I achieve flow state in any environment so long as I'm painting 😅 Painting helps me to drown out the mess or chaos around me as if I'm not even there 😌
I wish someone would come out with a flexible beginner supply list. Simply choose one brush from category A, two from category B. Same for paper, paint, and other supplies. List several brands and price points, so you could go with what is available in your area. Then make a video showing the exact difference between how the different grades function, so beginners can actually understand their choices. Even better would be one for choising colors. Choose one from the cool red list, one from the warm yellow list, and so on Have a handfull of colors (perhaps split primary, etc ) that are absolute essentials, then a list of extra colors that can be added on according to budget. Choosing expensive supplies without experience is almost impossible, snd very frustrating. Many recommendations are from people who either get a kickback, only buy the very best, or have needs different from the average beginner. An unbiased list that everyone could point beginners to would save a lot of frustration.
Hullo, The most difficult part of choosing supplies is it does come down to personal preference! The kind of paintings and what you are painting does have a lot to do with what you pick for starting your watercolor journey! You can follow all of Jenna's ideas from paper to paint & brushes! Try and look around and see if the person recommending the paint colors, do they paint the same thing you want to paint? Good Luck!
As well as Jenna I also follow Ollie Pyle and Michele Webber. All of these artists have their individual styles with great information. Ollie in particular has a good one on brushes and champions a brand I had forgotten about Daler Rowney; then I realized I had the same brushes as him! ruclips.net/video/qHrgcXKHWUw/видео.html
@@mjpete27 Thanks for your response! I did follow a lot of her advice for brushes and such, because she is clearly a good artist, and her suggestions seemed sensible. However, I only found her after spending a couple months looking up supplies and watching videos, etc. I see comments from other beginners all the time, confused about paint, properties, color mixing, and more. Often, they are frustrated because color names used in tutorials are for a different brand than they purchased, and they don't realize it is essentially the same as one they have. Or they bought a staining pigment, but are trying to learn a lifting or granulation technique that just won't work. A list of paints that contained single pigments and had the properties taken into account would be really useful. Beginners could purchase a relatively small number of paints, then learn about and explore the properties first hand. The way I did it, trying to wrap my brain around everything before buying, was time consuming and nearly killed my desire to actually paint. Of course, this could all be a problem in my own head. 😂😂
@@wildflower1397 They are a British brand but are available in North America as well (I don't know where you live). I use Winsor & Newton but I'm going to buy some Daler Rowney to see how they compare. 😊😊
Love your tutorials! Thanks for sharing so much free content! I am SOO brokenhearted you you discontinued your Brand plus Brand class!😢 I REALLY wanted to take that!
Great video. Thank you. Can't wait to watch more, get the book, and find your classes.
I achieve flow state in any environment so long as I'm painting 😅 Painting helps me to drown out the mess or chaos around me as if I'm not even there 😌
Thank you
Thank u! Ur right…I need 2 clean my work space up. I love woo !
Thanks Jenna, this was really helpful 😊
Thanks Jenna , love your helpful advice
I like your video as soon as I spot it. Always great content, thank you Jenna
As still being a beginner I tend to not use enough water for my paintings. I think this is the third mistake … 😊
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I wish someone would come out with a flexible beginner supply list. Simply choose one brush from category A, two from category B. Same for paper, paint, and other supplies. List several brands and price points, so you could go with what is available in your area. Then make a video showing the exact difference between how the different grades function, so beginners can actually understand their choices.
Even better would be one for choising colors. Choose one from the cool red list, one from the warm yellow list, and so on Have a handfull of colors (perhaps split primary, etc ) that are absolute essentials, then a list of extra colors that can be added on according to budget.
Choosing expensive supplies without experience is almost impossible, snd very frustrating. Many recommendations are from people who either get a kickback, only buy the very best, or have needs different from the average beginner. An unbiased list that everyone could point beginners to would save a lot of frustration.
Hullo, The most difficult part of choosing supplies is it does come down to personal preference! The kind of paintings and what you are painting does have a lot to do with what you pick for starting your watercolor journey! You can follow all of Jenna's ideas from paper to paint & brushes! Try and look around and see if the person recommending the paint colors, do they paint the same thing you want to paint? Good Luck!
As well as Jenna I also follow Ollie Pyle and Michele Webber. All of these artists have their individual styles with great information. Ollie in particular has a good one on brushes and champions a brand I had forgotten about Daler Rowney; then I realized I had the same brushes as him! ruclips.net/video/qHrgcXKHWUw/видео.html
@@mjpete27 Thanks for your response! I did follow a lot of her advice for brushes and such, because she is clearly a good artist, and her suggestions seemed sensible. However, I only found her after spending a couple months looking up supplies and watching videos, etc.
I see comments from other beginners all the time, confused about paint, properties, color mixing, and more. Often, they are frustrated because color names used in tutorials are for a different brand than they purchased, and they don't realize it is essentially the same as one they have. Or they bought a staining pigment, but are trying to learn a lifting or granulation technique that just won't work.
A list of paints that contained single pigments and had the properties taken into account would be really useful. Beginners could purchase a relatively small number of paints, then learn about and explore the properties first hand. The way I did it, trying to wrap my brain around everything before buying, was time consuming and nearly killed my desire to actually paint. Of course, this could all be a problem in my own head. 😂😂
@@ac1646 I will have to go check him out. I have never even seen that brand, so it will be interesting. :)
@@wildflower1397 They are a British brand but are available in North America as well (I don't know where you live). I use Winsor & Newton but I'm going to buy some Daler Rowney to see how they compare. 😊😊
Love your tutorials! Thanks for sharing so much free content! I am SOO brokenhearted you you discontinued your Brand plus Brand class!😢 I REALLY wanted to take that!
@JennaRainey, I know Andrés Martín, he's my uncle.It's true
❤So beautiful ✨❤️💜💙💚💖🧡💛💐 thanks for sharing 🙏😍👌🏻👍🏻
Practicing in a clean place is mandatory to me as well.
Thanks for the video! Hoping your husband makes new videos soon!