The 128 “Watercolours” ( Or Are They?) that Changed my Style (Budget and Beginner Friendly)
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- Personally, this is my art supply find of the year! I had the best fun with these unusual watercolours by Lightwish. I plan to use them more to help me find my style.
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The way they behave remind me somewhat of soft pastels suspended in an airbrush medium for painting. Regardless of what is or isn’t in the paint recipe, your sketches are lovely.
Thank you! Yes, that’s what they remind me of too!
Oh Fiona I bought the set thinking even if I didn't like them I could give them to my granddaughter who would be thrilled with all the sparkles 😄 and you won't believe the surprising use I found for them. I have been planning a piece with oyster shells that I collected on a very special family trip. I was looking at the mother of pearl which had worn through on some of them and suddenly realized that the white sparkle would be perfect. Who could of guessed such a fun use for the least likely one in the box. Continuing to experiment but they have made me happy already.❤
I’m so happy to hear that. I really like these paints and have you seen the beautiful pinks!? I’d love to see the oyster shell painting when it’s done x
How interesting! and thanks for the links. As always, I feel like a delighted little child when watching your videos! I always watch a few times and paint along 💖
Oh that is the best comment! You’re a star! Fiona x
The brush has such a beautiful point!
Thank you on behalf of the brush 😆🩷
So enjoy watching you paint, love the depth you achieve in the eyes, so luminiscent. Watching from Ontario Canada.
@@jayneelinor i love Ontario! Send my love to that beautiful land. Thank you for your compliments ⭐️
Ontario, Canada here too.❤
@ there is a town in north Ontarioooo ( Neil Young). Love love love it. It’s in my heart forever ❤️
@@drawingsinadrawer Oh that's wonderful that you have such great association with our beautiful country. I'm very proud of it. Southern Ontario is more business orientated but the maritime provinces traditionally have been more community/ people focused. The prairies are gobsmackingly vast and BC majestic. I have driven from shore to shore, across all provinces . It is not a quick tour to truly appreciate it.
@@heatherh3457that sounds heavenly. I have always felt a strong connection for some reason, my favourite musicians are Canadian and I have been twice ( once driving up from NY). What a stunning place and what a lovely people you are ❤
As always …. a lovely way to finish a busy day watching your beautiful style of painting …. Erica, South Australia 😀😘🙏
Hello, dear Erica! 🌈
$49.99 in Canada!
But; due to our horrendous government, everything is double the price in Canada! I’ve decided they’re worth trying anyway!
As always, you’re an inspiration ❣️
Thank you so much for your kind words xxx
You’re an amazing artist !
Thank you for your kindness ❤️
lovely painting. those paints look like they were fun to play with. thanks Fiona
They were indeed!
Beautiful spread. Thanks for sharing, these appear to be a great value.
Thank you 🙏
What a beautiful way to wind down from a busy weekend watching you create . Thank you! 💜
Thank you ❤️
Gorgeous as always Fiona, thanks for sharing and for the demo of these paints. They look really interesting. 😻
Thank you 😊
@@drawingsinadrawer I've just ordered the swatch book for myself - such a great idea.Thanks for letting us know about it and for link with a discount, much appreciated.😻🙏
@ I hope it worked! They send me updated ones today and I put them in early this morning ❤️ The swatch book is fabulous! Such a great idea
@@drawingsinadrawer It seemed to have worked, thank you 😻👍
I truly enjoyed your review of these paints. I know I don’t need anymore paints but….. they look like fun…
Thank you for introducing me to them.
I’m from Brisbane Australia Cheerio! 🙏🏼🎨✨💕
It could be a type of binder, similar to Marie’s Chinese paints or Ganzai. Both are meant for rice paper, thus made in such a way that it doesn’t run. Perhaps…
Could be, Anna. Though they didn’t exactly feel like Ganzai Tambi, they definitely were similar in thickness and the fact that they were easier to control than regular watercolours. Fiona x
My favourite art supply purchase of 2024 (oddly enough) is water soluble charcoal..you MUST try it. Is so fun to manipulate..i do portraits mainly. The brand is Schminke Kohle..it’s expensive…but a little goes so far. Ive used my so much and barely into the tube. I squeeze some in a little tin and let it dry…it makes a cake like a watercolor cake. Just rewet like watercolor, and away you go. I wipe my drawing with a cloth after its dry as a grit remains on the surface…the drawing stays however. A warning though, dont use your best watercolor brushes, its hard on them.
Interesting. They’re nothing like the Derwent soluble blocks? I have these but still need to try them
@ no, i have those as well and i hate them…to totally different
I watched it most for the girls face painting, wow. Amazing what you can do with cheap chalky watercolors, beautiful results and colors.
I thought the same!
I've never used the Kuretake watercolors, but the descriptions I've heard from several sources tend to say that they're not sure they're actually watercolors -- they feel more like Inktense blocks to paint with. Like you, most say they like them a great deal ..... though I must admit I never heard any of them describe it as liquid charcoal. :)
One thing that has become an issue for me with the sets that are such a great bargain --great price and pretty great to use. It's the fact that you can't buy refills open stock -- if you've fallen in love with a color, you have to buy another whole set. It wasn't that big a deal before I began to invest in higher-end watercolors, but now I am reluctant to spend my money this way.
Kuretake are Japanese watercolours meant for calligraphy. Their binding agent appears to be some sort of fish glue, not honey or gum Arabic like western watercolours and yes, they do feel completely different and have less transparency. Are they watercolours? I think maybe some watercolour artist from Japan could tell us how they are considered there compared to Western ones.
You gave me an idea. I’m going to write to Lightwish and ask if they sell the colours individually. They have shown me some tubes, but I haven’t had time to look into them yet. Thank you for your interesting comment. I appreciate it. Fiona x
From what you show they are reminiscent of the kind of student quality paint I used to have made with dye instead of pigments. Truthfully I’ve always seen it as a case of preference over one being “better” than the other.
I made plenty of beautiful art with it and it very much moved the way you showed. Almost floating in the water until moved as long as the paint was still wet.
Those paints are long gone as they were lost during a sudden move situation, but I’m thrilled to have been shown a possible replacement for them.
Gratefully, -Puck
They sound exactly as you described them!
Your style is so beautiful!!! I love watching your videos!
Thank you ❤️
I fell in love with your eyes, it doesn't matter what you paint with everything is just stunning, I love the rabbits also.
Maybe the paint has a lot more filler? The colors are beautiful. I wonder if they're archival or will they fade, maybe make a swatch and leave it in a window and check periodically how it does compared to a well known brand.
I somehow managed to skip that part! I did mean to say that I’ll bet these are not lightfast
They look like they work similar to Kuretake and other Japanese paints. I’m sure you e tried them but if not I think you’d like them and they are light fast
@@Amanda-uc5jq I have them! And yes, I thought the same exact thing as you, but these are almost charcoal like in their blending. I love to paint splotchy, so maybe you can’t see it very well here, but if you look at the eyes, especially in the animals, that’s where you’ll notice it . But definitely closer to Ganzai Tambi than western watercolours. Fiona x
@@drawingsinadrawer is that similar to water soluble graphite? I use charcoal pencils but can’t imagine what they would feel like wet.
I’ve just ordered some Faber-Castell water soluble graphite pencils and I’m looking forward to trying them.
@ like you I have only tried regular charcoal. I do have those Derwent charcoal soluble blocks, but I have worked with them too little to express an opinion. I do feel they are more powdery. These ones are not powdery at all. I even tried touching the paper after, and nothing, it’s perfectly smooth. Let me know how it goes with those pencils! Fiona x
I have just started my watercolour journey, and I have been only practicing to swatch. Your video excited me, and I love your painting style. I have bought them, and will use them instead of my daniel smith and M. Graham watercolours, until I am more proficient using my paintbrushes. I have not learned to draw. Do you have any printables for your subscribers to paint along with you? Also, I am a new subscriber, and heared someone talk about this months paintings. Is that only for Patreon members? Could you do a video colour along using these watercolour paints?
Hello. Yes the sketching challenged and painting sessions are on Patreon. If you look back on this channel and don’t mind less polished videos, you will find tutorials. Actually, I recently did the eye on here. But if you’re just starting out, I would try with something simpler and maybe my older eye tutorial from a 2-3 years ago when I myself was more of a beginner, might be better for you. I don’t have printables as I don’t have a scanner, but if there’s any specific drawings of mine you would like to try, what I can do is send you a clear photo of it and you can trace it. Also, if you haven’t yet, join us on Facebook ( Fiona Di Pinto’s watercolour students) and start sharing your work to get feedback and encouragement from our marvellous community. I didn’t understand your last question? Fiona x
Beautiful spread, I'm hoping to join into this month's drawings. Living in Australia we do have a lot of those types of paint sets coming from Asia and I have to say they are 80 percent of them are a good buy, but there's that line that they might not. I will look into this one. Thankyou again ❤ oh lightwish sell Paul Rubens, that's a good Chinese brand
@@jackygann594 hello! Yes, they sent me those too a few months ago. It would be great if you could join our lives. It’s too bad the time zones are what they are. I’ll have to do one just for the Australians sooner or later.
@drawingsinadrawer yes it will have to be replay for now
Hello, Asking again..because I love your work. How to draw a face looking away..like the video .."Best Tricks for watercolor eyes"
@@Centannicocktails the grid method is the best. One vertical line and one horizontal to check where everything should go. Eye further away will look smaller, for instance. The other nostril will only be partially visible. Look up the Lumis meothod . Fiona x
@drawingsinadrawer Ok...thank you. I found my book in storage..The Fundamentals of Drawing
@@drawingsinadrawer LUMIS! THat
was it! Thank you!
actually if you received them for free it is considered a sponsorship etc at least in some countries as you received goods in payment for a review.
I have signed no contract. The items are sent to me and I can choose whether or not to review them. Whether to say they are bad or good. It doesn’t sound like a sponsorship to me. Whatever it was, I didn’t get paid 1 cent to do this.
Colorado, US. 🙂
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