I've seen a few videos where various painters say which brand of gesso they prefer but never explain why. (And with each person recommending a different brand.) Could we maybe have a gesso-off video? Maybe comparing different brands on different surfaces, such as on stretched canvas vs wood panel vs heavy paper? Are some brands and viscosities more amenable to smooth realistic styles vs some more amenable to textural and loose styles? Thanks!
That sounds like it’ll be a good video to make! I use the Windsor and Newton gesso for a couple of reasons. Gesso in a simple form is essentially Glue, white paint and chalk powder. I use the brand in the video because it’s relatively fast drying, and the powder granules they’ve used are very fine so they don’t leave too rough a texture on the surface. Sanding will remove the texture out of most gesso’s though. Sometimes I do charcoal drawings on wood, for that I don’t really sand back the gesso as I want a bit of tooth to the surface, other gesso’s I’ve tried have slightly too much texture to them but this one is perfect for picking up the charcoal and also allowing me to do quite neat and refined lines with it. 😁
Another really interesting video, thank you so much. I've not worked with oils at all and have mainly used acrylics, with some dabbling in water colours (many moons ago). I haven't used GAC though I'm aware of it. In fluid art I got used to using Floetrol to make paints fluid. Wonder if that would work here? I am very much an amateur and am still on a massive learning curve, so I'm gathering plenty of valuable information from your greatly appreciated videos. I'm so grateful for the time you're willing to spend here in making these videos.
So much anxiety watching you just miss your sleeve getting in the paint again and again! 😂 Good demo on the gesso. Very helpful, that and about the paint drying! Thank you. I eould like to see a demo on that Golden gac product.
Thank you so much! So many excellent tips for us beginners.❤ One of my mistakes is not sanding after the gesso has dried. I'm super impatient to get started on my painting😂 But, you have shown me that step is really important. I'll be doing that from now on😊 Thank you, Daniel, for all you do!
thank you for this, it's been a very long time since i self taught and then quit using acrylic paints (hint before youtube was a thing) and this has filled in several things i feel i missed figuring it out by myself. will be checking out your other videos 😊
I personally love, love , love atelier interactive acrylics. For the first few hours i can reactivate them with a little water after they have dried. You can blend and adjust longer than other acrylics
I have recently discovered this channel. So I thought I'd watch this video it has been useful . I've been struggling to achieve a more realistic look while painting. However I'm still learning with other mediums as well as I'm more of a mixed media artist. So I'm trying to always find that balance on details or the light and shadows as I'm using different mediums to achieve it which is difficult but I have found your tips helpful so thank you for that 😊
Thanks for excelent video. Info about layering was super useful. I am tryimg thinning with Golden glazing medim vs water and not sure yet which one is better.
Thanks for your video Daniel. Yes, I am guilty of a couple of points you raised and have been trying unsuccessfully to paint with acrylics. So thanks for the tips! You show the sandpaper block when you are sanding the gesso, but what is the grade of sandpaper you are using?
I imagine for smaller paintings, a nice cold press illustration board would be an option as there is no need for gesso…Strathmore 500 series has been a beautiful surface to work on and you can load up the paint and it handles water very well.
Love your videos...my favorite subjects are wildlife. Will definitely add more gesso to my canvas in the future. You didn't mention open acrylics. I use Golden Open Acrylics exclusively, b/c they dry slower and I can manipulate them a little like oils. I do have to wait longer to go over them, tho, as they take longer to dry on the canvas. But the other advantage is they stay wet in my covered palette sometimes for weeks.....as long as I spritz the piles of paint with water before I close my palette.
Great video, very helpful. I'm quite new to acrylic paints, coming from watercolors. I've got loads of watercolor papers laying around. Could I use these without adding a layer of gesso? Like hot pressed paper is very smooth already, seems reduntant to add gesso, but I might totally be mistaken.
Thank-you very much for this valuable information...from a beginner. ....through your videos and inspiration...lve just sold three painting at a village exhibition....😊
Thanks for this video! I actually like using acrylics like oils. I mean I get more acrylic paint onto my brush and bring different colors together before getting dry. This way they look more smoother to me. When I try glazing, it seems more contrasting, and I can see the hard edges. Maybe I can't glazing well I don't know 😅
Terrific demo. I tend to use a smooth canvas but even then will gesso it. Some great advice there. Tried to order your brushes through Craftamo but they were sold out. Can I buy them somewhere else?
Thank you! The last few extra sets I ordered are only available through my website, here’s the link studiowildlife.com/product/studio-wildlife-brush-set/
@@StudioWildlifeOpen are a medium body paint. I live in a dry climate, so your results may vary. With regular acrylics, I have less than 5 minutes of working time. With Open, I have more like 15 minutes. I especially like using Open when I'm doing a lot of color mixing on my palette before I even get the paint onto my canvas -- extra time to faff around.
I think the golden fluid paints are really nice to work with. No need to thin them down as much, way easier to mix etc. I do take issue with you saying it's a mistake to use them: this is very subjective for your workflow.
Sorry I think what I said may have been misinterpreted, the mistake is using the wrong type of acrylics for the wrong situation. I didn’t mean it was a mistake to use fluid acrylics😂 I really like fluid acrylics and I do use them for glazing when I want a really opaque colour, I just don’t use them for the majority of painting because I personally find them difficult to reduce the opacity enough to achieve the layers I use in my work
@@StudioWildlife thanks for the clarification. I find your glazing technique quite hard, I've not been able to get the same results as you yet. I'm sure this is down to practice and limited time. To this point I've found better results using fluid paint, a bit of retarder to keep it open and blending towards the colour I'm after.
Have you tried watering it down and using it more like watercolour? I too found acrylic difficult, but I was determined to master it as I wanted to avoid oil paint due to the turps. The acrylic is so much easier to use once watered down, you just have to built more layers to get the depth.
3:58 This is just plain wrong information - lots of videos are NOT saying to not use water to thin acrylics, they say, like everyone else, not to overthin with with water as that will over dilute the acrylic binder in the paint and cause adhesion problems, especially in blocking-in layers. Slight thinning with water is fine, but if you want really thin paint then add acrylic medium instead or as well to avoid any surface adhesion problems. The 'lot of research' bit is just made up.
Well I appreciate that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I do not however appreciate being called a liar. In the video I do talk about using an acrylic medium as an alternative to water. Golden actually did a full study with varying dilutions of water to prove that water could be used as a thinning medium with no issues. Plus you’ll see in the video that with a properly prepared canvas even very diluted paint adheres to the canvas with no problems. However I also appreciate that everyone has different techniques and this is just my preferred way of painting.
That lion painting behind you is so amazing!!
Please do another video on photographing artwork for prints .
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I’ve been loving all the videos you’ve been making! 🎨 Thank you so much for always teaching us something new!
Thank you! Really glad you’re finding the videos helpful 😁
Id like to hear more about price difference between buying better canvases compared to the price and length use of the gesso.
Thanks for this video. Youve answered everything i wanted to know and more. Really really helpful.
I've seen a few videos where various painters say which brand of gesso they prefer but never explain why. (And with each person recommending a different brand.) Could we maybe have a gesso-off video? Maybe comparing different brands on different surfaces, such as on stretched canvas vs wood panel vs heavy paper? Are some brands and viscosities more amenable to smooth realistic styles vs some more amenable to textural and loose styles? Thanks!
That sounds like it’ll be a good video to make! I use the Windsor and Newton gesso for a couple of reasons. Gesso in a simple form is essentially Glue, white paint and chalk powder. I use the brand in the video because it’s relatively fast drying, and the powder granules they’ve used are very fine so they don’t leave too rough a texture on the surface. Sanding will remove the texture out of most gesso’s though. Sometimes I do charcoal drawings on wood, for that I don’t really sand back the gesso as I want a bit of tooth to the surface, other gesso’s I’ve tried have slightly too much texture to them but this one is perfect for picking up the charcoal and also allowing me to do quite neat and refined lines with it.
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This is truly a very informative and entertaining video. Learnt a lot, Thank you!
Fantastic well informed video … the knowledge you’ve shared is very inspiring. Thank you for sharing this video.
Love your videos man wish I could paint like you
Well done 👍✅ that's awesome 🌠🌌🌠🌌🌠🌌
Another really interesting video, thank you so much. I've not worked with oils at all and have mainly used acrylics, with some dabbling in water colours (many moons ago). I haven't used GAC though I'm aware of it. In fluid art I got used to using Floetrol to make paints fluid. Wonder if that would work here? I am very much an amateur and am still on a massive learning curve, so I'm gathering plenty of valuable information from your greatly appreciated videos. I'm so grateful for the time you're willing to spend here in making these videos.
So much anxiety watching you just miss your sleeve getting in the paint again and again! 😂 Good demo on the gesso. Very helpful, that and about the paint drying! Thank you. I eould like to see a demo on that Golden gac product.
I use Liquitex almost exclusively because of its pigment. Love your videos
Thank you so much! So many excellent tips for us beginners.❤ One of my mistakes is not sanding after the gesso has dried. I'm super impatient to get started on my painting😂 But, you have shown me that step is really important. I'll be doing that from now on😊 Thank you, Daniel, for all you do!
thank you for this, it's been a very long time since i self taught and then quit using acrylic paints (hint before youtube was a thing) and this has filled in several things i feel i missed figuring it out by myself. will be checking out your other videos 😊
I personally love, love , love atelier interactive acrylics. For the first few hours i can reactivate them with a little water after they have dried. You can blend and adjust longer than other acrylics
I have recently discovered this channel. So I thought I'd watch this video it has been useful .
I've been struggling to achieve a more realistic look while painting. However I'm still learning with other mediums as well as I'm more of a mixed media artist. So I'm trying to always find that balance on details or the light and shadows as I'm using different mediums to achieve it which is difficult but I have found your tips helpful so thank you for that 😊
Thanks Daniel 👍
Good video! ❤❤❤
Thanks for excelent video. Info about layering was super useful. I am tryimg thinning with Golden glazing medim vs water and not sure yet which one is better.
Thanks for your video Daniel. Yes, I am guilty of a couple of points you raised and have been trying unsuccessfully to paint with acrylics. So thanks for the tips!
You show the sandpaper block when you are sanding the gesso, but what is the grade of sandpaper you are using?
Thank you!
I imagine for smaller paintings, a nice cold press illustration board would be an option as there is no need for gesso…Strathmore 500 series has been a beautiful surface to work on and you can load up the paint and it handles water very well.
Love your videos...my favorite subjects are wildlife. Will definitely add more gesso to my canvas in the future. You didn't mention open acrylics. I use Golden Open Acrylics exclusively, b/c they dry slower and I can manipulate them a little like oils. I do have to wait longer to go over them, tho, as they take longer to dry on the canvas. But the other advantage is they stay wet in my covered palette sometimes for weeks.....as long as I spritz the piles of paint with water before I close my palette.
Great video, very helpful. I'm quite new to acrylic paints, coming from watercolors. I've got loads of watercolor papers laying around. Could I use these without adding a layer of gesso? Like hot pressed paper is very smooth already, seems reduntant to add gesso, but I might totally be mistaken.
Thank-you very much for this valuable information...from a beginner. ....through your videos and inspiration...lve just sold three painting at a village exhibition....😊
Amazing congratulations!! 😁
P.s...l brought a set of your brushes...
Fantastic! 😁 you’ll have to let me know what you think of them!
I use liquitex and golden I have not tried the abstract
Thanks for this video! I actually like using acrylics like oils. I mean I get more acrylic paint onto my brush and bring different colors together before getting dry. This way they look more smoother to me. When I try glazing, it seems more contrasting, and I can see the hard edges. Maybe I can't glazing well I don't know 😅
Terrific demo. I tend to use a smooth canvas but even then will gesso it. Some great advice there. Tried to order your brushes through Craftamo but they were sold out. Can I buy them somewhere else?
Thank you! The last few extra sets I ordered are only available through my website, here’s the link studiowildlife.com/product/studio-wildlife-brush-set/
Do you have like a review channel?. From brushes, gesso, canvas,acrylic paint,
May I ask? How about Open acrylics from Golden. Do they need to be used the same way? I think they are in between oils & acrylics.
I’ve never actually tried them before 😂 maybe I’ll get some and do a video about it
@@StudioWildlifeOpen are a medium body paint.
I live in a dry climate, so your results may vary. With regular acrylics, I have less than 5 minutes of working time. With Open, I have more like 15 minutes. I especially like using Open when I'm doing a lot of color mixing on my palette before I even get the paint onto my canvas -- extra time to faff around.
Do you sell your paintings? If you sell them, what is their price?
I think the golden fluid paints are really nice to work with. No need to thin them down as much, way easier to mix etc. I do take issue with you saying it's a mistake to use them: this is very subjective for your workflow.
Sorry I think what I said may have been misinterpreted, the mistake is using the wrong type of acrylics for the wrong situation. I didn’t mean it was a mistake to use fluid acrylics😂 I really like fluid acrylics and I do use them for glazing when I want a really opaque colour, I just don’t use them for the majority of painting because I personally find them difficult to reduce the opacity enough to achieve the layers I use in my work
@@StudioWildlife thanks for the clarification. I find your glazing technique quite hard, I've not been able to get the same results as you yet. I'm sure this is down to practice and limited time. To this point I've found better results using fluid paint, a bit of retarder to keep it open and blending towards the colour I'm after.
sadly cant use the stuff hard to move round the brush and get detail utterly frustrated with it , sticking with water colour and gouache
Have you tried watering it down and using it more like watercolour?
I too found acrylic difficult, but I was determined to master it as I wanted to avoid oil paint due to the turps.
The acrylic is so much easier to use once watered down, you just have to built more layers to get the depth.
3:58 This is just plain wrong information - lots of videos are NOT saying to not use water to thin acrylics, they say, like everyone else, not to overthin with with water as that will over dilute the acrylic binder in the paint and cause adhesion problems, especially in blocking-in layers.
Slight thinning with water is fine, but if you want really thin paint then add acrylic medium instead or as well to avoid any surface adhesion problems.
The 'lot of research' bit is just made up.
Well I appreciate that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I do not however appreciate being called a liar. In the video I do talk about using an acrylic medium as an alternative to water. Golden actually did a full study with varying dilutions of water to prove that water could be used as a thinning medium with no issues. Plus you’ll see in the video that with a properly prepared canvas even very diluted paint adheres to the canvas with no problems. However I also appreciate that everyone has different techniques and this is just my preferred way of painting.
Please less talk paint more 😊😊
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Glad you have been enjoying my videos and that they are helpful to you! Also happy birthday I hope you have a great day!