I love the DS watercolour ground. Been using it a lot in a painting project I have been working on. I actually mixed mine with a tiny bit of the Black 4.0 by Culture Hustle to make it darker, though only a tiiiiny bit as i don’t want the acrylic to make the ground impermeable to watercolour. It works great to add texture and dark areas to paint on. The transparent ground is fun if you want to paint on collaged surfaces or in old books
Even though i have the black watercolour ground, I’d be way too lazy to prep a a whole day in advance for swatching, though. I keep using pigment markers for the dark lines even though they repel the watercolour, because i am too lazy. Unsurprisingly, i did get diagnosed with ADHD too earlier this year, as an adult. Hahaha
I'm in Arizona and absolutely love paints that include honey like Roman Szmal and M. Graham. They rewet quickly and easily. I find that Daniel Smith and Winsor and Newton dry like bricks and are very hard to rewet unless I add in a drop of glycerin when setting up the pans.
@@amypanddirtytoo1926 ooooh… i wonder if that would work for dried gouache in pans. I have tried a little glycerin to keep it from crumbling, but hadn’t thought of honey binder and didn’t realise Sennelier sold it!
I have had M Graham for the longest time and my large white tubes leak from the bottom. Bought a second tube and the same thing. I use the black as background but I don't reach for them often. Messy. I live in the Portland, OR area so I purchased for shop local. But my everyday is Roman Szmal. Hard to buy but great selection and come on large pans.
Other UA-camrs who love M. Graham and have many videos using them include Steve Mitchell (The Mind of Watercolor) and Lindsay Weirich (The Frugal Crafter). In fact Steve has his own set. I found them icky sticky at first, am careful to keep my palette flat, and hesitate to put them in travel palettes. But they really grew on me, and are one of my favorite brands to use at home!
Hello! My uses for watercolor would be for mixed media illustration, mixed media comics and making painted paper collage papers. M.Graham wouldn't be a good fit for me since I have sensitivity to strong odors and I get painful headaches. Thanks for the review! I did watch your unbox and swatch of the Mungyo Watercolor and was wondering if you do plan on doing the field test for it?
You have a wonderfully diverse vocabulary. 😊 Also, I have a very strick color flow system for my palettes and swatches... and the pigment and paint information database I've compiled in my phone. 🤓😅
I think M. Graham uses more honey in their formula than other brands. It kind of sets, and then goes back to sticky the second I close my tin. I don't have as much of a problem with this in my other honey based paints (Sennelier and maybe DaVinci). The M Graham paints also smells strongly of honey. Not great for drying down, and I'm still getting to know the paint.
@Rose_Stewart42 By the way, I agree with you, my Sennelier and Mission Gold generally don't have a problem flowing out of the wells like M. Graham does! I always keep my M. Graham palette flat. But I do love them, they are special.
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I love the DS watercolour ground. Been using it a lot in a painting project I have been working on. I actually mixed mine with a tiny bit of the Black 4.0 by Culture Hustle to make it darker, though only a tiiiiny bit as i don’t want the acrylic to make the ground impermeable to watercolour. It works great to add texture and dark areas to paint on. The transparent ground is fun if you want to paint on collaged surfaces or in old books
Even though i have the black watercolour ground, I’d be way too lazy to prep a a whole day in advance for swatching, though. I keep using pigment markers for the dark lines even though they repel the watercolour, because i am too lazy. Unsurprisingly, i did get diagnosed with ADHD too earlier this year, as an adult. Hahaha
I'm in Arizona and absolutely love paints that include honey like Roman Szmal and M. Graham. They rewet quickly and easily. I find that Daniel Smith and Winsor and Newton dry like bricks and are very hard to rewet unless I add in a drop of glycerin when setting up the pans.
I actually add a little of Sennelier's binder that they sell separate. Honey based.
@@amypanddirtytoo1926 Nice, I'll have to try that
@@amypanddirtytoo1926 ooooh… i wonder if that would work for dried gouache in pans. I have tried a little glycerin to keep it from crumbling, but hadn’t thought of honey binder and didn’t realise Sennelier sold it!
@@gertietheduck I got it right on Amazon!
Did you just read all that Becca, with that crazy accent 🤣 🤣 🤣... this is WHY I tune in.
Aw thank you 😂! If I didn't try to voice act it in some way, I'd end up stumbling all over myself. Gotta be weird!
I have had M Graham for the longest time and my large white tubes leak from the bottom. Bought a second tube and the same thing. I use the black as background but I don't reach for them often. Messy. I live in the Portland, OR area so I purchased for shop local. But my everyday is Roman Szmal. Hard to buy but great selection and come on large pans.
Other UA-camrs who love M. Graham and have many videos using them include Steve Mitchell (The Mind of Watercolor) and Lindsay Weirich (The Frugal Crafter). In fact Steve has his own set. I found them icky sticky at first, am careful to keep my palette flat, and hesitate to put them in travel palettes. But they really grew on me, and are one of my favorite brands to use at home!
Hello! My uses for watercolor would be for mixed media illustration, mixed media comics and making painted paper collage papers. M.Graham wouldn't be a good fit for me since I have sensitivity to strong odors and I get painful headaches. Thanks for the review! I did watch your unbox and swatch of the Mungyo Watercolor and was wondering if you do plan on doing the field test for it?
You have a wonderfully diverse vocabulary. 😊
Also, I have a very strick color flow system for my palettes and swatches... and the pigment and paint information database I've compiled in my phone. 🤓😅
I think M. Graham uses more honey in their formula than other brands. It kind of sets, and then goes back to sticky the second I close my tin. I don't have as much of a problem with this in my other honey based paints (Sennelier and maybe DaVinci). The M Graham paints also smells strongly of honey. Not great for drying down, and I'm still getting to know the paint.
DaVinci doesn't use honey; they do use another humectant (possibly glycerine).
@@jennw6809 thanks.
@Rose_Stewart42 By the way, I agree with you, my Sennelier and Mission Gold generally don't have a problem flowing out of the wells like M. Graham does! I always keep my M. Graham palette flat. But I do love them, they are special.
Interesting. I just looked at my m. Graham tubes and all 10 say gum Arabic, too... the boxes do say made with honey...
I believe many brands use both gum arabic and honey? The former is the binder, and the latter is used to keep them easy to rewet
@Rose_Stewart42 You're exactly right :)
OK. Yup. We needed the accent.