Magical Jungle Coloring with Watercolor Paints Johanna Basford

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Today, I'm Coloring a page from the Magical Jungle Coloring Book by Johanna Basford using Watercolor Paints.
The book is absolutely stunning as all Johanna Basfords Coloring Books are and I've chosen this floral design for my first attempt at watercolor in one of her books.
So this is my first go at watercoloring a page from one of the Johanna Basford coloring books and it worked very well considering this is not watercolor paper. I'm delighted with the results and it was a pleasure to paint. I will definitely be doing more watercolor paintings in these coloring books in the future and I will also be trying a combination of watercolor paint plus colored pencil.
I absolutely love using colored pencils but this was a lot quicker and easier with the watercolor paint and it was very relaxing and therapeutic. I would definitely recommend trying out watercolor in these books. Even if you normally use colored pencil and don't want to give that up, you could use a combination of the two. A good idea would be to lay down a base colour with the watercolors and then colored pencil on top of that for finer details and shading.
The paints that I used in this video are the Winsor and Newton Cotman Watercolour Paints.
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@kirstendecoster3201 2 года назад

Hi, I really liked watching this video. It’s mesmerising to see the picture come to life as you add new layers. I especially enjoyed the last layer with the fine brush.

@macrinagreen2114 7 лет назад

Your painting is lovely. I'm learning so much from your videos.

@brainysmarticus 7 лет назад

How funny! I just put watercolor in my Amazon basket to try it out on my Magical Jungle (and learning to paint landscape). I did one today using Derwent inktense pencils and was amazed at how well the paper was doing. There's a very special feeling when holding a paint brush! Great video!

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Thanks very much. I had a similar coincidence happen today. After I uploaded this video, I seen that Johanna Basford had actually just uploaded a video of herself colouring this exact picture just an hour earlier on her own channel. I couldn't believe it lol :-)

@surveyguyor8958 3 года назад

WOW so vibrant!!!

@DQDebra 4 года назад

Really lovely! I will try watercolor in one of my Johanna books. Not sure if the American version has paper that will hold up this well.

@pinklotus5955 7 лет назад

tous simplement sublime !!! et merci pour le partage

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Thank you :-)

@butterflymagicwithhottea9291 5 лет назад

Gorgeous. I like the close ups of your technique with the brush.

@fernandamacedo9011 7 лет назад

Work of art!

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Thank you so much :-)

@karlalymburner9764 7 лет назад

So Pretty 👌👌 💕

@coloredbymaia6476 Год назад

Beautiful job ❤!

@janadean1646 7 лет назад

So very pretty!! Thank you 😊

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Thank you Jana :-)

@barbarahiscox9511 7 лет назад

Oh Wow!!Rebecca that is stunning,really it is ,gosh it certainly gives me inspiration. You see that just shows where artistry comes into play ,where I'd have stopped painting,there you go adding deeper colours giving it depth and dimension. (my god I sound like some art critic!!!)Anyhow it's gorgeous, aye well done lass ha ha P'S have you seen preview of Joanna Basford Xmas edition,oh can't wait for mine to arrive!

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Oh thanks Lass!!! Your comment's really do make me laugh out loud :-) You sound like a proper art critic, you know what you're talking about :-) I really really enjoyed painting this and because it was a lot faster than coloured pencils, it didn't get tedious. I don't know about you but sometimes I get a bit bored if a colouring takes too long. I start off full of enthusiasm and then finishing it feels like a chore but not with these watercolours. Goodbye coloured pencils (just kidding). I did see the Johanna Basford Xmas edition, I think I'll get it ordered now and I might order imagimorphia as well. I was watching somebody else paint in imagimorphia and it looks amazing. She's called bunnydesigns. I don't know if you've heard of her but I found her channel yesterday and her colourings are really lovely. I think she just does watercolour.

@Shadowfox1st 7 лет назад

lol, I'd have paint all over my hands, and not exactly where I wanted it on the picture. You're very good at this!

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Lol, it just takes a little bit of practise. Give it a go, you never know, you might be really good :-)

@Shadowfox1st 7 лет назад

When I get my desk set up, I will. At the moment it's rather mobile and that doesn't lend itself to consistent coloring/painting.

@Sishug 5 лет назад

I loved it!!!!!!!!!!

@janadean1646 8 лет назад

Beautiful!!

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Thank you :-)

@barbarahiscox9511 7 лет назад

oh they're great Rebecca, quite different to the kind you have,lots of animals faces,ive got one made with vellum to depict Tiffany Designs ,now you would love that,and they're very inexpensive !!

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Oh yes they look good Barbara, I've had a look at them and I'm fancying the American Homes one but at that price, I might get a couple :-)

@barbarahiscox9511 7 лет назад

The Art Spirits

@barbarahiscox9511 7 лет назад

The Art Spirits

@ingridbeier1441 7 лет назад

Super geworden 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Thanks very much Ingrid :-)

@MissJenniJacksonOfficial 2 года назад

I my God.Thats how? How many books I destroyd with markers.... Began coloring her books in 2015. And not finished not a one.

@barbarahiscox9511 7 лет назад

oh that's a relief that you get a bit bored if a piece of work takes to long to colour,I feel guilty if I start thinking ooh, wish I was finished this.However what I do is grab my promarkers and let rip on my Creative Haven colouring books ,of which I have many,surprise surprise! !! Just go for it bright colours ,let them clash ,I don't care,love them!! That's why I'm looking forwards to Joanne xmas book as they're just single sided so I can use my alcohol markers on them.I enjoy using the colouring pencils but only purchased them because most of the books are double sided,so of course one simply had to have them ha ha Oh there's so many colouring artists to watch ,plus I love watching card making tutorials too,and I ve just subscribed to Paul Nicholls (racehorse trainer) youtube channel as that's another love of mine (and hubby)is racing,so every Sat afternoon off we go galloping and jumping for miles ha ha ,on tv that is! .Will look out for that watercolour artist you mentioned .Take care

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Creative Haven???? I'm gonna have to look those up now lol. I want to get into card making too but I don't have the time for another hobby so I have told myself no! I want to improve my art so I'm trying to be strict with myself lol.

@karenkess7945 5 лет назад

so cool!

@mpulze 7 лет назад

Nice video. Wondering if the page on the back of your watercolored page is still ok? I've been going to try this, but just haven't yet.

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Thank you. Yes, the back of the page is fine. No colour has bled through whatsoever and only very slight buckling :-)

@towardsthelight4919 7 лет назад

What did you use in the last part for the inside of the large pink flower is that a watercolour brush or something else ? Love your work don't know if I would be able to control the paint like you have you done watercolour before?

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Hi Gilda, It's a white gelly roll pen. I've had some practice with watercolour before, but I'm not an expert :-)

@towardsthelight4919 7 лет назад

+The Art Spirits Your very good looking forward to seeing some more tutorials

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Thanks :-)

@ritatroch7074 7 лет назад

Beautiful coloring Rebecca. I hesitate to use watercolors in the books, I tried the Derwent Inktense into the Animorphia and the results are not so good! The paper bleeds through and is buckling. Are you sure that this won't happen with the Basford books? TFS this lovely tutorial

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Thanks Rita. This was my first try with watercolour in these books. I was really please with how well the paper took the water. No bleed through to the next page at all. The paper buckled a little while wet but dried almost flat again. I was only wetting small sections at a time though. If I were to saturate the whole page, I'm not sure what would happen but I'm going to make a video all about this and do some testing on different books :-)

@ritatroch7074 7 лет назад

fantastic idea Rebecca, I look forward to that video

@Enviotonin85 7 лет назад

i had Animorphia but its a Taiwan version, and i had tried using watercolours and watercolours pencils with little water, with no issues at all. But Animorphia and Imagimorphia (release on Mar 2017) has a poster version, that comes with 20 pictures selected from the actual book. I have ordered the Animorphia poster version last week and waiting for it to arrive.

@robincooper9323 7 лет назад

Huh! I have Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest and I have tried watercoloring in them, but it seems like the paper has a coating on it because the watercolor seems to puddle and I didn't notice that happening in your video! Is this a special edition version or just the regular book?Thank you for the video! I love watching you watercolor.

@robincooper9323 7 лет назад

The watercolor doesn't puddle, it beads up really. I think that's better wording.

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Hi Robin, no it's not a special book, just the regular one. I'm going to try watercolor in some other colouring books including Enchanted Forest and Secret Garden and I will make a video showing the results of that.

@robincooper9323 7 лет назад

Great! Thank you! I look forward to seeing how they do. I just worked in mine last night and used a product called Magic Eraser to help lessen the coating that seems to be on the page. I think it worked fairly well.

@Enviotonin85 7 лет назад

Robin, i think you might have miss out alot of the paper aspect of magical jungle. It was say to be the best of all the Johanna;s books so far and the quality is the same for all the publishers from different countries.

@robincooper9323 7 лет назад

Good to know!! Thank you!!!

@Mickey-jn8hz 2 года назад

Did you put some kind of gesso on your page?

@fa3ryg1rl1 7 лет назад

Love this video. What detail brushes would you recommend? I am just getting into wet mediums and don't own any brushes yet.

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Hi, I would definitely recommend synthetic brushes for detail. Small rounds. Synthetic bristles have a spring to them so you have more control. I can recommend a few good brands. Princeton, Rosemary & Co and Winsor & Newton Cotman II. I mainly use the rounds sizes 5, 3, 1 and 3/0. Hope this helps 😀

@fa3ryg1rl1 7 лет назад

The Art Spirits thank you so much, that's just what I needed to know :)

@MissJenniJacksonOfficial 2 года назад

Why you not took palitra with glitters around?

@MissJenniJacksonOfficial 2 года назад

Only her books.Onky glitter pens and pencils.

@Enviotonin85 7 лет назад

Just wandering do you spray fixative or whatever you call it, on you watercolour works after you are done, so that the dont get ruined if water drops on it.

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

I haven't so far no. I hadn't even really thought of that to be honest.

@netehope4162 7 лет назад

Hi, a new subscriber ! Loved what you did with the watercolour. Absolutely stunning and beautiful. Do you think you can do a piece on slow motion and show beginners how to use the paints. Thank you for sharing.

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

Hi Nete, thanks for subscribing. I may just do that actually, thanks for the suggestion :-)

@Artchick1972 7 лет назад

Do you clear gesso the pages first?

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

I do sometimes but I didn't for this. The paper worked well with the watercolor, no bleed through and very little buckling.

@Enviotonin85 7 лет назад

mind if i ask how many and what colours are in your palette?

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

No problem. I had a 45 set of winsor and newton cotman watercolours. I transferred 18 of them onto this 20 slot palette and the other 2 spaces have winsor and newton professional artists colours. Lemon Yellow, cadmium yellow, naples yellow(artists), cadmium red hue, cadmium red deep hue, alizarin crimson hue, permanent rose, ultramarine violet (artists), dioxazine violet, ultramarine, cobalt blue, cerulean blue, intense blue, prussian blue, viridian, sap green, raw sienna, raw umber, burnt umber, paynes grey.

@Enviotonin85 7 лет назад

thanks for sharing, amazing colouring. Roughly how many hrs did you spent colouring? Gosh...all that layering.... mind sharing the size of the brush as well? Hopefully....we can see how and/or what colours you use in future video, as its a very good learning experience. And hopefully a slower version or step by step guide with a palette view.

@sharlenelam6034 7 лет назад

What sizes and brand are the 2 brushes? Thank you!

@TheArtSpirits 7 лет назад

No problem. Princeton 4050 round No 5 and Rosemary & Co Series 307 round No 3/0. Both very good. Both Synthetic so no animal cruelty :-)

@jessicamchenry632 5 лет назад

Hi! I was wondering if you might have any tips for me on painting with water colors? Like how to make my colors not so watery...

@TheArtSpirits 5 лет назад

Hi Jessica, you can make the paint more concentrated by dropping some water on them and letting it soften. Once it's softer, you can get a thicker more pigmented load. Try not to saturate your brush too much. Hope that helps :-)

@Mickey-jn8hz 3 года назад

What is your trick on doing this. I can’t seem to be able to do anything intelligent with water color.