How to Create Abstract Art Using an Intuitive Painting Process | Watercolors and Mixed Media
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Painting intuitively for me is all about play and experimentation. For this reason, I like to take creative risks. In this week's video, I'm trying something completely new using some watercolor ground. I want to create texture, real texture and I think this is the way to go. Who knows what will happen, but at the very least, I know I'm going to learn something new.
#intuitive_watercolor_painting #mixed_media #abstract_watercolor
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Watercolor paper (Stratmore, cold pressed - amzn.to/46PMmq1) - I cut my paper to about 6 x 8 inches
Paper cutter - amzn.to/3OnrGhT
Artist tape - amzn.to/3OkcamD
Plexi glass or a solid surface to tape paper to - amzn.to/3NTpX2e
Water
Paper towel
Watercolor Ground - (Mine came from this little set: amzn.to/46Pd6qB. You can also by a bigger format here: amzn.to/3O0OimD)
Palette knife - amzn.to/46VMZ0X
Stencil - Bubble THS002 - amzn.to/43x30HS
Daniel Smith watercolors in Permanent Pyrole Orange, Nickel Azo Yellow, Phtalo Blue Green Shade and Payne's Grey - amzn.to/46PdDZD (The colors from the set with the watercolor ground would work great!)
Circle guide - amzn.to/3XYdEpT
Kremer Pigmente watercolor in Star Gold, Carmine Naccarat and Cobalt Blue Turquoise Light - shop.kremerpig...
Round brushes in size 8 and 14 - amzn.to/3DiICQ8
Spray bottle for water - (I just reuse old ones (well rinsed) from hair products)
Micro mini brush - amzn.to/44tDRz6
Posca paint pen in black - amzn.to/44Uiabt
Black fountain pen by Pilot - amzn.to/43wP2Wn
Pentel Slicci extra fine tip pen - amzn.to/3Oit59c
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I recorded my video using my iPhone 12 and edited my video using iMovie.
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Please don’t hesitate to ask questions or post comments. One of the things that brings me the most joy in being here on RUclips is connecting with you all every week. Thank you for that!
And most of all, thank you for watching! Have a great week and happy creating!
Gabrielle :)
Watching you paint is like watching high-ranked masters playing go. I would never be able to recreate such a game, but for each move, I can feel that it is the right one, and why.
Thank you for your kind and generous words ❤️☺️ Something tells me you'd be able to create something really beautiful too and I hope you give yourself a chance to prove it 😉
@@gabrielleannacormierart I'm trying 😅
Gabrielle, this looks like a dancer with a tambourine against her body and one arn thrown out and her foot lifted in a joyous twirl
Oooooh!!! I love this interpretation ❤️ Thank you for making the time to share this with me ☺️
Novice learner here. First time watching you use the watercolor ground. Really love what you did with it, my mind suddenly made a huge list of ideas to try the ground out myself.
Oh my! There is so much to love about this comment! I'm so happy to see you are filled with inspiration after watching this video ☺️ Thanks for making the time to watch and connect ❤️ Happy creating! 🎨
Final Results: BRAVO! Well done.
😁 Thank you for bringing a smile to my face!! ❤️
I love this and I love that you use the term 'abstract' correctly. So many RUclips artists paint various flowers and call them abstract. If everyone can tell it's a flower, it's not abstract. On the other hand, I see a penguin here. LOL
Now I need to look for a penguin in my painting! 😂 Thanks for making me laugh and for making the time to connect!
I ordered some watercolor ground today. Can’t wait to play with this idea!
Yay!!! Fun times ahead!! Enjoy 🤗
Love it Gabrielle. Like the effect of the texture. Wishing a blessed rest of the week ❤
Thank you so much Rosario ❤️🤗 wishing you a blessed week also!
This is a VERY cool painting! Beautiful!
Thank you so much ❤️ I really love it too! 🥰
❤❤❤ I also geeked out - with Star Trek... and others & oh my!! Wonderful stuff...
I LOVE Star Trek!!! It helps me imagine all that is possible in our universe ☺️ And well, I love documentaries on the universe too! That’s probably why I create paintings reminiscent of all the beauty that’s way out there ❤️🖖
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you so much! ❤️☺️
Beautiful🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
It’s much appreciated! Thank you ❤️🤗
Beautiful! I really love the colors 🙂
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! ❤️☺️
This turned out so very pretty!
Thank you so much ❤️☺️
beautiful, thank you for this abstract art.
Thank you so much Ria ❤️☺️
Oh, my Gabrielle- this is stunningly gorgeous! I love the way you used an art supply (watercolor ground) in a completely new way. Your creativity never ceases to delight, amaze and inspire me. I have transparent Daniel Smith watercolor ground and can’t wait to try this. I’m also loving art exploration with stencils lately. Thank you for the joy you bring to my heart!❤️💐
Aww ❤️🥲 Your comment and kind words are a delight and warm my heart! Thank you so much Lisa! 🤗 Isn’t it fun to discover new ways to use art supplies!? I was so excited I had a hard time containing myself 😂
This is my favorite so far!
Awesome!! So happy you enjoyed it ❤️ Thank you for sharing your appreciation 🤗
@@gabrielleannacormierart if you have not already done so, can you post a video on what you do with all of your paintings? Do you keep them in a portfolio? Do you frame them and put them around your house? Do you give them away? Thank you.
@@quilter1958 I have not thought of doing this, but I appreciate the suggestion. ☺ Some of my paintings, I have sold through direct messages people have sent me. Some of them I have framed in my house, some of them I have given as gifts and many of them are just in a portfolio waiting for me to post them on my website. I just need to devote some time and energy to get my site finalized! Thank you for asking ❤
Ooh, I got some of that watercolor ground collecting dust on my shelf....Can't wait to try it!! Thank you!
Yay!!! Isn't it fun to be able to shop our stash and discover new ways we can use a product?! 😁 I'm so excited for your to give this a try and hope you have as much fun as I did 🎨 Thank you for making the time to connect ❤️🤗
So beautiful ❣️❣️❣️
Thank you ❤️
Delightful 🌻
Many thanks! ❤️☺️
So pretty sis. got me in the groove.
Thank you for making me smile, Judy ❤️ Lots of love heading your way 🤗
Very cool! This has given me so many ideas! Your joy is infectious!
Wooohoooo!! I'm so happy you're feeling inspired Monique 😁❤️ I see lots of fun times ahead for you ✨☺️ Thank you for being here with me 🤗
Wow wow wow my friend, what a beautiful painting! It was so fascinating to watch every single move you made, that texture is sooo cool! I love that you were experimenting and obviously having so much fun! You are truly inspiring to watch, and look at how successful your experimenting was!! 😍 I was happy to see you use gloves when spreading the paint too. 😉 The only disappointing aspect about watercolor is that the paint dries so much lighter. Btw, I didn't post my pictures yet, I decided I'm not done with them yet! 😂 Have a wonderful blessed week my friend! 🙏🤗💞
Hi Lori ❤️🤗 Thank you for the gift of your kindness my sweet friend 💕 Yes, I had a ton of fun indeed! It would be so neat if watercolors kept their color intensity after they have dried, wouldn’t it!? I think they’re just trying to keep us on our creative toes 😂 No worries about the pictures! Post when you feel ready and I’ll be more than happy to see them. Big hugs and lots of love heading your way 💕🤗
Wow! I never would have thought to use watercolour ground like this! I have some stencils andI'm going to give this a try soon! Thanks for sharing!
Yay!! I wish you many hours of fun experimenting and playing with this technique! Thank you for making the time to connect ❤️🤗
Absolutely inspiring. I attempted watercolor over stencils with mixed results. How fun is this creation?!
Thank you so much ❤️🤗 I had a blast making it!
What a great idea. I, too, love the texture in acrylic painting that is usually missing in watercolor. Have you tried collating layers of paper and watercoloring over that? That will make great texture, as well.
Thank you ☺️ yes, I’ve done that too, with mixed results. But, I’m not ready to give up on the idea yet! Thanks for making the time to connect ❤️
It looks beautiful.
Thank you so much Andrew ☺️❤️
I'm new to watercolor. Your videos are inspiring.
I'm so glad you're enjoying my channel ☺️ Thank you for choosing to be here with me ❤️
Love it!!😍😍. So inspirational!! Thank You🤗🤗
You are so welcome! ❤️ Thank you for watching and for making time to connect ☺️ I'm so glad you enjoyed it Brenda! 🤗
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Merci beaucoup ma tante Diane ❤️🤗
@@gabrielleannacormierart XO
Beautiful!
Thank you! I appreciate it ❤️
Dear one you make magic dance on the page. Your creation is a feast for the eye. You are so talented with color shading circles and dots. You surprise me almost every time👏👏👏👏👏I’m very fortunate to have something so amazing to look forward to on Wednesdays. I appreciate your gift💖
Aww ❤️ Your kindness always bring a smile to my face, Nancy ☺️ I'm so glad you enjoyed this! I had so much fun, it was hard for me to contain myself 😁 Thank you for choosing to be here with me every week sweet friend 🤗💕
Très jolie. Beau travail!
Merci beaucoup ❤️ C’est bien apprécié! ☺️
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Beautiful ❤️
Thank you! 😊❤️
Wow. Beautiful. I have some ground. Might have to give it a try.
Yeah!! I hope you do!! It is so much fun to be able to do something different with a supply I've had in my stash for a while ☺️ Thank you for your kind words ❤️
Very cool!!
Thank you ❤️
I have Daniel Smith watercolour ground! I am certainly going to give this a go! Yor gorgeous colour choice is sublime!🫶
I’m so happy you enjoyed this and that you’re feeling inspired to try this as well ☺️ Isn’t it fun when a new way to use a product comes along?! Thank you for your kindness and happy creating ❤️🎨
I really enjoyed this, it made me so happy I want to try something like it! Thank you so much
Yay!!! This makes me so happy!! I hope you do try it and hope you will have lots of fun creating your own 🎨❤️
I could actually feel the joy you had creating this. What a great idea to add these textures. I absolutely love 💕 this one. The colors you choose always compliment each other so perfectly. Thank you so much for sharing your craft with us!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much Gaby 💕🤗 Yes, I had a blast and it was hard to contain my excitement 😆 I'm so glad you enjoyed it and I hope you're feeling inspired to give it a try too! Lots of love being sent your way ❤️💕❤️
Beautiful!! I don’t have any WC ground so I’ve tried gesso over a stencil with a palette knife. It applied well so I’ll see what happens once it dries and I apply WC paint.
Thanks for this wonderful video and inspiration. So much fun!!
It looks like gesso or even modelling paste could work too! I hope you have as much experimenting with this as I've had ☺️ I'm sure I'll be doing it again and again! Thank you for your kindness and for making time to connect Nadine ❤️🤗
This is beautiful and bright colours! You can use gesso or modelingnpaste to stencil and create those grooves for the watercolor. I do it a lot. Love this piece though❤
Awesome!! I'll have to try this with gesso and modelling paste too 😁 Thank you for the tip and for your kind words ❤️
This is a wonderful idea!❤
Yay!!! It sounds like you're feeling inspired and this brings me so much joy! Enjoy ☺️ And thank you for making the time to connect ❤️
@@gabrielleannacormierart I’m so inspired I’ve made several pictures with your techniques!
@@alicecasey4052 Yay!!! I'm so happy to read this! 🥰
Love your creativity. Hoping to get mine back but my depression is worse than it was years back so who knows how long it’ll take. Just hoping for the best.
Thank you Ron 🤗 Depression is hard. Please be gentle with yourself.
This! ❤ This is what I've tried to do in different ways! I've tried to include newspaper, tea/coffee filters, acrylic paint and more, and never really reached what I wanted. This might be it! I'll try it if I can find the watercolour ground. Thank you so much for the idea! ❤
Lovely painting!
😆❤️ Yes!!! I'm so happy to share this with you! If you can't find watercolor ground, some people have mentioned that gesso also works. I haven't tried that yet, but I think it's definitely worth a try. Have fun and thank you for making the time to connect! 🤗
@@gabrielleannacormierart I've ordered some from Amazon... I'm really grateful and have already shared your video with a friend, who's been thinking along the same lines... 😘😘😘
@@CinSpain Awesome!!! ☺ I'm so excited for you and your friend! Happy creating 🎨🤗❤
Oh my my. It is so gorgeous. Looking through a looking glass at the sunrise in far distance whilst travelling in different galaxy. Just amazing.
Awe ❤️🤗 Thank you sweet friend! I’m happy it was as enjoyable to watch as it was to create ☺️
Love it! I love textures and this is awesome.
I tried some absorbent ground, but it was not as heavy and I didn’t get similar results. Back to trying again. Love your videos.
I appreciate your kindness so much!! 💕 Thank you for making the time to watch my videos and for painting ''with me'' ☺️ Yes, the consistency of the ground would matter a lot for this. Some have mentioned doing the same thing with gesso (it would have to be on the thicker side for this to work also). I want to try this as well. The possibilities are endless and this is so exciting to me 😆 I hope you will try it again! I wonder if you poured some of your ground onto a palette and let it dry a bit while mixing it (without walking away from it for too long) if it might thicken your product so that you could use it the same way... ?
Water Color Ground sounds like a great addition which expands the potential for many experiments. Lots of possibilities!
Yay to possibilities!!! ❤️ I can feel your enthusiasm and wish you many hours of fun play with your supplies 🎨☺️
Beautiful piece!
Thank you very much ❤️ your kindness is appreciated ☺️
Such a cool idea! Thank you for sharing your experiments. Beautiful piece.
I just tried this on two of my pieces and absolutely loved the effect!! Thank you!! So much fun!
Thank you so much! ❤️ I’m glad you enjoyed it ☺️
…absolutely inspired, as always by your beautiful creations. This made me smile as I watched and heard your excitement and happiness in creating this piece of art. You put so much love and soul into it and it reiterated to me the importance in taking time when creating.I thought your doodles made the textures ‘pop’ and I was so excited to see where and how you would use the gold! Love it❤❤
YAY!!!!! Thank you for sharing my excitement and enthusiasm for this process!! ❤️😁 I had so much fun and it's always a gift to be able to share my process with you! Have fun experimenting with your supplies too!! 🤗🎨
Thank you so much Gabrielle, I really really enjoyed watching you create this stunningly beautiful and incredible piece. I really really love ❤️ it and the use of the water colour ground too. I am going to try this out, but, with texture paste as that’s what I have to hand. I really hope you’re going to frame this because it should be viewed and enjoyed daily. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much for your kindness Mags ❤️🤗 I’m so glad you’re feeling inspired to try this and I wouldn’t be surprised if texture paste worked just as well as the WC ground ☺️ Happy creating my friend 💕🤗
Merci Gabrielle de partager ces moments de création avec nous. Tu es mon artiste préférée en ce moment. Tes vidéos respirent la sérénité... 🙏
Merci beaucoup d’être ici avec moi, Manon ❤️🤗 J’apprécie tellement ta gentillesse!
Merci beaucoup d’être ici avec moi, Manon ❤️🤗 J’apprécie tellement ta gentillesse!
I like looking at abstract art to see what I can see and I see a round little bird with his opened beak...and a stream of feathers behind him as he is soaring through the air. Do you see it?😊
I like to do that too! And, you know, I had never really seen it until now! I do see it ☺️❤️ I love that you shared this with me and invited me to look at this painting from another perspective - thank you! 💕
I loved watching this. I learned about watercolour ground because of you. Im new to painting, so new to a lot of the mediums and i love watching videos that introduce me to new stuff, it makes me go away and look them up.
I've pinned this medium for experimenting with in the future.
I’m so happy you enjoyed this video and I appreciate you making the time to connect ❤️☺️ I hope you are having fun in your learning process 🎨 Thank you for watching and for reaching out 🤗
Wow! Loved watching this experiment come together. Love the colors! Love the River of dark meandering through the dotted texture. Love the southwestern and otherworldly merging in the sun-like focal point. Love the gold. Love the turquoise. Love, love, love the TEXTURE!!! Thank you for this lovely, creative, inspiring half hour!!
I can't help but smile big reading this comment! 😁❤️ I had so much fun creating this painting and the joy continues knowing you enjoyed watching my process too! Yay for inspiration!! Thank you for being so kind and making the time to share your lovely words with me 💝
That finished work is absolutely spectacular 😮
Thank you so much Robyn ❤️🤗
Hello. I startled watching you a few months ago and am absolutely in awe of your talent. You inspire me so much to try my hand at techniques you are using that are new to me. I love the use of a fountain pen for stippling. I have a fountain pen to try to use to stipple but it is almost impossible to load an ink cartridge into. I see you are using a pilot pen. Are the cartridges hard to insert in your pen? I'd like to try to use one that it didn't feel like I was breaking my wrist to install the cartridge. Thank you for your videos. I so enjoy watching.
Hi ❤️🤗 Thank you so much for your kind words and for making the time to watch my channel! I'm so happy to see you're feeling inspired to paint and explore your own creativity! ☺️ The ink cartridges for my Pilot fountain pen are actually very easy to install. I was ready your comment and if I was dealing with the same issue with my pen, I would definitely not recommend it as I am dealing with wrist and elbow issues at the moment. I love my fountains pen and still use it quite a bit, but because of the pain in my arms, I've recently moved on to using a dotting pen that I also really love. I only got the dotting pen in December so it's only featured in my most recently posted videos (in case you're curious to know about this pen 😉). Thank you so much for making the time to reach out!! I appreciate your presence here ❤️
WOW! I can't believe you chose to work with stencils this week. I actually bought my first stencils this very week and was wondering how I could use them more creatively than just painting them on the paper. I have just this minute ordered some watercolour ground and can't wait to get started. Thank you for keeping me on such a creative path.
Yay!!! Lots of fun ahead for you 😆❤️ I’m glad you enjoyed this video and it means a lot to me that you have made the time to connect with me 💕 I wish you many hours of creative fun!
Wow! How unique and beautiful. Thank you for bringing us through this process. I never heard of watercolor ground. Something new to try. Love this!
You are so welcome! ☺️ Thank you so much for your kind words! ❤️ It's neat when an art supply begs to be used in a different way and a new way of using it is so exciting. Have fun experimenting as well 🎨✨
Beautiful outcome and I like that you experimented with texture. I am not familiar with watercolor ground, how does it compare to gesso? I too worked with acrylics long before watercolors so I am curious. Keep experimenting!
Thank you Donna ☺️ I will say upfront that I have never done a head to head comparison of WC ground and gesso. I use both, though I generally use gesso more often. In my limited use of WC ground, I can say that it seems to be slightly more absorbent than gesso (when used with watercolors). I used diluted gesso with my watercolors fairly frequently and in that form, I think it lends itself well to increasing the opacity of the paint while also making it lighter in value. A few people have mentioned that gesso works equally well for creating texture on WC paintings. I imagine that it would work well, but since I have never used gesso in this way (with watercolors), I cannot confirm or deny this. The WC ground seems to work well with watercolors, but it is of course less absorbant than WC paper. Another thing I've noticed is that the WC ground I have from Daniel Smith is relatively thick which is one reason it worked well to create the texture on my painting. I have different brands of gesso and they vary in thickness and consistency. I imagine using a thicker type of gesso would work better for this type of effect. The best way to discover anything, I think, is to experiment and see what happens! So I'll be giving this a try as well ☺️ I hope this helps! Thank you for watching and for making the time to connect ❤️
Gorgeous painting...A gem. Yes, you've inspired me to use the watercolor ground in my stash.
Awesome!! Oh what fun you will have!! 😁 Thank you for your kindness and for making the time to connect ❤️
So exciting! I love finding things that I'd forgotten about in my stash. You were meant to find that at exactly the right time. This is so beautiful. Can't wait to see what new discoveries are in your future. Thank you for sharing this with us! You are so inspiring. ♥
😁❤️ Thank you so much!! It was fun to stumble onto my watercolor ground and accept the invitation to play with it in a different way! ☺️ I'm glad you enjoyed watching this process. Thank you for being here with me 🤗
Grabrielle you’ve done it again. What’s gorgeous painting. I have always loved painting where the texture is raised but I’ve only done it with acrylic, I never imagined that it could be used with watercolour and watercolour ground. Thank you so much for this I’ll be trying it in the future
Aww ❤️ Thank you so much Sue!! I'm so glad you enjoyed watching this process and I'm excited that you're feeling inspired to try this too! Have fun my friend 🎨🤗
Thank you for being brave enough to try out your inspirations with us as an audience. I learn so much by listening to your ponderings as you make choices along the way. It was great hearing your joy and enthusiasm too! I had never heard of watercolour ground but it looks such fun and your painting is glorious so I think I will have to track some down and have a go! Have a wonderful week xx💫
Hi Bernice ❤️🤗 Thank you for your kind words!! I've had this watercolor ground for a while and only used it for other purposes. It's always fun to feel inspired to experiment with a product in a different way and to get good results. Have fun creating my friend 🎨☺️
This one is stunning.I love how you used the pencil ground and the way you highlighted that section.The colours of this painting are so beautiful.I think it’s one of my favourites so far.But that will change no doubt lol!..this is amazing .I love it 🥰
Thank you so much Christine ❤️🤗 I really appreciate your enthusiasm and your kind words are such a gift! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! 💕
Love how this turned out! Beautiful.
Thank you so much for your kindness ❤️☺️
This is so exciting! I'm barely halfway through watching and already had to comment. I've only recently started diving into watercolor and also came from a place of loving acrylic work with various texture mediums. I had no idea watercolor ground would hold texture this way, and you've just convinced me to go grab some to start experimenting with myself. I love your work and your videos, and I can't wait to see what else you do with this kind of texture.
Yay! ☺️ Thank you so much! ❤️ I can feel your excitement and it is so much fun to connect with you like this! I had SO MUCH fun making this little painting and the possibilities seem endless so I'm excited to see what else I can do using watercolor ground 😆 I hope you enjoy the process as much as I have 🎨✨🤗
I love the way you used the ground! So cool! And, yeah, nickel yellow azo is the bomb! This turned out amazing ❤
Thank you so much Kelly ❤️🤗 I had such a blast creating this little painting! I see watercolor ground fast becoming my new favorite supply 🥰
I'm just beginning to learn about watercolors and am thrilled to have found you. Your voice is so easy to listen to and your style is so inspiring! I'm starting out with a small set of Koi water colors and plan to start today!
Yeah!!! I'm so excited for you! 😆 I hope you have a ton of fun playing with your new supplies 🎨 Thank you for your kindness and for making the time to connect ❤️
I love the overall effect of this painting. In my humble opinion, it has a very unique flair which i find very relaxing to look at. The various elements, textures, shapes and colours exhume balance and sing in perfect harmony! Very, very inspiring Gabrielle. You have certainly influenced my style of creating art which i find very liberating. Many thanks and gratitude
The painting reminds me of the Japanese serpent…in an abstract way
Thank you so much for your kind words and for making the time to share your perspective on this painting ❤️ I appreciate you being here with me and love that you are feeling inspired! ☺️
Such a neat perspective!! Thank you again for sharing ☺️
What a great idea! I needed this🥰 Funny thing is that I purchased a few stencils today and you've given me a super way to use them😍 Just a thought, gesso would work too.
Hi Joyce ❤️🤗 Yes to gesso! It’s slightly less absorbent but would surely work great also ☺️ I’m excited for you to get using your new stencils! Oh the fun you will have! ☺️ thank you for making the time to connect 🤗
Wonderful! Not sure if you mentioned it but why Watercolor ground and not acrylic modelling paste for texture? I am intrigued 😌
Thank you so much for your kindness! ❤️ I had WC ground sitting on my desk and since I hadn't used it for much else, I thought I'd see if I could find a way to use it that I actually liked and it worked! ☺️ I do a lot of mixed media work and so I do have modelling paste on hand as well. I've never really thought to use it with watercolors, but I'm sure I will at some point.
It looks exciting ❤ what did you use to give your artwork the texture in the beginning?
Thank you! It was so much fun to create ☺️ I used watercolor ground 😉
I might have missed you mentioning but curious how long you allowed the ground to dry? When using to create a surface to paint on (if I remember correctly, need to dig the tub out) it’s suggested to wait 24 hours - my impatience is a bit triggered by that in general 😂 BUT I do have some & I LOVE LOVE LOVE this alternative use idea and wonder if I could use my heat tool to speed things along for this type application?
I ended up with 2 huge containers of the black ground b/c the first arrived busted and a free replacement was sent - thinking on how cool shimmery and/or neon watercolor might work in conjunction with the that -🤔 desperately in need of ideas to put that to use so thank you! but want to dig out my stencils and the white ground asap thanks to your inspiration 🙏❤️
I applied my WC ground and had to walk away from my process until the next day because something else was calling for my attention. However, with the summer heat, it seemed to have cured completely a few hours later. I completely understand your impatience 😉 It’s nice to be able to get painting asap when inspiration strikes! I haven’t tried using a heat tool, but I say it’s always good to experiment with these things because it’s the best way to learn. I’m so excited for you that you have so much of it to play with. I’m ordering more because my little bottle is now empty and there is so much more I want to do with this product ☺️ Have fun experimenting and playing with this! Thank you for making the time to connect and share your excitement ❤️☺️
This is really cool! I absolutely love this painting!😊
❤️☺️ Thank you so much!
Hi Gabrielle, I’ve been bingeing on yr videos and trying yr techniques. I love the idea of adding texture this way. I don’t have the wc ground but I have gesso and gel. Do you think it would work with either of those?
Hi Robyn ❤️🤗 I'm so glad you're enjoying my channel! Others have mentioned using gesso in the same way and that it worked ☺️ I haven't tried it myself but I say it is definitely worth a try - experimentation is such a great way to learn! Thank you for making the time to connect with me 💕
The ground you speak of is it like gesso or liquitex?😊
Watercolor ground is a medium developed to act like the surface of watercolor paper. It's not exactly like watercolor paper, but it can make less porous surfaces accept watercolor better. I like it because I can use it to create textures on my paper before adding my colors. Some people have said you can use gesso in its place, but I don't find it works the same way. Liquitex makes another type of medium called light modeling paste and I find this to be more like watercolor ground. If you have a look at the comments people have left (for this video or other videos where I use this product), I believe other viewers have shared their recipes for creating something similar to watercolor ground. I hope this helps! Thank you for watching ☺️
Hi Gabrielle! This is such a beautiful painting. I bought a little pot of the Daniel smith’s watercolor ground because after seeing your painting I had to try it too. I love putting texture in my oil & acrylic paintings. I’m used to using something with a thicker consistency though. I use a lot of wall plaster, texture paste or heavy gloss gel under acrylics to do stencils. The watercolor ground I received has the consistency of Elmers glue. So when I try to put it on the stencil it just leaked underneath the stencil edges and all of the lines got really blurry. I watched the part where you did the stencil several times over and I couldn’t tell if there was any of the watercolor ground that got under the stencil it doesn’t look like it to me. It looks like yours gourd is much more firm and you got clean lines. Did you do anything to thicken it up? I did notice that you weren’t using it directly from the pot and you put a little bit on a paper pallet first, so I didn’t know if you let it sit for a little while so that it would thicken up a bit before you used it? Can you let me know if you had some tricks to get this to work? Thank you so much for your time.
Hi ❤️ The first WC ground I was using was a bit older which means it may indeed have dried and become a bit thicker over time. However, I did buy more of the same brand (in a larger format) and it is also still relatively thick though it seems just a bit less thick than the first one. Neither format of the WC ground I’m using has seeped under my stencils… Is yours in a little bottle or a container more like a jar? I wonder if while you’re working on something else and still keeping a close eye on your WC ground you could leave the lid off your product for a little while to let some of the moisture from it dry. I would do this very carefully and stir it a frequent intervals. This might help. Like you, I love the texture I can create with acrylics and with oils! This is definitely different! Many have mentioned using modeling paste in the same way I’m using the ground - I wonder if you mixed a bit of another medium in yours, if this might also help? It’s frustrating when we buy something and hope it will work a certain way and then it doesn’t. 😔 Don’t give up on this just yet! I think it’s definitely possible to do some little adjustments for this this to work. Please let me know how you make out 🤗
@@gabrielleannacormierart Hi Gabrielle!
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my questions!
My water color ground is a short wide round 4oz plastic jar with a lid the same size as the jar, so it does have a nice large opening. I left the jar open for 2 hours today while I was painting. I set a 15 minute timer to remind me to stir it frequently. At first I didn’t think it was doing anything but at an hour and a half it started thickening, those last few stirs I could tell each stir it was making more and more of a difference. I haven’t been able to test it yet because my toddler woke up but I’ll test it soon.
I’m so excited to try it again! I painted on the stencil I did a few days ago. Even without the stencil being sharp it was still super fun and I learned a lot especially how much paint it will suck up. It’s such a cool and weird material to paint on top of. I’m excited to experiment.
YAY!!!!! It sounds like it was successful and I hope you're having a ton of fun creating textures for your watercolor paintings! Thank you so much for making the time to share your experiment with me! ☺❤@@ThatPaintingLass
am i the only one who went Star Wars when i saw this??? i'm a geek...lol
I guess I'm a geek too! 😁 Love it!!
PSA- I had Daniel Smith watercolor medium on hand so decided to try this with the TRANSPARENT medium and found it to be far looser and runnier consistency than the Titanium White. Don’t know if I just got a weird batch or what but the Transparent did NOt hold the shape of the stencil at all. Will reserve that to use to prepare old book pages instead.
Oh wow!! Thank you so much for sharing this! I only have the titanium white and I'm taking note of this for future purchases. What you say could also apply to different brands of gesso. I own a few different brands and they all vary in consistency and thickness. I think the thicker the consistency of the product, the better it would lend itself to this type of application.
Beautiful!
Thank you ❤️