Painting with Food Colouring

[@millana6292]

I have a mixing chart for food colours, it is as such....10 drops=d, of red +3 drops of yellow = fuchsia....2 d of red +18 d of yellow=orange...1 d of red + 19 d of yellow = deep yellow...1 d of green + 9 d of yellow = lime...1d of green +3 d of blue = turquoise...2 d of blue + 2 d of red = purple...4 d blue + 1 d of red = deep purple, 2 d green +2 red + 6 d yellow = a mauve looking colour. Hope it helps for those who plan to use food colouring.

[@recoveringsoul755]

That's fun. His food coloring bottles don't seem suited to "drops". In the US we have teeny tiny food coloring bottles that dispense by the drop.

[@dr.sunithapurushothaman5756]

Mine has the same thing but not that complicated

[@mandy.austin]

i have been using Queen food colouring for painting for years and have checked - none of my paintings have faded at all and the ones i am looking at go back to about 2007 - however they are all in sketchbooks

[@88feji]

Being painted in sketchbook helps to protect the painting from exposure to the atmosphere and light .. which makes it last longer without changing color ..

[@daphanemcconnell5662]

Miranda Austin Question: Did you mix with alcohol or food color by itself? I am confused. At 69 I am just starting to get interested in different paints

[@mandy.austin]

@@daphanemcconnell5662 you use them straight, can mix with water, white/black acrylic paint, pva glue or pva glue diluted with water... they will all give different effects.

[@mandy.austin]

@@88feji yes i went back and had a look... outside of the books the colour is bery fugitive! But on the bright side thwy are great to use for budget art supplies to learn with and for childens art experiences.

[@JudiChristopher]

"WOW".... I would have NEVER thought of using Food Coloring for watercoloring... You've just taught this old dog a new trick... UNREAL>... Love this idea... "Thank YOU" for sharing this GREAT Idea... ;)

[@88feji]

Using food colors is a well hidden trade secret among many comic artists for decades ... famous comics artists like Simon Hanselmann uses food colors exclusively for his Megg and Mogg series as a badge of honour, thats how I got to know about food colors as a artist medium so I stole a bottle from my mom's cooking arsenal ... hehe..

[@elgabenedicta]

Love this idea! I have tons and tons of food colourings I very rarely use!! I think this is super great for brush Lettering!!

[@higherground711]

Do you have warm and cool primary colors in your selection?

[@baibhabeebaishya4913]

I never ever had a thought of painting with food colours.... The results are really incredible❤

[@88feji]

I recently learnt a lesson that you cannot reactivate dried out food colors for painting (at least for some colors) .. because over the next few days I saw the painting rapidly fade away to become a ghost of its former self ... what a shock ... But strangely, the color chart of the same food colors that I created many months ago remains the same intensity ... So I gathered that the dramatic decrease in lightfastness is probably due to the fact that the color chart was painted fresh from the bottle while the dying painting was painted with the dried out palette that I prepared for easy access .. Lesson learnt ..

[@MariaRevArt]

That's super interesting.

[@ZepphiaGonzales]

Do you experience any difference in lightfastness when the food colouring has been diluted with water straight from the bottle?

[@KHos73]

Use this and draw on rice paper! Eat it afterwards for dessert.

[@kauancorrea6688]

HAhaha, all the "oops"s.

[@teohyc]

Yes, I know. Lol. First time using it and I don't know what I'm doing.

[@ShayAndQuanChannel]

🤗🤗🤗

[@recoveringsoul755]

@@teohyc When pouring from something like that I would use a toothpick against the edge of the bottle opening. The fluid runs down the toothpick into the place you want it. Our food colorings here are very tiny, come with squeeze bottles to let out one drop at a time.

[@SusieLaLonde]

Really interesting, I didn't think they would work as well as they did. This is something to remember if I ever run out of watercolor paints. Thank you

[@teohyc]

+Susie LaLonde Yah, I'm very surprised by the intensity.

[@raisedheart]

Great vid. TBH, I found this while trying to make paint with food coloring and make a paintbrush. I just did water and food coloring like you did, and I made a paintbrush with a toothpick and some paper towels.

[@theartyone]

The BIG question is: Did you eat the picture afterwards ...and if so - how did it taste?

[@teohyc]

+theartyone Food colouring should not have any taste. There are also food flavourings sold in such bottles.

[@theartyone]

Teoh Yi Chie I think my joke might of been missed. Never mind... I'll stick to my illustration career and avoid a career in stand up comedy.

[@teohyc]

+theartyone LOL

[@daphanemcconnell5662]

theartyone dumb ass question Theartyone

[@millyrock9625]

This is a great idea. I am an artists myself and I indeed will try this.

[@sagewojo]

I love all the nature you can hear in the background, it's so calming. Also another amazing video! I just found your channel today and I've watched a bunch of videos! I love your art!!

[@teohyc]

+Sarcastic Sēji LOL. That's because I filtered out the noise of airplanes flying around and of my neighbour taking a bath upstairs.

[@sagewojo]

+Teoh Yi Chie LOL

[@MondayMorningMist]

Wow this is really cool, I've never thought of using food coloring like this, it looks just like watercolors.

[@capbin146]

Never would have thought about that, it worked well.

[@vwood2]

Lol. That was really fun! Surprisingly good results too.

[@teohyc]

Thanks :-)

[@terencegoh2647]

Liked your video!! Try in on a fountain pen mate.

[@jude1515]

I just used food coloring. I love the vivid colors they make on my paintings.

[@hellhammer4041]

Great job!

[@lujainalriyami5679]

I love this thx soo much your an artist❤❤❤

[@djsnyder001]

Good cheap stuff to practice brush strokes without having to use the more expensive paint. Add glycerin (99.5% Anhydrous) to the colors next time to thicken the mix.

[@daisy3690]

Omygosh! very funny. Very interesting and eye opening. wow. Who knew? Thank you so much for sharing. Made me happy. Bye now. You be well...

[@teohyc]

Thanks :-)

[@pastelpinkhoney]

I know what I'm buying tomorrow! Haha love it! Great video

[@SkrzatKwiatowy]

What an interesting idea fo having fun or sketching. They look like Ekoline watercolurs.

[@teohyc]

They do, but much cheaper.

[@sweetflakes]

I bake a lot and I do know food colouring uses dyes (the same dyes used in cosmetics like lip stains etc) & not pigments so I believe they are definitely not permanent. Thanks for the idea though! I think these would also work great for brush lettering yay!

[@JudiChristopher]

These ARE Permanent... on paper...

[@tomomyuu]

This is so neat! I want to try this too! I'm a little bummed you said they probably wouldn't be lightfast but I wonder, would they be OK if I used them inside a sketchbook? Like just for fun or practice? I'm not sure if it's the paper or the food coloring itself, but it doesn't seem to dry at a reasonable time, so I guess a blow dryer would be necessary.

[@haicautrang5304]

i feel like you should probably spray with fixative or something if you're doing this. the coloring may smudge to the other side of the page if you're not careful. Otherwise, if I were you, I'd go ahead and do a test of it

[@cym.oreo_creates]

If you look in some of the above comments there was one person that didn’t attest to her “food color painting” not fade after a couple of years, so i think it’s quite okay.

[@opal77]

I always enjoy your videos. I wish we could find out about how a sketch made with these food colorings stand up to sunlight lightfastness tests. Even if they end up being impermanent... you can always scan your food coloring work. Having a digital copy isn't bad. Seems like a lot of fun. I was surprised by the brown and blue, and orange and blue mixtures turning out a deep green. I expected maybe a warm gray from the both. Perhaps it's because the orange was very close to yellow, and the blue was like a phthalo. Still don't quite get the brown, I'd expect that with an ocher, not a sienna like color. In any case! very fun exercise, and the finished work looked great!

[@teohyc]

+AntiFormKeyblade That brown is probably more like yellow or orange. That's why when it's mixed with the blue, it turned green. I kept referring to the Blue as Phthalo when it's not. LOL. But they might actually use the same pigment. Not sure about how lightfast they are.

[@That_Girl_7_11]

As always,... you inspire me to do better,.. thank you for sharing :)

[@teohyc]

Thanks. :-)

[@adamw2621]

I am not sure what is available in Singapore, but here in the US, there are a couple of options available for liquid watercolors that seem very similar to what the food coloring is here. I have only used them minimally but they are called Dr Ph Martin's liquid watercolors. As you mentioned in your description though, I don't thing they are very lightfast.

[@teohyc]

Liquid watercolour usually is not lightfast. If I am not wrong, it's because they are actually really just dyed inks.

[@PumpkinPails]

+Teoh Yi Chie Dr. PH Martin's Hydrus watercolor is lightfast. Their Radiant Concentrated line is not, however.

[@arda9437]

If you added gum arabic to that would it be usable as dip pen ink?

[@teohyc]

I'm not sure if gum arabic can flow well.

[@cferracini]

You can use the food coloring as dip pen ink. No need to add other stuff to it. I even use it in fountain pen. It works great but it's like Teoh said, it's not lightfast and not waterproof. Since most felt tip pen inks are the same, I don't mind it. At least with food coloring you know it's non toxic

[@victormunhozzz]

So they are kinda similar to watercolor concentrates?? Cool, i think food coloring is a great dupe for those then

[@teohyc]

+Neko XOU In terms of usage, they are similar. However, I am not sure how archival they are.

[@cherialtemoos9240]

I was watching a video where a girl was doing flowers with bottles of some kind of paint but it was so thin, I think thought of food coloring. I do not paint so forgive be but seen this artwork and loved it. There was no way to find out any information from this video but she was painting with small bottles just using dots of color and then making the flowers with her finger or bamboo stalk with a blade of a knife. I tried to look up Asian finger painting but not sure, mostly found black chalk type work. Any help on a name of this art form and places to find more instructions? This is a great video I found for my grand daughter to learn.

[@EndlessSims3]

I like to try food coloring in airbrush on canvas do you have videos on hot to airbrush food coloring on canvas? Ty

[@terimumy9619]

Wow ur a great painter

[@luisbito8391]

wao i like intense color discover something cheap painting sketch

[@vermadentalclinic]

ok thanks.i would like you to post a video sometime about watercolour brand camlin kyoko available in india and any urban sketcher symposium you have attended in india.thanks

[@emson263]

it looks just like my old Dad's fiat 126p :)

[@artisticfaith-meitalforte4320]

Since the video was filmed, do the colors remain essential even after a period of time? Would you recommend using food coloring as a cheap replacement for ink, or even if you add a little water - can it be used as watercolor as well?

[@teohyc]

These food colouring will fade. Normal fountain pen inks will fade too unless it's mentioned they are pigmented or lightfast. These are watersoluble so they cannot be used with watercolour. If you want waterproof inks, consider pigmented watercolour inks but they cannot be used inside fountain pens.

[@dib2501]

Colleague! What do you think about uv resinstance after 7 years? You kept this painting?

[@teohyc]

I did not keep the art. Dye inks will fade eventually when exposed to light

[@AnnaBorshinML]

Daniel smith stop shaking

[@EricSareyka]

What a lovely delicious painting - so let's eat it ;) Do you know eat-paper (in german "Esspapier")? What's about the drying time compared to watercolor?

[@teohyc]

+Eric Sareyka Drying time feels the same.

[@TheLotussong]

I thought of it for a painting and still threw my entire stock of food coloring out without giving it a try:(

[@marisavoges8814]

What can i use to seal a food colouring painting?

[@greyareaRK1]

Really enjoyed that. I don't suppose there is any way to stop non-colourfast from fading?

[@teohyc]

+John Matthias Keep them away from light will make the fade slower

[@theartyone]

Have you used gouache? Do you still use IR? I've not seen a video of you using it yet (although I've only recently discovered your channel). If you don't - why not?

[@teohyc]

+theartyone I don't use gouache. What's IR?

[@landondavis2183]

Thank you so much for this info I will DEFIANTLY use it #subscribed :)

[@teohyc]

Welcome :-)

[@tonydinicola3893]

Nice experiment but I'll stick with watercolors. Thanks for sharing your demo, though. :)

[@allessnamur874]

Can you add glitter to your food colouring painting ?

[@vermadentalclinic]

hey do you have any idea about longitivtiy / lightfastness of the painting done with these food colours?

[@teohyc]

+manav verma Not sure about those. I use them just for fun. For Lightfastness, go for credible brands.

[@vermadentalclinic]

ok thanks.i would like you to post a video sometime about watercolour brand camlin kyoko available in india and any urban sketcher symposium you have attended in india.thanks

[@candybarr9065]

if i use this in waterbrush, would you think it would not clog in the brush?

[@teohyc]

+CANDY BARRION It would not clog. It is dye based ink.

[@aqzaelzajohn5489]

Is it possible to paint on cloth with this

[@teohyc]

No. The ink is water soluble and will be washed away

[@aqzaelzajohn5489]

@@teohyc is there any natural method to paint a cloth.. like a banner..

[@teohyc]

@@aqzaelzajohn5489 Maybe you can search for fabric paint. Or research acrylic paint.

[@haicautrang5304]

Is this harmful to the brush?

[@teohyc]

+Rebecca Nelson I don't think so. But the brush must always be washed after use with any medium.

[@ellie-maimycock9817]

No

[@師太滅絕]

Now in 2019, 3 years from your painting...... did the painting stays well with time?

[@teohyc]

I did not keep those drawings. Anyway, they are dye inks so they will fade.

[@wangsafff9808]

What if we use food coloring with fountain pen

[@teohyc]

You probably can since food colouring is just dyes.

[@iChocoCookie]

You live in Singapore?

[@teohyc]

Yes

[@iChocoCookie]

Can you review the Pilot P500/P700 pens? Apparently they are waterproof and archival safe.

[@teohyc]

Chalklate Perhaps in the future

[@amtra1778]

I'd invest in some pipettes if you're going to use food coloring since it spills out and stains your fingers so easily.

[@teohyc]

Yeah. Good idea. I've discovered more stains after making the sketch.

[@GustaPLACE]

It don't get fungus with time? Good video :)

[@teohyc]

+PLACE, Gusta　の It's just like normal watercolor paintings. You have to store it properly to prevent fungus.

[@GustaPLACE]

Thanks, Teoh.

[@iessycugnus]

Hahaha how fun

[@teohyc]

Thanks!

[@mikehendrix6558]

Do you actually paint and draw like that. Looks like a 1st grade student painted it

[@ezekielbeltran1189]

*MALAYZHIRRR*

[@mubaahirkhan8888]

I have only 2 food colour

[@mubaahirkhan8888]

I have green and red food colour

[@RahulRajput3.14]

What is this, I do not think it will work, but you do not need to speak much, and this is oops! Oops! There is no need to speak.

[@theartyone]

Have you used gouache? Do you still use IR? I've not seen a video of you using it yet (although I've only recently discovered your channel). If you don't - why not?

[@teohyc]

+theartyone I don't use gouache. What's IR?

[@theartyone]

+Teoh Yi Chie a typo. I was asking if you use gouache do you still use it. Do you not like gouache?

[@teohyc]

theartyone I've not tried gouache before. There are just too many art supplies to try. LOL.