Daniel Smith Iridescent Gold Watercolor Ground

[@lizstrangesavage7948]

Wow that pthalo green with the interfence blue - amazing! Great video. I'm just now playing with the DS watercolor grounds and love the DS luminescents. Thanks for putting this online!

[@101mosioatunya]

To my eyes, the interference blue is the most spectacular colour. I love the gold ground - definitely a 'must have'.

[@TomStClair]

Great. Clear presentation. Good information. Thank you.

[@ArtsiRosi]

Love this! I love that you sampled colors on top.

[@wynngwynn]

I use a silicone makeup brush to apply watercolor ground. There's no brushstrokes really and it won't mess up my brush.

[@nickadamopoulos6472]

Thanks for showing the many possibilities.

[@itstrulyanoriginal6157]

Thank you. Beautiful. I'd love to see you use this good on a project. I appreciate your showing the color layering. I like them over a color too! You should do a little art journal flip through. You are very talented :).

[@ArtontheBrain]

Thank you so much! I just need to finish a journal...I seem to have worked in 5 or 6 of them, depending on what I'm doing...then I get caught up in something else! 😂

[@ArtontheBrain]

Thank you! Here's one of my videos using gold wc ground: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zquzamxsrbmaqrs

[@timh7246]

I was looking for the links you mention. ?? (e.g., using black ground, etc). I'll just look under your posts & prolly find them easily that way.

[@gigitheragdoll]

Thank you for your movie. I wanted to buy gold ground but I wasn't sure if I will like the effect.

[@barbarasalmi5123]

So informative! You have a beautiful voice,by the way.

[@ArtontheBrain]

Thank you so much! I have never liked my voice after hearing it recorded. 🙄 So nice to hear at least one person doesn't feel that way!

[@VincentBurkardt]

Agreed, great voice!

[@lainieholland]

Wonderful informative and I agree, you have a lovely voice. Thank you Kelly, I'll be looking at your web page.

[@lindafaber89]

What's the difference between gold gesso and gold watercolor "ground"?

[@ArtontheBrain]

Hi there! Gold gesso is used as a primer for acrylic paints. Absorbent ground creates a surface that is absorbent so you can paint on it with watercolor. It can be used on many non-traditional surfaces to turn them into watercolor-paintable suraces.

[@YourMajesty143]

Watercolor ground is actually an acrylic-based primer but made with pulverized watercolor paper (or cotton rag) into it so that it can absorb rather than repel water. So it's essentially gesso (or glow glaze/matte medium) but with paper ground up into a fine powder to create that cold-press texture. I've seen KZbin videos of homemade versions of gesso and ground. And I'm sure you can add very fine gold mica, if you want your ground to be tinted like the one featured in this video.

[@CobraDove1111]

Music is SO ANNOYING