Oooh I ordered the Hahnemuhle sketchbook as well, but it hasn't arrived yet - so your video has me excited that the paper is decent! I love the Etchr one though, partly because it doesn't lift easily (I like papers like Arches where layering is easier than lifting). I wanted to warn you too that the PO64 fades really badly, especially in tints. I know Schmincke says 4/5 stars for that Saturn Orange, but I think they only tested masstone because the diluted washes started disappearing within the first month or two in the window. Just in case you want to mark that LF concern on your color chart to remind you when painting any gifts/wall art. I look forward to the other video testing the sketchbooks further :)
I'm so anxious to dive back into those sketchbooks some more and see how they do on different kinds of paintings. But yes, I do feel that they lift pretty easily, so that'll be interesting. I was definitely going to peruse your website in GREAT detail in regards to my new paints to make sure I knew what I was using, so thank you for the heads-up! I am definitely starting to mark my swatch sheets with what IS and ISN'T lightfast because of selling more of my work now. I'm hoping to also get my own lightfast swatch sheets in the window next week. I'm dying to know what you'll think of the new sketchbooks. I wish I had more time RIGHT NOW to paint in them some more, but I'm trying to leave for a 3-day adventure ride, so time is limited, darn it! I'm hoping to film a video tomorrow before I go and maybe I can squeeze in using those sketchbooks again. Fingers crossed.
Thanks, Dee. I've had a few suggestions to use it on paper with "less" sizing, so I'll try that and see if I can reduce the shine. The shine doesn't *really* bother me, but it would be good to know how to paint without it. The pans re-wet so easily and the paint spread so beautifully that I think I will greatly enjoy using these colors.
@@MirandaWatsonArt they have good options around ultramarine where they include a particularly finely ground version that can be useful in some circumstances. I've got a really useful mucky colour, I think it is green umber or something like that. Ugly but lovely.
I am on my second year of doing a buying freeze, of course I do allow myself to do a Christmas Haul and a Birthday Haul but other than that it is amazing to finally use my older supplies. 😀
I think birthdays and Christmas are perfectly reasonable times to "break" a freeze! How fun. It really is fun when I know I am using the many art supplies I already own. Creates a good feeling inside. :-)
I had been eyeing up that Schmincke Botanicals set, but decided to behave myself, lol. I rearranged the other set of full pan colours, and you can also squeeze a half pan on each row, to make 12 colours, heheh. 😂 So many lovely items in this haul, and the Hahnemuhle books look great - lovely painting (even if it’s not on the first page, lol). I hope your finger is better…ouch that looked painful! 😭
See, we can get 12 colors in there after all, LOL! I'm anxious to get back into the Hahnemuhle sketchbooks again, but I have a few other projects I need to finish up first. Gotta get back to that first page after all... (face-slap). I think my finger is getting better but I haven't fully decided yet. I can type with it now without cringing, so yes, I suppose it is better. It's still very fat and partially numb. Ugh. Gotta use it a lot this weekend, too. Wish me luck, LOL!
Oh no, your poor finger! Really enjoyed seeing the swatches with the salt as they dried, and a great idea doing a mass tone strip over the top too. Those tulips turned out so pretty!
Thank you, Willow. I'm glad I did the mass tone stripe - I wouldn't have known about the shininess otherwise until it showed up on one of my paintings. :-)
The painting is gorgeous and I hope your finger healed nicely -- OUCH! I know what you mean about the Royal and Langnickel brushes. I recently got a R&L brush in a Let's Make Art gouache box that was supposed to be cut and turned into an irregular brush to make evergreen trees. However, I found some different old brushes to use instead for this, because I really like it! It's cheap, but the point is good and the bristles snappy. I'm going to use it for acrylics. Love the Hahnemuhle cotton sketchbooks. The colors are so vibrant. However, I like the Strathmore Readycut too. It does better than the cellulose paper I use, so it's great practice paper. I got a good deal on it, so I bought a bunch of the 11x14. I slice it in half and turn it into sketchbooks. But yeah, I'd never pay full-price for it.
Thank you, Gina! My finger (I think) is getting better and better. We'll see later if I lose the nail or not... I just LOVE those puppies! Definitely DON'T want to take one home with me, but I sure do love visiting and playing with them.
Bent cover would bug me, too! I’m having sketchbook envy anyway 🤗❤️🤩 I love all your vids, haul or otherwise. I’m here for your sweet friendly personality, so good luck on your no haul season, I’ll be here watching!
I saw you had joined, thank you for that! I just wasn't able to respond over there yet. Just now back into good service. My finger is getting much better, thank you.
I get the huge overload of materials, but those Schminke paints are making me drool! The colors are great and I've wanted to try Schminke for so long! Happy Mother's day ... you're so going to love your delicious paints! 🥰
Thank you, Cheryl! The paints are really easy to use and you're right - the colors are fantastic. I also love the size of these particular palettes - it's a perfect blend of small enough to be portable and big enough to use for any size painting. Happy Mother's Day to you as well. I'm really looking forward to more painting with them - and the sketchbooks!
I've been using Khadi paper for quick paintings for a while now, and it's lovely to use. As far as I know all their papers are sized, so I'd have to check. The paper us too soft for masking fluid, though, because the fibre length is different due to how the cotton is sourced (remnants and offcuts from India's garment industry, especially tshirts, which is a brilliant way of reducing waste) The paper's handmade, so it also has more irregularities. I love them 💕
Ah yes, I can see how masking fluid might be a problem because the paper fibers do seem to be quite soft. I was pleasantly surprised with how the sketchbooks performed in my simple tests because the paper I mentioned in the video that wasn't sized broke down immediately and this paper seemed just fine. I'm glad to know it has worked for you and I'm excited to use it more in the future!
I hope your finger is much better! Lovely paintings, especially the last one. The Schminke 9 set looks very interesting. Have a great week and see you on Friday.
Thank you, Valerie - the finger is on it's way to being better (hopefully, lol). I love that last painting as well - only wish I had done it on the correct page, dang it! The 9-set was much better than the botanical set. I had a hard time getting dark colors with the botanical set. See you Friday! I'll be on my adventure bike Friday, so will probably be quite late in responding to comments.
Thinking you're going to lose that nail. If so-I know all about it. Really like the way you did your swatches-going to give it a try. So glad you like the Hahnemuhle sketch books.The square one is on my dream list. I bet Wet Paint would exchange the damaged one. Steve Mitchell & Marty Owings really like them.You did a super good job with all your paintings. The red blobs are poppies in my eyes. The landscape is truly gorgeous. Watched a video about a baby goat that only weighed 14.4 oz when he was born. Have to find the link-you would love it! 😍
Some of my friends also tell me that I'll probably lose the nail, darn it. Yes, definitely try that swatching method - it's really pretty and interesting. Oh my goodness, baby goats are irresistible! Cutest things ever. When we were driving around this last weekend, we noticed someone had put up a goat obstacle course in their yard - it was awesome!
Ouch your poor finger! I unbanned myself from my Schmincke ban so I bought the exact same 9 full pan palette. I love the full pans and each time you said ‘12 pans’ I couldn’t help myself but laugh 🤭. I also took out the pan holder, put magnets on the nine full pans, and inserted extra 18 half pans (I put magnets on the bottom of those too). I’m not a brand purist so my 18 half pans are a mix of brands. Enjoy your supplies. I loved the paintings and your final one is beautiful! Thank you!
Oh, nice, lol! 9, 12, whatever, hahaha! I do love how I can fit a lot more paint pans into the palette. One day here soon I will figure out my favorite paints and have a mixed palette, but for now I can't decide what I would put in it. I'll just have to do much more painting to figure it out, oh darn!
I got both the Hahnemuhle square sketchbooks several weeks ago and I have been LOVING the one I'm painting in!! You know, my larger one has a warped cover as well. That's interesting, I assumed it was a one time thing in my case. I think we ought to let Wet Paint and Hahnemuhle know. You are going to LOVE these. One caution: be careful with tape and masking fluid. Use LOW TACK tape and remove promptly. Use non-tinted masking fluid and I don't recommend using a masking fluid pen. I did and the blue mask just soaked into the paper and never came out. Remove promptly. I also got the 9 full pan Schmincke - I love the tin as I mentioned in another post but mine also doesn't sit flat. Maybe I'll just put it own a towel as I paint. I did not have to use magic eraser or steel wool to prepare -- they have done something to the enamel so it doesn't bead up. You can fit 12 full pans in the palette with the insert. I did take out the insert and I fit in 18 full pans and 2 half pans. Hey you may not realize, but the 9 pan has 3 primaries, 3 secondaries and 3 darks... and the primaries all mix to neutrals with their compliments! THAT is why it is ordered like that - if you mix a color on the top row with what's directly under it ,you will get a grey or black. You can actually get a grey out of the yellow and ultramarine violet. So it's actually a Stephen Quiller neutralizing color-wheel palette. Strange that they don't mention that. Also, you get a fabulous black by mixing the perelynes green and violet. I don't like PY 3 (also known as Hansa Yellow Light) for lightfastness, so I replaced it with Cad Yellow Med which also neutralizes with Ultramarine Violet. The Perelynes have a large drying shift -- it's mostly about the pigments, some have more of a drying shift than others.
I'm glad to hear that you have been loving those sketchbooks. Too bad they aren't making the covers better. I almost exclusively use blue masking fluid, so thank you for the heads-up! I have a cream-colored W&N one that I will try and I have a fine-tip Daniel Smith that I can also test. I'll do it in an inconspicuous area (hopefully). Yes, if that Schminke palette is arranged that way for a specific reason, they should tell us! But regardless, I already rearranged everything into the one palette, but still it would have been nice to know. I love making a beautiful dark by mixing a purple and a green. It's always been one of my favorites. I'm very curious how the lightfast testing will come out. Too bad I have to wait so long for my own testing, lol. For now, I will rely on others' testing. Thanks for all the good info, Jenn.
Such a fun video. So yea Khadi paper is definitely watercolor paper, I love it! Its internally and externally sized- and handles watercolor beautifully! Im so jealous you got those sketchbooks. Also your poor finger looks very angry, you might have broken it:( Anyway fantastic video, thanks for sharing and much love ❤️
I'm so glad the Khadi paper is sized - it's such a relief because the sketchbooks are so fun! As far as my finger goes, I was able to ride my motorcycle for three days straight and use it to work the clutch, but the nail is looking a little suspicious. I'm curious if I'm going to lose it. I hope not! Thanks for always being here, Nedeane.
Very beautiful painting in your sketchbook,love your style 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 if you want the cover from the little sketchbook in a good shape, put something thicker between the cover and the first page and close the book with the clips ,maybe wetten a bit, the cover will be okay after some days
Sorry about that finger accident. OUCH! Schmincke is my all time favorite brand because its the absolute best for fine wash glazing and that's mostly the way I paint. Its the most finely ground and sinks deep into the inner layers of the paper for a deep rich built up that can resemble an oil painting. Schmincke is the brand famous Artist Susan Harrison-Tustain uses. I learned a lot from her. For Schmincke, always soak and stretch your paper. With a Journal, precondition the paper with lots and water fist to remove the extra sizing. Many papers have way too much! I have never had any shine on my Schmincke paints. I have many brands and this has never been an issue with any of my paint except for DaVinci & Sennelier. I actually dislike Sennelier.
Those sketchbooks look wonderful. Sorry about the finger hope it’s better. 🥰 Very interesting that it behaves like the gansai paint. That painting at the end ………. 😯 WOW so beautiful. Thanks for sharing P.S. Counting is over rated 🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha, good thing counting is over-rated, LOL! I've been a total wreck at counting lately... My finger still has numbness, but it IS getting better, thank you. I love that last painting and I only wish it has been on the correct page, darn it! Thank you for being here today - I appreciate it!
hahnemuhle has a square cotton sketchbook?! 😍 it’s so hard to find square sketchbooks. aww, thank you for the shoutout 😆🥰 i was skeptical about the grooves in the schmincke palette as well. oh gosh, hope your finger heals quickly 🥺 khadi - i didn’t have any pilling with mine but recently got the khadi Log Book and experienced some pilling on that when i first tested it. what i noticed is that yours is smooth and the log book is smooth as well. edit: what a coincidence, my khadi vid is scheduled to be up this friday. :D
Yes, they have a square cotton sketchbook and it's so fun working in squares! You're welcome for the shout-out. I'll be out-of-town and not where I can easily watch any videos for the next 4 days, but I'll be really looking forward to seeing your video about the Khadi paper. Something to come home to, yea!
@@MirandaWatsonArt i wish more companies would make square sketchbooks. haha, not sure if my vid will be any good but do feel free to contradict me on anything. the more opinions, the better 👍🏻 have a good weekend away~ 🥰❤️
Hahaha Computer Engeneer here too!! :D Yep, I watched 'till the very end!! :D I am really curious about that watercolor sketchobook. It's not on Amazon Spain just yet, and I don't see it at Jackson's either, but I am a patient person... 😅 Thank you for sharing!
Hello fellow engineer! Thanks for watching until the end. :-D I haven't been able to find that sketchbook anywhere else yet except that US-based store called wetpaintart.com. Kind of interesting. Hopefully it releases everywhere else soon and I hope that it's as good as it seems with these few paintings.
Puppies!!! I love that they were all clustered around your brother. So cute! That final painting looks so fantastic!!! I have managed to not buy any of the new Hahnemuhle sketchbooks. I'm trying to be good!! I did buy the last of the gouache brands for my comparison research though. 😁 Sorry about your finger!! Glad it's healing okay. Doesn't look like the nail bed was hurt, so that's a blessing!
Hi, Miranda. Ouch - I hope the finger's recovering? If you place those clips along the top and bottom edges of the sketchbook, it may solve the problem (it may not, but it's worth a try?) Hope it helps. Many thanks for the demo on the Hahnemühle! I'm on an economically necessary spending freeze for the next couple of years, but one of these is still sitting in my basket on an art website... (I want the square one, as something totally different from my usual formats!) Also, thanks for the Schmincke comments, especially on the painting. The shininess seems really odd for a top of the range watercolour paint!
Thank you; my finger is better each day. Well, I think so anyway, lol. I do love the square sizes. Hopefully you'll get one eventually. I'll try moving the clips. I would say I should try different paper with the Schminke paints, but we did try two brands and had the same thing happen. I'll try fake stretching it next time perhaps. :-)
That botanical palette is beautiful, schminke are my favourite paint unfortunately I can't find that palette anywhere in the UK which is odd because they sell schminke on amazon and ebay. Will keep looking though from time to time
Hi Miranda fyi another good inexpensive sketchbook is the Baohong 300gsm cp 100% cotton academy. The one with dark green cover, I purchased mine at seniors art and I was pleased with it. My usual book to work in is soft cover Stillman and Birn 270gsm cp Delta series also a good one also with a dark green cover. I haven't tried the Etcher one yet as I can never find it lol.....I only travel to Bayswater / Melbourne a couple of times a year so take pot luck when I go. Love the nine set you have peralene green and is it perlaene violet look amazing as well as the payens grey together....would buy it just for those. Your painting was lovely you are going to have to top it now for the first page lol...Hope your finger has recovered it looked so sore.
So funny you mention this because I just saw it for the first time the other day in Becky's video and I was like, "What? Baohong has a sketchbook!?!" and I immediately looked it up online. I didn't order it because I don't need it right now, but I put it on my Wishlist. I sure do love the Perylene Green and Violet in this set - just wow! Thank you, Penny, finger is very slowly improving. I think. It's sure sore and now I have to use it on my dual-sport motorcycle for clutching for the next 3 days. Hopefully my middle finger can take up some slack, lol.
Hey Miranda! I decided to write Hahnemuhle about the books, to tell them how wonderful they are, but also to tell them about the warped cover on the larger square books. I linked your video. Hopefully the next batch they make will be perfect. In the meantime, I did just sort of bend the cover with my hands a bit, then put it under a board and a VERY heavy rock overnight. It seems to have improved it a bit. I might try misting the covers with water and doing it again (you know, like how you flatten a painting). I notice they are out everywhere now, but Wet Paint still has the best prices!
You'll have to let me know what they say. I didn't think about misting them with water; that's probably a good idea. I'll pull mine back out and try all these ideas...
Yes, they are comparable in price - wish I would have said that in the video. You get 10 more pages with the Hahnemuhle sketchbook. I really hope to never slam my finger in the door again, LOL!
I loved your painting so pretty! To me only one thing funner than painting. Puppies!!! Or kitties or baby animals of any cute kind!! So sorry about your owie! I slammed my fingers in the sliding glass door! Ouch! Loved your haul, did the botanical set have a purple? I still have not gotten any Shminka paints yet they are so expensive 😫! Stay safe and keep on making pretties!!!😀👍🎨✍🙏💖👋
Thank you, Jackie. I just love baby animals. Shutting your finger in the sliding glass door sounds really painful - did it break? The botanical set didn't have a purple - I guess you get to make your own each time. Schminke wouldn't be my first choice of paints to purchase, that's for sure. The Rosa Gallery ones were amazing, though!
Sorry for your finger! So you can recommend the new Hahnemuhle 100% Cotton Sketchbook? I was going to get one for my birthday right now! (it was this last week) Enjoy the new watercolour palettes from Schmincke! 😍
Thank you, Dj. Yes, I can recommend them, at least for the painting style this landscape was done in. It was a decent mixture of wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry, so hopefully it's good all around! Happy Birthday!
Miranda , what’s up with this multiplication array issue you have!?! 😂😃🤣 Did you shout profanities loudy with the smashed finger incident?? Checked the botanical out… pricey!! Tfs this review… love swatching watching! But I realize you don’t do your mass tone swatching at the same sitting and you don’t swatch in a checkerboard pattern to prevent bleeding… hmmm!! 🙏🏾🤩😃🥰
Hahaha, no kidding on the math thing lately. I guess it's just too simple, lol. I was actually absolutely silent when I smashed my finger because I was trying to pretend it didn't happen. But a few minutes later I was like "OW! Double OW! This really really hurts. AAAGGGH!" It was probably pretty funny.
Thanks for this! I was just looking for reviews on the Hanhemule 100% cotton notebooks. Did you find that wet on wet dried relatively (or too) quickly on it?
Hmm... Good question. I only did wet-on-wet in the creek and I didn't notice it drying too quickly, but I'd have to use it more to say for sure. I'll let you guys know as I know!
Was the paper you disliked dubbed the Strathmore "Imperial" 500 Series, by chance? Because I, uh, just ordered several pads of it. 😬 When I was much younger, my dad accidentally smashed four of my fingers when he shut the trunk lid of our car on them. It hurt like a MF-er, and I'm pretty sure my joints were dislocated for a time, but I'm happy to say that my fingers suffered no lasting damage. He's felt awful about the incident ever since, however.
I'll look tomorrow and update this comment regarding the Strathmore paper. Ouch on the four fingers - one was bad enough! But I'm glad they are all good now. Part of my fingernail did die, but it's growing back now and the finger itself feels fine. Whew!
Just started watching but wanted to suggest something. Do you have a couple of heavy books to sandwich the errant sketchbook between? That would give more even pressure than a clip. I would put a thin cloth around sketchbook to protect cover.
Haven't finished yet. Years ago, when I slammed a car door shut on my finger, the nail bed turned black and HURT. A doctor heated a needle tip to pierce the nail. That allowed the blood to escape and helped SO much with the pain. Unsure if still protocol. You could Google it.
I believe so. However, I think this Khadi paper is sized because it felt WAY better to use than that other unsized sketckbook, so I'll keep playing and see what I think. I do have a little bit of watercolor ground left, but I may have to purchase an additional bottle eventually...
Continued blessings. Always treat yourself well.
Thank you.
Oooh I ordered the Hahnemuhle sketchbook as well, but it hasn't arrived yet - so your video has me excited that the paper is decent! I love the Etchr one though, partly because it doesn't lift easily (I like papers like Arches where layering is easier than lifting). I wanted to warn you too that the PO64 fades really badly, especially in tints. I know Schmincke says 4/5 stars for that Saturn Orange, but I think they only tested masstone because the diluted washes started disappearing within the first month or two in the window. Just in case you want to mark that LF concern on your color chart to remind you when painting any gifts/wall art. I look forward to the other video testing the sketchbooks further :)
I'm so anxious to dive back into those sketchbooks some more and see how they do on different kinds of paintings. But yes, I do feel that they lift pretty easily, so that'll be interesting. I was definitely going to peruse your website in GREAT detail in regards to my new paints to make sure I knew what I was using, so thank you for the heads-up! I am definitely starting to mark my swatch sheets with what IS and ISN'T lightfast because of selling more of my work now. I'm hoping to also get my own lightfast swatch sheets in the window next week. I'm dying to know what you'll think of the new sketchbooks. I wish I had more time RIGHT NOW to paint in them some more, but I'm trying to leave for a 3-day adventure ride, so time is limited, darn it! I'm hoping to film a video tomorrow before I go and maybe I can squeeze in using those sketchbooks again. Fingers crossed.
Enjoy your new stuff 💕
Thank you, Barbara!
I love schmincke watercolour. Enjoy.
Thanks, Dee. I've had a few suggestions to use it on paper with "less" sizing, so I'll try that and see if I can reduce the shine. The shine doesn't *really* bother me, but it would be good to know how to paint without it. The pans re-wet so easily and the paint spread so beautifully that I think I will greatly enjoy using these colors.
@@MirandaWatsonArt they have good options around ultramarine where they include a particularly finely ground version that can be useful in some circumstances. I've got a really useful mucky colour, I think it is green umber or something like that. Ugly but lovely.
I am on my second year of doing a buying freeze, of course I do allow myself to do a Christmas Haul and a Birthday Haul but other than that it is amazing to finally use my older supplies. 😀
I think birthdays and Christmas are perfectly reasonable times to "break" a freeze! How fun. It really is fun when I know I am using the many art supplies I already own. Creates a good feeling inside. :-)
I had been eyeing up that Schmincke Botanicals set, but decided to behave myself, lol. I rearranged the other set of full pan colours, and you can also squeeze a half pan on each row, to make 12 colours, heheh. 😂 So many lovely items in this haul, and the Hahnemuhle books look great - lovely painting (even if it’s not on the first page, lol). I hope your finger is better…ouch that looked painful! 😭
See, we can get 12 colors in there after all, LOL! I'm anxious to get back into the Hahnemuhle sketchbooks again, but I have a few other projects I need to finish up first. Gotta get back to that first page after all... (face-slap). I think my finger is getting better but I haven't fully decided yet. I can type with it now without cringing, so yes, I suppose it is better. It's still very fat and partially numb. Ugh. Gotta use it a lot this weekend, too. Wish me luck, LOL!
Wow the painting is outstanding
Thank you. :-)
Oh no, your poor finger! Really enjoyed seeing the swatches with the salt as they dried, and a great idea doing a mass tone strip over the top too. Those tulips turned out so pretty!
Thank you, Willow. I'm glad I did the mass tone stripe - I wouldn't have known about the shininess otherwise until it showed up on one of my paintings. :-)
The painting is gorgeous and I hope your finger healed nicely -- OUCH! I know what you mean about the Royal and Langnickel brushes. I recently got a R&L brush in a Let's Make Art gouache box that was supposed to be cut and turned into an irregular brush to make evergreen trees. However, I found some different old brushes to use instead for this, because I really like it! It's cheap, but the point is good and the bristles snappy. I'm going to use it for acrylics. Love the Hahnemuhle cotton sketchbooks. The colors are so vibrant. However, I like the Strathmore Readycut too. It does better than the cellulose paper I use, so it's great practice paper. I got a good deal on it, so I bought a bunch of the 11x14. I slice it in half and turn it into sketchbooks. But yeah, I'd never pay full-price for it.
I love the painting in the big sketchbook…So sorry about you finger…. The puppies are sssooo cute.
Thank you, Gina! My finger (I think) is getting better and better. We'll see later if I lose the nail or not... I just LOVE those puppies! Definitely DON'T want to take one home with me, but I sure do love visiting and playing with them.
Bent cover would bug me, too! I’m having sketchbook envy anyway 🤗❤️🤩 I love all your vids, haul or otherwise. I’m here for your sweet friendly personality, so good luck on your no haul season, I’ll be here watching!
Holy smokes I loved that last painting!
Thanks, Maggie! Yeah, the cover thing is a bummer. Oh well. Maybe if I squish it long enough, it will cooperate. :-)
That's a lot of paints. Love the Hahnemuhle sketchbooks. Great paintings.
Thanks, George. Yes, that is a lot of paints. It's fun to see them all in one palette. :-)
Lots of fun goodies! Your paintings are so pretty!
Thank you, Sandrine!
The pucture you painted is beautiful! I hope your finger is doing better. Thank you for showing us the puppies. I joined your patreon.
I saw you had joined, thank you for that! I just wasn't able to respond over there yet. Just now back into good service. My finger is getting much better, thank you.
I get the huge overload of materials, but those Schminke paints are making me drool! The colors are great and I've wanted to try Schminke for so long! Happy Mother's day ... you're so going to love your delicious paints! 🥰
Thank you, Cheryl! The paints are really easy to use and you're right - the colors are fantastic. I also love the size of these particular palettes - it's a perfect blend of small enough to be portable and big enough to use for any size painting. Happy Mother's Day to you as well. I'm really looking forward to more painting with them - and the sketchbooks!
@@MirandaWatsonArt You'll need to book a hotel and get away ... forget about the pool. Just immerse yourself in painting 😄😄😄
I've been using Khadi paper for quick paintings for a while now, and it's lovely to use. As far as I know all their papers are sized, so I'd have to check. The paper us too soft for masking fluid, though, because the fibre length is different due to how the cotton is sourced (remnants and offcuts from India's garment industry, especially tshirts, which is a brilliant way of reducing waste)
The paper's handmade, so it also has more irregularities. I love them 💕
Ah yes, I can see how masking fluid might be a problem because the paper fibers do seem to be quite soft. I was pleasantly surprised with how the sketchbooks performed in my simple tests because the paper I mentioned in the video that wasn't sized broke down immediately and this paper seemed just fine. I'm glad to know it has worked for you and I'm excited to use it more in the future!
I hope your finger is much better! Lovely paintings, especially the last one. The Schminke 9 set looks very interesting. Have a great week and see you on Friday.
Thank you, Valerie - the finger is on it's way to being better (hopefully, lol). I love that last painting as well - only wish I had done it on the correct page, dang it! The 9-set was much better than the botanical set. I had a hard time getting dark colors with the botanical set. See you Friday! I'll be on my adventure bike Friday, so will probably be quite late in responding to comments.
Thinking you're going to lose that nail. If so-I know all about it. Really like the way you did your swatches-going to give it a try. So glad you like the Hahnemuhle sketch books.The square one is on my dream list. I bet Wet Paint would exchange the damaged one. Steve Mitchell & Marty Owings really like them.You did a super good job with all your paintings. The red blobs are poppies in my eyes. The landscape is truly gorgeous. Watched a video about a baby goat that only weighed 14.4 oz when he was born. Have to find the link-you would love it! 😍
Some of my friends also tell me that I'll probably lose the nail, darn it. Yes, definitely try that swatching method - it's really pretty and interesting. Oh my goodness, baby goats are irresistible! Cutest things ever. When we were driving around this last weekend, we noticed someone had put up a goat obstacle course in their yard - it was awesome!
Ouch your poor finger! I unbanned myself from my Schmincke ban so I bought the exact same 9 full pan palette. I love the full pans and each time you said ‘12 pans’ I couldn’t help myself but laugh 🤭. I also took out the pan holder, put magnets on the nine full pans, and inserted extra 18 half pans (I put magnets on the bottom of those too). I’m not a brand purist so my 18 half pans are a mix of brands. Enjoy your supplies. I loved the paintings and your final one is beautiful! Thank you!
Oh, nice, lol! 9, 12, whatever, hahaha! I do love how I can fit a lot more paint pans into the palette. One day here soon I will figure out my favorite paints and have a mixed palette, but for now I can't decide what I would put in it. I'll just have to do much more painting to figure it out, oh darn!
@@MirandaWatsonArt one way to solve the problem is have a larger palette. 😁
LOL!😂😂😂you are so funny! Those captions made me laugh so hard! OMG, you really got your finger good.😓 I hope it heals quick! 💝
Hahaha, thanks Sheri!
I got both the Hahnemuhle square sketchbooks several weeks ago and I have been LOVING the one I'm painting in!! You know, my larger one has a warped cover as well. That's interesting, I assumed it was a one time thing in my case. I think we ought to let Wet Paint and Hahnemuhle know. You are going to LOVE these. One caution: be careful with tape and masking fluid. Use LOW TACK tape and remove promptly. Use non-tinted masking fluid and I don't recommend using a masking fluid pen. I did and the blue mask just soaked into the paper and never came out. Remove promptly.
I also got the 9 full pan Schmincke - I love the tin as I mentioned in another post but mine also doesn't sit flat. Maybe I'll just put it own a towel as I paint. I did not have to use magic eraser or steel wool to prepare -- they have done something to the enamel so it doesn't bead up. You can fit 12 full pans in the palette with the insert. I did take out the insert and I fit in 18 full pans and 2 half pans. Hey you may not realize, but the 9 pan has 3 primaries, 3 secondaries and 3 darks... and the primaries all mix to neutrals with their compliments! THAT is why it is ordered like that - if you mix a color on the top row with what's directly under it ,you will get a grey or black. You can actually get a grey out of the yellow and ultramarine violet. So it's actually a Stephen Quiller neutralizing color-wheel palette. Strange that they don't mention that. Also, you get a fabulous black by mixing the perelynes green and violet.
I don't like PY 3 (also known as Hansa Yellow Light) for lightfastness, so I replaced it with Cad Yellow Med which also neutralizes with Ultramarine Violet. The Perelynes have a large drying shift -- it's mostly about the pigments, some have more of a drying shift than others.
I'm glad to hear that you have been loving those sketchbooks. Too bad they aren't making the covers better. I almost exclusively use blue masking fluid, so thank you for the heads-up! I have a cream-colored W&N one that I will try and I have a fine-tip Daniel Smith that I can also test. I'll do it in an inconspicuous area (hopefully). Yes, if that Schminke palette is arranged that way for a specific reason, they should tell us! But regardless, I already rearranged everything into the one palette, but still it would have been nice to know. I love making a beautiful dark by mixing a purple and a green. It's always been one of my favorites. I'm very curious how the lightfast testing will come out. Too bad I have to wait so long for my own testing, lol. For now, I will rely on others' testing. Thanks for all the good info, Jenn.
Such a fun video. So yea Khadi paper is definitely watercolor paper, I love it! Its internally and externally sized- and handles watercolor beautifully! Im so jealous you got those sketchbooks. Also your poor finger looks very angry, you might have broken it:(
Anyway fantastic video, thanks for sharing and much love ❤️
I'm so glad the Khadi paper is sized - it's such a relief because the sketchbooks are so fun! As far as my finger goes, I was able to ride my motorcycle for three days straight and use it to work the clutch, but the nail is looking a little suspicious. I'm curious if I'm going to lose it. I hope not! Thanks for always being here, Nedeane.
Very beautiful painting in your sketchbook,love your style 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 if you want the cover from the little sketchbook in a good shape, put something thicker between the cover and the first page and close the book with the clips ,maybe wetten a bit, the cover will be okay after some days
Thank you and sounds good - I'll try your suggestion for the cover. :-D
Miranda I love those colors !!! I hope you get well soon from your finger.
Thank you, Delia. I believe it's healing well so far...
I love the painting! Great video
Thank you, Darlene!
Sorry about that finger accident. OUCH! Schmincke is my all time favorite brand because its the absolute best for fine wash glazing and that's mostly the way I paint. Its the most finely ground and sinks deep into the inner layers of the paper for a deep rich built up that can resemble an oil painting. Schmincke is the brand famous Artist Susan Harrison-Tustain uses. I learned a lot from her. For Schmincke, always soak and stretch your paper. With a Journal, precondition the paper with lots and water fist to remove the extra sizing. Many papers have way too much! I have never had any shine on my Schmincke paints. I have many brands and this has never been an issue with any of my paint except for DaVinci & Sennelier. I actually dislike Sennelier.
Oooh, that's all really great information, thank you!
Those sketchbooks look wonderful. Sorry about the finger hope it’s better. 🥰
Very interesting that it behaves like the gansai paint.
That painting at the end ………. 😯 WOW so beautiful.
Thanks for sharing
P.S. Counting is over rated 🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha, good thing counting is over-rated, LOL! I've been a total wreck at counting lately... My finger still has numbness, but it IS getting better, thank you. I love that last painting and I only wish it has been on the correct page, darn it! Thank you for being here today - I appreciate it!
hahnemuhle has a square cotton sketchbook?! 😍 it’s so hard to find square sketchbooks. aww, thank you for the shoutout 😆🥰 i was skeptical about the grooves in the schmincke palette as well. oh gosh, hope your finger heals quickly 🥺 khadi - i didn’t have any pilling with mine but recently got the khadi Log Book and experienced some pilling on that when i first tested it. what i noticed is that yours is smooth and the log book is smooth as well. edit: what a coincidence, my khadi vid is scheduled to be up this friday. :D
Yes, they have a square cotton sketchbook and it's so fun working in squares! You're welcome for the shout-out. I'll be out-of-town and not where I can easily watch any videos for the next 4 days, but I'll be really looking forward to seeing your video about the Khadi paper. Something to come home to, yea!
@@MirandaWatsonArt i wish more companies would make square sketchbooks. haha, not sure if my vid will be any good but do feel free to contradict me on anything. the more opinions, the better 👍🏻 have a good weekend away~ 🥰❤️
Hahaha Computer Engeneer here too!! :D Yep, I watched 'till the very end!! :D
I am really curious about that watercolor sketchobook. It's not on Amazon Spain just yet, and I don't see it at Jackson's either, but I am a patient person... 😅
Thank you for sharing!
Hello fellow engineer! Thanks for watching until the end. :-D I haven't been able to find that sketchbook anywhere else yet except that US-based store called wetpaintart.com. Kind of interesting. Hopefully it releases everywhere else soon and I hope that it's as good as it seems with these few paintings.
That was a nice video, I enjoy it!
Thank you!
Puppies!!! I love that they were all clustered around your brother. So cute! That final painting looks so fantastic!!! I have managed to not buy any of the new Hahnemuhle sketchbooks. I'm trying to be good!! I did buy the last of the gouache brands for my comparison research though. 😁 Sorry about your finger!! Glad it's healing okay. Doesn't look like the nail bed was hurt, so that's a blessing!
I have several more puppy videos, lol. I just can't help myself. They're adorable. Thanks on the final painting - I love it.
@@MirandaWatsonArt no one will complain if you sneak more puppies into your videos, I think. :)
Hi, Miranda. Ouch - I hope the finger's recovering?
If you place those clips along the top and bottom edges of the sketchbook, it may solve the problem (it may not, but it's worth a try?) Hope it helps.
Many thanks for the demo on the Hahnemühle! I'm on an economically necessary spending freeze for the next couple of years, but one of these is still sitting in my basket on an art website... (I want the square one, as something totally different from my usual formats!)
Also, thanks for the Schmincke comments, especially on the painting. The shininess seems really odd for a top of the range watercolour paint!
Thank you; my finger is better each day. Well, I think so anyway, lol. I do love the square sizes. Hopefully you'll get one eventually. I'll try moving the clips. I would say I should try different paper with the Schminke paints, but we did try two brands and had the same thing happen. I'll try fake stretching it next time perhaps. :-)
That botanical palette is beautiful, schminke are my favourite paint unfortunately I can't find that palette anywhere in the UK which is odd because they sell schminke on amazon and ebay. Will keep looking though from time to time
That is odd. Is it no longer on Jackson's?
Hi Miranda fyi another good inexpensive sketchbook is the Baohong 300gsm cp 100% cotton academy. The one with dark green cover, I purchased mine at seniors art and I was pleased with it. My usual book to work in is soft cover Stillman and Birn 270gsm cp Delta series also a good one also with a dark green cover. I haven't tried the Etcher one yet as I can never find it lol.....I only travel to Bayswater / Melbourne a couple of times a year so take pot luck when I go. Love the nine set you have peralene green and is it perlaene violet look amazing as well as the payens grey together....would buy it just for those. Your painting was lovely you are going to have to top it now for the first page lol...Hope your finger has recovered it looked so sore.
So funny you mention this because I just saw it for the first time the other day in Becky's video and I was like, "What? Baohong has a sketchbook!?!" and I immediately looked it up online. I didn't order it because I don't need it right now, but I put it on my Wishlist. I sure do love the Perylene Green and Violet in this set - just wow! Thank you, Penny, finger is very slowly improving. I think. It's sure sore and now I have to use it on my dual-sport motorcycle for clutching for the next 3 days. Hopefully my middle finger can take up some slack, lol.
Thanks for sharing your very interesting haul
Well, thank you for watching!
I have the 400 version sketchbook and it is very good.
Hey Miranda! I decided to write Hahnemuhle about the books, to tell them how wonderful they are, but also to tell them about the warped cover on the larger square books. I linked your video. Hopefully the next batch they make will be perfect. In the meantime, I did just sort of bend the cover with my hands a bit, then put it under a board and a VERY heavy rock overnight. It seems to have improved it a bit. I might try misting the covers with water and doing it again (you know, like how you flatten a painting).
I notice they are out everywhere now, but Wet Paint still has the best prices!
You'll have to let me know what they say. I didn't think about misting them with water; that's probably a good idea. I'll pull mine back out and try all these ideas...
@@MirandaWatsonArt After I wrote that earlier I misted and it's weighted now! Maybe I'll leave it a coupe days before touching it.
So curious if that'll do the trick...
@@MirandaWatsonArt I left it for 2 days and it seems a LOT better. I put it on the shelf to continue getting squished between other books.
@@jennw6809 okay, I'll try the same thing with mine. I'll pull it out right now so I actually remember this time.
cattle dog puppies!! (at least they look like cattle dog puppies)
Yes! They are a blue heeler/red heeler mix, so technically "pure-bred" cattle dogs, lol. They're such cuties!
thought so 😀 one of my old bosses bred them
Oof slaming fingers is no joke. So it looks pricewise the hahnemuhle is comparable to the etchr. I really like the painting you did.
Yes, they are comparable in price - wish I would have said that in the video. You get 10 more pages with the Hahnemuhle sketchbook. I really hope to never slam my finger in the door again, LOL!
@@MirandaWatsonArt good to know that Hahnemuhle has ten more pages… makes it better value for money.
I use Strathmore 500 for Acrylic Gouache.
Yes, that's what I was thinking of doing with mine! Also trying it with regular gouache as well.
When I buy new paints I always just buy a few, I totally get the overwhelm from to much new goodies.
Yes, good plan because it is overwhelming for sure. :-)
lovely work
Thank you 😊
I loved your painting so pretty! To me only one thing funner than painting. Puppies!!! Or kitties or baby animals of any cute kind!! So sorry about your owie! I slammed my fingers in the sliding glass door! Ouch! Loved your haul, did the botanical set have a purple? I still have not gotten any Shminka paints yet they are so expensive 😫! Stay safe and keep on making pretties!!!😀👍🎨✍🙏💖👋
Thank you, Jackie. I just love baby animals. Shutting your finger in the sliding glass door sounds really painful - did it break? The botanical set didn't have a purple - I guess you get to make your own each time. Schminke wouldn't be my first choice of paints to purchase, that's for sure. The Rosa Gallery ones were amazing, though!
Sorry for your finger! So you can recommend the new Hahnemuhle 100% Cotton Sketchbook? I was going to get one for my birthday right now! (it was this last week) Enjoy the new watercolour palettes from Schmincke! 😍
Thank you, Dj. Yes, I can recommend them, at least for the painting style this landscape was done in. It was a decent mixture of wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry, so hopefully it's good all around! Happy Birthday!
Miranda , what’s up with this multiplication array issue you have!?! 😂😃🤣 Did you shout profanities loudy with the smashed finger incident?? Checked the botanical out… pricey!! Tfs this review… love swatching watching! But I realize you don’t do your mass tone swatching at the same sitting and you don’t swatch in a checkerboard pattern to prevent bleeding… hmmm!! 🙏🏾🤩😃🥰
Hahaha, no kidding on the math thing lately. I guess it's just too simple, lol. I was actually absolutely silent when I smashed my finger because I was trying to pretend it didn't happen. But a few minutes later I was like "OW! Double OW! This really really hurts. AAAGGGH!" It was probably pretty funny.
Thanks for this! I was just looking for reviews on the Hanhemule 100% cotton notebooks. Did you find that wet on wet dried relatively (or too) quickly on it?
Hmm... Good question. I only did wet-on-wet in the creek and I didn't notice it drying too quickly, but I'd have to use it more to say for sure. I'll let you guys know as I know!
@@MirandaWatsonArt Thank you so much. I think I heard that somewhere else and hope it's not the case, as I already ordered one!
Was the paper you disliked dubbed the Strathmore "Imperial" 500 Series, by chance? Because I, uh, just ordered several pads of it. 😬
When I was much younger, my dad accidentally smashed four of my fingers when he shut the trunk lid of our car on them. It hurt like a MF-er, and I'm pretty sure my joints were dislocated for a time, but I'm happy to say that my fingers suffered no lasting damage. He's felt awful about the incident ever since, however.
I'll look tomorrow and update this comment regarding the Strathmore paper. Ouch on the four fingers - one was bad enough! But I'm glad they are all good now. Part of my fingernail did die, but it's growing back now and the finger itself feels fine. Whew!
Just started watching but wanted to suggest something. Do you have a couple of heavy books to sandwich the errant sketchbook between? That would give more even pressure than a clip. I would put a thin cloth around sketchbook to protect cover.
Still watching. Would watercolor ground work on unlined paper to make it more usable?
Haven't finished yet. Years ago, when I slammed a car door shut on my finger, the nail bed turned black and HURT. A doctor heated a needle tip to pierce the nail. That allowed the blood to escape and helped SO much with the pain. Unsure if still protocol. You could Google it.
Loved the pictures. My earlier comments are probably not useful now but leaving in case they may help someone.
Yes, possibly! I'll sandwich it before I leave for my adventure ride, so it'll have plenty of time to sit there and be squished, lol! Thank you.
I believe so. However, I think this Khadi paper is sized because it felt WAY better to use than that other unsized sketckbook, so I'll keep playing and see what I think. I do have a little bit of watercolor ground left, but I may have to purchase an additional bottle eventually...