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They are the best I own from the 14professionsl watercolors from around the world..they are on my biggest and most used pallet In my studio , waiting till I can recover and get out of this dammm bed.

I only just started painting about a month ago after doing much research & watching many videos. In the process of gathering supplies, I had the opportunity to get a FREE block of Arches cold press paper from Joann’s with a 60% off coupon & a $25 gift card! 🎉 But knowing the value of it I hesitated even opening it up, thinking I would save it until I got ‘good enough’. But yesterday I decided to at least open it up & try it to see if it really was worth all the fuss & money. I compared it to a few other papers at the same time. Well, that did it-I’m now spoiled to use anything else 😂! And all I did was a simple color wash, not even a picture, but the fact it hardly buckled & the colors flowed so well was amazing. I’ll still use my other papers for practice & experimenting (I love mixed media art too) but will definitely plan on using Arches in the future. I also loved the 300-lbs handmade card stock I got for painting Christmas cards! Wow, is THAT ever great! I just found your channel today & am enjoying your content-thanks!

This is very helpful as I’m in the process of starting my watercolor journey-thanks!

I've been sharing this all over the place. I call them "SCABS" of paint (those disgusting little dabs of paint on the palette). I want people to have a visual: pussy nasty scabs of paint do NOT lead to vibrant paintings full of life.

ANOTHER FABULOUS VIDEO. You are EXACTLY right on this.

You are wright...😮

The english pronuoncement of turqoise, is horrible! Like the town from US, Des Moines!

Beautiful colors, thank you!

Bold colours can also be found by using gauche rather than watercolour.

Thank you! ❤

Great video! Thank you.

I needed this! Thank you!!!🙏🏼

Your fanny pack is ideal.I am curious to know how you set yourself up to paint when up on the mountain. Do you carry a table upon which you set up your palette, big water container and sketch book. Thanks Kris.

brilliant! thanks for sharing!

I have a 24/3row plastic palette. I'm considering 15pans of primary/secondary's warm and cold and 9 convivence pans on the side. The wheel layout looks great.

I’ll subscribe this very useful !

I hope you are doing well. You are sooo clear & helpful in your videos!!! I just hope everything is going well since it's been several months ❤

Just what I've been looking for. Lately, i have collected different honey paints. Looking forward to finding out if they rewet when the finish is applied. Fingers crossed! Debs in Montana

Just whative been looking for.

Thank you Kris for your video and advice on paper Academy /Baohong..Q:please your opinion about the paper "Hanhmade white Deckle Edge blank paper "?

Very helpful, Kris. For a lesser expensive pallet, I’ve considered a ceramic model. What are your thoughts on ceramic vs. porcelain?

Good morning can please connect me to the final videos on this piece. For this has been very helpful. Thank you 🙏

I have another Hazel Sloan book, think it’s The Essence of Watercolor. She is amazing at capturing light, something I struggle a lot with and envy in other artists. I also find How to Make a Watercolor Paint itself by Nita Engle interesting - she does all kinds of crazy stuff, using spray bottles, lots and lots of water, for all these amazing atmospheric effects….nothing I have ever been ambitious enough to try, but it makes for fun reading.

Great pencil set. I have two. But my favorite is the Ohto MS01 or the Rotring 800

Thank you for sharing really helpful information.. I have some of the Neptune brushes and absolutely agree with you as I sometimes struggle with the fact that they don’t spring back to their shape. I appreciate the dome of the rock painting behind you

Very well done, thank you

Kris I love how you get right to the meat of your video without 5 mins of talk that really adds nothing. I am such a bottom line person, lol.

The tube of cascade green that you hold for the camera says Raw Sienna not Burnt Umber.

What came first the colour or the duck 😂

thank you ! this information is very useful

I don't have a wood cutter and have three 10X16 watercolors on paper. Where do i go to have them cut for me? I would love to mount them on craddle boards to hang them on the wall. Would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing this! I found it very helpful! I've been using Princeton's Velvetouch brushes (which I love), but I'm wanting to try something new. I think the quill brush is exactly what I'm looking for!

Thank you so much! BTW the painting of the Dome of the Rock behind you is superb😍👌❤️

If you twist the pencil you can get different types of lead as well

I need to make the green gold with colored pencils can I use the same colors as the paint

Except DS has Payne's Grey as well as Paynes Gray 😂😂😂

I think it is a very usefull color but I think ugly color by itself!! Since I try learn watercolor and know this color I discovered why I'm very picky to choose a black ball pen because I like the more black than gray , now I understand that I preffer a warm gray black than cool blue, like the people that tattoo black sleeve and faded so ugly blue gray like paynes gray. I think is important and very usefull but not a fan!!! I feel when I say this is like people condemn white , when I use white I use almost as a gouche to paint white over a color. I write to much.

Thank you. I enjoy it so much and i did paint along a few times

Very informative and to the point tutorial 👍

This is now $246 in September 0:35 2024 😅

Thanks ❤

Glad I own both ! Almost 200 brushes

Yeah paper is the most important item for watercolor, palette with cold, warm and complementary colors, like 6 professional tubes and cheap brush to start, after than some of us are collectors a lot options just to have

Best video ❤

Hi Kris! How come the 2 warm yellows shown don’t have “O” as part of their pigment names like the Cad Yellow does? I can see they are leaning warm and orange but the label doesn’t reflect that.

I have had a large print of The Blue Boat hanging over my sofa for many years. Homer’s watercolors are one of the reasons I decided to learn this medium. I have painted an 8”x10” of The Blue Boat. It was a very good learning g experience. Thanks for this video!

I highly recommend Kilimanjaro paper from Cheap Joe’s, which is significantly cheaper than the expensive brands like Arches, W&N, Fabriano Artistico, and SW. in fact, I’ve used all of those brands, and I think I like Kilimanjaro the best. It lifts spotlessly, it stays wet for ages, and it can handle a metric crap ton of water and pigment. I absolutely love it, and while I do own those other brands, I do feel more comfortable reaching for my Kilimanjaro pad than I do the others, if only because Kilimanjaro is so much more affordable, yet will still give me the results I love when I use expensive paper. And of course, as with all paper, buying the huge 22x30” sheets is your cheapest route. Cheap Joe’s (and I believe also Jerry’s Artarama) has a mix and match of large, hogh quality sheets, and if you buy ten, you get 20% off. Just buy a paper cutter and you’re good to go for awhile. I would also recommend Kaede, a handmade paper from India that uses recycled rag cotton. I know handmade paper can be a bit sketchy, but Kaede paper is actually phenomenal, and I love working on it. I only have the small, paperback sketchbook for now, but plan on ordering single pages in the future once I run out of what I currently have.

I really love Baohong’s watercolor journals. They’re everything I want in a journal: Sewn pages, lays flat, nice cover, and high quality paper. I painted a witch last night in my cold press journal, and her hat had about four heavy washes of color, with another layer of detail. It barely buckled, and I can easily paint on the next page as well.