Well done Amber! This is wonderful! The colors, information and willingness to explore with us. Of course I would love to purchase Printable digitals, if I'm printing on mixed media paper or watercolor, I trim it to 8 1/2 wide. I am also intrigued the water color brush. Girl, get sponsored!!! Eager to follow on to Phase 3, I can't draw worth beans!
Thanks so much, June! Yeah, I'm thinking about what format would be best for home printers if I go digital and to minimize paper waste too. I hear you with sponsors. I reached out to Dana from Wonder Forest and Art Toolkit regarding affiliate programs. They don't have them yet, but they're working on it. I adore their products and use them daily. Thanks again and happy swatching!
First, let me say thank you for walking us through this. You answer so many of my ”why” questions! I want to learn it all but need to focus on one thing at a time, so printed pages, for now, would be a great option.
I love all of it. The zentangle, the swatching, your teaching skills. The outcome - beautiful painting. I have an idea- to put on each swatch the second color you're mixing. That we can see the other colour you used. Thanks a lot. You inspire me.
It was SOOO relaxing to watch you mix and swatch these colors! Not only have you created something functional for your future paint projects, but it is truly a piece of artwork on its own. It’s beautiful and I now have a desire to try this myself! I hope you continue this series, Amber! I LOVE it! ❤️
Being new and inexperienced, I greatly appreciated your description of the individual watercolors. I enjoy zentangle, doodling and watercolor. Happy to have found your channel. Thank you for sharing. Peace.
This format of swatching is the best I have ever seen. As for sketchbooks, an artist I follow swears by Pentalic. She is really picky about the sizing, so I trust her judgment. I have one, I haven't used it much, but I do like it so far. I haven't noticed anything about the sizing, so it hasn't interfered with my painting so far. Love this series!
Amber, you are so awesome. I can't wait to do this, albeit with my Kuretake, and also I am going to apply these concepts to do some pencil swatch books with zentangle pictures, specially Prisma and Inktense, though I think I will use the smaller sketchbooks for the pencil. I want to focus on gradients and also blending so I can train my eye a little better in color theory to know what to lay down and where on my coloring pages. I love your videos because I can watch them and apply the content to my own supplies and art interest which is mostly pencil and water-solubles for coloring pages.
Wow, color pencil swatches would be beautiful and I totally agree a smaller sketchbook is in order. I can't imagine all those wide-open spaces with a pencil, LOL! Thanks so much, K R, have fun with your swatches!
I like the size of the journal you used in this video as it offers plenty of space to really get a sense of each color mix. And, with the zentangles it turns swatching into an enjoyable exercise. TFS!
Absolutely love this. I’m new to watercolor and have experience with Zentangle and love that I can learn to swatch the watercolors I have where I can be creative and easily swatch my colors. Thank you for this series.
I’m learning lots of new things. It’s making me want to do some experimenting of my own. Watching you makes it seem possible. Besides this being a swatch, it’s a gorgeous piece of art.
I love the swatches and I need to know more about the Zentangel drawings. Do you have videos you recommend or book to learn. What is needed. I love to doodle and this looks like it would be fun.. Thanks for the video on the swatches.
Thanks, Billie. There are lots of books on the market. Zentangle.com is a great resource that takes you straight to the folks that created the drawing method. Have fun!
I LOVE thus series of videos. I am new to watercolor and painting altogether! I love learning about color and mixing. Also paper. You are a wealth of knowledge and I love learning from you! THANK YOU so much!
I'm speechless. I've been watching videos like this for years, trying one or the other, but now I'm overwhelmed. Thank you, thank you for showing. You're Marvellous. I would also like to have digital prints or digital stamps Thanks for another video. Best regards from Germany
Again, FABULOUS!!! I love these. Of all your videos, I have to say that these zentangled watercolor swatch journal page are my favorite and that’s saying something!! Please do more. I eagerly await. And, oh, I had to tell a few of my friends and so you have them all ga-ga, too! Lol 😝
Thank you, Cher! I have a new one filmed, but I'm having a heck of a time setting up the e-commerce end of things on my site. I'm trying to coordinate the next set of videos with a digital stamp set release. Once I get the backend of things down, these videos will come more regularly. Thanks so much for watching and sharing!!
I absolutely love this idea! I've been watching watercolor artists for years and you are the first one that I've seen do anything of this nature! I will definitely be doing this with my little watercolor palette after Christmas! Thanks for another great video!!
Thank you so much, Lisa! It's always fabulous for creators to hear they have an original idea that people enjoy. Enjoy the holidays and have fun painting!
Love these swatch pages! I totally identify with not being confident in identifying 'warm' shades vs 'cool' shades - I have struggled with that for years (and continue to struggle!) Thank you for sharing!
Oh, how I love these brushes. It's a set of brushes from Dana Fox, @wonderforest. They're just fabulous. I'm not an affiliate, I just love them. Grab a set at wonderforest.com. They have just the right amount of snap, hold the right amount of water, and the sharp point allows me to use the same brush for washes and detail work without having to switch brushes. Yeah, they're amazing. Have fun with phase 2 and thanks for watching!
I am so glad I've found you. I several of the gnomes you offered into cards for Christmas. Now I'm needing to learn more about watercolor, though I've been stumbling through for years on my own. I think making the swatches would help me greatly. I have quite a few Daniel Smith, some Renesans, some old Cotman etc. Made a palette, but haven't done a complete swatch sheet as you have. That will be my next step. I can't wait to try drawing the flower and painting it as well. I freehanded some watercolor Christmas cards (trees, pinecones with leaves etc) but seriously want to learn more. This will be a fun journey. Thanks for offering these videos.
Thanks very much, Jeannette. Mixing the colors has been so incredibly helpful for me. There are so many ways to mix and swatch and I'm glad this process has inspired you. Thanks again!
I absolutely love this. I’m very new to watercolor and have experience with Zentangle. I’m really interested in doing this to swatch the watercolors I have. Thank you so much for this series.
Absolutely delightful! I dabble with tangling and want to play with colors. The combination is truly inspired. Part of the attractiveness is the unusual size, shape and orientation of your journal. Too bad that the paper itself is frustating. Thanks for sharing. New subbie here.
Thank you, Melinda. I couldn't agree more about the size and layout of the journal. I really enjoy the long narrow pages. That's why I struggle about about making the Zentangle pages digital. I'd have to change the size to make it manageable to print at home. So I'm still mulling that over. Thanks again.
Loved this watercolor ZIA/ swatching, Amber! Just beautiful!! Have you considered incorporating the shades and tints of each mixture or a dilution of each mixture within the tangle space? Please keep this series up... “Many Thanks!!😘✨👍🏾” Stay safe... be well!
Thanks, Gwen! I attempted it with my earlier/unfilmed studies. But, I struggled with this paper so much that it was more trouble than it was worth. I may revisit in the next series when I switch from journal to paper.
That was fabulous! I love swatching out my paints in unique ways, and this tutorial is definitely unique. The ideas are endless. I’d love a template to use with my DS and handmade watercolors. Thanks for doing this for us.
That is a really creative idea. However I would encourage you to create a wall chart as well, it's one of the most helpful things ever. Use the paper you prefer to paint on. Make it as large as you can reasonably have space for preferably large enough to be able to gradate each square or at least tint half of the square. Use multiple sheets if necessary attaching them together. Mount it within eyesight of your painting area. It's a simple grid, each color across the top and side. Works best to be sorted by color family. It allows you to see every combination at the same time and get the best understanding of how the mixes are related to each other including where the pure pigment falls within the spectrum.
Thank you. Yes, I know that would be he most useful and practical way to go about it. The problem is I kept putting it off as those little squares were boring and felt more like a chore. That's why I came up with this instead. It may take longer for me to learn the relation between the mixes, but it's definitely more fun and I'm motivated to do it. Maybe one day I'll get to the wall chart. Thanks again!
I loved this when I saw it in your previous video and have started swatching my watercolor mixes using your idea, except my drawings aren't as pretty as yours! I love this and it's such a great way to create a color chart without creating a bunch of tiny boxes. Thank you!
I'm just starting with watercolors and this idea is brilliant! I never thought of swatching one color with all the rest to see all the combinations. I'm so going to do this! :D
These are so lovely and the zen tangle is such a great idea for the swatching info... I think your sketch book paper is sized and so if you pre wet each swatch with just water and dampen the paper first, you will be able to get that spreading effect you are looking for. I have not used that sketch book before so I am not exactly sure of the stiffness but see if the pre wetting works.
Thanks, Sue! Yes, you're correct. There is sizing, that seems to be uneven. So in some areas the paint goes on ok, in others not well at all. I had uneven results pre-wetting too, so I think I'm going to switch to flat paper and then bind afterwards. This gives the the opportunity to scan the work too which is a plus.
@@NotableInk its the moleskin then isn’t it...? I ve heard others mention its not very reliable. I have only written in them not painted... I just use the cansons, or strathmore .
Phaloblue turquoise or phalo turquoise PB16 from DaVinci is transparent and makes awesome greens and moody purples. It isn’t the mixture of the phalos and the colors are very natural and transparent. I get Davinci PB16 because DS shrinks down in the pan and Davinci stays creamy and drys.The compliment of it is pyrol scarlet and makes the neutral that looks straight from the tube. You might like this quite a bit. It went on my palette.
This looks so great! I recently got a Winsor&Newton starter set with 12 colours and I was wondering what would be the best way to swatch them. Now I know!
Thanks, Kirsten! There are so many ways to swatch. But I was dreading those little squares. This gets me a little more excited to swatch. Have fun and enjoy your new paints!
Amber Rain Davis - NotableInk Yes, I have an Epson Workforce inkjet printer with a bypass feeder on the back. The feeder has adjustable guides so I can put even wider paper in. I’ve had fairly good luck feeding Strathmore 140 lb. cold press (9x12”) through, although it sometimes takes several tries. Cardstock goes through much easier. I’ve also had good luck with the ink not smearing after it’s dry. 😀
Hi ... first, loved watching these videos; hopefully more are coming! Second, I’d love getting copies as I’m not good/creative at Zentangling. The idea of digital is great, my problem is feeding watercolor paper (or anything heavier than 20# copy paper!) through my printer ... maybe I need a new better printer!? ... so I end up back to buying the finished (uncolored) versions from you? The idea someone had of “tracing” your sketches into our paper sounds good, but how do you see through heavy duty watercolor paper ... what am I missing? Or is it just that we “copy” your idea and do the actual sketching freehand ourselves? Scary! haha. ps, I like your landscape shape of design and am not opposed myself to cutting down 8.5 x 11 paper to fit.
Thank you for doing this, I really enjoyed this series (The gnomes brought me to you, giggle) I was wondering if you do create your own pages and bind them (Making your own journal) would you be interested in filming that. I would appreciate that.
I will definitely film the binding if I end up going that way. Of course, I need to learn how to bind first. But, I'll share it for sure. It will likely turn into avoid these binding mistakes video, LOL! Thanks for watching, Samantha!
Thanks, Thereasa. This is likely the most practical way to go. Though I will tell you I don't love the 8.5 x 11 format as much as the narrow landscape. It has a totally different feel to it.
Thanks, Judi. I found when I used a wet on wet technique with the Moleskin journal it still did not move as well as the Etchr journal or my preferred watercolor paper.
Thanks so much for your interest and enthusiasm, Krasimira! I will look into the logistics of it for sure. I'll keep you guys updated here an on Instagram.
@@NotableInk as I was watching the video I was going to suggest it, but you mentioned it yourself in the end and I was like: Yessssss!!! I think you can scan the two pages separately the way they are now, and then we can print them on regular paper and transfer them either with carbon paper or a light pad onto our journals. Just a suggestion.
@@krasimirastoyanova7678 That's interesting. I wouldn't have thought anyone would be willing to print and transfer. I'll have to think outside the box a bit more. Thanks for that!
Please film every swatch page you make! I love this.
LOL, that made me laugh. I will definitely try to do that from here on out. Thanks so much, Annika!
Well done Amber! This is wonderful! The colors, information and willingness to explore with us. Of course I would love to purchase Printable digitals, if I'm printing on mixed media paper or watercolor, I trim it to 8 1/2 wide. I am also intrigued the water color brush. Girl, get sponsored!!! Eager to follow on to Phase 3, I can't draw worth beans!
Thanks so much, June! Yeah, I'm thinking about what format would be best for home printers if I go digital and to minimize paper waste too. I hear you with sponsors. I reached out to Dana from Wonder Forest and Art Toolkit regarding affiliate programs. They don't have them yet, but they're working on it. I adore their products and use them daily. Thanks again and happy swatching!
@@NotableInk We join the ride with you!
First, let me say thank you for walking us through this. You answer so many of my ”why” questions! I want to learn it all but need to focus on one thing at a time, so printed pages, for now, would be a great option.
I love all of it. The zentangle, the swatching, your teaching skills.
The outcome - beautiful painting.
I have an idea- to put on each swatch the second color you're mixing. That we can see the other colour you used.
Thanks a lot.
You inspire me.
Thank you, Adva! That's a great idea and I may try that next time with different paper. Thanks again!
I love how you make all these colors on you zentangle pages.
Thanks so much, Carolyn!
So beautiful. I find so much peace in swatching my watercolors. Your series is very inspirational. Hope you’re doing well. 📄✂️🌈💕🌻🙌
It was SOOO relaxing to watch you mix and swatch these colors! Not only have you created something functional for your future paint projects, but it is truly a piece of artwork on its own. It’s beautiful and I now have a desire to try this myself! I hope you continue this series, Amber! I LOVE it! ❤️
Thank you so much, Maureen. I hope you do try it in your own journal.
Suddenly I love the idea of swatching! Beautiful! More!
Yay! I’m so glad! Martyna! Thank you!
Hi Amber! Please do more of these. I am a long time Zentangler and I love watercolors. Combining the two is heaven!
Thanks, Leah. I'm so glad you're enjoying them. I will plan on more. Thanks again!
I really appreciate the info you give in your video. Love this series. Now that I found you I will continue to watch.
Being new and inexperienced, I greatly appreciated your description of the individual watercolors. I enjoy zentangle, doodling and watercolor. Happy to have found your channel. Thank you for sharing. Peace.
Thanks so much, Stacy! I'm so glad it was helpful and that you found my channel. See you soon!
This format of swatching is the best I have ever seen. As for sketchbooks, an artist I follow swears by Pentalic. She is really picky about the sizing, so I trust her judgment. I have one, I haven't used it much, but I do like it so far. I haven't noticed anything about the sizing, so it hasn't interfered with my painting so far. Love this series!
Thanks so much. This is so informative. I am newer to water coloring and not artistic but learning so much from this series of videos. Thank you!!
You are so welcome and thank you, Ruth!
Amber, you are so awesome. I can't wait to do this, albeit with my Kuretake, and also I am going to apply these concepts to do some pencil swatch books with zentangle pictures, specially Prisma and Inktense, though I think I will use the smaller sketchbooks for the pencil. I want to focus on gradients and also blending so I can train my eye a little better in color theory to know what to lay down and where on my coloring pages. I love your videos because I can watch them and apply the content to my own supplies and art interest which is mostly pencil and water-solubles for coloring pages.
Wow, color pencil swatches would be beautiful and I totally agree a smaller sketchbook is in order. I can't imagine all those wide-open spaces with a pencil, LOL! Thanks so much, K R, have fun with your swatches!
I love this idea of swatches. So unique. I've not zentangled b4 but would like to try. Can't wait for your painting
Thanks so much, Rebecca! I'm thrilled you're inspired to do it too.
I like the size of the journal you used in this video as it offers plenty of space to really get a sense of each color mix. And, with the zentangles it turns swatching into an enjoyable exercise. TFS!
Thank you so much, Zoe. I do love this format too!
Absolutely love this. I’m new to watercolor and have experience with Zentangle and love that I can learn to swatch the watercolors I have where I can be creative and easily swatch my colors. Thank you for this series.
You are so welcome, Debra, and thank you!
Oh I so agree with you about colors being warm or cool! Sometimes I just don’t see it!
I love this series you are creating! I am learning so much. Thank you.
I’m learning lots of new things. It’s making me want to do some experimenting of my own. Watching you makes it seem possible. Besides this being a swatch, it’s a gorgeous piece of art.
That is awesome! I learn so much from experimenting and definitely recommend it. Thanks so much!
I love what you have done with your swatches. I really enjoyed your video. Thank you!
I love the swatches and I need to know more about the Zentangel drawings. Do you have videos you recommend or book to learn. What is needed. I love to doodle and this looks like it would be fun.. Thanks for the video on the swatches.
Thanks, Billie. There are lots of books on the market. Zentangle.com is a great resource that takes you straight to the folks that created the drawing method. Have fun!
I LOVE thus series of videos. I am new to watercolor and painting altogether! I love learning about color and mixing. Also paper. You are a wealth of knowledge and I love learning from you! THANK YOU so much!
You are so welcome and thank you, Jami! I'm so glad this was helpful!
I'm speechless. I've been watching videos like this for years, trying one or the other, but now I'm overwhelmed.
Thank you, thank you for showing. You're Marvellous. I would also like to have digital prints or digital stamps
Thanks for another video. Best regards from Germany
Thank you very much! I’m so glad these are helpful and inspiring for you.
Again, FABULOUS!!! I love these. Of all your videos, I have to say that these zentangled watercolor swatch journal page are my favorite and that’s saying something!! Please do more. I eagerly await. And, oh, I had to tell a few of my friends and so you have them all ga-ga, too! Lol 😝
Thank you, Cher! I have a new one filmed, but I'm having a heck of a time setting up the e-commerce end of things on my site. I'm trying to coordinate the next set of videos with a digital stamp set release. Once I get the backend of things down, these videos will come more regularly. Thanks so much for watching and sharing!!
I absolutely love this idea! I took your tips and did my own study of lemon yellow and it was awesome! Thank you for sharing!
Oh wow! I bet lemon yellow was gorgeous. So many clean, bright mixes to create. Thanks so much, Catie!
Loved it! I would be interested in more of these and tutorials on beginning zentangle.
Would definitely be interested in buying a zen tangle watercolour swatch book by you!
Thank you, Deborah!!
I absolutely love this idea! I've been watching watercolor artists for years and you are the first one that I've seen do anything of this nature! I will definitely be doing this with my little watercolor palette after Christmas! Thanks for another great video!!
Thank you so much, Lisa! It's always fabulous for creators to hear they have an original idea that people enjoy. Enjoy the holidays and have fun painting!
Love these swatch pages! I totally identify with not being confident in identifying 'warm' shades vs 'cool' shades - I have struggled with that for years (and continue to struggle!) Thank you for sharing!
Right? Warm and cool seems like it should be so easy. 🤣 Thanks again, Barb!
Oooh. What a lovely idea to mix your colours in the zentangle design which is superb. I have to try this myself. Thank you.
Yay, do try it. Thanks so much, Rose!
I would love to get a digital copy of your color journal! I really am enjoying your drawings and commentary.
Thanks so much, Sally. I fiddled with a draft this morning that I didn't love, but I'll keep working on it for you guys!
I hope you do more of these combined with the zentangles. Their great
Thanks so much, Christenna! I plan on doing more.
Amber! So excited for 'phase 2'... I'm curious about your brush seems to keep a great point ☺️
Oh, how I love these brushes. It's a set of brushes from Dana Fox, @wonderforest. They're just fabulous. I'm not an affiliate, I just love them. Grab a set at wonderforest.com. They have just the right amount of snap, hold the right amount of water, and the sharp point allows me to use the same brush for washes and detail work without having to switch brushes. Yeah, they're amazing. Have fun with phase 2 and thanks for watching!
I am so glad I've found you. I several of the gnomes you offered into cards for Christmas. Now I'm needing to learn more about watercolor, though I've been stumbling through for years on my own. I think making the swatches would help me greatly. I have quite a few Daniel Smith, some Renesans, some old Cotman etc. Made a palette, but haven't done a complete swatch sheet as you have. That will be my next step. I can't wait to try drawing the flower and painting it as well. I freehanded some watercolor Christmas cards (trees, pinecones with leaves etc) but seriously want to learn more. This will be a fun journey. Thanks for offering these videos.
Thanks very much, Jeannette. Mixing the colors has been so incredibly helpful for me. There are so many ways to mix and swatch and I'm glad this process has inspired you. Thanks again!
I absolutely love this. I’m very new to watercolor and have experience with Zentangle. I’m really interested in doing this to swatch the watercolors I have. Thank you so much for this series.
Thanks, Debra! Happy swatching and tangling!
Such a great video. Thanks for sharing ❤💚
Stunning!
Like That. Nice work! 👍😎
Brilliant...absolutely love this process!
Thanks so much 😊
Absolutely delightful! I dabble with tangling and want to play with colors. The combination is truly inspired. Part of the attractiveness is the unusual size, shape and orientation of your journal. Too bad that the paper itself is frustating. Thanks for sharing. New subbie here.
Thank you, Melinda. I couldn't agree more about the size and layout of the journal. I really enjoy the long narrow pages. That's why I struggle about about making the Zentangle pages digital. I'd have to change the size to make it manageable to print at home. So I'm still mulling that over. Thanks again.
Amazing swatches 🥰 I love the colors ❤ thanks for sharing your creativity Hugs xx
Thank you, Joan!!
Whyyyy??!!! 😱😍 This is a very unique idea. Sooo unique. Love this. Hihi
Thank you, Louie!
Loved this watercolor ZIA/ swatching, Amber! Just beautiful!! Have you considered incorporating the shades and tints of each mixture or a dilution of each mixture within the tangle space? Please keep this series up... “Many Thanks!!😘✨👍🏾” Stay safe... be well!
Thanks, Gwen! I attempted it with my earlier/unfilmed studies. But, I struggled with this paper so much that it was more trouble than it was worth. I may revisit in the next series when I switch from journal to paper.
Thank you, Amber; I enjoyed this very much!
You are so welcome and thank you!
I learned so much today. Thank you!
I'm so glad. Thanks, Millie. Stay tuned for a new Daniel Smith Swatch video coming this Saturday.
next level swatches 🙂
That was fabulous! I love swatching out my paints in unique ways, and this tutorial is definitely unique. The ideas are endless. I’d love a template to use with my DS and handmade watercolors. Thanks for doing this for us.
I'm so glad you liked it and found it helpful, Julie. Thank you!
That is a really creative idea. However I would encourage you to create a wall chart as well, it's one of the most helpful things ever. Use the paper you prefer to paint on. Make it as large as you can reasonably have space for preferably large enough to be able to gradate each square or at least tint half of the square. Use multiple sheets if necessary attaching them together. Mount it within eyesight of your painting area. It's a simple grid, each color across the top and side. Works best to be sorted by color family. It allows you to see every combination at the same time and get the best understanding of how the mixes are related to each other including where the pure pigment falls within the spectrum.
Thank you. Yes, I know that would be he most useful and practical way to go about it. The problem is I kept putting it off as those little squares were boring and felt more like a chore. That's why I came up with this instead. It may take longer for me to learn the relation between the mixes, but it's definitely more fun and I'm motivated to do it. Maybe one day I'll get to the wall chart. Thanks again!
I loved this when I saw it in your previous video and have started swatching my watercolor mixes using your idea, except my drawings aren't as pretty as yours! I love this and it's such a great way to create a color chart without creating a bunch of tiny boxes. Thank you!
Yay! I'm so glad you're swatching too. Thanks so much, Jenlee!
I'm just starting with watercolors and this idea is brilliant! I never thought of swatching one color with all the rest to see all the combinations. I'm so going to do this! :D
I'm so glad you're going to try it. Thanks so much!
These are so lovely and the zen tangle is such a great idea for the swatching info... I think your sketch book paper is sized and so if you pre wet each swatch with just water and dampen the paper first, you will be able to get that spreading effect you are looking for. I have not used that sketch book before so I am not exactly sure of the stiffness but see if the pre wetting works.
Thanks, Sue! Yes, you're correct. There is sizing, that seems to be uneven. So in some areas the paint goes on ok, in others not well at all. I had uneven results pre-wetting too, so I think I'm going to switch to flat paper and then bind afterwards. This gives the the opportunity to scan the work too which is a plus.
@@NotableInk its the moleskin then isn’t it...? I ve heard others mention its not very reliable. I have only written in them not painted... I just use the cansons, or strathmore .
Your studies are beautiful!
Thank you, Maura!
Really nice creation.. 👍👍👍😊😊😊
Thank you!
Phaloblue turquoise or phalo turquoise PB16 from DaVinci is transparent and makes awesome greens and moody purples. It isn’t the mixture of the phalos and the colors are very natural and transparent. I get Davinci PB16 because DS shrinks down in the pan and Davinci stays creamy and drys.The compliment of it is pyrol scarlet and makes the neutral that looks straight from the tube. You might like this quite a bit. It went on my palette.
Thank you for sharing , I love it 😍
My pleasure. Thank you, Julie!
This looks so great! I recently got a Winsor&Newton starter set with 12 colours and I was wondering what would be the best way to swatch them. Now I know!
Thanks, Kirsten! There are so many ways to swatch. But I was dreading those little squares. This gets me a little more excited to swatch. Have fun and enjoy your new paints!
Another great video! Would love to buy a Zentangled swatch digital stamp in a rectangle...9x12” would be best.
Thanks, Julie! I'm curious, does your printer at home accommodate 9 x 12 and if not, where would you have it printed?
Amber Rain Davis - NotableInk Yes, I have an Epson Workforce inkjet printer with a bypass feeder on the back. The feeder has adjustable guides so I can put even wider paper in. I’ve had fairly good luck feeding Strathmore 140 lb. cold press (9x12”) through, although it sometimes takes several tries. Cardstock goes through much easier. I’ve also had good luck with the ink not smearing after it’s dry. 😀
Hi ... first, loved watching these videos; hopefully more are coming! Second, I’d love getting copies as I’m not good/creative at Zentangling. The idea of digital is great, my problem is feeding watercolor paper (or anything heavier than 20# copy paper!) through my printer ... maybe I need a new better printer!? ... so I end up back to buying the finished (uncolored) versions from you? The idea someone had of “tracing” your sketches into our paper sounds good, but how do you see through heavy duty watercolor paper ... what am I missing? Or is it just that we “copy” your idea and do the actual sketching freehand ourselves? Scary! haha. ps, I like your landscape shape of design and am not opposed myself to cutting down 8.5 x 11 paper to fit.
would love to have the zinfandel of each of the pages MH
Thank you for doing this, I really enjoyed this series (The gnomes brought me to you, giggle) I was wondering if you do create your own pages and bind them (Making your own journal) would you be interested in filming that. I would appreciate that.
I will definitely film the binding if I end up going that way. Of course, I need to learn how to bind first. But, I'll share it for sure. It will likely turn into avoid these binding mistakes video, LOL! Thanks for watching, Samantha!
@@NotableInk giggle, looking forward to it...
Zen tangle on 8.5x11 and we can print on our paper of choice
Thanks, Thereasa. This is likely the most practical way to go. Though I will tell you I don't love the 8.5 x 11 format as much as the narrow landscape. It has a totally different feel to it.
Jane Davenport has a 36 well pallet for seven something if you’re interested.
I'll check that out. Thank you!
I would like a digital copy of your swatch book pages
Thanks so much, Pat. I've had a few requests so I'll look into digitizing.
The reason it doesnt move well is you didnt pre wet with clear water to get the typical watercolour blend.
Thanks, Judi. I found when I used a wet on wet technique with the Moleskin journal it still did not move as well as the Etchr journal or my preferred watercolor paper.
Amber!!! Please do sell the printed version! Please please please!! And not just this one, but all the ones that you do for these mixing series!
Thanks so much for your interest and enthusiasm, Krasimira! I will look into the logistics of it for sure. I'll keep you guys updated here an on Instagram.
@@NotableInk as I was watching the video I was going to suggest it, but you mentioned it yourself in the end and I was like: Yessssss!!! I think you can scan the two pages separately the way they are now, and then we can print them on regular paper and transfer them either with carbon paper or a light pad onto our journals. Just a suggestion.
@@krasimirastoyanova7678 That's interesting. I wouldn't have thought anyone would be willing to print and transfer. I'll have to think outside the box a bit more. Thanks for that!
All of your colours are contaminated, don’t you see that? What a mess… 😂
Zuviel Gerede 😡
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