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10:29 For starting watercolourists, van Gogh by Royal Talens, rather than Cotman, is a great start. There is a 15 half pans set for around €15 and the colours are transparent, vibrant and great for mixing (as opposed to Cotman) I love the little Cotman plastic box, though 🤭. 12:41 So sorry to see the Rembrandt set on the list. I have used it on pulp and cotton watercolor paper (not mixed media paper) and they are fine. Very traditional, not whooshy (like Qor). Maybe change papers? I agree with Moleskine not worth the hype.😮 I ended up buying sheets of good Fabrianomor Arches 100% cotton paper and making my own sketchbooks.
PS 30:41 on the brush. You can wrap a piece of washi tape around the top that goes into the longer piece. It will fit perfectly well on the other part. 😊
15:52 On the Rembrandt sketchbook. Check the label that you removed from the sketchbook. If it says "Made in Italy" you might have part of the answers. There is also a very old and traditional papermaker in the Netherlands, Schut, which has been producing paper since 1618. Rembrandt might have outsourced the sketchbook to them. Schut does lots of private label work for other companies.
32:37 Hi! You can get best results on watercolour paper. The paper you used is coated and does not absorb the water, and it buckles. Paper is sometimes more inportant than paint when using watercolour. I hope you try them on the rught paper before you finally make your mind up. I have some Rembrandt paints, their granulating aet and the beautiful quinacridone orange (PO48). They are excellent and I hope to expand my collection with single pigments. I had hoped this would help me get a closer look. Thanks for the video
Your English is totally fine.
I wanted to like that 1264 paper but I thought it was aweful. Agree on the Hannemule
I always use like military utility bags. They usually come with many pockets and sleeves and have molle on the back that you could attack the pouch to the outside of my molle backpack. I use a tactical military backpack for hikes and usually throw my fishing baits and tackle, my travel size watercolor and sketch kit and water etc.
I second the Maxpedition case. I’ve been using that exact Maxpedition for years. I look at others but nothing I’ve seen comes close. Love it.
Yep, it is amazing! 🤩
Use a mini Altoids metal box for the eraser,I just use a tiny ziplock bag, add a sliver of soap for washing the brushes, and a small sponge. Thanks for the video.
Thank you so much for sharing! I use the mini tins as well but for me they tend to break fast…
Could not find your Maxexpedition on amazon. Would you add a link to get to it?
Yes, once you get spoiled using artist grade supplies, it's very hard to be happy with student grade supplies. We really are not saving money buying student grade papers and paints because we will not enjoy them, won't use them and end up giving them away. I started with Artist materials and Im spoiled for sure.
It is so true… I have recently cleaned out my art supplies closet and gave away more or less all student grade stuff because they only take the space but I never reach out for them… Thank you for sharing! 😊
Blessings. I have some of these. The primary yellow is PY97. Not PY973. I find they are on the bottom of my 3 least favorite brands. Not liking them much at all. The colors are pretty though. Im glad I only have 5 tubes. I literally tossed the 6th one, a sap green into the garbage because It was so gummy and lumpy. All feel gummy to me. Since they actually flow fast well wet into wet is proof it has to have some kind of dispersant added that they are not disclosing. Because, otherwise, it would stay put like Holbein watercolors. Holbein doesn't use dispersant.
I have this set too and I just love it! I’m not an artist and I haven’t been using great watercolors (only cheap ones). I love Inktense pencils and have used them for years. I think maybe this set is not so nice for you because you have used to use different kinds of watercolors. I really enjoy painting with this kit. I also made layers and it worked out for me. Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮 👋🏼❤️
Thank you so condor your comment! ❤️ To be honest, they have grown on me since then and I quite enjoy using them 😊
Shake that sketchbook, girl. Shake it like it owns you money. 😂😂😂
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using a military utility pouch for stationary is actually genius!
Thank you! And I love it soooo much! ❤️
Wonder if Schminke has a dot card for the super-granulatings? Mine were hyper-pigmented lol, but I only got a few tubes, they were early tubes sets that everyone was swatching (plus I knew the Schminke paints in those were highly pigmented). Bet Schminke would swap you your shire green tube for another tube!
Hm, thank you for the tip, maybe I should try reaching out to them 😊
Hi, yes, Schmincke recently released a dot card just for their super granulating line. Hope you find it.
So, if I paint with this set, what do I say the medium is?
I think ink would be the closest, imho 😊
@@TatianasArtandCraft thanks!
Temu has a lot of great options for art protection pouches. They're heavy duty waterproof zipper pouches, folders & portfolios in lots of larger sizes. Very reasonable prices. I suppose the leather, zippers and sewing adds to the costs of pricier portfolios.
Thanks for sharing! 😊
Liquitex basics my fav! 🙂
Thank you for sharing! 😊
I would love to know what some good books are to read. Thank you for this video and I think your English is great!
I used to stick to Arches w/c paper, till the price got so expensive. I switched to Fabriano to save a few bucks, and I was satisfied; I can't tell the difference. I haven't tried the blocks, as I only use full sheets.
Thank you for sharing! I actually came to a conclusion that the best paper is the one I am used to 😅
Wet paper first, then apply the Inktense, dry, this then becomes permanent You can layer the paint …. Essentially this media is an ink pigment
Thank you for your comment! Maybe I didn’t let it dry long enough because it felt like I could still lift a little bit though it was definitely not as easy as with watercolors
I love the Khadi paper....I have various formats, and have found it wonderful for wet on wet....it needs a bit of patience to get used to using it,
Thank you for your input! Maybe I should play with it more 😊
Just a tip..wet the middle before you make the crease ...this will leesen the damage you do when folding and it really makes a nice crisp creàse
Thank you so much for this tip!! ❤️❤️❤️
Golden yellow is also my favourite maimeri blu colour maimeri blu watercolours are my go to watercolour after trying schmincke,sennelier and dainel smith
Thank hank you for sharing! And do you have any issues that they are too easy to lift?
Hi there! New subscriber here. Funny enough I’ve been compiling my own list of regrettable purchases to share and oh boy, was Moleskine Watercolour sketchbook at the top of that list. It should be called Moleskine anything but Watercolour. I also had similar experience with Khadi paper in the past but enjoy using their sketchbooks with handmade watercolours.
Hi, thank you so much for your comment and for subscribing! I love Khadi sketchbooks as well but the paper never grew on me… Thank you so much for sharing! 😊
You should try rosa gallery paints, they're amazing
Moleskine watercolour sketchbooks used to be OK but the new paper is useless.
I love my set. I use it because if you heat dry it ( I use a hair dryer), it becomes almost translucent, showing the layers of pigment beneath. I will be looking out for the bigger set definitely
Still early in the video, I just wanted to say if you skimp on your paper or any surface not cotton. You must consider the added cost of adding additional sizing! Pulp papers seem to not hold sizing or it is not even put in/on it! I was given 100’s of sheets of paper and I wanted to use it! I was able to get a useable surface by adding sizing to the paper. I have also coated my free sheets with homemade watercolor ground! Do you use oil paints? Gesso the sheet and use it for oil studies! I have used a lot of papers for watercolors and you can stretch your paper and “rescue” it for watercolor painting with stretcher bars and staples!
Thank you so much h for this wonderful information!! So you buy sizing separately and you add it on top of the paper? And how do you make watercolor ground? I barely use oils but I like playing with acrylic, I suppose it should work too? Thank you so much for sharing these ideas! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love my cotman watercolor brushes...they are underrated for sure..I specially love the small rounds for details because they don't wear out like the aqua elite (does anyone else notice that their hair frays at the ends after a few uses??? )
I haven’t tried Aqua Elite but Cotman is great, I have a few of them 😊 Thank you for sharing! ❤️❤️❤️
My aqua elite have been great and I use them pretty roughly
That Magnani is the worst cotton paper I have ever tryed. Khadi is bad too!
Yep… Glad I’m not the only one my one 😅 Thank you for sharing! ❤️❤️❤️
I LOVVVE the Windsor Newton water colors! I think they work better than some ive tried
Thank you for sharing! 😊 Is it pans or tubes you are using?
@@TatianasArtandCraft half pans in the palette
I also have a small moleskin sketchbook and I do not like it at all. Same issues with the paper pilling the moment I put water and paint down. The paint will not flow at all. Really avoid Moleskine sketchbooks. I now just use it for a quick colour swatch and even that is not great.
Yes, I like their other lines for writing but for watercolor not at all… 😟
Great idea and very practical pouch. For the kneaded eraser, check out slide lip balm metal tins. They are thin (0.5cm aprox) and big enough for a kneaded eraser.
Thank you so much for the idea! I will look out for those! 😊❤️❤️❤️
I'm a huge fan of Van Gogh Watercolors! Looking back as Hobbyist, I would have skipped over other lesser quality student grade paints if I had known about them. And I did loyally use the Cotman tubes and Grumbacher's Academy line for about 2 years, non-stop until I was able to afford better. But I did make them work better for me by using them on the Baohong Academy paper. That made the colors look brighter! I loved the music you used while you painted too! Thank You for sharing... I find your videos to be very valuable for me!
Thank you so much for your comment and for your feedback! 😊❤️❤️❤️
What are your favorite student grade watercolors? Please share in the comments! 🤩
Daniel smith is heavily marketed all over KZread, there are better paints out there for a fraction of the cost! I.e. white nights which is centuries old and have stood the test of time!
I love white nights as well 😊 These were the first professional watercolor paints I was able to afford and oh my goodness did they make an impression on me 🤩 I have a palette of those that I use all the time
With the Moleskin Watercolour-Sketchbook I totally agree. I've got the same and it's quite disappointing. I don't have issues with the spine, but the paper is often splodgy (same I had with Streatmore 😔). With the Cotman watercolours I've started. I bought the field set with the small waterbottle (came with a hole 🤨) and the colours are quite vibrant and very easy to rewet. In comparison I tried the Daler Rowney Aquafine Travel Set. This was very disappointing to me. Very strange colours. A "cerulean" blue with PB 29 and PW 6(?) and a ultramarine blue with PB 29 🤔. Needles to say, the pallette also contains a White 😂. And the raw sienna looks more like a raw umber 🙄.
I see 😅 Maybe I also used cotman paints with the wrong paper, it just kinda feels wrong to use them on 100% cotton so I used only the cheap stuff. Thank you for sharing! ❤️❤️❤️
I agree 100% about the Moleskine watercolour journal. Not worth the money. The regular sketchbook is very good though. I recently bought an Indigo watercolour sketchbook - 100% cotton, advertised as watercolour paper, very nice to look at - and it was immediately obvious when I used it that the paper isn't sized. Useless for watercolour. I had to gesso the pages so I could at least use gouache in it. When is comes to watercolour journals now, I just make my own with leftover scraps of the paper I love (in my case, Canson Heritage CP and Saunders Waterford)
Thank you so much for sharing! I have never heard of Indigo sketchbooks, maybe that’s why 😊 Thank you for your comment! ❤️❤️❤️
any gouache is a failed supply for me, just cant figure it out lol
This is so funny because I also find quite difficult to use though it is supposed to be an easy medium but for me it’s kinda neither fully watercolors, nor acrylics 😅 Thank you for sharing!
yeah i think the in-between things is what throws me off😝
I also got myself a Cotman palette from W&D. It looks small, but actually there's enough space to mix colors for me. And I loved taking it to plenairs because it's lightweight. Brush there is decent, a bit too small but good. Although I changed bright green to another blue - it's too light for me and I was in a period of not using green from a tube at all, only from mixing. And removed white at all. I guess it could be a fine set for botanical watercolors - small brush, okayish colors. Now I'd like. to try a pallete from W&N with watercup and a small reservoure for water. Would rather get it without colours now :) And for granulated colors - I got few from Daniel Smith, from dark ones - and. I love it.
Thank you so much for sharing! ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for sharing. That's a great bag! I always carry my kneeded eraser in an earplug case. They are tiny little plastic containers that snap shut and the perfect size for an eraser.
Earplug case? What a great idea! 💡 Thank you so much for the tip! 😊
Faber Castell brand kneaded eraser comes with a very practical lightweight plastic case. I highly recommend it.
Thank you for your comment! That one doesn’t work for me unfortunately, it starts opening up after some time 😔
@@TatianasArtandCraft aw. That's a bummer. I must have a different brand. I've been using the same container for 6 years.
If you want to invest in REALLY lovely paints(maybe as birthdaygift) you should try the A Galllo watercolors,I love them😊 My favorites are: A gallo watercolors Polychromos pencils Clairfontaine 300gsm 100% cotton sketchbooks(I have the travel size) Paul Rubens metallic watercolor paints Schmincke granulation watercolor(glacierset, forestset and shire set) 😊
Thank you so much for sharing! What makes the A Gallo paints stand out for you?
I love my Progresso pencils, I've been using them for so many years. I have a few different Derwent palettes, I love them all.
I have never tried those pencils, thank you for sharing! ❤️❤️❤️
I definitely regret buying the W&N Cotman set, especially when I discovered how much I paid for it compared to other stores!
Thank you for sharing! 😊😊😊
I disagree about the Winsor and Newton paints, I use them all the time and I like them. My favourite sketchbooks are made by seawhite of Brighton.
Thank you for sharing! 😊😊😊
I regret buying a prepackaged half pan watercolor 48 blocks in a palette. It isn’t super pricey but I find quality lacking and I don’t need that many colors. I bought a box of Mission Gold tube watercolor paint. I like that much better. Tube paint is more versatile because I can design my own palettes. At end of 2023 I began to buy individual tube paint from Daniel Smith and Holbein because some colors I can never get the right hue and some colors are what I like to use more often. They are pricey but I don’t buy a whole lot anyway.
Oh, I see, which brand was it with 48 pans?
@@TatianasArtandCraft It’s called MagicFly (bought from Amazon). I already have Mission Gold’s 34 tubes set. But i succumbed to the good price. Only later i realized that I didn’t need it.
Awful nails, sorry to say. If you videoing your hands and fingers, nail polish, especially bold nailpolish , -together with rings and other jewelery, - really distracts from the topic you talking about and compete with it. But thanks for the info about artsupplies, it was useful.
It was on purpose, training my audience to focus on the main subject 😅 Thank you for the feedback!
What an unnecessary comment. If her nails were that offensive and distracting, you should have just clicked off of the video. Someone took their time to record a FREE video to inform others and potentially help them not make choices they would regret spending their money on and you chose to nitpick. Very unkind and rude.
Wow, you are me. Apart from the Rembrandt paints and the Mangiani paper (which I like), I've had the exact same disappointments with the exact same supplies. Khadi paper particularly, which just doesn't perform like you want a 100% cotton paper to perform, and really isn't cheap either. The Schminke super granulating colours are definitely worth testing - some are very unremarkable and don't look great on paper.
Happy to find a likeminded person! ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for sharing 😊