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This video got recommended to me again, one year later. : ) One tip is to basically treat it as a really pigmented matte acrylic instead of a medium in the gouache family. Dilute it with an acrylic medium (like a retarder, just make sure it's matte) instead of water. If you like the feel of Holbein Acryla but don't like how “sticky” it feels (I personally think it's “runny”), Turner makes acrylic gouache that's more viscous. + Cheap synthetics works well with them. If they get ruined, they're easily salvaged because I can peel the paint off them somehow, and if cannot be saved anymore, they're cheap to replace.

Hey iv recently came across your channel and gutted that you stopped posting! 😢 but may I ask what style of art this is?

idk if this channel is done but i wanted to mention i think it’s worth it to keep going. best to you🌸

Never say “i won’t buy any art supplies”, always put away money in your budget every month for buying supplies. Just like groceries, living expenses, savings, retirement, art supply fund. Then you have no guilt and everything is in line. Sometimes you’ll save up your art fund a few months to get supplies, no worries. 🌸

Hey if you pay ur bills, have a 6 month emergency fund, and invest 15-20% of ur income for retirement, who cares what you spend the rest on??

Vulcano Red is so nice! Not the best for sure but… ( it’s not that wonderful Rhodonite or Mayan Blue or Deep Dea Blue) it doesn’t deserve bad words 😂

beautiful artwork, even if I'm living in the past right now :)

Miss your videos, Moni!

Ooh interesting discovery! Does the gesso dry matte like the acryla gouache or shiny like regular acrylic?

Such a fun video - thank you! Could you please share which sketchbook you used to swatch your colour pencils in please?

I like them both but tend to lean towards Turner because they are half the price of Holbein in the US. Your video says Turner dries slower than Holbein and and there are others that say it dries faster. I add both Golden's Acrylic Retardant and a couple drops of water in both and use them interchangeable on a stay wet palette so I am not sure because I really don't notice a difference.

The price of that paper and those colored pencils had me freaking out lol. You're so fortunate. Those pencils look AMAZING. I think I'm gonna do a search of ppl coloring with them.

I recommend getting a few

Ugly stage? Clashing? What are you talking about; I thought it looked beautiful at every stage! But I guess your opinion is the one that matters most here. 😊

Hey Moni! I miss your beautiful personality and your art. Hope you're keeping well x Nell.

Interesting video . Thank you

this is the kind of relatable content I am looking for lol. I didn't know this was an issue for other people! I'm curious to know if it has to do with elevation change during shipping or something. who knows. cheers!

Moniiii!! :) Time to rewatch your amazing videos! Sending you the purple and indigo huggles! 💜💜💜

I mixed my acryla gouache with flashe paints to get the colored pencil to lay over the acryla gouache since I had a ton of tubes of holbein. I mostly use white or paynes gray depending on the color. I doesn't work for all colors but I'm not wasting paint

I haven’t seen any videos from you for quite awhile so I came to check. I hope you’re well and enjoying life rather than sick. Bless.

Art is a journey. theres no wrong or right way of doing things. its just you. each peace is apart of you. we all go through comparing ourselves with others. but that keep us from being who we truly are. Dont be afraid to show who you are dont be afraid to be just you. you have a community who love do what you do.

I just found your channel. I hope u upload more. 😢😢

Same here with the brushes :-/ I've wrapped mine with washing tape.

12:39 😂❤

I completely agree. Social media algorithms make for unhappy artists. Art is a beautiful nature scene, not an ugly factory. 🎨👩🏻‍🎨🖌️❤️❤️❤️

21:30 only found the video now. I completely agree with this about the WNP colours. Sp disappointed with the streaky colours, hopings some other brands have better ones.

love this and love your videos. honestly the less frequent uploads make it so special when you do upload! your videos are a joy to watch :)

I had to check the comment and it actually said: "Is this an art channel or just buying stuff and reviewing?" which is a valid question in my opinion, nothing to get offended about.

are you coming back to youtube?

But this...didn't answer the question?

I really hope you don't stop sharing with us because of few derps on youtube. You are amazing! Share whatever you like! You can't please everyone.

This is fantastic! I see that you aren't really posting videos anymore, but I am going to subscribe just in case. I definitely needed that message. Just yesterday, I painted a piece that I almost threw away! Then, I looked at it after it dried and realized I really liked it and it might just be my greatest job yet! You definitely have to give yourself grace when you make art. I hope you post more!!

Omg the colors! Honestly you can't satisfy everyone so I agree with your approach of "I will share what I want" 🥰💖

Truth. But nowhere near as messy as M. Graham paints, because those have honey in them, which makes it so that they never fully dry...

I highly recommend using the volcano red and orange to mix your own DIY schmincke shire and desert colors! I recommend Kim Crick’s video on those 3 sets to see how you can use up the volcano yellow and red since you dislike them. I’m sure you could also use the desert orange to make your own supergranulating colors 😊. I personally like all of them 😂

Can you mix them with regular gouache in your experience please ?

Is this an art channel or just buying stuff and reviewing?

Can I use liquitex guoache on wood, or liquitex heavy body would work

Oh wow,I bought the volcano set with 3 colors and all 3 of them are beautiful,I wanted to buy the volcano yellow in a single tube,I have the feeling only the big set is shitty

I'm still so sad that I sold the rest of my haze set,I didn't even fill the half pans to the top😕 at that time I didn't know It was the most expensive set of all and sold it to cheap🫤

Really interesting to see how you work and hear how you feel about your art! I was really inspired by the choices you made painting this piece. Especially the hints of coral and how they work with the other colors here, really enchanting. Also the choice to portray patterned historical clothing was really cool! Also I especially love how expressive the face is ❤️ It's an interesting mix of emotions and has me curious what she's thinking of, or looking at here. I feel like she's exhausted but in a way that makes me feel like she's not defeated but has lots of resentment and fire lurking under that fairly calm expression. Btw, the lack of confidence you talked about, and the standards you set on yourself - definitely resonated with me. Btw listening to you talk of your lack of confidence felt kinda bizarre because to me you are actually one of those artists that has me feeling inferior! Even though I try to say to myself that I don't need to be able to do the same things you can, as we all have our own unique artistic styles and strengths, and that variety in expression is what makes art so magical. I like so many different kinds of artists and genres, and could not decide which one is my favorite even if my life depended on it 😅!

Haha I'm all for the wild effects so when you remarked on the pigments separating when you used white gouache, I was literally going "ooooh ❤" exactly when you stated "this sucks!" 😂 Every artist really is different.

Interesting! Do you have any idea what Lefranc & Bourgeois Varnish you would use on paper, after finishing a work to give the piece some extra layer of UV protection ect?!..

The great thing about Acrylic gouache is that its so smooth and becomes one with the paper, compared to acryl paint it stays on top and and is more rough that adds texture (brush strokes).. I actually thought that colored pencils might work best on the acrylic gouache but this video makes me reconsider unwillingly.. Ohh and the Luminance might have been better on the gouache since it is wax based, though I prefer oil based color pencils like Polychromos way more on there own.. I am wondering what would happen if you add solvents like alcohol or paraffine to both the acryl paint and acryl gouache and then draw with the pencils - since color pencils will be very vibrant when using them with solvents and is also great for blending.. I also wonder if another acryl gouache like the Turner brand might work better than Holbein for example for mixing with color pencils.. I`m sure the results in this video could be altered in some way to different outcomes..

Hahahhaa 😊

💥 Is it too late to ask you the company name of the lovely black paint brush that you used ?! (I did check below but didn’t see it. 🤷🏻‍♂️) - If you don’t remember, I’ll understand. ;) (…after all it has been a year already. 🙂) ♥️ Loved watching you swatch‼️ Daniel Smith is top of the line. 🥰 However they do harden and shrink a lot, when not being used. - Not a game changer though. ▫️ THANKYOU 🫶

I hope you're fine, and just taking a break.

Her skin turned out stunning but her lups are from another world! 😍