Can Daniel Smith watercolor ground make cheat paper better?

Hello and welcome! In last week's video, I shared a bunch of art supplies I purchased over time, but have seldom, if ever used. Daniel Smith watercolor ground was one of them and one of my followers mentioned that you can use it over inexpensive watercolor paper to make it better and easier to paint on. Did it work? Let's find out!
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[@MusicLover-sb7mo]

Interesting! If anything it is a great reminder that quality paper makes a difference. Something ai really didn’t understand when ai first started.

[@VivoVintageDesigns]

The quality of your watercolor paper matters more than the quality of watercolor paints or brushes, in my experience. With alcohol ink, I use photo paper mostly. Finding the right brand and quality is equally important. I tried so many when I first started and finally tried the kirkland brand. What a difference! The Amazon brand works well but isn't as thick.

[@ReneeW59]

Another thing people use the ground for is to paint on non-watercolor surfaces, like wood, for instance.

[@VivoVintageDesigns]

Yes! I'm looking forward to trying it on wood. 😊

[@deborahruth5072]

This is an excellent demonstration and comparison of the watercolor ground. I have the same paper that has been sitting around for so many years. I am going to try this as I have a small jar of the same ground. Thank you for this demo, much appreciated. I am so glad I found this channel.

[@VivoVintageDesigns]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching. 😊

[@puppeli]

I faintly remember reading a comment, on Teoh Yi Chie's video, demonstrating Daniel Smith (and Holbeins) watercolor ground, saying that you dont need to apply the ground so thickly. And that you can water it down before applying it on your paper (Teoh was using it to resize, his 100% cotton Arches watercolor paper)

[@VivoVintageDesigns]

Thank you for that information. 😊

[@LisaMischelle]

what brush were you using in this demo? Looks like it holds water well!

[@VivoVintageDesigns]

It's a silver black velvet brush. They do hold a lot. They are my favorite brushes.

[@francehebert2403]

@@VivoVintageDesignsIt’s not rather a Princeton in this video?

[@VivoVintageDesigns]

@@francehebert2403 I had to pause the video and enlarge the image. You are correct. It was a princeton brush. I believe it's an aqua elite. Thank you for pointing that out.