Liquitex Gesso vs Daniel Smith Watercolor Ground tested on the WORST Adult coloring paper.
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Welcome fellow Colourist's! This video is a long one so grab a drink and snack and settle in with your own colouring.
In this video I compare Liquitex Professional Clear Gesso vs Daniel Smith Watercolor Ground on the worst colouring book paper.
Materials used in this video:
Liquitex Professional Clear Gesso
Daniel Smith Watercolor Ground
Caran Dache Neo Color 2
Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils
Zig Clean color brush pens
Arteza real brush pens
Book: Sea of Colors - worst Amazon paper available!
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This was just incredible! It was a wonderfully thorough investigation of the Daniel Smith and Gesso treatments to the pages in our coloring books. I think the Gesso will help me get my colored pencils to work much better in the too smooth paper in many of the coloring books that are now coming out without much, if any tooth, to their smooth paper. I don't know why this paper change even in books that had tooth in earlier editions, has been made even to books by very popular artists. With no tooth the paper can't pull color off of my budget-colored pencils' leads. I am very interested in how the Daniel Smith may make it possible for me to use some of my ancient water-based markers. My computer skills are minimal, but I think UA-cam will let me save this video. Hope at last for being able to color in today's smooth coloring books with my pencils and even to be able to use some of my very ancient water-based brush markers if the years in storage haven't dried them out completely. THANK YOU!
You are welcome and so correct about the quality of paper effecting our colouring. Have fun and dig out those water based markers!
Thank you for testing this out and sharing what happened! Also, I really like the background music. It is very relaxing.
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the feedback.❣️
Thank you for this! I haven't used it yet, but I have some of the Daniel Smith watercolor ground and am glad I bought it. Your video gave me some great ideas on how to use it!
Awesome glad you have some and can try it out. It works well for me 🫶🏻
Hi Jody, Thank You for Sharing this Wonderful Video. These products are a bit confusing, but now it's clear to Me. I'm slowly getting my supplies together, so I can add to my coloring mediums. Again, Thank You very much for Sharing 💜💜.
Have a Wonderful Week!🌞🌺😊💜
Glad it was helpful, you have an awesome week as well 📚🖍️❣️
Thank you for the video. Based on a previous video I had purchased the Daniel smith. I have used gesso and do not like the sandy grit. So I used nothing. Lol. Excited to try this new medium to me. ❤❤
So glad I could provide some helpful info! Have fun 🖍📚
The gesso is clear. So you are seeing the color in the paper through the clear gesso on the back. It appeared to protect the page behind, but since you stopped I can't say for sure. I have to wonder if it also would have prevented excessive warping.
The issue with any of these is that watercolor is designed to soak into the paper, that is how it creates all of the effects it does. Watercolor paper is sized, which controls the absorption, but it doesn't stop it. By sealing the surface, the watercolor simply sits on top in a puddle until it dries.. you can't drop in color, get transitions, highlights, shading, blooms, etc. If all you wish to do is lay a flat layer of color down, and don't mind the texture under your pencils I guess it works, but in that case why use waterbased mediums at all and not just go for a marker?
Hi thanks for watching. By treating the paper I can use waterbased mediums and they do flow on the paper and I am able to blend colours. Alcohol markers absorb into the non treated paper and are not great to blend. I also like to work in double sided books so markers are a no go. I totally agree the best paper is watercolour paper with proper sizing. Popular colouring books do not often come on great paper.
Thank you. This is very helpful. I also learned a few coloring skills watching you.
Awe thanks happy to share any knowledge 🫶🏻
Another interesting and informative video! Your completed pages are so lovely!!
Thank you, the book is fun, the paper not so much LOL
Thank you for sharing and doing these tests scientifically on your cute pages, I really appreciate that. I often thought what would happen if you treat the back of a page instead, thanks for clarifying and taking one for the team.
Satin glazing liquid can buckle and is also quite textured which my pencils/tips don't like. I may try the DS ground as I prefer smooth.
Thank you for the glaze liquid info, I think the texture of the DS watercolor ground is best on colouring pages.
Great experiment Jody. Love a good research project. I like that both are good options and no to little buckling/warping on the paper. Thanks for the class. 🤗
Your welcome, a little fun art science testing! Both improve this paper for sure.
Thank you for this very helpful demonstration! I will try the Daniel Smith. Thanks for your time!
Your welcome glad the information was useful 👍🏻❣️
Making the impossible possible. Blending out Pitt pens. 😊 Thanks for the comparison!
Glad I could give you some options and ideas, happy creating 🫶🏻
Excellent video! I always wondered about doing the back of the page -now I know! I have only used the Golden Satin Glazing liquid which I bought an 8oz bottle of on Amazon.
Thanks for watching❣️ Do you like the satin glazing liquid? Does it make the paper easy for moving watercolours?
Yes, I like the satin glazing liquid. I used in a book with Amazon type paper and it worked well with watercolors and was not rough like gesso.
@@jsscraphappy awesome thank you so much for your comment.
Awesome experiment! I really enjoyed seeing the results. Tfs!
Thanks a little art science to help me decide on future purchases 😊😅
Hi Jody really appreciate you sharing this video. Your pages look great.😊
Glad you like them! This book really has the worst paper but the pictures are adorable!
Yes I agree with you
Thank you. Getting me some of the Daniel Smith also.
It really does help in colouring books. Make sure you apply evenly and wait 24hrs 👍🏻
Hi Jodie what a great test thank you for sharing.. take care my friend ❤ x
Thank you! You take care as well. 🖍️📚
Great test. Beautiful pics though. Tysmfs 💜
Thank you for watching and commenting. ❣️
Hi Jody, I've been wondering about Danielle Smith's watercolour ground. You have convinced me that 'ground' is better than 'gesso' for colouring pages. On another note, funny that this product has the same name as the premier of Alberta - lol.
LOL you are right about the same name, and I live in Alberta too 😂. Glad I could help spread the word about the watercolor ground 😊
@@jicolourist I live in Alberta, too! We should meet up one day. ☕☕
Thank you for sharing! It was really an interesting video! From your experience, which of the two would you rather recommend for Inktense pencils ?🙋🏻♀️
Daniel Smith, the inktense pencils would work better on the smoother surface. Thanks for watching 🫶🏻
Hi Jodie! When you buff it do you use sandpaper or something else? Thank you for the informative video’s 😊 beautiful pages! ♥️
And how do you know if you buff it enough or to much? Thanks again! 😊
If there are hard distinctive ridges on the paper, I use a fine grit nail buffer to lightly rub the paper and take down the ridges of gesso.
@@jicolourist thank!
Very Beautiful
Thanks Jamie
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Thanks for watching ❣️
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