Watch This BEFORE Investing in Super Granulating Watercolors! Real Time Let's Paint!

I hope this video inspires you to paint and clears up some confusion about granulating watercolors. There have been a lot of pricy granulating sets for sale lately and they are beautiful but before you buy see what you already have, you probably have some colors that will get you started!
Granulation is the textured effect some watercolors have in wet washes where sedimentary pigments separate and settle out from other colors. It is currently a very popular look. Ultramarine, cerulean, mars black, cobalt colors, and some cadmium have this quality and you might already have them! I have a blog post here that shows swatches of my DIY granulating palette using watercolors I already had: thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.co... You can use the chart and pigment info to compare what you have that may work before purchasing more paint. Don't get overwhelmed, painting should be fun!
Tips for enhancing granulation:
1. Use heavily sized paper.
2. Paint in very wet washes.
3. Let paint dry naturally undisturbed (don't fuss with it or you will just stir the paint up again LOL!)
Resources:
A little Creative on Etsy sells Renesans Tubes at an affordable price and you can save 10% with the coupon code FRUGAL10
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My favorite Rensans granulating colors are:
Renesans #22 Bordeax Cadmium PR108
Renesans #25 Maganase Violet PV16
Renesans #26 Ultramarine Violet PV16, PB29
Turner also has some nice granulating colors: Ultramarine Blue Deep, Mars Black and Mars Violet (it's more of a brown FYI) and you can snag then for $5 a 15ml tube when they are on super sale at Jerrys: www.jerrysartarama.com/turner...
Warning, they are 3x the price on amazon and I would not recommend paying that much because you could get Schminke for that LOL!
Schminke has a full line of granulating watercolors that are lovely, albeit expensive but if you are interested Blick has a good price: shrsl.com/36lut
Masha's watercolors are the ones in the wooden palette I used and they are gorgeous. They are handmade and expensive but lovely nonetheless. You can see an unbox and swatch of this palette here: • The Fanciest Watercolo... and visit Masha's shop here: www.etsy.com/shop/MashasWater...
Here are the Mimik faux squirrel brush I use: amzn.to/34yLHNK
Here are the talkon ones durable and good for agitating paint and they are good for painting with too! They won't hold as much water as the Mimiks tho: amzn.to/3LcIdSb
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[@waymire01]

I have the best results when I use granulation as "seasoning" vs all over the entire painting. Backgrounds are fabulous. Rocks, tree trunks.. a sky... the side of a building. Here and there vs everywhere.

[@TerrieJohnson731]

Obsessed with GRANULATING colors! Looking at sets, I am also looking at mixing! Thanks Lindsey! You literally have taught me everything I know about paint!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

You are so welcome!

[@Roadtaken-fi1cd]

I really like this type of painting! The sectioned off portions with the granulating colors is a lovely idea.

[@laurasykes]

Thanks Lindsay! This was a great tutorial. Very helpful! I’ll definitely be giving these a go. Would love to see more like this 😁❤️👍

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@rosemarypetersen143]

I enjoyed this in real time very much - I’m intrigued by granulating paint and yes have some unused “precious” colors to play with - thanks for this video!

[@jrm2716]

I am really enjoying the granulating pallet I made. I dug into my paints and pulled out all my granulating paints and made a pallet with it. Having so much fun with it. Love when you do real time paintings. Tfs.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@craftergin]

I love the idea of 3 paintings on one sheet. And yours are gorgeous!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@carolwilliams7044]

You should do more abstract landscapes. These are beautiful. Thank you for all of your great tutorials.

[@lindahazel5075]

I like this style. I don't think many of us care what you do. We love listening to you. (Maybe just me...?)

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Aww, thanks:)

[@jillclaydon]

Just starting out in a water colour journey. A lot went over my head but I am encouraged to play with my paints. Thank you

[@jrm2716]

Lindsay has a great playlist for beginning watercolorists. She is one of the best teachers you will find. She also has courses in her teachable school if you want additional detailed instructions & imput on your creations. (There's a link if that interests you) hope this help. Have fun in your painting!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Happy painting!

[@robinbrown7953]

Some of the best advice I could give if you are just starting out….limit your colors to the basics and learn how to mix your own paint…using too many premixed colors can be overwhelming and you lose the chance to know how much you can get from maybe 6-8 colors at the most….and use a paper that is tough enough to stand up to a lot of water and layers…if possible, start with real cotton paper at least 140lb …get some books and learn color theory and learn how to sketch….also when you look at your subject, really look at the contrast of darks and lights…those are a few of the things that i think are important to start with…and always remember to look at what color an object really is ….not just what we think a colors, like blue or green are…of you really look you can see what colors you need to mix to get the color of a sky, or the green of plants and grasses…sometimes they are not even blue or green…lol….good luck on your journey and remember to always focus on having fun…even when the going seems tough…you’ll get there

[@annehebert6959]

I love this idea of blocking off the paper and making two or three separate little paintings that go together. Really really pretty. I am definitely going to practice with some paints before attempting anything like this...LOL Love it - thank you Lindsay

[@jimflack9462]

Love the bottom right painting. Reminds me of waves splashing the camera lens! Lol! Great tutorial of loose watercolors. As always, I learned a lot about technique just by watching. Now, to put it to use!! Thanks!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Have fun with it!

[@maylynncupp6653]

Beautiful makes me want to pull out my pallets today I love all the great tips and real time tyfs all your work is beautiful ❤️

[@stacys447]

Beautiful. Great tutorial. Perfect for my new Van Gogh Davy's Gray on those rocks. Super fun as always!

[@mjpete27]

Such a wonderful video and painting examples! I avoided paint that granulated when I first started in watercolors! I loved flat areas of color with no variation! I have enjoyed using granulation for natural scenes with textures of nature. I would also suggest if you want to make your own granulating paints look at how many pigments used in the paints you already have! I also suggest rough press surface papers even more than cold press paper. Lindsay you have a lovely manner and your a joy to watch and listen to in your videos! Thank you.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@chereliu5565]

Love, love, love your painting videos! So relaxing watching you paint such beautiful artwork! Would really love prints of these for happy color inspiration Lindsay!😎 So interesting about the water and paint reaction with granulation! I wonder if the minerals differ greatly in your area because the hard water here in Southern California does amazing granulation! I once used Daniel Smith Cascade green on a glass plate and left it and when I came back there was the most beautiful color separation and granulation on the plate I could’ve hung it as art! Thanks so much for all the great info on paint brands to try for granulation without the big prices! I’ve been dying to try so many of these as well as the interference and Duochrome paint but don’t have a huge budget for them!🥳🤩

[@jom6829]

Enjoyed this tutorial immensely and I very much like the format. Granulating paints really do appeal, so thank you for going into it in more depth.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@TuxieTude]

These are all so pretty, Lindsay! I absolutely love watching you paint. It's my favorite. I also like the idea of multiple paintings on one sheet. ❤️🖌️🎨

[@donnabirney817]

I really love this style of painting , and this is why I tried watercolor !! Now I know how to use this technique! More of these please!!

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

Wonderful tutorial Lindsay , I really enjoyed your real-time take on these paintings. I really struggle getting started and now I have a great excuse to do it !!!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you!

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you. Editing takes forever !

[@MayBrox]

Thank you so much for doing this. I always learn so much from you. 💜 I love the real time videos. So yes please, we want more real time videos😀

[@lynnfetzer6424]

Great tutorial, Lindsay. I had some trouble painting a waterfall in watercolor and now realize it may be my paper. Excited to try again!

[@susansacco7583]

So fun painting with beautiful granulating colors! I love your little paintings! I need to stop fussing. Thanks for reminder! I haven’t bought any of the new granulating colors bc I have enough for now. Really enjoyed this video. Thanks so much Lindsay!

[@viviandibrell849]

This was a good reminder for making little practice paintings. I have been putting off doing a larger painting because I’m not quite sure how I wanna approach the background and I don’t want to ruin it so I’m going to make some small studies first. Thank you!

[@darleneplant.6284]

I would love to see more like this. I really enjoyed it. You gave me some ideas!

[@spacepebble]

Elizabeth Here. I really liked this tutorial and how you put it together. It's inspiring and confidence boosting to see what you can do in a very short time. This is important to me because at this stage in my life I have very little time to devote to my art or crafting.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you!

[@kathywoolsey7460]

This is a great tutorial! Your paintings remind me of abstract and the granulating colors are perfect for that style of painting! Love it!

[@mandyhenk5758]

I just wanted to say that I followed along with this painting after watching your tutorial on using Mars black to mix your own granulating colours and my painting came out really well. Thanks for these videos. They are so much fun and I love the way you encourage play and using materials rather than getting stressed about the cost.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@waymire01]

Invest in some nice standard granulating single pigment paints. You can mix whatever you want.. not only the colors the brands offer but hundreds of others... plus use the pigments alone. Granulators together make "super granulators". Granulators with normal staining shades give you awesome color separation. Much better investment. Most valuable IMO: PBK11, PBR11, PB29, PG18, PG50 or PB28, PR233, PB35 or 36, Buff Titanium. There are many others but these 8 plus your normal palette will give you a ton of possibilities and these are used the most commonly to mix the convenience colors. They are made by most brands but granulation varies among them so be sure to look at some good swatches before deciding on brand for EACH pigment. In general WN professional, Daniel Smith, Roman Szmal, and Schmincke have the best granulators.

[@nanettemccall8618]

I loved this tutorial and hope to try it this weekend ! Thank you

[@ThelmaGrace1930]

Thank you for the tips, Lindsay! I like the sectioned off painting situation here!

[@Faerysong1]

I love these little paintings. They are do-able, and not intimidating at all. As always TFS Lindsay!❤

[@gwensimmons_gigi1629]

Loved this style Lindsay as you explained what and why you’re doing what you did. Thank you for these three beautiful land/seascapes.

[@takinastabatit]

I love watching people paint in real time. Those are lovely little noodles, and they all look so cool together on one sheet like that.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you so much 😀

[@lookupdownAni]

I really enjoyed this. Beautiful paintings! Thanks Lindsay!

[@wanderingstar5673]

Love the effects of the granulating paints. Really enjoyed the video .

[@created2bless322]

I love these! Thank you for the information on the granulating paints and what brushes to use. This was an exceptional video🙌🏼

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you!

[@ashleyenkey2101]

This was a very pleasant tutorial to watch! Love the crashing wave. Thanks Lindsay!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you!

[@deeanncross7674]

Those are beautiful! Enjoyed this very much.

[@kennethneild8684]

I love that weathered rose color. Stunning!!

[@dianalarkin9483]

I love your style! Your watercolours are amazing, I’ve always loved watercolour paintings in my house but I’ve only watercoloured cards, and that’s stamped images!

[@aptwalker2009]

Absolutely LOVE this video. The paintings are great.

[@flychk1229]

These are beautiful! I love them!

[@craftergin]

This video is right up my alley, Lindsay! I loved it and it is inspiring to me! I love the real time.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@sondrabrown442]

Beautiful Lindsay! I love seeing how you use the granulating paints, thank you!

[@melissaaldosari8024]

I love this video! The paintings are gorgeous! I got out my notebook to take notes! Awesome editing! Thank you!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you!!!

[@visualarthistory]

This was so helpful. Thank you so much for showing us how you use these paints!

[@lilyt_art]

Beautiful landscapes, I love these loose moody styles 😍

[@joyceburton8208]

Love this. Great info and fun format. Thanks.

[@staceydailey6394]

💝💝💝💝💝 I love this video! Was so satisfying to see these come together in real time. I'm itching to play in my paints! I think I'm going to ratchet this over the weekend and paint along with you! Thanks Lindsey! Too much drama going on, in a few of my other artist channels. I'm glad you are always here with professionalism and an upbeat attitude. If I wanted to dwell in stress and drama, I just need to talk to one of my kids for 15 min. Lol. I'm on KZbin to distress unwind and find inspirations! Love you tons and happy valentines day!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Really? I guess I missed it 😆 what kind of drama could possibly be happening on art channels?

[@65sunnyday]

Be a Big Spender! Buy, in the drug or grocery store, 1 gallon each of DISTILLED and SPRING water. Experiment with each, and find out which you prefer. You'll never have nasty surprises again! My city water is heavily treated with chemicals, and I worried about what would happen to the paper down the line, so I never let anything other than distilled water touch the paper. Thanks, Lindsay, for such a great post. Thank heaven for people like you! I've bookmarked this!

[@SusanFilerAus]

Really enjoyed this real time format. Great projects thank you

[@walterreansalley3410]

Fascinating. Beautiful creations - all while having fun. Really love the instructions, which opens up the world of painting to the the beginner artist, and, as well, the seasoned. Beautiful creations... I'm speechless. 😍❤❤❤

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@paulalister80]

Loved watching you paint in real time.your sea scape with rocks looks wonderful, think it’s those pops of white very pretty. I have a few granulating paints but haven’t used for a while think today is a great day to sit down and give them a go, quite like the misty look in the sea scape wonder if I can get this look with trees well maybe a tree with mist around, yep you’ve definitely inspired me again, thanks Lindsay for sharing your art with us all.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Yay!

[@maryshows7907]

Loved this style of loose painting. They all turned out great!

[@monica-NJ-123]

Thank you Lindsay , some great ideas about granulation and other special effects xoxo love your work ❤️

[@georgesgentry5835]

Beautiful paintings Lindsay. TFS. Fun to watch the granulating colors. Never heard of them till your tutorials.

[@annalisamanderville1364]

Thank you, great tutorial on granulation! Makes me want to play and experiment with my paints ❤️. I love the moody seascape.

[@partialartsblackbelt8384]

I love them all, particularly the seascape

[@deborahgoodwin3426]

I absolutely love the ease and relaxed style you are teaching us here. The results are amazing!

[@sccstudent9265]

This was a great tutorial, very informative! I learn so much from your videos. Thank you so much for sharing this information. Your paintings were beautiful!

[@deborahbloom4624]

Love this, Lindsay!

[@christineingram55]

Lindsay these are beautiful.It’s always a pleasure to watch you paint and I learn so much from you each time too.I might not comment every time but I think your a really great inspiration and a great all around artist .You always explain so well it gives you the confidence to try yourself.Thank you for all you do 🥰

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@geriprior751]

Loved the tutorial Lindsay. Definitely inspired me to go try out my paints to see if any granulate.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@patriciaschoenberg1261]

Very inspiring and gorgeous! Thank you!

[@nancymiess3412]

This was a good one Lindsay! Keep these coming.

[@annelizevangraan7776]

Oh wow, just beautiful!

[@ramonalee1]

These are beautiful, you make it look so easy!

[@raelynnreffruschinni8802]

These are wonderful and so inspiring!

[@pokey3010]

Wow! I'm speechless!! Love this!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@hovawart16]

Excellently helpful as always!

[@kimfenton3437]

Love the results! Very interesting.

[@Mara-xl8cw]

Loved this tutorial and the editing!

[@dalehargreaves966]

Love this Lindsay ❤️🌿

[@penniecormier8770]

I love this style of real time tutorial! Thank you so much! I can’t wait to find my most granulating colors and try some small landscapes.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Awesome!

[@SallyMoore1000]

Absolutely love these beautiful, expressive paintings. Thank you also for sharing some of your detailed knowledge about granulating paints, you are a mine of information! I have looked at some of the super-granulating paints but had already come to the conclusion that they are very costly, and not high on my list to purchase, since I already have several granulating paints - I'll just use those instead (and your tutorial has given me a few more to look at again for their granulating properties)

[@bethbrady8146]

Loved this video! Have been so curious as to what granulating was! Can't wait to go thru my tubes and see what I have! Thank you Lindsey! It was a.fun video to watch! And I love the accent with the Dr martens ink!

[@JennaGetsCreative]

The bottom right crashing waves came out so beautiful! I was skeptical about the rocks at first but wow!

[@courtenay4130]

Thank you! Loved this tutorial.

[@FriendlySeal]

Lindsay I appreciate the frequency at which you post. You are a hard worker.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you!

[@connierobinson8149]

I enjoy this type of content. The real time painting and edited commentary are instructional and efficient. I enjoy your thinking process as you work so either way you do the editing is good for me. Thank you for another lesson well done.

[@chasingpaint0702]

Really loved this! I did purchase some of the Schmincke 5ml granulating sets. Can't wait to use them. These studies were very inspiring.

[@MedaHalmaciu]

Wow! One of the best videos I have seen lately. And your landscapes are AMAZING! I was actually playing with some paints when this video popped so I painted a quick landscape with them while listening. I'll have to watch again with more attention.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Oh wow, thanks so much!

[@Miss_dilettante]

Beautiful artworks. Great watercolor art tips and process video. Detailed one 😊

[@firdyk]

Loved this tutorial Lindsay. Very inspiring:)

[@starr-starr]

Beautiful. You inspired me to pull my granulating colors into a palette and play around. I tried that Agave paper, it is indeed very nice. Those landscapes came out so beautiful.

[@anitadavidson1266]

Thoroughly enjoyed being able to watch precisely what you were doing in real time. It really helped my understanding of the process and of granulation in general. Thank you!

[@cheryl6716]

Lindsay, those are such beautiful paintings. It's so satisfying to watch you paint, with each brush stroke the picture comes to life in front of your eyes.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@marytesta3003]

Fantastic tutorial Lindsay 🤗

[@robbd44]

This was helpful. Awesome tutorial. Thank-you.

[@wakeupuk3860]

ABSOLUTELY SUPERB !! Having after three years of learning water colour thunk I have found my own style which is loose large semi-abstract landscapes, even been offered an amount for one I was just gob-smacked by. I currently use M.Graham as they don't go rock hard like the others do but not many of them granulate which I really like. Been spending some time and money on D. Smiths and Schincke and find when I use them, no way do I get the effects people seem to do on here and kind of expensive. This video and your additional written material was an absolute minefield of really useful info, tips and saving money, especially when even trying not to waste this subject can so easily for practising purposes. Please do far more on this subject.

[@sandytse3848]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you!

[@fillurbucket2377]

This was fantastic, thank you!

[@zarahp2098]

I am in absolute LOVE with these paintings! And there is soooo much amazing info here, thank you ever so much! ❤

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Glad you like them!

[@Linda-qq5mg]

Thank you for a very interesting, and informative video! Real time is great, and so is your channel!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks Linda!

[@babs675]

Love this style.

[@heatherhigbee5144]

Oh my gosh! I love love love the crashing waves painting ❤ All three are beautiful, but that one whoa!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks 😊

[@lissagoldsmith9597]

Thanks for this Lindsey!💜

[@susansacco7583]

Painting with you Lindsay! I love how you carve out the rocks in misty study. I’ve taped off 3 sections on montval paper and using my granulating colors. So fun and relaxing! Thanks for tutorial and tips!

[@karipaints6259]

Oh, this is so useful, thank you Lindsay!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!