FINALLY TESTING STRATHMORE TONED BLUE MIXED MEDIA PAPER | Drawing a Butterfly on a Flower!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- In today's video, I am testing out one of the new artist papers I got recently: the Strathmore Toned Blue Mixed Media Paper! Yes, I know, this paper has been out for a long time and I am just now getting around to trying it! Let me tell you guys, I was a little surprised by this paper, but you'll have to watch the video to find out why exactly.
In the video, we demonstrate by coloring a flower with a butterfly on it with the Caran d'Ache Pablos Colored Pencils! These pencils work well for details but they're also opaque enough to stand out on toned papers. I think the choice of pencil was well-suited for the paper, but what about the paper itself? If you have tried out other toned Strathmore paper, you probably already have a pretty good idea how this paper might perform! I hope this video helps some of you guys out if you're curious about this paper!
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How many of you guys have tried this toned blue paper by Strathmore??
no not yet! but i wanna try it asap i can....
@@love_to_draw_07 let me know if you find it!!
I’m getting one for Christmas! Literally the whole reason I looked up this video
Hello Alexis Cassandra art😊I havent try it but i wanna buy and try the toned blue mixed media sketchbook,the toned tan sketchbook and the toned gray sketchbook from strathmore and i wanna paint on them or try to paint on them whit himi miya gouache and acrylic gouache from liquitex😅😊 i love this video 😊👋🏾
Thank you for providing the reference image I really appreciate that. I love how your butterfly came out and hearing the pros and cons of this paper. I actually have this paper but haven't used it yet but do in general like the vellum surface for colored pencils.
I try to provide reference images so long as I don’t forget where I got them from haha!! Thank you! I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts once you try it out
I love the gray toned version. It only comes in sketch. Thank you for this vid. Definitely got to try this paper.
I'll be trying that in a future video also! I managed to find the mixed media version online, but I could only find the sketch version in stores ahhh. thanks for watching!
So intrigued by this blue toned paper 😱! I knew someone who use tan paper before- really makes illustrations pop 🙌🏻. Like the tan paper- this blue paper is making the light colors in the illustration POP 🤩. The butterfly is GORGEOUS 🦋! I love all the details 💛🖤! I like the look of the subtle shadow background you made. Such a pretty drawing 💗! In the cover art on the cover I expected the paper to look more blue instead of gray 😯
I loved toned tan!! I think this tone is a really useful one to have as well. It’s a shade of gray for sure though, not so blue! Ahh that’s okay, it worked out pretty nicely! I’m so happy you liked the butterfly! Thanks for watching😊
Beautiful illustration, thank you!
Thank you for watching!!
I went to Michaels recently looking for toned grey as well but all they had was the toned blue so I grabbed the same thing you did, looking forward to trying it!!
you'll have to let me know what you think!
Okay this is pretty cool, I know I'm still an art newbit but when I see stuff like this it blows my mind, The flower has a very realistic texture and I love how the paper doesn't bleed into the drawing
Keep up the good work 😌
I’m happy you liked it!! The flower definitely turned out smooth on top of the paper. The texture isn’t bad!
Hi! I really love the colours in this drawing. I bought all of the pads in the mixed media paper, but I haven’t gotten around to using them yet. 👍🏻
I still need to use the grey one! Hopefully soon in an upcoming video, but I need to take a break from the paper content😂
Not sure if you've shared this before, but at 1:59 I was curious how you keep things organized. I have papers everywhere and I often want to go back to find something I've drawn for reference, and sometimes searching for that one sheet of paper could be like trying to find a needle in a stack of needles! So, curious about your own process of organization (if you have any). Thanks for the video!
Oh gosh, it can be a mess sometimes! I just have a couple of those red file folders where I keep things like swatches, old references, scratch paper or sometimes unfinished artwork! That way they are all in one place but not necessarily in any order😆 thanks for watching!
Good job I love the drawing🤗🥰💖
thank you so much!
This is so helpful!
Glad to hear it!😊
i like the blue tone, but the grey is my favorite. i keep hoping they put out yellow tone paper!
I bought the grey too! I’ll be using it in a future video. Yellow would be nice. I think maybe just a pad that’s a mix of different off white/grey tones would also be nice
@@AlexisCassandraArt that would be nice too!
Lightfast and “hair” issue (from being recycled) is easily resolved by a coating of a lightfast pan pastel colour, or coloured pencil or even watered down acrylic etc…near to the colour of the original toned paper if that’s the colour you want as a background. Given the price of this paper it represents good value - it’s also great for charcoal drawings too.
That’s true, the paper is a good value! I just want to make sure people are able to see what the tone looks like. Hopefully it came across ok on camera
I love it
When working on toned paper…I use a white carbothello pencil or white charcoal to block out the tone before putting a color down that is more transparent…that prevents the tone of the paper from shining through.
That’s smart! I assume just a light layer so there’s enough tooth left? I should experiment with that
A tip I’ve seen from another video is too make a layer of marker and then put the colored pencils on top so you don’t have as much of the hue from the paper
I wonder how well the paper takes marker- I'll have to try! thank you
Just got this paper. I was hoping for a bluer color. It doesn't look quite blue, green, or gray, either. It looks more like a "muddy" gray. Oh well, now I've got it, so, it's tume to experiment with it . . .
Yes, where is the blue?? ahhh
havent used any of the strathmore toned paper before, prob just stick with the derwent toned papers since i already have that
Smart idea! Use what you have first!
One of my favorites...
I have this same paper & use it for charcoal & graphite pencil drawings & it works great for that. Nice drawing, it's been quite awhile since I've been able to be on due to all my music gigs, hope all is well with you, you are an AMAZING ARTIST!!! Keep On Creating, Rock On & God Bless.
I haven't been up to art in a while either, hopefully I will get back to it soon, but sometimes life happens in seasons! art will always be there. thanks for your comments as always:)
I would love to see another drawing on this paper. It would be interesting to see if a blue-toned drawing would change our color impression of the paper at all... Beautiful work, Alexis.
I think next time I will draw soemthing that fits the tone so I can use the tone in the artwork itself too. Thank you for watching!!❤️
Opaqueness is very important for uring toned papers.
I agree!!
Omg you make me feel so seen as a person! All your swatches of your pencils; I did the same with caran d’ache, faber castell, and prismacolor swatches on white paper…. And black and this “green” paper! I can’t find a real blue
Swatch charts are so satisfying😂 I have been wanting to redo some of mine also.. let me know if you find a good toned blue, I still want one too!
Many thanks for this review! I had not seen a review of this Toned Blue paper. It's interesting, so I know whether to try it or not. It seems to me that from what I see in this video, it's not a blue tone... it looks like a warm gray tone. It's a bit frustrating when the cover says Toned Blue...and you get a surprise, and see that it's not that tone. I have used the Toned Gray from Strathmore, what I like about that paper is that the whites stand out, especially when you use the charcoal pencils.
Yeah, the tone actually looks more greenish grey to me! Very confusing. Even though this paper isn't very blue, at least its another shade of grey that is different than the toned grey, so there is some variety.
Asome i wanna try it😊 do you have the toned tan sketchbook and the toned gray sketchbook? 😊
Yes, I also have toned tan and gray, and I think I like those ones better to be honest since this one is rather green. I guess having all does not hurt though hehe
I’m watching this at night while wearing blue-blocking glasses so that certainly doesn’t help decide what colour the paper is! 🤣 I enjoy using toned paper, and yes it takes quite a while to build up colour and cover the toned surface. For the most part I try to include the tone in the artwork. I love how your drawing turned out, and the butterfly is awesome! I like it as is. 😊
Ah yes, including the tone in the artwork is a good way to do it! The tone in this paper is kind of unique and I’d have to think of some ideas of what else I could use it for. Since it’s more of a grey, it’s pretty versatile. Thank you, I really do like how the butterfly turned out also, I think it was the most fun part of the artwork😆
Doesn’t look like blue it is more like a dark gray
I agree, its greenish gray to me
Polychromos white isn't very opaque, so I chose to buy the Strathmore Mixed Media 300S Vellum Surface White. And BTW, I wish I could have interest to draw things like that but my favorite reference right now are League of Legends Characters and Portraits of my favorite Kpop Idols
I agree, polychromos white is more translucent! Tbh my interests for subjects have changed over time. I used to do mostly fan art! Maybe I’ll do a fan art sometime soon since it’s been a while
Must have
It’s a good idea to try toned !
Astonishing artistry and the decision to use the blue paper is one of the ingredients to this. I think that if one of less skill (me for instance) employed this paper, it might make a work I created more noticeable even if it is less artistic than someone else drawing on white, especially if I coordinated it with the right colors like how you did in this painting. Your art looks so alive.
Oh yes, certain colors would really pop on this paper and will make an artwork stand out a lot! Thank you for watching and let me know if you do try it!
Love your artwork .your channel is gem I found recently
Thank you, that makes me happy to hear!
I have just bought a pad of this blue toned mixed media paper along with the gray/grey, & tan versions as well. I have never used toned paper before so it will be a great learning experience for me. Thanks for sharing this wonderful informational video with us.
Awesome! Let me know how it goes! I think the grey would work really well for anything black and white
@@AlexisCassandraArt Thanks 😊 & I will.
Wonderful realistic work 👍🏻💐 I wonder how the Pablos show on toned dark paper in comparison to Polychromos
The Pablo’s seem to be more vibrant upon the early layers but I will need to do more testing👀😂