SKETCHBOOK TIME 10 ✷ Swatching my entire watercolour & gouache collection! ✷ Q&A

[@elysef9303]

I am baffled by how you are able to make freehand perfect circles, and feel oddly compelled to fill a spread with my awkward, wonky versions. Love your videos so much and was thrilled to wake up to this!

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Thanks Mags, and thanks for submitting a question to the Q&A too! It's funny as I look at these circles and don't think they're perfect at all - some look quite wonky to me! But we love them for their imperfections. 😄

[@Vanitasmortedigital]

I can't believe you answered my questions in this video!,what a lovely surprise. You mention Magritte, He is my all time favourite painter, infact a painting by him was the first painting I ever saw in real life and it cemented my wanting to be an artist myself,I love the quiet poetry of his work.I love David Hockney too for much the same raesons as you do, he always seems to be ahead of his time creatively. I have a sketchbook just for swatches of all my paints etc, I think they are a really valuable working resource. You can work out colour palettes,or put together pallettes for a particular painting,they are sort of like your own colour mixing bible,and they do encourage you to be bolder too in future colour choices.It's lovely to be able to hear how you choose your colours and it's great insight into your working practice as an artist.I think swatching gives you a better ida of how colours perform as well.But I realised too just how many paints I actually have! and it's quite a stash!!.Thank you for answering my questions and for giving us a peek behind the scene so to speak.

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Thanks for your questions, Matt - it was fun to answer them! David Hockney does seem to be ahead of his time; he's always innovating and not afraid to experiment with different mediums, and I admire that about him. Isn't it amazing how many paints we amass over the years?! 😄

[@Vanitasmortedigital]

@@NatashaNewtonArt Do you think it's possible to become a liitle addicted to art supplies...

[@creativecatchup]

@@Vanitasmortedigital Totally!!!

[@ChrissieNicely]

I totally agree with you, the act of doing is the best inspiration - and watching your videos, of course! 😘🥰😍

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

It really does seem to be the case! And thanks so much, Chrissie. 🤗

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Welcome to Sketchbook Time 10! This time I'm swatching my entire collection of watercolour and gouache paints from several different brands including Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Schmincke, Lefranc & Bourgeois, Holbein, and Daler-Rowney, to name a few. I'm using a Seawhite of Brighton watercolour paper sketchbook to store my swatches and I'm writing the brand, the name of the colour, and any pigment information underneath each one, leaving room to swatch any new colours as my collection grows. The three circles I paint using each colour are to give me an idea of the mass tone (undiluted colour), and then a second circle with some water added, and finally a wash. It was an interesting exercise and I love that I have all of my watercolour paint swatches stored in one book. I didn't include my Holbein Acryla/Acrylic gouache paints (I only included regular gouache) nor my Japanese Gansai paint collection. Those swatches will be stored separately. Throughout the video I'm answering the questions you submitted to the Q&A post on my Community tab here on KZbin the other week. They were so interesting to answer; a big thank you to those of you who left me a question and I hope you enjoy the video!

[@bethbleas8378]

I always think this opens up my creative spirit!

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Do you mean swatching in general? I find it very inspiring too!

[@Coletta123]

Watching you do these swatches was mesmerizing 🤩 Now I’m inspired to do the same in one of my nice clean new journals that need to be broken in 🎨

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Go for it! It was a lot of fun, and the book has become a great reference to have next to me in the studio. :)

[@juliak412]

I turn on your channel's playlist whenever I need to relax. Would love to see your full collection of colored pencils ♥️

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Thanks Julia, that's lovely to hear! 🧡 And I love the idea of sharing my entire collection of pencils (it's quite large now!) so I've added your suggestion to my list of video ideas!

[@MayMay00]

This was so nice to watch :) I'm glad your art is now being appreciated as it should be. It's so important to value your own art rather than only just looking at its "deficiencies". Thank you for this wonderful video and also for taking the time to answer my questions.

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

It was a pleasure, Selja! Thank you for submitting them. I ran out of time and had to leave one of the three unanswered - sorry about that! x

[@MayMay00]

@@NatashaNewtonArt Oh no worries at all! I was really just writing all the questions I would to interview you lol

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

@@MayMay00 Ha ha!

[@karenmcfarlan6347]

Hi Natasha, Thankyou or answering my question I was interesting to hear your answers and also to note that you are creative in some way every day, xx

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Thanks for your question, Karen! I really enjoyed answering these. I think creativity is a way of life, really. Even when I'm on holiday or supposed to be taking some time off, I often find I'm working on something, whether that's sketching or just planning and making notes for future projects. xx

[@franswey2]

Thank you for sharing information and your watercolor and gouache swatches. I’m looking forward to seeing and learning more about watercolor gouache painting. ~ Fran

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Thanks Fran! Me too - it will be a journey of discovery. Very exciting!

[@franswey2]

I agree! 👩🏻‍🎨🧑🏼‍🎨🥳😋🤩

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

@@franswey2 🤗

[@dencha4220]

Hello, Thank you very much for your reply. I still have about 5% of your videos to watch. There are some that I have watched several times because they show images of the nature around you that I don't know living in France. I am really grateful to you for your videos because thanks to them I finally got loose with the color wheel that I finally use. You brought me to a reflection on the brand new color for me but which suits me better, the muted colors, and that's great. I do not know if google will translate well then in summary: I am a fan of your work, your videos and the messages you send ... Cordially

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Thank you so much for your question and also for this lovely comment! I'm so pleased that you're enjoying the videos and that you've found them useful, especially in discovering your new colour palette. :) Stay creative and keep experimenting and having fun!

[@daisiesandsunflowers5587]

Very interesting! Thank you for sharing with us. I laughed when you said a detective or psychologist- my husband and I watch a lot of British detective series like Midsummer Murder and Agatha Raisin! Lol!

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Ha ha, brilliant! They can be quite addictive, those shows. x

[@TessaOswin]

This as a method to know your art collection is a really cool idea. I think I might try and keep gouache and water colour more separate and add my other pens, pencils ect but that is because my collection is smaller but I’ve recently got quite a collection of random mediums from subscription boxes which I’m losing track of.

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

I kind of wish I'd kept gouache and watercolour separate too! I may have to get a separate sketchbook where I swatch just my watercolours. Swatching like this is such a great way of seeing very clearly the supplies you have and not forgetting about any of them!

[@cotedelpiano]

Thank you for your answers!

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

You're very welcome! Thank you for giving me interesting questions to answer. :)

[@ninaf.2042]

Thank you! I wasn't really familiar with David Hockney before, his paintings are really something

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

He is a huge inspiration! Thanks for your question, Nina! x

[@loridavis1920]

Always love your videos and haven't been able to watch. Inspiring. You may have shared this elsewhere but I'm wondering how you came to the format -- 3 joined circles. Does that show more of the variations? Also, what are the extra little letters/numbers at the bottom - e.g., PY3; PG7) . I'm sorry if this is obvious!

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Hi Lori! I'm so pleased that you love the videos, thank you. In my new vlog that I've only just uploaded, I give a closer look at the sketchbook swatches and talk about why I'm swatching like that and the numbers underneath etc. You can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5qneo2nmaiqkLM :)

[@oliverjh1281]

Great video , wish my handwriting was as neat as yours ❤️

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Ha, thank you! 😄

[@laurajane1900]

Which sketchbooks do you use for watercolour? X

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Hi Laura! I use the Etchr Everyday sketchbooks with the cold-pressed paper (they're my favourites) and I've also used the Seawhite watercolour sketchbooks too.

[@laurajane1900]

@@NatashaNewtonArt thank you! I love the look of Etchr but they’re quite pricy, I do have a sea white on the way though! X

[@debsllewelyn230]

Awesome, relaxing video. It's amazing how the same colours differ from different manufacturers. Do you have an all-time favourite colour? 💙💙💙

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Thanks Debs! 🤗 Yes, I noticed this. I'm going to film a video where I do a flip through of the book and talk about the colours and some interesting things I noticed while painting the swatches! I'm tempted to say that a good blue-ish Payne's Grey is my favourite colour, but I honestly don't think I could choose as I love so many colours! Do you have a favourite?