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How to Paint a Chickadee in Pen & Ink and Watercolor FULL TUTORIAL // Grumbacher Watercolor Review Video Lecture | Master the Art of Watercolour Painting (English) - Art & Craft
FAQs on How to Paint a Chickadee in Pen & Ink and Watercolor FULL TUTORIAL // Grumbacher Watercolor Review Video Lecture - Master the Art of Watercolour Painting (English) - Art & Craft
| 1. How can I paint a chickadee using pen & ink and watercolor? |  |
Ans. To paint a chickadee using pen & ink and watercolor, follow these steps:
1. Start by sketching the outline of the chickadee using a pen. Add details such as the beak, eyes, and feathers.
2. Once the ink has dried, begin adding watercolor washes to the different areas of the bird. Start with light colors and gradually build up the layers, allowing each layer to dry before adding the next one.
3. Use a small brush to add finer details and textures to the feathers. Pay attention to the different shades and patterns on the bird's body.
4. To create a sense of depth, add darker shades to the areas that are in shadow, and use lighter colors for the areas that catch the light.
5. Finally, use a pen to add any necessary final details, such as the texture of the branches or the bird's legs.
| 2. What materials do I need to paint a chickadee in pen & ink and watercolor? | |
Ans. To paint a chickadee in pen & ink and watercolor, you will need the following materials:
1. Watercolor paints: Choose a set of high-quality watercolor paints with a variety of colors.
2. Watercolor paper: Use a heavyweight watercolor paper that can handle wet media without buckling.
3. Pen: Use a waterproof pen or ink pen that will not smudge when water is applied.
4. Brushes: Have a variety of brushes in different sizes, including a small detail brush for finer details.
5. Water container: Use a container to hold water for rinsing your brushes.
6. Palette: Use a palette or a mixing tray to mix your watercolors.
7. Masking fluid (optional): If you want to preserve certain areas of your painting, you can use masking fluid to cover them before applying the watercolors.
| 3. What is the Grumbacher watercolor review? | |
Ans. The Grumbacher watercolor review is a comprehensive evaluation of the Grumbacher brand of watercolor paints. It provides insights into the quality, performance, and characteristics of the paints based on the experiences of artists who have used them. The review may include information about factors such as color vibrancy, transparency, lightfastness, ease of use, and blending capabilities. It can help artists make informed decisions about whether to purchase and use Grumbacher watercolors for their artwork.
| 4. How do I use pen & ink in combination with watercolor? | |
Ans. To use pen & ink in combination with watercolor, follow these steps:
1. Start by sketching the desired subject using a waterproof pen or ink pen. Use light strokes to create the outlines and add details.
2. Allow the ink to dry completely before applying any watercolor washes. This will prevent smudging or bleeding.
3. Once the ink is dry, begin applying watercolor washes to the different areas of your artwork. Start with lighter colors and gradually build up the layers, allowing each layer to dry before adding the next one.
4. Use a small brush to add finer details and textures to your painting. You can use watercolor to achieve different shades and tones, while the pen or ink lines will provide definition and structure.
5. Experiment with different techniques, such as cross-hatching or stippling, to add depth and texture to your artwork.
| 5. How can I achieve a realistic portrayal of a chickadee in my painting? | |
Ans. To achieve a realistic portrayal of a chickadee in your painting, consider the following tips:
1. Study reference photos or observe real chickadees to understand their anatomy, proportions, and unique features. Pay attention to the shape of their beaks, the texture of their feathers, and the colors of their plumage.
2. Start with a detailed sketch, capturing the bird's shape and posture accurately. Use light pencil lines or a waterproof pen to outline the bird's features and body.
3. Use a limited color palette, focusing on the specific shades and hues of the chickadee's plumage. Gradually build up the layers of watercolor, paying attention to the subtle variations in color and value.
4. Add fine details using a small brush or pen, such as the texture of the feathers, the catchlight in the bird's eyes, or the subtle patterns on its wings.
5. Create a sense of depth and dimension by using a combination of lighter and darker shades, as well as soft edges and sharp details.
6. Take your time and work in layers, allowing each layer to dry before adding the next one. This will help you achieve a more realistic and textured portrayal of the chickadee.
Text Transcript from Video
hi there Lindsay here the frugal crafter
today I'm gonna do a pen in ink
um picture of a chickadee and I'm using
a dip pen just something I have not used
in quite a while I'm using a photo from
the website paint my photo this photos
by Rodney Campbell and I'll put a link
in the video description so that anybody
that wants it can get it I'm just using
a speedball dip pen and the reason I'm
using this as opposed to a like a like a
mechanical pen like a micron or
something is because I want kind of
looser look and if I get a spike a
splotch of ink I'm totally good with
that that's kind of what I want I want
that kind of like um loose kind of
carefree carefree look and you know I'm
definitely not going to be too picky
about this because I haven't worked in
pen and ink in quite a while
and obviously my technique is a little
lacking and I go a few different um a
few different pens to pick from here and
I don't know how to use any of them any
better than any others I'm just thinking
maybe four different line widths I'll go
with different ones I'm using India ink
and I'm going to be doing a watercolor
wash with some some paints that are new
to me they're the Grumbach or
transparent select transparent
watercolor pans and we're going to take
a look at them i've swatched him out and
I'll share that those swatches and my
findings with you after I've got the ink
done I sketched you know the pencil be
filled before I began because I wanted
to make sure that I had a good idea of
where my drawing was going to go and I
didn't want to be fussy with the ink so
I figured if I had the if I had the
pencil lines they're kind of as a guide
then won't worry so much about the ink
now something I do want to try actually
because this is going to be water
resistant or it's going to be waterproof
after it's dry but until then I mean I
can actually pull the ink around a
little bit so I think I would like to
play with that aspect a little bit I
wouldn't do this with my best watercolor
brushes these are just some inexpensive
prints
that I got it a seam or quite a while
ago but I'm free to be kind of fun just
to get that and the ink flowing get that
looser look excuse my shakiness I have
had too much coffee today and I'm
wondering what happens if I was to wet
an area oh well there we go that's way
too much ink on the center of that for
chickadee chickadees bellies are kind of
ochre gonna press that I'm not gonna
worry about it though that's the thing
about art you know you just got a go to
go with the flow sometimes but I'm
wondering what happens if I have like a
wet area and then I like do a little
pennant eat right up to it let's see
you'll probably get more than I want for
ink but oh I like the way that looks
though I don't know about you but I like
it because I gives me kind of like a
shadow I'm going to try that technique
with the UM the pine cone here the I
live in Maine and the state bird is the
black-capped chickadee and the state
flower is the white pine and tassel and
also our state um our state trees the
pine tree we're known as the Pine Tree
State and also vacation land fun facts
there for you actually it's a great
place to vacation though I kind of hate
to tell people that because we get like
we have so many tourists in the summer
that it's kind of like well maybe we
should give a cigarette stop
broadcasting it but hey I can't I can't
help but I can't it's so nice I couldn't
like tell anyone not to come because
it's so it is so nice here in the summer
and as you can see I'm not doing
anything fancy I'm just kind of putting
Wiggly jittery lines in here which
really helps it had too much coffee I
gotta say I was just oh got the new
Jerry's out around catalog today and I
was like just sitting on the couch I can
all the pretty things I'm thinking I got
that I should try a new zest Oh instead
of like you know Fonda go where things I
don't have yes I can you want Lindsay
you've got a lot of the things that are
this catalog you're gonna get crack in
there getting some pine branches
actually though before I go into the
pine branches I think
you want to kind of add a little water
underneath where I just put some pen to
get a little shading in there might as
well kill two birds with one stone right
I'm gonna show you how those Grumbach
errs mix too because I know some of you
guys have them because I use them on my
mag Dahlia painting the other day and
I'll probably use them on the live
stream this Friday when I do the
magnolias and some of you guys said you
had now I don't know if you bought them
because I mentioned that's what I used
on that tutorial but if that's the case
I really want to get this out just in
case anyone's thinking maybe they should
get those in addition to what they have
you know I like people to know whether
it's just going to duplicate something
they already have or if it is something
going to do something new and add to
their their stash cuz you know I mean
there's so many similar products out
there that you don't need to have them
all and a lot of them will do the same
thing so I just want to make sure that
if somebody's out buying that paint cuz
they because I said I used it I'm sorry
I'm talking so much I know I'm gonna get
grief about that in the comments like
literally just play some music or
something stop talking got this cute
little tuft of tassels this bird is just
perched on I just want this to be fairly
fairly loose I tend to do better with
these the nibs that go into the thicker
handles versus the nibs that go into the
thinner handles I'm not sure why it just
seems to be maybe I'd have better ones
better nibs that go to the big ones but
they're both speedball brand I think so
I don't know and I'm not you know I'm
looking at my my collection of nibs I'll
show you here I got this oh my gosh it's
so dusty I'm kind of embarrassed to show
you but I got this uh this woman ate a
junk shop an antique shop for like five
or ten bucks and it's for inkwells my
ink walls of course too big to put in
here but I just keep all my nibs in
there I can lay my pens across there to
rest and actually was just in my
basement I haven't used in forever
that's why it's so covered in dust
probably should've clean that before I
turn the camera on but you know what
we're all friends here you know what you
can come visit my house when it's a mess
okay I hope you don't care I'll try to
point the camera away from the mess
we'll just we'll just do that nude
pretends nice and tidy that works right
sorry I'm talking so much I really need
to lay off the caffeine before I do
videos all right also I love the Isle of
inks blots so I want to do a little bit
of that in there too just cuz it's a pen
ink and I think it looks fun I wouldn't
do this wearing your favorite sweater or
anything because you probably get it
what you don't want it okay and I think
I might want to just coke some of that
ink around a little bit just maybe the
little water I don't know I think it's
fun just put a I like to just go in with
some clear water and then just let it
touch into the edge of a inks blot and
let it let it go what do you seeing the
ink spots guys tell your personality
right there of course I can about it
it's like oh just anything but I was
gonna spend those Rorschach tests
alright I like the way that looks
and I'm just gonna gently blot some of
this just to help it dry a little
quicker and I think I'll just set this
aside and we'll talk about the paint's a
little bit
well my Cosette aside I will cap with my
eat before I have a tragedy and honestly
I got to say I'm not sure how you
supposed to clean these nibs what I do
is rinse them and blot them so I don't
know if that's right or not if you guys
want to chime in in the comments below I
don't do a lot of pen and ink work
that's usually what I do though but then
I'm worried about like it's not gonna
make a rust I don't know they're
probably made out of rust proof stuff
but you just I don't know so let me know
in the comments below maybe it doesn't
do anything if you don't need to clean
them at all maybe just need to give them
a wipe and call it good
I don't know please educate me help me
out
so the grump backer said this is what it
looks like and the other thing I like
about it is that it has the letters the
words printed down there on how long be
able to read them for the completely
caked in color but you'd at least
probably a chance to memorize them
before then
now the paints feel kind of chalky so
like if you have the gansai tambi paint
you know how they feel kind of creamy um
these feel almost like like you've got a
stick of chalk you're trying to paint
from almost like a tempura and the other
neat thing is that these come out so I
reckon you could probably buy
replacements for that which is nice
um I swatch them out they don't flow as
well
as some other paints but this is a good
this is the colors you get in the set of
12 and um here is just a little mixing I
did win them so what I did here was
there's only one real yellow this is a
yellow so then I took a little yellow
ochre and mixed it with a Vermillion
didn't get a very good orange but when I
took the regular just plain yellow and
mix it with vermilion I got a nice
yellow the yellow and the Prussian blue
they made kind of a dull green but when
I took the the yellow I'm sorry when I
took the blue green and added some
yellow to it I got a really lively green
there that was really pretty um the
ultramarine and the carmine made a
lovely purple if I added those two
colors with a violet that was in the
palette I got even more vibrant purple
it's a nice granulation in there that I
like and over here I took the the burnt
sienna the raw umber and the black and
then I added some other colors to them I
added some violet into the raw umber
I added some ultramarine blue into the
burnt sienna and I also did the violet
and the ultramarine blue into the black
just to see if I could get more bright
like oppression blue looking so I did
get some interesting neutrals there um
that's gonna be great pine green
actually and you know I just like to do
that to kind of get an idea of the feel
for the paint and how strong it is
it actually was stronger than I thought
it was going to be because when I use
this on the Magnolia painting
I kept the colors very subtle so I was
pleased that they came out this bright
they honestly don't feel kind of more
like a children's grade paint than like
a student or an artist grade paint so
just kind of keep that in mind um for
what it's worth I mean that's just those
are just my findings now i'm gonna drive
this a little bit i don't necessarily
have to have it all dry but I do want
the majority of it dry I'd like to do a
kind of a little sky background because
the painting the photo I'm working from
is a lovely sky so I'm gonna posit
finish drying this and we'll be right
back
something else you can do after you dry
it is you can go in and erase any of the
pencil lines that have left behind if
they bother you they usually don't
bother me but if you want to go in and
clean it up anywhere now is the time to
do it um generally I use like a soft
bottle eraser but I don't see mine Andy
so I'm going to choose this kneaded
eraser and just kinda be careful with it
generally with a kneaded eraser you have
to prescient lift I'm kind of rubbing a
little bit just because otherwise I
don't think it those pencil lines up
okay so I want to get some lovely sky
colors and I'm going to use a big flat
brush and I'm gonna just kind of wet the
sky and I can see that not all of my
paint was dry over there and it's
bleeding a little bit I mean my ink but
I'm not really worried about that I
don't care if that color gets in I think
it's kind of charming it just shows you
that it's like a really um quick ink
wash kind an ink and that's something I
like I want to make sure I go over all
of my pine needles though because you'd
see the sky through there so I really
want to make sure that that is visible
and I can't even go over that the
pinecone a little bit because um because
that's not going to be with the Browns
it's gonna be pretty dark so oh I really
gotten sick that time I think it was on
the tape I'm gonna blot that this is
like chaos kind of ink yeah well okay so
I want to have a little bit of
ultramarine blue I'm just going to grab
that right on my palate and I want it
super super faint so I'm just getting a
little bit and just kind of working it
out on the palate so that's that's kind
of how I keep from getting too much I'm
not going to put a ton down it's going
to dry a little bit later because it is
water color and I also just don't want
to disturb any ink that might not be
fully set if you do get ink on your
brush don't fret just go
and rinse it and blot it look here I'm
just going to kind of tap that in there
I want a little bit of yellow ochre
because I know that will make grain if
it kind of comes in contact with he with
the blue it just kind of make a grey
because it's such a Dibble so kind of
earthy sedimentary colors just dabbing
that on there so I'm going to keep these
colors out because any of those colors
will be fair game now I've got a puddle
there so what I'm gonna do is just drink
it up with my paper towel this is really
lightweight paper this is just why don't
you throw practice a lot of time it's a
90-pound aqua B it was very inexpensive
it's still a ten percent cotton so if I
end up with a masterpiece I'll be
totally fine to frame it and sell it you
know might need to iron it or something
to make it flat if it buckles a little
bit but generally this sizes is pretty
small I don't have to worry about it too
much but it's you know since I went with
the lighter weight it's cheaper but I
still have same quality of paper it's
just not as thick so you know for the
finished artwork it's not going to
matter at all I'm gonna take a little
bit of crimson and again I'm just
tapping it out on my palette so that
it's not super strong and I'm just going
to dab some in over where I have my
yellow ochre just to kind of get like
some hazy sunset clouds in there if
you're getting a lot of mark from your
ink just go ahead and blot I probably
could have let that dry a little bit
more you're not going too fast I'm not
gonna worry about it and it will dry a
little bit later so keep that in mind
and do a little bit over here
and I'm minutes gonna scoop some of that
ink back over there get out of the way
swipe it right away okay now on the bird
I'm gonna go back to the round brush and
I am going to kind of wet the chest area
what the what the white area up there
seems like our ink is nice and dry there
I think I purposely made sure I'd ride
the bird and I'm gonna take a little
yellow ochre and I'm going to add that
into these Tufts up here and down here
and just let it flow and if a little
gets in the background that's fine I'm
not gonna worry about it
and then then grab a little burnt sienna
tap it on my Calot I don't want that to
be super strong add a little bit of that
and down here towards the bottom and
over why the ink area is and then grab a
little the ultramarine blue add it to
the burnt sienna that's going to make a
nice grey and I'm just going to throw
this in over here maybe a little bit
more on the blue side just so it's got a
little color in it and I can add some of
that in here too and let's see I think I
want a little bit more dark in the the
cap so I don't like to use black so
again I'm gonna take the ultramarine
blue and the burnt sienna pretty thickly
now the nice thing about these pans
because they are such a dry paint that
if I go in with a dirty brush I'm going
to be able to just wipe any of the extra
paint off of the wrong color
easily with a wet brush afterwards so I
don't have to worry so much about
contaminating a color like you do if
it's like a um like a very moist paint
like that needs a little bit more blue
because it's a very warm looking and
give you a little bit on the tail to
maybe just a touch up there
I like colorful darks alright so now for
the pinecone I'm going to go ahead just
grab a little bit more that burnt sienna
and I am going to add it right into that
same puddle that I have mixed for the
dark on the chickadee on the out like
the head and you know the darker areas
and I'm just going to go ahead and add
some of that in there now it's know you
can see here this is something else I
want to show um hopefully it's not too
shiny and you can see that I don't think
it's too shiny writing this it you can
see it's covering over the ink quite a
bit so these colors even though they say
they're transparent and they offer a
opaque or and transparent version and
this is the transparent one it still is
fairly opaque so it's much more like a
tempura than or a gouache even I've
called more like a tempura cuz gouache
tends to be more opaque and more
pigmented this definitely reminds you
like a kids um like a student a child
grade tempera paint but I don't want to
call it child grade just cuz I don't
know about the you know what I should
check on that grandpa is really good
about having safety ratings and stuff so
I mean I don't know if these are okay
for for young kids or not but it
definitely feels more like a children's
painting I'm gonna block this up just
because I want some texture on these
because you know pine cones are really
roughing and bumpy and I just want a
little texture so I'm just gonna kind of
tap it a few times and leave it leave a
base and I get that lovely texture and
now I'm gonna hit this with the heat
tool a little bit because I want to
drive the pine cone area so that I can
paint the pine cone meat on the pine
needles rather so I'm gonna pause it
again and get drying here and we can go
ahead and mix some grains I'm going to
go ahead and grab umm I grab some
ultramarine I wanna have some really not
really vibrant needles because pine
needles are not vibrant some take some
ultramarine blue I'm going to take some
of this blue grain you can see I kind of
have to work to get the paint out that's
another reason I'm using these cheaper
brushes because I know they can handle
it I'm not gonna be damaging any really
nice ones so you have to work a bit to
get that get that color out I'm gonna
grab a little of the yellow and again
don't worry if you get a little color on
there if you have this paint because
it's going to um it'll wipe right off
cuz you're not getting into all of the
paint underneath you know the big
storage of paint you're just getting
this stuff on the top I get a little
yellow ochre so these
let's say well let's see the yellow
curve used the ultramarine blue so we're
adding the green and the bright yellow
but I can mix and I can get some really
great colors just with these okay so
that's what I'm going to do maybe if I
turn my palette like that you can
actually see some of that okay so what
I'm doing I'm gonna flick out and try to
keep my arm out of the out of the view
so you can just see the my brush but I'm
flicking I'm just gonna flick okay I
have my brush at a fairly 90 degree
angle I'm just kind of trying to lean
out of the way so you can see generally
my wrist though would be right over my
brush so like you wouldn't be able to
see my wrist to be right on top of my
brush and that's typically how I hold it
how I recommend you hold it if yours
that home not doing a video so just and
I'm trying to hold it a little bit of an
angle but if you're at an angle like I
am my blades are gonna be a little bit
thicker so just keep that in mind adding
a little more blue and I'm varying it
I'm picking up a different green each
time you do have to add water to these a
lot because they are very dry paint and
you know what I actually go in and I
spray my pallet before I begin and that
helps me get a really nice it helps my
paint kind of be juicy and ready to go
when I'm ready to paint so there's a
quick tip for you actually you know
that's a good tip anytime you have paint
it doesn't seem to want to release too
well like if I um you know just before
you start painting for the day a couple
minutes before you sit down to paint
just go ahead and give it a just a light
mist sometimes I'll just miss the colors
I'm using sometimes I miss the whole
palette generally it'll be fairly dry by
the time you're ready to pack up for the
day so so it shouldn't do any harm
do you mind more gold and once over here
by the tips of the the ends where the
the ends of the branch where the
pine-trees needles would be a little bit
older a little bit more brittle they'd
be a little yellow err less vibrant look
at that the blue green so that it's
funny because the mixed colors on here
like your cursory colors don't seem like
they're mixed from the same colors that
are on the palette which is actually
kind of nice because it gives you that
range it seems like the pigments are
different
I'm not sure I'm light fast on the light
fastness on these like I mentioned they
do feel an awful lot like a kid's grade
paint but you know what I am all about
using what you have and I don't I think
it's you know the the materials do not
make the artist I kind of got into a
little discussion without a class the
other day
um the materials don't make the artist
the artist makes the artists you know
you'll people painting with you know
clay from the ground and making
beautiful work
you got a paint you wanna learn how to
paint you got a paint no amount of
watching videos is going to do it you
got to pick up the brush and give it a
try adding a little burnt sienna in
there cuz I feel like I want a little
shadow here and there just to bring out
the depth kind of give it it gives it a
little branch in there too which is nice
like we need are our little chickadees
gotta have a place to the perch right
and I'm just looking at the pinecone
again I feel like I want to warm that up
a little bit maybe just a little bit of
burnt sienna on its own on a few of the
UH the little what do you call about a
petals on the pinecone what do you think
those things are called I don't know you
guys always know I always ask you guys
you're like oh those are cold
fancy blah blah tell your name Latin
thing either you'll have that I know
you'll tell me what they are somebody
will this guy that took the picture
Rodney Campbell has a lot of gorgeous
gorgeous bird paintings in his album up
in my photo highly recommend you go and
and take a gander actually there's so
many talented dangers so many talented
painters and photographers wonderful
community I wish I had more time to
spend over there because people are
lovely and I just think it's so awesome
that everybody shares their their
photographs so freely well that does it
um how I'll wait till after the cameras
off to sign my name because I'm awfully
awfully bad at that and I'm just going
to remove the tape because I always love
that nice white border just be careful
if your painting is wet to let it dry
first if it's wet near the edges of the
tape because it will rip your paper in a
lot of cases and this is a pretty strong
paper as I mentioned it's off will be
its hump
on none look as I said that I'd a little
bit of my favor because the tape was wet
the paper was wet there
I also find by pulling it at a really
sharp angle away from itself it's less
likely to tear so just file that
knowledge away and there you have it
there is the fun quick little chickadee
I hope you try it and that will get a
little more transparent as it dries also
probably a tiny bit lighter but you can
find the final painting on the YouTube
thumbnail and also on my website the
frugal crafter wordpress.com in a couple
of days and I'll put a link to the video
that I used in the video description so
you can find it too thank you so much
for watching if you liked it please give
me a thumbs up and subscribe until next
time happy crafting
today I'm gonna do a pen in ink
um picture of a chickadee and I'm using
a dip pen just something I have not used
in quite a while I'm using a photo from
the website paint my photo this photos
by Rodney Campbell and I'll put a link
in the video description so that anybody
that wants it can get it I'm just using
a speedball dip pen and the reason I'm
using this as opposed to a like a like a
mechanical pen like a micron or
something is because I want kind of
looser look and if I get a spike a
splotch of ink I'm totally good with
that that's kind of what I want I want
that kind of like um loose kind of
carefree carefree look and you know I'm
definitely not going to be too picky
about this because I haven't worked in
pen and ink in quite a while
and obviously my technique is a little
lacking and I go a few different um a
few different pens to pick from here and
I don't know how to use any of them any
better than any others I'm just thinking
maybe four different line widths I'll go
with different ones I'm using India ink
and I'm going to be doing a watercolor
wash with some some paints that are new
to me they're the Grumbach or
transparent select transparent
watercolor pans and we're going to take
a look at them i've swatched him out and
I'll share that those swatches and my
findings with you after I've got the ink
done I sketched you know the pencil be
filled before I began because I wanted
to make sure that I had a good idea of
where my drawing was going to go and I
didn't want to be fussy with the ink so
I figured if I had the if I had the
pencil lines they're kind of as a guide
then won't worry so much about the ink
now something I do want to try actually
because this is going to be water
resistant or it's going to be waterproof
after it's dry but until then I mean I
can actually pull the ink around a
little bit so I think I would like to
play with that aspect a little bit I
wouldn't do this with my best watercolor
brushes these are just some inexpensive
prints
that I got it a seam or quite a while
ago but I'm free to be kind of fun just
to get that and the ink flowing get that
looser look excuse my shakiness I have
had too much coffee today and I'm
wondering what happens if I was to wet
an area oh well there we go that's way
too much ink on the center of that for
chickadee chickadees bellies are kind of
ochre gonna press that I'm not gonna
worry about it though that's the thing
about art you know you just got a go to
go with the flow sometimes but I'm
wondering what happens if I have like a
wet area and then I like do a little
pennant eat right up to it let's see
you'll probably get more than I want for
ink but oh I like the way that looks
though I don't know about you but I like
it because I gives me kind of like a
shadow I'm going to try that technique
with the UM the pine cone here the I
live in Maine and the state bird is the
black-capped chickadee and the state
flower is the white pine and tassel and
also our state um our state trees the
pine tree we're known as the Pine Tree
State and also vacation land fun facts
there for you actually it's a great
place to vacation though I kind of hate
to tell people that because we get like
we have so many tourists in the summer
that it's kind of like well maybe we
should give a cigarette stop
broadcasting it but hey I can't I can't
help but I can't it's so nice I couldn't
like tell anyone not to come because
it's so it is so nice here in the summer
and as you can see I'm not doing
anything fancy I'm just kind of putting
Wiggly jittery lines in here which
really helps it had too much coffee I
gotta say I was just oh got the new
Jerry's out around catalog today and I
was like just sitting on the couch I can
all the pretty things I'm thinking I got
that I should try a new zest Oh instead
of like you know Fonda go where things I
don't have yes I can you want Lindsay
you've got a lot of the things that are
this catalog you're gonna get crack in
there getting some pine branches
actually though before I go into the
pine branches I think
you want to kind of add a little water
underneath where I just put some pen to
get a little shading in there might as
well kill two birds with one stone right
I'm gonna show you how those Grumbach
errs mix too because I know some of you
guys have them because I use them on my
mag Dahlia painting the other day and
I'll probably use them on the live
stream this Friday when I do the
magnolias and some of you guys said you
had now I don't know if you bought them
because I mentioned that's what I used
on that tutorial but if that's the case
I really want to get this out just in
case anyone's thinking maybe they should
get those in addition to what they have
you know I like people to know whether
it's just going to duplicate something
they already have or if it is something
going to do something new and add to
their their stash cuz you know I mean
there's so many similar products out
there that you don't need to have them
all and a lot of them will do the same
thing so I just want to make sure that
if somebody's out buying that paint cuz
they because I said I used it I'm sorry
I'm talking so much I know I'm gonna get
grief about that in the comments like
literally just play some music or
something stop talking got this cute
little tuft of tassels this bird is just
perched on I just want this to be fairly
fairly loose I tend to do better with
these the nibs that go into the thicker
handles versus the nibs that go into the
thinner handles I'm not sure why it just
seems to be maybe I'd have better ones
better nibs that go to the big ones but
they're both speedball brand I think so
I don't know and I'm not you know I'm
looking at my my collection of nibs I'll
show you here I got this oh my gosh it's
so dusty I'm kind of embarrassed to show
you but I got this uh this woman ate a
junk shop an antique shop for like five
or ten bucks and it's for inkwells my
ink walls of course too big to put in
here but I just keep all my nibs in
there I can lay my pens across there to
rest and actually was just in my
basement I haven't used in forever
that's why it's so covered in dust
probably should've clean that before I
turn the camera on but you know what
we're all friends here you know what you
can come visit my house when it's a mess
okay I hope you don't care I'll try to
point the camera away from the mess
we'll just we'll just do that nude
pretends nice and tidy that works right
sorry I'm talking so much I really need
to lay off the caffeine before I do
videos all right also I love the Isle of
inks blots so I want to do a little bit
of that in there too just cuz it's a pen
ink and I think it looks fun I wouldn't
do this wearing your favorite sweater or
anything because you probably get it
what you don't want it okay and I think
I might want to just coke some of that
ink around a little bit just maybe the
little water I don't know I think it's
fun just put a I like to just go in with
some clear water and then just let it
touch into the edge of a inks blot and
let it let it go what do you seeing the
ink spots guys tell your personality
right there of course I can about it
it's like oh just anything but I was
gonna spend those Rorschach tests
alright I like the way that looks
and I'm just gonna gently blot some of
this just to help it dry a little
quicker and I think I'll just set this
aside and we'll talk about the paint's a
little bit
well my Cosette aside I will cap with my
eat before I have a tragedy and honestly
I got to say I'm not sure how you
supposed to clean these nibs what I do
is rinse them and blot them so I don't
know if that's right or not if you guys
want to chime in in the comments below I
don't do a lot of pen and ink work
that's usually what I do though but then
I'm worried about like it's not gonna
make a rust I don't know they're
probably made out of rust proof stuff
but you just I don't know so let me know
in the comments below maybe it doesn't
do anything if you don't need to clean
them at all maybe just need to give them
a wipe and call it good
I don't know please educate me help me
out
so the grump backer said this is what it
looks like and the other thing I like
about it is that it has the letters the
words printed down there on how long be
able to read them for the completely
caked in color but you'd at least
probably a chance to memorize them
before then
now the paints feel kind of chalky so
like if you have the gansai tambi paint
you know how they feel kind of creamy um
these feel almost like like you've got a
stick of chalk you're trying to paint
from almost like a tempura and the other
neat thing is that these come out so I
reckon you could probably buy
replacements for that which is nice
um I swatch them out they don't flow as
well
as some other paints but this is a good
this is the colors you get in the set of
12 and um here is just a little mixing I
did win them so what I did here was
there's only one real yellow this is a
yellow so then I took a little yellow
ochre and mixed it with a Vermillion
didn't get a very good orange but when I
took the regular just plain yellow and
mix it with vermilion I got a nice
yellow the yellow and the Prussian blue
they made kind of a dull green but when
I took the the yellow I'm sorry when I
took the blue green and added some
yellow to it I got a really lively green
there that was really pretty um the
ultramarine and the carmine made a
lovely purple if I added those two
colors with a violet that was in the
palette I got even more vibrant purple
it's a nice granulation in there that I
like and over here I took the the burnt
sienna the raw umber and the black and
then I added some other colors to them I
added some violet into the raw umber
I added some ultramarine blue into the
burnt sienna and I also did the violet
and the ultramarine blue into the black
just to see if I could get more bright
like oppression blue looking so I did
get some interesting neutrals there um
that's gonna be great pine green
actually and you know I just like to do
that to kind of get an idea of the feel
for the paint and how strong it is
it actually was stronger than I thought
it was going to be because when I use
this on the Magnolia painting
I kept the colors very subtle so I was
pleased that they came out this bright
they honestly don't feel kind of more
like a children's grade paint than like
a student or an artist grade paint so
just kind of keep that in mind um for
what it's worth I mean that's just those
are just my findings now i'm gonna drive
this a little bit i don't necessarily
have to have it all dry but I do want
the majority of it dry I'd like to do a
kind of a little sky background because
the painting the photo I'm working from
is a lovely sky so I'm gonna posit
finish drying this and we'll be right
back
something else you can do after you dry
it is you can go in and erase any of the
pencil lines that have left behind if
they bother you they usually don't
bother me but if you want to go in and
clean it up anywhere now is the time to
do it um generally I use like a soft
bottle eraser but I don't see mine Andy
so I'm going to choose this kneaded
eraser and just kinda be careful with it
generally with a kneaded eraser you have
to prescient lift I'm kind of rubbing a
little bit just because otherwise I
don't think it those pencil lines up
okay so I want to get some lovely sky
colors and I'm going to use a big flat
brush and I'm gonna just kind of wet the
sky and I can see that not all of my
paint was dry over there and it's
bleeding a little bit I mean my ink but
I'm not really worried about that I
don't care if that color gets in I think
it's kind of charming it just shows you
that it's like a really um quick ink
wash kind an ink and that's something I
like I want to make sure I go over all
of my pine needles though because you'd
see the sky through there so I really
want to make sure that that is visible
and I can't even go over that the
pinecone a little bit because um because
that's not going to be with the Browns
it's gonna be pretty dark so oh I really
gotten sick that time I think it was on
the tape I'm gonna blot that this is
like chaos kind of ink yeah well okay so
I want to have a little bit of
ultramarine blue I'm just going to grab
that right on my palate and I want it
super super faint so I'm just getting a
little bit and just kind of working it
out on the palate so that's that's kind
of how I keep from getting too much I'm
not going to put a ton down it's going
to dry a little bit later because it is
water color and I also just don't want
to disturb any ink that might not be
fully set if you do get ink on your
brush don't fret just go
and rinse it and blot it look here I'm
just going to kind of tap that in there
I want a little bit of yellow ochre
because I know that will make grain if
it kind of comes in contact with he with
the blue it just kind of make a grey
because it's such a Dibble so kind of
earthy sedimentary colors just dabbing
that on there so I'm going to keep these
colors out because any of those colors
will be fair game now I've got a puddle
there so what I'm gonna do is just drink
it up with my paper towel this is really
lightweight paper this is just why don't
you throw practice a lot of time it's a
90-pound aqua B it was very inexpensive
it's still a ten percent cotton so if I
end up with a masterpiece I'll be
totally fine to frame it and sell it you
know might need to iron it or something
to make it flat if it buckles a little
bit but generally this sizes is pretty
small I don't have to worry about it too
much but it's you know since I went with
the lighter weight it's cheaper but I
still have same quality of paper it's
just not as thick so you know for the
finished artwork it's not going to
matter at all I'm gonna take a little
bit of crimson and again I'm just
tapping it out on my palette so that
it's not super strong and I'm just going
to dab some in over where I have my
yellow ochre just to kind of get like
some hazy sunset clouds in there if
you're getting a lot of mark from your
ink just go ahead and blot I probably
could have let that dry a little bit
more you're not going too fast I'm not
gonna worry about it and it will dry a
little bit later so keep that in mind
and do a little bit over here
and I'm minutes gonna scoop some of that
ink back over there get out of the way
swipe it right away okay now on the bird
I'm gonna go back to the round brush and
I am going to kind of wet the chest area
what the what the white area up there
seems like our ink is nice and dry there
I think I purposely made sure I'd ride
the bird and I'm gonna take a little
yellow ochre and I'm going to add that
into these Tufts up here and down here
and just let it flow and if a little
gets in the background that's fine I'm
not gonna worry about it
and then then grab a little burnt sienna
tap it on my Calot I don't want that to
be super strong add a little bit of that
and down here towards the bottom and
over why the ink area is and then grab a
little the ultramarine blue add it to
the burnt sienna that's going to make a
nice grey and I'm just going to throw
this in over here maybe a little bit
more on the blue side just so it's got a
little color in it and I can add some of
that in here too and let's see I think I
want a little bit more dark in the the
cap so I don't like to use black so
again I'm gonna take the ultramarine
blue and the burnt sienna pretty thickly
now the nice thing about these pans
because they are such a dry paint that
if I go in with a dirty brush I'm going
to be able to just wipe any of the extra
paint off of the wrong color
easily with a wet brush afterwards so I
don't have to worry so much about
contaminating a color like you do if
it's like a um like a very moist paint
like that needs a little bit more blue
because it's a very warm looking and
give you a little bit on the tail to
maybe just a touch up there
I like colorful darks alright so now for
the pinecone I'm going to go ahead just
grab a little bit more that burnt sienna
and I am going to add it right into that
same puddle that I have mixed for the
dark on the chickadee on the out like
the head and you know the darker areas
and I'm just going to go ahead and add
some of that in there now it's know you
can see here this is something else I
want to show um hopefully it's not too
shiny and you can see that I don't think
it's too shiny writing this it you can
see it's covering over the ink quite a
bit so these colors even though they say
they're transparent and they offer a
opaque or and transparent version and
this is the transparent one it still is
fairly opaque so it's much more like a
tempura than or a gouache even I've
called more like a tempura cuz gouache
tends to be more opaque and more
pigmented this definitely reminds you
like a kids um like a student a child
grade tempera paint but I don't want to
call it child grade just cuz I don't
know about the you know what I should
check on that grandpa is really good
about having safety ratings and stuff so
I mean I don't know if these are okay
for for young kids or not but it
definitely feels more like a children's
painting I'm gonna block this up just
because I want some texture on these
because you know pine cones are really
roughing and bumpy and I just want a
little texture so I'm just gonna kind of
tap it a few times and leave it leave a
base and I get that lovely texture and
now I'm gonna hit this with the heat
tool a little bit because I want to
drive the pine cone area so that I can
paint the pine cone meat on the pine
needles rather so I'm gonna pause it
again and get drying here and we can go
ahead and mix some grains I'm going to
go ahead and grab umm I grab some
ultramarine I wanna have some really not
really vibrant needles because pine
needles are not vibrant some take some
ultramarine blue I'm going to take some
of this blue grain you can see I kind of
have to work to get the paint out that's
another reason I'm using these cheaper
brushes because I know they can handle
it I'm not gonna be damaging any really
nice ones so you have to work a bit to
get that get that color out I'm gonna
grab a little of the yellow and again
don't worry if you get a little color on
there if you have this paint because
it's going to um it'll wipe right off
cuz you're not getting into all of the
paint underneath you know the big
storage of paint you're just getting
this stuff on the top I get a little
yellow ochre so these
let's say well let's see the yellow
curve used the ultramarine blue so we're
adding the green and the bright yellow
but I can mix and I can get some really
great colors just with these okay so
that's what I'm going to do maybe if I
turn my palette like that you can
actually see some of that okay so what
I'm doing I'm gonna flick out and try to
keep my arm out of the out of the view
so you can just see the my brush but I'm
flicking I'm just gonna flick okay I
have my brush at a fairly 90 degree
angle I'm just kind of trying to lean
out of the way so you can see generally
my wrist though would be right over my
brush so like you wouldn't be able to
see my wrist to be right on top of my
brush and that's typically how I hold it
how I recommend you hold it if yours
that home not doing a video so just and
I'm trying to hold it a little bit of an
angle but if you're at an angle like I
am my blades are gonna be a little bit
thicker so just keep that in mind adding
a little more blue and I'm varying it
I'm picking up a different green each
time you do have to add water to these a
lot because they are very dry paint and
you know what I actually go in and I
spray my pallet before I begin and that
helps me get a really nice it helps my
paint kind of be juicy and ready to go
when I'm ready to paint so there's a
quick tip for you actually you know
that's a good tip anytime you have paint
it doesn't seem to want to release too
well like if I um you know just before
you start painting for the day a couple
minutes before you sit down to paint
just go ahead and give it a just a light
mist sometimes I'll just miss the colors
I'm using sometimes I miss the whole
palette generally it'll be fairly dry by
the time you're ready to pack up for the
day so so it shouldn't do any harm
do you mind more gold and once over here
by the tips of the the ends where the
the ends of the branch where the
pine-trees needles would be a little bit
older a little bit more brittle they'd
be a little yellow err less vibrant look
at that the blue green so that it's
funny because the mixed colors on here
like your cursory colors don't seem like
they're mixed from the same colors that
are on the palette which is actually
kind of nice because it gives you that
range it seems like the pigments are
different
I'm not sure I'm light fast on the light
fastness on these like I mentioned they
do feel an awful lot like a kid's grade
paint but you know what I am all about
using what you have and I don't I think
it's you know the the materials do not
make the artist I kind of got into a
little discussion without a class the
other day
um the materials don't make the artist
the artist makes the artists you know
you'll people painting with you know
clay from the ground and making
beautiful work
you got a paint you wanna learn how to
paint you got a paint no amount of
watching videos is going to do it you
got to pick up the brush and give it a
try adding a little burnt sienna in
there cuz I feel like I want a little
shadow here and there just to bring out
the depth kind of give it it gives it a
little branch in there too which is nice
like we need are our little chickadees
gotta have a place to the perch right
and I'm just looking at the pinecone
again I feel like I want to warm that up
a little bit maybe just a little bit of
burnt sienna on its own on a few of the
UH the little what do you call about a
petals on the pinecone what do you think
those things are called I don't know you
guys always know I always ask you guys
you're like oh those are cold
fancy blah blah tell your name Latin
thing either you'll have that I know
you'll tell me what they are somebody
will this guy that took the picture
Rodney Campbell has a lot of gorgeous
gorgeous bird paintings in his album up
in my photo highly recommend you go and
and take a gander actually there's so
many talented dangers so many talented
painters and photographers wonderful
community I wish I had more time to
spend over there because people are
lovely and I just think it's so awesome
that everybody shares their their
photographs so freely well that does it
um how I'll wait till after the cameras
off to sign my name because I'm awfully
awfully bad at that and I'm just going
to remove the tape because I always love
that nice white border just be careful
if your painting is wet to let it dry
first if it's wet near the edges of the
tape because it will rip your paper in a
lot of cases and this is a pretty strong
paper as I mentioned it's off will be
its hump
on none look as I said that I'd a little
bit of my favor because the tape was wet
the paper was wet there
I also find by pulling it at a really
sharp angle away from itself it's less
likely to tear so just file that
knowledge away and there you have it
there is the fun quick little chickadee
I hope you try it and that will get a
little more transparent as it dries also
probably a tiny bit lighter but you can
find the final painting on the YouTube
thumbnail and also on my website the
frugal crafter wordpress.com in a couple
of days and I'll put a link to the video
that I used in the video description so
you can find it too thank you so much
for watching if you liked it please give
me a thumbs up and subscribe until next
time happy crafting
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