Watch This if You Are Scared of Wasting Supplies!
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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2022
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Arches watercolor block 9"x12" shrsl.com/3eizl
Caran D'ache Neocolor 2 crayons: shrsl.com/3eizk
M Graham watercolors shrsl.com/3eizm
Watercolor brushes and spray bottle of water
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I always come back from your videos feeling refreshed artistically and inspired. Even if you're doing lovely flowers and I'm painting a wereshark army. Weird, I know, but art is one of those things where a shared love and enthusiasm is easy to pass along. :)
Wow, now you've captured my imagination. Just what does a wereshark look like, much less an army? :)
I've always felt there wasn't enough wereshark focused art in the world. I'm glad you're filling that role. 🦈
@@PumpkinPails LOL! Well thank you.
@@aptwalker2009 The ones I'm working on are a commission. I'm not sure what brand they are but you can see basically the same thing from a website called Reaper Miniatures. Plug in "shark" and you'll see some of the weresharks. Rokea are also a thing. They're weresharks in a game called World of Darkness (along with werewolves, werecats, wererats, werebears .. oh my!) They look sort of like huge sharks with legs and arms. Just when we thought it was safe to leave the water....
@@thoughtfulwatcher LOL, nowhere to turn that it's safe. I did look up 'wereshark' and noted a lot of images and some reference to D&D gaming...so there's my blind spot. Not a gamer per se, so unless there were weresharks in Metroid or Mario I'd never have run across them. I do love urban fantasy for my audio listening, so know of a variety of 'were' species, but had not heard of sharks in any of the tomes that I had run across. The online pics were enlightening though, so I can picture it now. There were some very interesting characters depicted among the ones that I saw. Congrats on your commissions.
Love it,"Flower still life paintings,never faulter,never fail, always bright and pretty everyday,now that's a beautiful smile."-Lynn
👍👋❤️😊😀🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨
Beautiful painting and very wise words! Thanks! 🌸
That bit about pushing through struggles is the best piece of advice I have heard. I really needed to hear that. Thanks Lindsay.
Your pep talk really helped me not give up. I never thought to go back to a painting I didn't like and add more to it.
I love his painting! Some of my favorite colors. 😍
I had that paralyzing fear with my adult coloring books. 😱what if I ruined a page I loved??? Well my fabulous hubby said, we have a scanner and a printer… you can try over and over if you want, I adore that man. Now almost two years later…I’ve only ever needed to restart once but it allows me to relax and try new things. I’m no artist but I’m having fun with art for the first time in my life, UA-cam really helped me. Thanks for all you do, it is appreciated 💚
That part about life being a disappointment...I felt that so hard. Thanks for the encouragement to push through artistic discomfort!
I will add my 2cents :) I agree use what you have, buy what you can afford, and work with what makes you happy. I have worked on theatre sets for community theatre with only a budget of $250. I learned how to use my materials and we made some pretty awesome sets. My point is buy what you can afford, learn your materials and it will work. I slowly upgraded certain supplies and not others because that is what worked for me. :)
Lovely painting. Thanks for discussing working thru the struggle and the honesty you give.
Listening to you talk is so inspiring! I haven't just gone for it with my art in a long time. I seem to fall into the whole "If I craft or if I do art, I need to make a profit or I am just wasting money". But if it brings me joy is that truly money wasted... or even time wasted? I find when I put that aside and just craft, draw, or paint, I feel so refreshed afterwards. I really need to start making the time again- thank you for all your awesome words of encouragement!
Let's see, how much money do people make playing golf, fishing or snowmobiling? What does that cost? More than paint and paper is reckon! 😆
@@thefrugalcrafter Very true! I blame the stay at home mom guilt! I feel like if I have a hobby, it should benefit us. What I constantly forget is that it does. It is my way to wind down, find some calm, have a therapy session. And when I am able to start each day feeling refreshed instead of running on empty, it benefits everyone in the household as well as my productivity in getting all the mom/house things taken care of. But for some reason it is so hard to remember the value of that. And as artists to see the value within us, and within our art. That value goes far beyond what ends up on a page, canvas, piece of wood, tablet, or whatever the art ends up on- it feeds our soul and is something we need to feel fulfilled as humans. For me creating is definitely the most important kind of self care that I so often neglect. I need to work on changing that. Anyway, thank you again- you definitely have me reflecting on things today and I truly appreciate the insight you give!
I was intrigued how you started with a washy blur and ended up with a lovely defined outcome.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you again Lindsay for your encouraging words of wisdom. You and Kristy Rice are my go to for uplifting and real tutorials. We are our worse critics aren't we:-(
I'm taking a watercolor class at a local gallery and the teacher is an older woman. She's so funny and really scolds us for being " a bully" to ourselves! Lol!
One thing people don't talk about is that most well known artists produce a lot of bad work but we only see the good work. One of the things I did when young was photography, where it's just accepted that you need to shoot at LEAST a whole roll of film (yeah, I'm old) to get one good photo. Maybe several rolls (dozens of photos). So you're taught to not worry about all the bad ones or mediocre ones. Sure, as we gain skills we produce less bad work, but, everyone produces bad work. It's just that no one shows it to you or talks about it! Bruce on Handprint says that a fellow painter told him, "I paint 10 bad ones for every good 1."
the struggling part of any painting or crafting is my favorite part lol
Wow loosening up those roses on the table made all the difference - instantly! and the speckles.
Those roses are so beautiful, this whole painting is so spring-like and joyfull, it goes well with sunlight comming to my room as I'm watching your video. I really like your approach to painting, many people stress me out focusing too much on progress, constant pracrice, as if getting better was the only reason to paint at all, while I prefer to take pleasure from colors and shapes. I remember this one time when I painted a winter landscape and by accident (as I'm quite new to this medium) I created some foggy tree line which turned out really great, this made me very happy. There's something really special in the way watercolor pencils come to life when you and water, it's pure joy.
I love the painting. Thank you for getting me interested again in watercolor.
I love your painting Lindsay, it's beautiful. I love the colors that you choose, they look great together.
Thanks Lindsay. I just pulled a bunch of old paintings from portfolio storage books to use the backs of to experiment on. Lately I think everything I touch turns to crap. Could be the long winter, could be I'm over critical. I got Gordan McKenzie's follow up book ; Keep Painting. To try different techniques and see a different point of view. But I'm not wasting my good paper on trying new things out when there are plenty of old paintings to just turn over. I would love a big studio pallet but then I would need a bigger boat. Those nice big wells in the Paul Ruben folding plastic pallets is my solution. I feel like Dory. " Just keep painting, just keep painting; what do we do? We paint paint". 😬💜
That's a great solution because you can use the lid. Stick with that for sure
Aww Annette, I’m just like you. But I keep trying too, I still enjoy it and am totally obsessed with the medium. Lindsay’s encouragement sure does help. I think I will try something like this tomorrow.
@@sooziecougs5425 I love it. It's just frustrating sometimes. I have prepared a board and made my outline and have chosen a pallet. Onward! 🥰
I love that even though I am not a painter your videos give me so much courage to actually try it.
Great video Lindsay....something a lot of us can relate to. I want to add too that Fabriano makes a "studio fat pad". Its 25% cotton (60 sheets) 140lbs (300gsm) for $17.98usd at Blick Art and its pretty good paper for practicing. ❤
It feels very much like the fabriano studio cold pressed. I snagged one when it came out!
Yes! It is the same paper!
I learned more in 1 minute 45 seconds of watching this video than I have all week! Eureka! I just subscribed!! You are a revelation! Thank you! 🙏🏼
The painting is beautiful! Watching this was a joy!
So pretty Lindsay! So true that painting is just like life. Never give up!✊🏾💕
It's a lovely painting and kind of a mix between realism and impressionism. I'm thrilled to see the Neocolor II's in use. They add a wonderful vibrancy. I stocked way up on the Strathmore Readycut 100% cotton when I found a huge closeout on corner-bent stock and I have license to play now. License to play is the key to learning about anything.
Nice! Even at full price it's a good value!
Dude I know a lot of people don't but I'm not really sure why. I LOVE Strathmores 100% cotton paper. Their 500 mixed media sketchbook is my absolute favorite.
I love this, Lindsay! It always amazes me that you go through the ugly stage (where I usually quit) and keep going and going, fine tuning here and there, until it comes together beautifully. I liked the painting equally as much both before and after those awesome splashes! I could watch you create leaves for hours! Thanks for sharing your creativity, inspiration, and encouragement. Have a lovely day! 🙂
Very bright and beautiful
Beautiful Lindsay, I love your watercolour paintings!!!! :) Happy crafting!
This looks like so much fun and it turned out beautifully!
Thanks Lindsay I needed this pep talk today! 👍
Love this painting Lindsay. Flowers always bring me joy. Will try it when I access Critique Club version. Thanks for a great video!
I appreciate you discussing the struggle. I am new to painting and I need to keep experimenting!
Powerful and encouraging words, Lindsay!! ❤️👏🏻❤️
Very pretty and fun! Can't wait to try this.. Thank you
Gorgeous painting, Lindsay! I love this! Tfs.
Really pretty and a wealth of information and encouragement as always. Thank you!
Love your teaching, very inspirational
Very beautiful! Thank you for sharing
I love your comments Lindsay, when I am painting I hear your voice remembering your tips and suggestions. I painted a humming bird on my nail, I pushed myself out of my comfort zone by adding white and darker contrast colors basically I was LIndsayfying it. I loved it. You have shown us that beautiful things can be created with less expensive supplies. I am able to paint more freely by thinking it is only paper and paint.
♥️ just like magic! Amazing!
Great advice! I plan to try this technique with my new Derwent inktence pencils.
Enjoyable video. You are so right about being afraid to use your supplies. You are very encouraging! Beautiful painting.
You always have great advice I dig your videos thank you
Beautiful painting Lindsay. I enjoyed watching you paint it. Thank you for sharing.
I use Fabriano watercolour paper (300gsm) and I find it perfect for all my crafty needs.
Crafty hugs.
You are the first UA-cam artist I started following. You are exactly right- I do “save” my good supplies for when I get to be a better artist because I don’t want to waste them. You’ve given me a new insight to think “it’s only a piece of paper” if I totally mess it up. Thank you for the push to expand my comfort zone.
Yay!
This is great. Thank you!
I love this painting, it's so energetic. 😊
I have sketchbooks full of pieces suspended in 'ugly phase' that I intend to go back to. My painting tutor had canvases she'd been working on for years!
Wow.. I was seriously on the verge of tears earlier after spending all day painting stuff and just feeling so discouraged and then I watch this video and it's like you were talking to me! I sometimes forget that the struggle is universal and just a part of the process. So thank you for that! 🖤
Onward and upward!
these are very good tips that free me up. Just made a" mess" and this helps.
Good!
Lindsay=THANKS .. you consistently are so inspiring to.me..I always learn something about supplies I either have, or stuff I dont know about.. AND I also love your energy and excitement over art.
you always make me wanna go do something artsy...and the world needs more of that. (I know I probably wouldnt even be here if I didnt have art)
love all your tips cuz I am super poor.
I love this style of palette and am looking forward to having the space for one. I have to use smaller palettes for now due to lack of desk space. My daughter is intending to move out in the next year or two at which point I will claim her bedroom as my studio. I look forward to not having to pack everything up every time I use it and being able to spread out a bit more.
Loved watching your process. Really glad to see you use the Neocolor2s. I did a painting on canvas with them and it turned out well. But I felt like I was cheating LOL!!!. Because it was so direct, I guess.
Thank you once again for the tips and encouragement. 💜💜
Thank you so much for this video!
I gifted myself sennelier Watercolors on my birthday and i was SO intimidated to paint after having huge dents in my paints that I didn't paint for almost 4 months.😂
Luckily am out from the block now!😂
Such wonderful advice and I really like the techniques you used, especially at the start of the painting! It turned out beautifully. I like the idea of large palettes more than the reality, when they take up too much room on the table. 😂
There is something to be said for learning on cheap supplies. I have learned a lot because my supplies were not of a higher quality but I was trying to achieve an effect that was demonstrated with better supplies. I have cried a lot because it's work but there is something so satisfying when you succeed.
So pretty!
Thank you for the prompt to not buy new supplies. I'll be using my vintage Payon painting crayons from the 60's, vintage goldfaber watercolor pencils and filling in with left over paint on my ceramic palette. I love my ceramic studio palettes and have an assortment of plastic travel palettes, and assortment of travel vintage tins filled with professional colors. You've inspired me to be creative with my supplies. I'm using my vintage pastels mixed in with some that are better. Some of the vintage ones I actually like better! No sense to just display my vintage collection of art suplies.....use them!!!
Way to go!
Beautiful.
Why is trusting the process so hard sometimes. 😩
You are the second video I watch today and in both I was like 🤨 where are they going with this. Then all of a sudden, it was like angels 👼 falling from the sky presenting a beautiful piece of work and I’m sitting here like ……… huh 🤔 trust the process 🙌👍
As always thanks for the smack in the face of inspiration 🤗💕
This piece came out beautiful 🤗💕
Critique Club sounds like a fantastic idea! I did a similar class at a local senior center in the 90's I fronted the participants paint and paper for their $20.00 and so many wanted to own their own so I made a list of supplies they could get at a local supply store if they really wanted to step up their skills, I offered an advanced class where they had to bring their own supplies! but those people could do work outside of the class and get critique on work they had done. Feedback is so important when learning, a few words of encouragement or correction can solve a problem that may seem insurmountable to a beginner! I find your videos so encouraging and a real delight to watch! Thank you for sharing and Please enjoy your Afternoon! or Morning even Evening whenever you happen to read this!
Thanks! I see we had similar journeys! I wish there were more senior programs out there. I enjoyed that job!
@@thefrugalcrafteryep, just me re-watching videos of you working with M.Graham watercolor paints!
I just enjoy watching your videos first thing in the morning you’re always so happy and upbeat. Watching you today from Nashville TN headed to Ridgeway SC to unload and then home for a week off … we’ll off from my paid job lol. My wife has a bunch of stuff for me to do on our farm lol. I generally have to go back to work to get a break lol
Lol, you're not alone in that!
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Great video. Pushing through the ugly phase of a painting is like having a newborn. You love them immediately, but it takes getting past that first realization that you don't like them, until they become a responsive "little person" at 3 months. It's all just work at the beginning. But worth every minute.
I Love M Graham. I have a studio palette in porcelain, that baby isn't going anywhere, but I found a Martin Mijello that has 33 wells, is leakproof and has 2 good sized mixing areas that travels everywhere for about $15. In fact, if I'm working on a larger piece, I use the traveling palette, so I have more space on my drafting table. I love seeing you twice in one weekend❤
Excellent video!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really liked how spontaneous and colourful this ended up being! I will definitely look at my Neocolor II for sketching! Loved your comments about "pushing on" during the messy stage 😨. I needed to hear that. Also share your view 👍 on studio palettes. I just found some small ones (10 x 7in and 10x 13 in) by Medeen on Amazon for less than USD 15. They are like mini versions of the one you have on this video, with 18 wells. If you buy 2 or 4 you can make a big palette on your desk. You can also take individual ones on a trip. I love mixing paint on ceramic, and would carry the weight in exchange for the pleasure of mixing on ceramic. These small Medeen palettes might just do the trick this spring. #notsponsored just sharing a good tip. 👩🎨🎨
Wonderful advice.
Great painting Lindsay, I want to start watercolour painting, I've got the paints, paper and brushes.....just need to get stuck in lol
Love how lifelike the vase of water is
I have a playlist of beginner tutorials: ua-cam.com/play/PLNxvOHHWCjFgUGguiJFn6wl8QByLFu2UM.html
Thanks Lindsay that fabulous, I'll work my way through them. You are such a kind person x
Just amazing 👌🤩
Hi Lindsay 😊 thanks 👍
CansonXL is excellent paper for fresh starts in painting, I gained so many miles in my skills on that paper. My granddaughter has her own pad of this paper and she enjoys it very much . Gorgeous painting Lindsay, you inspire me with every video you post, hope your enjoying your New York derwent demo 🌨🙂🙏🏽‼️
I leave wednesday:)
Well in that case I’ll be praying for a smooth & safe trip ☺️‼️@@thefrugalcrafter
Wow! Another way to use my Neo Color II Crayons. I don't know why it didn't occur to me to rough in a drawing with them and to use water soluble markers in my watercolours. I'm kinda blown away by the opportunities here. Oh yeah, the spray bottle, too. Man, I've gotta practice (on less expensive paper for me) so I can earn my way up to Arches quality work. I really hope when you look back on this painting you like it more because it is fabulous and such a diverse demonstration of techniques,!
I love your painting and even more I love what you had to say. I’ve been in a creative slump and have lots of supplies and I’m afraid of wasting them on something I may not like. I’m a card maker but I am so drawn to water coloring. I really want to learn. This was very inspiring and just want I needed to hear this morning. Thanks! ❤️. Adding to say…I see you offer online classes. Which do you recommend to someone who wants to get started in watercolor?
Thanks! Essential tools and techniques for watercolor is the class to start with. I hope to see you there!
I enjoyed this a lot. Mostly listening to you tell us about growing as artists by doing, practicing, trying new things. How did you say it? When you're not loving what you've done, keep going and try something new. Totally paraphrasing, so did I get it right?
Pretty much!
My new philosophy is if I don't like it, KEEP PAINTING
Love this Lindsay, just something I've noticed with my art I never like anything I paint, until a few weeks later when I look at it. Not all paintings are going to be masterpieces, for every picture you see on social media I'm sure lots do t make it
I'm sure you are right!
I love your comment about keep on going. I make cards and think they will look lovely, then I make them and spend a long time on them and feel disappointed by them. Then the next day I look at them and I think -hey that really is pretty good! You are lucky your professor said you were great. I got a degree in Electrical Engineering many years ago and there were not many women in it at that time. The professors I had for the most part felt that women had no place in Engineering (yes--it was a different time). So some of them made me feel really inadequate but that just made me more determined!
It probably made you resilliant.
@@thefrugalcrafter no doubt
I like the looseness of this painting, and your comment about using what you have.
When I painted still lives, I always had to paint a background, though I wasn't allowed to use a ruler.
Different art teacher now. Rulers are allowed!
Question. I have tubes of dried watercolor paints.
Would you recommend I cut the tubes apart, then put them in a palette like yours? I have a small palette with little cups with lids as an alternative.
Yes, they will work fine!
I started with watercolor 2 years ago. I literally paint every single day. I purchased a primary set of m.graham, a 12 set of qor, and then added within the first year about 6 or so tubes of colors like cerulean, buff titanium, so on. But I still use have and use my very first two sets every single day, and I would say they I'm just now getting down to last of a few of those tubes from two years ago. Now with that said, maybe 6 months ago I bought the paul rubens student tubes for $13 and the art whale 24 set. And I do on occasion use some of those colors, and they are fun to use too. But I love the pro sets I have, and they have lasted so long. A small disclaimer in my beginner phase qor was very frustrating to work with. Now I absolutely love them. And that's was why I got the M.graham and that was a life saver for control, and ease of learning.
What paper do you use, Elli?
QoR would be hard for a beginner to control. I never thought if that.
I have this Daler Rowney Simply (below student grade) watercolor palette and the half pans are lasting quite long even though I need to scrub a lot for pigment. I’ve decided on Holbein watercolors as an upgrade (the 5ml 12 tube set) and at first I was worried it won’t last me long but dried watercolor, especially artist grade, will be much more pigmented! So there’s no need to worry. I’m also buying some Strathmore 500 paper because I’ve never tried cotton paper before.
Holbein is really concentrated. You'll love it!
Stupendo!
Honestly I thought this was one of your best paintings. Even from the thumbnail it looked amazing
Aww, thank you!
Hi Lindsay - Thank you for sharing this video. I completely agree with you about supplies. I typically practice on Canson XL paper and then do painting on Arches when I'm ready. But, I recently found some inexpensive 100% cotton watercolor paper on Amazon. It is made by Bee Paper company. It is only 90 lb but, for 50 (6"x9") sheets it was less than $18, in the US. It seems like really good paper to practice on too ... not as inexpensive as Canson though. =)
I said yesterday that I don’t always watch your painting videos, but I did today and enjoyed it. I’m NOT an artist, but I’d say to myself she needs to stop now because that’s pretty. Then you’d add some more and I wasn’t so sure about it. Then you’d add more and you brought out something even prettier. I liked the end painting. And non painter, non artist me knew who you were talking about when you said Banksy. Read an article just two days ago about Banksy.
Beautiful
You can do a splitscreen for the studio palette and jam it in a corner of the main frame. That way you can use your favorite studio palette whenever you please without people missing your mixing colors. See a lot of artist have the palette in a corner of the frame; may take ajusting normal settings but if you love the palette why rob yourself of the pleasure of using it?
Is there a video on what is in your studio palette and why? I am sure you have reasons and things have changed over time. I am always so interested in why and how artists modify their studio palette (and their travel unicorn palettes 😊). Thanks for the fun video!
This has stayed about the same for 20 years 😆
@@thefrugalcrafter Perfect! Could you share what colors are there and what mixes you like to use?
Georgia O'Keeffe painted amazing watercolors on NEWSPRINT (yes, really!) and spoke about the freedom of having a huge stack of cheap paper. My best tip for cheap watercolor paper is to check out Ohuhu blocks on Amazon. 25 cents a sheet, in nice blocks, and I like it much better than Strathmore 300/400! I also like Strathmore 200 for practice, and it's also in the Visual Journals in the 90 lb weight. If you like Fabriano Studio you can get the Fat Pad with 60 sheets from Blick for less than 20 bucks, and I do like the cotton of it, but the texture is kind of a bummer. I will have to try the hot press!
I saw the reviews and a lot of people said the Ohuhu paper soaks up the water too fast? Have you experienced the same thing as well?
@@krabfingers8473 Well it's not cotton, that's for sure. But at least it soaks it up instead of just sitting on the top like Strathmore. I have been learning to paint wetter to remedy this, and also keep a fine mist sprayer next to me - got it off amazon too.
So commanding! Lol. Your title sure got my attention!
You are like the female version of Bob Ross lol but instead you do watercolors and other mixed media lol can't wait to try this tutorial! Waiting on getting my neocolors once my taxes are here but im thinking of practicing first with my water color pencils lol love this painting! Its gorgeous! You always inspire me somehow when I watch these to pull out my supplies and just do something whether its following the tutorial or creating something I've been eyeballing for awhile lol
Yes! Try with what you have:)
I couldn't agree more! I always drew girls. I was never fully happy with the outcome, i couldn't draw hands pretty much at all, and the rest of the anatomy was always a bit wonky. I just didn't have the attention span to sit down and learn the human musculoskeletal systems, let alone how to draw them somewhat recognizably. I wanted to draw fun things like clothing! I wanted to draw pretty hair, and interesting shoes. I didn't want to draw boring muscles.
Side story that ties into the previous one in a sec:
My absolute favourite media is pen and ink. I don't use it in the traditional way, I like to treat it like watercolour. I think, now that I've grown from the little girl who wasn't a fan of watercolour becaise her paintings always turned out terrible, watercolour paints are probably alongside ink, and pencil crayons have always been a fall back for me. It's like watercolour and ink are my favourite foods, but pencil crayons are my mac 'n cheese. I'm getting sidetracked here haha. Anyway, I'd known about Inktober since the year it began but I took many years to actually participate.
I'm exceptionally poor (being on my government's disability support system (despite what jerks on the internet will have you believe) does not pay particularly well, and I'm disabled beyond the point of the ability to hold down a job. I'm not going to go into much detail here, but if anyone is curious just ask, I'm happy to share about either my financial struggles or the disabilities themselves.) Because of this poverty, I really couldn't afford new art supplies. Because pen and ink is my favourite medium, I wanted to do right by it. So I had made it a goal to work toward. I decided that when I could afford a pen and a decent set of inks, I would partake in Inktober.
A few years later, we were on my SECOND year of inktober. The first year was a bust. I barely got through the first week, and I was relearning my favourite supply to boot. The second year? Yeah, I did great! I preplanned, I had meaning, and I even wrote a poem for each! I drew all sorts of things! I drew objects and people and animals. I was so incredibly proud of myself. I nearly completed it even. I think I only missed one or two and with my disabled body, that was unexpected! But what was even more unexpected was the afterward. All of my drawings and paintings there out were multiple levels above.
It really goes to show how rigjt what you said was. ♡
Sometimes I worry that I'll never finish watercolor palettes. It takes so much use I feel. What do you think? Nice picture by the way!
Dear Mrs. Weirich,
Thank you for the advice in this video.
I was wondering, do you have any advice for a beginner with a disability that affects the fine motor skills.
Because I would love to paint like you do, but I find I'm not dexterous enough and too heavy handed besides.
Much respect,
Cj
Hmmm, maybe try colored pencil or watercolor pencil as heavy handedness could be a plus. Neocolor crayons are good too. Try a medium that is not as subtle maybe.
@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you!
Painting some sunflowers today instead of the roses for all those in the Ukraine, were all connected, it's their national flower. Enjoyed this tutorial.
I just want to throw in a plug for the Quiller ceramic palette. YES, it's crazy expensive, I know. But they 100% back their product...I recently ordered one (after really wanting one for years), and when it arrived, it was slightly wobbly (not enough to not be able to use it, but enough so it made noise and was annoying every time I used it). I emailed them asking for potential solutions (I was thinking of applying a felt shim or something like that...I didn't want to return it), and they were like "um, no, we're sending you a new one. You paid a lot for it and deserve a flat palette." I was (and am) STUNNED. And now I'm going to have to figure out what to do with a second large, heavy, studio palette (but I will because why waste???). I'll probably use it for a specialty palette, like a granulating palette or something like that where I don't use it that often, but it would be nice to have it laid out like that. I'm not sure yet. Or maybe I use it for starter garden seeds! IDK yet. But the point is that a company like that who will stand by their product in that way is one that is worth investing in for anyone who can afford to do so. And when I think of my plastic palettes (all of which have only lasted a few years...I'm tough on them!), I should have done this years ago. It would have saved me money over time.
Nice! I am considering that one when this palette starts to disintegrate. Does it have a lid?
@@thefrugalcrafter Yes, but the lid is very thin and a bit sad. However, they did send me a second one because they admit that the lid is very thin and a bit sad. Another plus in their column, though I don't understand (if they know this) why they don't change the lid. Maybe they are working on it?
@@thefrugalcrafter BTW, I just found your channel, and OMG. I've binged a lot. You are fabulous. :)
You're like the queen of painting glass!! From experience, I started with cheap paper and was always so confused that I wasn't getting the effect that others were. I finally splurged one day and bought Arches. I never looked back (as you well know! HA!). Fabriano Studio is my fave inexpensive paper. I believe it is way better than anything you can buy at Michaels (except for Arches, of course). Fabriano Studio is what I use to make the Color Play kits. I think it's great to make little paintings!
Life is all about risk and risk management. You learn the most from life lessons if you learn them the hard way, and you never end up there unless you push yourself outside your comfort zone.
Hi, thanks for the video. I am interested in a ceramic pallet like yours, but I don’t see a link for it. Can you please provide link or info (name/brand)? Thanks
My large palette is the Jones plastic listed palette but I recommend the pike palette if you want a large plastic one as its more durable. There are several large ceramic palettes available. Another viewer recommended the quiller one.
@@thefrugalcrafter thanks for your response. I like the size and arrangement of the wells/area. Thanks
The fabriano studio block has a bit of a downfall. It can do realy funky stuff with your paints. And you kindof need to know how to prevent that and this is a special warning if you have water control issues like myself. In that case if you want to buy it you might want to stretch it first, before you use it. It is an extra step but it will save you a heap of agrivation and fighting with the paper. Oh and it hates an eraser or to much pressure if you don't stretch it. Lindsay has a video on how to do that. Watch that if you want to try the paper but find yourself struggeling.
Can you not seal a water color painting?
You can but it's best to protect work on paper with a mat abd framed under glass. Paper is not durable like canvas.
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