Welcome to Paul Apps Wildlife Art for all things wildlife art and painting by Paul Apps I have been a UK-based professional wildlife and landscape painter since 1987, For over 26 years I have been teaching weekly classes. I also have a Patreon site www.patreon.com/paulappsartist where I regularly post full tutorials, please check it out My second RU-vid channel is for my mobile studio in a VW T4 Camper van called Clarabelle, and all things En Plein Air, go check it out. ru-vid.com/show-UC15rvpIGZ_he6GAJg9wJrGg Check out my website and Instagram pages. My aim is to post new videos as regularly as I can, but please bear in mind that I am very busy with my gallery in Hythe, Kent, along with painting commissions and producing tutorials. So if I go quiet now and again it means I am doing what I love, painting! I love to read your comments and ideas for future videos, so please feel free to comment and connect with me. All the best, Paul
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and firsthand practical tips. Glad I came here searching for a list to begin filling, my first time, 24-half pan plastic travel palette. I'm inclined to try the 20 well aluminum like yours, but no hurry now. I was surprised when I found no ultramarine violet, so I substituted with mauve. Others include Venetian Red, Cad. Orange, Hansa yellow, Hookers Green, and Viridian. Starting out with DaVinci paints and like you I stocked up on a few others. Being a spectator to all the great talent on YT is an education in itself.
In regards to the Noodlers fountain pens, did you heat set their feeds? The material of their feeds permits (and in this case requires) some malleability when placed in hot water thus helping the feed fit properly to nibs. If you haven't done it before I recommend finding a youtube video as a guide. Maybe this helps even if this video is a year old. Also in regards to flex fountain pens for artists there is a youtube channel named Marc Kompaneyets Studio that has some nice videos discussing that topic. Other than the FPR nibs he also seems to like the semi-flex nibs by fpnibs (a Spanish company).
Hi Paul. You can use black insulation foam piping to blend your colours to save your fingers. I have used it on AS grit pastel paper and it works. Also use it on every type of pastel papers. Enjoying this tutorial. Even though it is an old one.
I really enjoyed watching your video, I just found you and as an absolute beginner I have found your information so informative - very inspirational. Look forward to learning more from you :)
My personal favorite color to use in my entire time watercoloring has been Quinacridone burnt orange. It's such a beautiful color to put to paper or mix.
not a silly question. Liquid in 15ml tubes will go further, added to empty pans and allowed to dry, you get a few refills at a little extra cost over set pans. Also if you want richer images from time trio time it is even easier with the paint still in a soft form. hope that helps cheers P
LOL! I’ve got a pen addiction too. My addiction to Noodler’s pens and FPR pens is pretty bad. I have as of now, 10 Ahab pens, 9 Konrad pens, 8 Nib Creepers, 9 “Charlie” pens I got free with 4.5 oz. bottles of ink and 1 Triple Tail, all from Noodler’s. From FPR I have 3 Himalaya V2 pens, 2 Himalaya V1 pens, 2 Jaipur V2 pens and various Guru, Indus and Darjeeling pens. I’ll not count my assorted TWSBI, Kaweco, Pilot, Platinum, etc… I love Noodler’s pens for sketching and line work. Noodler’s pens almost always need a bit of tuning to get the most out of them. My usual procedure is to remove the nib and feed. Then scrub them with a good degreasing dishwashing soap. I will “floss” the nib with a .0025 feeler gauge to clean out any dirt or oils from between the tines. Then I check the tines for alignment. I’ll then reinstall the nib and feed into the pen. I make sure the feed has about 9 fins exposed when the nib is seated. I then ink up the pen and see how it writes. If it writes too wet, I’ll move the feed in one fin and test it. If it writes too dry, I’ll move the feed out one fin. But the pens usually like 9 exposed fins. I’m using Noodler’s .308 cartridges for my Ahab pens and my Triple Tail. They hold a large amount of ink and they have screw on caps so you can carry extra ink on the go for sketching in the field. I use Noodler’s “Heart of Darkness” for my artwork and several other Noodler’s inks like “Lexington Gray” or “Manjiro Nakahama” which is a lovely sepia that’s almost black, but not quite. Oof! Didn’t mean to write a novel. Haha!!
@@paulappswildlifeart This first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. I just haven’t gotten past the first step. 😂 I do enjoy my pens though. I’m thinking of getting a Boston Safety Pen (or two) from Noodler’s as well.
@@raymondkluppels4972 I try to find a balance between giving a good account of my methods whilst allowing enough information to describe what is happening. Then I have a full length version on my Patreon a paid service . Like everyone I have to earn a living from my work Hope you understand That, by all means join my Patreon to see all my demos in full real time cheers P
Hi and thank you so much. Yes, I do have my Patreon, the $5 tier is all my back catalogue only and the $10 is the back cat plus a new wildlife video full length each month. I have two watercolour courses one on skies and one on ink and wash on my Podia site paulappsartist.podia.com/857afbca-9696-467c-9750-e638d06d1301 cheers P
This is brilliant. Just getting back into watercolour painting and have bought my first artist grade pan set for my holiday in Cornwall. This video has really inspired me to record some trees!
