Do let me know which of these tips you liked the best. If you enjoyed this video you are sure to enjoy this wet on wet technique video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1LiXfP1PUUw.html
So useful to learn of using gum Arabic to glue paints back into your palette, and also reshape your older brushes! Any tips, Michele, for cleaning the threads of your metal tubes, other than wiping or trying to get the paint off with a sponge, before putting the cap back on? It often seems when I have the need is exactly when I’m busy with a crucial step in my painting, so I feel I can’t take the time right then, and later, it’s too late to do a good job so the cap gets stuck and is difficult to remove once again. Thank you.
So Informative, Thanks for sharing!!! You had me laughing when you mentioned that the eyeshadow didn’t make you look like a supermodel😂!!! Subscribed!!!
A fine tutorial - and created while moving house! That is really appreciated by your subscribers and fans. Thank you! My favorite trick is using gum arabic as a painting resist, and an accessory for creating sheen. Imagine one is painting an eye, and then covers the orb of the eye with the gum, giving it the moist look the eye has naturally! Going to try that out tonight! Again, thank you!!!
Mine is the painting resist tip as well. I've always had a love/ hate relationship with masking fluid and this seems like it leaves your preferred masked areas much easier to work in naturally. Awesome tip!
Hello from California USA. My name is William and I am a oil landscape guy. I picked up water color because I thought it would be easy ( ya, right ). I was humbled by the complexities of the art form. Your videos have me at what I would consider a novice and have cut the learning curve dramatically. Thank you so much for the time and effort in making these tutorials for us. I will become a patron and am looking forward to some lessons.
Hi Michele, For anyone who has "paint in the brush" issues, using The Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver is the best product. (No endorsements here, it just save my brushes from a gluey mess, as I posted in your FB group.). Most people don't realize that even with watercolors paint can get up into the bristles and cause trouble later on. Anyway, thanks again for the very helpful ideas. I'll be putting that on my next supply run and trying these out soon. :)
Not one single element I liked best as I LOVED them all. I am for the first time in my life where I can study art. I’m 65 and have used my artistic abilities in my life but unable to study or practice art. So any and all information adds to my education. So ta muchly.
I had no idea what gum Arabic was until recently. I was going to make some watercolors with it. You’ve given me a better understanding how to use it in my paintings and on my brushes!
THANK YOU! There was so much info that i didnt know. And i have painted in waatercolor for years. How i missed so many tips, i dont know. I love your videos and share them with newbies frquently. Cant wait to check this out!
I just put in an order for a few watercolor supplies and find now that I need to add another thing to my list. I will want to get this soon because I plan to paint a fabulous sunset I saw this week and want to capture the water reflections at their and expect this will help greatly.
I am in awe of how versatile Gum Arabic is given that it's a binder. I would've never thought it would have most of these results knowing how it's usually used. Tutorials like these are such precious gold for artists to learn from, teaching viewers what they didn't know they didn't know. I would've never thought to experiment in these ways, let alone to use it as a medium in general. Thank you! I learned so much from this!! I initially found this video while looking for some kind of anti-lifting or workable sealer medium. Obviously this video demonstrates how Gum Arabic is the opposite of what I'm looking for but this was incredibly valuable information and knowledge anyway, thank you!
Thanks so much. I have seen tutorials where people use it as a sealer, but in my own experiments it did not work well, being water soluble! I am using Gum Arabic in this Friday's video as a background tutorial so keep an eye out for that one :-)
This video profoundly changed my work with watercolors a good year ago. Thank you sooo much!!! ❤ I only started watercolor almost three years ago as a more therapeutic thing as I am suffering from cPTSD and I needed something "hard" to occupy my brain to prevent thoughts. Watercolor has meanwhile become my passion and I even sell some of my original art now. I thought I must let you know how you sort of impacted my life in a rather positive way. 🙏🏻 Regards and my best wishes from Germany. 😊
Thank you so much for the tips, all of these are great and I can't wait to try them. I was initially looking for info on how much to use when panning gouache and I got lost in your awesome tips. Thank you again!!
Great video! Occasionally, a glob of paint will fall out of the palette, so I will be using Gum Arabic to glue it back in. I have been using only water..... All the tips were good!
I’ve looked a watercolor varnish that looks natural my whole life but nobody has ever mentioned Gum Arabic to me until I coincidentally click on this video. I don’t understand gatekeeper artist. Thank you so much for this video!! I had no clue 💜
Thank you! I had no idea that gum arabic was so versatile. I just bought some in the hope of "rewet" my dried paints in tube! A video for that would be good!
Somewhere along the line I did pick up the information that gum Arabic was useful with watercolors. However, I had no idea how or why it should be used so I never got any. Well, now I do have a lot of reasons to pick up a jar. Thank you for providing this great information which, by the way, I have never seen anywhere else!
Thank you my most fabulous artist! I really enjoyed watching this video as it's given me plenty of ideas for my next paintings. I love the soft lifting technique which gives a lovely edge rather than the harsh masking fluid edge which can be too harsh at times. Also enjoyed learning about the water sheen and I will absolutely be trying that technique. Great to see you in your new home, hope it's not been too stressful for you, look forward to seeing your art displayed on the walls behind you. Also, pfft, any eyeshadow would look great on you!
Thank you, I searched for what is gum Arabic used for and here you were! My favorite inspiration in watercolor. See you on Facebook In the Studio! Light & Love to you!
Your videos are so chock full of information and this one was no exception. This is a new technique for me and your video gave me the confidence to try one or more of the techniques.
Will need to try! Back when I worked for Pillsbury R&D, I couldn't help but notice that they used xanthan gum in almost all their products. Thanks once again, Helen. I'm improving nicely, I think!
I left a very fine layer of gum Arabic out in a glass bowl. The next day, when I picked up the bowl, the fine layer shattered into pieces and fell on the table like tiny pieces of cellophane. I can imagine a layer on some paint medium could flake off like that and start your urban legend. 😮 I’ve used gum Arabic for restoring brushes. It might also help protect brushes when traveling.
Thank you for sharing this info. I bought some gum Arabic a while ago but haven’t used it & im pleased to know it has more uses than improving flow as I first thought. I will try your techniques & hopefully broaden my options. ❤
