I often tint my paper with a used wet teabag, gives a lovely antique look. Not sure how this will affect the watercolours or how fade proof it will be, but I am not selling my paintings they are purely for my own enjoyment !
Wow I didn't know anything about 'toned' paper (that's because I'm not an artist but am trying), what a difference it makes.....very nice! Thanks much for sharing this. Going to try that paper as an exercise to help improve my crummy looking washes.
Oh this is so pretty. It took me back to a time at my Great-grandmother's house sitting on her back porch slider. It was made of metal and she would let us you have lemonade. The flowers remind me of the cotton house dresses American housewives wore in those days. I also loved the darker background.
What a difference the light wash makes! Thank you Diane. If I may mention here, for my fellow Canadian viewers🇨🇦, Amazon Canada has the Kuretake Art Nouveau for CAD55. Originally, CAD95. I’ve wanted this set ever since you’ve had it but could not justify paying over CAD100. Hope this makes others happy too😊
Major polar weather here complete wuth power outages and heating problems so this was a wonderful escape. I also thought of vintage wallpaper and cotton fabric as si watched this painting grow snd grow....loved every color and stroke you applied. Will watch again when my hands warm up. Thank you....and the newsletter sounds great.
Bonjour Diane toute la ville est plongee dans l obscurite , je ne sais pas ce qui se passe ni quand l electricite va revenir , c est quand meme angoissant , heureusement tu m occupe mon esprit avec ta jolie peinture que j adore sur le fond jaunie les couleurs ressortent bien . Pour ton papier tu peux juste faire un cafe , le verser dans un plateau et plonger ta feuille de papier dedans la laisser secher bien a plat , tu auras un joli papier teinte sans coup de pinceau . Bises chere amie , a bientot
I have been using an old pad of Strathmore 500 series, 100% cotton paper. It is at least 20 years old and I have been amazed at how well it performs! I have read many articles about the sizing going south on old paper and I believe this is true. So for some reason my old paper is not as bad as I thought it would be.
I use cheap watercolor paper that I make my own blocks out of and the paper always buckles if it gets damp. Just set it aside and allow it to dry and it will flatten right out.
I love the Craftamo brushes ❤. I was painting this morning on wood pulp paper and the same thing happened to me. I usually make sure to thoroughly wet the paper but I didn't. I wet it until it was running and applied a second try. Not perfect but perfectly fun 😊.
When I first started learning to draw and paint with Shayda Campbell, I remember her saying that paper is more important than paint. You’ve just proved that point. I tried out something this morning on Fabriano non cotton paper and it absolutely did not work. It’s great for practice but not for anything else.
I got a large tray to put my Kuretake paints in. Do you have tutorial on how you put together the one you show in your tutorials? How do you keep the pans from sliding around? And, is it ok to not cover them? In their original form, they come with a plastic cover. I have your brushes, and after using the brushes for a couple of weeks, I really like them, especially the “cat’s tongue” one, which you are using in today’s video.
I love the way toning the paper with color looks! It really adds something to the painting. Not something I usually think of. I’ve seen pre-toned paper, but really you can use any color you want on regular white and have much more variety.
My 245th. Totally isolated trough 25 cm snow or even more. No traffic possible. My son had a traffic accident because of the snow. So I couldn't be as focused as usual. Thanks for the distraction😢 wim
Hi! Yes, here’s a little video of me trying to paint tulips with my left hand!! Painting tulips… with my OTHER hand! - You need to try this too!! ruclips.net/user/shortscG2PrSxckzM?feature=share
I’m just curious. What if you pre wet the pulp paper, then added your color wash. Do you think it would even things out or would it probably still be blotchy?
I think it would still be blotchy. I could live with that and paint over the uneven color, it would look fine. It’s interesting to see though, isn’t it!
My brushes finally came in yesterday and I couldn’t be more thrilled! Thank you so much
I'm so glad!
Practica_ everything I do crys out to tint, wow. Thanks.
This was totally fun. I never use the cat tung brush and it was fun to try it in all these ways and see what I could do. Delightful. Thank you.
What a difference in the backgrounds!
I was interested in a subtle background just like this. Not white, sky blue, etc. Giving this a go. Thank you for this video!
Thanks for posting the difference between the two papers. I really like this painting with the warm flowers and greens.
I love your arrangements on the Kuretake paints!
This would make pretty wallpaper
Always amazing how the addition of darks always seem to “ brighten “ a painting,bring it to life…like the idea of tinting the paper first🙂
I often tint my paper with a used wet teabag, gives a lovely antique look. Not sure how this will affect the watercolours or how fade proof it will be, but I am not selling my paintings they are purely for my own enjoyment !
I love how you tinted the background! This is so pretty.
Wow I didn't know anything about 'toned' paper (that's because I'm not an artist but am trying), what a difference it makes.....very nice! Thanks much for sharing this. Going to try that paper as an exercise to help improve my crummy looking washes.
Oh this is so pretty. It took me back to a time at my Great-grandmother's house sitting on her back porch slider. It was made of metal and she would let us you have lemonade. The flowers remind me of the cotton house dresses American housewives wore in those days. I also loved the darker background.
What a difference the light wash makes! Thank you Diane. If I may mention here, for my fellow Canadian viewers🇨🇦, Amazon Canada has the Kuretake Art Nouveau for CAD55. Originally, CAD95. I’ve wanted this set ever since you’ve had it but could not justify paying over CAD100. Hope this makes others happy too😊
Major polar weather here complete wuth power outages and heating problems so this was a wonderful escape. I also thought of vintage wallpaper and cotton fabric as si watched this painting grow snd grow....loved every color and stroke you applied. Will watch again when my hands warm up. Thank you....and the newsletter sounds great.
❤ i love it! Beautiful colors. I am so looking forward to summer!
This is so cute, thank you for sharing with your community, you are such an inspiration ☺☺
Wow. Huge difference
OMG! What a difference! So now I know it's not all my fault!
Bonjour Diane toute la ville est plongee dans l obscurite , je ne sais pas ce qui se passe ni quand l electricite va revenir , c est quand meme angoissant , heureusement tu m occupe mon esprit avec ta jolie peinture que j adore sur le fond jaunie les couleurs ressortent bien . Pour ton papier tu peux juste faire un cafe , le verser dans un plateau et plonger ta feuille de papier dedans la laisser secher bien a plat , tu auras un joli papier teinte sans coup de pinceau . Bises chere amie , a bientot
As always lovely!
I have been using an old pad of Strathmore 500 series, 100% cotton paper. It is at least 20 years old and I have been amazed at how well it performs! I have read many articles about the sizing going south on old paper and I believe this is true. So for some reason my old paper is not as bad as I thought it would be.
I love this painting. Thank you Diane.❤
Very interesting what happened with the faulty sizing on the old Etchr paper!
I use cheap watercolor paper that I make my own blocks out of and the paper always buckles if it gets damp. Just set it aside and allow it to dry and it will flatten right out.
I love the Craftamo brushes ❤. I was painting this morning on wood pulp paper and the same thing happened to me. I usually make sure to thoroughly wet the paper but I didn't. I wet it until it was running and applied a second try. Not perfect but perfectly fun 😊.
Diane, this is SO pretty….I’m going to have to try this tonight….thanks!!
You are so welcome!
Congratulations
Thank you very much for show your watercolour ❤
Beautiful!
Thank you!
Such beautiful florals! This will be the painting I will try your paintbrushes on first!!
Great idea Judit!❤️
When I first started learning to draw and paint with Shayda Campbell, I remember her saying that paper is more important than paint. You’ve just proved that point. I tried out something this morning on Fabriano non cotton paper and it absolutely did not work. It’s great for practice but not for anything else.
I got a large tray to put my Kuretake paints in. Do you have tutorial on how you put together the one you show in your tutorials? How do you keep the pans from sliding around? And, is it ok to not cover them? In their original form, they come with a plastic cover. I have your brushes, and after using the brushes for a couple of weeks, I really like them, especially the “cat’s tongue” one, which you are using in today’s video.
I love the way toning the paper with color looks! It really adds something to the painting. Not something I usually think of. I’ve seen pre-toned paper, but really you can use any color you want on regular white and have much more variety.
My 245th. Totally isolated trough 25 cm snow or even more. No traffic possible. My son had a traffic accident because of the snow. So I couldn't be as focused as usual. Thanks for the distraction😢 wim
Oh no! Is your son ok? Sending my best wishes ❤️
I just received my Diane Antone brushes from Craftamo, so guess what I’ll be doing this afternoon?
I love this! I just hand carpal surgery in my right hand. But I’m dying to try this one. Have you ever painted with your less dominate hand?
Hi! Yes, here’s a little video of me trying to paint tulips with my left hand!! Painting tulips… with my OTHER hand! - You need to try this too!!
ruclips.net/user/shortscG2PrSxckzM?feature=share
Bonjour,
Tous mes vœux 2024.
Karine.
Merci, a toi aussi!
🌼🧡🌿💛💚💛🌿🧡🌼
I’m just curious. What if you pre wet the pulp paper, then added your color wash. Do you think it would even things out or would it probably still be blotchy?
I think it would still be blotchy. I could live with that and paint over the uneven color, it would look fine. It’s interesting to see though, isn’t it!
Help, the video won’t stop?
And now it won’t start!
Maybe I need a new phone? Between being sick, the broken washer, and winter weather rearranging my life….. I may go flippityfloppity! Sorry!