Strathmore Watercolor Travel Journal | Sketchbook Habit Day 26 

Omg, yes. Most watercolorists only do people with lighter skin. I use something like yellow ochre and violet to make a really nice, dark but still vibrant brown for skin tones. Indian yellow and burnt sienna also make great mixtures for brown without being too dull. But using reds and greens seems to make a much duller and flat brown in my experience :)

@@MM-dw5ir Using a quinacridone gold for the yellow in the mixes works really well too! It's my favorite for using in darker skin tone mixes.

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Tada! Fixed! Super sorry about it!

Victoria Gedvillas no problem! Thanks so much for fixing it. Hope you have a great day!

Do you dislike all canson paper?

I recently tried out the Bockingford fat pad (got it off Jackson’s) and it’s wonderful 100% cotton paper. “Affordable” is a subjective word but the quality is outstanding and it was less expensive per page than most of the other ones I’ve seen on the market. They also offer sheets as well but I’ve only tried the fat pad. They’re all spiral bound. Oh! Jackson’s usually offers sample packs as well. That’s how I found my love for Bockingford!

@@taniaalva5557 No, not all Canson paper. I have sketch paper and bristol paper from them that I like. I meant that in terms of watercolor paper. Watercolor paper is something that needs to be able to handle a little more 'abuse'. I typically layer more with watercolors. That, plus the fact that you need to work with wet paper, makes the Canson paper frustrating to work with. It warps, it pills, and sometimes there are even spots where my watercolors don't adhere to the paper fully. Part of that could be me. I'm no expert. But I notice a difference when I go to use even the mixed media Strathmore journals. These are all just my thoughts on it. Someone else may work with watercolors differently and not see an issue. To be fair, the lower quality Strathmore watercolor paper gives me similar issues. Sorry if I gave a whole essay. I tend to say a lot.

@@FarlyCreates Ooh! Thank you for the recommendation! I'll definitely look into it. I've been looking at sample packs for days at this point. It's hard to resist spending a small fortune on everything.

@@jumarie9239 lol no worries I tend to talk a lot too. Thank you for responding! I'm just learning about paper, brushes, paint, after two years of digital painting. So this was very helpful!

luna sylnodel maybe they are similar type of paint to gansai tambi

! I must ask, which opaque colors are your jam? I have a few friends that prefer their watercolors to be on the creamier opaque side, I thoroughly enjoy listening to what colors the gush over. So spill the beans! I wanna know, hopefully its something in my collection that I can work with in an future video?

@@VictoriaGedvillas Ok so, I double checked my watercolors which isn't a lot. Most of them are semi-opaque with 3( Windsor & Newton Naples Yellow, Qor Carbon Black, and Sennilier's French Vermillion ) being fully opaque. I like my blacks to look like black, so the Qor one is perfect! Aside from those 3 the semi-opaque ones I tend to use are Sennielier's Dioxazine purple, warm sepia, and forrest green; Holbein's verditer blue, Mijello's Shell pink and W&N's Davy's Gray. I'm looking for more though! lol

they do have an elongated spiral pad for landscapes :D not as tiny as something that can be tucked into a purse though.

@@VictoriaGedvillas I saw, but i want the sewn notebook i can slip in my travelers, i have the watercolour book by travelers, but it's stapled -_-

Jessica 🙈💖👋 hello hello! Thank you for watching my videos!

*gasp* aaa tysm! I love all of your videos and you’re so sweet 💕 😊

Uni Field Mechanical Pencil 2.0 2H :)

YvetteKaur thank you!!!😊😊