ART TIP || The Glycerin Experiment

[@moma-b]

I usually layer the paint in the pan, pouring a little, wait one or two days, pouring another layer, wait again for it to dry then I repeat this until it reaches the level I wish. They don't crack for me.

[@KarijnsWatercolors]

This is actually a great idea, I'll definitely try it next time I pour out some tubes. *-*

[@jenniferbeck5750]

Thank you for doing this video. Been wondering about adding glycerin to gouache. You did an excellent job of explaining and showing! I am neither an award-winning artist nor a KZbin content creator, just a hobbyist who loves painting both indoors and outside. Been wanting to create a travel palette with gouache but didn't want to have a paint that would dry up and fall out. So this video was not a waste of time. It was very informative and helpful. I now know that adding glycerin will aid in keeping the paint fresh and useable. Thank you again so much for the information.

[@MalamikArt]

Magical! LOL How interesting to see them over time. I use glycerin and gum arabic on my very dry watercolors also. But those paints I do not use on final paintings, I just use those paints for sketches. My fear may be unfounded, but I just don't want to risk it. It gives me anxiety. LOL A well thought out, well planned video! Awesome Karijn! Click! (There's got to be another word for it) LOL

[@KarijnsWatercolors]

I am thinking that the paints you use for final paintings are of better quality and as such would not need glycerin. ^^; But it's good to have it on hand if you want to make travel palettes with cheaper paints. It's probably another worthy experiment, to see if light exposure does something to glycerin. :D And in Italian you can say 'schioccare la lingua' (click the tongue) but we don't have just one word for it. But it's the sound you usually use to make a horse move, I think there's something similar in the movie True Lies, where the protagonist is hanging from a roof holding just the horse reins and wants the horse to move back. (If you've never seen that movie, you need to, it's awesome even though it's old.)

[@gfernandez9285]

Just have to be careful with how much glycerin u add (ecspecially with acrylics), if u over use glycerin the paint won't dry and loses adhearence. Please watch the violence when painting haha, sounded so cute lol

[@KarijnsWatercolors]

Ah, this I didn't know, it's a useful information to have, so thank you. :)

[@kevinroche5014]

Really helpful

[@johnsandoval347]

So how much glycerine?

[@chandagupta4161]

Watching this video was just a waste of time

[@KarijnsWatercolors]

That's why the preview says 'Long Version' and in my channel there's the short version as well. :)

[@chandagupta4161]

@@KarijnsWatercolors ohh...by d way which glycerin did u use 4 this?

[@KarijnsWatercolors]

@@chandagupta4161 The liquid, vegetable one you can buy on Amazon. By Mystic Moments, I believe.

[@chandagupta4161]

@@KarijnsWatercolors ok thanks for the suggestion.....where r u from Ur vry sweet

[@KarijnsWatercolors]

@@chandagupta4161 No problem and thank you, I'm Italian. :)