours are still very useable though! I need to go to this shop when I visit
Thanks for the suggestion! Being a complete newb I didn't realize that the instructions probably meant to use dry gum arabic mixed with water. Now I'll know and I can either use less or pick up some dry gum arabic for next time :)
probably a paint muller would make it a lot easier - you would be able to grind the pigment a lot finer and sometimes that changes the colour depending on how fine you grind it!
Cheap Joe’s Art Supply Carrie’s the French Charvin line of paints, if I remember correctly. You might be able to add to what you purchased while in France!
I love the little pigment collection, so beautiful and such love put into the packaging! I believe that the recipe the store owner gave you might have been for dry gum arabic not the already hydrated version (in the bottle) so that may be why the paint was a little liquidy :) I have a recipe and easy tutorial if you want to learn more over on my channel, but you are correct that each pigment mixes differently, some need more binder, some need less - honey and glycerin will really help with the cracking and rewetting. I am so excited for you to keep on playing with your pigments, it is really fun and rewarding :) Thanks for sharing 💕
Ohh that makes sense, that’s probably why it said to add water! I will definitely check out your channel so I can learn more for my next crack at it. I am going to get a mulling plate soon at another person’s recommendation so I should be able to try again soon!
