We're beyond excited to see casein as the topic on this channel! It's a wonderful "painter's paint" that has so many of the advantages of gouache with additional body and presence. Until the mid 20th c, casein was a common adhesive and paint binder- Casco glue used to come with recipes for paints and putties- and designers and illustrators loved casein for its matte finish, perfect for glare-free photography. It's overdue for rediscovery by more fine artists!
Thanks for the info and support, Blick Art. I finally figured out how to switch over my affiliate links to you guys from the dreaded Amazone. Will be doing that on future vids.
I think casein dries as fast as acrylics..and can't be reactivated..do why not use acrylics which are cheaper than casein. Also they spoil brushes very fast
Dang…really glad you included Jeanettes paintings in there. The sheds compositions are straight up beautiful and subtle with great neutral colors. Looking forward to seeing both of you in October!
Thanks so much for this! You inspired me to buy casein (from the only shop in the uk that sells it) after watching your videos using it as a background for gouache. Yesterday I took one of my gouache over casein pictures to a local art group and none of them had used or heard of casein. I told them I had also painted a picture with it and could not understand why it was not more popular. A few hours later you posted this video. I will send them the link! Thanks for all your wonderful videos!
Thank you for sharing this demo using all casein paint! I have a set of colors and have played with it some - but still need a lot more practice to feel proficient. Nice to watch how you handle it for at the moment, it handles me. Thanks for including Jeanette's work also! Looks like it was a beautiful day to be painting outside!
Ok, going to try casein now. Fantastic intro scene. Thanks for including your wife’s work. Wish I were closer, so I could draw the conservatory as well. Also, it’s refreshing you don’t endorse products. Pure painting. Thank you.
Thank you for showing us the virtues of casein! I am inspired to give it a go on its own, and maybe as a first layer under oils. I can't wait to get the Gumroad video as well. Also, I love the intro, and your paintings are all lovely.. Jeanette's as well!
The effort on the editing is so nice and I can see that you really like doing this. Your art is also really inspiring to me, thanks a lot for this content
Beautiful painting. I absolutely love casein which I discovered through your channel and find perfect for urban sketching. I had never thought of varnishing it however, very helpful. I would love to see some more casein videos.
I love when you do somewhat longer videos like this, and I'd love to see more videos focusing on specific media or specific mixtures of media. I think I've watched all your gouache and watercolor videos and many casein too - always interesting to watch you work.
Hi James, all the best for you and yours in 2024. Have you ever tried to preserve Casein on the palette? I wondered if an airtight palette sprayed regularly with distilled water might be worth a try. Thank you in advance.
i would love to watch a video about how you use a casein painting as a underpainting for then oil paints... how do you make the oil painting part different from the underpainting of casein, etc....
Master Gurney, thanks to you I found this magnificent paint that is casein. Best paint for impressionism I find. Its textures are like oil's. I'm looking into experimenting things with the medium now, perhaps adding linseed oil and see what happens. I don't want to mix it with acrylic medium of any sorts, I don't like acrylic textures very much. Great painting, kind regards from Brazil!
So cool. I’ve tried casein but I think my paint got hard in the tubes. Came out like the consistency of a marshmallow! I’ll have to get some new tubes and try again Have you ever messed around much with water mixable oils? I’ve been experimenting with them to avoid the solvent use and they’re kinda interesting. Would be cool to see what you could do with them! I’ve used the Windsor and Newton brand because they’re available in my local art store but I know other brands are supposed to be good as well
Hey, Danny. Haven't tried WMO's yet. But then, I haven't tried jelly gouache yet, either. As far as paint drying in the tube, do you know the trick about keeping your tubes of paint in a large jar?
@@JamesGurney I haven’t tried that! I’ll have to give it a go. You should try WMO sometime. You might really like it. I noticed you used Shiva casein. Is it as good as the richeson?
Wow, fantastic! So much observation went into this (love the detail of the reflection of the yellow flowers on the windows, for example). I knew next to nothing about Casein. I appreciate your sharing more about it. Does it combine with gouache? How do both paints compare? Thanks.gor showing Jeanette's paintings as well. Looks like you both spent some wonderful days together there.
I usually only use a water-based paint over a water-based gesso. Sometimes there are adhesion problems if you use water-based over oil. Test it thoroughly first. But you can certainly do the reverse: oil over acrylic, casein, or gouache.
Thanks for this great info on casein paint….I knew it was oil-based, but that’s about it. It’s like the unappreciated cousin of gouache. I’m a bit overloaded and into other media at the moment, but one day, I’ll definitely have to check it out.👍
I love that intro. I think I'd recognize the VW Beatle from that Painting, where it floats obove a 1:42 house. I've learned so much from your books and Videos! That's why I would like to thank you at this point!
Never heard of Casein until I started looking into John Berkey's art years back and trying to find them was pretty tough at the time. Glad to see popping up more.
I bought some cassein paint before and it always made me feel like I was painting with my thumbs! You've inspired me to try again. Gorgeous work, wish I could come see you in New York
Have you ever tried water based oil? It has the same advantages of water clean up and no solvents involved. I have learned that mediums work better for thinning paint, than only water. I like them certainly more than traditional oils, but usually paint in watercolor.
I use water-based oil paints (WBO). Some say only use water on WBO when cleaning up, because they don’t work well as thinner. I think that misconception is outdated. I hear that a lot from WBOs many years ago, but more recent reviews more frequently say they’re fine with mixing water. Maybe the technology for WBOs have already improved. Maybe it could also depend on the brand. Each brand has their own proprietary formula, but there are basically two types of modified linseed oils that they use to make water miscible. So it will depend on the brand, on which type of modified linseed oil they use. I use Holbein Aqua Duo, I use water to thin them and that works fine for me. WBOs definitely clean up easier with just water and soap, that traditional oils with solvents and its fumes. But my acrylics and gouache still clean up a lot more easier than WBO. They rinse faster even with just water. They also dry faster, so paint on hands are less likely to transfer everywhere. But with WBO, my hands tend to get oily and the oiliness transfers everywhere-my brushes, my phone, my hair.
Love your subject. I envy you lol. Wish I were there also. Lovely painting. Thank you especially for the close-ups. Really appreciated! Just found your page , thankful for it , very informative, very enjoyable!
Hi- Thanks, I enjoyed the video. I have painted extensively with watercolors, and now for many years, with oils, primarily plein air. But I have a set of casein paints inherited from a friend's father and may give them a try. But I am wondering about brushes- watercolor or oil? And if I use them for casein, will I be able to use them again for the mediums I use them for now?
Your videos are always so well made - beautifully filmed, concise editing, clean and clear vocals with no annoying background music, and with an amazing wealth of knowledge given so freely to all who wish to learn. Thank you for sharing your astounding artistic knowledge with us all, it's very greatly appreciated by us lesser painting mortals.
Hi James, thank you for helping me discover and for sharing awesome tips on casein paintings! Often times the simplest solution can go a long way: there is an arts & crafts form of casein paint - prob used as paint for that wonderful conservatory - called 'Turner Milk Paint' (there may be others) and it's main usage is in the furniture painting and restoration business - could this be used for fine art? Thank you.
Has anyone else had a difficult time finding casein to purchase? My local store doesn’t carry it and online art stores haven’t had it either. Also, what would be the reasoning for someone to use gouache over casein?
James you're so fab. I am so interested in casein and I look for vegan art supplies. Do you have any ideas how I can substitute for the milk, or an alternative similar to casein?
I love your video. I love casein paints. it's beautiful. the dahlia is stunning and I love what the varnish does to the casein. you are a great painter.
Mr. Gurney! I love you! HAHA, but seriously, I've been a disciple of yours for like 15 years... I'd love to send you my science fiction novel, and hear what you think if you ever had time!
Love your intro and all your usual practical effects! I feel nostalgia for a time 20 years before I was born when super-8 backyard productions might have been the norm. Beautiful painting too, your works (and your wife's works! I really love "The Pit House" - great contrast, weighty shapes and fine detail) are always inspiring and have certainly kept my 2D artistic hobby alive over the last few years. It is always nice to see you working in larger scales on board/canvas even if I tend to think your sketchbooks are masterpieces in their own right. Always happy to watch whatever content you produce and am going to make some gumroad purchases today, I just have to figure out which series I'll invest in first. Have a great weekend!
Hey James! I live in Germany and it a Bit tricky to get casein colors… and also quite expensive. I discovered Liquitex Professional Acrylic Gouache. I‘m going to try these now. I suppose I can use them like casein?
Amazing video as always ❤️Could you do a video comparing gouache and casein? Seems like there are a lot of similarities? It would be cool to learn how to varnish gouache, I didn’t know you could do that!
Hello, James! I am over the moon since I've found your fantastic videos here! I'm at the "semi-retired" stage of my life, and finally returning to fine arts (since the 90s-ish). I have been surprised by many changes in the art world when it comes to mediums, and knew nothing of casein until watching your videos. I am now a bit obsessed about it, reading everything I can get my hands on (and there's not much out there-thank goodness for your website!) and watching your vids repeatedly. I have requests in to my kids for casein paint sets for Christmas and have already been collecting a few colors I would like that are not in the sets. I have a couple of questions: 1) Do you have any info on how the emulsion is used? 2) I see that you have a link to acrylic brushes... I actually just bought a bunch of Creative Mark Polar Flo Watercolor Brush ( labeled as "high quality white synthetic watercolor brushes") and shortly after saw something somewhere about using golden taklon synthetics because casein can be a bit rough on brushes... Do you think watercolor brushes would work or are they too soft or hold too much water? (I could keep these aside for watercolor & gouache) The “Grey Matters” are a little too steep for my pocket book, but I could swing the Richeson short-handled travel set. I'd still like your thoughts on the golden taklon brushes, though! THANKS again for your heart to share in depth with all of us and your passion-it is so inspiring; I can't begin to tell you! 🙂
Hullo James, beautiful paintings and a lovely video! I am NOT looking for a new medium to work in, I am just a bit overwhelmed with what I currently have now! I have used a Casein spray fixative for my soft pastel paintings. Would you “fix” your Casein paints with a similar fixative spray? Thank you for sharing this sweet medium with us. I have enough on my plate and seeing you tackle it allows me to enjoy it without pursuing it on my own! Thanks, have yourself a lovely day!
I have found of casein paint before now and I feel proud of myself for my research, finding something YOU only now experimented with! Not trying to brag, seriously just proud of myself for that, and happy to see you make a video on it! Your videos are wonderful ❤️
I like the last two videos with painting on board. That is how a lot of us work, compared to notebooks. It is cheaper, more archival, and I can get them. Granted an archivist could preserve high quality paper, as long as nature allowed... But they don't make skis out of watercolor paper, while plywood has been used for that, and many other things.
So it's basically a variation of tempera, right? I've never seen casein in shops, so I wouldn't have guessed that's what it is. What are your experiences with egg tempera? Did you like it as much?
from what research i remember, casein is type of "distemper" which is a "crude tempera". I think that just means it's animal product-derived paint that isn't egg tempera. I remember it being called a "hard distemper" which means it's more durable.
Love the beginning sequence 😂, and dang, Jeannette’s architectural paintings are just a delight to look at! I noticed you didn’t cover the canvas with a wash or anything before you started laying on paint- was that so you didn’t kill the white of the canvas board?
Fantastic video, thank you so much for sharing. I’d love to see a video where you talk more about using casein with other mediums like fountain pen, colored pencil, or chalk.
I sometimes use casein fixative with the paint: you can "varnish" with it (gives slightly deeper matte tone, but also protects the surface). You can also spray it on the surface first and glaze into it to get a washy feel without losing the binder, or simply to fix your drawing to the board before painting over.
These longer form videos with a focus on a specific medium are really valuable learning tools. Thanks for clarifying your source of income from your work, I hadn’t realised, I will now look at buying some of your other resources
That intro was awesome! I love your imagination James!
We're beyond excited to see casein as the topic on this channel! It's a wonderful "painter's paint" that has so many of the advantages of gouache with additional body and presence. Until the mid 20th c, casein was a common adhesive and paint binder- Casco glue used to come with recipes for paints and putties- and designers and illustrators loved casein for its matte finish, perfect for glare-free photography. It's overdue for rediscovery by more fine artists!
Wow! I just went to your website to see if you sold casein in sets, and you do! :D
Thanks for the info and support, Blick Art. I finally figured out how to switch over my affiliate links to you guys from the dreaded Amazone. Will be doing that on future vids.
I think casein dries as fast as acrylics..and can't be reactivated..do why not use acrylics which are cheaper than casein. Also they spoil brushes very fast
@sujanithtottempudi2991 no they don't unless you leave your brushes in the sun for hours.
@@JamesGurney We're honored! Thanks for welcoming us here on this great channel!
There’s such a comforting feeling to your videos like watching a pbs special or something
Dang…really glad you included Jeanettes paintings in there. The sheds compositions are straight up beautiful and subtle with great neutral colors. Looking forward to seeing both of you in October!
Thanks so much for this! You inspired me to buy casein (from the only shop in the uk that sells it) after watching your videos using it as a background for gouache. Yesterday I took one of my gouache over casein pictures to a local art group and none of them had used or heard of casein. I told them I had also painted a picture with it and could not understand why it was not more popular. A few hours later you posted this video. I will send them the link! Thanks for all your wonderful videos!
Thank you for sharing this demo using all casein paint! I have a set of colors and have played with it some - but still need a lot more practice to feel proficient. Nice to watch how you handle it for at the moment, it handles me. Thanks for including Jeanette's work also! Looks like it was a beautiful day to be painting outside!
Great sfx and cinematic shots, u love your painting guides for the amount of process you leave in😊
Ok, going to try casein now. Fantastic intro scene. Thanks for including your wife’s work. Wish I were closer, so I could draw the conservatory as well. Also, it’s refreshing you don’t endorse products. Pure painting. Thank you.
Thank you for showing us the virtues of casein! I am inspired to give it a go on its own, and maybe as a first layer under oils. I can't wait to get the Gumroad video as well. Also, I love the intro, and your paintings are all lovely.. Jeanette's as well!
Wow, thanks, Josephina. That's super generous of you. Next business breakfast at the diner is in your honor.
@@JamesGurney Awesome. Diners are a great place for art business meetings! ☺️
I tried casein recently and love the way it looks.
Thank you for sharing your passion for painting with the rest of us. Casein sure looks like a magical medium somewhere between acrylic and oil. 👍🏻
I think you and Jeanette are such a beautifully paired couple. You compliment each other very well. Thank you gor sharing. Much ❤ from Nashville.
Everytime i see you painting this inspire me to put me at work... thank you!
Thank you so much for explaining casein. I think I will try it.
I would love to see more reviews of art materials from you
James, do you sell these little plein air paintings you do or are they just for you for practice and for this channel? They're all lovely!
Yes, all six of my paintings are on exhibit and for sale at Stonecrop Gardens, which is up until October 30, 2023.
You are just THE BEST in every way!
i love your art more than anything!! i always brag about how awesome you are at school 🦌
The effort on the editing is so nice and I can see that you really like doing this. Your art is also really inspiring to me, thanks a lot for this content
awewsome video production :) enjoying your recently bough books mr James, got Imaginative Realism and the one about Light and Color :)
Enjoyable longer video. Great info about casein, I struggle to find it here, or is very expensive. Look forward to the next vid.
Nice to see Jeanette’s paintings too =)
I love your casein paintings but I do not use dairy products. I have wondered if maybe I could get similar effects with acrylic gouache
Beautiful painting. I absolutely love casein which I discovered through your channel and find perfect for urban sketching. I had never thought of varnishing it however, very helpful. I would love to see some more casein videos.
Beautiful 😍
I can't describe to you how much I love this channel. You're awesome.
I love when you do somewhat longer videos like this, and I'd love to see more videos focusing on specific media or specific mixtures of media. I think I've watched all your gouache and watercolor videos and many casein too - always interesting to watch you work.
James Gurney is...
The Renaissance Man
Hi James, all the best for you and yours in 2024. Have you ever tried to preserve Casein on the palette? I wondered if an airtight palette sprayed regularly with distilled water might be worth a try. Thank you in advance.
This is really great, thank you!
i would love to watch a video about how you use a casein painting as a underpainting for then oil paints... how do you make the oil painting part different from the underpainting of casein, etc....
I'M Wondering why not use water mixable oils ???
nice introduction
Thank you for all your videos & books, you’re such a wealth of information. Anyone looking to buy them do it, they are so worth it.
Hello James….yes the constant battle between me, Casein and gouache…..gouache always seems to win for my travels
As a "gym bro" I was so confused how you were going to paint with casein protein
😂😂 I LOVE that the algorithm brought you here and you watched .. or maybe you were researching protein powders..either way , 🎉
James Gurney is a very strong and powerful artist from his constant artistic exercises. He could paint with anything.
He never skips paint day bro.
Master Gurney, thanks to you I found this magnificent paint that is casein. Best paint for impressionism I find. Its textures are like oil's. I'm looking into experimenting things with the medium now, perhaps adding linseed oil and see what happens. I don't want to mix it with acrylic medium of any sorts, I don't like acrylic textures very much.
Great painting, kind regards from Brazil!
I have some Casein. Make sure you shake the tube before opening or liquid will come pouring out.
So cool. I’ve tried casein but I think my paint got hard in the tubes. Came out like the consistency of a marshmallow! I’ll have to get some new tubes and try again
Have you ever messed around much with water mixable oils? I’ve been experimenting with them to avoid the solvent use and they’re kinda interesting. Would be cool to see what you could do with them! I’ve used the Windsor and Newton brand because they’re available in my local art store but I know other brands are supposed to be good as well
Hey, Danny. Haven't tried WMO's yet. But then, I haven't tried jelly gouache yet, either.
As far as paint drying in the tube, do you know the trick about keeping your tubes of paint in a large jar?
@@JamesGurney I haven’t tried that! I’ll have to give it a go. You should try WMO sometime. You might really like it. I noticed you used Shiva casein. Is it as good as the richeson?
Gosh, James, do tell! What is the trick about keeping tubes of paint in large jars??🤔
Wow, fantastic! So much observation went into this (love the detail of the reflection of the yellow flowers on the windows, for example). I knew next to nothing about Casein. I appreciate your sharing more about it. Does it combine with gouache? How do both paints compare? Thanks.gor showing Jeanette's paintings as well. Looks like you both spent some wonderful days together there.
Love your videos!! Can’t wait to try Casein! Have you ever tried using it on an oil-primed linen panel? (Without having to use gesso).
I usually only use a water-based paint over a water-based gesso. Sometimes there are adhesion problems if you use water-based over oil. Test it thoroughly first. But you can certainly do the reverse: oil over acrylic, casein, or gouache.
Thanks for this great info on casein paint….I knew it was oil-based, but that’s about it. It’s like the unappreciated cousin of gouache. I’m a bit overloaded and into other media at the moment, but one day, I’ll definitely have to check it out.👍
Oh wow i didnt realise that casein and tempera have some similar properties, now i really want to try casein
I didn't know that there were spanish versions of your books so sick..... good video btw
Absolutely beautiful 😍 you and Jeanette make a scene look magical 🤩
I love that intro. I think I'd recognize the VW Beatle from that Painting, where it floats obove a 1:42 house. I've learned so much from your books and Videos!
That's why I would like to thank you at this point!
Never heard of Casein until I started looking into John Berkey's art years back and trying to find them was pretty tough at the time. Glad to see popping up more.
What is the difference between the Richardson casein underpainting set and their basic set? Is it just the colors in the set?
I bought some cassein paint before and it always made me feel like I was painting with my thumbs! You've inspired me to try again. Gorgeous work, wish I could come see you in New York
I think you've convinced me to try casein. Found your brush technique quite instructive. Nice to see Jeanette's painting too.
Have you ever tried water based oil? It has the same advantages of water clean up and no solvents involved. I have learned that mediums work better for thinning paint, than only water. I like them certainly more than traditional oils, but usually paint in watercolor.
I use water-based oil paints (WBO).
Some say only use water on WBO when cleaning up, because they don’t work well as thinner. I think that misconception is outdated. I hear that a lot from WBOs many years ago, but more recent reviews more frequently say they’re fine with mixing water. Maybe the technology for WBOs have already improved.
Maybe it could also depend on the brand. Each brand has their own proprietary formula, but there are basically two types of modified linseed oils that they use to make water miscible. So it will depend on the brand, on which type of modified linseed oil they use.
I use Holbein Aqua Duo, I use water to thin them and that works fine for me.
WBOs definitely clean up easier with just water and soap, that traditional oils with solvents and its fumes.
But my acrylics and gouache still clean up a lot more easier than WBO. They rinse faster even with just water.
They also dry faster, so paint on hands are less likely to transfer everywhere. But with WBO, my hands tend to get oily and the oiliness transfers everywhere-my brushes, my phone, my hair.
Enjoy the creativity you put into making your videos - they are the best! Love Your artwork as well.
Wonderful paintings from you both. Also, does caseine rehydrate at all the way gouache does (which sometimes makes layering tricky)?
It can't be reactivated
@sujanithtottempudi2991 is right. It sets up when it dries and fully cures over a few days. So you don't want it to dry on your brushes.
@@JamesGurney Thanks so much! Gives me more information for considering buying a few tubes.
This video is the best thing i’ve seen today!
i really enjoyed it
Love your subject. I envy you lol. Wish I were there also. Lovely painting. Thank you especially for the close-ups. Really appreciated! Just found your page , thankful for it , very informative, very enjoyable!
Totally digging casein paints, thanks to you!
Beautiful as always. I love the paintings from both of you, plus how much there is always to learn.
Hi- Thanks, I enjoyed the video. I have painted extensively with watercolors, and now for many years, with oils, primarily plein air. But I have a set of casein paints inherited from a friend's father and may give them a try. But I am wondering about brushes- watercolor or oil? And if I use them for casein, will I be able to use them again for the mediums I use them for now?
Beautiful pieces! Thanks for sharing!
Your videos are always so well made - beautifully filmed, concise editing, clean and clear vocals with no annoying background music, and with an amazing wealth of knowledge given so freely to all who wish to learn.
Thank you for sharing your astounding artistic knowledge with us all, it's very greatly appreciated by us lesser painting mortals.
We’re going up that way next month….NYC, a Hudson River cruise, etc., I might see if they’re open for a visit while we’re there! Thanks!
Hi James, thank you for helping me discover and for sharing awesome tips on casein paintings! Often times the simplest solution can go a long way: there is an arts & crafts form of casein paint - prob used as paint for that wonderful conservatory - called 'Turner Milk Paint' (there may be others) and it's main usage is in the furniture painting and restoration business - could this be used for fine art? Thank you.
Great demo video as always. I’d like to know how you varnish gouache paintings (assuming that’s traditional gaouche not acrylic gouache(.
Have you tried waxing rather than varnish? Would either work on paper (a hard bound sketch book), I guess both would be prone to cracking.
Nice watching another of your videos. I love you lose free stye of painting. Mike
Has anyone else had a difficult time finding casein to purchase? My local store doesn’t carry it and online art stores haven’t had it either.
Also, what would be the reasoning for someone to use gouache over casein?
James you're so fab. I am so interested in casein and I look for vegan art supplies. Do you have any ideas how I can substitute for the milk, or an alternative similar to casein?
Omfg the intro was just spot on 🫶🏻
I love your video. I love casein paints. it's beautiful. the dahlia is stunning and I love what the varnish does to the casein. you are a great painter.
Nothing beats oils.
Mr. Gurney! I love you! HAHA, but seriously, I've been a disciple of yours for like 15 years... I'd love to send you my science fiction novel, and hear what you think if you ever had time!
My palette would dry in one minute outside here in Arizona.
How does one get the signed book plate? I'd love to put that on my "Color and Light"
This is one of my favorite videos you have done. Thank you so much.
Could I prime the canvas with anything else that’s less toxic?
The poppies are really awesome! But I hate how casein loses the darks when it dries.
Beautiful. It’s fascinating watching you paint. Thank you for sharing.
Love your intro and all your usual practical effects! I feel nostalgia for a time 20 years before I was born when super-8 backyard productions might have been the norm. Beautiful painting too, your works (and your wife's works! I really love "The Pit House" - great contrast, weighty shapes and fine detail) are always inspiring and have certainly kept my 2D artistic hobby alive over the last few years. It is always nice to see you working in larger scales on board/canvas even if I tend to think your sketchbooks are masterpieces in their own right. Always happy to watch whatever content you produce and am going to make some gumroad purchases today, I just have to figure out which series I'll invest in first. Have a great weekend!
Hey James! I live in Germany and it a Bit tricky to get casein colors… and also quite expensive. I discovered Liquitex Professional Acrylic Gouache. I‘m going to try these now. I suppose I can use them like casein?
Yes, very similar. You just have to make sure to wash your brushes thoroughly before the paint dries in them.
Amazing video as always ❤️Could you do a video comparing gouache and casein? Seems like there are a lot of similarities? It would be cool to learn how to varnish gouache, I didn’t know you could do that!
How come you still maintain shiva brand .. !!!!
Hello, James! I am over the moon since I've found your fantastic videos here! I'm at the "semi-retired" stage of my life, and finally returning to fine arts (since the 90s-ish). I have been surprised by many changes in the art world when it comes to mediums, and knew nothing of casein until watching your videos. I am now a bit obsessed about it, reading everything I can get my hands on (and there's not much out there-thank goodness for your website!) and watching your vids repeatedly. I have requests in to my kids for casein paint sets for Christmas and have already been collecting a few colors I would like that are not in the sets. I have a couple of questions:
1) Do you have any info on how the emulsion is used?
2) I see that you have a link to acrylic brushes... I actually just bought a bunch of Creative Mark Polar Flo Watercolor Brush ( labeled as "high quality white synthetic watercolor brushes") and shortly after saw something somewhere about using golden taklon synthetics because casein can be a bit rough on brushes... Do you think watercolor brushes would work or are they too soft or hold too much water? (I could keep these aside for watercolor & gouache) The “Grey Matters” are a little too steep for my pocket book, but I could swing the Richeson short-handled travel set. I'd still like your thoughts on the golden taklon brushes, though!
THANKS again for your heart to share in depth with all of us and your passion-it is so inspiring; I can't begin to tell you! 🙂
Hullo James, beautiful paintings and a lovely video! I am NOT looking for a new medium to work in, I am just a bit overwhelmed with what I currently have now! I have used a Casein spray fixative for my soft pastel paintings. Would you “fix” your Casein paints with a similar fixative spray? Thank you for sharing this sweet medium with us. I have enough on my plate and seeing you tackle it allows me to enjoy it without pursuing it on my own! Thanks, have yourself a lovely day!
How to varnish/protect gouache & watercolor?
Is it possible to use traditional watercolor as a glaze with casein?
Thank you for another inspiring plein-air painting video!! Much love and appreciation from a big fan from the Philippines -Pao
Very beautiful my dear friend and artist ❤❤❤❤
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I have found of casein paint before now and I feel proud of myself for my research, finding something YOU only now experimented with! Not trying to brag, seriously just proud of myself for that, and happy to see you make a video on it! Your videos are wonderful ❤️
I like the last two videos with painting on board. That is how a lot of us work, compared to notebooks. It is cheaper, more archival, and I can get them. Granted an archivist could preserve high quality paper, as long as nature allowed... But they don't make skis out of watercolor paper, while plywood has been used for that, and many other things.
So why has Casein Paint been so unpopular ... not promoted my art shops, like acrylic etc? How lasting is it? Why use Casein over gouache?
It used to be the big thing until knocked out by acrylic. Sometimes cool stuff isn't popular.
So it's basically a variation of tempera, right? I've never seen casein in shops, so I wouldn't have guessed that's what it is.
What are your experiences with egg tempera? Did you like it as much?
Isn't egg tempera done by hatching in tiny brush strokes?
from what research i remember, casein is type of "distemper" which is a "crude tempera". I think that just means it's animal product-derived paint that isn't egg tempera. I remember it being called a "hard distemper" which means it's more durable.
Love the beginning sequence 😂, and dang, Jeannette’s architectural paintings are just a delight to look at!
I noticed you didn’t cover the canvas with a wash or anything before you started laying on paint- was that so you didn’t kill the white of the canvas board?
I never heard of casein paint til I found your channel. Always thought it was something used to make processed cheese.
Fantastic video, thank you so much for sharing. I’d love to see a video where you talk more about using casein with other mediums like fountain pen, colored pencil, or chalk.
I sometimes use casein fixative with the paint: you can "varnish" with it (gives slightly deeper matte tone, but also protects the surface). You can also spray it on the surface first and glaze into it to get a washy feel without losing the binder, or simply to fix your drawing to the board before painting over.
In Russia that kind of paint is called tempera(among some other water-soluble paints) I really like PVA tempera
Thanks, I didn't know that.
These longer form videos with a focus on a specific medium are really valuable learning tools. Thanks for clarifying your source of income from your work, I hadn’t realised, I will now look at buying some of your other resources
wow, amazing, new subscriber ❤️❤️
It's your doings, that gets me goings. Thanks James, Love Casein & Highly recommend ur courses. 😊
For a second I thought, where did you get those large paint tubes?😂 I like your humor and imagination.