Helen I love this. I recently built an entire split primary set using vinyl paints from Flashe and Polycolor brands because even though I love gouache the vinyl is even better when combining with other media and is easily used in coloring books and other hobby like applications that I don't always want to be so precious doing. I truly hope both companies continue to produce it in the years to come, I find it hard to get certain colors.
Yep, I really do love it! I'm sure you probably already know, but you can colour the Flashe paints with watercolour paint very successfully, and if you don't get the proportion of watercolour too high, then it retains its properties quite well.
Beautiful painting, you probably could have left it with just the Flasche paint but adding the other media really brought out the details. Love seeing your work, keep it up!
Thanks for the lovely snippet of your seascape...It certainly SHOWS that you have spent many an hour "out at sea"...which seems like your natural habitat...it's just lovely your painting...and thanks again...Janis
This made me really happy, you thinking the sea seems like my natural habitat - I have only lived by the sea for four years, but nowhere has felt more like home, or made me feel more in love with a place! Thanks for your nice words, and for your lovely comments to others here too. Your kindness is very much appreciated!
This is a lovely scene, Helen! The alcohol inks are gorgeous! I would snap a few of those up if I were at your craft booth! The framing sets them off nicely. ❤
I love it! Those paints look good. I used to paint with students acrylics but really prefer the matte finish of gouache and your flashe paints appeal to me because of that. Latterly I had started buying a few Jo Sonja acrylic paints because they were matte finish, that was just before I stopped painting back around 2005. My daughter has been the one using acrylics lately and she hasn't complained about them so they must still be okay 19 years later😂
I haven't come across those ones yet! I feel much more inclined to paint with the Flashe than my regular acrylics (though I use those for gel plate stuff still).
That is a gorgeous painting Helen, I really love it. And I’d really love to have a video from you all about your craft market. I did them before I broke my arm and am hopping to restart them this year.
Thanks! The market is just a low-key small village one, held once a month. I'm in quite close proximity to other tables, so I'll see how others feel about me videoing. How did you find them, before your accident?
@@helencryer I bet they’d like the free publicity! I did half a dozen or so and it was such a learning experience. I felt like I was just getting a handle on things when I had to stop.
@@thefrostedblueberryart I hope your arm heals well and you can restart your market fairs again...with your art stuff...best wishes...Janis in The Yukon Canada
Another beautiful painting,you smash it every time,thanks for showing us such a great variety of materials you use,you give us something different every video…so inspiring. The ink painting video was great.
Lovely! Do they sell better framed? I would think the framing would make them too expensive. I mostly see unframed pieces in clear plastic sleeves. All the best this weekend!
I was intrigued by the tempera paint sticks, and ordered some tonight! Got a set of 36 on sale. Looking forward to having them in my stash of supplies. Beautiful painting, btw, as well as the alcoholl ink paintings ❤
I hope you enjoy them! I still really do - the joy of oil pastels to some extent (though they don't blend very well and are water soluble), but able to fully dry!
The Tempera sticks are firmer than Sennelier oil pastels but still quite smooth. The thing I love most about them over oil pastels is that they completely dry.
I really enjoyed watching this Helen! I would be curious to hear how the art/craft show goes. I used to do that many years ago (not with paintings though) and I know I could never count on that as an income stream. It was FUN, but difficult to go beyond recouping materials cost. I hooe you have a great time at yours!
It went pretty well - they vary a lot depending on the time of year - the summer/tourist months, and Christmas are better. Today I sold 11 framed paintings (majority originals including the one in this video plus a couple of prints) and quite a lot of cards (again, some prints, some originals), and my costs (framing, printing, materials) came to about a third of what I made overall. I absolutely love doing them - I spend the whole time talking with customers, or my friends who have popped by! I just do one a month, in my village.
I got some recently and really love the smooth mat finish of them. One question I have is if its possible to slow down the drying time so that I can paint without rushing or risk having the paints dry on the palette (without using too much water and thinning it). Have you tried any mediums or anything else to give more working time with these paints?
I haven't tried anything myself, sorry (I really like the fast drying time!) I think you might need to bite the bullet and try some slow drying medium for acrylic paints.
How can you sell this painting when you’re not using light fast paints? Gelatos are not light fast. I don’t know about the other paint you’re using because I’m not familiar with them, but I am familiar with gelatos and they definitely are not light fast. These are just fine for scrapbook or a sketchbook that will never see the light of day. Also, alcohol inks are definitely not light fast. There are no alcohol inks that are light fast and this I can attest.
Because I used almost negligible amounts of stable coloured Gelato (greys), and the other colours are most definitely lightfast. For my alcohol ink paintings I use three coats of UV spray.
@@helencryer Wow, buyer beware! The alcohol inks are still not light fast even with a UV spray. The UV spray slows it down a ting, but it is not light fast. The gelato it doesn’t matter how little you use it still fades. Giuliano‘s and alcohol inks are not an archival art product. What you are producing is fine for an art journal but it is not OK to be sold without disclosing pictures they’re purchasing from you are going to fade or totally disappear with time (especially with alcohol inks). That’s just straight out dishonest in my opinion. If I was a customer purchasing your art pieces I would be very upset with you for non-disclosure of this. What you do for your own personal use is one thing but when you are selling your products to the public, that’s a whole other thing.
It’s not a question about those paintings being beautiful or not. It’s a question about the quality of the materials. You’re using to create it. It’s also a question of is your customer aware of the light issues or not. If you sell it without disclosing that information it is unethical.
That's not been my personal experience with the materials I use. I'm confident in the products I sell, in that fading will be absolutely marginal and commensurate with the advice I give my customers and price.
ASTM certified for fastness on professional artist grade paints is a must, otherwise don’t use them because anyone can say anything about lightfastness and it’s meaningless without the data to back it up.
I love it! Good luck at your market.
Thanks ever so much!
Loved watching you paint this while I drank my early morning tea! You make it look so easy to paint a beautiful piece in such a short space of time!
That's lovely of you - thank you!
You will have no trouble selling those paintings so beautiful.
Awww, thank you!!
I wish I could come to your fair. I would snatch up that painting. It’s beautiful.
That's very kind, thank you!
Helen I love this. I recently built an entire split primary set using vinyl paints from Flashe and Polycolor brands because even though I love gouache the vinyl is even better when combining with other media and is easily used in coloring books and other hobby like applications that I don't always want to be so precious doing. I truly hope both companies continue to produce it in the years to come, I find it hard to get certain colors.
Yep, I really do love it! I'm sure you probably already know, but you can colour the Flashe paints with watercolour paint very successfully, and if you don't get the proportion of watercolour too high, then it retains its properties quite well.
Beautiful painting, you probably could have left it with just the Flasche paint but adding the other media really brought out the details. Love seeing your work, keep it up!
Thank you!!
Thanks for the lovely snippet of your seascape...It certainly SHOWS that you have spent many an hour "out at sea"...which seems like your natural habitat...it's just lovely your painting...and thanks again...Janis
This made me really happy, you thinking the sea seems like my natural habitat - I have only lived by the sea for four years, but nowhere has felt more like home, or made me feel more in love with a place!
Thanks for your nice words, and for your lovely comments to others here too. Your kindness is very much appreciated!
Wow… I liked everything before, but the frames really are perfectly suited for the pieces! Love the beach scene painting 😊.
I think it definitely improves them!
I loved working at a picture framers a couple of years ago, and seeing the transformations.
Your work are so pure and beautiful nature views 🪵🌊🪨👍
Thank you ❤️
This looks so stunning, what a fantastic process ☺☺
Thanks!
This is a lovely scene, Helen! The alcohol inks are gorgeous! I would snap a few of those up if I were at your craft booth! The framing sets them off nicely. ❤
Thank you!!
Good luck for the craft fahre! The pics look great framed!
Thanks! I always enjoy them as social events as much as anything else!
@@helencryer Like minded folks! Have fun!
Hi Helen, how are you? I think your art is absolutely gorgeous! Have a good weekend ❤️✝️🙏🏻
I'm good - thank you!! Hope you are doing great!
Just lovely!
Thanks!
Your art looks amazing - you are going to sell out for sure! 🙏💜
Haha, thanks! Not quite, but was really happy with what I sold!
☺...you made me smile...for SURE she will sell out...Does she know that??? Nice comment!
@@kookatsoonjan 😂 And you made me smile - a talented artist for sure! 💜
I love it! Those paints look good. I used to paint with students acrylics but really prefer the matte finish of gouache and your flashe paints appeal to me because of that. Latterly I had started buying a few Jo Sonja acrylic paints because they were matte finish, that was just before I stopped painting back around 2005. My daughter has been the one using acrylics lately and she hasn't complained about them so they must still be okay 19 years later😂
I haven't come across those ones yet! I feel much more inclined to paint with the Flashe than my regular acrylics (though I use those for gel plate stuff still).
That is a gorgeous painting Helen, I really love it. And I’d really love to have a video from you all about your craft market. I did them before I broke my arm and am hopping to restart them this year.
Thanks! The market is just a low-key small village one, held once a month. I'm in quite close proximity to other tables, so I'll see how others feel about me videoing. How did you find them, before your accident?
@@helencryer I bet they’d like the free publicity! I did half a dozen or so and it was such a learning experience. I felt like I was just getting a handle on things when I had to stop.
@@thefrostedblueberryart I hope your arm heals well and you can restart your market fairs again...with your art stuff...best wishes...Janis in The Yukon Canada
Another beautiful painting,you smash it every time,thanks for showing us such a great variety of materials you use,you give us something different every video…so inspiring. The ink painting video was great.
Thank you very much!!
That’s really beautiful! I just ordered the paint sticks. I’m gonna give them a go!
I really hope you enjoy them - I'm loving them!!
Love how it turned out!
Thanks!
Lovely! Do they sell better framed? I would think the framing would make them too expensive. I mostly see unframed pieces in clear plastic sleeves. All the best this weekend!
I don't use very expensive frames, and yes I sell more framed than unframed. Thanks ever so much!
I was intrigued by the tempera paint sticks, and ordered some tonight! Got a set of 36 on sale. Looking forward to having them in my stash of supplies. Beautiful painting, btw, as well as the alcoholl ink paintings ❤
I hope you enjoy them! I still really do - the joy of oil pastels to some extent (though they don't blend very well and are water soluble), but able to fully dry!
I like the matte look and the colors you use nice blending - thank you for sharing which products you use! 🌊
Thanks!
Hi Helen, lovely seascape😍…I am curious about the tempera sticks…how do you experiece compared to oil pastels…I have Sennellier?
The Tempera sticks are firmer than Sennelier oil pastels but still quite smooth. The thing I love most about them over oil pastels is that they completely dry.
I really enjoyed watching this Helen! I would be curious to hear how the art/craft show goes. I used to do that many years ago (not with paintings though) and I know I could never count on that as an income stream. It was FUN, but difficult to go beyond recouping materials cost. I hooe you have a great time at yours!
It went pretty well - they vary a lot depending on the time of year - the summer/tourist months, and Christmas are better. Today I sold 11 framed paintings (majority originals including the one in this video plus a couple of prints) and quite a lot of cards (again, some prints, some originals), and my costs (framing, printing, materials) came to about a third of what I made overall. I absolutely love doing them - I spend the whole time talking with customers, or my friends who have popped by!
I just do one a month, in my village.
@@helencryer You did well Helen! I always liked doing the Christmas shows best :-)
@@helencryer I knew it! Way ta Go!...onwards and upwards...only way forward...Congratulations!
I got some recently and really love the smooth mat finish of them. One question I have is if its possible to slow down the drying time so that I can paint without rushing or risk having the paints dry on the palette (without using too much water and thinning it). Have you tried any mediums or anything else to give more working time with these paints?
I haven't tried anything myself, sorry (I really like the fast drying time!) I think you might need to bite the bullet and try some slow drying medium for acrylic paints.
Do you make your own frames or is there a link you can share for where to buy those types of frames?
I buy them at The Range, UK.
🐨👍
How can you sell this painting when you’re not using light fast paints? Gelatos are not light fast. I don’t know about the other paint you’re using because I’m not familiar with them, but I am familiar with gelatos and they definitely are not light fast. These are just fine for scrapbook or a sketchbook that will never see the light of day. Also, alcohol inks are definitely not light fast. There are no alcohol inks that are light fast and this I can attest.
Because I used almost negligible amounts of stable coloured Gelato (greys), and the other colours are most definitely lightfast. For my alcohol ink paintings I use three coats of UV spray.
@@helencryer Wow, buyer beware! The alcohol inks are still not light fast even with a UV spray. The UV spray slows it down a ting, but it is not light fast. The gelato it doesn’t matter how little you use it still fades. Giuliano‘s and alcohol inks are not an archival art product. What you are producing is fine for an art journal but it is not OK to be sold without disclosing pictures they’re purchasing from you are going to fade or totally disappear with time (especially with alcohol inks). That’s just straight out dishonest in my opinion. If I was a customer purchasing your art pieces I would be very upset with you for non-disclosure of this. What you do for your own personal use is one thing but when you are selling your products to the public, that’s a whole other thing.
It’s not a question about those paintings being beautiful or not. It’s a question about the quality of the materials. You’re using to create it. It’s also a question of is your customer aware of the light issues or not. If you sell it without disclosing that information it is unethical.
That's not been my personal experience with the materials I use. I'm confident in the products I sell, in that fading will be absolutely marginal and commensurate with the advice I give my customers and price.
ASTM certified for fastness on professional artist grade paints is a must, otherwise don’t use them because anyone can say anything about lightfastness and it’s meaningless without the data to back it up.
Hi first bye!
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@@helencryer 😂😂😂. I had something I had to attend to, but I ended up watching your video.
I'm honoured!
@@helencryer My pleasure 😂