วีดีโอ

Thanks for the review, i just got the grumbacher watercolor paper but haven't used it yet 🎉

Thank you. People also don't realize, you can wet both sides of pulp paper, let it sit for a few minutes, then paint on it. It will behave quite nicely. Kinda like how you prepare wood chips for a smoker (grill).

Thank you so much for posting this. I learned so much of why I wasn’t getting the results I wanted. Very informative.

Good review.

Inktense pencils make incredible permanent, transparent backgrounds! I also have a Caran D’Ache textured palette..can scribble a few pencils on it to mix colors, or just 1 color to make paint/ink to apply with brush instead of pencil. I also have 18 antique Chinese colored ink sticks-along with my black, blue-black, brown ink sticks. I was using them long before I discovered inktense. Mine are extremely bright & vibrant, but, unfortunately, if you buy them today-they aren’t toxic, but they don’t look even a fraction as good as my antique ink sticks OR Inktense. My first tutor sent me her ink sticks; they were her father’s. I’m going to save them as much as possible and leave them to my eldest when I go. I usually keep them up in the cabinet in a glass case, with their own ink stone. If my precious Dr Kitty Leela drank cinnabar, malachite, or gamboge water by accident, I’d never forgive myself.

Just came across this. As I switched..actually, merged, Chinese traditional painting and calligraphy, with Western style & materials; I quickly found I couldn’t afford to always use my good cotton paper, for practice and scrap. I ordered this with my groceries last year. I had purchased a few strathmore, but got easily frustrated with it, especially wet on wet. I have now found an affordable cotton paper, but I had 2 9x12 notebooks-like yours. I have turned them into swatch and mixing recipe books. I’ve also somehow gotten myself addicted to pigments…and mulling my own single (PB33 ❤) and mixes me, my best friend or daughter, ask me to try. Our favs are my “hummingbird wing gray” with PR233 and PB35- I do my first swatches on the Grumbacher..this particular one, I actually framed 😂🤷🏼‍♀️. The texture and effect of these 2 granulating pigments is a very vibrant 3-D, almost silvery in the cool gray spots. The most frequent comment about that swatch? “What kind of LEATHER is that? It almost looks metallic!” I’ve made pans for all 3 of us and some to give away. I’ve made a few more great mixes, some based on Rockwells of Canada “self-evolving” paints. In fact I got my tube of the PV19 I needed to try and recreate their new Charms 3, Blue Iris. A stunning Magenta halo around dark vibrant purple (PV23) with some spots of precipitated Blue-Green shade (PB36). Considering what their swatches look like, I think it’s going to be yet another highly granulating, multicolor paint on Grumbachers. I don’t know why-I assume it’s the texture…but these “special effect” paints look better on Grumbacher than most of my cotton papers! One more technique that looks incredible on this paper-Kuretake Sumi-e Gold or Silver calligraphy ink-just a tiny bit with some more viscous watercolor (Indanthrone blue, Perylene green and maroon work great!) absolute magic! My younger daughter made a request…a painting of our old farm when they were really young-right on the Fl-Ga border, up on a hill that overlooked 2 counties in Florida and one in Ga. ! We had about 5 rare and endangers long leaf pines with HUGE pinecones, (My biggest was 20in, end to end) and looking at several large live oaks behind our small barn..WITH our 2 horses and barn cats, of course..maybe Rock, almost as big as our pony, he was 1/2 St Barnard , 1/2 Great Dane..the kids’ protector. She wants me to do it with the gold ink for flowers/dew in the distance. I’m considering doing it on this paper specifically for the size and effects. Anyways, I’ll send your video to my friend and daughter. Liz SWORE I used DS watercolor ground on the Grumbacher. I didn’t, but…might try it just to see how it looks! Red clay dressage ring in front of of the barn 🤔😁 I hope my belly calms down so I can go put my lab coat my friend got me, on and start playing

Your paintings are impressive! I'm watching this because I just picked up a tablet of 140# Grumbacher watercolor paper at WM today - seemed substantial, like decent quality.

Great review. I am surprised with how well this paper performed for me. Subscribed! You're so right about each point! 😉

Thank you for sharing very helpful, when I listened it was inspirational.

Thank you for your advices!

😊🙏

I really liked the Grumbacher paper. I have Arches for special and used Canson XL for practice. Grumbacher is so much better than Canson imho. I so much agree with you ! Thanks for the review 👍

Thank you for this review! You’re right there aren’t many on this brand and I’m glad you did a comparison with the cotton paper!

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤🎉🎉🎉Brazil😊

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊🎉🎉🎉🎉

Nice painting

Hi zer am shehbaazsiberian from deviantart

I love the sound of rain, I listen to it every night for sleeping... Your art is beautiful and I love your work...

Thank you so much for the review, I was hesitant about the watercolor sketchbook even though I love their mixed media sketchbooks

Glad I've have found your channel again. Thanks for sharing your down to earth approach to being a creative person.

Valuable information. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this!

Did you draw the skulls on the wall?

Is anyone else trying new ideas? I would love to know what you have tried out. Also what are your creative plans for 2023?

I love this video. It's just what I needed. I'm getting a flip phone with no internet tomorrow and I'm excited to not be distracted. I am addicted to social media and it gets in the way of my creativity. Thank you!!

Your video really got me interested in trying out some of my own ideas. 😊 Thx

Daaaaang you got skills

I love your plastic board! Where did you get it?

Hi

Interesting story about your father. I love how you speak.

Your determination to work outside of your comfort zone to push your artistic journey is an inspiration. Everyone starts at the same place, square one, and from there decides how much time and effort they want to put into developing and growing into an artist. Some people become masters while others are content with using a pen and pencil to make nothing more than their names.😉 So when I see someone constantly pushing themselves and working towards becoming a better artist because they like the challenge, really motivates me to continue to push myself in different areas and working with different mediums.

Something I've found to be true for myself when I've started or completed a piece of art that I wasn't satisfied with is, I would put the piece away for a while, sometimes for months, and reapproach it at a later date. I can't tell you how many times I thought a piece was a waste, just to come back and work with it again one day, and it come out amazing. Just don't give up and allow yourself time to grow a bit more as an artist.

I totally agree with the comment before mine...that mushroom 🍄 already pops off the page. Tammy, your art is lovely. You've blown me away with your watercolor painting. You know I loved you pencil art as well. Positive criticism is always welcome from someone who are better skilled than what I am. Those who trash ones work is just jealous and I will surely delete those negative comments from my profile as well. I love your videos. It's awesome to see how your paintings come to life on the screen. Keep up the fabulous work, Hun🎨🖌️💖✨

I stand in awe with every brush stroke. The detail that went into that piece is simply amazing. That pixie is too adorable. I take my hat off to every traditional artist. Wow! Just wow!

Gosh, sounds like a lot of work to do to sell your art or any work you do. Great info about selling art. Good luck with your projects, Hun.

Good so far.

That painting is looking very nice! That mushroom is popping off the canvas. You have been around ever since I started posting art and you know I'm just gonna do my thing. The only time I have ever get aggravated is when I do a live art stream and folks start trying to instruct me. It's taken me 4 years to really get comfortable translating tradition art into my digital art. My first attempts were not very good but you were there encouraging me and I appreciate it. I feel that is important to leave that early stuff out there because folks can watch the progress and maybe encourage them as well. Great Video!

That is a very nice painting - excellent work - thank you for the video

Cool painting🐉

I definitely use my art to center myself. I have to vent the negative out as well as the light. That's why I have so much dark stuff out there. Great work on that elf!

Thanks for the review. I’ve tried a lot of different types of paper and still haven’t found any “magic paper” myself. LOL I’ve been cutting some of it down into 4-inch squares and doing tiny studies to try different techniques. Something small and less overwhelming. Thanks for the videos. BTW, the paper may not be “magic”, but your fairies are. :)

I've never seen a video of anyone comparing their art from one media to another like that. LOVED the paintings on both papers but it's so refreshing to hear someone giving their honest unbiased opinions and it not be motivated by who is sponsoring them or what would make them seem like they have an unlimited amount of money to spend purchasing supplies and the highest priced supplies win. Not everyone can afford the best of the best. And from the looks of your comparisons it really is more to do with skill than anything. Great video.

I've played with watercolors in the past. I may have to give it whirl again! Great work on that painting!

Art and business is a hard mix, the pressure can be rough.

I love you artwork! Especially the skulls! Cheers!

I don't think anyone fully understands how much goes in to being an artist. For myself, I feel like when I become stressed or pressured, my ability to create anything is just gone. I can't imagine trying to do half of what you mentioned.

Great points! I got burned out myself. I have switched into a hobby mindset with it all. Also it's hard to market Art, I don't make art that the masses demand. Cheers and good to see you!

I've got a horrible problem of getting on the internet and scrolling forever trying to come up with ideas for any craft project I work on. Definitely more time looking than actually doing. I think I'll give your suggestions a whirl and go with the first thing I see that I like and figure out how to make that work for me. Loving the videos so far.

So fun to see these artworks presented in this manner, of course i saw these on dA but the watercolor artworks i have not seen, really awesome works my friend. Keep it going! ❤😊

Oh hey friend! Nice seeing you here on youtube! I wish you the best for your new channel, in case you wonder, I am Davicu from deviantart. 😁 Anyway best of luck my friend! ❤