Five terrible watercolor supplies ruining your paintings! Watercolor Art Supply Recommendations

[@winterwoodsstudio]

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[@ChantelleArts]

Paper type is super important but 100% cotton paper isn’t for everyone and can be super expensive when practicing! If buying cheaper paper means you’ll use it and practice more often then it’s absolutely worth it 🥰

[@heathersherlock]

If you get the Baohong Academy Paper, you will find that it is both cheap and 100% cotton. I don't agree, respectfully, with you about using cheap paper. It may streak and lay down in unexpected ways. This can be very confusing and frustrating for beginners especially. I recommend using the best paper you can afford.

[@kreativna]

​​@@heathersherlock not true, it's not cheap everywhere. In EU Amazon stores Baohong is more expensive than Fabriano! And it's not available at all in art supply stores I normally shop from.

[@jackiegagne2625]

It also needs to be affordable. Context is important here. Arches, Princeton and other 'professional' products are far too expensive for those of us who paint for joy and for noone else. If you can afford it - go for it. Otherwise look out for the sales and other brands.

[@ninner196]

Absolutely, some of my favorite things are just charcoal drawings. 3 things plus a stump and a little piece of sand paper and with a light fixative spray they become archival😊

[@maureensamson4863]

Also what's available in your corner of the world !😮😮

[@alexandrawalters8953]

I like to sketch out my watercolor compositions with Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer water-soluble pencils. I use colors that will be compatible with what is going into the painting, I use light pressure so I don’t get impressed lines; and once the watercolor gets applied, the lines dissolve into the wet watercolor 😊

[@winterwoodsstudio]

I’m so glad you found a technique that works for you! Thank you for sharing your tip! And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@dhowell9000]

Me too, I decided to do that when I didn’t want the harsh lines of black ink sometimes, and the Albrect Durer won’t leave any hard lines behind either!❤❤❤

[@ninner196]

Yep, 47 years flew by fast since I started watercolor and other media and I certainly would say the same about the FC Albrecht Durer pencils and every other color pencil, pastel, graphite, Lumigraph, tinted charcoal, acrylics, oils and good ol pastel sticks 😂

[@cbond007]

I've used both 100% cotton and cellulose. I definitely would not say that using cellulose is a mistake, it depends on what you are painting and the technique that you are using. Some of my paintings came out better on cellulose and some I wouldn't dream of doing them on cellulose. I love my 5 below and meeden brushes. Heck even my water brush is great. I don’t have the puddling problem that she is talking about. I just use watercolor pencils or the kneaded eraser. I use black ink and never had a problem with it and my paintings are not flat. I use black paint all the time and don't a problem with it either. I know how to use it and sometimes mixing a dark color that looks like it is trying to be black doesn't look right. It depends on what you're painting. I've taken color theory courses and I still use black, not to mute my colors though. If someone is new to watercolor or on a budget videos like this can be very discouraging. Buying expensive supplies to learn with as if that is going to make the art "better" isn't realistic. I've seen amazing watercolorists use cheap supplies and make amazing pieces. Supplies do matter to a certain point, but you don't need expensive supplies to make good watercolor paintings. Art is expressive so saying/having "never do" rules can sometimes spoil being creative for some people. It is like saying "if you do this (fill in the blank) then it's wrong", when that's not always true.

[@hansendesigns]

Different cotton papers can be wildly different. It has to do with construction and sizing. Sizing can make or break vibrancy from absorption level. Cotton is great though, but you definitely get what you pay for no matter what paper you buy.

[@pjlewisful]

If you need to use a cheep brush, it helps to touch a paper towel with the loaded brush of color.. This way you don't get that blob of water so you now can get a more even color lay.

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Good tip! Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching!

[@Amanda-uc5jq]

That’s what I do 😁

[@kathyhackney7950]

I usually just use a kneaded eraser, and nothing comes up, but i also use a mechanical pencil and the ones i use dont really smudge. But watercolor pencil in a lighr color is good too. My favorite colerase is actually the one i thought id hate. Its a mid green color and it looks so good

[@winterwoodsstudio]

I haven't tried the greens! Now I totally have to! Good thing I have the set here! Maybe I'll have sometime to play with them this afternoon! Thanks for watching!

[@timboyle3702]

It's kind of hard to do all that when you're on a fixed income and trying to learn watercolor painting. I guess we shouldn't try since we can't afford to. All the practice I do cotton paper is just too expensive. I'm just learning.

[@cbond007]

Please don't do that. You don't need all those expensive supplies or have to follow the rules that she is talking about. My old professor is still in the industry with a lot of published works and he uses 5 below and other cheap supplies and his art is amazing! He makes videos using cheap supplies to show people you don't need super expensive supplies to create good art. His videos are not sponsored or anything. Videos like this one can be so discouraging when creators put the rules out as if it 100% fact and it's not. Make your art with whatever supplies you have. Don't worry about buying all that expensive stuff. There are channels that dedicate videos to encourage people to just create with what you have.

[@Decopainterandtea]

Try Baohong Academy watercolour paper. It's a good paper and price. When we do a hobby it's going to cost some money. There are good value products out there. Keep going!

[@cbond007]

@@Decopainterandtea I like thr Boahong ones too.

[@ninner196]

It really is true. I used to save years ago to get an Arches pad even but I learned that buying a 5 pack 15x20” that comes packaged and neatly wrapped has far more paper and is less expensive. Some companies will have a sale. I save more on using full sheets of cold pressed but to get there I painted so many things. There was a reason for me acquiring/asking for 4 phone books a year in my youth lol😊

[@FreshEclecticism]

I use an HB (hard lead) pencil for sketching, then I roll a kneaded eraser over it like a rolling pin to pick up any extra graphite. Works beautifully!

[@tracya8398]

Great list of tips! I'm stubborn and the last thing I changed up was moving to 100% cotton paper, and it really does make all the difference. My frustration dropped from high to very minimal levels. Love your videos :)

[@winterwoodsstudio]

I am so glad you are having better luck with the cotton paper! It makes all the difference in the world! I lived through the exact same thing! ;) Thank you so much for taking the time to watch!

[@Anonymoi]

Good points to keep in mind if your painting isn’t working for you. I would add one thing to the discussion about paper: sizing matters almost as much as cotton content, so brand (and grade - student vs artist - within that brand) does matter in some cases. I have used some cotton paper which works less well than does some cellulose paper. It can have too much external sizing and resist paint too much, or it can have too little internal and external sizing and be almost like painting on a paper towel. (Yes I know paper towels are made of wood pulp.) I have used some wood pulp-based cellulose paper which results in vibrant colors, not fading/dullness/sinking in, but otherwise doesn’t have the performance of the best cotton papers. And of course some are exactly as you described. There is also some element of personal preference - for example I don’t like the newer Fabriano Artistico which now supposedly has easier lifting - I think it is too heavily sized. Some people would love that. Also I guess it’s worth noting that many people are choosing to work with water colors in a less traditional manner so some of these things, including even brushes, aren’t as important, but I think you are speaking of a more traditional watercolor practice.

[@winterwoodsstudio]

I am so glad you mentioned sizing! I need to do a video on that soon! And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@Anonymoi]

@@winterwoodsstudio That would be great! I have some sense of it from using different papers, but I’m not sure I have ever seen anyone online demonstrate similarities/differences in different papers which can be attributed to sizing. That would be really interesting to see. I think it’s misunderstood, too, by a lot of popular but not formally-trained artists on KZbin. I know there is one who has completely steered clear of cotton paper until very recently because she thought it would be extremely absorbent (likely imagining cotton balls or cotton clothing.)

[@TracieWho]

@@winterwoodsstudio A sizing video would be so helpful. I've come across some 100% cotton paper that is just awful - one brand was so bad that I couldn't even use it for gouache. But it I was able to save a bad purchase by turning it into collage fodder...lol....the place where bad paper and art get to live again! haha

[@mjpete27]

Hullo Amy, I found this video to be spot on! Great information and I am always telling people to upgrade their paper first to see an improvement in their paintings! I was taught with just 6 colors, a split primary palette, for the first 4 1/2 years that I was learning watercolors. I have learned how to use a neutral tint for so many mixing techniques, it can save so much time! I look back and don’t see how anyone could use a graphite pencil and not use a kneaded eraser! It was something that was a step to clean up your paper before adding ANY Paint! I have used color pencils and the col-erase pencils are very nice too! You should be very happy with this video, well done!

[@BryanJRiolo-q5h]

I was with you on everything until you mentioned don't use black paint. There are so many ways to do things to keep your color vibrancy when painting, but there are things that black paint can do that no other color mixture will be able to do. At least no mixture I've tried has been able to do it. Plus there are black paints that are capable of doing things with flocculation that none of the mixtures I've tried have been able to handle. And there are plenty of black things in nature. I have found when painting to try and match only the values you see in nature with watercolor or acrylic or oils or whatever you want to use can cause the painting not to be nearly as effective as you wanted. I guess I learned how to mix colors earlier than most people like at about eight or nine years old. And I learned how to mix colors using a fairly high number of colors. I guess I have a hard time understanding why color theory is pushed so hard by so many artists, when is only a small part of learning how to mix colors. Learn to use whatever sets of colors you want to use and have on your pallette, have a lot of fun AND STOP BEING AFRAID OF EXPERIMENTING AND RESEARCHING! Researching and experimenting does not have to be thought about as having to climb sandpaper mountains in your bare feet. I have done a heck of a lot of art and I have done a hell of a lot of research and enjoyed it through successes and through failures.

[@btwilks]

That was an interesting video, with plenty of suggestions for anyone who's finding it difficult to get the results they want with their watercolour painting. My own personal 'revelation moment' came when I switched to 100% cotton paper for anything other than line & simple wash sketches. Suddenly, layering, blending etc became so much easier to achieve - whereas with wood pulp paper they had been almost impossible. When I started out about 20 or so years ago, I splashed out on some quite expensive kolinsky sable brushes (at the time I naively thought that we got the fibres a bit like the way we get wool from sheep! After I discovered the truth, I went over to synthetic only - although I still use the kolinsky sable brushes every so often, as they're holding up pretty well even after 20 years). Anyway, thanks for the much-appreciated video. Kind regards, Brian.

[@dalehallmark9174]

I agree about the paper I mostly agree about the brushes although don't take it to extremes. No doubt a fine watercolor brush is a thrill to use but no need to spend $80 on a brush when a $30 brush will do what you need. However, a $3 brush is not likely to be fun to use or work for you. It is a matter of degree...a really super fine brush is likely to far exceed my ability to make use of it 🙂I do like Princeton Neptune brushes very much. And synthetic brushes seem to work just fine. I tend to draw for watercolor with mostly watercolor pencils being careful to not press hard. I do also use graphite and lighten it like you or use a harder pencil...unlike many others I do not really care if the graphite shows on the final painting. But not all the time 🙂 I should say that I have no rule or method that I follow 100% of the time. What I am trying to accomplish is my guide to materials and techniques. Brown ink..Walnut ink works well if you like the look. Black paint...well what can I say...there is definitely a place for it. I have painted entire paintings in black paint along with diluted black paint. I suggest not to use it to darken or dull other paints as it makes them look dirty most times. Shadows, where most black paint is misused most often aren't really black or gray, shadows do all have a color cast. Definitely a niche paint IMO.

[@ninner196]

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[@annika8877]

I like to keep different qualities of paper at hand to decide for each painting which is the most economical to use. So if I do just sketching and swatching colors I can use cheap cellulose paper; for small illustrations, ink and wash or if I prefer blooms, I will use better cellulose paper. If I know that I want smooth washes, several layers etc. I will take cotton paper. That way I can keep costs down in the longterm, even if initally the costs are a bit higher because I need to buy different blocks.

[@nicoleperron3315]

When I started watercolors, there was no internet. 😳 I learnt to reserve the whites, no masking fluid, washes with no blooms, no black or white ever, minimal pencil lines, cotton paper only. Years and years to master these techniques. Now after about five years of watching KZbin videos from all different artists 😂 I've heard blooms are beautiful you want them! use wood pulp paper , use markers, white Gouache everywhere especially splattered on the whole painting. Glue stuff or sparkles on your watercolor 😂 Twice I bought masking fluid but forgot to try it and the bottle dried up. I have tried quite a few, even the black paint and ink. Some effects are easier but I don't get that feeling of satisfaction that I get doing it as more of a purist. My biggest complaint is they all call it watercolors when clearly they are all doing mixed media! 😅 Which is fine but call it what it is.

[@ninner196]

Thank you! Yes the 2 are different and just saying it like it is doesn’t offend. It’s the saying that one “should or shouldn’t “ when these are wc techniques or tools and not rules that confuse for sure. I feel awash with my tools, hope some followed the dropped lines and charged ahead 😂

[@JinnyCJ]

The graphite tip is brilliant! Thank you.

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Glad it was helpful! You are so welcome!

[@Firefox-nq6sv]

Thanks for the info Amy and the discount link. Looking forward to trying Craftsy!

[@winterwoodsstudio]

You’re very welcome! I hope you enjoy the classes as much as I have! And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@rebeccahesser8057]

Obsidian if you chip it thin it’s either brown or grey it’s not even black

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Thanks for sharing that! I've never chipped obsidian but that makes perfect sense! And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@TracieWho]

Great tips, Amy! I will often use brown ink because I am really not that skilled of an ink artist and brown doesn't magnify mistakes like black does. How awesome for the Craftsy membership! Thank you!! I paused your vid and quickly got re-signed up for it. It states for new members only, but i guess they figure that my membership from several years ago puts me into the new member category. I used it for a lot of sewing stuff I was doing back then. Glad to see that you have a sponsor that you can totally get behind! I look forward to getting some use out of it this year.

[@PaulaScardamalia]

I love the three Princeton watercolor brushes you mentioned. Some of their sets are great buys as well.

[@ninner196]

Yes so many brands actually work just fine. I have many and find that one can even use their fingers, a trowel or cut credit card for effects and I cut old brushes to make non uniform ones imitating nature so to speak.

[@sueallen1945]

Another great video! Thanks for the information!!

[@winterwoodsstudio]

I’m so glad you found it helpful! Thanks for taking the time to watch!

[@melissaaldosari8024]

Perfect! Wonderful tips! Thank you!

[@winterwoodsstudio]

You are so welcome!And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@tammylong111]

I signed up for Craftsy and I'm looking forward to learning all things art! Thank you, Amy!

[@winterwoodsstudio]

I am so glad, Tammy! I hope you like it as much as I have over the years! And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@tammylong111]

@winterwoodsstudio thank you for all the useful and knowledgeable information you share with us. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@MarcysArtsyFartsyCreations]

I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this to us, maybe with this knowledge I might be able to knock out a decent painting finally 😊

[@winterwoodsstudio]

I am so glad you enjoyed it! I have lots of other watercolor videos up too if your interested. Especially some of the older ones! And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@jmkweeks]

I’m so glad you made this video! These are excellent tips for watercolorists both new and experienced! Especially glad that you mentioned the tip about using black. That’s something I learned in college and I haven’t heard hardly anyone say it since then! My art professor told me to use Payne’s gray instead of black. Great job on the video!!

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Lol! Yep! I was just talking with another veiwer in the comments about how one of my more temperamental art professors back a million years ago, whether through all our paints and threw out any tubes of black he found! That was 23 years ago. Not sure if they would still do that now! Thanks for watching!

[@ninner196]

Most Payne’s grey tubed is Not lightfast FYI. The original Payne’s grey was made differently. If this is a traditionalist watercolor situation some are members of the transparent community too with no issues of what color or how many layers required to achieve a black that is reflective of it’s surroundings or if one desires to use black marker or Lamp black, art is art. Art instructor’s concerns of concepts way beyond beginner knowledge. No offense intended

[@Calme1918]

I have used all paper you showed. Also Winston and Newton cotton paper True very important But in Canada super expensive

[@stroodledoodles]

Great video! I'm definitely guilty of using straight black when painting, mainly because I'm too lazy to mix haha I would love to see a video that shows the best time to use wet on wet + wet on dry, I feel like I always use the former wrong.

[@winterwoodsstudio]

I have one up for that already! You can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIaXYqGYocp3jsk ! Hope that helps! And thank you so much for watching!

[@stroodledoodles]

@@winterwoodsstudio Ooo nice! Thank you!

[@cliffracer8964]

I would just add for a substitution of graphite pencils or colored pencils, you can use watercolor pencils and then pigments and lines dissolve completely without creating "mud"

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Great tip! Thanks for sharing! And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@thethriftyapprentice]

Interesting and well put together video. As a art teacher I am not sure I agree with everything that was said, but great video nonetheless.

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Well, we all have different opinions and that's what makes the world a beautiful place! Plus, I haven't been in art school since I left university 23 years ago, so I may not be up to date on what's being taught there now! It would be awesome to go back and do it over again if i had the resources and lived close to one now, just to see what has changed! Thanks for taking the time to watch!

[@ninner196]

⁠@@winterwoodsstudioBeing very well acquainted with art institutes is one area. It really hasn’t changed. What is exciting is what niche works for different folks and too much information can inundate the most naturally talented ones. Essentially art isn’t about all the classes. Techniques are tools and definitely not rules. That is the biggest take away from these places that I grasped was ineptitude honestly because one might only spend 1/2yr or a semester on one thing if that. Experience matters for sure. Not sure if this was supposed to appeal to “traditional wc purists” when multimedia involved yet a firm No to black wc. Ooof. As a traditional wc and multimedia artist there is room for all expression but knowing those pigments to help others keep it straight forward if they want to sell professionally is important. I am not sure what levels you are teaching but teaching multimedia is a challenge. No offense but even I was left feeling a bit odd. Hope it works out well for you. Not all Art teachers are in Art institutes. Some of the most patient ones teach at the High School level and are excellent. 😊

[@susanhoffmaster7235]

Only the 2nd or 3rd video of yours I've seen, just found you the other day- but now I have a Craftsy membership-THANK YOU!

[@Jackjonesis]

Great information especially about graphite. THANKS

[@winterwoodsstudio]

I’m so glad you found it helpful! And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@elazybelleorr2472]

I wish I had heard advice like this when I first started out. I understand why this is the case, but all the advice for beginners I saw was, 'buy what you can afford' and, 'these ..insert cheaper brands..are just as good if not better then any artist quality you can find'... I am someone who doesn't have expendable income, most recommended supplies are out of my price range, even if they are cheap. So I bought the cheapest most recommended supplies I kept seeing, (cotmon and canson xl 😑) and I absolutely regretted it. I wasted money on supplies I hated and never used again after a handful of tries. I noticed (because of the fillers in the paint, ) I was already hitting pan on certain colors after just a few paintings, and I mean like 4 or 5 small paintings. In reality I would have to replace them more often then I had thought, ( it took me a few months to save up for them in the 1st place,) and I didn't even enjoy using them. It wasn't until I got to the fine art side of art youtube that I realized ' oh I am not their demographic and you get what you pay for.' It took me alot more time to save up for the artist quality, but I use them all the time. It is completely worth it imo, to just take the time to save so I can then splurge and use the best quality for myself. I am not a professional artist, though I have been drawing for most of my life, just a good ole #2 pencil and some printer paper. I only paint for my own enjoyment, and so I actually want to enjoy using my supplies. I'm sure there are people out there that appreciate the cheaper stuff and enjoy them. For myself now that I'm more experienced, if I went back to the supplies I first bought, I'm sure that I could make them work and would be better prepared to use them in a way that works for me; however I still wouldn't enjoy doing so. I appreciate when people specify that there is a difference in how your supplies will work for you depending on the price, what subjects your painting and what your intentions are in progressing your art/style. To know the full reality of what your getting before you buy it or if in my case you already bought it, then to not just give up and call yourself the problem. It's fine if you can't afford the more expensive stuff, so long as you enjoy what your using and it's worth it to you. But this idea that because your a beginner you don't need/deserve artist quality until your "better"? Or that there's no difference in practicing on cheaper supplies? Bs, painting on celulose is completely different then painting on 100% cotton and "cheap" supplies are not cheap if your burning through them at break-neck speed. The 5ml paints I 1st bought of artist quality? I'm still using them and I paint all the time, it's been a few years. Also Paul Rubens and Bao Hong watercolor journals? Etchr? They have 100% cotton sketchbooks that are relatively cheap in comparison, and saving up every couple months for a skecthbook at a time is worth it to me, while slowly building up my paints. Again it depends on what your painting and what are your intentions behind it. To improve? To have fun? Crafts? Fine art? Abstract? Different priorities are going to have different approaches and expectations of what your looking for.

[@annawozniak6807]

Big fan of domestika, never tried craftsy ( tried skill share before). But i don't like to subscribe for a year...i prefer to pay for each class...because i had bad experience on being billed without my approval after the free peroid. But i am sure some people will be glad to try this :) thanks for sharing

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Yep. I had that happen with a photo website once. For what it's worth, I haven't had that happen with crafts but you need to do what you are comfortable with! Thank ypu for taking the time to watch and leave a comment! I appreciate it!

[@eldridschafer7155]

I see a lot of very pro painters use neutral tint and Wayne’s gray it works for me some but yes black is a duller paint I confess I use some on black noses mixed with blue 🥸

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Boy would we ever get in trouble if we used black paint back when I was in art school! I remember one somewhat temperamental professor going through all our paint kits and if you had black he threw it in the garbage! Lol! Paynes grey was okay because it's really just a dark, desaturated blue! I don't think we had neutral tint back then, but that was 23 years ago! Thanks for watching, Eldrid! I appreciate it!

[@eldridschafer7155]

@ I know how colors mix and I just always stick to rules lol. Dyeing shows the break out of pigment it’s interesting how blacks are so-purple I never use black in dye. I have like 3 types if you use the powder straight on wet it will remain black

[@ninner196]

@@winterwoodsstudioplease take his memories and bin them. I could show you masterpieces done with muted color and yes lamp black. I like to mix too but multimedia involves flat color at times. I use graphite that doesn’t shine. Faber Castell and Lumigraph. I have seen very very detailed hummingbirds done in flat black but the detail like if it were ink is amazing. If teaching straight traditional wc as opposed to multi media, bad experiences in our past can make us believe something is bad when it just is merely a choice. In oil painting we all know that black makes a great green. I don’t know if you teach that. Colored pencils I use a bit of the black along with those warm/ cool greys, deep magenta and warmest/ coolest reds. It’s just a choice 😊

[@susiemejia7917]

Those were good tips. I know why my paintings aren’t what I’d like them to be.

[@penniecormier8770]

Thanks for all the hints and good advice! I didn’t know about ‘setting’ graphite pencil drawings with water. Thanks!

[@YosemiteLee]

Try drawing with a light gray watercolor pencil underneath your watercolor painting. If you must use a graphite pencil use a SHARP 2H pencil and mist lightly with a fine mist spray to set the pencil work.

[@jlm517rocks]

Awesome tips & delivery!!! Thx x 70.

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@sherhardgrave3664]

Some very great tips the graphite pencil omg the light went on that applies to me thank you 😊👩🏻‍🎨

[@kristyhaysart]

Great info, thanks Amy!

[@snowpony001]

Great tips Amy. Thank you.

[@laura59design]

This was so helpful Amy thank you!

[@elecktra6223]

Hi Amy! Just found your channel the other day and subscribed today. You have a wonderful way about you, and are very informative. I find watercolor very hard. I have no problem with acrylic, colored pencil, or pastels. Your tips were so helpful. I’m self taught so I make a heck of a lot of mistakes. So many things I was doing wrong. Thank you so much for these tips

[@Ninjamom4]

❤️❤️❤️Thank you for this wonderful advice. I look forward to watching more of your videos.

[@Susancshell]

Hi Amy. Great tips! I saw some great looking classes on your scroll thru of craftsy. I think I'm going to give it a try with a plan to spend my usual hybernation month of January, taking fun classes instead. Hope you and your family have a Happy Thanksgiving!😊

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Thank you so much! I hope you have fun with the classes! I've enjoyed it very much over the years! Your idea of having a hibernation January, and take fun classes, sounds really nice! I might vat to join you! It sounds right up my alley! Thank you so much for watching and commenting!

[@jeanetteanderson3912]

What a great video. I guess I have lots of sketching pads😮 thanks so much for all your help and hard work 👍 ❤️ blessings from Ontario 🇨🇦 🙏 👍 ❤️ 😍

[@winterwoodsstudio]

You are so welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it! And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@Kreative_Rainbow]

Thank you for sharing these tips!! 🤗😍 That is very helpful!! 🥰

[@Grammieto5]

Hi Amy I definitely learned some things today thanks for the tips and the Craftsy link too I just signed up for the year! I don’t comment much but I enjoy your Patreon lunch breaks too!!

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy the classes! And thanks for being a patron! It means the world to me!

[@Replicanna-rl6zg]

Haha, the rebel in me now wants to challenge you to do some w/c anime art 😂 No really, thosenare really helpful tips, but using cellulose paper is not that bad if you are aware it will act differently on cotton and also on torchon, not/cold press and hot press, one just needs practise on all of those. I love your videos and just curious, does wine count as cozy drink?

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Wine definitely counts! ;) Have fun! And thank you so much for watching!

[@dhowell9000]

Thanks Amy! I Love your videos!!!

[@BetinaJosefsen]

Great tips I don't know if it is only in EU but what are your thoughts about toxic watercolor paint? I see that with some brands, they write very toxic for water living animals, and I love animals and nature , so will not buy that these brands. Is there good watercolor brands that are not toxic?

[@winterwoodsstudio]

You're going to want to pick a professional brand of paint and steer away from the colors that are toxic. Any of the cadmiums or cobalts are what's going to make a paint toxic. They are both heavy metals. My Daniel Smith watercolor palette that use all the time is made if only non-toxic colors with no cobalt or cadmium. I might have added a cobalrlt in recently. But most of the Daniel Smith colors in my palette are non-toxic. you're going to want to pick Separate, individual tubes of paint or pans so you can steer clear of the ones with heavy metals. if you pick a professional brand that lists what the pigments are, you should be able to do at! Good luck!And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@ninner196]

Also please download the information PDF on the tubes and their effects on the environment. Some of Daniel Smith’s do say “toxic to aquatic life” and one can make there own decision. There are ways to handle cobalt and cadmium pigments and each country has help if they desire to reuse them or have another artist use them. Most of those pigments come from the soil for centuries and in the liquid form, painted are preserved whereas some enviro friendly may or may not be as lightfast. The same is true from many companies and great pigment information is available from videos of Dr Ono. They had comparisons from every brand that I have heard from.

[@Wildwoodenfull]

Love your videos😍😍😍

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Thank you so much! That makes my day! And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@michelleanderson8083]

I am new to this channel and appreciate the tips on your video.

[@Samantha_tookey197]

Thanks for all the tips and the craftsy link, I haven’t tried them before, only Skillshare

[@winterwoodsstudio]

I love Craftsy! I've taken so many classes there over the years! I hope you like it too! And thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!

[@user-wk1mw9nj3i76]

Good video, thanks!

[@eleanortaylor4389]

Very good tips!

[@patriciaherrera8023]

Thanks Amy!

[@charlenemencer9877]

Thank you for your wonderful advice I really appreciate you ❤

[@ralphherrick596]

Thanks for the info

[@sheilagilleland4312]

My gosh your hair is absolutely beautiful. Love your art also🤣

[@pattihanson7921]

Would love to hear what the differences are between the Princeton brushes eg pros and cons for different uses

[@winterwoodsstudio]

It's coming next week! ;) hope that helps and thanks for watching!

[@keariewashburn4680]

I subscribed ❤ very interested in learning more. Thank you 😊

[@corikay]

Haven’t created in a long time , but I appreciate these tips/reminders and look forward to making time to enjoy watercolors again!!! PS: I subscribed to Craftsy years ago and had purchased many online video classes, but I thought they closed the website platform…?

[@winterwoodsstudio]

Yeah, they did for awhile. I had bought all my classes back then as one time purchases and they were all like $20. I'm happy it's backe and more affordable too!

[@ninner196]

Yes having the best substrate that one can afford in any media is important, however techniques are important, they are Not rules or dos and don’ts, and any art instructor would wisely choose wording because what works for some may not for others and the instructor always earns respect not by saying “We don’t do this or that” it would fall under the subjective point of view. I would encourage others to not even consider my own words or even the words of an Art institute instructor who would say this. It crushes creativity and those who might have just pencils. Please look up the most beautiful realistic graphite work, it is amazing. Some might be inclined to use vocabulary that would suggest a more traditional approach but yet upon examination of the pigments used in their palettes, the pigments may not be lightfast therefore would not last any longer than the most inexpensive children’s paints. Nothing wrong with them, we all continue to learn. 12 lightfast pigments in the hands of someone who is a very capable blender are just beautiful. Beyond that is another course, materials and substrates. Even though I do the other forms of media, it even takes me 3 tries to get one shoe on. 😂

[@sneaks6635]

Followed your link to Craftsy but there was no discount. :( It offered it on the first page and said sign up here and took all of my information (except payment cuz I didn't give it to them) and the cart was charging me the full $123.00. Have you had a 1000 people sign up already? Thanks for your help. There was no one available on Craftsy's chat.

[@winterwoodsstudio]

I can try to check in with them. But it's Saturday, so I don't if I will hear anything back. are you a first time user? I know it's only valid for first time users, I think. I will ask them about that. And also if they've already had a 1000 people sign up. I can't see that on my end. I'll let you know if I hear anything back. So sorry about that!!

[@sneaks6635]

@@winterwoodsstudio I am a first time user. I'd never heard of them before your video. It's possible that 1000 have signed up that quickly but it would seem like they wouldn't have offered on one page only to shut it down on the next. Thanks for the help.

[@dorothysantini8735]

Hello… found your video today right on point. Signed up to Crafty got your deal. I really liked your video. I have found the same thing. Thanx!

[@Oggi7777]

Jazz hands

[@ruthmaier755]

Use watercolor pencils to sketch!

[@nellgwenn]

You should have shown examples.

[@winterwoodsstudio]

I have TONs of examples in some of the other 180 videos up on my channel! Feel free to check them out!

[@nellgwenn]

@@winterwoodsstudio Great.

[@hansendesigns]

Sepia = see pee uh. lol. Best to you 🌸

[@winterwoodsstudio]

People around here say sep-e-uh. Regional differences, I guess?