Hi, thank you so much! Hot Press - I know, right?! I'm like, 'Why can't they just make a smooth cold press paper.' 🤣🤣🤣. What is Hot Press FOR?! Thanks for watching.
I got one word for you.... PASTELMAT! ;) Or heavy drawing paper that can take some water. It need some tooth to it to hold on to the base layers. The pastelmat needs a bit of getting used to, as the pigment flows kind of strange on it, compared to other paper types (when you add water), and it also dries a bit different. But it takes so many layers and you can add light colours over dark if you loose your highlights on the way.
😄 I can definitely try that but I will not BE BEATEN BY THE HOT PRESS!! 🤣. I remember doing one painting on it years ago and I was like, 'ugh!' because cold press just feels so much more natural to my style of painting! I will experiment with it some more, to see what I can get out of it... Pastelmat sounds a little like Bristol Board for painting on - have you ever painted on it with watercolour? It makes some lovely marks on the surface but not how you'd expect and it dries almost as soon as you look at it so you need really confident strokes... 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for watching!
Hi, thank you and that's what I'm doing really, trying to broaden my media use from markers and classic watercolour to other (related) media. The real discovery for me here was drawing it out with watercolour pencil instead of graphite... I can see myself using that approach again... Thanks for watching!
Love this Gee - although I agree it could have been more blue, but it's stunning as is. I work almost exclusively on hot press paper. It's made so you can achieve more detail. Also, it's not made for lots of water and normal water techniques that cold and rough press can handle. Ideally it's made for things like botanical work. I'm not surprised that the watercolor pencils worked well on it. Brilliant idea to sketch it out in the watercolor pencil...I know you hate those graphite lines!!! ;)
Thank you, and thanks for the extra info on the Hot Press paper. What you say makes perfect sense as it felt more like a really good quality cartridge paper when I was working on it. So it might be a good candidate for watercolour pencils when I decide to paint the base layers but add some detail with the pencils without adding water...? Thanks for checking it out :D
@@gee355Art Yes I've seen people use the watercolor pencils with water and then add more detail without the water. That would make a great video...just saying',,,
Love your flower paintings / drawings! I agree, I think it's more of a blue than a green - might be interesting to lay a base tone in a light, cold grey first, then layer on your greens & blues. That might provide that cooler blueish tone?
Thank you! That is probably a really good idea. Had I known that the Hot Press paper was not so reactive to second layers, I could have done that with confidence. It's something to bear in mind for my next watercolour pencil piece, for sure! Thanks for watching!!
Thank you - I think the bit where I stopped halfway though and looked at the shadows really helped in that, otherwise it might have come out too flat. Thanks for the feedback.
All is right in the world. You have circled back to what I remember as my first video of yours, the markers used to draw a flower. I fell in love with your technique then. Thanks for this.
:D I try to keep a balance of the botanical paintings and the fan art style stuff with markers and I will be trying to make that balance more 'even' for the rest of this year! I do have SO MANY reference pics of flowers that I need to draw and paint, and i'm not getting any younger so I had better get on with it ;) Thanks for sticking with me!
Hi, thanks for the feedback 🙂 I think if you keep the reference photo in front of you the whole time and paint it petal by petal you will do great! Let me know how you get on! 👍
Thank you! I am going to try and give Hot Press paper a bit more of a go this time around - I was put it off it previously when I had a bad experience with it while painting a landscape :D
As usual it's a gorgeous rendering. I had kind of given up on the pencils but might give them another go after watching this. I always look forward to your posts and always find them inspiring. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
Thank you - its feedback like that that keeps me motivated to paint and share! You probably know, I'm not a huge fan of watercolour pencils, much preferring the classic watercolours and the markers but I am learning a a bit more each time I use them. I've also only really used these Derwent ones so I think I need to try the Faber Castell ones that people speak very highly of, see if they handle a bit differently...? Thanks for watching!
I know! But I really thought with 2 blue pencils it would be there! Maybe the ratio should have been 1 green and 3 blue?! 🤣 I will remember for next time... Thanks for watching!
Thank you! It's the balance of it all 😄 when I look at my own paintings, I always see bits I'm happy with and bits I'm not, there's hardly ever a nice balance across the whole picture. I love it though, so I'll keep trying 👍 thanks for watching 🙂
WOW ! Beautiful ! I think if the tonal values are laid down correctly, it doesn't matter if the color matches the original. And you do have a beautiful way of explaining your process. That's another talent :)
Thank you so much!! I think I agree, I do wish I had got more blue in there (I tried :D) but I can totally make my peace with the end result. I have to admit, trying to get something to look 3D is one of my slight obsessions :D Thanks for the comment, as always and I hope you are staying safe and being careful! :)
I discovered your channel a few days ago and I am a big fan now! Do you have a video about tips and how you do the line art for your paintings? Thanks for the videos! 🤗
Hello! Thanks for the lovely feedback, it's great to know the videos are reaching an audience 🙂 so, the lineart? I usually sketch out first, then copy it to the right paper for the media I'm using - is that the kind of thing you mean? I could do a video showing that... 🙂👍
@@creativejessy8896 😄 eyeballing and winging it plays a big part 🤣 I have used a grid before but found it made my pictures too rigid and not loose enough. They're still pretty rigid I guess but I'm trying. I have done some drawing videos you might want to check out, there's a playlist on my channel, Drawing Flowers you might wanna check out? I'll plan a video though 👍🙂
Hot Press advice - Invest in 100% cotton. Dampen (not saturate) the area before applying paint. The trick with hotpress is water control and small areas at a time. Always dampen the area beforehand that you are about to add colour to unless it’s such a small area that it’s not necessary or you are adding fine details.
Thanks for the info! I'm thinking there is more sizing on the cold press paper? Is that why it gives you so much more time to blend colours on it?? Still so much to learn... ;) Haven't heard from you in a while, I hope you are well.
gee massam Art Thanks - I am ok, been battling cancer and now isolating due to covid. I hope you and yours are all keeping well too :) Re hot press - I think it’s more than sizing, Hot press is more dense in nature so that makes a difference as pigments stain more and stick more when they get between the fibres. It’s built for fine glazing but at the same time can be limited in number of glazes depending on the brand/quality/sizing. If you can get some 100% cotton hot press you will see a difference from the pulp, as I find the pulp hot press more difficult to use than cotton - it is harder to blend on pulp hot press. Saunders Waterford 100% cotton hot press is very good, the old Fabriano Artistico hot press was excellent (I fortunately still have some left) and Mulin Du Roy hot press is good providing you use the backside of it, or soak it first as the front side kinda repels water. Arches hot press has a bit of a diverse reputation - some Arches CP fans like it & some Arches CP fans don’t, though I have never used it. Hot press is more for botanical, fine layering, and detailed work. It’s excellent for gouache too. Hope that helps :O)
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Stunning work and thanks for explaining the process. I always struggle with hot press too. I always struggle to control my watercolours.
Hi, thank you so much! Hot Press - I know, right?! I'm like, 'Why can't they just make a smooth cold press paper.' 🤣🤣🤣. What is Hot Press FOR?!
Thanks for watching.
Derwent watercolour pencil tutoral amazing! Explaining using the watercolor pencil instead of graphite is brilliant.
Thank you, I loved how that worked and might have to do that everytime now!
I got one word for you.... PASTELMAT! ;) Or heavy drawing paper that can take some water. It need some tooth to it to hold on to the base layers. The pastelmat needs a bit of getting used to, as the pigment flows kind of strange on it, compared to other paper types (when you add water), and it also dries a bit different. But it takes so many layers and you can add light colours over dark if you loose your highlights on the way.
😄 I can definitely try that but I will not BE BEATEN BY THE HOT PRESS!! 🤣. I remember doing one painting on it years ago and I was like, 'ugh!' because cold press just feels so much more natural to my style of painting! I will experiment with it some more, to see what I can get out of it... Pastelmat sounds a little like Bristol Board for painting on - have you ever painted on it with watercolour? It makes some lovely marks on the surface but not how you'd expect and it dries almost as soon as you look at it so you need really confident strokes... 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for watching!
So pretty. I need to practice more
Hi, thank you and that's what I'm doing really, trying to broaden my media use from markers and classic watercolour to other (related) media. The real discovery for me here was drawing it out with watercolour pencil instead of graphite... I can see myself using that approach again...
Thanks for watching!
Very pleasing.
Love this Gee - although I agree it could have been more blue, but it's stunning as is. I work almost exclusively on hot press paper. It's made so you can achieve more detail. Also, it's not made for lots of water and normal water techniques that cold and rough press can handle. Ideally it's made for things like botanical work. I'm not surprised that the watercolor pencils worked well on it. Brilliant idea to sketch it out in the watercolor pencil...I know you hate those graphite lines!!! ;)
Thank you, and thanks for the extra info on the Hot Press paper. What you say makes perfect sense as it felt more like a really good quality cartridge paper when I was working on it. So it might be a good candidate for watercolour pencils when I decide to paint the base layers but add some detail with the pencils without adding water...?
Thanks for checking it out :D
@@gee355Art Yes I've seen people use the watercolor pencils with water and then add more detail without the water. That would make a great video...just saying',,,
Love your flower paintings / drawings! I agree, I think it's more of a blue than a green - might be interesting to lay a base tone in a light, cold grey first, then layer on your greens & blues. That might provide that cooler blueish tone?
Thank you! That is probably a really good idea. Had I known that the Hot Press paper was not so reactive to second layers, I could have done that with confidence. It's something to bear in mind for my next watercolour pencil piece, for sure!
Thanks for watching!!
Great. You really got depth and tone down spot on.
Thank you - I think the bit where I stopped halfway though and looked at the shadows really helped in that, otherwise it might have come out too flat. Thanks for the feedback.
Beautiful painting, wish you good luck for art works.
Thank you!! 🙂
Very nice
Hi, thank you for the kind comment! 👍🙂
All is right in the world. You have circled back to what I remember as my first video of yours, the markers used to draw a flower. I fell in love with your technique then. Thanks for this.
:D I try to keep a balance of the botanical paintings and the fan art style stuff with markers and I will be trying to make that balance more 'even' for the rest of this year! I do have SO MANY reference pics of flowers that I need to draw and paint, and i'm not getting any younger so I had better get on with it ;) Thanks for sticking with me!
Wow!! I love this!! Such talent!! I hope mine looks like this😃😃
Hi, thanks for the feedback 🙂 I think if you keep the reference photo in front of you the whole time and paint it petal by petal you will do great! Let me know how you get on! 👍
Brilliant!!!!
Thank you so much :D and thanks for watching!
Hot press paper was a good choice since the petals are smooth and waxy. It looks great!
Thank you! I am going to try and give Hot Press paper a bit more of a go this time around - I was put it off it previously when I had a bad experience with it while painting a landscape :D
As usual it's a gorgeous rendering. I had kind of given up on the pencils but might give them another go after watching this. I always look forward to your posts and always find them inspiring. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
Thank you - its feedback like that that keeps me motivated to paint and share! You probably know, I'm not a huge fan of watercolour pencils, much preferring the classic watercolours and the markers but I am learning a a bit more each time I use them. I've also only really used these Derwent ones so I think I need to try the Faber Castell ones that people speak very highly of, see if they handle a bit differently...?
Thanks for watching!
Great work as always, I do agree with you that it probably should be a bit more blue, but still a great painting.
I know! But I really thought with 2 blue pencils it would be there! Maybe the ratio should have been 1 green and 3 blue?! 🤣 I will remember for next time...
Thanks for watching!
A lovely drawing Gee. Yeah those grey/greens are a bit challenging (-: Marion
Thank you! It's the balance of it all 😄 when I look at my own paintings, I always see bits I'm happy with and bits I'm not, there's hardly ever a nice balance across the whole picture. I love it though, so I'll keep trying 👍 thanks for watching 🙂
WOW ! Beautiful ! I think if the tonal values are laid down correctly, it doesn't matter if the color matches the original. And you do have a beautiful way of explaining your process. That's another talent :)
Thank you so much!! I think I agree, I do wish I had got more blue in there (I tried :D) but I can totally make my peace with the end result. I have to admit, trying to get something to look 3D is one of my slight obsessions :D
Thanks for the comment, as always and I hope you are staying safe and being careful! :)
I discovered your channel a few days ago and I am a big fan now!
Do you have a video about tips and how you do the line art for your paintings? Thanks for the videos! 🤗
Hello! Thanks for the lovely feedback, it's great to know the videos are reaching an audience 🙂 so, the lineart? I usually sketch out first, then copy it to the right paper for the media I'm using - is that the kind of thing you mean? I could do a video showing that... 🙂👍
@@gee355Art Yes, that’s what I meant! And do you do it all just by eyeballing and winging it or do you use a Grid ?
@@creativejessy8896 😄 eyeballing and winging it plays a big part 🤣 I have used a grid before but found it made my pictures too rigid and not loose enough. They're still pretty rigid I guess but I'm trying. I have done some drawing videos you might want to check out, there's a playlist on my channel, Drawing Flowers you might wanna check out? I'll plan a video though 👍🙂
@@gee355Art Thanks! Will definitely binge watch the whole playlist 😉🌸
@@creativejessy8896 😄👍👍👍👍 thank you!
Hot Press advice - Invest in 100% cotton. Dampen (not saturate) the area before applying paint. The trick with hotpress is water control and small areas at a time. Always dampen the area beforehand that you are about to add colour to unless it’s such a small area that it’s not necessary or you are adding fine details.
Thanks for the info! I'm thinking there is more sizing on the cold press paper? Is that why it gives you so much more time to blend colours on it?? Still so much to learn... ;)
Haven't heard from you in a while, I hope you are well.
gee massam Art Thanks - I am ok, been battling cancer and now isolating due to covid. I hope you and yours are all keeping well too :)
Re hot press - I think it’s more than sizing, Hot press is more dense in nature so that makes a difference as pigments stain more and stick more when they get between the fibres. It’s built for fine glazing but at the same time can be limited in number of glazes depending on the brand/quality/sizing.
If you can get some 100% cotton hot press you will see a difference from the pulp, as I find the pulp hot press more difficult to use than cotton - it is harder to blend on pulp hot press. Saunders Waterford 100% cotton hot press is very good, the old Fabriano Artistico hot press was excellent (I fortunately still have some left) and Mulin Du Roy hot press is good providing you use the backside of it, or soak it first as the front side kinda repels water. Arches hot press has a bit of a diverse reputation - some Arches CP fans like it & some Arches CP fans don’t, though I have never used it. Hot press is more for botanical, fine layering, and detailed work. It’s excellent for gouache too. Hope that helps :O)
Kyomii im sorry to hear about your cancer, glad you are able to isolate though, thanks for sharing all your knowledge