Thank you Becky, the Irodori seasons are winging their way to me as I write and I've been watching your videos to help give me some inspiration. I love how you firstly swatch them then do some painting with those same colours. I've not used gouache before but as I struggle with watercolour, I think I'm going to find gouache more suited to my needs (easier!). X
I hope you love them! I personally like to keep the gouache paints wet so I squeeze from the tubes as needed. It's easier to get a thicker layer of paint that way, and make them more opaque. Too much water will make them behave like watercolours. 😊
What a lovely set! PG8 is among my favorite pigments. And ahh I adore your squirrel!! So cute. He looks like he has teeny elf ears and I am HERE for it 😂❤
@@BeckyTregear I think the first place I saw it was White Nights, their Green (or Russian Green). I think there's a Schmincke color which has that with a second pigment too... I only have it as a watercolor but it's sooo dang pretty 😍 I'll double check to see where else because I know I have a couple PG8's on hand, and you probably also have at least one hahaha
I recently tried to draw a squirrel and failed spectacularly. Yours turned out much better, and great job with all of these you really used the colors to great effect... the abstract one turned out really neat too. 💙😊
This Holbein gouache set is a stunning just beautiful autumn paint set. Love the cute faced squirrel. So fun. One thing that is hard to get here also is Holbein gouache. If you are interested they have also a Holbein floral gouache set that I would personally love to see you do a review/ painting with. You are always bright and cheery. Much love from the US.
I really love your voice! You sound so friendly and full of energy. I think I would prefer the summer set. Not only because of the black and white, but it seems to me like the other colors are more versatile too. I'm looking forward to see your videos about the other sets! Thank you for sharing! :-)
URGH--I want those sets so bad!!! Lol. Such a fun video! Your squirrel came out really well!! Love all the pieces you made today! Really great video, thanks so much for sharing and much much love💛🧡❤
It could be winter, spring, or summer and I'll still welcome a taste of autumn! Great video. The Japanese Maple piece looks like beautiful silk fabric.
The colors are really nice in this set. It's nice that each set's colors don't overlap incase you do buy all of them. I love the added stickers to the last page. Whenever I see people do these kind of background with their leftover paint it always comes out interesting. Then I try it and I'm left with a multi brown color page...yay lol
It is definitely one of those situations where it is inevitable to end up with all the sets to have the biggest range of colours, haha! Mud is so easy to make when painting the leftover paint onto a page. I try to keep colours together that will mix nicely....doesn't always work of course but there are at least areas of nice colours in amongst the messy bits. 😂
Ah well I bet if Australia had squirrels they’d fit into the rabbit category of introduced animal no one wants anymore…. I’m looking forward to seeing the other sets swatches, thanks for the video~~
Such a fun video - I love getting a look at your new art supplies! I think you really have a knack for abstract pieces - they always turn out so great. Looking forward to the rest!
kinda blew my mind that you don't have squirrels in your country :O :O :O wow!! I enjoyed all your painting but that last one appealed to my strange brain more than the others, I'm a surreal artist and that was right up my street :D These paint sets are lovely! looking forward to the winter one, something moody, muted, stormy maybe :)
No squirrels, but plenty of kangaroos, wallabies and koala. I had fun with the last painting/sticker picture, lol. I am still working on Winter, slightly behind schedule but I hope to have that one out soon! 💙
Yep they are autumn colors you did a great painting of the maple leaves. Looks a really good set I think I like it better than summer. Most likely because I have a lot of summer colors. Cant wait for winter and spring. Thanks.
I’m enjoying your videos so much!! Did not know 🐿 squirrels don’t romp around Australia! I see a black squirrel almost everyday, he’s been roaming the sand dunes here in NY on Atlantic Ocean where I live. Also a 🐈⬛ black cat! Hmm, wonder how they feel about each other? Thx Becky - you have been uplifting in a very difficult time in my life. 🙏 ☮️ PS - hate when I have dirty sticky hands!🤣
I love the different subjects and techniques you used for each painting! Adding the stickers to the third one really made it pop! I love the peacefulness of the second one with the trees. Kind of surprised Australia doesn't have squirrels because it seems like they're everywhere! Is there a marsupial equivalent? Check out the ones in India sometime--there's one that is really wildly colored!
There are lots of smaller marsupials, like sugar-gliders which are part of the possum family. But definitely no squirrels. 😭 I will have to do more reading into the different types of squirrels out there in the world. ❤
A little late with watching this one, Becky... but the final painting is definitely Christmas in the enchanted forest... Hope the Rona test is negative and you get away for your New Zealand break!!! :)
The colours in this set are lovely. Everything turned out interesting! I think I must have missed you on the first set so I had better see if I can find it. I love gouache, didn’t these ones paint over nicely! I will never use them all up, I have too much paint already, otherwise I would be pursuing these ones. Nicely packed too….
Summer is couple of months back in February, if you can find it in my backlog, lol. Nick gave it to me for Valentine's Day, and I loved it so much that I ended up getting the other sets later on....couldn't help myself! 😂
The autumn set is gorgeous! I prefer the colors that come with this set I think. It just seemed easier to use these colors, although the two yellows side by side looked quite similar. I really love the abstract at the end with the stickers on top. It’s nice to see you incorporate them into your artwork! Squirrels are very autumn also🐿 I think you’re doing great with the gouache! I’m excited to see winter next💙
Oh my, I went and compared Oto Kano's video to yours and her Indigo swatch is much darker! It must be one that's very affected by paper. It looks like you're swatching on... dot paper here? PS: I'm so grateful you included the pigment info here, it's very difficult to find otherwise!
Oh yes different papers can affect the colours of paints quite a lot. This is a cellulose watercolour paper with a dot grid on it. Thankfully the tubes had the pigment numbers on them. 😄
@@BeckyTregear Dot grid watercolor paper! Never heard of that before. Interesting! I really love the painting you did with the Japanese maples and I like the abstract facing it too!
@@jennw6809 Thank you! It's a Primrosia Dot Journal, found on Amazon. They are Australian but are also sold on the USA store. I have a video on the journal somewhere....about a year or so go I think.
What a cute squirrel! Though it’s a different type, seeing the painting reminded me of my family’s outdoor ‘pet’ squirrel, Dark Shadow. She’s an Eastern Grey with a black pelt and has even sat on our couch a few times when we fed her. Her spring and autumn litters are also a treat to watch! (Though, some of her kids are brighter than others…)
I love squirrels, the few times I've seen them. They're so cute! Couldn't tell you which kind of squirrels they were...my knowledge of them is limited. We have koalas instead so I guess that's something! 🐨
Hello Becky. Love your video. Loved all 3 art pages. ..... I have a question. Do you leave your guache in the tubes and use fresh as you go? KAREN From Canada
Thank you! Yes, I prefer to keep the gouache wet and use it as I go from the tubes. It tends to crack easily when dry, much more than watercolours, so I don't put them in half pans. I mean, you can because they will reactivate but also it is harder to get them thicker and opaque when rewetting the paints from dry.
Just the opposite of you, sometimes I can draw okay, other times horrible, ha. Is it true the Oz has no squirrels? Your squirrel is a cutie and well painted.
thats a very pretty indigo
you cute squirrel looks like a red squirrel 😀
That's it...a red squirrel! 😁🐿️
you get them here, rare but there are a few of the red ones still left in the area (the can get really loud if you get near their tree lol)
I really liked this video! Thanks for sharing your art!
Thank you 😊
Thank you Becky, the Irodori seasons are winging their way to me as I write and I've been watching your videos to help give me some inspiration.
I love how you firstly swatch them then do some painting with those same colours.
I've not used gouache before but as I struggle with watercolour, I think I'm going to find gouache more suited to my needs (easier!). X
I hope you love them! I personally like to keep the gouache paints wet so I squeeze from the tubes as needed. It's easier to get a thicker layer of paint that way, and make them more opaque. Too much water will make them behave like watercolours. 😊
Wow.. That's an incredible piece of work my dear friend.. ❤️❤️You are so good at what you are doing.. So much respect ❤️❤️
What a lovely set! PG8 is among my favorite pigments. And ahh I adore your squirrel!! So cute. He looks like he has teeny elf ears and I am HERE for it 😂❤
I don't remember having seen PG8 before...I probably have it in other art supplies and have never noticed, lol. Thank you 😄
@@BeckyTregear I think the first place I saw it was White Nights, their Green (or Russian Green). I think there's a Schmincke color which has that with a second pigment too... I only have it as a watercolor but it's sooo dang pretty 😍 I'll double check to see where else because I know I have a couple PG8's on hand, and you probably also have at least one hahaha
A beautiful day starts with watching wonderful videos like this. I have enjoyed watching, thanks for sharing . a fellow creator,..,,.
I recently tried to draw a squirrel and failed spectacularly. Yours turned out much better, and great job with all of these you really used the colors to great effect... the abstract one turned out really neat too. 💙😊
Thank you! Squirrels are much harder to draw than I first thought, lol.
@@BeckyTregear same! You'd think a pretty simple shape but I guess not 😄
This Holbein gouache set is a stunning just beautiful autumn paint set. Love the cute faced squirrel. So fun. One thing that is hard to get here also is Holbein gouache. If you are interested they have also a Holbein floral gouache set that I would personally love to see you do a review/ painting with.
You are always bright and cheery. Much love from the US.
Thank you! I don't think I've seen the floral set; I wonder if any colours out of the Irodori sets match up....I will have to research that! 🌸
Not only are the paints nice but so is your artwork. I especially liked the lake painting with the tree leaves. I am glad your hand is better.
Thanks! 😊
I really love your voice! You sound so friendly and full of energy.
I think I would prefer the summer set. Not only because of the black and white, but it seems to me like the other colors are more versatile too. I'm looking forward to see your videos about the other sets! Thank you for sharing! :-)
Thank you so much! I'd start with summer as well for the base colours. The other seasons then add in more shades and nuances. 😊
URGH--I want those sets so bad!!! Lol. Such a fun video! Your squirrel came out really well!! Love all the pieces you made today! Really great video, thanks so much for sharing and much much love💛🧡❤
Thank you so much! Winter is proving to be a lot more difficult so far, lol.
Lovely paintings, particularly the second and third one. And my favorite is…. the third one! 😊
Thank you. That one was a lot of fun to put together, haha!
I saw a bunch of people in the last one, all bunched together…
Oh I love that interpretation!
It could be winter, spring, or summer and I'll still welcome a taste of autumn! Great video. The Japanese Maple piece looks like beautiful silk fabric.
I do love Autumn colours! And now you are the second to point out that the maple painting looks like a fabric pattern. I'd wear it, lol. 😁🌸
The colors are really nice in this set. It's nice that each set's colors don't overlap incase you do buy all of them. I love the added stickers to the last page. Whenever I see people do these kind of background with their leftover paint it always comes out interesting. Then I try it and I'm left with a multi brown color page...yay lol
It is definitely one of those situations where it is inevitable to end up with all the sets to have the biggest range of colours, haha! Mud is so easy to make when painting the leftover paint onto a page. I try to keep colours together that will mix nicely....doesn't always work of course but there are at least areas of nice colours in amongst the messy bits. 😂
Ah well I bet if Australia had squirrels they’d fit into the rabbit category of introduced animal no one wants anymore…. I’m looking forward to seeing the other sets swatches, thanks for the video~~
That is very true. Too many rabbits and mice here as it is! But squirrels are so cute....💜
I much prefer the Autumn pallet to the Summer, and I LOVE the second painting you did, it would make an amazing pattern on fabric. :) x
Ooh, it would! Maybe I will try making a bigger painting of it, for a pattern.
Someone is finally enjoying their gouache. I am happy for you. I wish you live in the country of Belize so we can share art supplie😁🤗🤗
I am enjoying it, thank you! Haha Australia and New Zealand are so far away from the rest of the world. We sit down here waving from afar! 👋
Such a fun video - I love getting a look at your new art supplies! I think you really have a knack for abstract pieces - they always turn out so great. Looking forward to the rest!
Thank you! Except for my latest abstract which hasn't turned out well at all.....not sure how I am going to rescue it yet, lol!
kinda blew my mind that you don't have squirrels in your country :O :O :O wow!! I enjoyed all your painting but that last one appealed to my strange brain more than the others, I'm a surreal artist and that was right up my street :D These paint sets are lovely! looking forward to the winter one, something moody, muted, stormy maybe :)
No squirrels, but plenty of kangaroos, wallabies and koala. I had fun with the last painting/sticker picture, lol. I am still working on Winter, slightly behind schedule but I hope to have that one out soon! 💙
Very nice gouache. Thank you for the review. I love your paintings!
Thank you 😊💗
Yep they are autumn colors you did a great painting of the maple leaves. Looks a really good set I think I like it better than summer. Most likely because I have a lot of summer colors. Cant wait for winter and spring. Thanks.
Autumn is definitely perfect for the moment, haha! I think once all four sets get together, it is going to be an epic set overall! ❤
I’m enjoying your videos so much!! Did not know 🐿 squirrels don’t romp around Australia! I see a black squirrel almost everyday, he’s been roaming the sand dunes here in NY on Atlantic Ocean where I live. Also a 🐈⬛ black cat! Hmm, wonder how they feel about each other? Thx Becky - you have been uplifting in a very difficult time in my life. 🙏 ☮️ PS - hate when I have dirty sticky hands!🤣
Thank you, and I'm sorry you are going through a difficult time! We have plenty of kangaroos and other marsupials so no room for squirrels I guess.
I love the different subjects and techniques you used for each painting! Adding the stickers to the third one really made it pop! I love the peacefulness of the second one with the trees. Kind of surprised Australia doesn't have squirrels because it seems like they're everywhere! Is there a marsupial equivalent? Check out the ones in India sometime--there's one that is really wildly colored!
There are lots of smaller marsupials, like sugar-gliders which are part of the possum family. But definitely no squirrels. 😭 I will have to do more reading into the different types of squirrels out there in the world. ❤
A little late with watching this one, Becky... but the final painting is definitely Christmas in the enchanted forest... Hope the Rona test is negative and you get away for your New Zealand break!!! :)
All is well, tests were negative, all the paperwork has been done and we are good to go tomorrow (hopefully, lol!) Sheesh what a rigmarole!
The colours in this set are lovely. Everything turned out interesting! I think I must have missed you on the first set so I had better see if I can find it. I love gouache, didn’t these ones paint over nicely! I will never use them all up, I have too much paint already, otherwise I would be pursuing these ones. Nicely packed too….
Summer is couple of months back in February, if you can find it in my backlog, lol. Nick gave it to me for Valentine's Day, and I loved it so much that I ended up getting the other sets later on....couldn't help myself! 😂
Very nice colours. I love the paintings. I would have titled the 3rd one magic mushrooms! See you Friday and have a great day.
Thank you, and that's a great title! 🍄
These are lovely! I don't do Gouache but LOVE watching you work with them.
Thank you! I am liking gouache more and more, it's fun to paint with!
The autumn set is gorgeous! I prefer the colors that come with this set I think. It just seemed easier to use these colors, although the two yellows side by side looked quite similar. I really love the abstract at the end with the stickers on top. It’s nice to see you incorporate them into your artwork! Squirrels are very autumn also🐿 I think you’re doing great with the gouache! I’m excited to see winter next💙
It is a lovely colour palette, and I am working on winter which is proving to be a lot more difficult, haha! One of my arts may well be a disaster. 🤣
I love the second painting!
Thank you 😊
yours is cute ! they like to get into mischeif and are fun to watch
Thank you...squirrels are so awesome!
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Oh my, I went and compared Oto Kano's video to yours and her Indigo swatch is much darker! It must be one that's very affected by paper. It looks like you're swatching on... dot paper here? PS: I'm so grateful you included the pigment info here, it's very difficult to find otherwise!
Oh yes different papers can affect the colours of paints quite a lot. This is a cellulose watercolour paper with a dot grid on it. Thankfully the tubes had the pigment numbers on them. 😄
@@BeckyTregear Dot grid watercolor paper! Never heard of that before. Interesting! I really love the painting you did with the Japanese maples and I like the abstract facing it too!
@@jennw6809 Thank you! It's a Primrosia Dot Journal, found on Amazon. They are Australian but are also sold on the USA store. I have a video on the journal somewhere....about a year or so go I think.
What a cute squirrel! Though it’s a different type, seeing the painting reminded me of my family’s outdoor ‘pet’ squirrel, Dark Shadow. She’s an Eastern Grey with a black pelt and has even sat on our couch a few times when we fed her. Her spring and autumn litters are also a treat to watch!
(Though, some of her kids are brighter than others…)
I love squirrels, the few times I've seen them. They're so cute! Couldn't tell you which kind of squirrels they were...my knowledge of them is limited. We have koalas instead so I guess that's something! 🐨
Hello Becky. Love your video. Loved all 3 art pages. ..... I have a question. Do you leave your guache in the tubes and use fresh as you go? KAREN From Canada
Thank you! Yes, I prefer to keep the gouache wet and use it as I go from the tubes. It tends to crack easily when dry, much more than watercolours, so I don't put them in half pans. I mean, you can because they will reactivate but also it is harder to get them thicker and opaque when rewetting the paints from dry.
Oooo I’ve never seen these sets! I love gouache!
I think they only released them maybe last year? They don't seem to be very easy to get, outside of Japan.
Just the opposite of you, sometimes I can draw okay, other times horrible, ha. Is it true the Oz has no squirrels? Your squirrel is a cutie and well painted.
No squirrels in Australia...we have all the marsupials instead, which isn't a bad thing because they're cute too. 🐨🦘
@@BeckyTregear Yes, you made out well on the squirrel/marsupial tradeoff. Squirrels are so prevalent here, I thought they had to be everywhere.