Watercolors - Granulating Earth Colors 

It’s unbelievable the difference the paper makes to the texture

I have been experimenting with granulation for the last month and I am in love! This video was super helpful. Thank you so much for doing this! It's so much fun!❤

Thank you so much for this video. I have hemmed and hawed about so many daniel smith colours and you have made some of my choices concrete. What a fantastic set of colours. I love blues and these are gorgeous, especially the sodalite and the teal, and i love the violet umber. i will definitely be investing in some of these. I already have a tube of mayan blue but have found it goes on very streaky. You have given me food for thought about different application methods, so hopefully this will resolve my problem as it's a really delicious hue

i adore granulating colors. i have so many and i need to learn how to use them!

Just LOVE your YT channel!!!!

Jean, great video...thank you!

What a lovely collection of colors! Years ago, I thought granulation was a flaw in my paint, but now that I follow your wonderful advice, it’s a positive! Never miss one of your great videos.

😍 What beautiful and immediate texture! I use the Hematite Violet Genuine over non-granulating, lighter brown hues when going for a natural wood texture look, then before it dries I scratch sporadic lines into the area with a small dot tool and the deep pigment settles into the crevices and instantly creates a wood grain texture. The Sodalite Genuine makes some wonderfully moody deep greens when mixing with any deep yellow hue, especially Quinacridone Gold. Love it!! Thanks for sharing! 🙏😊 (Edit...) Speaking of using all the watercolor paper scraps, I take all my off-cut strips of paper, stack them up, and staple one end, then use them for swatching paper. The smaller booklets are easy to have accessible on your desk at all times and when one paper piece is used up, just tear it off and use the next one. Super handy and nothing goes to waste.

Beautifully water colours effects of Seascape.

I just love how excited you get when you talk about granulation! ❤

Very good demonstration, thankyou.

The incredible difference between HP and CP papers. And the colors chosen are amazing.

Wow, I enjoyed this video so much! I found the experimentation with and without Granulation Medium on cold pressed and hot pressed paper fascinating. All the colors are simply beautiful and now I want to buy them all! This is one of my very favorite videos, Jean. Thank you and I'd love to see more like this.

Thanks for the lesson!

thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Really interesting, thank you!

Thank you Jean, The possibilities are exciting! These look like they are all Primatek colors.

Thank you very helpful. I like the easy way you explain the process of painting with these paints.

I love your easy instructions and beautiful work. Lots of inspiration... thank you.

I'm so grateful for your mix of primateks. I have them but now I know more about using them. Many thanks.

Thanks for the video I've been looking for help to use my granulating paints. They are beautiful and you've given me some ideas where I might start.

Exciting. Just light headed over that granulation. Giddy! Thanks for sharing ❤️

i can't wait for hemotite genuine and my hp paper to arrive so i can try this!

I share your passion for granulating colours but have always used cold pressed paper. I’ll be trying the hot pressed now ✨ thanks Jean 🙏

Thanks so much! Just LOVELY colors. I want them all! Maybe eventually. I have a lot of Mission Gold. And would like to incorporate Dan. Smith, and M. Graham granulating colors. Thanks for listing the Brands and colors. Happy New Year to you! - Messy Mendy 🍃🙏🏻🖌

I just love all these granulating colours and textures! I need to order a few of those paints and the granulating medium. Your abstract landscapes are some of my most favourite art of any channel. ❤

This is amazing. Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your knowledge and talents!

Wow. They are sooo beautiful. I especially love the ones that separate into different colors.

Thanks for sharing

Those splodges look like a crowd scene. I wanted to see what happened when the colours touched

Fantastic video. Beautiful results. I love the granulating colors. The different papers were really useful too!

Thanks for such important information. What a wonderful lesson.

Love this…very informative. Thank you.

Such gorgeous results! Amazing texture. My poor bank account is about to not know what hit it, haha. Thanks so much for all of your experiments! ❤️

I just love your abstract landscapes and the way you blend on papar all the pigments and the granulations they make..

Thanks.Sodalite Genuine is my fav color & now I'm going to add granulation medium! 😀

Love the look of your little landscape with moon. Sure wish I could take some classes with you. I want to learn the granulation technique. Thanks for sharing and your work is fantastic.

Thanks Jean. I love granulation. It's so interesting and fun!

I have most of those colours but never thought of combining them in the manner you did so I am excited to try them out. As usual thanks for your great lessons.

Enjoyed the video! I also like granulating colors, but really liked the effect when you added the granulating solution. Excited to give that a try!

Thank you for this video. Your videos always inspire me to try new things and experiment, I love them.

I love all these colors and how you've explained them. GREAT! Now I want to get them all! ;)

I really prefer hot press paper so I’m delighted to see how you achieve these effects using the smoother texture paint surface. Daniel Smith watercolors make such wonderful pigments! I can see there’s going to be another trip to the art supply store soon!

Gorgeous!! I love primateks and granulating colors! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks Jean! It's always fun seeing new pigment's, and their behavior! And you've picked some beauties! Thanks for sharing!

Some of those columns of colour looked three dimensional. I'll have to try hot pressed paper now

Thank you !

You've made me very excited to try more granulating colors, and I think I have some granulation medium from years ago I have to hunt down and hope it's still good. This is super inspiring. Thanks!

Thank you. Very useful what wonderful effects on hot press paper. Always thought landscapes with rocks etc do better on cold press and it was hot press for details and botanicals. Apparently I was wrong😁

Amazing textures and colours, very inspiring 😊

Having several of these colours,it will be good to try them on hot pressed paper

Gosh, so interesting thank you... I'm going to give the granulation medium a go.

Thank you Jean. Fun to see the comparisons. I have most of the colors and I have to agree with you about all of them. I always enjoy your videos so much

I also love granulating watercolors. Maybe I am a little lazy, so I love to have the paint do some of the "painting" for me. Thank you for the review of some great granulating colors. Just in time for me to add a couple to my Santa List. Thank you so much for all of your great advice and lessons.

A really useful video, especially as you show the difference not just between salt and granulating medium, but also between hot and cold pressed. Thank you!

Thanks, Jean. I bet you had a lot of fun with this exercise. I have to admit, apart from the fabulous effect of the granulation, I couldn’t help but thinking about the ‘ch-ching’ 💰💰 effect as you went through your new colours!! Still, I’m very excited about adding these colours to my paint box. 😊 Also, it’s so interesting to see the differences on H/C pressed paper (I still can’t decide which paper I prefer working with.). I’ve never had much luck with salt. Time to invest in some granulating medium.

Interessant, vielen Dank!

Thank you, Jean Lurssen, for such an interesting and helpful video. The granulating paints are gorgeous and I love the way you have used them in your little demo.

🍂Thank You!❤👍🍂

I think you would love Piemontite Genuine, Shadow Violet, Hematite Burnt Scarlet Genuine, and Burnt Tiger's Eye Genuine.

Please offer a course in granulating watercolor painting

Hi Jean, that titanium Grey would work beautifully for painting old stone buildings and Greek pillars ect...what do you think? Heather

Wonderful tutorial...thank you. You should look into Rockwell paints both the "Charm" and Magic series for some extraordinary granulation effects...especially on hot press paper

Mayan blue dark is gorgeous! Maybe a close comparison would be to mix the Mayan blue you have with the genuine blue apatite. I read the info because some of my favorites say hazardous to aquatic life, something to think about. That is why I carefully look now.

So beautiful colors groetjes uit Nederland 🥰

Jean, what is the brush you’re using? I love the point!

Hi Jean, Today I got hold of some samples of Stonehenge watercolour paper, not and hot pressed, and experimented with the granulation medium. Either the granulation medium they sell in the US is a different make up to the one they sell in the UK, or your paper is part of the reason you get such great results on the hot pressed. I certainly get better results on the hot pressed, but still nothing like as good as you get. Perhaps the medium also reacts to the type of sizing on the paper?

I love your technique and videos! May I ask if you are spraying water or granulating medium on this painting? thank you

Hi, I really love all of these colors! Thank you so much for the demonstration. What is the little tool that you used to "erase" the paint to create the moon in your painting?? Thank you! 🎨😍❤️

This was fantastic. I love granulationg colors. I like rocks & craggy cliiffs. What yellow ochre did you use?

I really love the painting and the granulation. I never knew much about this. I thought it was a flaw in my painting. I've got all those colors in my Amazon basket. Maybe I'll get a few now and the rest for Christmas. Which ones would you recommend first. I could see me using the gray titanium. The other colors are beautiful. Do you prefer the raw sienna in Windsor and Newton over Daniel Smith? Oops maybe I'm asking too many questions. Love the video.

I purchased Daniel Smith raw sienna and was very disappointed - seemed to be missing a glow that I love. Notice you have Winsor Newton in your list.

That was very helpful Jean, do you add granulation medium together with paint on palette or when paint is on paper and drop it in, many thanks, blessings from Australia

Lovely painting and inspiring instruction! I’ve never thought to experimenting with granulating paints on hot press paper and can’t wait to try it! Also, what was the brush you used during the demo, specifically the one with the red tip on the bottom. It looked like it had a really nice spring to it.

Thank you, Jean Lurssen! Do you stretch your paper?

Can you recommend a granulating color for an eroding red clay dirt bank? Love your videos...💖

I wish it wasn't so expensive in the UK tho - I love them!

Hi Jean, I have been doing some research on granulating medium and the type of water you have affects the way it works: hard or soft water. I am on very hard water from a well. I wonder if that is part of the reason I can't get the sort of results you get. Do you know if you have soft or hard water?

Hi. Just wondering if you have a diy granulation recipe for watercolor. 😺

what is the name of that tool you used to make the moon?

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I must try my Green Apatite Genuine on hot press..as I simply don’t like it at all on NOT paper..it separates into ugly brown particles

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WOW! What fun! You've just inspired me. I have a lot of these colors because I love Daniel Smith watercolors too. YOU certainly know how to use them. Thank you for the demo and great ideas. Now, I know what I'll be doing tomorrow : )