I love this idea of mixing your own Molotow marker colours! I'd thought of doing it with the larger Montana markers (after seeing Emma Carlisle mixing some gorgeous greens with acrylic paint and making her own markers on Patreon), and now seeing your gorgeous experiments, I'm even more inspired to give it a go! I love your videos Kriksis - they make me feel calm but also so excited about trying different things.
This is so interesting! I never thought of refiling Montana markers, actually never tried them. About refiling and making own colours I think you could enjoy this really well. :)) Imagine mixing your own paynes grey with petrol and cool grey pastel colour in chunky marker. I feel markers are really great, quick and loose media to work with. Aww thank you so much! :)
I love this!!!!!! I was researching how I can put my acrylic paints into the Molotow markers and found your video. My acrylic paints are abit thick so I’m trying to get my consistency right. I’ll update you when I succeed!!! 🎉🎉🎉 thank you again for your video! Love your landscapes👍🏻 wish I could do it
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I'm very happy that youtube brought me to yr channel! Brilliant idea to mix the colours that way! Love the result! Your art is beautiful, moving and unique. I love when you explain your creative process in your previous videos on your sketch books...and you always share with so much generosity...Thank you so much
I enjoyed this video so much. I have just found some old acrylic markers, some of which I filled myself and others with primary colours which I would never use. Like you I love muted colours so I am going to get cracking and mix some more colours of my own. Thank you for the inspiration. Carol UK
Thank you so much Carol! I am so happy that this video inspired you! Best of luck with your marker colour mixing, I'm sure you will mix wonderful muted colours!
@@kriksis Thank you. I have already made 4 very successful colours based on the colours you made on the video. I shall make some more as I empty my other markers. I make multi media collages and these subtle colours will be an excellent addition. Thanks again. Carol UK
Hello! Thank you so much for this amazing video! This is super helpful and also pleasant to watch. I could be wrong, but I think Posca markers are ‘reverse threaded’? Meaning you need to twist in the opposite direction to disassemble and refill? Maybe?
I really enjoyed this video. It inspired me to order more Molotow markers from Jackson's (much cheaper than Dick Blick, my usual supplier), including some empty ones. I'm thinking that in addition to the Molotow refills, one could also mix other acrylic inks to put in empty markers, and mix them in little jars to use with brushes, dip pens, etc. The fluidity is so great! As for future videos, I'll watch whatever you're inspired to do. Maggie S., Oregon, USA.
OK so Im watching again in the morning (your vid aired late at night and watched before I went to bed!) I think you got lucky with the first colour- its such a nice deep dark tone. I bought some pencils in the darkest tones possible in my most recent Jacksons order. I also bought one dark purple Molotow marker just to try it out but what sold me was the fact that it was refillable- ah the possibilities! Celadon is one of my favourite colours and its fun to know I can make it myself!. I don't use markers in final artwork but I use them for warmup and inspiration; I guess the inner child in me enjoys them so much haha! I've been thinking of doing weekly wrap up vlog kind of video where I reflect on the past week's work. Perhaps you could do something similar. I know I'd love to watch it. I have to admit that I have footage of two weeks now and I kind of forgot what I filmed haha but it sort of works for me because I find it extremely hard to paint and talk and film in the same time. Voiceover seemed a burden at the beginning but then I'm starting to really appreciate it. Thanks for sharing this Kriksis, very helpful and enjoyable indeed. Have a great day!
Yaay, its so interesting to know little bit more about what kind of materials you use. :) Celadon is such a dreamy colour, I must agree. Yes, markers are super fun to work with. This is lovely idea! I am going to write this down! Haha, super relatable about forgetting when the footage was filmed and for what. I tried both and I think its easier to film painting process and not talk and then record on top, but I tried both. I feel when we paint and talk, there is a lot of reoccurring thoughts, feeling like saying the same thing over and over. :D But sometimes filming while talking is good, especially if its involving first impressions about something. :) Thank you for your comment! Have a lovely day!
Molotow has 24 new colors cant wait for jacksons to get them. Jacksons has the best prices for molotow. Also i made my own aqua color with signal white and a few drops of mr.green and true blue.
very helpful info thank you. I am looking to make my own colour for a specific project. I was wondering if you know anything about the replacement nibs on the empty markers?
One of my favourite mixes at the moment is a neutral Desert Mud colour: 27:2:1 ratio of 237 Grey Blue Light, 208 Ochre Brown Light and 092 Hazelnut Brown. Currently working on a burnt umber. I'd love to see other people's mix ratios!
Hi Kriksis. Is it possible to open the posca markers by turning them counterclock-wise? Many asian brands do that. I remember trying to refill a white posca a long time ago and I managed to open it. It didn't work since I just used regular acrylic paint that I thinned with water. I might try the molotow refills instead next time.
Hello Sigrun! I will try to open them counterclock-wise. Will give a sign in one of future videos if this works out! :) Yes, I feel these Molotow marker refills have a great consistency, so would work grewat with different paint markers. Like liquitex marker was so easy to refill. :)
I think leaving the balls in might alter your proportions? I don’t know if the volume of the balls is taken into account on the side measurement. I was worried your first colour was reduced each time due to the marbles.
I loved this video! When I got my first gouache set (I wasn't sure if I'd like working with gouache or not) I got a mixing set with just YMC+W and I made mixing charts and then bought small pots where I made my own mixes, and it was a lot of fun, so I understand why you found this so much fun. I was wondering: do acrylic markers work well on watercolour paper? I tried using Posca markers to add some white areas on my watercolour and gouache paintings and the texture was horrible. I was wondering if it was a problem just with Posca, or with all acrylic markers? I never tried the Molotow ones.
Hello! :) Yes to colour mixing! You seem understand me so well, its such a joy, right? I'm actually not sure about watercolour paper as I never used these on one. I am usually using mix media paper and these are working really well on top of gouache or acrylic paints. But all the paint and acrylic markers (posca, Molotow, Liquitex) have this paper scratchiness effect and we unfortunately cannot avoid it! I am trying to apply one layer rather than several at the same time, otherwise the paper can get damaged.
@@kriksis 100% Mixing is great and you get the most unique colours! I'm glad to hear it's not just me but that acrylic markers are scratchy. I'll need to try mixed media paper, never used it before. Thanks for the advice!
Hello! Thank you for the question! I am storing mine horizontally, but some brands don't mind storing vertically too. It should be written on the marker barrel. Ether way shaking before every use is a must to have them in perfect woking order. :))
