Thank you! Happy holidays! ^w^

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Thank YOU! ^w^

Good luck and have fun!

Its really cool that i can be like "i need a tiny specific thing" and he can just do it, nerds are useful partners for the technologically ungifted

Glad you enjoyed it! I'm definitely hoping to make more videos like this in the future

I haven't! Never knew what to think of them, but I'll put them on the future "to try" list!

@ I also like the fact they are made in Ukraine so there’s that 😘

Like dragons with a hoard

Thats awesome! You too ^w^

Caring for people and voting into power those who would harm them are diametrically apposed But thank you for honoring my request

Hopefully early in the new year! We'll see how sourcing stickers and setting up the website go, but definitly not until after Christmas Hope the crochet is going fabulous

Thank you I'm very fortunate to live in a place with a thriving and supportive art community, and that's been very helpful for me. I hope everyone can find that in time, its so important

Thank you so much for this comment and the support ♡ i super appreciate it. We're all going to need to do this in the coming years, i hope we come out of this with our communities stronger and more supportive

Thank you!

Glad it was helpful!

Glad you enjoyed!

I've never even heard of the Rockwell brand before! Thank you!

They are really really not lightfast

It really is a fantastic way to make glowy beautiful flowers

Thank you!

I'll add them to the list!

Thank you for watching!

I should get some PBk11 and try that, it'd be nice to still have that color even when i run out

Thank you!

Wow, i don't know why but the fact that you know the exact number feels impressive

If you're looking to experiment i cannot recommend Grumbacher academy enough, they are so high quality for a student grade paint, and very affordable. Roman szmal is also quite affordable and exceptionally high quality ^w^

The brands website says its pv19 and pv29 Which is an odd combination (to me) But my tube is reeeeaaly old so it might be a different pigment

Glad you enjoyed! I liked that orange too ^w^ it has a nice peachy note hiding in it somewhere

Well, i used to just accept them at face value, but i used to follow a pigment nerd on Instagram (ages and ages ago, don't remember the handle) and they had some doubts, checked them under a microscope, reached out to Daniel Smith, etc. But that really just made me think about it for the first time, the clincher for me is that if you paint a layer of Daniel Smith amethyst its the color of amethyst, and according to them the only pigment in it is amethyst, but if you cut a slice of amethyst as thin as a layer of watercolor paint it would be clear. If you can see through a crystal it isn't pigmented enough to produce meaningful color on paper, and it certainly wouldn't be the same shade as a big chunk of crystal. There are other reasons, but this is the easiest to explain in a comment

@ interesting my son is a geologist so I'm going to ask him over dinner tonight 🤣I've heard similar. I don't like Schminke because I think their super granulating paints are overpriced novelty

Some time ago I was trying to find more information about this topic and it seems that it has to be assumed that the Primatek colors are "enhanced" by common pigments (e.g. PG7 in Amazonite and Jadeite Gen., PV23/PV37 in Amethyst Gen., PB28 in Sleeping Beauty Turquoise ..). This explains why the colors are so strong even though the natural minerals don't show such strong colors when ground as fine particles. There is an official statement of John Cogley (Daniel Smith CEO), where he states that all Primatek colors contain genuine minerals but are "altered" for consistency in a secret way. Since there are no pigments listed on the tube, no one really knows which common pigments (much cheaper than the genuine minerals) could be added and to which extent. "There are some colors that, in our manufacturing process, are altered to assure the paint color is exactly as the tube before it. Not all mineral paint would be consistent without this step. Minerals are NOT consistent, it is their nature. This is a manufacturing process that is private and will not be shared. It DOES NOT take away that every single color is made with real mineral."

@ interesting. It does make me wonder what the role of the mineral actually is in the paint. May try grinding up a few crystals and see what results from home made watercolour.

​@@karenirving7088would be really interesting to hear about your results! I think part of the Primatek controversy is that at least for some colors the labeling seems more like a marketing strategy. If they would put something like "inspired by..." and "made with..." on their colors it would seems less misleading. But as a scientist myself I am really curious if we can get more information on that from people who have the possibility to further analyze the components of these colors.

I keep thinking about it, but i love the perfect lines of the metal clips :') I'm just annoyed that i got one where the center gap isn't big enough to sneak in an extra row

@@madden.r.grimes I totally understand wanting the clean look. I absolutely agree so I aligned them all in perfect rows of 11, there are 6 rows so 66 total. It still looks really clean and organized and aesthetically pleasing. It’s also of course fantastic to have so many colors at hand all the time, this way I know I will either already have or quickly be able to mix whatever color I need pretty easily. I also like to keep a little 2-3ml plastic paint pots with lids filled with white gouache and a deep rich black, usually a heavy granulating one. I feel it is defenitly worth the little bit of effort to put the magnets on the bottoms of the pans and arrange them neatly. They stay in place really well . Give it a try :-)

Large not lane 😂

I don't use the whole palette in each painting, I'm not super strict, especially when going for more realistic colors, but i generally plan out what colors I'm going to use, and try to mix from that smaller pool, usually around five colors. Another good tip is an underpainting, it centers the color palette for the whole painting with minimal effort

@ ok I understand I do similar I get confused if I have too many choices

Thank you so much! Good luck with your experiments!

I have thought about it, but i never really thought anyone would be interested

Its very soothing ^w^

Thank you!

Thats really sweet, i bet you made that trick or treaters whole night!

Thank you! I'm very excited ^w^

He's just too pretty 😮‍💨

I need to experiment with it more for sure! Its one of my favorite pages too ^w^

They are such a fun medium!

You're welcome ^w^