Learn about my adventures in watercolour, gouache and other mediums, interspersed with general musings about literature, myths, art and randomness. Come for the stories, stay for the swatches.
😂 If you have a brother, do you end up looking like him? I once did one where I ended up looking like my cousin! I didn’t realize how much we looked alike until that moment!
LMAO! I do this, too. For me, the issues isnt just the proportions. It's also my shading. For example, i will accidentally make my under eyes way too dark, and it makes it look like i haven't slept since the great depression
Melody from Cornwall Ontario canada. First time watching you this week. I was considering trying QOR watercolours.loved how the trumpet flowers turned out. I do not have an instagram. Email yes.
@@melodycrites3145 Hi, Melanie! Thanks for the interest and if I do another giveaway I’ll consider different rules, such as including other countries, and maybe expanding the socials, but for now, since I already posted the rules I need to follow them. I’m glad you enjoyed the Trumpet flowers! They turned out better than I expected.
Hi, please read the description for the giveaway rules. Along with being in Canada and following me on RU-vid and Instagram, I also asked for comments to be eligible to contain the following: The word "contest", the name of the flower painting you prefer from either video, and your Instagram handle. Best of luck.
Hi, please read the description for the giveaway rules. Along with being in Canada and following me on RU-vid and Instagram, I also asked for comments to be eligible to contain the following: The word "contest", the name of the flower painting you prefer from either video, and your Instagram handle. Best of luck.
I love my Qor. The reason Qor' s PY150 is less dark in masstone than some other brands is simply because its not made with as high pigment load. PY150 is so powerful and strong, you hardly need any to get a strong bright yellow. I love it. My Schmincke PY150 is even less brownish. That's because that brand makes all their pigments to work harmoniously with each other in balance as much as possible. So one pigment won't easily over power another. I love my Schmincke too.
That's so interesting! Just goes to show that formula has a big impact on colours! You'd think we would always prefer high pigment load but it makes sense that we sometimes might not! I know I normally dislike Phthalo Blues because they are much too staining and intense for my taste but I've tried a couple that were definitely not as pigmented as other brands and I could almost see myself using those! Thanks for the comment!
I know! I gave up on Starbucks years ago to feed my art materials addiction... Worth every missed Frappuccino or other froufrou drink! But you definitely do not need any of the big palettes. Just choose a couple of colours you'd like to try, it's always a huge risk to buy such a large set without having tried them previously.
I have my eye on a 12 color palette but I just splurged on a big sennelier palette a few months ago so it may be a while before I can justify it but I may get it for my birthday this fall.
Thank you so much 😊 Since I didn't film those paintings, and I did them from photograhs comfortably from home, it was in fact a much less stressful experience since all I cared about was the painting! I don't know how all the other youtubers do it! Filming and painting and publishing new videos all the time! It takes me 2 full days to edit a single video, and painting is just a hobby of mine, I do it so I can un-stress and keep my creative juices flowing! But I like to share what I learn and the materials I try out because I know I am curious every time a new brand or colour comes out.
Considering you'r the only entry at this time, I'd say your chances are looking good! FYI - I posted a follow-up video focusing on Red Flowers in case you're curious to see the colours at play! I hope you're having a lovely summer! 😃
I totally agree! What do you think of the YInMn? I like it but it's not distinctive enough for me to want to splurge on it if I ever finish this pan. Then again, I don't have an issue spending on Lapis Lazuli for some reason. I don't think my pigment preferences are very rational! 😅
So the can responses from RU-vid for this comment were: "You should!", "They are!", "Please do!". I somewhat agree with all three but it feels almost irresponsible! They are lovely but expensive! I don't regret getting them because I like trying out new brands and like supporting handmade watercolour artisans but they are a bit of an investment! But if you do get them, I would love to know what you think of them and which ones you got! 😀
This is such a gorgeous painting! I love the texture of magnetite; I recently got a pan and am now even more excited to try it out! Thank you for sharing
Wonderful! You'll have to tell me how you've been using your magnetite, because I don't see a lot of people using them and I'm curious! I'm glad this could help!
I love how you swatch like I do to see all the ranges of the color. I have seen people do really heavy swatches and it looks bad for the watercolor because you do not see the transparency that we all love about watercolor.
Thank you so much for noticing! I also prefer watching larger graded washes. I understand why many people don't bother because the swatches are more meant for themselves as reference but I know as I viewer it is very frustrating to only see mass-tones! 🎨
Replying in July about April... Just remembering that month gives me frostbite! But now I'm complaining about heatwaves!😅 I hope your summer is kinder than April was! 😀
I dry it out before closing back and otherwise I probably have just been lucky? Montreal is pretty humid but maybe climate might affect rust formation. I have noticed a bit of rust forming at the interior edges of the cap and am thinking of using some type of oil to see if I can prevent more rusting, that or some clear nail polish. I'll try to update you on which one I try in case it works out or not. Or maybe I should do some research to see what the suggestions might be. Now I'm worried about my tin!
I got mine on Amazon, but I think these are fairly popular at stationary stores so if you have a preferred stationary online store, they might carry it too.
Wow- absolutely gorgeous colors! I ordered potters pink and waiting for it to arrive! Are you enjoying them? Now that you have used them do you have favorites??
I like Potters, Morellone, Haikaido Orange, unsure about YInMn since it's so expensive, Copper Blue is so pretty and soft, but easily overtaken by all the other colours, same with Zirconium Blue. I think I would have ultimately preferred the Naturales palette of 36 because their more earthy delicate colours are the ones I prefer!
I think they have unnecessarily hamstrung themselves by not including oxgall so these aren’t behaving as their other paints. I will add oxgall so they move better.
I am curious as to why they didn’t try using synthetic oxgall which would still make the paints vegan if that was their main goal. I’m unsure as to why they made these decisions and what their main use is meant to be. Neither gouache nor watercolour… Doesn’t flow but is also not opaque. My only guess is that they may be trying to emulate either more eastern traditional watercolours or they know something we don’t know… I’ll have to play with them more to figure these paints out. And I will definitely be experimenting with some oxgall, I’ve been wanting to try the one from QOR. Thanks for the comment!
Yes, the QOR synthetic is the one I buy. I may also get some of their watercolor medium. It’s aquazol which is the binder QOR is using and their watercolors move and do tricks like no other.
I totally get your point which is why I ended up talking about it while looking for my watersoluble graphite around my desk but this was live and I couldn’t find it at the time. I either kept looking and those watching the live swatch were stuck waiting or we moved on. I can totally create a short specifically comparing it if you’d find that useful. What can I say, live streams are full of tech and human glitches! Thanks!
I agree. I’ve been playing with what was leftover from the live swatching session that has dried on my palettes and it handles much better, a lot less streaky!
Very helpful, esp the comparisons. Especially love all the externalised interior dialogue - and talking to your pigments! It would be interesting to see how they compare with a gallo’s natural pigments…
Would if I could but I only have a few of the earth pigments from A. Gallo. It’s on my wishlist but not until I’ve put a serious dent in my current A.Gallo palette 😅 I'm glad my general tangent-taking and ramblings are appreciated! ❤️
Can't wait to see the long video! It's so weird, I got the notification for the long video but when I click it youtube tells me that that video is private.. is it normal?
Not sure if it’s normal or not… I changed the setting sometime after it ended to Public and on my end it appears as Public but still “processing”. Here’s a link to the video in case you can view it that way though it will likely be in standard quality rather than HD until it finishes processing ru-vid.com_Uhx1RZUHnU?si=sE0kIOqUeVEgS4xs
Weird! It appears as public in my view but it’s still “processing” which I guess might be about processing the HD version… Here’s a link to it directly, maybe that will work? ru-vid.com_Uhx1RZUHnU?si=sE0kIOqUeVEgS4xs
I quickly moved on to pans exactly because of that when I first started. I have a few refillable palettes but those are usually brand specific and/or because I want to use them with larger brushes.
Interesting. Maybe not to expect a full gouache experience but to get a gouache-like result. I mean gouache is just pigment and white together, isn’t it?
I guess it depends on how you use gouache. Some use it very watery in layers and that would definitely work this way. But those you like using it in mass-tones in a graphic manner might not. I don't think we can honestly say to try it this way and you will get the full gouache experience but it's a nice approximation. Kremer are handmade and extremely pigmented, so you can get a closer experience that with a brand like Sennelier that is extremely smooth, very finely mild and transparent, but Kremer, they are not very luminous at all, they are on the opposite side of the spectrum so you can definitely try it that way.
It was Quin Gold, Buff Titanium, Zirconium Blue, Quinacridone Violet, Harbor Blue, and Ruby Red. That being said, I almost immediately after a couple of paintings decided to remove Titanium Buff because I never used it in that mix, and I removed Zirconium blue because I love the colour but it was too delicate for the other colours and I was using too much of it. I replaced those 2 colours by a true red Scarlet Red and YInMn Blue. I get a more balance palette that way, much versatile. But I haven't played with it much.
Awesome triad. Thanks for a lovely video and story. My weakness is historic pigments and I recognise the danger in maybe the work could just disappear. Of course this is true of everything, but that colour could just vanish …… looking forward to seeing whatever you decide to add. Happy New Year!
Hi Glenda, another question 😊 I am interested in Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber and Venetian Red. How opaque are the colours, could I use them like Gouache (when using them with only a tiny amount of water)
Not easy to answer since there will be limitations. So I tried it out and here are some results, I hope it helps! ru-vid.com3srPetAWzqY?si=tjeO718x_j6C6pgA 🤓
@@emilyerdbeere9210 Oh, no! If you look at my most recent shorts, I try those colours out with minimal water and mix them with white to see how they would work “as gouache”.
I now bought some earth colours for creating landscapes and the colours are amazing. So creamy and vibrant, the creaminess comes from glyzerine and honey. By the way, they don’t contain biozides, maybe this info is interesting for you. Biocides can cause allergies, I was looking for a brand without them, because I have to paint indoors, Kremer is the only one. With the Kremer Titanium white now I can create semi-opaque colours. It depends on the pigment. It’s lots of fun. I also love the history of the natural pigments, it’s a special feeling to use genuine natural pigments. Thank you for this swatching demonstration, it’s very useful because I NEED some more colours 😂
You camera quality is really good , the color look to be very the real color. Usually the cameras change a lot of blues , ad magentas especially the turquoises!!!! They look to be very soft paint, the color are pretty!!! why you don't like mop brushs? I discovered that I'm very sensitive person that I preffer more shine than mat finishs in the wood to the toutch , some plastics in the mops could be a little bit irritate in my cuticle of my middle finger, than I fell more bad about being a sensitive person that look that we are very annoing person , but I 'm still in pres school of water colors and chinese ali express brush, art material in Brasil are expensive. Happy new year
Olá! Como vai? Thank you so much for noticing! I use my phone, but I do have some good daylight bulbs. I'm not good at using colour correcting software and it's a pet peeve of mine to see people swatching and knowing the colours are off. So I often film during the day with indirect sunlight next to my window and also use the artificial daylight bulbs, that's what makes all the difference. I think we all have our preferences, I can use different brushes but I prefer Round Kolinksy Sable or imitation sable with a nice spring to them. Mop have their uses but I find them too floppy for my taste. They are however really good for painting loose and large so I do own a couple of them. I use inexpensive synthetic brushes all the time I only feel the difference when I either need to paint small details or thin lines or need to fill out large areas with a wash. That's when I realize I need several sizes of synthetic brushes to do what a single Kolinsky Sable brush in size 10/12 can do. Synthetics can do what real sable can, it just takes more steps.
I got the basic 12 set and they were very receptive to changing a few of the colors for me I even ordered 2 extra pans Buff Titanium and Royal Yellow and switched out the greens and got a Teal, a Scarlet Red, and Gold Ochre. I like these paints a lot, but I have not ordered more because of the cost. For a handmade paint they are reasonable, but I love DaVinci paints of California and they are professional grade and reasonably priced too! Thanks for showing these off. I hope you post the next project you do with these paints!
12 is a good way to go and I'm happy to hear they are receptive to personalizing selections. I am currently spliting the large palette into several little ones to start using them more often, otherwise the paints feel too precious in this large tin and the number of colours overwhelming. It also makes them easier to take out en plein air, which is my favourite activity. It's winter right now in Montreal so I'll likely only start doing plein air in a couple of months so it will take some time before I can post anything using these paints.
Living dangerously! I like it! Sometimes I stop and think, "No one will be collecting anything I make for a hundred years duration so why is it such a concern? I do give away gifts and maybe one day I'll sell but until then... " And the pink really is gorgeous! Thanks!
@@GlendaVGarcia I love that you say this so plainly. I have a fair bit out in the world but doubt anyone in the future will be that taken with it, unless they just like it. And however it arrives at that person and place will be so random if it does, but at least I will have enjoyed the making of it! And being in places where I can…
