That portrait is just gorgeous. (I need to see the film.) Also I was just super impressed watching you do perspective with watercolor, no sketching beforehand.
@@evydraws-art The perspective looks great considering you totally freehanded it! Is the movie very scary? I don't usually mind, haha. It looks amazing.
I adore your videos! I get such value out of them every time. Very interested in more watercolor exploration as that is what I have been experimenting with lately. Thanks for your channel :)
I love a palette exploration, so this video was just delightful to watch! Especially with all your thoughts on the colour selection and its uses for you. For shades I have to have: indigo or neutral tint (grey). I have to have either of these in any palette I make, if not both. Moonglow was one of my first ever DS paints and it really is so pretty. I need to use it more in my pieces! And Cascade Green is one of my all-time loves. It's such a beautiful colour, and the granulation of it! Honestly I'm truly down with watching whatever medium you'd like to explore! You have such a wonderful attitude to art and creation that's wonderful to watch. So - yes to more watercolour videos I guess!
Thank you! Exploring color combinations is the perfect thing to do on a lazy morning, glad you enjoyed them, too! Do you mean the Neutral Tint by Winsor & Newton, by any chance? I own both that and their Indigo as pans, and love both! I'm really happy with how making these videos gives me room to enjoy allll the different art media I want to explore.
Watercolour my favourite medium!! I've only just discovered your channel and am already massively inspired by your pencil drawings so far, but this is just beautiful. The amount of realism and detail you hint at in these small sketches is amazing. I adore the limited colours in the portrait, and the way you work with shadow (both in that little portrait sketch as in your pencil drawings) really amazes and inspires me. Fingers crossed you'll do more watercolour art because this is amazing! 💖
A really stunning combination of colors. They looked amazing for the landscape and temple painting, but the moody portrait sketch is breathtaking. I own several of these paints, so this makes me excited for possibilities I haven't tried yet. Would really like to see more watercolor art from you!
Thank you so much! That portrait, and stopping myself from adding more detail, was such a wonderful painting experience. 💙 Which of these paints do you have? I'm really impressed with these multi-pigment granulating colors!
@@evydraws-art I have the Moonglow (my obsession last year), Lunar Blue and Lunar Black. I also have Geothite (granulating brown), Sodalite Genuine (granulating dark blue), and Bloodstone Genuine (mine looks black though, and waters down to beautiful soft greys). Might need to get the Hematite or Piemontite. I have the full Daniel Smith dot card, so might take another look at some options. I've intentionally avoided granulating colors for portraits, so that would be quite a step outside of my comfort zone.
Yes, it is a beautiful and balanced symphony of color!! I recently decided to do a portrait with all of my prima tech colors… And I was surprised at how much I liked the granulation of them, I thought it would be too muted and dirty, but it was just the opposite! Vibrant natural colors That lend themselves to a looser quality. Beautiful work!✨
Oh yes, exactly, I was worried they'd look dirty, too - but the granulation just interacts very beautifully! I can't wait to give them a try on a larger format.❤️
Beautiful sketches! Might need to steal that swatching color mixes technique, never thought about using it before. For acrylics, have you ever tried slow drying mediums? They slow drying times a bit and make them bit thinner too.
Thank you! Making little color mix charts is always relaxing, I recommend you give it a try :) And yes, I use slow-drying acrylics and Golden Retarder medium quite often, which makes painting much easier. It's just the filming I sometimes still struggle with 😅
this palette is so interesting, i'm definitely intrigued by it. i think it would push me a bit out of my comfort zone. i especially love the green and the lavender. i heard from other people that having a lavender in the palette is good for mixing purposes, so i have one in mine but i'll be honest, i rarely use it. however, i will also admit i dont really do color studies. i swatch my colors and then mostly use them as-is. i pulled out my sketchbook and sketched a little cafe as i was watching this video (SO fun btw, it's like i'm sitting with a friend if you dont mind me saying that), but i think i will color the cafe some other time and do some little color and mixing studies of my own palette. i'm trying to curate it a bit better for the hopefully upcoming urban sketching and watercolor season and i feel like there is something missing from it, i just cant quite put my finger on what exactly. i'm also thinking of getting a bigger hahnemühle watercolor book now. i usually gravitate towards a5 and smaller bc i find it less overwhelming and also convenience purposes, for when i take it with me. but i will say, when i'm at home it does get a tad annoying to have to wait for the paint to dry, if i wanna make some studies. yesterday i did loose watercolor florals with different kinds of flowers and i had to wait for the paint to dry a couple times, which brought me out of my flow. i wonder if it would help me to have a bit more space here, as praciticing the flowers or the leaves filled up the pages pretty quickly, even though i did make them quite small but it did take me a couple tries to get them the way i wanted them too. at the speed i'm going now though, i might even have to get a new sketchbook this month already 😹 i looooved this video and would love to see more, so yes to future watercolor videos 😻 i was trying to think of a color that i have in every one of my palettes as you asked that question - what an interesting question! i think i would have to go with an olive green, like the schmincke olive green yellowish or the sennelier olive green bc i find it perfect for natural but not overly dead or overly artificial looking greenery. it also mixes beautifully with other greens and gives those a more natural but still vibrant look. i also always have to have a pink, like opera rose bc it mixes well with other colors such as orange for an apricot color, with blue for a lilac color etc. i either have the sennelier opera rose or i also like the van gogh quinacridone rose, i havent tried the schmincke yet. i also always have a neutral tint from schmincke or the van gogh one. i prefer the schmincke one slightly more though. it's less intimidating than a black to me, but can work as a black or a very dark point in pictures. but it can also go incredibly light, which makes it beautiful to paint the shadows in white flowers or birds and the mid tones i usually use for shadows in buildings or like the street color or for buildings in general. so that is quite versatile although it might look boring at first 😸 oh and quinacridone gold is always a must. i definitely have to try the daniel smith one as that is the one, people keep mentioning. i have both the schmincke and the sennelier one and love both. thank you for a wonderful video to keep me company while sketching myself 🫶
Moonglow is a gray mixed from three pigments (Ultramarine blue, Viridian, and Anthraquinone Red) so it doesn't mix with a complementary color as you'd expect. As a violet, it would neutralize yellow tones, but the pigments are so varied that there's a lot of unpredictable and beautiful interaction when mixing. 🙂 The Payne's Gray is a blue gray, so perfect for neutralizing a variety of warm colors, especially oranges, but the black pigment in it tones down anything.
I love seeing a bunch of different paintings with the same color palette together on the page ❤
Thank you so much! I thought it might get boring, but I really fell more in love with the palette as I went on. ❤
OMG, this palette is everything 😍
I feel so inspired right now, your channel is such a wonderful new discovery for me, thank you!
Thank you so much! I hope you feel inspired to sketch and paint 🥰
That portrait is just gorgeous. (I need to see the film.)
Also I was just super impressed watching you do perspective with watercolor, no sketching beforehand.
Thank you! The cinematography of that movie is so beautiful and perfect for studies! 🖤 And that perspective did turn out a bit wonky haha
@@evydraws-art The perspective looks great considering you totally freehanded it!
Is the movie very scary? I don't usually mind, haha. It looks amazing.
I adore your videos! I get such value out of them every time. Very interested in more watercolor exploration as that is what I have been experimenting with lately. Thanks for your channel :)
I love a palette exploration, so this video was just delightful to watch! Especially with all your thoughts on the colour selection and its uses for you. For shades I have to have: indigo or neutral tint (grey). I have to have either of these in any palette I make, if not both. Moonglow was one of my first ever DS paints and it really is so pretty. I need to use it more in my pieces! And Cascade Green is one of my all-time loves. It's such a beautiful colour, and the granulation of it!
Honestly I'm truly down with watching whatever medium you'd like to explore! You have such a wonderful attitude to art and creation that's wonderful to watch. So - yes to more watercolour videos I guess!
Thank you! Exploring color combinations is the perfect thing to do on a lazy morning, glad you enjoyed them, too! Do you mean the Neutral Tint by Winsor & Newton, by any chance? I own both that and their Indigo as pans, and love both!
I'm really happy with how making these videos gives me room to enjoy allll the different art media I want to explore.
@@evydraws-art I do own the W&N versions of both and love (especially the indigo) but I find myself using the schminke neutral tint the most!
Watercolour my favourite medium!! I've only just discovered your channel and am already massively inspired by your pencil drawings so far, but this is just beautiful. The amount of realism and detail you hint at in these small sketches is amazing. I adore the limited colours in the portrait, and the way you work with shadow (both in that little portrait sketch as in your pencil drawings) really amazes and inspires me. Fingers crossed you'll do more watercolour art because this is amazing! 💖
These are so relaxing
Thank you! 💙
new muse new muse! yes plz more watercolor!
A really stunning combination of colors. They looked amazing for the landscape and temple painting, but the moody portrait sketch is breathtaking. I own several of these paints, so this makes me excited for possibilities I haven't tried yet. Would really like to see more watercolor art from you!
Thank you so much! That portrait, and stopping myself from adding more detail, was such a wonderful painting experience. 💙 Which of these paints do you have? I'm really impressed with these multi-pigment granulating colors!
@@evydraws-art I have the Moonglow (my obsession last year), Lunar Blue and Lunar Black. I also have Geothite (granulating brown), Sodalite Genuine (granulating dark blue), and Bloodstone Genuine (mine looks black though, and waters down to beautiful soft greys). Might need to get the Hematite or Piemontite. I have the full Daniel Smith dot card, so might take another look at some options. I've intentionally avoided granulating colors for portraits, so that would be quite a step outside of my comfort zone.
I really need to try watercolours, these turned out beautifully ❤
Thank you! Watercolors are a really relaxing medium, I hope you give them a try one day! 💙
Very nice!
Yes, it is a beautiful and balanced symphony of color!! I recently decided to do a portrait with all of my prima tech colors… And I was surprised at how much I liked the granulation of them, I thought it would be too muted and dirty, but it was just the opposite! Vibrant natural colors That lend themselves to a looser quality. Beautiful work!✨
Oh yes, exactly, I was worried they'd look dirty, too - but the granulation just interacts very beautifully! I can't wait to give them a try on a larger format.❤️
Beautiful sketches! Might need to steal that swatching color mixes technique, never thought about using it before. For acrylics, have you ever tried slow drying mediums? They slow drying times a bit and make them bit thinner too.
Thank you! Making little color mix charts is always relaxing, I recommend you give it a try :)
And yes, I use slow-drying acrylics and Golden Retarder medium quite often, which makes painting much easier. It's just the filming I sometimes still struggle with 😅
this palette is so interesting, i'm definitely intrigued by it. i think it would push me a bit out of my comfort zone. i especially love the green and the lavender. i heard from other people that having a lavender in the palette is good for mixing purposes, so i have one in mine but i'll be honest, i rarely use it.
however, i will also admit i dont really do color studies. i swatch my colors and then mostly use them as-is. i pulled out my sketchbook and sketched a little cafe as i was watching this video (SO fun btw, it's like i'm sitting with a friend if you dont mind me saying that), but i think i will color the cafe some other time and do some little color and mixing studies of my own palette. i'm trying to curate it a bit better for the hopefully upcoming urban sketching and watercolor season and i feel like there is something missing from it, i just cant quite put my finger on what exactly.
i'm also thinking of getting a bigger hahnemühle watercolor book now. i usually gravitate towards a5 and smaller bc i find it less overwhelming and also convenience purposes, for when i take it with me. but i will say, when i'm at home it does get a tad annoying to have to wait for the paint to dry, if i wanna make some studies. yesterday i did loose watercolor florals with different kinds of flowers and i had to wait for the paint to dry a couple times, which brought me out of my flow. i wonder if it would help me to have a bit more space here, as praciticing the flowers or the leaves filled up the pages pretty quickly, even though i did make them quite small but it did take me a couple tries to get them the way i wanted them too. at the speed i'm going now though, i might even have to get a new sketchbook this month already 😹
i looooved this video and would love to see more, so yes to future watercolor videos 😻 i was trying to think of a color that i have in every one of my palettes as you asked that question - what an interesting question! i think i would have to go with an olive green, like the schmincke olive green yellowish or the sennelier olive green bc i find it perfect for natural but not overly dead or overly artificial looking greenery. it also mixes beautifully with other greens and gives those a more natural but still vibrant look. i also always have to have a pink, like opera rose bc it mixes well with other colors such as orange for an apricot color, with blue for a lilac color etc. i either have the sennelier opera rose or i also like the van gogh quinacridone rose, i havent tried the schmincke yet. i also always have a neutral tint from schmincke or the van gogh one. i prefer the schmincke one slightly more though. it's less intimidating than a black to me, but can work as a black or a very dark point in pictures. but it can also go incredibly light, which makes it beautiful to paint the shadows in white flowers or birds and the mid tones i usually use for shadows in buildings or like the street color or for buildings in general. so that is quite versatile although it might look boring at first 😸 oh and quinacridone gold is always a must. i definitely have to try the daniel smith one as that is the one, people keep mentioning. i have both the schmincke and the sennelier one and love both.
thank you for a wonderful video to keep me company while sketching myself 🫶
The paintings are so delicate and beautiful, please do make more watercolour videos.
Thank you so much! I'm very excited to dive into more watercolor art 🥰
I'm really liking the watercolor, so if you want to film more of that I won't complain!!
Thank you, I definitely will! :)
So moonglow and Paynes Grey are blues or blue hues, yes? So they only neutralize red and orange, right?
Moonglow is a gray mixed from three pigments (Ultramarine blue, Viridian, and Anthraquinone Red) so it doesn't mix with a complementary color as you'd expect. As a violet, it would neutralize yellow tones, but the pigments are so varied that there's a lot of unpredictable and beautiful interaction when mixing. 🙂 The Payne's Gray is a blue gray, so perfect for neutralizing a variety of warm colors, especially oranges, but the black pigment in it tones down anything.
My bloodstone genuine looks absolutely black 🧐 yours is way more brown
Interesting! It might be an irregular pigment? I'll have to look at some other artists' swatches to see how mine compare. 🤔