It’s so nice to hear a review of supplies with an attitude. Most of the artist channels are just too nice. They can’t criticize anything without 15 disclaimers first, it drives me nuts. You’re funny, keep it up!
😂😂😂 Guilty! I ventured from graphite drawing to inexpensive Reeves watercolor on a whim many many moons ago and I used my strathmore bristol smooth paper for many pieces before I knew there was a paper dedicated to watercolor. Hey! We all start somewhere ❤ I tooo love my waterbrushes. I even enjoy some of the more inexpensive, heavier flowing waterbrushes that most people would toss for my larger washes...soo convenient. I recently discovered your channel and love your snarky humor! Keep the videos coming! Toni
This video is a masterpiece! The amount of sass throughout, your face at the phone ding, the whole pencil lead rant and the impromptu reflected studio tour. The smaller Pete that pops up. A true masterpiece 🤌🏼👏🏽
Did you find out anything about the cotton "duck" ,gosh you made me laugh. I really needed that laugh and now I am intrigued at how something can be made of cotton duck. Lol
@@IllustrationsByPete I really appreciated that full on belly laugh, you actually looked totally baffled and disconcerted at the fact any ducks could've been hurt to make that canvas, I am still giggling. I am getting all notifications now. Thank you for your humorous take on art supplies, I thoroughly enjoyed your candour and sense of humour. *virtual hug*
I’m laughing so hard with the “do ducks grow cotton”. Cotton duck is a cloth, I’m cracking up, Pete. Duck is just a fabric…I have tears in my eyes… YOU are so funny…
@@IllustrationsByPete😂 duck is a heavyweight linen or cotton fabric with a regular un-twilled weave, the kind of thing sails are made from. Same with duck tape, which has a woven fabric as reinforcement. It comes from a Dutch word for the same.
Thank you for this video. I throughly enjoyed it 😂. I really appreciate your pointing out that the Hobby Lobby canvass’s are Duck Cloth! So here’s some information for you, which you probably already know…… these canvases may not be so “cheap”. ( I wonder if it’s called duck cloth because a waterproofing has been applied to one side? Remember the old saying, …..like water off a duck’s back.) “Canvas comes in two forms: plain canvas and duck canvas. Duck canvas gets its name from the Dutch word, doek, which means cloth, and duck fabric is a heavy-duty cotton fabric. Duck cloth is a type of canvas, and duck and canvas can be used for similar projects, depending on the weight and strength of textile needed. Duck is usually even more sturdy and holds shape better than standard canvas. Both canvas and duck are plain-woven fabrics, but there are a few differences between them: Duck is more tightly woven than standard canvas. Duck also has a classification system, established in the 1920s. Duck is graded on a scale of 1 to 12, with 12 being the lightest fabric and 1 being the heaviest. Duck is made only from cotton, hence it is sometimes referred to as cotton duck canvas or cotton duck fabric.
Great vid, Pete!! That throw-your-shoulder-out made this retired Trauma ICU nurse bust a gut!!!! I never had a patient with that mode of injury, but ya I can see it;) A lot of great information/reviews here! I have the Derwent Graphitint Paint Pan Pocket Set (that's wordy...), and it's fantastic! Agreed. I use Daniel Smith watercolors and found you by searching for best watercolor palette. THAT was another great vid! New subscriber and going to binge when I'm finished painting today. Oh. And the impromptu studio tour was too much fun! Your wife sounds like a gem!!
@@IllustrationsByPete It’s called “spoonerism” 🤗 a verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often to humorous effect 🤗 Belly jeans! Bunny phone!
Duck is a cotton fiber, heavier than broadcloth* and lighter than canvas. It is a woven fiber and the cloth can be smooth or rough. I use t for outdoor pillows and for toddler jeans for grandkids (comes in many colors). Sometimes it’s used for sails and lean-to’s. My theory is that sailors named it when they’d lower the boom and sails would flap and they would yell: DUCK!!! (That’s just IMHO.) *no, not cotton made of or just for broads… *shhh*
I have never watched an art video that made me laugh out loud throughout! And the most spontaneous and original studio tour I have ever seen! Thank you for this! P.S. : I'll be on a lookout for cotton ducks from now on! :))))
This is lots of fun, and I love some of the same stuff you chose. You're kidding about holding the pencil with the overhand grip, though, right? You might want to watch the Proko video on how to hold a pencil. The deal with drawing from the wrist is that it's hard to work big, and just as hard to get really nice smooth circles. Neither way is wrong, but using the whole arm is definitely useful, so you might be missing out. Cotton duck is just a kind of cotton - but you were kidding about that, too, right? Anyway, keep up the fun content. Thanks!
I'm glad you enjoyed this. I was not kidding about the overhand grip but I also do not work big. When I draw it's on an 8x10 as the biggest or more likely an 8x8. I understand that going bigger it is beneficial to draw with the whole arm. I was being funny about it saying there is no overarching rule and it just depends on what you're doing that should determine how you do it. I was joking about the cotton duck but there are a lot of people who commented on that as well. 😂 I do not take myself very seriously so I do joke around a lot on this channel. Thank you for your kind words and I will keep having as much fun as I can here. 🙂
Dude what the duck 🦆! I loved this video, thanks for the laughs and also the material recommendations. Of all the things you mentioned I’m really fond of Daniel Smith’s watercolors, and those buttery smooth Derwent Drawing pencils. Both are INCREDIBLE and sometimes I just find myself thinking up stuff to draw just so I can use those again.
As usual I read the other comments after I texted you about duck cloth. My bad!! Someone else texted a very thorough description of it, which I appreciate too, as I learned more on the subject. I very much enjoy your videos because I like that you have the personality to say whatever you want to. I always learn something useful too. 😊
I continue to enjoy every video....always learn something, have some laughs, and expand my art supply horizons. But I'm waiting for the merch line......I'd like a "don't worry about that" shirt please😅
Just found your channel and I love it. Love most of the products you've shown but I can't seem to make a mechanical pencil stop breaking on me so Ì prefer Blackwing pencils. Love the Poscas. Have a great week.
Hello Machelle, welcome to the channel. The black wing is a pencil I've never tried. I think it's equivalent to a 3B but that's just what I've heard. I hope to hear from you again soon. You have a great week too!
Just found your channel 🎉 I too use M Graham Tit White gouache with my watercolor. 🎉 My new favorite semi transparent love is the Kuratake Gansi Tambi watercolor! A hybrid that isn't. Dark to light, light to dark, back and forth, wonderfulness! Thanks for sharing ☺️
Pete, you have guitars…I played and sung for a living for a lot of years…I have a Martin D-35 12 string I bought new in 1971…Have about three others but that one is my favorite. I can’t play anymore because of the arthritis in my hands. I will sing still if someone else plays. LOL…. I told you I think we have a relative somewhere in the woodpile…as we said down south. 😂
That could be. Sorry to hear that. I usually buy good, solid, cheap guitars and make them into what I want. I have a Fender Gemini II acoustic that was given to me as a child by my uncle, an Ibanez GIO, a Squier Cyclone, a Squire Deluxe Strat, and a Squire Tele Deluxe. The only one I bought was the strat, all the others were gifts from my wife. I wish I had more time to play but I've been so busy with this channel that it's hard to find time. I do when I have time though.
Just found your channel! I'll have to binge later as your videos look fun. I also use the tiny magnets, but I put them in the pan before I fill it with paint. Not sure if this is good or bad, I like using them that way though.
I'm glad you enjoyed this. I try to keep it light. If it works for you I would keep doing it your way. If it isn't broken, it doesn't need to be fixed. Thanks for watching!
Duck is the type of fabric and it is cotton. You can buy it in fabric stores by the yard and tack it over frames and shrink it. Makes your own canvas panels.
I just had someone else ask me about these so I explained them in a video not that long ago called, "My Marker Shelf and the Winner of the Golden Maple Quill Brush Set". If you look it up on my channel videos it should only be about a month or two ago. I hope it helps. 👍🏻
Speaking about matte acrylics, have you tried Turner? They are next level matte, not not-glossy as Liquitex, but matte, like velvet, black is like a black hole
You should paint some ducks on that cotton duck....wait, can cotton ducks fly? Too much quack. 😂😂😂😂 best art video I have ever seen. I needed those laughs, keep it up!
I too like daniel smith. Only because I have an affinity for classic academic art. Thus I prefer a vibrant yet muted color. Ds offers these older pigment options vibrant enough that layering isn't required. Unlike schmincke. Which I also love, but have far less character than ds. Too bad they cost so much lol
Lmmfao @ pencil drawing rant. Too funny. It's even funnier because I am one of those ppl who will spend hours preparing my pencils and charcoals. Too funny
Thank you for the tip. That will work for a normal person but I am very quirky. The only texture that would work for me is a piece of hardwood or drawing board material because of the texture. It would have to be the size of the desk because I don't like feeling the edge of the material on my arms. And after all that I don't like the way it looks unless it was a very dark gray color because that's what I like for the background of the videos. However, if I was normal, this would solve the problem. 🙂
@@IllustrationsByPete Well you definitely have a point Pete as you are trying to teach others how not to stifle their creativity by giving your tips yet you are stifling your own creativity by - in your own words - being quirky. Each to their own I guess. :O)
Oh man! I hope you read this comment! Listen, about your watercolor palette... (The bigger one) Okay, so you took out the middle part, to put your full pans with the magnets... my question is (and I am sorry, Im struggling here cause English is not my first language, so I hope I make sense).... the bottom of your box, is it flat?!!! Let me explain! A while back I took away the metal thingy where the pans are held, to do what you did with yours, but the bottom of mine is uneven, it has the bottom like your smallest palette. Anyway, there was no way I could use a magnet. I was so frustrated. I cut some cardboard and place it on the bottom to have a flat surface and then glued my pans. 🙄 (Wish I could show you 😢) It sort of works, but I have to keep changing it from time to time, because, you know, water. I have been looking high and low for a watercolor palette with a flat bottom with no luck. I found a small one with a flat bottom, but I need a bigger one, like the one you have which is the same I have with the cardboard on the bottom. 🙄 Is yours flat?!? If so, can you tell me the brand? I AM SO SORRY THE LONG COMMENT! And again, I hope u understand both my English, and what I'm trying to explain! Thx for this video. Nice as usual. ❤ Greetings from Puerto Rico. 😊
Your English is probably better than mine. 😂 I know exactly what you are talking about. No, the bottom of my palette is not flat however I also don't use flat magnets. I use small round rare earth magnets. They are very strong and hold even on the uneven surface. You can see the small ripple between the pans sometimes but I have never had any of them fall out or even jiggle around while traveling. It's important to get the right magnet. I'll do a video on this soon since I'm going to be going through all my watercolor palettes soon. I hope that helps. Let me know if you need any more info.
Don’t worry about how you count-us scifi fans count 1-2-3-many, because our authors’s trilogies turn out to be more than 3… *snicker*. This was fun and informative. Thanks!
I just found you. You are better than Colbert. And I love Colbert. I’m going to sub subscribe and go to your most resent and comment. Thank you for the laughs. The artist comedy.
Sir, I've never seen a video of yours before and I'm not even a minute and a half in on this one and you already had me laughing three times. Have a follow and a like please! 😄
Yes, I agree it is one of the best papers I have ever used and I always tell people that fact. You can call my art whatever you like. 🙂 Sounds kind of whimsical that way. I like it. 👍🏻
@@IllustrationsByPeteGiggle 🤭 I have not used the Stonehenge black yet. I will pick some up. I’m more of a water colorist and charcoal portrait artist than anything. Daniel Smith is the very best watercolor in my personal opinion. Although I do use some of the W/N professional as well and interchange them often. As for brushes, you wouldn’t like mine but I do have a few of the A brushes but for my style I need the longer water holding abilities. I find your hints about controlling the plastic water brushes very interesting and I shall give it a go. Thank you 😊
I really enjoyed the Stonehenge for gouache but I've also done a little colored pencil work on it as well. I am a Daniel Smith fan boy. I love their paints. I have never tried professional W&N but they are on my list. Right now I'm incorporating QoR with my DS in my main palette. They seem to work very differently but I like how they work together. I just started using some bigger quill brushes and although it is challenging for me, I do enjoy them. I enjoy anything that challenges me to change what I'm doing to suit how it needs to be used rather than me just saying it doesn't work for the way I do things. 🙂
It’s so nice to hear a review of supplies with an attitude. Most of the artist channels are just too nice. They can’t criticize anything without 15 disclaimers first, it drives me nuts. You’re funny, keep it up!
Lol. That's exactly how I feel! Thank you April, I'll be sure to keep it going.
😂😂😂 Guilty! I ventured from graphite drawing to inexpensive Reeves watercolor on a whim many many moons ago and I used my strathmore bristol smooth paper for many pieces before I knew there was a paper dedicated to watercolor. Hey! We all start somewhere ❤
I tooo love my waterbrushes. I even enjoy some of the more inexpensive, heavier flowing waterbrushes that most people would toss for my larger washes...soo convenient.
I recently discovered your channel and love your snarky humor!
Keep the videos coming!
Toni
Thank you Toni! I'm glad you enjoyed this and thanks for sharing. We all do weird stuff sometimes. 🙂
This video is a masterpiece! The amount of sass throughout, your face at the phone ding, the whole pencil lead rant and the impromptu reflected studio tour. The smaller Pete that pops up. A true masterpiece 🤌🏼👏🏽
Thank you, Becky! I'm glad you liked it. It was a fun one to make.
Did you find out anything about the cotton "duck" ,gosh you made me laugh. I really needed that laugh and now I am intrigued at how something can be made of cotton duck. Lol
They say it's just a class or type for the cotton canvas, but I'm skeptical. 😂 Glad I could make you laugh.
@@IllustrationsByPete I really appreciated that full on belly laugh, you actually looked totally baffled and disconcerted at the fact any ducks could've been hurt to make that canvas, I am still giggling. I am getting all notifications now. Thank you for your humorous take on art supplies, I thoroughly enjoyed your candour and sense of humour. *virtual hug*
Thank you! I appreciate the support. More laughs to come.
Oh and "I don't mean to obsess over it but I think that just ruined my life" killed me. I'm stealing that to use all the time 😂😂😂
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I’m laughing so hard with the “do ducks grow cotton”. Cotton duck is a cloth, I’m cracking up, Pete. Duck is just a fabric…I have tears in my eyes… YOU are so funny…
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@@IllustrationsByPete😂 duck is a heavyweight linen or cotton fabric with a regular un-twilled weave, the kind of thing sails are made from. Same with duck tape, which has a woven fabric as reinforcement. It comes from a Dutch word for the same.
Thanks for the info. 👍🏻 I just enjoy making people smile.
Thank you for this video. I throughly enjoyed it 😂. I really appreciate your pointing out that the Hobby Lobby canvass’s are Duck Cloth! So here’s some information for you, which you probably already know…… these canvases may not be so “cheap”. ( I wonder if it’s called duck cloth because a waterproofing has been applied to one side? Remember the old saying, …..like water off a duck’s back.)
“Canvas comes in two forms: plain canvas and duck canvas. Duck canvas gets its name from the Dutch word, doek, which means cloth, and duck fabric is a heavy-duty cotton fabric. Duck cloth is a type of canvas, and duck and canvas can be used for similar projects, depending on the weight and strength of textile needed. Duck is usually even more sturdy and holds shape better than standard canvas.
Both canvas and duck are plain-woven fabrics, but there are a few differences between them:
Duck is more tightly woven than standard canvas.
Duck also has a classification system, established in the 1920s. Duck is graded on a scale of 1 to 12, with 12 being the lightest fabric and 1 being the heaviest.
Duck is made only from cotton, hence it is sometimes referred to as cotton duck canvas or cotton duck fabric.
That makes sense. I can definitely tell the fibers are tighter together. It seems very smooth. Thanks for the info! 🙂
Great vid, Pete!! That throw-your-shoulder-out made this retired Trauma ICU nurse bust a gut!!!! I never had a patient with that mode of injury, but ya I can see it;) A lot of great information/reviews here! I have the Derwent Graphitint Paint Pan Pocket Set (that's wordy...), and it's fantastic! Agreed. I use Daniel Smith watercolors and found you by searching for best watercolor palette. THAT was another great vid! New subscriber and going to binge when I'm finished painting today. Oh. And the impromptu studio tour was too much fun! Your wife sounds like a gem!!
Thank you Juudit! I'm glad you enjoyed these. Welcome to the channel. She is an amazing woman. 🙂
Furrel squir! 😂😂😂 you just made my day! Thank you for demystifying brushes for me.
I have to admit, that made me laugh for a good 5 min when I was editing. 😂
@@IllustrationsByPete Yeah, I know how easy it is to get my twist tongued…
@@IllustrationsByPete It’s called “spoonerism” 🤗 a verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often to humorous effect 🤗 Belly jeans! Bunny phone!
All in good fun. 🙂
Duck is a cotton fiber, heavier than broadcloth* and lighter than canvas. It is a woven fiber and the cloth can be smooth or rough. I use t for outdoor pillows and for toddler jeans for grandkids (comes in many colors). Sometimes it’s used for sails and lean-to’s. My theory is that sailors named it when they’d lower the boom and sails would flap and they would yell: DUCK!!! (That’s just IMHO.)
*no, not cotton made of or just for broads… *shhh*
Lol. I like your theory.
i love your theory but "duck" in this case derives from the dutch word "doek", i do like your version better tho xD edit: "doek" simply means cloth
Oh, that's boring. I like Anna's idea better. Lol.
@@IllustrationsByPete That’s because Anna was a sailor: US Navy, Viet Nam Era
Thank you for your service, Anna. 🇺🇲
You're refreshing! I like you. You're funny AND knowledgeable. You have a new subscriber.
Thank you and welcome to the channel! I'm just trying to encourage people and help them smile. 🙂
@@IllustrationsByPete You did that, for sure.
@@IllustrationsByPete I rewatched this and the part about the artists who like the long pencil leads? You had me laughing out loud! 😂
I'm glad I could help you smile. 🙂
I have never watched an art video that made me laugh out loud throughout! And the most spontaneous and original studio tour I have ever seen! Thank you for this! P.S. : I'll be on a lookout for cotton ducks from now on! :))))
Lol. Thank you Simona! I'm glad you enjoyed this. 🙂
Found myself laughing and nodding my head up and down for the entire length of the video. I've got a new favorite RUclipsr.
Thank you! Glad I could make you laugh. 🙂
This video popped up today and I'm so glad it did!😂😅🤣 Best video ever!
Thank you, Cyndi! I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Love the reflective tour of the office!
Not too revealing and yet very revealing. Lol.
This is lots of fun, and I love some of the same stuff you chose. You're kidding about holding the pencil with the overhand grip, though, right? You might want to watch the Proko video on how to hold a pencil. The deal with drawing from the wrist is that it's hard to work big, and just as hard to get really nice smooth circles. Neither way is wrong, but using the whole arm is definitely useful, so you might be missing out. Cotton duck is just a kind of cotton - but you were kidding about that, too, right? Anyway, keep up the fun content. Thanks!
I'm glad you enjoyed this. I was not kidding about the overhand grip but I also do not work big. When I draw it's on an 8x10 as the biggest or more likely an 8x8. I understand that going bigger it is beneficial to draw with the whole arm. I was being funny about it saying there is no overarching rule and it just depends on what you're doing that should determine how you do it. I was joking about the cotton duck but there are a lot of people who commented on that as well. 😂 I do not take myself very seriously so I do joke around a lot on this channel. Thank you for your kind words and I will keep having as much fun as I can here. 🙂
Way to keep it real! Loved all the humor throughout!! Great recommendations
Glad you enjoyed it, Cherice! Thank you. 🙂
I really enjoyed this. I learned about supplies not used and love your affect👍🏼☺️
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed this. 🙂
Dude what the duck 🦆!
I loved this video, thanks for the laughs and also the material recommendations. Of all the things you mentioned I’m really fond of Daniel Smith’s watercolors, and those buttery smooth Derwent Drawing pencils. Both are INCREDIBLE and sometimes I just find myself thinking up stuff to draw just so I can use those again.
Thanks man! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes between those paints and those pencils I could keep myself busy for the next 5 or so years.
As usual I read the other comments after I texted you about duck cloth. My bad!! Someone else texted a very thorough description of it, which I appreciate too, as I learned more on the subject. I very much enjoy your videos because I like that you have the personality to say whatever you want to. I always learn something useful too. 😊
Thank you! Don't worry about it. I appreciate that you are responding and no one else suggested you could make your own canvas. Very good idea. 🙂
You are awesome. I will be watching a lot more of your videos. No mystique, no "must-dos." Just practical advice with attitude. Perfect.
Thank you Jennifer! I'm glad you enjoyed this.
Great idea for dog paintings Pete. Great idea
Just found your channel, I really like it. Glad I found you!
I'm glad you found me too! Welcome to the channel! 🙂
Such a fun video to watch! What a pleasant surprise. You are an amazing entertainer.
Thank you Bella! I appreciate that. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. 🙂
All infor appreciated! Love the "pretzels" :D And, thanks for the indirect studio tour! lol Cotton ducks. :D Awesome!
Thanks Carmen! Glad you enjoyed this. 🙂
Thank you for the laughs. You have a new subscriber, maybe more as I just shared this video with some artist friends & family.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Welcome to the channel! 🙂
I continue to enjoy every video....always learn something, have some laughs, and expand my art supply horizons. But I'm waiting for the merch line......I'd like a "don't worry about that" shirt please😅
😂 I can make that happen.
Just found you and love the good info you're putting out as well as your humor!
Thank you Jenny! Welcome to the channel. I enjoy making people smile. 🙂
Just found your channel and I love it. Love most of the products you've shown but I can't seem to make a mechanical pencil stop breaking on me so Ì prefer Blackwing pencils. Love the Poscas. Have a great week.
Hello Machelle, welcome to the channel. The black wing is a pencil I've never tried. I think it's equivalent to a 3B but that's just what I've heard. I hope to hear from you again soon. You have a great week too!
I love sharpening my leads with a knife but you are so right lmao I might just get some lead holders
Everybody does their own thing. I'm just having a laugh about it. I do think lead holders are better though, but that's just my opinion. 👍🏻
Just found your channel 🎉 I too use M Graham Tit White gouache with my watercolor. 🎉 My new favorite semi transparent love is the Kuratake Gansi Tambi watercolor! A hybrid that isn't. Dark to light, light to dark, back and forth, wonderfulness! Thanks for sharing ☺️
Welcome to the channel! I need to try those Gansi paints. They look wonderful. 👍🏻
@@IllustrationsByPete try a 12 set for cheap!
@@IllustrationsByPete I also forgot to say that I did laugh out loud a few times and that's not easy to do! Thanks 👍
Glad I could make you smile. 🙂
Thank you for the paper towel tip 🙏🏽
Glad I could help. 🙂
Pete, you have guitars…I played and sung for a living for a lot of years…I have a Martin D-35 12 string I bought new in 1971…Have about three others but that one is my favorite. I can’t play anymore because of the arthritis in my hands. I will sing still if someone else plays. LOL…. I told you I think we have a relative somewhere in the woodpile…as we said down south. 😂
That could be. Sorry to hear that. I usually buy good, solid, cheap guitars and make them into what I want. I have a Fender Gemini II acoustic that was given to me as a child by my uncle, an Ibanez GIO, a Squier Cyclone, a Squire Deluxe Strat, and a Squire Tele Deluxe. The only one I bought was the strat, all the others were gifts from my wife. I wish I had more time to play but I've been so busy with this channel that it's hard to find time. I do when I have time though.
"you're gonna throw your shoulder out!" 🤣 You are hilarious
Glad I could make you smile. 🙂
Just found your channel! I'll have to binge later as your videos look fun. I also use the tiny magnets, but I put them in the pan before I fill it with paint. Not sure if this is good or bad, I like using them that way though.
Sketching pretzel lolololo
I'm glad you enjoyed this. I try to keep it light. If it works for you I would keep doing it your way. If it isn't broken, it doesn't need to be fixed. Thanks for watching!
Your a joy to watch fun and funny thanks!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this. 🙂
"Am I painting on a duck" I've been watching a lot ofnyour videos lately but after this I have to subscribe now.
😂 I'm glad you enjoyed it. Welcome to the channel! 🙂
Thanks, Pete. You're very funny and great advice! I concur on almost everything! (I have yet to try some of the things.
Thank you Kate! I'm glad you enjoyed this. 🙂
Your rant about drawing with your wrist got a like and subscribe. Thank you!!! I refuse to draw with my shoulder.
Lol! Thank you, Cara! Who does that? 🙂
Lovely video! Especially loved your little rant about how others think an artist should draw! LOL. Just draw the way you want to draw, right?!!!
Thank you. Yes, however you want. Glad you enjoyed it!
Duck is the type of fabric and it is cotton. You can buy it in fabric stores by the yard and tack it over frames and shrink it. Makes your own canvas panels.
Very good tip. 👍🏻
Like your style subscribing right now.
Thank you! Welcome to the channel. 🙂
I love a good sketching pretzel 😂
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Duck is a weave of fabric. The fibers are bigger than quilting cotton.
😂 I got it now. Thank you Mary. 🙂
I do love all the art supplies and you make me laugh…..
Thank you! I'm glad I can bring a smile to your face. 🙂
I know this was made years ago, but I am organizing a studio and want to know what the lovely wooden drawers behind you are?
I just had someone else ask me about these so I explained them in a video not that long ago called, "My Marker Shelf and the Winner of the Golden Maple Quill Brush Set". If you look it up on my channel videos it should only be about a month or two ago. I hope it helps. 👍🏻
@@IllustrationsByPete Thanks so much, love your videos.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them. Happy New Year! 🎊
Speaking about matte acrylics, have you tried Turner? They are next level matte, not not-glossy as Liquitex, but matte, like velvet, black is like a black hole
I definitely need to try them. I've been eyeing them for a couple years but never pulled the trigger. Thank you for the suggestion.
You should paint some ducks on that cotton duck....wait, can cotton ducks fly? Too much quack. 😂😂😂😂 best art video I have ever seen. I needed those laughs, keep it up!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this. 🙂
I too like daniel smith. Only because I have an affinity for classic academic art. Thus I prefer a vibrant yet muted color. Ds offers these older pigment options vibrant enough that layering isn't required. Unlike schmincke. Which I also love, but have far less character than ds. Too bad they cost so much lol
I agree, they are the best in my book.
SKETCHING PRETZELS!!!!😂😂😂😂 Man, these videos just keep getting better n' better... Particularly enjoyed the wrasslin' reference!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Lol. Not many people will get that reference. Glad you're enjoying these.
Didn't know jon favreau did art. Love it!
😂🤣😂 Now you know. Thanks man.
Lol…I caught the sketching pretzel 🥨 before it appeared on the screen and then spit 🍺 out my nose. Thanks for the humor 🤣
😂🤣 Glad I could help you smile.
I like this 😂 thank you for sharing
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this. 🙂
😂 omg couldn't stop laughing, now we All need to know about this duck thing
Lol. Glad I could make you laugh. 🙂
Cotton Duck takes its name from the Dutch word doek for 'cloth'. ;)
Thank you for that information. I appreciate it.
You can pick up furrel squir by keeping a hawk eye out for road kill. Thanks probably not funny but it’s 6:30 in the morning where I am.
It's funny enough. 😂
Duck is a type of fabric like canvas.
Very interesting, thanks!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Hilarious. I have just subscribed
Thank you! I'm glad I could make you smile. 🙂
I died laughing at some of your commentary! 😂
I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Lmmfao @ pencil drawing rant. Too funny. It's even funnier because I am one of those ppl who will spend hours preparing my pencils and charcoals. Too funny
You do you buddy. I get that for some people it's more of a ritual to get into the head space to create. Whatever works. 👍🏻
I love water brushes
Me too! It was an amazing idea and I use them more than anything.
OMG this cracked me up!
Glad it made you smile Lindsey! 🙂
I don’t like crap either 😊. Where did you purchase your wooden pencil drawers?
I think I got those from Amazon. It was back when I was living in the middle of the woods so I didn't have many options.
@@IllustrationsByPete Thank you!
No problem. 🙂
New subbie! I think your awsome!
Thank you Nikkie! I think you're awesome too!
The table issue is very easily solved with a large craft mat or cutting mat.
Thank you for the tip. That will work for a normal person but I am very quirky. The only texture that would work for me is a piece of hardwood or drawing board material because of the texture. It would have to be the size of the desk because I don't like feeling the edge of the material on my arms. And after all that I don't like the way it looks unless it was a very dark gray color because that's what I like for the background of the videos. However, if I was normal, this would solve the problem. 🙂
@@IllustrationsByPete Well you definitely have a point Pete as you are trying to teach others how not to stifle their creativity by giving your tips yet you are stifling your own creativity by - in your own words - being quirky. Each to their own I guess. :O)
I admit, that is a bit hypocritical of me. It's ok, I can live with it. It is a good solution though. I appreciate the tip.
It's a bad name choice for a fabric. :) Cotton duck is a type of cotton fabric.
Thanks for a very entertaining video.
Lol. I finally found out. Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Brilliant.
Thank you, Judy! I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Duck as in duck cloth
🙂 I got it now.
Oh man! I hope you read this comment!
Listen, about your watercolor palette... (The bigger one)
Okay, so you took out the middle part, to put your full pans with the magnets... my question is (and I am sorry, Im struggling here cause English is not my first language, so I hope I make sense).... the bottom of your box, is it flat?!!!
Let me explain!
A while back I took away the metal thingy where the pans are held, to do what you did with yours, but the bottom of mine is uneven, it has the bottom like your smallest palette.
Anyway, there was no way I could use a magnet. I was so frustrated.
I cut some cardboard and place it on the bottom to have a flat surface and then glued my pans. 🙄 (Wish I could show you 😢)
It sort of works, but I have to keep changing it from time to time, because, you know, water.
I have been looking high and low for a watercolor palette with a flat bottom with no luck. I found a small one with a flat bottom, but I need a bigger one, like the one you have which is the same I have with the cardboard on the bottom. 🙄
Is yours flat?!? If so, can you tell me the brand?
I AM SO SORRY THE LONG COMMENT!
And again, I hope u understand both my English, and what I'm trying to explain!
Thx for this video. Nice as usual. ❤
Greetings from Puerto Rico. 😊
Your English is probably better than mine. 😂
I know exactly what you are talking about. No, the bottom of my palette is not flat however I also don't use flat magnets. I use small round rare earth magnets. They are very strong and hold even on the uneven surface. You can see the small ripple between the pans sometimes but I have never had any of them fall out or even jiggle around while traveling. It's important to get the right magnet. I'll do a video on this soon since I'm going to be going through all my watercolor palettes soon. I hope that helps. Let me know if you need any more info.
@@IllustrationsByPete Oh thank you! Then I'll be on the lookout for that video! 🥰
Tonight I'm recording the video for a giveaway so I'll include it in that video and you should see it up tomorrow. I hope it helps. 🙂
@@IllustrationsByPete YES!!! WOOHOO!!! THANK U!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
HAHAHA Cotton duck! I wonder that too. Why is it called cotton duck? I'm going to go google it.
😂 It's ok, just go read all the comments. It still doesn't make sense to me but at least I know why they call it that. 👍🏻
Don’t worry about how you count-us scifi fans count 1-2-3-many, because our authors’s trilogies turn out to be more than 3… *snicker*.
This was fun and informative. Thanks!
Lol. Thank you Anna. I'm glad you enjoyed this.
*Wow* you really are quick! And I really enjoy your videos!
Thank you Anna. I really enjoy that you enjoy them. 🙂
Hi, thank you for your video, I subscribed.
Thank you! Welcome to the channel! Happy New Year! 🎉
@IllustrationsByPete I am Czech Republic on Evrop
I love how people all over the world can get together and share their passions. Wonderful to meet you. 🙂
@@IllustrationsByPete Yes, social media should be about discovering and sharing joy and love, bringing people together. No hate.
100% agree! 👍🏻
No demos??
They are all demoed, just in other videos. This is just a showcase. 🙂
tools ii love too... been on a sketchbook binge...Stonehenge in 2025...ty.
I feel like I'm always on a sketchbook binge. 😂
Bravo !! Ty
Glad you enjoyed it, Patricia! 🙂
thank you! :)
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"Draw with your wrist like a normal person" hahahahahahaha
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I just found you. You are better than Colbert. And I love Colbert. I’m going to sub subscribe and go to your most resent and comment. Thank you for the laughs. The artist comedy.
I'm glad you enjoyed this. Welcome to the channel. Glad I could make you laugh. 🙂
🤣cotton duck!
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Sir, I've never seen a video of yours before and I'm not even a minute and a half in on this one and you already had me laughing three times. Have a follow and a like please! 😄
Thank you so much! I love to make people smile. 🙂
this was fucking hilarious and infornative
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
I totally get your wife's cloffice
She loves it. 👍🏻
You seem like the average fat guy taking up art. I feel a kinship, I’m subscribing.
I've been called worse. 😂 Welcome to the channel! 👍🏻
You are hilarious
Thanks Veronica! Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Just one artist to another. It isn’t called ARCHES as in McDonalds. It is pronounced ARSH.
Thank you. I am aware, but then I feel like a pirate and I can't get myself to say it. 🙂
@ it is a handmade cotton paper of the highest quality. It deserves the respect.
But that’s ok, we can call your creations artee.
Yes, I agree it is one of the best papers I have ever used and I always tell people that fact. You can call my art whatever you like. 🙂 Sounds kind of whimsical that way. I like it. 👍🏻
@@IllustrationsByPeteGiggle 🤭
I have not used the Stonehenge black yet. I will pick some up. I’m more of a water colorist and charcoal portrait artist than anything.
Daniel Smith is the very best watercolor in my personal opinion. Although I do use some of the W/N professional as well and interchange them often.
As for brushes, you wouldn’t like mine but I do have a few of the A brushes but for my style I need the longer water holding abilities. I find your hints about controlling the plastic water brushes very interesting and I shall give it a go.
Thank you 😊
I really enjoyed the Stonehenge for gouache but I've also done a little colored pencil work on it as well.
I am a Daniel Smith fan boy. I love their paints. I have never tried professional W&N but they are on my list. Right now I'm incorporating QoR with my DS in my main palette. They seem to work very differently but I like how they work together.
I just started using some bigger quill brushes and although it is challenging for me, I do enjoy them. I enjoy anything that challenges me to change what I'm doing to suit how it needs to be used rather than me just saying it doesn't work for the way I do things. 🙂
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