Sadie! I ordered some Warm Indigo from Arkaar Creations on etsy and boy am I Pleased! Thank You so Much for doing this video! I didn't know my pallet was missing this Beautiful color but am Terribly glad I have it now! I got two pans and then with shipping it really wasn't all that outrageous, quite affordable! I'm "Saturday Night Live dancing" happy! 💃🤹♀️🤸♀️🎨🖌😄🤗😄👍👍
Indigo's always been a favorite of mine! I haven't heard of most of these paints. I have the Sennelier and QoR, and am starting a black panther closeup (to raise awareness and get them out of zoos into the wild again, which they _mostly_ are but imo none should be locked up). *Realized they were jaguars with brown fur rosettes!* and found an excellent photo (a non-zooed animal)... but realized indigo, or "my" indigos, wouldn't work. (Eh, you learn something; that's cool.) So I opted for a Payne's grey and am painting like, one hair at a time almost (cause I'm new to wc still and want it 'right'). Glad you showed a Payne's grey as an option: I was guessing and didn't want ink or black. Getting these (very dark) browns "in" the fur of payne's grey just can't make my guy "Muddy Panther!" #HaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing 😂❤️️ LOVE your pigment infos! Subbed. Love!
This is a good showcase for how great monotones are for botanical subjects! I grow all sorts of orchids, being a lifelong orchid and botany nerd, but was never satisfied with my paintings of them until I did one using just Payne's grey. Using just variations of tone and hydration to render form and texture made everything pop like never before. So I do much more monotone and very restricted palette stuff now. (O how it makes me feel sophisticated and superior LOL! No but it does put a spring in my step when a sketch is that exciting and rewarding.)
Beautiful indigo magnolia! So far, hands down , u have created THE BEST color/pigment schooling on you tube. In my humble opinion, better than all the rest. Seriously, engaging and informative without the tediousness and bore of some other channels. Thanku so very much.
Gorgeous painting of magnolia flower! Learned so much so happy I found your videos!!! Your channel is par excellence way above the rest!!! Thank you so much! Many Blessings to you!! 🎉😮😮😍😊
Thank you for making this video.This video was super helpful. And that quick landscape was gorgeous too. Indigo is one of my favourites and also one that I was really interested in knowing more about. I wanted a genuine indigo for so long and came across the arkaar one. The warm indigo is just really gorgeous. I love Indigo being a part of an earth tone palette too. I love that colour right alongside sepia(another fav) . I have a cooler Payne's grey so I often drop both indigo and Payne's grey on wet paper to create really dramatic skies. Indigo just never disappoints 😍.
Oh you could spend forever learning about indigo, it’s so cool! The warm indigo is so nice, I can’t wait to see the cool one too. I should try it with sepia!
It's incredible how dark the case for making and stoneworks indigo paints are. I wish I could wave a magic wand and make most of these lightfast lol. I love DS Kyanite and Sodalite for this type of color for the granulation and the freedom to sell art without worrying about the lightfastness, but I am very tempted to just play with that lovely Vivianite by Limn! This was an incredibly in-depth comparison, so many swatches. Gorgeous painting and thank you so much for all this info!!!
OMG aren’t they so crazy dark? I had to be really careful when mixing because they would overpower Mixes all the time. I haven’t tried sodalite yet, but I really want to. It looks so nice. Limn’s vivianite is 👌🏿! Thank you so much! 😊
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing all this information about Indigo colors! I love indigo from Winsor and Newman’s professional watercolor line! I love your videos! Thank you for all you do!
awesomely helpful & informative video! I don't know why, but I'm really drawn to those intensely dark, somewhat muted colors like Indigo, perylene green, perylene & Napthamide maroon, Indanthrone Blue & Prussian Blue. I love that you show tons of comparison swatches and mixtures! It's especially nice for those lovely colors that are unfortunately not lightfast.
Sade this video is phenomenal!! Wow! You have so many variety of Indigos and other paints that are similar in hue and saturation. Brilliant! You deserve WAY more followers!
Thank you!!! You answered questions I didn’t know I needed answers to ☺️🤗. I have a few indigos, including Qor (OMG). Am adding a color comparison to my list of projects! Love your pigment spotlights. Thanks again! 🌺
Thank you for showing how close some of the Paynes Grays are to true indigo, especially QoR's. I have always liked their Paynes Gray but didn't think of it when I was considering mixing my own indigo hue. I think it is closer than anything I could mix! Interestingly, their Indigo uses the same pigments as their Paynes Grey, but the Paynes seems closer looking to real indigo; their indigo is rather more blue-green. (A mix of their Indigo and their Paynes might be perfect - except for the pigment separation, which I love but isn't true to real indigo.) Anyway, this is such a great video - thanks!
Fascinating and loved your paintings too, especially the little landscape. I have a couple of real indigos and a synthetic one. I don't think the latter really recreates the colour or the way it handles. One of my reals is the Nila Colori which I am saving for a particular project, as many of their colours will be fragile in spite of the work that has gone into them. I just love how different they are. The only other thing I have found that gives the kind of payoff real indigo has isn't a paint at all it is a Japanese ink. Some of your examples of the real thing are beautiful.
I love painting with indigo! Arkaarcreation (etsy) make a beautiful indigo watercolour. I discovered this person from a link on one of your other videos. Thank you for posting such super helpful videos :)
I love learning about the natural elements that are used for coloring. It was funny when you said stinky was ok, it made me think of pigments made with crushed bugs. I'll have to look up what they use for indigo, I'm not sure I'm familiar with it. As a graphic designer I was always told blue and orange were the hardest colors to achieve naturally.
i was just looking into the Maimeri blu version! May i ask, what is it like- characteristics like movement in water, granulation etc... &/or which is it most similar to here do you think ? it may be hard to tell from a the computer screen but i would be greatly appreciate absolutely any information about ! Thank you so much in advance!
Oh wow! I really appreciate your teaching about colors. I found you through Arleebean. I am currently really geeking out about pigments and colors - using Daniel Smith's Primateks and just invested (whew$$) in a 24 pure pigment set from Mijello. I really want to understand colors better, the history and all. I'm going to join your Patreon- really looking forward to learning more!
Love indigo, thanks for the spotlight on handmade colors and explaining about the natural and synthetic indigos. FYI, Maimeri Blu has a NB1 indigo in their line, which might be a little more accessible for many as handmade colors are often out of stock or too expensive for many artists. Also, can you please explain about what brands have PY174 (or did you mean PY74?) and PO25 from the mixing chart? Couldn't find any info on those pigments. Thanks! I'm looking forward to more spotlights, I love it when you talk pigments :)
Very comprehensive, and explained very clearly. A great service for the watercolour community! Would have loved to see a notation next to each, giving lightfastness info. Even if it’s just opinion, I know it’s tricky with different assessment spectrums. I love indigo so much, but refuse to use fugitive pigments (I have enough issues with my talent, I don’t need my decent paintings to fade/change over time!). I wonder if anyone can suggest a ‘top 3’ most lightfast Indigo-ish options from the list? I’d be sooooo grateful!
@@SadieSavestheDay I fell in love with Payne's Grey from the version that comes with the Sennelier Aqa-mini pan set. I had no idea it was made from 3 colors!
You have the most soothing voice! It’s totally zenning me out! Also: if it’s not lightfast does that mean it’ll change color over time? Is indigo as a pigment not lightfast? Or does it matter how it’s made?
Somehow I missed that this Case for Making version of indigo is actually the synthetic version!
Yes, I just checked their website..it is a synthetic dye.
Sadie! I ordered some Warm Indigo from Arkaar Creations on etsy and boy am I Pleased! Thank You so Much for doing this video! I didn't know my pallet was missing this Beautiful color but am Terribly glad I have it now! I got two pans and then with shipping it really wasn't all that outrageous, quite affordable! I'm "Saturday Night Live dancing" happy! 💃🤹♀️🤸♀️🎨🖌😄🤗😄👍👍
Yes they have great prices and the shipping is normally not too slow. The quality is also good! I’m happy you like them! Yay indigo!
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Indigo's always been a favorite of mine! I haven't heard of most of these paints. I have the Sennelier and QoR, and am starting a black panther closeup (to raise awareness and get them out of zoos into the wild again, which they _mostly_ are but imo none should be locked up). *Realized they were jaguars with brown fur rosettes!* and found an excellent photo (a non-zooed animal)... but realized indigo, or "my" indigos, wouldn't work. (Eh, you learn something; that's cool.)
So I opted for a Payne's grey and am painting like, one hair at a time almost (cause I'm new to wc still and want it 'right'). Glad you showed a Payne's grey as an option: I was guessing and didn't want ink or black. Getting these (very dark) browns "in" the fur of payne's grey just can't make my guy "Muddy Panther!" #HaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing 😂❤️️ LOVE your pigment infos! Subbed. Love!
This is a good showcase for how great monotones are for botanical subjects! I grow all sorts of orchids, being a lifelong orchid and botany nerd, but was never satisfied with my paintings of them until I did one using just Payne's grey. Using just variations of tone and hydration to render form and texture made everything pop like never before. So I do much more monotone and very restricted palette stuff now. (O how it makes me feel sophisticated and superior LOL! No but it does put a spring in my step when a sketch is that exciting and rewarding.)
Beautiful indigo magnolia!
So far, hands down , u have created THE BEST color/pigment schooling on you tube. In my humble opinion, better than all the rest.
Seriously, engaging and informative without the tediousness and bore of some other channels.
Thanku so very much.
I agree, the best I have seen on Indigo, very informative and inspiring!😊
I love indigo, and I had no idea there was more than one type of indigo plant!
Gorgeous painting of magnolia flower! Learned so much so happy I found your videos!!! Your channel is par excellence way above the rest!!! Thank you so much! Many Blessings to you!! 🎉😮😮😍😊
Thank you for making this video.This video was super helpful. And that quick landscape was gorgeous too. Indigo is one of my favourites and also one that I was really interested in knowing more about. I wanted a genuine indigo for so long and came across the arkaar one. The warm indigo is just really gorgeous. I love Indigo being a part of an earth tone palette too. I love that colour right alongside sepia(another fav) . I have a cooler Payne's grey so I often drop both indigo and Payne's grey on wet paper to create really dramatic skies. Indigo just never disappoints 😍.
Oh you could spend forever learning about indigo, it’s so cool! The warm indigo is so nice, I can’t wait to see the cool one too. I should try it with sepia!
It's incredible how dark the case for making and stoneworks indigo paints are. I wish I could wave a magic wand and make most of these lightfast lol. I love DS Kyanite and Sodalite for this type of color for the granulation and the freedom to sell art without worrying about the lightfastness, but I am very tempted to just play with that lovely Vivianite by Limn! This was an incredibly in-depth comparison, so many swatches. Gorgeous painting and thank you so much for all this info!!!
OMG aren’t they so crazy dark? I had to be really careful when mixing because they would overpower Mixes all the time. I haven’t tried sodalite yet, but I really want to. It looks so nice. Limn’s vivianite is 👌🏿! Thank you so much! 😊
What a gorgeous painting thanks for all the indigoinfo.
I’m glad you liked it!
What a fascinating and enlightening half hour! Thanks.
Oh, yes, one of my favorite pigments is indigo. It's rich, elegant, mysterious and pleasing to my eyes. Your style of painting is beautiful.
Thank you! Indigo is gorgeous
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing all this information about Indigo colors! I love indigo from Winsor and Newman’s professional watercolor line! I love your videos! Thank you for all you do!
awesomely helpful & informative video! I don't know why, but I'm really drawn to those intensely dark, somewhat muted colors like Indigo, perylene green, perylene & Napthamide maroon, Indanthrone Blue & Prussian Blue.
I love that you show tons of comparison swatches and mixtures! It's especially nice for those lovely colors that are unfortunately not lightfast.
I feel the exact same! These are some of my favorite colors. I’m so happy it was helpful! Oooh how I wish indigo were lightfast....
What a beautiful painting made with Indigo!! Your artwork is amazing!! Thank you for the paint review.
Sade this video is phenomenal!! Wow! You have so many variety of Indigos and other paints that are similar in hue and saturation. Brilliant! You deserve WAY more followers!
Which Indigo brand did you use for the Magnolia painting?
I have always had a preference for Indigo, especially Indian Indigo. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.😙🤗
Daniel Smith's Sodalite genuine looks pretty close to a couple of the darker pure indigos you swatched.
I love the music choices.
Hey Sade, thanks for including Arkaar Creation version in here. I hope the cooler indigo reaches you soon. 😊
It’s a beautiful indigo! I hope the cooler one does. I wanted to include it here too!
@@SadieSavestheDay I wish the post had worked as fast as it worked with the first parcel. 😁
Trupti Ratnaparkhi I wish it did! I don’t know why it is so slow this time!
Thank you!!! You answered questions I didn’t know I needed answers to ☺️🤗. I have a few indigos, including Qor (OMG). Am adding a color comparison to my list of projects! Love your pigment spotlights. Thanks again! 🌺
Thank you for showing how close some of the Paynes Grays are to true indigo, especially QoR's. I have always liked their Paynes Gray but didn't think of it when I was considering mixing my own indigo hue. I think it is closer than anything I could mix! Interestingly, their Indigo uses the same pigments as their Paynes Grey, but the Paynes seems closer looking to real indigo; their indigo is rather more blue-green. (A mix of their Indigo and their Paynes might be perfect - except for the pigment separation, which I love but isn't true to real indigo.) Anyway, this is such a great video - thanks!
Fascinating and loved your paintings too, especially the little landscape. I have a couple of real indigos and a synthetic one. I don't think the latter really recreates the colour or the way it handles. One of my reals is the Nila Colori which I am saving for a particular project, as many of their colours will be fragile in spite of the work that has gone into them. I just love how different they are. The only other thing I have found that gives the kind of payoff real indigo has isn't a paint at all it is a Japanese ink. Some of your examples of the real thing are beautiful.
Please do more the natural-pigment Pigment Spotlights. NBr8?
😆 I actually want that to be the topic of my first color history video!!!
@@SadieSavestheDay Yay! :)
@@ThingOfSome - What does the N stand for, Natural? I know the P stands for Pigment. 🤔
@@longyarn4288 Probably, yeah, as those pigments tend to be naturally-occurring.
@@ThingOfSome - Cool! Thanks for the confirmation. Have a Wonderful day and a Better tomorrow!
Interesting as ever. Thank you for going the extra mile with your camera work and audio which was crystal clear 👍
I love painting with indigo! Arkaarcreation (etsy) make a beautiful indigo watercolour. I discovered this person from a link on one of your other videos. Thank you for posting such super helpful videos :)
Yesssss! That's where I got mine too! I Love it!
maybe it's a Mayan blue with white to make a bright cyan I don't know. 😀
Love Indigo. Thanks for the awesome video!
You’re welcome!
Yes! More spotlights!
thank you for sharing your research, I do enjoy it and would love to see more
I’m glad you liked it! What would you like to see?
I love learning about the natural elements that are used for coloring. It was funny when you said stinky was ok, it made me think of pigments made with crushed bugs. I'll have to look up what they use for indigo, I'm not sure I'm familiar with it. As a graphic designer I was always told blue and orange were the hardest colors to achieve naturally.
By watching this vid alone, you might have just fired pigments obsession in me! Thank you 😮❤️😮❤️😮😘
Love the forest painting, I recently done a landscape painting,, which included a Fir tree forest. Thanks!
Sounds great!
This was great, very comprehensive and interesting. I have the Maimeri Blu version of indigo.
i was just looking into the Maimeri blu version! May i ask, what is it like- characteristics like movement in water, granulation etc... &/or which is it most similar to here do you think ? it may be hard to tell from a the computer screen but i would be greatly appreciate absolutely any information about ! Thank you so much in advance!
Beautiful and informative presentation. Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
Oh wow! I really appreciate your teaching about colors. I found you through Arleebean. I am currently really geeking out about pigments and colors - using Daniel Smith's Primateks and just invested (whew$$) in a 24 pure pigment set from Mijello. I really want to understand colors better, the history and all. I'm going to join your Patreon- really looking forward to learning more!
Ok, having issues with my Patreon account... I found you on Skillshare! Yay!
Love indigo, thanks for the spotlight on handmade colors and explaining about the natural and synthetic indigos. FYI, Maimeri Blu has a NB1 indigo in their line, which might be a little more accessible for many as handmade colors are often out of stock or too expensive for many artists. Also, can you please explain about what brands have PY174 (or did you mean PY74?) and PO25 from the mixing chart? Couldn't find any info on those pigments. Thanks! I'm looking forward to more spotlights, I love it when you talk pigments :)
everart okelli I was just looking into the Maimeri blu version! May I ask, have you tried it?
Very comprehensive, and explained very clearly. A great service for the watercolour community! Would have loved to see a notation next to each, giving lightfastness info. Even if it’s just opinion, I know it’s tricky with different assessment spectrums. I love indigo so much, but refuse to use fugitive pigments (I have enough issues with my talent, I don’t need my decent paintings to fade/change over time!). I wonder if anyone can suggest a ‘top 3’ most lightfast Indigo-ish options from the list? I’d be sooooo grateful!
Will you do a spotlight on Payne's gray?
I read that the original mixture by William Payne consisted of Prussian blue, yellow ochre, and crimson lake.
Yessssss! I want to do a color history video about it, since it’s not a single pigment color, but it is also a color with so much to say about it 😆
@@SadieSavestheDay I fell in love with Payne's Grey from the version that comes with the Sennelier Aqa-mini pan set. I had no idea it was made from 3 colors!
They're all beautiful :)
You have the most soothing voice! It’s totally zenning me out!
Also: if it’s not lightfast does that mean it’ll change color over time? Is indigo as a pigment not lightfast? Or does it matter how it’s made?
Thank you! Very interesting and I learned a lot.
Thanks Sadi. Stuff I didn't know!!!!
Thank you very much for this video. 🍀
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