Actually, those animals used to make the brushes are raised in captivity- and just like cows, if people stop buying natural hair brushes or beef...these animals would likely go extinct, because there are few places left where there remains enough of their natural environment to support them in the wild- so the humane thing to do is to actually buy animal products. Seriously, how is it any worse than them getting eaten by predators in the wild? I LOVE animals...but this whole 'don't use animal products' thing is really unrealistic, and a product of the minds (however well-intentioned) of people who have never really thought it through).
I see you sketched the Egret out first. Zink White. I tried to find Zink White , but others also like it, and usually the area for that White paint is empty. I like your choice of Music, some use a sleepy, soft romantic music , that puts me to sleep. I like go beat when I work that is full of ENERGY. However, I can see why their music works for them, because I tried it when working on more delicate parts,
Try using a canning funnel to fill your ziploc bags. Place the funnel in the top and hold it down while you put in the first spoonful. It should then stand by itself. Then gently lift the funnel up as the bag is filled. I do this all the time when I fill freezer bags with chopped peppers. Very easy and less messy.
No one comments about synthetic brushes being plastic (vinyl is plastic) and plastic is made from petroleum. Also, think about all the microscopic plastic fibers that break off and become part of the food chain. Hmmmm.
White Nights blend, but you have to pre mix them with water first. They are made with honey, so you can't use them straight from the pan. They don't flow that way.
Your Neptune wash brushes on smaller paintings use them for skys only and premixed washes for your sky you can also drop in sixe these brushes and they work very well Try a panting with an 1.5 flat. Then try a painting with an 1.5” a3/4” flat then a number three rigger I learn water colour with these three sizes and the Irish artists book water colour paint box and after the 9 lessons in the book I sold my first water colour using his limited palette of 8 colours
This video has helped me a lot! I'm beginner and I'm curious about something in one of your palettes. I have the same plastic one. What is the purpose of the three different sized holes in the second palette you've shown?
Hello Katherine, I'm glad the video helped you! I don't know what palette you are referring to but generally artists use different sized sections in their palettes their own way. You may find you want to put your paint in a small well and mix in a big one or you may like to put some paint directly in a large space and mix and use it from there. There are no specific uses for spaces. Just choices. I hope this helps .
I am an animal lover. However, less animals die due to natural paint brush hair than from plastics. Synthetic hair products do not biodegrade and can leach chemicals into the earth. It's made to stand up to water and not degrade. What will become of all that synthetic plastic? One word, Landfills. They market synthetic as more human, but in truth, they are not. They are actually more damaging to the environment and thus to animals for thousands of years.
Great tutorial, made it look easy - I did great on the bubble but messed up on the shadow. More practice! But one question, does this mean if I want to paint a lot of water drops I need to do them all first before painting what they are sitting on - a leaf for example?
Hi Jan. Thank you for the question. Assuming you are painting with watercolor you would need to leave the water drop space clean and white while painting the background. I would suggest trying some masking fluid so those spots are protected while painting the surface they are sitting on.
@Jan Stittleburg Great question?👍😊 And... @Sandra J Schultz Really good recommendation suggesting masking fluid! 👍😊 I'm very new to this and was wondering IF (although it'd be more work) one could create a sphere from strips of masking tape and use it in lieu of masking fluid? Or would water seep through the masking tape? I'm just curious because its more common for one to have masking tape on hand whereas masking fluid is more of a specialty item and probably would have to be purchased. Thanks both of you! (I hope I posted this correctly)
@@tlojewelrylove I have had water seep under the tape, so I wouldn't really do well with that - it may depend on your taping skill. Also, making a circle out of straight edge tape is beyond me :-) I bought a bottle of Pebeo Drawing Gum, as it is called, over a year ago, don't use it too often and it's still good. It's not hugely expensive, and in the US pretty readily available at Michaels or Amazon, or any of the art stores. Not sure where you live how easy it is to order?
