Can I use a baby powder

Try to add PVA glue to make it durable after drying, it is should becoming transparent when drying.

You can paint anything with those paints 😊

Thank you! How much it’s absorbent?

Can i apply Gesso made this way on wooden furniture?

Can one use filler?

Is the proportion 50/50 ?

Can I use pop powder or white cement

I work with metal but I'm afraid of making anything for anyone because I worry I'll be judged.

I'm gonna do this while I wait for my woad to grow.

Great❤ greetings from Sweden Is the color light proof over time or does it faint in sunlight?

Add some wood glue.

How long can you store the Gesso? Very good ideas. Thank you

Hi nada, I have a question about adding aluminio sulfate and washing soda. you add them at the same time? and then you have to wait how many time to filter to the coffe paper??

This is a pretty late to the party comment but for anyone who is interested silicone carbide grit is sold as rock tumbling grit usually the 60/90 one

Can this be mixed as an acrylic?

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Part 1: This video Purple to blue to green...madness lol. What I am curious about is if there's a way to maintain the original colour? Or is that just part of the process with using the additional chemicals in the lake making process? And also how it performs in terms of lightfastness! I just discovered that its possible to make pigment from plants and after your video I really want to give it a go, but there's been no new updates on your channel :( Hoping you are ok and... Part 2: You've stopped making videos before ... and I just saw your 3rd last video about why you stopped making videos then. What a wild ride of emotions. Bare with me here for a moment...See, I am an 'artist' too (still feel pretentious when I say that) and what you said about not being tied down to doing just one thing is something I've struggled with as well. As a human living the conscious experience I want the freedom to do what I want. But this hasn't caused me a lot of happiness or success. I feel like I am butter spread over too much toast. There is a lack of focus, and the fact that I haven't stuck myself to one particular thing has me feeling like there is simply too much potential in me, too many options, but I am not that good at any of them so I remain in a fog, afraid to start anything for fear failing or being judged. Right now I just barely picked up the brush again after basically 2-3 years of dawdling, and I am terrified again because I fear I won't even be able to make the things I was able to do before. I kind of envy you because you don't seem to have that problem, you put yourself out there in your performance art, here in your videos, and I can't imagine myself doing that. Part 3: Its 1am and now I am just rambling Another thing you mentioned that I am worried about is how your experience went in Egypt. I am not from where I live now. My parents migrated when I was 6 and so I have grown up in english speaking countries for most of my life. However, despite having spent the more significant part of my life here, I feel like I am between two worlds, the one my parents raised me in and the one that is of the culture here. Now comes the time in my life when I will most likely also be returning 'home', just like you did to Egypt. But that culture feels foreign to me. I hope it will go well and I'll be able to integrate but I'll just have to see. I don't know why you stopped making videos but after hearing what you said in your face reveal video I kind of had a surge of emotions that resonated with what you said and I imagined I understood why you've stopped. Hopefully some of that has made sense. I think found your channel at the right time. Hopefully I'll be able to keep the brush in my hand for a good long time. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, your experience. Where ever you are and whatever you are doing, I hope it brings you peace and contentment.

Do you think any of these variations would work as a stain for sanded bamboo?

This was very interesting to learn. As a painter, I thank you

This was very interesting to learn. As a painter, I thank you

Love it ❤❤❤

I love the informative video. And the music you made is the cherry on the cake. The whole vide is fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

What is alum and how can I get it?

I have some Plaid/Waverly matte varnish. Would that work as a binder?

Thank's your a star.

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This is what I wanted. I've got a ton of white latex housepaint already. I'll just get teh chalk. EDIT- Unfortunately I cna't get this chalk anywhere near where I live. :(

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Hope you’re doing well, You got an interesting life and authenticity is always appreciated. You have a deeper understanding and love of art. keep doing what you’re doing, we need people like you. last year I finally got a steady job and place to myself. And 2 weeks ago I propped up an easel in one room with a canvas and finally going to go back to painting. But Ive been procrastinating by watching KZbin videos and yeah that’s how I found your channel… and ended up binge watching It.

Hi Nada! I just found your channel out of interest for pigments and I have to say that I really, really like your videos! They are just beautiful and interesting and super calm and relaxing to watch! I like the way you speak and make and present your videos! I would be interested to know what you are doing nowdays! How is life going? What projects are you working on these days? I hope you have a wonderful day! 🤗 By the way. That was the first time I saw a video of someone calmly speaking about their life while sitting in front of a mirror, washing stuff. Loved it!

Thank you for your video. I am wondering if this lake pigment can be used to dye fabric or not?

3:15 You didn’t mention adding the washing soda after the alum but only mention the release of co2 and the color change. I like doing the laking process for making oil paints, and watercolours. Baller video.

Most informative tutorial on homemade gesso I've ever run across! Thanks!

Could I use this in cosmetics?

did your mom not kill you for the mess you made?

A bit late to the party, but fascinating video! Thank you for your time and effort and for posting it!

Isn't washing soda Na2CO3.10H2O? So after making the anhydrous washing soda, don't you need to add water to crystallize it?

Wow! I just discovered your channel and it's amazing. Sorry that it took so long - but I thought you ought to know you did some amazing work here.

Aqueous extraction or solvents extraction mean ?

Hello! What should I choose from acrylic paint and latex paint? In my country the ingredients are now shown

one can also use a roughly semispherical stone with flat base, glass paper weight with flat base, small dumbbell with flat steel base, any marble article with flat circular base and many more...

I wonder what happens when you try different types of charcoal from different wood. grape vines would perhaps bond better?

Really good video thanks

Great video!! Will be trying this out for plywood

Terrible idea. The problem with using latex as gesso is that it is brittle due to low concentration of acrylic binder and will crack/chip off easy. It's made for unflexible surfaces like walls, not for canvas. Adding additional chalk will only WORSEN the situation and this will make the layer crumble off the canvas even easier. For student/only studies - pure latex gesso+canvas could be somewhat usable, but it's really bad practice in the end of the day because you will not learn how to prepare proper canvas. Even with high quality artist gesso - you don't simply apply it straight into the canvas. For two reasons. 1 it is Highly Wasteful. 2 Gesso don't really isolate the oil from canvas (and you want this if you paint with oil) so, You have to size the canvas first. This is done with rabbit skin glue (it's cheap, but technical) - and than apply gesso. The amount of needed gesso will be far less because the canvas won't suck it into the fibers, the layer of skin glue is a isolation layer. As an alternative you could use hardware c200 pva glue to size the canvas, but if it is not with neutral pH (suitable for archival) it could be bad solution in the long run.

But what did you do with the washing soda… pour it in at the same time as the alum?

Thank you very much. Well explained, and you have a calming and clear voice for doing teaching videos.

Whiting chalk=plaster of paris?