Dale Olson and Robert Weinblatt - Amazingkt rude comments. Watch something else and don't intrude on a happy group of people who are grateful to Shelly for her far above average generous teaching.
I have use the lifting preparation a lot in my portraits. It's wonderfully helpful. I have the iridescent medium by Winser & Newton too. Never used it. Lol. Just a suggestion....the watercolor paint with extra added ox-Gall is not going to flow by adding it wet onto dry paper. Ox gall or synthetic versions has to be put on wet into wet or with plenty of extra water. If it's not wet enough with water it doesn't work. Ox gall works with water. It doesn't replace it. And Granulation shows best with more water also because its the water that activates the unresolved pigments. Thanks for sharing!
@Shelley Prior Fine Art, Schmincke's new masking fluid can be used without adding a soap barrier & won't damage your brushes! I'm so excited to try it out!
Very interesting & informative video Shelley! I 'don't normally use mediums in my watercolour's, but I do use removable masking and synthetic Ox Gall on occasion! I actually have a great tip for Ox Gall, I add a few drops into my water instead of using it undiluted. I use it when I need to paint a large wash like a sky because it slows down the drying time as well as aiding in a smoother blend. I also use it to fix unwanted blooms, by doing a wash of the clean water and ox gall with a soft wash brush.
Fascinating video. I love watching these experimental videos, testing different products and comparing them. I haven't done much watercolour work but have a lot of equivalent media to these for acrylics which I use for mixed media. Lovely to see the effects in a different medium.
I use ox gall liquid added to my water to prewet an area in preparation for wet-in-wet painting. I live in an arid climate and the water dries too quickly. Adding this in allows me to work a little longer. I really like it.
Thank you so much for going through all these for us! I learned so much! Blending medium is my good friend but I need to try these others too. Thanks again!
I love experiments! So glad this video showed up on my YT homepage! Thanks for taking the time to do this. One of my favorite experiments involved Gamblin's powdered Mars black pigment. It granulates a lot. Always take time to play! ❤🎨
Thank you for doing this! I will definitely save this for reference later. I've had questions about most of these and have not even heard of a couple. Thanks a lot!!! 💖
I have never used mediums, but have experimented with modifying substrates to use watercolors. I recently used Liquitex Clear Gesso on plain paper and on parchment paper, and that works about the same as watercolor ground
That's interesting. I saw an article on making your own gesso... the person then put a little baking soda in it to use as Watercolor ground. Their amount of baking soda was dependent on the result from the original recipe, so I had to guess! I just used cheap gesso from Walmart, but it worked... sort of. 😂 mostly it was a really fun experiment.
I loved this!! I have a couple but it was great to see how you used them!! I’ve wanted to see how some others worked….I.e. lifting preparation. Thank you, Nancy Rolfe
Thanks Nancy. I like experimenting with these and hearing how other people are using them creatively too. Enjoy playing with some of them. Happy painting!
Watching this a year later. You may have already tried this by now but i paint luminescent fluid over the top of a dry coloured wash. It gives more luminescence compared to mixing it into the paint,although it does mute the brilliance of the colour
I am obsessed with granulation and have trouble getting even naturally granulating pigments to granulate like D Smiths Ultramarine. ( poor water manipulation) I love that medium ! 😍😍😍
I'm just getting into granulating pigments, and there are some good videos out there just recently. Apparently, it will behave differently on different papers, but more importantly, having hard water seems to affect it. So, getting distilled water might help, and I've heard putting salt in your water might help. And a little play time doesn't hurt either.❤
Someone mentioned using the lifting medium with ocean waves. I wonder about whether it might combine well with frisket in that it might allow for better softening of lines after the frisket is removed. I’m gonna experiment!
I love this video. You explain things very well I just subscribe to your channel. Yes I have put Ox Gall few drops in my water to slow down drying time especially when doing the sky in my mix medium watercolor paintings. I learn this to do in art school for graphic illustration this was before computers. I am a mix media artist watercolor, color pencils, markers and pen and ink. I have use some of these mediums that you are demonstrating in this video. I have use Gum Arabic and both of those permanent and removable masking fuild in my art painting. I use disposable brushes exactly for using to paint with masking fuild while painting with watercolor.
My friend posted some photos tonight of the northern lights in Norway. Maybe the ox gall would work for those. (I of course looked at the photos and wondered how to do a watercolor wash like that but it is unusual. Then I watched your video.)
Thanks - I'm also thinking how can they be used. I thought the granulation might be good for some dock scenes. I have some Maine reference photos and and the granulation might have a weather-worn look in a dark color.
Would it be necessary/wise to rinse out the water jar after washing the brush following the use of a medium? Could it contaminate further use of the water?
I would! Especially with the texture medium or the masking fluid. Whenever I use something like that, or paints with mica in them, I use separate jars and brushes.
I have cheap Himi Miya jelly gouache which is constantly lifting on itself. This permanent masking fluid might be the answer in helping base layers stay put ? I love these WN mediums. I was also looking into synthetic oxgall. To make the paints dance and spread like QOR does.
Gouache, while similar to watercolor doesn’t behave the same. I recommend seeking out some specific gouache videos. By all means DO experiment though on something that isn’t precious. Many innovative ideas have come from experimentation.
Is there a way to go back to a light blue object in a painting and make it a more luminescent sky blue that will stand out, or once it’s down there’s no way to brighten/lighten it up?
Well, to brighten blue it starts with the color. I don't think there is a medium that will help increase color brightness. You could try glazing another wash over the first. Carefully re-wet the surface (gently to not disturb the first layers) and apply more color to the area you want to brighten up. The blue that you use will make a difference. Most bright, blue skies are closer to a cerulean, phthalo or even cobalt. Ultramarine tends to look a bit duller, almost stormy in a sky wash. I recommend doing a swatch and compare to your reference first.
Put several drops of gum Arabic in your water container and then use your moistened paint brush, mixed with your pigment, and it will stay wet a bit longer.
Not sure what brand of ultramarine you are using, but I’ve never had actual chunks of pigment in mine, I use Daniel Smith, as well as Winsor Newton. That is sort of bizarre.
I’m using DaVinci paint. It’s not the brand but the pigment itself that granulates with ultramarine. Burnt sienna is another pigment that is naturally granulating. Many artists find this effect is quite desirable in their paint.
Wow. I stopped watching this video for some odd reason, awhile back. Today, i researched iridescent medium for watercolor, and voila, it was at that specific point of iridescent medium. 😂 Great video, thank you for sharing with us. 😊
Hi, thank you for this informative video. I have a question: Windsor and Newton used to have a watercolor medium simply called "Watercolor medium". I can't find it in any retail stores online, do you know if they've changed the name and it's now called something else? Or perhaps it's the same as texture medium? Thank you.
Hiya Magnus, Winsor and Newton changed the name of the Watercolour medium to Blending medium. It's exactly the same stuff and has watercolour medium as a subtitle under the new name. It's available anywhere online in the UK and I've just checked on Jackson's art supplies and It's £7.25 for a standard 75ml bottle. I hope that this helps, take care, David.
I live and paint in a bus travelling here in NZ. Twice now my W&N resistor bottle had fallen over and leaked all over the place, ruining a couple of good brushes, I don't trust it, at all. though it's a good product
That's unfortunate David. It's such a helpful product. Perhaps transfer it to a more air-tight bottle that won't leak. Any brushes with dried masking fluid can be recovered with goo-gone (removes sticky labels from glassware etc). You may have to work at it a bit but it will get it out and then rinse out the brush afterwards.
Very poor presentation. It would be much smoother if you knew the results over long term painting with the mediums and could show us some positive results. Get your act together.
I’m sorry that my live stream didn’t meet your standards. I did call this ‘playing’ with mediums rather than ‘how to’. I never intended to deep dive into the mediums but rather to give a brief sampling of each for comparison.
Well, you’re just a bundle of positivity aren’t you? If you had read the title of this live stream properly, maybe you wouldn’t have left such a snitty comment? Perhaps not tho! You could have, for example, suggested a follow up video to show use over time. We all need to remember that we are visitors to a creator’s space, not fee paying residents. If you aren’t happy, just click through and move on; there is no need to be so scathing.
As I am from bi-lingual Canada, I DO know the correct French pronunciation. I chose to pronounce it the way most English speaking North Americans pronounce it since a good number of my followers are American.
First of all, it’s CAN’T, with an apostrophe. If you’re going to be -obnoxiously rude- pedantic, you should make sure your halo is on straight. Secondly, she knows the French pronunciation and has used it She is Canadian and French is generally well known there).. Most importantly, international companies know people are going to pronounce their company name and the names of their products by the rules of their own language, it’s only human nature to do so. I’ve heard employees of Arches pronounce it both ways and state it depends upon what language you speak as to how it’s pronounced. I’m not suggesting both are actually correct any more than I believe there are several ways to pronounce a person’s given name just because there are many possible ways to pronounce it, only that when it comes to business, allowances are made to accommodate the customer.
Nobody cares, neither does Arches. People know but can’t be bothered. If Arches cared they would make an Arsh brand for North America and the world. 😂 all I can be bothered with is pronouncing Champagne correctly 😛
Dale Olson and Robert Weinblatt - Amazingkt rude comments. Watch something else and don't intrude on a happy group of people who are grateful to Shelly for her far above average generous teaching.
I have use the lifting preparation a lot in my portraits. It's wonderfully helpful. I have the iridescent medium by Winser & Newton too. Never used it. Lol. Just a suggestion....the watercolor paint with extra added ox-Gall is not going to flow by adding it wet onto dry paper. Ox gall or synthetic versions has to be put on wet into wet or with plenty of extra water. If it's not wet enough with water it doesn't work. Ox gall works with water. It doesn't replace it. And Granulation shows best with more water also because its the water that activates the unresolved pigments. Thanks for sharing!
@Shelley Prior Fine Art, Schmincke's new masking fluid can be used without adding a soap barrier & won't damage your brushes! I'm so excited to try it out!
Very interesting & informative video Shelley! I 'don't normally use mediums in my watercolour's, but I do use removable masking and synthetic Ox Gall on occasion! I actually have a great tip for Ox Gall, I add a few drops into my water instead of using it undiluted. I use it when I need to paint a large wash like a sky because it slows down the drying time as well as aiding in a smoother blend. I also use it to fix unwanted blooms, by doing a wash of the clean water and ox gall with a soft wash brush.
Yes, I have used it in the same way. Levels out the washes.
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Fascinating video. I love watching these experimental videos, testing different products and comparing them. I haven't done much watercolour work but have a lot of equivalent media to these for acrylics which I use for mixed media. Lovely to see the effects in a different medium.
Another absorbing session, Shelley. I love the pace of your deliveries and your thoroughness. You are very generous in what you provide. Thank you.
Thanks so much Diane. That's so nice of you to say.
I use ox gall liquid added to my water to prewet an area in preparation for wet-in-wet painting. I live in an arid climate and the water dries too quickly. Adding this in allows me to work a little longer. I really like it.
Thank you so much for going through all these for us! I learned so much! Blending medium is my good friend but I need to try these others too. Thanks again!
I love experiments! So glad this video showed up on my YT homepage! Thanks for taking the time to do this. One of my favorite experiments involved Gamblin's powdered Mars black pigment. It granulates a lot. Always take time to play! ❤🎨
I'm hearing a lot about Mars black these days. Adding to my shopping list and more play time!
Thank you for doing this! I will definitely save this for reference later. I've had questions about most of these and have not even heard of a couple. Thanks a lot!!! 💖
Thanks so much Susan. Welcome aboard 😊
I have never used mediums, but have experimented with modifying substrates to use watercolors. I recently used Liquitex Clear Gesso on plain paper and on parchment paper, and that works about the same as watercolor ground
Good to know Dolores. Will have to try that one.
That's interesting. I saw an article on making your own gesso... the person then put a little baking soda in it to use as Watercolor ground. Their amount of baking soda was dependent on the result from the original recipe, so I had to guess! I just used cheap gesso from Walmart, but it worked... sort of. 😂 mostly it was a really fun experiment.
Great video! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼. I can’t wait to play!
So interesting.....and informative! Just great!
Putting masking fluid on wet paper would make great sky holes in trees,nice soft edges
Childproof lids are great but not on art stuff, had to cut my Gum Arabic container open in order to use it and then place what was left in glass jars.
Muchísimas gracias por tú excelente video. Saludos cordiales.
Thanks for sharing. Gave us a chance to see what the different mediums do.
It's always fun to play with new things. Good to know a bit about each before investing in products though.
Thanks for all this information Shelley😁💝
I loved this!! I have a couple but it was great to see how you used them!!
I’ve wanted to see how some others worked….I.e. lifting preparation.
Thank you,
Nancy Rolfe
Thanks Nancy. I like experimenting with these and hearing how other people are using them creatively too. Enjoy playing with some of them. Happy painting!
I have a few of these, but this was still very informative and helpful. Thank you for this video. First time I've seen you, Subscribed.
Το μάθημα αυτό ήταν πολύ χρήσιμο και σας ευχαριστώ πολύ .καλό βράδυ από Αθήνα
Thankyou for this. I have texture medium and have never used it. Iridescent medium would be nice on black paper .
Thanks Sue. Yes, black watercolor paper is on my list to try as well.
Cool baby palette!
Thanks.
Watching this a year later. You may have already tried this by now but i paint luminescent fluid over the top of a dry coloured wash. It gives more luminescence compared to mixing it into the paint,although it does mute the brilliance of the colour
@@kazfarndon4990 yes!
Great presentation!!!!
Thanks Susan. I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
I am obsessed with granulation and have trouble getting even naturally granulating pigments to granulate like D Smiths Ultramarine. ( poor water manipulation) I love that medium ! 😍😍😍
I'm just getting into granulating pigments, and there are some good videos out there just recently. Apparently, it will behave differently on different papers, but more importantly, having hard water seems to affect it. So, getting distilled water might help, and I've heard putting salt in your water might help. And a little play time doesn't hurt either.❤
Someone mentioned using the lifting medium with ocean waves. I wonder about whether it might combine well with frisket in that it might allow for better softening of lines after the frisket is removed. I’m gonna experiment!
Good thought! Let me know your result.
How did it go????
I’ve put the iridescent fluid onto a painted, dried surface for best results.
I love this video. You explain things very well I just subscribe to your channel. Yes I have put Ox Gall few drops in my water to slow down drying time especially when doing the sky in my mix medium watercolor paintings. I learn this to do in art school for graphic illustration this was before computers. I am a mix media artist watercolor, color pencils, markers and pen and ink. I have use some of these mediums that you are demonstrating in this video. I have use Gum Arabic and both of those permanent and removable masking fuild in my art painting. I use disposable brushes exactly for using to paint with masking fuild while painting with watercolor.
Thanks very much. I'm hoping to find some time to do more playing with all of these mediums too.
@@shelleypriorfineart yes they do help in your paintings and are interesting to use. I love your your videos.
Thanks
You can slow down drying time of watercolors with gylserine too.
Thank you Shelley. I've learned a lot.
Thanks Mireille. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
My friend posted some photos tonight of the northern lights in Norway. Maybe the ox gall would work for those. (I of course looked at the photos and wondered how to do a watercolor wash like that but it is unusual. Then I watched your video.)
Thanks. I'm not sure if this is the video you are referring to but it's my version of northern lights. ruclips.net/video/Un-gH5nt4_s/видео.html
Helpful!
Very comprehensive. Thank you!
Thanks very much. I'm happy that it was helpful.
The masking fluid on damp might be nice for the glow of a candle or the sun through a cloud.
Worth trying out to see if it works in various ways.
😳 that makes so much sense!!!
I said basically the same thing, sun holes in trees and halos on sun or moon!!!
That's an interesting idea 💡. It looks like it would be a fun thing to play with! I'd never heard of it before.
Thanks - I'm also thinking how can they be used. I thought the granulation might be good for some dock scenes. I have some Maine reference photos and and the granulation might have a weather-worn look in a dark color.
It probably help it to look more rustic.
Extremely informative!
Thank you very much Patricia :)
moulding paste for acrylic works,matt paste for acrylic also paste works
Very interesting! Thank you so much! Lots of new information for me 👍❤️🙏
I'm so glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching
Would it be necessary/wise to rinse out the water jar after washing the brush following the use of a medium? Could it contaminate further use of the water?
It wouldn't hurt to rinse the water. Ox Gall may be added to your paint water (a few drops per ounce) as it helps the flow of washes.
I would! Especially with the texture medium or the masking fluid. Whenever I use something like that, or paints with mica in them, I use separate jars and brushes.
I have cheap Himi Miya jelly gouache which is constantly lifting on itself. This permanent masking fluid might be the answer in helping base layers stay put ? I love these WN mediums. I was also looking into synthetic oxgall. To make the paints dance and spread like QOR does.
Gouache, while similar to watercolor doesn’t behave the same. I recommend seeking out some specific gouache videos. By all means DO experiment though on something that isn’t precious. Many innovative ideas have come from experimentation.
Thank You
Is there a way to go back to a light blue object in a painting and make it a more luminescent sky blue that will stand out, or once it’s down there’s no way to brighten/lighten it up?
Well, to brighten blue it starts with the color. I don't think there is a medium that will help increase color brightness. You could try glazing another wash over the first. Carefully re-wet the surface (gently to not disturb the first layers) and apply more color to the area you want to brighten up. The blue that you use will make a difference. Most bright, blue skies are closer to a cerulean, phthalo or even cobalt. Ultramarine tends to look a bit duller, almost stormy in a sky wash. I recommend doing a swatch and compare to your reference first.
Modeling paste is called Aquapasto.
That's the one. Thanks for the reminder Ginny
Put several drops of gum Arabic in your water container and then use your moistened paint brush, mixed with your pigment, and it will stay wet a bit longer.
Lifting off the gum Arabic seems like it would be great for moons or suns with a halo...
I believe iridescent is due to mica, a mineral.
For a paint with more than one base pigment, how would the granulation medium affect it? Say perhaps a two pigment purple ?
Winsor Newton says you just dip your brush right into the permanent masking fluid. I wonder if the soap may have altered it?
Thanks Joanna. Brush seems okay. Will find a cheap brush and try it again but doubt that the soap altered it.
Would the powdered ox gall act like salt to make texture?
I haven’t tried that. Let me know the result if you experiment please.
Not sure what brand of ultramarine you are using, but I’ve never had actual chunks of pigment in mine, I use Daniel Smith, as well as Winsor Newton. That is sort of bizarre.
I’m using DaVinci paint. It’s not the brand but the pigment itself that granulates with ultramarine. Burnt sienna is another pigment that is naturally granulating. Many artists find this effect is quite desirable in their paint.
Why use gum Arabic to revive your paint and not glycerin? Thanks
I suppose glycerin could be used but only a small quantity similar to the gum arabic. I will have to experiment with that.
@@shelleypriorfineart thanks Shelley I am also trying it out in the water because my paper and paints dry way too quickly!
Sorry about the typo -- arthritic fingers.
No worries at all. I have the same trouble.
Wow. I stopped watching this video for some odd reason, awhile back. Today, i researched iridescent medium for watercolor, and voila, it was at that specific point of iridescent medium. 😂
Great video, thank you for sharing with us. 😊
Frustrating that you didn't put 'with medium' next to 'without media', so we could really see the difference!
I'll have to review this video and see if I can add some text perhaps.
Hi, thank you for this informative video. I have a question: Windsor and Newton used to have a watercolor medium simply called "Watercolor medium". I can't find it in any retail stores online, do you know if they've changed the name and it's now called something else? Or perhaps it's the same as texture medium? Thank you.
Hiya Magnus, Winsor and Newton changed the name of the Watercolour medium to Blending medium. It's exactly the same stuff and has watercolour medium as a subtitle under the new name.
It's available anywhere online in the UK and I've just checked on Jackson's art supplies and It's £7.25 for a standard 75ml bottle.
I hope that this helps, take care, David.
New Orleans LA
Welcome Merletth. Thanks for watching
Virginia, USA
Welcome Patricia!
I live and paint in a bus travelling here in NZ. Twice now my W&N resistor bottle had fallen over and leaked all over the place, ruining a couple of good brushes, I don't trust it, at all. though it's a good product
That's unfortunate David. It's such a helpful product. Perhaps transfer it to a more air-tight bottle that won't leak. Any brushes with dried masking fluid can be recovered with goo-gone (removes sticky labels from glassware etc). You may have to work at it a bit but it will get it out and then rinse out the brush afterwards.
Very poor presentation. It would be much smoother if you knew the results over long term painting with the mediums and could show us some positive results. Get your act together.
I’m sorry that my live stream didn’t meet your standards. I did call this ‘playing’ with mediums rather than ‘how to’. I never intended to deep dive into the mediums but rather to give a brief sampling of each for comparison.
@dale olsonTake what you get and don't throw a fit. The world doesn't revolve around what you want. Get your act together.
Ignore the troll. Waste of time. Your stream was perfect. ! I am a beginner and play , and don’t care about long term effects on paintings blah blah.
Well, you’re just a bundle of positivity aren’t you? If you had read the title of this live stream properly, maybe you wouldn’t have left such a snitty comment? Perhaps not tho! You could have, for example, suggested a follow up video to show use over time. We all need to remember that we are visitors to a creator’s space, not fee paying residents. If you aren’t happy, just click through and move on; there is no need to be so scathing.
Why CANT people learn that the paper is called ARSH NOT ARCHES! It’s a small village in France where the paper is made❤
As I am from bi-lingual Canada, I DO know the correct French pronunciation. I chose to pronounce it the way most English speaking North Americans pronounce it since a good number of my followers are American.
It just doesn’t matter. We are not French and we all know what is being said. Good grief. Find something bigger to fuss about.
Wee wee
First of all, it’s CAN’T, with an apostrophe. If you’re going to be -obnoxiously rude- pedantic, you should make sure your halo is on straight. Secondly, she knows the French pronunciation and has used it She is Canadian and French is generally well known there).. Most importantly, international companies know people are going to pronounce their company name and the names of their products by the rules of their own language, it’s only human nature to do so. I’ve heard employees of Arches pronounce it both ways and state it depends upon what language you speak as to how it’s pronounced. I’m not suggesting both are actually correct any more than I believe there are several ways to pronounce a person’s given name just because there are many possible ways to pronounce it, only that when it comes to business, allowances are made to accommodate the customer.
Nobody cares, neither does Arches. People know but can’t be bothered. If Arches cared they would make an Arsh brand for North America and the world. 😂 all I can be bothered with is pronouncing Champagne correctly 😛