Thank you for your comment. <3 I got a challenge for you. :D Go mix the colours you will never think work together. That is where all the crazy and unexpected wonders are in painting. Sometimes you just get an ewww mix, but often you might be delighted about the surprises you get. I am glad the music is to peoples liking. :)

Hello Kim from Montréal. <3 Thank you for your kind words. I very much appreciate that. Happy new year.

Thank you. I am glad you liked it. >3

Thank you. :)

I did so. I know I have not kept up with the videos, this year has had other challenges that has demanded my attention. I am going to make a follow up video on this at the end of the subscription. The lessons are really really good. The paint is also quite nice and I actually do like the brushes. I am just kinda suffering from decision paralysis looking at the lot of both at this point. Considering what good art courses cost around here, this is actually a quite good deal. Did I need another 24 brushes and 30+ tubes of gouache, -nah.

I have been playing around with it and researched tools and materials and find that it does not fit well into the other materials that I use at the moment. In terms of paint I mostly use acrylics, and hot wax and essential plastic is not a good combination. Other people who do encaustic apparently use oil paint as a base and to mix in the wax. I might get back into all that at a different point, but not at the moment. As to youtubers trying out a lot more materials than we end up using, yea I agree it is a thing. There are reasons for trying things out and not going further with them. Most time it is a personal choice. Perfectly good art supplies might not be a good fit for some people. I have asked Sarah Burns about a material I saw her get and use, and yea it just did not work out for her. Many times youtubers will just let things fade into oblivion because it is extremely unpopular to make videos that either is or can be considered negative. If I made a video titled something like "Why I decided not to be an encaustic painting artist", the comments would 99% be scalding me for being an idiot who know nothing. And yea, I am not an expert on the medium, but I have made my decision that it requires more time, tools, materials and hence money to get to a point where I can make something meaningful with this medium. It does not make it a bad medium at all, I am just not willing to invest further into it. On the other hand I am happy to have tried it and looked into it. Who knows, it could have been the most interesting thing I ever tried. I might pick it up later. Right now I got a metric ton of gouache to use up. XD

It is challenging for me with the crude tool I got. :D

I am glad you find it helpful. Thank you for the comment. <3 Yea you do have a good point. I have used these colours a fair bit and yes the "reds and yellows" look like that in connection with the other colours, especially of you manage to put them beside or close to a contrasting colour. You are also right about pure colours easily looking misplaced. I have however mixed in a bit of especially yellow with either straight watersoluble graphite or one of the graphitint pencils (the only ones I in reality does use) to create colours I think I am missing. It is rare though, that I find the set lacking to that degree. I love the look of these colours so much I keep a pan of graphite in one of my watercolour sets and a tube of it in my collection of acrylic paints too. It is fantastic to knock the pang out of high chroma colours.

@xargothunter5746 check out watersoluble charcoal as well if you like the look. There are tinted versions out there in different formats, I think it was schmincke that came out with some gorgeous watercolor versions a few years ago.

@@waymire01 Yea Ill maybe have a look at some time. As it is I try to use what I got. :D I got the tinted charcoal from Derwent, both the pencils and the old 6 XL block set and I like both. Well the pencils are a bit of a pain to sharpen, but it is ok.

@@xargothunter5746 It's really soft. They do make charcoal sharpeners, perhaps try one of those. Most artists use a knife and sandpaper. Same thing with pastel pencils.

@@waymire01 I know all that and they are still hard to sharpen. :)

Thank you very much! <3

@@xargothunter5746 😊🌼💕🌳🌿

I am so very sorry for the late reply. I have been away for a while. :D Welcome to collectors anonymous. ;) I have lost count on how many watercolour pencil sets I even got. But I keep returning to the same over and over. The only problem that might arise from using these two brands together is really the potential lack of light fastness in the Stabilo pencils. You might want to buy a fixative with a UV filter in to try to counter that a bit if you make art to hang on walls. I don't know how much you layer, but you might have to make sure to finish a little bit sooner with the parts where you use the Stabilos too, as they tend to build up to fill the tooth of the paper faster than the Albrecht Dürers.

Thank you. So have I as much as I did not expect that.

I am glad it was useful. Yea the concentration of pigment is a thing with gouache and actually also watercolour. You will get the hang of it in no time. It just take a bit of getting used to. I found mixing a black with this pallet was a bit tricky because of the red bias to both the red and blue, so if you find that too, you are not alone. :)

It was no surprise as Sarah has shown all of it on her channel before and around the launch. :) I did the course last night and it was really good. If anyone has never done gouache paintings before, they sure get all the nitty gritty details and tricks. And at the end of it, they tell you what is in the next box.

Thank you so much 😀

ohhh I think it is some obscure local compant that made the rake brush. Ill look

Ok, I finally found it again. It was hiding behind my fanbrushes. XD It is a No. 12 of series 977 Guld Mår AB Pensler. As I expected a Danish brand, maybe a private label thing??? I think it is maybe also called a comb brush in english. I have seen them called rake brush so that is what I said in the video. Other brands make them too.

Glad you enjoyed it. <3

I should probably do a video about the pallet I got. I got a selection of 36 of them, and they are all from before Royal Talens re-vamped their selection. I really like their earth colours and is particular bummed out about their old raw umber and the transparent brown oxide being discontinued. Of the ones left I particular like the burned sienna and transparent red oxide. In general I think it is a rather under appreciated brand amongst professional watercolours.

They sure are underrapriciated. They changed their formulas and added new colours,when the company came into German hands. Since then, they've improved quality. Their Kolinsky brushes Rembrandt series 100, are some of the best Kolinsky brushes I've ever seen! Their no8 is better than my Raphael 8404 and it only costs 20 euro in Europe! Their brushes are even better than their watercolors in my opinion.Thank you for replying!@@xargothunter5746

I think the rethinking of their selection was in order. They updated it to a more modern selection and formulation. I do not have any of the new ones though, not of the Rembrandt. I got almost all the colours from the Van Gogh line and I am really impressed by those. I guess I actually like slightly opaque colours. :D Never tried their brushes at all, but I am not surprised that they are good. Talens is one of the companies where I really rarely have gotten anything that I found to be not satisfactory when price and performance is compared. I do not appreciate the smell of the extra fine gouache though. It is a bit offensive to be honest. At least it goes away after a little while. But I like the paint ok anyway.

Thank you. <3 It was in so many ways inspired by you.

Thanks. Nah, I am like a weed. You think you got it all and then it comes back. XD

That is a water brush. You unscrew the top and fill the handle with water. I honestly do not remember what brand this one is. You can buy them in most art and hobby stores as well as online.

thanks i will try to look for it @@xargothunter5746

You are absolutely right. I misspoke and forgot to make a correction in edition afterwards. Thank you for calling it out.

Thank you for the kind response. With linoleum you actually cut into it, as scratching it will not do a whole lot to it. Originally it was made to make floors of. :D The method of painting on both sides of thin paper is originally from Japan I believe. It is a very different experience to paint on such thin paper. I can recommend giving it a go sometime.

Thank you for having me. :) Clown loaches are amazing. I could talk probably a whole night about how special they are in so many ways. ;D Their late blooming is only one tiny part. They got a pretty advanced social structure and interactions as well. Did you ever hear them make noises in your tank? They can make clicking sounds and it annoyingly sounds exactly as glass fracturing. If one has ever heard that click seconds before water start pouring out the bottom of a (often large) fish tank, it is a panic inducing sound. XD And they sometimes to it a lot.

@@xargothunter5746 Oh my goodness Xargo I had no idea they were as advanced as this!

Ohhhhh, the home made curtains of the 70ties.... You are evil to bring those up. I had blissfully forgotten about them. We didn't have them in my home, I am sure my mother would rather die, but yea they were at my school and in some other peoples homes here and there.

Thank you! 😊

Thanks, will do!

Thank you very much.<3

Thank you for all this and for your always kind words. Hugs back. I am sure I will like that next prompt too. There has not been one I didn't this far. I am sorry to have missed the last two, especially the bird one... Now I am off to watch more videos.

@@xargothunter5746 Xargot

Wow, thank you!

You are welcome. Yea I totally get you on the torture part. I do the same from time to time to try to reduce my stash of stuff I want used up. I gift stuff away on a regular basis. "Ohhh, your kids need coloured pencils for school....here is a set that is better than what they are used to get." (But worse than my art ones).

You are so welcome. It found it useful to do myself so why not share?

Thank you! Cheers!

Yes me too. I found that long after this video series was made.

Ohh thank you. I am not ever going to be a great graphite artist. But I had to give it a decent try. I missed the bird challenge but is on for the garden one today.

Thank you. Sorry for not responding sooner. I have been gone from here for a long time.

I am sorry for the very late reply. I have not been on YT for a long time. Thank you for the comment. Yes, I know about the mumbly part. This was actually one of the first videos I made and I did not feel super confident in talking on camera, and I also just used the microphone that is build into the webcam, and it is also not super good. The lights too.... XD It is harder than one think to make videos. :)

I am so sorry for the late reply. Ive been away from here for a long while. They mix pretty well, but yea if you need a lot of greys it is probably easier to get some in that colour. But with some patience you can get a good range of colours out of a limited set too. Noone will stop anyone from buying the larger sets if they want them. I did.... ;)

Thank you and the same to you. We dusted up an old headset, so I can make videos again. :D

Ohh that is a very difficult question to answer. I like their 100% cotton CP (Expression) better to be honest. But different papers gives you different options so it basically comes down to your needs, preferences and budget. I find that dye based inks work a lot better on this paper than on any cotton paper. For not being a 100% cotton paper, this is really good.

@@xargothunter5746 I thought it was 100% Cotton!! Then yes, it's really good for not being cotton!!! Thanks for the response! I wish you a Happy new year full of health and creativity!!

@@greekveteran2715 I just double checked it. Nope, not even partially cotton. Happy new years. :)

Well they only released eight metallic colours. I cannot tell you why though. It is not uncommon for companies to release partially filled pan sets. On top of my head companies like Schmincke and Daniel Smith comes to mind. Personally I don't mind the pallet is not full. If this is a sucess for them, who knows if they will release more colours??? Metallics are super popular and has been for quite a while. Small print is annoying and I swear they make it smaller each half year. ;)

Hi Dena. Yea animals and art can be..... something special now and then. My cat stepped in wet watercolour one time I had stepped out for a second....and stepped on my project after. Of all the colours it was phthalo blue..... there were some design changes to the painting after that. :D Some dark areas not originally planned. XD And I had no problem finding the cat who did it. It was the one with the blue paw. hahahaha The mask was fun to do. My art-october project died however. I got the beer bug right after making this video and even though I was not super sick, I kept coughing forever after so I could not film.:/

@@xargothunter5746 Oh my goodness phthalo blue on a paw! Such a staining color oh no! I love your cat adventures, Xargot!

Thanks!

Thank you. <3

Thank you for your comment. I agree, it is really nice paper and I have enjoyed using it also after this video was made. :)

Thank you so much 😀

Dry pastels are clearly not to the liking of everyone. You are not by any means the first to say they do not like the feel on their hands. :D Fortunately there are loads of other supplies to choose from. :)

I know there are only 84 colours now in the neo2 line. To be honnest, other than the metallics, most of the discontinued colours was close to many of the remaining colours, so you are really not missing out on all that much. :) I hope you enjoy them.

Thank you. I honnestly do not really use the inktense very much. When I do I love the colours of them, but as some of them, especially the pencils, has dubious lightfastness, I tend to pass them by.

I keep my fingers crossed for you. :D I might get a bottle of the golden version to try out. But I am not sure when I can get to an art store any time soon.