Extra Texture! Building my DIY Super Granulating Watercolor Palette!
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- *Lots of info in the written part here, click "Show more" to get a full list of colors with pigments.
Do you desire granulation in your watercolor paintings? Have you been tempted by the beautiful granulating watercolor sets by Schminke shrsl.com/36lut or Supervision amzn.to/3mg6XNu (Oh man, I have!) This DIY palette build is my attempt to stave off the "want monster" for the fancy new super granulating paints and use what I have. And you know what? The want monster has been put back in it's cage for now LOL!
Where do I start looking in my stash for granulating color? Look for "Mars" "Cobalt" and "Iron" on your pigment info tubes. Often those are signs that heavy metals are present in the paint and they will be sedimentary.
Any of the Renesans Watercolors I showed can be Purchased from a little creative on Etsy: www.etsy.com/l...
I* have a coupon code for 10% off Renesans paints at Alittlecreaveme on ETSY: FRUGAL10
**I personally know the owner of this shop, April, and she is wonderful.
***That said I would recommend getting the Potters Pink in a pan from Winsor & Newton and the colbalt green in a pan from Lukas because the tube colors are hard to rewet and can have a sheen from the honey used.
If you are comparing what I listed to what you have at home go by pigment numbers first, then names as it is the pigment that provides the granulating effect.
*I also mentioned LUKAS 1862 watercolors in tubes and pans as they are such a good deal and there is a buy 3 save 10% deal on them now and it's assortable: amzn.to/2WqR9yC I have not tried the tubes but the pans rewet really well.
My Color List:
Renesans #22 Bordeax Cadmium PR108
QoR Cadmium Red PR108 shrsl.com/36lvc
Renesans #57 Potters Pink PR233
QoR Colbalt Violet PV49 shrsl.com/36lvc
Renesans #25 Maganase Violet PV16
Renesans #26 Ultramarine Violet PV16, PB29
Paul Rubens Lavender Violet PB29, PV3, PW6
Schminke Colbalt Blue Deep PB28, PB74: shrsl.com/36lv9
White Knights Cerulean Blue PB35
QoR Cobalt Turquoise PB36 shrsl.com/36lvc
QoR Cobalt Teal PG50 shrsl.com/36lvc
M. Graham Viridian PG18 shrsl.com/36lvo
Renesans #41 Colbalt Green Pale PG50
Kusakabe Oxide of Chromium PG17
Nickle Titatante Yellow PY54 (AKA Nickle Lemon, I have a discontinued Cotman Color)
Cotman Raw Sienna PR101, PY42 shrsl.com/36lw4
Renesans #63 Vandyke Brown PB15:7, PR48:4, PR101, PBk11
Kusekabe Burnt Umber PBr7
Renesans #64 Perylene Violet (Hue) PR101, PB60 (mildly granulating but a neat color!)
Renesans #69 Mars Black PBk11
Other Options:
M Graham has a set of Colbat set that includes 5 colors from my list above: shrsl.com/36lvq or amzn.to/3iFcCfl
Supervision has a 10 tubeof granulating colors that split and are really lovely. If you don have any granulating colors this would be a great way to dive in at a decent per tube price and the tubes are 15ml: amzn.to/3mg6XNu
Schminkes supergranulating sets of 5 are pricey and the tubes are small 5ml but they do look pretty incredible: shrsl.com/36lut *'m not sure if they are using their regular pigments in these or more coarse versions. If you know please tell me!
The Jean Hanes watercolor set also has some pretty granulating colors, for that matter Daniel Smith is known for their granulating paint. They even sell dot cards if you want to try out all the colors before buying a pricy tube: shrsl.com/36lxk
*If you see a color you like see if it is in a stick first and you might save some money: shrsl.com/36lxn
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The want monster is strong in me. I have collected way more than I should. It's hard to find uses for all the convenience mixtures that fit limited subject matters, compared to their single pigment alternatives. I have all those Super Vision colors and it turned out they all contain fugitive dyes to make their color separation. Definitely better to mix your own, been working on a DIY it video for them to try to help others see that they aren't as unique or special as you may think. This is a great video from you with the idea of using what you have and getting into color mixing to save yourself from "needing" that next pretty mixture that comes out. Definitely love Goethite from either DS or Roman Szmal in that yellow-brown slot!
Thank you Kimberly! I really enjoy your videos and trust your knowledge and instincts on all things watercolor.
I love Roman Szmals Goethite!! So beautiful!
I swear I already commented, but it disappeared…
I would love to see you two collaborate in some way. You are my favorite TH-camrs, and both of your channels are partially responsible for me getting interested in watercolor. I’m sure there are many others who can say the same.
@@rk3476 Thank you and I'm pretty sure my last comment just disappeared too, the spam detection auto delete is out of control!
@Carey Thank you, I am not a fan of the lightfastness issues either, but also don't like the fact Super Vision uses genuine carmine - crushed up red bugs to dye these paints. These paints dried hard as a rock in pans too with some of the dye separating out making re-wet colors vary. I've found about a dozen ways to mix both lightfast and fugitive vegan alternatives using single pigment colors or even other dyes (like ecoline) that a lot of artists may already own.
"Each color has its own personality." You just put to words what I've been feeling. Thank you for this video! Extremely helpful!
Nostalgia or remembering why one fell in love with something is seen as such a negative these days! I’m glad you’re embracing what you love about watercolor and sharing that with us. Your passion keeps me coming back and gives me inspiration to try new things in art 🥰
Thank you!
One of the best things about being starting out on an extremely tight budget is every colour I buy is really carefully chosen. The want monster is strong but the I can't afford it monster is stronger!
NEVER Boring Lindsay! This is my third time watching this & I have filled 4 pages in my notebook! Ahh, that meant I have a HUGE list of paints on the wishlist. I havven't really bought any paint other than the Mijello I got last Christmas & some D. Smith I won on eBay last week......
I wish Sir George would come & slay my dragon of a want monster.
In July I can finally start taking classes & will be painting daily & I keep telling myself that doesn't mean I have to buy more paints, I need to learn how to use them first. So instead I bought paper!
That was very helpful Linsay. I had no idea the hardness of your water affected your granulation . I'm learning from you each time I listen. Thanks for the info!
Lol yeah this time instead of getting paints, will I get a water softener? Joking! Seriously, she have saved me so much money and steared me away from buying stuff I didn't need.
Well water has many interesting side effects on everything. Have a great day.
LOL, as if watercolor couldn't get more expensive! But, yes, it is a good tip.
The way that you talk about watercolor is really sweet and not crazy. This is really helpful because I love granulating colors. They're gorgeous! Tfs, Lindsay.
That was way more interesting than buying a 'set'. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
I was excited to see you going after the "super" granulating colors I still wish I had held onto the yellow That I once made when I was a much younger painter and experimented with making my own paints. That all went away when I got married and made clean-out choices and directions I had to make to fit my art into a new space. there are not many bright yellows that granulate and really none I can recall from a commercial setting. Maybe you will find one from one of your viewers or from your teachable crew? Sweet video Lindsay, I hope you pursue this again.
Have you seen Schmincke's Volcano Yellow?
My “Want Monster “ hit me last spring! I yielded and got Daniel Smith’s Jean Haines Master set, most of which
Are dramatic and granulating. I’ve been happily immersed in painting some field pumpkins, and learning about the beautiful colors in the set.
I LOVE your eclectic and masterful approach to your painting! So motivating! Thanks so much for sharing!! ❤️🌷🌈🎨❤️🌻
I love that Jean Haines master set. When I first got it I was puzzled there was no earth tones but two yellows. Added a yellow to imperial purple and got the most gorgeous granulating brown. Then I was off and running. Such a versatile set. I need to replace it already.
two pages of notes later.... I do love granulation. Heck, I just love everything about watercolor. No oil, no acrylic...watercolor gets me every time! You're the best Lindsay!
Happy to help!
So the moral of this vid is to add salt to the water and add ones hue of choice to get it to granulate… thanks Lindsay! 🤣😃🤩👍🏾
The salt enhances the granulation of colors that granulate but it won't make staining colors granulate
I would love to see you paint something with your lovely granulating colors. Thanks for the info, I have never heard of kusacabe paint.
They are a Japanese brand and difficult to find here. Overall the paint is similar the Shinhan professional line (the grade below PWC)
I’ve been eagerly awaiting this video! Can’t wait to pull out my paints and see what I can come up with. Thanks so much Lindsay!
I've got so many damn pallets laying around lol I look nuts to the world and IDC! I have to say my ceramic pallets are my favorite.
A lot of my fave granulating colours come from Roman Szmal - but the QoR colbalt teal is a must have on my palettes!
my mom also has a well and shes just is just above you in new bruswick omg havin a shower, your hair is like silk. love it !!!
Encourage you? You're incorrigible :-D Ha Ha! Thank you for this technical video, it was facinating.
I couldn’t see buying these super expensive paints either when they’re all mixes that you could mostly mix yourself the 3 times you’ll ever need them after you’re done just playing with the colors. While they’re beautiful, most of us will never have much use for them. Doing what you did and identifying your granulating colors for when you want or need that highly textured look is much more useful. Putting them al” together like that lets you find the possibilities within your own palette which are probably far more wide ranging then the super granulating colors that are on the market!
Being a reviewer, it's understandable to not separate sets for reference purposes. I love shop my stash/comparison videos. Since I don't have some of these colors... They may be getting added to my xmas 🎄 wish list lol. #wantmonster
😆 that totally needs to be a #
This is great information. I had no idea that hard/soft water could affect your colors. I will try the salt water to see what granulation I get. Thank you so much! 👍
I love your swatching videos!
This is such a GREAT video! I love granulating paints and will be referring to this video for help with deciding which tubes to buy for granulation. Thanks Lindsay.
This video is right up my alley! I could talk about granulating watercolors and their different personalities for hours. I created my granulating pallet about 6 months ago and I absolutely love it! I've tried many different versions of watercolors. I've found the Cobalt Violet from Winsor & Newton (in the tube) rewets the best. I treated myself on my birthday to a tube of Sleeping Beauty by DS. I'm saving this video for reference. Love it!
Good to know!
Thanks!
This was exactly what I needed today! I recently put Qor paints in a palette and realised they are all staining with very little granulation and just began the journey through my paints to find granulating paintds I can blend with them. I'm just using salted water (Thank you for the tip!) but have ordered some granulation medium.
Lindsay, I recently purchased an Arteza 32 page 9 x12" hardcovered watercolor paper book. This book is large enough to swatch out all of my watercolor paints and looks great on the shelf. This watercolor paper (32 pages) makes the most beautiful paintings with a lot of granulation and blooms. I had never seen my watercolor paints granulate like this on any other paper. I discovered the secret to getting my paints to separate and granulate is by using a lot of water wet on wet.
Nice!
this must have been a huge amount of work, thank you !
those mixes are to die for ! 🤩
Thank you Lindsay. Great video. This was very helpful and will encourage me to open up what I've got and to put a swatch book together. You've got some beautiful colors there.
The want monster is always with me. Its hard to keep her in check lol. The reason why I fell into watercolor was because of granulating watercolors and the movement of them. Thanks for sharing this. This is an awesome set you put together. I agree with you keeping the children together. Thought i was the only one like that. Have a great evening
So helpful!! Thank you! Makes me rethink an order I have hanging on at jerry's...
If you are ordering from Jerry's the Turner mars black, ultramarine deep and Mars violet granulate beautifully! And they are cheap!
Loved this video! I can listen and talk about individual paints and their personalities all day! Thanks for sharing all these gorgeous granulators! ❤️
OH MY. The want monster is everywhere!!! Nice job. So much work you do and I am taking notes.
Really enjoyed the video. I'm starting to love granulation more and more. It would be amazing if you could do a techniques video on how to use granulated watercolors and maybe even do a test and create an entire artwork with just granulated colors. Also show the steps of forcing granulation in cheap watercolor paints. Maybe even do a test in forcing non granulating watercolors to make it look like they're granulated or using tricks and additives to make granulated colors.
I used all granulating colors inn the time lapse I posted on Sunday. I'll use this palette in my next video too!
Some recommendations...potters pink and cobalt violet from roman smalz are pans and honey based so very nice to rewet! Also Cobalt violet from rembrant also rewets nice. Mauve from winsor n. is super grandulating!!! Also if you like a quin coral look at daniel smiths mayan red. It granulates nicely!! Roman smalz has a very nice range of cobalt blues and also color seperating mixes like a dupe for moonglow... Hope this helps lol
Thanks! I'll check out that Mauve!
I love your new granulating palette 😍. The textures are so beautiful, I can't wait to see what you create.
I was just doing similar experiments yesterday :) It’s great fun, and better than opening the wallet. You’ve got some great ones here.
So fun. I have been battling it too... but I don't need more paint!
Loved this video, Lindsay! It is so curious to see how it changes on different papers. I also LOVED how you set that smaller palette into your Pike palette. That is a great idea!
Thanks April!
I encourage you!!!
I love granulation. I so appreciate the hard work you put into this tutorial. It is so useful. Thank you so much.
That Van Dyke Brown would make a great color for leather! 😍 Like old cowboy leather!
True!
I loved the info! By co-incidence, I have spent my day looking at pigment numbers from the super granulating sets from Schmincke. When I looked at my stash - I only had two pigments missing! But then you publish and I realise I have not checked how the others - not belonging to Schminke’s super granulating gang react! I must say - I have a lot of tubes of water tubes ( super buys on carboots - America - selling your less useful stuff really) and I have some of the ones you think granulate well. Can’t believe I was duped by the ready made set! MUST ADD - not bought yet - but nearly! What I say, is make bigggg swatches and see what happens! USE WHAT YOU HAVE! As Lindsay the Frugal Crafter tells you over and over!
It's worth a try!
Late to the party on this video, but thanks for the info!
Turner's Mars Black (PBk11) and Mars Violet (PR101 - no black added) also granulate very well. I love Lucas Caput Mortem but it has black mixed in.
Recently started playing with the tubes of Dale Rowney Aquafine, their Ultramarine Pink (PR259) granulates well and is a lovely pink-lavender color.
Nice!
Thanks Lindsay. To the swatch charts! Fabulous video.🥰💜
Love your blue sweater! My favorite colour. Thanks for the information Lindsay and have a great day.
Thanks for this, Lindsay! As always, fun to watch and great to learn 👏. Great tip about t he juicy wet paper for maximum granulation. Love the idea of going through the existing paints to discover those which granulate. I get more joy from doing that than from the artificial FOMO on new granulating paint collections by the various brands. I took a quick stock of my stash and it turned out I have lots of the single pigments that make up those 🆕 convenience "super granulating" tubes. I'd rather go through the process of being curious, going on a search, picking up existing colours and "rewarding" myself with a perceived new palette -like you did. That will be my weekend project! Much more satisfactory than the buyer's anxiety created by all those launches and reviews for the "new" colours,which are so expensive (and as it turns out, unecessary for me) So, thanks again, Lindsay, for kicking off this learning and rewarding exercise of creating our own super granulating palette...with colours I already have. 👏👏👏
Im so glad! I feel like i know my paint better too!
It amazes me how much you know. Another informative video.
Now I finally got around to watching this whole video. I really like your new palette, such lovely colors! Granulation is so special, even after years of watercoloring I find it super amazing. Just another reason as to why this is a medium that I love so much.
Yes, the potters pink by W&N really rewets super well, same goes for the the pan by Horadam.
And I totally understand why you do not want to split up sets and separate pans from their families. I would not want to do that, either. When I need to use colors that are in two different palettes, I will put them into the same palette just for the time that I am using them, then right afterwards I put them back into their home.
Thank you so much!
The schmincke tube potter’s pink resets well, too. Great video, useful suggestions.
Good to know!
Very helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
I love this video so much, it is extremely helpful to me while I learn more about the kind of watercolor palettes I want to build. Granulating colors interest me very much. I'll have to invest in some paper that'll make it easier to get the effects, too. Thank you for videos like this, I really love learning from you.
I wouldn't call not wanting to separate sets of paint tubs silly. Irrational, at the most. But then, even mathematicians love irrational numbers. Plus these irrational numbers are also "transcendent" if I recall correctly. What could possibly be wrong with that!
And why should anybody be bored if they stuck it out till 13? The four thumbs down so far must have come via YT recomms, I'm sure. Or people who thought they'd learn how to make watercolor from dirt and water for free. You always say exactly what the video is going to be about, no "mind-blowing", "life-changing", "one and only way to do ..."; "won't ever be able to do without again" messages from you.
Thank you for being so real.
LMAO. I watch your videos while in the bathroom plucking my eyebrows or putting on makeup. I usually watch a few in a row. Tonight I was watching and at the end of your video my husband (whose laying in bed) said "see you next time and happy crafting." I laughed so hard because it was just out of the blue. So, I think I need to stop bingeing and go to bed. Thanks for this video. I want to make duo colors so this will be very helpful.
QUESTION: Have you done a video on how to make duo colors? Love the effect of Turner's turquoise and quin rose.
I did a video on making your own dusk colors a while back but that's it, I mix those colors as needed, but Kimberly crick has many.
Great info here Thanks!!!
Great video❤very informative
Glad it was helpful!
"Granulation in watercolors,the aw! look."-Lynn 👍❤😀
So true!
@@thefrugalcrafter 😀❤👍🍷
What's crazy is I hated watercolor when I was a kid and for the longest time i did not consider it to be an actual art medium. Kinda like crayon. It was just something that kids played with. The only watercolor I had as a kid was the crappy crayola pans. I hated them bc I could never mix any colors together and get anything other than grayish brown. I wish I had been able to get my hands on a set of cotmans and some decent paper. Good supplies mean so much
Great to see the colours you've chosen!
No wonder you're so damn good with watercolor! Since age 7? Well I'll be patient in my endeavors!
What a great video! Love granulation. Love woosh of watercolor. Love learning more, more, more. Thank you!
You're welcome:)
Beautiful picks! I really enjoyed watching this! I’m thinking that I need to swatch out my granulating colors and add few more to my everyday palette + add salt to my mixing water. Your washes were 😍. Thanks for sharing this gorgeous video!
My "Want Monster" won this week! I am getting the SuperVision set and the Paul Rubens six-tube one. (SIGH!) This will be helpful to play with. Thank you! :)
You will have to let me know what you think. I've caved my want monster for now 😆
@@thefrugalcrafter They are on the 'slow boat' shipping (although I did pay the $4 extra to upgrade it a bit - but not for a month or so). I will certainly let you know. ;)
Yea I saw that Paul Ruben came out with a super granulating set and i almost bought it too but I am saving up for a few of the Schmincke ones so I held back. Im interested in knowing how the Paul Rubens granulating paints do...
@@nadeaner.cowley513 In the meantime if you obtain a tube of Cobalt Teal PG50 and a Black Iron Oxide/Lunar Black/Magnetite PBk11 you can mix it with most normal colors that come in generic pan sets and DIY your own similar granulating mixtures. Quite a few of the Schmincke colors are combinations with Cobalt Teal/Turquoise and the Paul Rubens Shi Yun set I just reviewed are all mixed with PBk11.
@@KimberlyCrick The Dusk colors from Van Gogh are all with pbk11 also. They are why I bought a tube of Pbk11. Works a charm.
On Etsy there is a paint brand called DELLA MAGNA, it’s from Italy and very highly granulated
Thanks for the recommendation!
Thanks for sharing this, Lindsay.
The want monster bit me today!! A trip to my big box craft store for a can of spray paint found some of my favorite products at 30% and 40% off this week. So....enough said!! Great video. Very informative. Thanks!!
Yolo! Everything in moderation, including moderation! 😆
Lindsay as much as you give to us I will happily encourage you by giving a thumbs up.👍
Thanks!
Wow! 🖌🎨 this has been very helpful !!! Thank you!!! 😍🤩😍
I'm glad!
Thanks Lindsey, I need to go look at my paints!
I would like to experiment painting some of the red rocks and hoodoos from some of my trips using the granulation of these. Maybe some succulents or…. Thanks for this it really got me excited to experiment/play.
Your swatch book! 🙀
Really great video, Lindsay. So many pretty granulations, so little time. LOL! I was excited to see the QoR granulating. I bought them for the swoosh factor.
They do swoosh well!
Hi Lindsay 🌻 This was so amazing. I will watch again and take notes as you suggested. I know I don’t have the paints to make a full pallet but I’ll dig around in my stash and see what I can come up with. Then… it’s want monster time! I love the want monster!!! 😁 Thank you so much for this video. Happy evening to you!
Ultramarine blue is a good place to start. It can be mixed with other colors too and is in most paintboxes.
@@thefrugalcrafter Well I’m off to a good start then because I’ve got like 10 of those lol 😂💖!
I don't paint very often. but this was interesting. Thanks
That want monster is SO STRONG Schmincke has come out with more supergranulation sets. Could you do a dupe video on the whole line? I don’t have $450+ to purchase the whole box set
Alice Lin has done some and I think Kim crick as well. I'd just look at the pigment codes and go by that.
This was SO useful and informative! Thanks bunches!
Thanks!
We should always encourage each other 😉👍🏻 loved the video, I am such a fan of granulating colors and the textures you can get. Enjoyed the video, thanks Lindsay. Which is your “I can’t live without it” granulating color? I just got Sodalite and another in from Daniel Smith, can’t wait to play with them! Thanks again Lindsay, great video.
If say ultramarine blue because I use it in almost every painting and it granulates beautifully!
I totally agree with not separating pans from their palette families. That's why I like to buy tubes, so I can set up different palette configurations. I won't be creating a separate granulating palette because I know I'll be using granulating and non-granulating together, but you have inspired me to play with my collection to find out what I have that granulates and how much. I'll then make a swatch sheet of them. By the way, I have DS Goethite and it is wonderful. It's great for painting sand, on it's own or mixed with Buff Titanium (I learned that from Jane Blundell). I love the look of granulation, but am still figuring out how to use it to good effect.
A question: how can you tell which paper is heavily sized, aside from experience? When shopping for paper, I don't see sizing mentioned in any of the descriptions. If it really is just experience, can you suggest some options? I have Canson Montval, which you mentioned, Arches, WN (both cotton and cellulose), and Stonehenge Aqua (which I really like). I also have Arteza watercolor notebooks. I have some sample packs of Fabriano Artistico, which I haven't particularly liked so far, but I've only tried it a couple times.
Thanks for another informative video!
Honestly, from experience. Arches and Hahnemulhe Cezzane are hard sized. Fabriano, bee, Hahnemulhe the collection are less sized. It really depends on what You like for what subject. A portrait is easier of a softer sized paper as it absorbs more and allows smooth blending but you don't get the standing water that gives granulation as much. I hear millford is the hardest sized paper and I want to try it someday. Hard to get in the US currently.
Watching from Fort Smith Arkansas today
This was fabulous, thank you!!!
Im glad !
Was watching your Sat-Chat and it reminded me I was going to mention something.
It's about the Windsor & Newton Granulation medium, you may already know this (as I didn't see the process), but I had a hard time making it work, so I finally just spread a bunch of the medium out on the paper, like very puddely, (if that's even a word), and added the watercolour to it, with a very goopy texture, like, I don't know, pasty. it seemed to help, only issues I found is sometimes I got a bit to much paint, so it didn't really separate, and some colours got a bit gel-like.
a side note reg. Spray with the medium, could be useful to wet a certain area before adding the watercolours, maybe for some added "randomness", that's how I hope to use it.
Ps: Absolutely love Granulation!
You have to use a lot and the effect is minimal. I'm quite disappointed with it to be honest (WN granulation medium)
@@thefrugalcrafter I thought about it, I had some swatches, but I decided to do some experimenting. It actually works much better mixed with water (I did it unevenly), I also tried it with Gum Arabic, to see what would happen.
I posted it on IG (under the same name), if you swipe past the video there's close ups of 3 of the methods :)
Thanks, that was so interesting!
Hola me gusta tú trabajo....
This Is such a great idea!!!
Thanks!
Love this. A question...would you give examples of papers that you think have "hard sizing?" Is it mostly cellulose papers? Next, a recommendation for that brown. Watch Kimberly Crick's Green Apatite Genuine video and see if you come away not wanting Lunar Earth. It's the most granulating pigment I know and it mixes phenomenally well without immediately neutralizing in most cases, and it separates nicely. Supervision has a "skin tone" that made me wonder if they're working through Superior Paints. That color is almost iconic of Superior Paints. I started my watercolor adventure with a Daniel Smith essential set that I built on greatly through amazing sales, and I am super happy that for the cost of the fabric for one queen-sized quilt, I got enough paint to give enjoyment for years. I really feel like the incremental cost of student versus "artist" paint isn't very much when you consider how frustration-free the artist paints are and how long they last. The fact that after days of using them on the same rinse water (shame on me) my water is still transparent, tells me that I'm getting a lot of pigment and not much binder, not to mention that I barely have to use any paint per painting. I have granulation out my ears (as Grandma used to say), without needing anything else. I'm with you. If I had it to do over, I'd have gotten sticks instead of tubes, but still would have opted for DS. Live and learn. I hope everyone reading this learns from my error, and if they want DS, buys the sticks through your Blick affiliate link. Anyway, enough of the fan-girling DS. I'm always excited when you have a review video so I should be fan-girling YOU. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Great points!
thsnk you for making videos. it helps
I just came to this video from your video from a year ago where you added pbk11 to colors. That's a bummer that the literal Granulating Medium hardly does anything!! Like what the heck?! Glad I haven't bought that. I live in Massachusetts, no well water and have not a clue if our tap water is hard or soft? I'm going to assume softer? Not sure. I really like the idea of making my own salt water mix to keep in a container (not a glass one after seeing in your other video how tough it was to open that mason jar lol 😅). I'm excited about the ink thing though because I have Jane Davenport's Mermaid watercolor markers/pens, and then the only actual watercolor set I have is the newer Pretty Excellent or MeiLiang (spelling)/Paul Ruben Student grade (I have no idea, it's so confusing!) 48 palette that is the original Pretty Excellent pan colors with the addition of metallic/shimmery paint colors. I'm going to re-do swatches of all of those colors on my bigger watercolor paper pad so I can make those much bigger swatches as I've heard you mention. I'm already weary though since I recall the MeiLiang being pretty smooth overall, but I think I remember one of the browns looking much different than all the others. I also want to invest in a tube pbk11 because I loooove muted dusky colors. I wish I had the money to invest in a muted palette or dusk colors I remember seeing recently in I think liquitex inks? There were only a few, maybe 5 or so. Ahhh I love the granulation effect SO much, it's so fascinating and beautiful to me 😍. Thank you for these amazing videos and literally all your videos. I learn so much in every single one of them, whether recent or older videos. You're such a lovely person with a wonderful soul and your excitement and passion for watercolor is so infectious 💕💕💕
Much love as always! 💞
Aww thank you! The Mars black from Turner is awesome and cheap at Jerry's Artarama if you need a tube.
@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you for that suggestion! I was researching different ones yesterday and wasn't sure which would be the best bang for my buck if I decide to get it! 💞💞
So, - granulation is the effect created by mixing two or more paint colours together, which then create an effect of separating on paper? The effect depending on the paints and the paper used? Phew, now I've figured out what I think it is, (?) I can watch the video to see the options! Thank you.
Not exactly. At least one of the pigments need to a sedimentary color that granulates.
@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you, I had a quick look online and found something I thought was good on youtube, only to find the first comment was from you! Lucky find, every day is a school day, thank goodness.
I'm not someone who seeks out granulation but if it's comes with the color then that's fine as long as I like the color and they mix well with others. I did, however, combine my Daniel Smith and Qor palettes and eliminated colors I didn't really like once I got them and learned a valuable lesson. Just because everyone else likes a color, like Sleeping Beauty or Bordeaux, doesn't mean I will. I'm much happier with my palette and will be selling the excess tubes locally.
Hi Lindsay, this goes in my favorites folder for video information I want to refer back to. Thanks for sharing your vast knowledge of watercolors. One question, do you have some paper brands recommendations that will work for this technique? So I may research and see if I have any appropriate papers or paints (for that matter). Yes, I need to get swatching as currently I have 3 watercolor brands. By the way, my "WANT MONSTER" still wants the waffle flower swatch stamp and your tree's rubber-stamp sets (all of them) you designed. God willing, maybe someday. Thanks for sharing your information. Take care and God bless you and yours. Sincerely Becky B from Arkansas
Any paper with a lot of sizing. Canson Monval works well and isn't too pricey, Hahnemulhe agave and Cezanne line, arches to make a few
I don't like pulling colors from an existing set because when I use the set, the missing spot really bugs me! I love granulating colors, I am a sucker for them. Thank you for putting this together, even though my wallet hates you for letting me know about more things to buy. :P
You might not need to, make some juicy swatches of what you have!
💜 Love your palette! I have very few granulating colors. What do you think of the Roman Szmal paints? They have some gorgeous granulating colors. I’m building my Jackson’s order now!
I don't have any but I hear great things about them!
Are you getting the new volcano yellow and red to add to this pallet?
My friend made pans of those for me. The red I will buy a tube if when I run out. I'm not sold on the yellow yet. We'll see if I use it enough to use it up.
I was just wondering today if you can get a neutral granulation medium when this video popped up on my notifications! 😁
I have discovered Winsor and Newton do one, so I'll watch some videos on that.
The salt water effect is beautiful - I think I might use that and save my money! 😁 Does the salt affect lightfastness? 🤔
I have the winsor & Newton granulation medium and frankly, it's a watse of money IMHO saltwater works way better. I compared effects at the end.
@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you! Salt it is, then. 😊
I tried using W-N Granulation medium, and used a Grumbacher WC 140lb sheet. Poor results. Oh well.
W&N granulation medium is for the birds. Its not you or your paper.
@@thefrugalcrafter Thank You! Wish I were surprised! Your wide scope in this area of art materials is much appreciated!
Such a great video! Couple of comments- DaVincis Viridian is really great too-if you ever get a chance id check it out. Also M Graham cobalt violet is incredible and lastly I have been trying to find a half pan of full pan of potters pink from Winsor and Newton forever. Jacksons doesnt deliver Winsor and Newton to US and I cant find it anywhere else. So anyone in the US who knows where I can get a pan of Winsor and Newton potters pink, please let me know:) Anyway great video, thanks for sharing. Much love💜💚
I noticed that block doesn't stock it. Maybe its not popular.
Hi this is just an update: so Schmincke has released 2 single pigment granulating colors in their new Volcano set: a heavily granulating PR108 call Volcano Red and a granulating Yellow PY159 called Volcano Yellow (winsor and newton also has a PY159 but its not very granulating whereas Schminckes is very noticeably granulating)..I know you said you dont want to purchase any of Schminckes super granulating colors but the 2 new single pigment colors are one of a kind unique that isnt found elsewhere. Kimberly Crick made a whole video on her channel about these 2 new unique granulating colors. You can find full tubes of them on Jacksons or also right now Amazon sells half pans of them but will most likey sell full tubes in the near future. Anyway just wanted to let you know. 😃 much love
how is your qor cobalt violet? mine is very sticky and goopy and doesn’t granulate or have much colour payout. did i get a bad tube?
Try prespraying it. You also might need to stir it in the tube if it has separated.
@@thefrugalcrafter i’ll try the mixing i don’t think it’s separated but i do usually prespray before i paint but it is just not happy 😭
@@thefrugalcrafter oh i forgot to ask, does it also when working properly spread and take over other colours like the normal qor do? that was another thing i didn’t find the cobalt violet was spreading in wet and wet application like the other colours usually would
@@katriannam it is a heavier color so it might not spread a fast
Do you print your own cards and if so what printer do you use?
Do you mean swatch cards? No I have a stamp
No, Imake original card then make copies to sale. That kind of printer.
Have you tried the Rockwell Canadian paints?
No I just learned about them. I am trying to figure out that company. They are out if Canada but I think They might be made in China by Superior or supervision. Some if the pigment codes look weird to me.
@@thefrugalcrafter yea , I think Rockwell is a vendor for them.
@@suel4269 id love to get to the bottom of that. Do you have any more info?
@@thefrugalcrafter I asked on Instagram where the paints are made and she said Canada and that they have “agents” in China. Not sure what that means. I’m curious about the Self Evolving line.
Does anyone know if the Turner Watercolors have any granulating paints? Thank you for your inspiration.
Yes and they are on sale at jerrys! I'd pick ultramarine deep, cobalt teal, Mars violet, Mars black, cobalt violet, manganese violet, ultramarine violet and cobalt blue deep (but its simular to ultramarine deep in case you dont want both)