We are basically opposites lol. I need my lines or I'll die! Definitely into the linear, pop-y comic style maybe it's because my day job is graphic design. Ipad/cintiq, fine liners, alcohol/paint markers and brush pens are what my soul is made of. I try and try to be painterly I love others work so much and I like the results but it is torture. This was so fun to see your ranks and reasoning. Your videos are always so relaxing and inspirational
Mine :) What my soul is made of: Charcoal, acrylic Trusty staples: Pencils Occasional love affairs: Soft pastels, oil pastels, ink pens Want to like but can’t: Watercolour, photography, ink wash Not really my thing: Markers, acrylic inks, clay sculpture, ceramics Pure torture: Coloured pencils, digital art Want to try: Gouache, oil paints, wood carving ❤
Hi, Louise. Glad to see you smiling and creating as you like. I’m actually a photographer but I learn a lot from watching painter and artist like you. Thank you for you hard work and sharing your knowledge and skills.
Thanks, enjoyed watching this, I am older than you and have been in this fine arts only for the last 3 years. I started with acrylic and used a projector to trace on canvas. Then learned that I could draw. Then moved to cheap pastels, watercolours, oil, ink, spray painting , .. and then landed on charcoal. Now I can’t do anything without charcoal. I draw with charcoal then an isolation layer and paint with acrylic or water colours over it, I may finish with oil paint glazing over it. That’s my current stage. I don’t know where I will go from here. Because I travel a lot charcoal and watercolours are my best option.
My soul is made of pencils and acrylics. :) I didn't like painting with brushes, because for a long time all I knew were watercolours and they are just not for me, but a few years ago I "discovered" acrylics and I love them. I also love using coloured pencils in combination with the normal pencils - usually for highlighting one or few small parts in the picture (like eyes, hair, flower, etc). Right now I'm also in love with "magic pencils", which are pencils that have multiple colours and the hue produced depends on how it's turned - for example one is red+orange+yellow, that creates really nice fire effects.
I’ll put watercolors at the top of my list too. It’s my go to painting for most of my work as well as coloring my doodles. Pastels I love, chalky but you can make beautiful art with them. I tried oils when I was a kid. I didn’t like them and found them hard to work with. I will try them again. I don’t like oil pastels either. I have no problem with markers. I can blend them and love them. I use them as much as my watercolors. Acrylic paints I used to use a lot because I found them easy to work with and they dry fast. Charcoal I like but don’t use often because I need to use a fixative all the time with them. Graphite, yes are grey and shiny, but try buying some matte pencils like the Blackwing Matte Pencil or the Conté à Paris pierre noire pencils, other companies make matte pencils that are the black you want that can be used to darken your graphite pictures. Color pencils I use but am not great with them. Some artists can do wonders with them. I guess I don’t have the patience for them. Except for my watercolor pencils. Photography. I prefer film over digital but use both. I was an Army photographer back in the film era. I found that being an artist made my photography better. Though you have to know the technical aspects of it and all the tricks that takes years to master to make great photographs. I did mostly photojournalism work, but I had a nearly unlimited supply of film to play with. I use pens a lot especially the Micron pens. And others like them. I just make sure the use use fade proof archival ink. Nothing worse than having a picture fade on the wall. I had that happen. I used two different pens. I thought the ink was good in both. One ink faded while the other was still inky black. Dip pens I love but don’t use as much as I like. I like the line control you have with a flexible nib. I would love to work with clay and do sculpting. I agree with you about ink wash. I don’t like doing digital art. I would rather work on paper. I love wood working. I have even used wax crayons. When I was in Jr High I had an advanced art class, and the teacher brought out wax crayons. (I thought what is this 1st Grade) but he challenged us to come up with something. He had a bunch of photos of animals to use as references. I chose an albatross, the same picture he used for his examples. Even though we used the cheap art paper the schools use. I was able to make a realistic picture of it. I was surprised I could even blend the wax a bit. After turning it in for a grade. I didn’t see the picture again until aI walked down by the hallway near the school office. Then it was up on the wall with about a dozen other of the other students pictures from the advanced classes. Once in a while I still use them and experiment with them.
Hey, thank you so much for that video. Started drawing with just one pencil I found at home, in a kind of therapeutic way. I´ve searched the webs because I have limited means atm to get a feeling of what things to buy. Been researching for weeks now, finally came across your video. I love your vibe and the insight we are able to get of what you like and why you like it. So helpful, thank you so much and all the blessings for your artistic journey.
Soo digital art for me ist somewhere to try a concept. I’ll make a picture and have it in the iPad. Then I’ll put it into one of my blank canvas-tote bags and trace the outlines. With textile paint, I can then get beautiful bags which are great gifts, especially for kids who have their favorite TV series or a hobby. Like handball, horses.. Textile paint has really become a comfort art medium for me!
I’m the same. I do like working with watercolor, colored pencils, crayons, water based markers and acrylic paints for now. This video shows that I don’t like alcohol markers nor oils. I do really like working with Clay and paper mache because I’m involving my hands a lot. Which is good for my fine motor
The trick with soft pastels is to use a very toothy surface. I’ve made some awesome pastel paintings with Sennelier pastel pad - it’s very toothy and retains the chalk more. Although it can eventually rub off, so you do need a fixative. My main loves are charcoal/graphite and watercolor like yourself and I use them together… recently found your channel and have been binge watching 🥰 Love your content!
Mine is: What my soul is made of: -Charcoal Pencil -Charcoal Powder - Pan Pastels, Sponges (The authenticity and blacks speaks to me, Im more on larger strokes expressionist than focused on details) Trusty Staples: - Gouache : My go to when it comes to colors. It's forgiving and buildable - Oil pastel: The texture ❤️ - Graphite Pencil: use this for fastsketches and studying proportions - Acrylic: contrast and richness of colors Occasional love affairs - Photography - Soft Pastels: it's messy Want to like but cant: - Watercolor: I need to study more in terms of amount of water needed and how to build the colors in layers. Not really my thing: - Color Pencil: i just think color pencils are for meticulous and perfectionist people when it comes to detailing and values of colors. And im not that person. - Markers: i like to see marker artworks but just not my style. Pure torture: - Digital : no comment Want to try: - Oil painting - Ink Pens - Clay sculpting - Ceramics - Wood Carving Just trying to save it here. Maybe as time passes my preferences might change and enhanced my capabilities.
👍I think we need to choose environmentally friendly medium and cheap one and less cumbersome materials… currently charcoal and watercolours are my choice!
I love graphite, charcoal, oil pastel, clay, acrylic, and haven’t tried many of the others in a productive way (like watercolor besides ocean sunsets 😅
I really struggle to know what my favorite mediums are, maybe I should do this ranking too to figure out 😅 Totally agree for the digital painting. I do love it, but I don’t enjoy the process as much as traditional painting. Mainly the touch of paper or canvas misses I guess. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us :)
i have found that oil pastel looks very different to oil paint, the oil pastels are more matt and have a kind of silky sheen. Oil sticks look very similar to oil paints, these are available from Sennelier and W&N as far as i know.
There is a Staedtler graphite pencils now which give a matt finish. I follow an artist on TH-cam who draws in graphite and he makes some fantastic drawings. I would pretty much place my choices the same as you except photography which I love. It is an art form in itself so to be good at it you have to commit to it to get anything worth while. Personally I find street photography the most enjoyable form. I think this is because I have an eye for it.
New to your channel..i love graphite as well, for a very long time. Have you tried the Staedler Mars Lumograph Black? These pencils dont leave that shiny graphite look. The 8B is quite dark. Love your crow drawings!
Totally relate to the digital art feeling. It doesn't feel like you're creating something real that you can see and touch and admire. That too now with AI art it feels all the more artificial :D
You're funny. 😄 I like creating digital art. Also, I really like other people's creations with most other mediums (with the exception of most modern art). I really enjoy watching other artists' techniques with their chosen medium, even though I don't think I will try using that medium myself. 🙂
here is my ranking of the different mediums you mentioned (adding some different ones) my soul is made of : watercolour (it is sometimes a bit love and hate but I have stick with for a long time so) clay I love working with clay very tuesday I go to pottery classes (though its more ceramics stoneware clay) knitting I started this and I like takes a very long time but its really relaxing (though took 8 years) staples: pencils/ pens highlighter pens occasional love affair: punch needle coloured pencils brush pens/calligraphy mixed feelings: embroidery soft pastels sewing needle felting Not my thing: Graphite pencils Good for sketching but annoys me that there's no colors & I just don't like them Haven't tried but doesn't want to: oils acrylics photography gouache markers (I have watched videos but idk its not my thing) just at the start kinda liking it: procreate crochet (need learn how to do stuff ) tried it in the past oil pastels charcoal both tried them at school and it was a positive experience. want to try: inks
This is great im still finding my medium I want to be painterly I started with colour pencils now I don't think they are for me although I've improved on my drawing I just want to be loose and painterly I tried guache I found it frustrating I tried watercolour it's so complex to master
just a small recommendation of another TH-cam channel: the photographic eye by Alex Kilby. by the way: why not just to learn to use a good smartphone with respect to photography, it’s really easy and you could fully focus on your looking/seeing things creatively process
Jamen jag vill ju inget hellre! Har jag berättat om mitt hemliga fantasidubbelliv där jag bor i en liten lägenhet i Norrtälje och sitter och målar med er varje tisdag? 😌
With gouache it's really like you get what you pay for. The Himi gouache set is really bad quality - chalky, not really vibrant and you get a muddy mess when you mix. I would recommand trying really good quality gouache like Holbein artist gouache, Winsor+Newton designers gouache or Schmincke Horadam gouache. Yes, they're expensive, but trust me: You'll have a whole different experience, bc theses Himi gouache you tried is not really gouache.
We are basically opposites lol. I need my lines or I'll die! Definitely into the linear, pop-y comic style maybe it's because my day job is graphic design. Ipad/cintiq, fine liners, alcohol/paint markers and brush pens are what my soul is made of. I try and try to be painterly I love others work so much and I like the results but it is torture. This was so fun to see your ranks and reasoning. Your videos are always so relaxing and inspirational
Mine :)
What my soul is made of: Charcoal, acrylic
Trusty staples: Pencils
Occasional love affairs: Soft pastels, oil pastels, ink pens
Want to like but can’t: Watercolour, photography, ink wash
Not really my thing: Markers, acrylic inks, clay sculpture, ceramics
Pure torture: Coloured pencils, digital art
Want to try: Gouache, oil paints, wood carving
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Hi, Louise. Glad to see you smiling and creating as you like. I’m actually a photographer but I learn a lot from watching painter and artist like you. Thank you for you hard work and sharing your knowledge and skills.
My photography had improved a lot after starting painting!
I love oil paint and don’t like watercolors. it’s really interesting that I hardly ever find someone love them both
Your videos were one of the reasons why I got into charcoal drawing and I'm absolutely loving it
So... yeah, everything you said
these videos are always really fun
Thanks, enjoyed watching this, I am older than you and have been in this fine arts only for the last 3 years. I started with acrylic and used a projector to trace on canvas. Then learned that I could draw. Then moved to cheap pastels, watercolours, oil, ink, spray painting , .. and then landed on charcoal. Now I can’t do anything without charcoal. I draw with charcoal then an isolation layer and paint with acrylic or water colours over it, I may finish with oil paint glazing over it. That’s my current stage. I don’t know where I will go from here. Because I travel a lot charcoal and watercolours are my best option.
My soul is made of pencils and acrylics. :)
I didn't like painting with brushes, because for a long time all I knew were watercolours and they are just not for me, but a few years ago I "discovered" acrylics and I love them.
I also love using coloured pencils in combination with the normal pencils - usually for highlighting one or few small parts in the picture (like eyes, hair, flower, etc). Right now I'm also in love with "magic pencils", which are pencils that have multiple colours and the hue produced depends on how it's turned - for example one is red+orange+yellow, that creates really nice fire effects.
Great approach to put different art making media into context with your personal reflections, 🙏👌🙏
Coloured pencils are what my soul is made of, just dont use them a lot lately since they take forever lol
I’ll put watercolors at the top of my list too. It’s my go to painting for most of my work as well as coloring my doodles. Pastels I love, chalky but you can make beautiful art with them. I tried oils when I was a kid. I didn’t like them and found them hard to work with. I will try them again. I don’t like oil pastels either.
I have no problem with markers. I can blend them and love them. I use them as much as my watercolors.
Acrylic paints I used to use a lot because I found them easy to work with and they dry fast.
Charcoal I like but don’t use often because I need to use a fixative all the time with them.
Graphite, yes are grey and shiny, but try buying some matte pencils like the Blackwing Matte Pencil or the Conté à Paris pierre noire pencils, other companies make matte pencils that are the black you want that can be used to darken your graphite pictures.
Color pencils I use but am not great with them. Some artists can do wonders with them. I guess I don’t have the patience for them. Except for my watercolor pencils.
Photography. I prefer film over digital but use both. I was an Army photographer back in the film era. I found that being an artist made my photography better. Though you have to know the technical aspects of it and all the tricks that takes years to master to make great photographs. I did mostly photojournalism work, but I had a nearly unlimited supply of film to play with.
I use pens a lot especially the Micron pens. And others like them. I just make sure the use use fade proof archival ink. Nothing worse than having a picture fade on the wall. I had that happen. I used two different pens. I thought the ink was good in both. One ink faded while the other was still inky black.
Dip pens I love but don’t use as much as I like. I like the line control you have with a flexible nib.
I would love to work with clay and do sculpting.
I agree with you about ink wash.
I don’t like doing digital art. I would rather work on paper.
I love wood working.
I have even used wax crayons. When I was in Jr High I had an advanced art class, and the teacher brought out wax crayons. (I thought what is this 1st Grade) but he challenged us to come up with something. He had a bunch of photos of animals to use as references. I chose an albatross, the same picture he used for his examples. Even though we used the cheap art paper the schools use. I was able to make a realistic picture of it. I was surprised I could even blend the wax a bit. After turning it in for a grade. I didn’t see the picture again until aI walked down by the hallway near the school office. Then it was up on the wall with about a dozen other of the other students pictures from the advanced classes. Once in a while I still use them and experiment with them.
Hey, thank you so much for that video. Started drawing with just one pencil I found at home, in a kind of therapeutic way. I´ve searched the webs because I have limited means atm to get a feeling of what things to buy. Been researching for weeks now, finally came across your video. I love your vibe and the insight we are able to get of what you like and why you like it. So helpful, thank you so much and all the blessings for your artistic journey.
Soo digital art for me ist somewhere to try a concept.
I’ll make a picture and have it in the iPad. Then I’ll put it into one of my blank canvas-tote bags and trace the outlines. With textile paint, I can then get beautiful bags which are great gifts, especially for kids who have their favorite TV series or a hobby. Like handball, horses..
Textile paint has really become a comfort art medium for me!
I’m the same. I do like working with watercolor, colored pencils, crayons, water based markers and acrylic paints for now. This video shows that I don’t like alcohol markers nor oils. I do really like working with Clay and paper mache because I’m involving my hands a lot. Which is good for my fine motor
To me , Charcaol medium is a combination between wet and dry mediums made in one , it's a powerful tool to make amazing Art 🎨
whoa, didn't know pan pastels existed, and yes, pastels are tooo messy, great video Louise! you've been an inspiration with your great art!
The trick with soft pastels is to use a very toothy surface. I’ve made some awesome pastel paintings with Sennelier pastel pad - it’s very toothy and retains the chalk more. Although it can eventually rub off, so you do need a fixative. My main loves are charcoal/graphite and watercolor like yourself and I use them together… recently found your channel and have been binge watching 🥰 Love your content!
Me too, I combine charcoal and water colour
That was fun. Thanks 🤗
Mine is:
What my soul is made of:
-Charcoal Pencil
-Charcoal Powder
- Pan Pastels, Sponges
(The authenticity and blacks speaks to me, Im more on larger strokes expressionist than focused on details)
Trusty Staples:
- Gouache : My go to when it comes to colors. It's forgiving and buildable
- Oil pastel: The texture ❤️
- Graphite Pencil: use this for fastsketches and studying proportions
- Acrylic: contrast and richness of colors
Occasional love affairs
- Photography
- Soft Pastels: it's messy
Want to like but cant:
- Watercolor: I need to study more in terms of amount of water needed and how to build the colors in layers.
Not really my thing:
- Color Pencil: i just think color pencils are for meticulous and perfectionist people when it comes to detailing and values of colors. And im not that person.
- Markers: i like to see marker artworks but just not my style.
Pure torture:
- Digital : no comment
Want to try:
- Oil painting
- Ink Pens
- Clay sculpting
- Ceramics
- Wood Carving
Just trying to save it here. Maybe as time passes my preferences might change and enhanced my capabilities.
👍I think we need to choose environmentally friendly medium and cheap one and less cumbersome materials… currently charcoal and watercolours are my choice!
You were kind enough to include Digital Art!!!!
Your voice is so calming!
Oil paint is my favorite. I hate Gouache, it feels like childs play to use gouache.
Fun video, I'd love to make one like this!
Thank you for your video. I am exploring.
We must be sisters! My choices follow along the same as yours!
I love graphite, charcoal, oil pastel, clay, acrylic, and haven’t tried many of the others in a productive way (like watercolor besides ocean sunsets 😅
I really struggle to know what my favorite mediums are, maybe I should do this ranking too to figure out 😅 Totally agree for the digital painting. I do love it, but I don’t enjoy the process as much as traditional painting. Mainly the touch of paper or canvas misses I guess.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us :)
i have found that oil pastel looks very different to oil paint, the oil pastels are more matt and have a kind of silky sheen.
Oil sticks look very similar to oil paints, these are available from Sennelier and W&N as far as i know.
Loved this! Current fave is digital art 😅 but I wanna try gouache and charcoal and many others! ❤❤❤
There is a Staedtler graphite pencils now which give a matt finish. I follow an artist on TH-cam who draws in graphite and he makes some fantastic drawings.
I would pretty much place my choices the same as you except photography which I love. It is an art form in itself so to be good at it you have to commit to it to get anything worth while. Personally I find street photography the most enjoyable form. I think this is because I have an eye for it.
New to your channel..i love graphite as well, for a very long time. Have you tried the Staedler Mars Lumograph Black? These pencils dont leave that shiny graphite look. The 8B is quite dark. Love your crow drawings!
Totally relate to the digital art feeling. It doesn't feel like you're creating something real that you can see and touch and admire. That too now with AI art it feels all the more artificial :D
You're funny. 😄 I like creating digital art. Also, I really like other people's creations with most other mediums (with the exception of most modern art). I really enjoy watching other artists' techniques with their chosen medium, even though I don't think I will try using that medium myself. 🙂
here is my ranking of the different mediums you mentioned (adding some different ones)
my soul is made of : watercolour (it is sometimes a bit love and hate but I have stick with for a long time so)
clay I love working with clay very tuesday I go to pottery classes (though its more ceramics stoneware clay)
knitting I started this and I like takes a very long time but its really relaxing (though took 8 years)
staples: pencils/ pens highlighter pens
occasional love affair: punch needle coloured pencils brush pens/calligraphy
mixed feelings: embroidery soft pastels sewing needle felting
Not my thing: Graphite pencils Good for sketching but annoys me that there's no colors & I just don't like them
Haven't tried but doesn't want to: oils acrylics photography gouache markers (I have watched videos but idk its not my thing)
just at the start kinda liking it: procreate crochet (need learn how to do stuff )
tried it in the past oil pastels charcoal both tried them at school and it was a positive experience.
want to try: inks
This is great im still finding my medium I want to be painterly I started with colour pencils now I don't think they are for me although I've improved on my drawing I just want to be loose and painterly I tried guache I found it frustrating I tried watercolour it's so complex to master
i love my oil colours always❤ comes first to me
Love the thumbnail
could you imagine to work with a combination of charcoal and watercolor, maybe interesting
just a small recommendation of another TH-cam channel: the photographic eye by Alex Kilby. by the way: why not just to learn to use a good smartphone with respect to photography, it’s really easy and you could fully focus on your looking/seeing things creatively process
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Hold up! Photography's a medium? I've learned something new. I thought photography was its own form. 🤔🤯
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Jamen jag vill ju inget hellre! Har jag berättat om mitt hemliga fantasidubbelliv där jag bor i en liten lägenhet i Norrtälje och sitter och målar med er varje tisdag? 😌
With gouache it's really like you get what you pay for. The Himi gouache set is really bad quality - chalky, not really vibrant and you get a muddy mess when you mix. I would recommand trying really good quality gouache like Holbein artist gouache, Winsor+Newton designers gouache or Schmincke Horadam gouache. Yes, they're expensive, but trust me: You'll have a whole different experience, bc theses Himi gouache you tried is not really gouache.
#notalloil
perhaps you tried the wrong brand of gouache?
I feel like you need to loosen up a bit 😂 Paint loose and relax. Not everything smells 😂😂😂 Also charcoal is 🤮 😂