Ohhh you're too talented for Colour-by-Number books! They're for unartistic people like me 😂 Although I did noticed you bought the mosaic one with the white lines, I always get the black line / black background versions... they seem to come out better. I just use them to relax after work or watching TV, they're kinda like jigsaw puzzles to me! ❤ P.S. Sorry for influencing you! 🫣
🤣 I wouldn't say I'm talented!! Yes, I was expecting it to be zen relaxing, kind of like diamond painting. I thought I would get addicted but just didn't for some reason 😩. You could be right that maybe the type of book was the issue. I do remember it being a bit frustrating with those white bits as I kept going over the lines, lol.
Hi Rebecca, next time you open a Roman Szmal pan pop it in the freezer for 15 minutes and it should help it from sticking to the packaging. It worked for me. Happy to see your having a better week this week!
Rebecca love your vlogs always sit down with a coffee at 4 pm to watch you. Love watching you make paints. Those granulated paints are beautiful what a fantastic idea of swatching them I can see Zoe doing this as she is so organised. Thankyou for the vlog x
Fantastic job on your paint swatch organizer. A lot of fun work but so satisfying. Been meaning to mention…you have such lovely handwriting. Have a great week and thanks for sharing. 😊
Another great video Rebecca. All sorts of things going on here. I love your paint swatches. If we have toad in the hole we never have potato with it. Just the gravy. It's enough stodgy in one go. But it rose up well. I don't shop at Tesco very often because the Tesco shop in our small town is just a horrible building. But there's a Tesco Express near my unit. I noticed yesterday that the Christmas sandwich flavours are back in stock so I celebrated with Brie and cranberry sauce. I love that sandwich. Your sister's birthday is very close to your mum's birthday isn't it. Everything coming at once. Great to know that your worrisome customer has subsided. We all need less of those in our lives.
I wouldn't add that mash and gravy on the top again, Sue. It just flattened that yorkshire pudding and made it dough like. It was a recipe I saw on UA-cam. Not a great idea, lol, although the flavour was there. I don't know how the hell my mam manged to fit 2 portions in 🤣 I'll be checking out those sandwiches. I love turkey and stuffing ones. I'll keep my fingers crossed that they're in white bread as nearly all sandwiches are wholemeal lately and it gives me IBS symptoms.
@@TheArtSpirits 2 portions was epic! She obviously liked it. ! don't even like gravy in my Yorkshire pudding. It goes soggy. I have mine on the side. I didn't notice the bread of the sandwich I'm afraid.
Yaaaay for the Woodland Watercolour book! I just know you’re going to create stunning paintings in that book and I can’t wait to see how the Gansai Tambi are going to perform on that paper - you can influence me back again hehe 😂 Another fantastic vlog, loving all the creation and painting this week - that kind of stuff and organisation makes my heart happy ❤ Roll on next Sunday!!! Xx
Hi Rebecca! Loved your vlog! I always save them to watch when I go to bed. So relaxing. I have The Woodland Watercolor Book but haven't painted in it yet. I'd love to see you paint in it! Have a great week!!! ❤
Hi Rebecca, your toad in the hole pie look3d so tasty. Hope your pie and mushy peas was tasty too. I love how you package your paint orders, all those little extras are just so lovely. I remember receiving mine a few years ago, and was just tickled with all the little things.. pleased you've had a much better week. Thanks for sharing a little of your life with us , take care 🎉❤
Hi Rebecca.. hope your well brilliant vlog again and big congratulations on your 6 month journey with the vlogging. 😊🎉 My Sundays have become my relaxing day watching your upload and Zoe’s upload, I’m loving the granulated paints you’ve been swatching and what a brilliant way to keep your swatches I would never of thought of doing that. I like you was wanting the new Hanna karlzon book but can’t seem to get hold of it I’m so gutted. Happy belated birthday 🎂 to your sister I hope she had a lovely birthday. Your toad in the hole look delicious and all those yummy treats 😋 Well I hope you have a lovely rest of your weekend thank you so much for always sharing your work , hobbies and adventures .. can’t wait for next Sunday 😊
@@TheArtSpirits aww Rebecca if you can manage to get can you order 2 and I will send you the money 🤣🤣 as I can’t get hold of it I would glad send the money before hand 🥰xx
Hi Rebecca, great vlog as always. Just wanted to let you know that new Hanna Karlzon book is back in stock on imusic, I just ordered myself a copy. Have a lovely week, always look forward to your vlogs and your videos never disappoint ❤
@@TheArtSpirits That’s shocking, I literally ordered it and then sent you the message straight away. Keep an eye on it, I am sure it will be back in stock in a few days x
@@ColouringwithK I will keep checking, K. I've already reloaded the page a few times - just in case, lol. I really appreciate you letting me know. They were still in stock when I added to the basket but sold out before I got my payment details in. Unlucky!😩
WOW That Roman Szmal Cobalt turquoise is an amazing colour. I know what I am ordering this week lol. That is a fabulous idea for keeping swatches in. Mine are just all over the place. Rebecca thank you for the fabulous ideas but you are costing me a fortune 🤣😆
So so strange seeing myself on your vlogs haha. Little tip for you with the McDonald’s…Tell them you want fries without salt - they have to make a fresh batch. You can then get a salt sachet and add it yourself. That way they’re always fresh and piping hot. I haven’t finished the vlog yet so you may well get another comment from me hehe xx ❤
Hi Rebecca 👋 another lovely vlog, I'm just catching up now, were did you learn to paint, I'm struggling but I'm getting there slowly, I struggle with how wet you wet the paper, I never seem to get it right lol colouring is much easier, but I'm desperate to do watercolour, you make it look so easy, and all your paintings turn out beautiful everytime, I just ordered 2 more paint sets this morning, I get so excited for them 😊 I love using your paints in my colouring books, they are absolutely stunning 😍 thankyou for all your hardwork you put into everything ❤️ very much appreciated. Ps I would love to hear how you got into your art ❤ xx
Hi Katie. So glad you enjoyed the vlog, thanks so much 😊 I first got into watercolour when I saw some watercolour tutorials, I think on UA-cam, probably around 8 years ago. I remember then buying some sets of tutorials on DVD by a few different people. But I think my breakthrough was when I got a book by Stephanie Law and followed the tutorials in that. It's called Dreamscapes and she takes you step by step through some paintings from beginning to end. Just going through all the steps was excellent practice of different techniques and I just felt it all starting to click. The biggest thing is water control. You have to just practice experimenting with wet in wet. You really shouldn't practice on colouring book paper. Use watercolour paper. Once you've mastered the water control on watercolour paper you could move on to colouring book paper but it's really not made for watercolour, especially very wet washes like I did in this video. It was hard to paint on that paper with the amount of water I used. I was just kind of experimenting. The thing I've learned that's really important is the amount of water on the paper. There's a sweet spot that works really well. Not too wet, just a sheen, not a puddle. Too much water and it just spreads out of control. Also the paint on your brush needs to be a stronger concentration of paint. If it's too watery on your brush and you add it into another wet colour it will cause those water blooms. Lovely if you want them but annoying if you don't. I would advise you to just practice wet in wet on watercolour paper purely for the purpose of getting a feel for it. Not even to make a painting, just to practice different concentrations of paint and water. Drop strong paint into a watery page and see what happens. Then do the same on a less watery page and you will see the difference of how it behaves. Then practice different concentrations of paint on the brush. Once you've got a feel for it, you'll find your able to have some control when you come to paint something. Another tip is to practice making water blooms. It's actually a bit tricky when you want to make them. But once you know how to make them, you then know how to NOT make them too. If you learn all these things, I bet you will find a big improvement in your watercolour paintings. Hope that helps 😃🎨
@@TheArtSpirits thankyou so much for sharing, it's starting to click I followed a good tutorial on UA-cam and she was explaining about the consistency, 1 should be like tea, 2 should be coffee, 3 should be milk, 4 should be cream and 5 is like butter, and that stuck with me well, been practicing all day, I only use your paints for smaller details in my ivy colouring book, and your paints turn out lovely in it, especially the gold, its much faster too 😊 thankyou again for your reply it really helped me and now I know I'm on the right path I just have to keep at it 😊 😀 xx
Oh that's great, Katie. Hope you're enjoying yourself and totally fall in love with watercolour. Yes, my metallics are mainly for embelishments. They don't behave the same way as normal watercolours so it's best to use proper watercolours for practice. You've totally inspired me today and I've got my Stephanie Law books out that I was telling you about. I've also recorded a little bit about them and it's be in Sunday's vlog if you'd like to watch it 👍🎨
Brilliant I will look forward to watching on Sunday, you helped me out so much with my art, I would not waste yiyr beautiful paints by practicing, I have winsor and newton's watercolour set for practice. I'm glad I inspired you 😌 that means alot to me because you are like my idol right now. Yay I'm excited for Sundays vlog 💓 💖 ☺️ thankyou for everything you do for us xx
I want that book, as well. Even if it does become available from the place(s) it can be ordered, I couldn't find a place that ships to the US yet 😢. Very sad.
Where is the listing for all your colours?, I didn't see that when I ordered mine, expect another order for them around March-April time next year!, lol😂
Thanks for sharing 💝 Lots of good information... Denise Snoden did a lot of swatching like this on her channel (by her name). You might like to explore what she did too... 'How to Make Simple Watercolor Swatch Cards'
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Ohhh you're too talented for Colour-by-Number books! They're for unartistic people like me 😂
Although I did noticed you bought the mosaic one with the white lines, I always get the black line / black background versions... they seem to come out better. I just use them to relax after work or watching TV, they're kinda like jigsaw puzzles to me! ❤
P.S. Sorry for influencing you! 🫣
🤣 I wouldn't say I'm talented!! Yes, I was expecting it to be zen relaxing, kind of like diamond painting. I thought I would get addicted but just didn't for some reason 😩. You could be right that maybe the type of book was the issue. I do remember it being a bit frustrating with those white bits as I kept going over the lines, lol.
Hi Rebecca, next time you open a Roman Szmal pan pop it in the freezer for 15 minutes and it should help it from sticking to the packaging. It worked for me. Happy to see your having a better week this week!
Thanks so much 😃🎨
Rebecca love your vlogs always sit down with a coffee at 4 pm to watch you. Love watching you make paints. Those granulated paints are beautiful what a fantastic idea of swatching them I can see Zoe doing this as she is so organised. Thankyou for the vlog x
Thanks so much for watching, Sue. So glad to hear you're enjoying the vlogs. 😃
Aww Thank you, Sue xx ❤
Another ripper vlog, thanks Bec 👍🏻
Thanks so much, Kate 😊
Lovely vlog 😊
Thank you 😊
Fantastic job on your paint swatch organizer. A lot of fun work but so satisfying. Been meaning to mention…you have such lovely handwriting. Have a great week and thanks for sharing. 😊
Awww, thank you so much, Jacki 🙂
Another great video Rebecca. All sorts of things going on here. I love your paint swatches. If we have toad in the hole we never have potato with it. Just the gravy. It's enough stodgy in one go. But it rose up well.
I don't shop at Tesco very often because the Tesco shop in our small town is just a horrible building. But there's a Tesco Express near my unit. I noticed yesterday that the Christmas sandwich flavours are back in stock so I celebrated with Brie and cranberry sauce. I love that sandwich.
Your sister's birthday is very close to your mum's birthday isn't it. Everything coming at once.
Great to know that your worrisome customer has subsided. We all need less of those in our lives.
I wouldn't add that mash and gravy on the top again, Sue. It just flattened that yorkshire pudding and made it dough like. It was a recipe I saw on UA-cam. Not a great idea, lol, although the flavour was there. I don't know how the hell my mam manged to fit 2 portions in 🤣
I'll be checking out those sandwiches. I love turkey and stuffing ones. I'll keep my fingers crossed that they're in white bread as nearly all sandwiches are wholemeal lately and it gives me IBS symptoms.
@@TheArtSpirits 2 portions was epic! She obviously liked it.
! don't even like gravy in my Yorkshire pudding. It goes soggy. I have mine on the side.
I didn't notice the bread of the sandwich I'm afraid.
Very nice blog! Your food is so interesting. Mushy peas are not something that we have in New Mexico, lol!
I think they're probably just a british thing, Ellie. You could make your own by just mushing up some peas 😋
Yaaaay for the Woodland Watercolour book! I just know you’re going to create stunning paintings in that book and I can’t wait to see how the Gansai Tambi are going to perform on that paper - you can influence me back again hehe 😂 Another fantastic vlog, loving all the creation and painting this week - that kind of stuff and organisation makes my heart happy ❤ Roll on next Sunday!!! Xx
Thanks, Zoe. I'll be watching your new vlog tomoz in the hut while I'm working. I've go 2 to catch up on 😃
@@TheArtSpirits aww bless you. Thank you 🥰
Hi Rebecca! Loved your vlog! I always save them to watch when I go to bed. So relaxing. I have The Woodland Watercolor Book but haven't painted in it yet. I'd love to see you paint in it! Have a great week!!! ❤
Thanks, Tammy. I'll definitely be painting in that book soon 😃🎨
Hi Rebecca, your toad in the hole pie look3d so tasty. Hope your pie and mushy peas was tasty too.
I love how you package your paint orders, all those little extras are just so lovely. I remember receiving mine a few years ago, and was just tickled with all the little things.. pleased you've had a much better week. Thanks for sharing a little of your life with us , take care 🎉❤
Thanks so much, Kate 😊
Hi Rebecca.. hope your well brilliant vlog again and big congratulations on your 6 month journey with the vlogging. 😊🎉
My Sundays have become my relaxing day watching your upload and Zoe’s upload, I’m loving the granulated paints you’ve been swatching and what a brilliant way to keep your swatches I would never of thought of doing that.
I like you was wanting the new Hanna karlzon book but can’t seem to get hold of it I’m so gutted.
Happy belated birthday 🎂 to your sister I hope she had a lovely birthday.
Your toad in the hole look delicious and all those yummy treats 😋
Well I hope you have a lovely rest of your weekend thank you so much for always sharing your work , hobbies and adventures .. can’t wait for next Sunday 😊
Thanks so much, Emma. Really wish I could get that book. I hope it becomes available again before Christmas 🤞
@@TheArtSpirits aww Rebecca if you can manage to get can you order 2 and I will send you the money 🤣🤣 as I can’t get hold of it I would glad send the money before hand 🥰xx
Aww Thanks, Emma hehe x ❤
@@zoescozycoloringaww your so welcome Zoe .. hope your well and hope Steve is well too xx
I'll try my best, Emma.
Beautiful swatches!
Glad you like them 😊
Hi Rebecca, great vlog as always. Just wanted to let you know that new Hanna Karlzon book is back in stock on imusic, I just ordered myself a copy. Have a lovely week, always look forward to your vlogs and your videos never disappoint ❤
Oh thank you so much, K. I'll order it right now 🙏
Oh no, they've sold out again before I had chance to check out 😭
@@TheArtSpirits That’s shocking, I literally ordered it and then sent you the message straight away. Keep an eye on it, I am sure it will be back in stock in a few days x
@@ColouringwithK I will keep checking, K. I've already reloaded the page a few times - just in case, lol. I really appreciate you letting me know. They were still in stock when I added to the basket but sold out before I got my payment details in. Unlucky!😩
WOW That Roman Szmal Cobalt turquoise is an amazing colour. I know what I am ordering this week lol. That is a fabulous idea for keeping swatches in. Mine are just all over the place. Rebecca thank you for the fabulous ideas but you are costing me a fortune 🤣😆
🤣 It's a beautiful colour, Jakki. Even better in real life than the video.
@@TheArtSpirits I can't wait to see it in real life and use it. might even do a video........if I remember lol 🤣
Lovely blog again. You could use your cameo to cut out your swatches
Thanks, Barbara. Yep, that's a good option and probably easier on my hands. I did end up using the paper cutter but the Cameo idea is tempting!
So so strange seeing myself on your vlogs haha. Little tip for you with the McDonald’s…Tell them you want fries without salt - they have to make a fresh batch. You can then get a salt sachet and add it yourself. That way they’re always fresh and piping hot. I haven’t finished the vlog yet so you may well get another comment from me hehe xx ❤
Oh, thanks for that tip, Zoe. The 'I'm vlogging" clip needs to go viral. It cracks me up 🤣🤣🤣
@@TheArtSpirits hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hi Rebecca 👋 another lovely vlog, I'm just catching up now, were did you learn to paint, I'm struggling but I'm getting there slowly, I struggle with how wet you wet the paper, I never seem to get it right lol colouring is much easier, but I'm desperate to do watercolour, you make it look so easy, and all your paintings turn out beautiful everytime, I just ordered 2 more paint sets this morning, I get so excited for them 😊 I love using your paints in my colouring books, they are absolutely stunning 😍 thankyou for all your hardwork you put into everything ❤️ very much appreciated.
Ps I would love to hear how you got into your art ❤ xx
Hi Katie. So glad you enjoyed the vlog, thanks so much 😊
I first got into watercolour when I saw some watercolour tutorials, I think on UA-cam, probably around 8 years ago. I remember then buying some sets of tutorials on DVD by a few different people. But I think my breakthrough was when I got a book by Stephanie Law and followed the tutorials in that. It's called Dreamscapes and she takes you step by step through some paintings from beginning to end. Just going through all the steps was excellent practice of different techniques and I just felt it all starting to click.
The biggest thing is water control. You have to just practice experimenting with wet in wet. You really shouldn't practice on colouring book paper. Use watercolour paper. Once you've mastered the water control on watercolour paper you could move on to colouring book paper but it's really not made for watercolour, especially very wet washes like I did in this video. It was hard to paint on that paper with the amount of water I used. I was just kind of experimenting.
The thing I've learned that's really important is the amount of water on the paper. There's a sweet spot that works really well. Not too wet, just a sheen, not a puddle. Too much water and it just spreads out of control. Also the paint on your brush needs to be a stronger concentration of paint. If it's too watery on your brush and you add it into another wet colour it will cause those water blooms. Lovely if you want them but annoying if you don't.
I would advise you to just practice wet in wet on watercolour paper purely for the purpose of getting a feel for it. Not even to make a painting, just to practice different concentrations of paint and water. Drop strong paint into a watery page and see what happens. Then do the same on a less watery page and you will see the difference of how it behaves. Then practice different concentrations of paint on the brush. Once you've got a feel for it, you'll find your able to have some control when you come to paint something.
Another tip is to practice making water blooms. It's actually a bit tricky when you want to make them. But once you know how to make them, you then know how to NOT make them too. If you learn all these things, I bet you will find a big improvement in your watercolour paintings. Hope that helps 😃🎨
@@TheArtSpirits thankyou so much for sharing, it's starting to click I followed a good tutorial on UA-cam and she was explaining about the consistency, 1 should be like tea, 2 should be coffee, 3 should be milk, 4 should be cream and 5 is like butter, and that stuck with me well, been practicing all day, I only use your paints for smaller details in my ivy colouring book, and your paints turn out lovely in it, especially the gold, its much faster too 😊 thankyou again for your reply it really helped me and now I know I'm on the right path I just have to keep at it 😊 😀 xx
Oh that's great, Katie. Hope you're enjoying yourself and totally fall in love with watercolour. Yes, my metallics are mainly for embelishments. They don't behave the same way as normal watercolours so it's best to use proper watercolours for practice.
You've totally inspired me today and I've got my Stephanie Law books out that I was telling you about. I've also recorded a little bit about them and it's be in Sunday's vlog if you'd like to watch it 👍🎨
Brilliant I will look forward to watching on Sunday, you helped me out so much with my art, I would not waste yiyr beautiful paints by practicing, I have winsor and newton's watercolour set for practice.
I'm glad I inspired you 😌 that means alot to me because you are like my idol right now.
Yay I'm excited for Sundays vlog 💓 💖 ☺️ thankyou for everything you do for us xx
You could use a rotary cutter for those swatches!
Oh yes, good idea, thanks 😃
Hello, I was thinking about your chairs. Can you switch the seats? Like, unscrew them from the leg and switch. Would they match ?
You're a genius! The seat is on a pole that just sits in the base. I'm going to give it a try. THANK YO SO MUCH!!!!! 😃👏👍
If you put your Roman Szmal pans in the freezer for five or ten minutes they should come out intact. 😊
OMG, that's hilarioius, Lindy. On my own paints, I literally have that tip on my paint info sheet and completely forgot about it 🤣
Rebecca did you see the 2 books Helen Cryer that are stunning.... How to be a moonflower and how to be a wildflower by Katie Daisy?
I haven't seen them on Helen's channel but I do already have those books, Debbie. They're absolutely gorgeous. 😍
They are on my wish list!❤
@@debbie9001 Hope you get them soon, Debbie 🤞
I want that book, as well. Even if it does become available from the place(s) it can be ordered, I couldn't find a place that ships to the US yet 😢. Very sad.
I feel your pain, Annette, lol.
Where is the listing for all your colours?, I didn't see that when I ordered mine, expect another order for them around March-April time next year!, lol😂
It's on my Etsy shop, Joyce. I need to get it listed on my website too 🎨😃
Thanks for sharing 💝 Lots of good information...
Denise Snoden did a lot of swatching like this on her channel (by her name). You might like to explore what she did too...
'How to Make Simple Watercolor Swatch Cards'
Oh yes, thank you. I've watched a lot of Denise's videos in the past and I did see her swatch cards too 😃🎨
@@TheArtSpirits 💖💝