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@@FKAtibbs I really appreciate it. I’m not against it at all! That’s a cool idea. Maybe I’ll try it!

@@ChromeForDays thanks Richard. I go back and forth on toning the surface I paint on. Sometimes I really like it, sometimes I enjoy painting on white. I think it depends on your goals and each situation is different. It’s fun to experiment with different underpainting colors as well. Last summer prepainting a sky color helped me finish a painting quickly when I needed to for an event. So there’s multiple uses!

@mikeemmons1844 absolutely. Thank you!

Thank you! I should do more of these. They’re quite fun!

Enjoy it Jon! It’s one of the greatest experiences with art there is!

You bring up great points. There are multiple ways to seal a goauche painting but each have different purposes and pros and cons. I have used both spray varnishes and wax medium in addition to the method in this video. Wax medium is different from spray in that it has more of a satin or waxy finish compared to a spray. Most wax mediums do contain petroleum distillates. Sprays also often contain toxic materials. And while I share your concern over toxicity and am trying to minimize toxic materials in my studio, I have to balance that concern with the fact that many of our gouache and watercolor pigments also contain toxicity. Not merely cadmium colors but often our whites and earth tones as well. one of the primary purposes of varnishing in traditional painting is the ability to REMOVE the varnish at a later time to clean the surface of the painting. Both wax mediums and spray varnishes are not easily removed without damaging the painting underneath. So while they do in fact seal the surface, the painting cannot be cleaned in the future when the varnish invariably darkens and yellows over time. The method in this video using an isolation coat does allow for the removal of any varnish you apply and in fact you could apply wax or spray or any varnish you’d like over the isolation coat. That said if you have no desire to ever have the painting cleaned or restored, in truth goauche paintings do not require sealing at all and many of them look absolutely gorgeous without varnish. So it all depends on what your goal are with varnishing or not and each varnish can serve its purpose. I have sided spray varnishes at plein air events where I wanted a glossy oil look and dry surface to sell my painting right away. I have used wax mediums in my sketchbook and the method in this video for finished pieces I wanted to to have a glossy look, with removable varnish for future cleaning. Hope this helps!

True. He’s one of the best! Do you have a video by him that is your favorite or that you can recommend to the other folks in the comments?

CMY mixes are much less muddy

@@viviondioline I’ll have to maybe do a dedicated video on this. I actually greatly prefer the look of RYB color mixes to CMY but I should continue to investigate as my tastes do change over time. Do you have a good Cyan that you like in gouache?

@@DannySabraArt I use Holbein's "Primary Cyan". I was kinda broke one day and needed some paint and tried out their cmy tubes that they sold in a pack at my local art store. I think red yellow and blue do mix in predictable ways, and that's what I've used most of my time painting. I just find that CMY produces a wider range of hues with much brighter results.

@@samnewcomb795 I have not but I’m sure it’s fine. I am not a huge fan of the look of satin varnishes but it might work well with gouache if you want to retain some of the matte finish

@@kezia649 thank you so much. I’m not sure if poster color would work or not but you could try it out and find out! It can work with carbon paper or you can make your own with a charcoal pencil or pastel

@DannySabraArt thank you! i will try it out.

@ let me know if it works!

@DannySabraArt it did work a little bit but i think the paint dried and i couldnt transfer it that much, still thanks for the tutorial! really appreciate it.

@ ok that makes sense. I’d try using charcoal/pastel on the back of the paper. Or contact paper as well. Good luck!

@@lahaza6515 thank you! 🙏

@@ljoykakoske4301 thank you!

@@pier-luclandry1653 yes in fact you can rest them in oil for a long time. I’ve seen it loosen the glue on the ferrule on only one brush so my advice is to only dip the bristles and top of the ferrule only and you should be fine! I will say that I have ruined a few brushes by leaving them dipped for too long and some oil oxidized and ruined the brushes. So it’s not a permanent solution without some risk. But if you paint often and with a minimal number of brushes it should be a fine system.

@@DannySabraArt Thank you for this answer!

@ absolutely!

@@40bdg thanks!

@@sujanithtottempudi2991 🙏 thank you!

@@onpointsporthorses141 sounds like a dream!

@@Daniel-x4z thanks!

@@sujanithtottempudi2991 thank you! I was afraid to lose the drawing but it came back to me and I rolled with it.

@@sujanithtottempudi2991 that’s how it’s supposed to be!

@@andrevandervelde thanks Andre! Incredible up there! I already want to go back.

@@ScottHebertArt thanks bro. 🙏

@@sujanithtottempudi2991 hey Sujanith! I’ll try! It’s been tough lately but I’ll try to get there!

@@carolwilliams3599 thanks Carol!

@@n.b1913 thanks NB 🙏

@@fiegled thank you!

@@kayserlein that’s awesome!

@@catekauffman5841 thank you! I think trees are some of my favorite things to paint!

@@OnAxisMusic awesome! Thank you! I wanted to make it short and straight to the point. 😊

@@lauracoccia8623 thank you!

@@sujanithtottempudi2991 possibly, but I’d have to try it. I think it would be difficult to control the flow of oil. When I paint I don’t need very much oil. Also I also need a brush that is more stiff than the average water brush. But you could always experiment and find out!

@@AncientVoices absolutely Patrick! So glad it helped! Thanks 🙏

This comment is more spot on than you know. It’s been a brutal struggle for me lately for a number of reasons but one of these days I’ll maybe address how the experiment is going so far. I’m 3/4 of the way through a year of daily art but there’s been way more downs than ups so far. I’m slowly trying to dig myself out of the hole and find a better approach. Thanks for the wisdom and encouragement.

Absolutely. Thank you!!

@@brandifink1204 I will say for illustrators who paint in gouache large they often mix fairly large quantities of paint. You can see that here ua-cam.com/video/0I7DnrfskI0/v-deo.htmlsi=Mlil0VahtLAqn7Zv I think there’s a way you can do that plein air but it’s not without challenges! I find 8x10’s to not be a problem assuming I use large enough brushes but I haven’t painted outdoors at the 16x20 size. I’d like to push things larger though so maybe I’ll try it!

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah I can see that for sure. I just got a new lav mic and this was one of the first times using it. Still trying to figure out the best distance etc. I’ll try to improve that going forward. Thank you also for your kind words. 🙏

@@northstarfutureworksart absolutely! Thank you!

@@shaqueramalawani5775 yes but you need to make sure the fixative is waterproof first. Otherwise that’s essentially the same steps as in this video. 👍

@@katiefair3404 good points. I do find that generally plein air oil painters tend to paint dramatically larger than gouache painters however. 11x14 is not uncommon but I’ve never seen a gouache painter paint that large in real life or online (but that is smaller than A3! Good for you!!) Typically I see 5x7 or smaller. As for the thickness, I personally don’t tend to paint with lots of impasto but I have gotten around it by using acrylic paste as part of an underpainting binder when I’ve wanted to experiment. You can paint gouache over that. Part of me thinks that in the plein air community gouache is sometimes treated as a “sketching” medium for “studies” while oil is considered more of a “finished” art material for sellable art work. But I think that’s an unnecessary distinction. And I’m glad to see plein air painters using gouache more and in larger sizes!

Probably. BY Has deep pockets!

Yes it can! It depends on if that’s a desired outcome or not but I enjoy it!

Do you cut into the canvas with the scraper/card? Or do you load it with paint? I’ve tried many times with a palette knife but it’s tricky! A lot of times it’s wobbly and gives me irregular lines.

@@DannySabraArt I load the edge of the card or larger silicone brush (the big flipper). Really helps with a fine line and control. With the mahl stick, even better control keeping a straight line that is even in width. You can touch it to the canvas and connect it as you go or actually practice drawing the line until it runs out of paint.

Btw those silicone brushes come in all sizes. I have used the flipper to push paint around. Have you played with cold wax yet?

@ArtFlowersBeeze8815 I’ll have to try this!

@@idkhowdallon241 thanks!

Yeah. It’s super hard for me. I do the same thing when I have free time. I think it’s easy to feel like “if I have time it won’t be as hard to get it done” so we let off the gas. When in reality it’s the opposite!

Do it! It makes a huge difference!