Hi guys!
Today I thought I might talk you about some other colors that are water based and give you watercolor effect, but are not considered as classic one. This kind of colors I came across by accident. They are usually used for wood coloring :) But since they have strong pigments and are water based, they act like sort of watercolor.
And if you want to learn a bit more about pigments you can find it here in this great @jnart post source.
Here they are. No specific brand, and as I learned for some time this kind of colors are hard to find. Usually they could been found in shops that sell industrial colors for house paintings and other staff. But I haven't seen them for years now.
Maybe you will have more luck in some other country.
Translated to English I think it's water based stain for wood and it in my case it looks like this.
As you can see on photo I put very small amount in bottle cover to take paint from it. Also sometimes I use some small bowls to mix color or dilute it with water to get not so strong colors.
Also, very important, don't put brush with different color in another one, you will ruin color in second.
So, what we can achieve with this kind of colors? Well, magic :)
Because they are full with color you can use a lot of water that can allow you to take some of from paper if you feel like it.
This are first steps that I use when working with them.
While color is wet, you can add some more of it in angles and when it dries, it will make very nice effect.
And here is moment why I love those colors. When you put another, brighter color on wet painted place, that color is eating other one and making magic. It's not like when working with inks since inks stick to paper instantly. This colors can be manipulate a bit more.
They give you a lot fun and possibilities for making lovely and playful moments on paper. For this kind of art you don't need lot color. Usually I use three or four of them, since the amount of water makes their shades.
And here are some final results when are dried.
If you love to play, and want to play more check out @marty-art post source. Things she showed here can be also used with these colors.
We are @marty-arts, @jnart and @jungwatercolor
You can find more interesting tutorials and videos at our @water-art page.
Контролисано разливање… сањам то :) Одлично снимљено, тако да се види колико је боја влажна и какав је ефекат додавања. Сјајна лекција @jungwatercolor, хвала лепо.
Hvala tebi sto pratis i uzivas @lighteye. A ovo jeste pravo zadovoljstvo, gledati boju i vodu kad se igraju.
Another great informative post spreading your knowledge, you are a good one!
It is magic, isnt' it, when you drop heavy pigment into a wet solution? When I was playing with pouring medium years ago, I'd use acrylic clear and pour over my handmade prints affixed to board and then whilst still wet would drop in straight acrylic ink colours, it was magic every time!
These three pieces are so good, I love the colours too. You should scan them and then digitally draw with digital ink over them and see what happens. I love doing that, again the freedom of digital that we didn't used to have,keeping the original in it's integrity, whilst playing with all kinds of options.
Well done, this tutorial is worth sharing too.
Great idea Donna, haven't thought about scanning watercolors and editing but you are right, those cuties may be playful.
And yes I know that moment you talk about inks in acrylic ..Magic :)))
Thank you for resteem dear @donnadavisart!
Beautiful art @jungwatercolor. The water colors are too beautiful and so is your art
Thank you @wanderess for kind words :)
Beautiful and interesting! What would you say is the biggest difference to ordinary watercolor?
Well, they are much stronger @jnart. Not sure if you ever tried out Talens Ecoline colors? They are similar but much much cheaper :) And they don't act like regular watercolors, can't be so easily manipulated and mixed. They are more for this simple illustrative things or coloring pencil drawings.
I haven't what I remember at least :) thanks for clarifying :D I hope to do my next tomorrow.
Very well and easily explained. It looks so simple but yet very cute and I don't think I could make it as good as you. ;)
But you can try @mandalaflower, who knows what might positive happen :)
Of course, I was doing painting and colouring on my own before. My point was, even if it looks so simple, you did it perfectly well. :) I know, strange way to give compliments. haha ;)
Yes, it's bit hard here to make conversation when we are not using our native languages :)
Thank you for compliments :)))
I really like this effect and these playful little towers. I just imaging them with a nightsky full of stars around
@patschwork, yes I know what you think, sometimes I make them that way in a star night. Thank you for kind words.
They are lovely colours!
Thank you @opheliafu :) My favorite combination.
woww! my dear friend this is great!
Maybe I'll try something like that tonight. in the last picture I made, I noticed how the colors mixed in the water!
I think it's time to seriously try it!
thank you very much!
You should @artizm, there is nothing to lose :)
Very useful lesson.
I look at your blog and wander how much patience and work...
Thank you @mister-omortson. There is lot of work, but I don't see it the hard way. It's just something I love and brings me joy to work with and develop my skill.
Заметил вы писали на кириллице. Это сербский?
I write srpski and off course speak it :) But cirilic is not something I use for writing :)
:-/
Very creative drawing! Thank you for the step by step pictures. I wanted to do something similar :)
Wow.. I love those bright little houses @jungwatercolor! :D they remine me of fairy castles or something! <3 And how interesting about these wood colors, I've never thought of that! I will make a oint out of looking for them now :)
@mayasky, those colors were shown to me by mine professor of grafik art. She is using them to make some moments very like copper etching effects
https://www.google.rs/search?rlz=1C1GGRV_enRS751RS751&biw=1366&bih=675&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=MMfdWrP2FYeWkwXwv4rYBQ&q=ljiljana+stojanovic+grafike&oq=ljiljana+stojanovic+grafike&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i24k1.10504.14482.0.15060.19.14.0.5.5.0.125.1041.12j1.13.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.8.313...0i30k1.0.8mN4KSBSnRE#imgrc=0Ub-t0FZRmYpzM:
Maybe you can see her influence :)
Try them, great colors for playing.
Ah, yes I can! :) Great etchings too! :) Thank you for showing me, I will definitly try them out :)
beautiful art , also i'm in watercolors ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ it is very nice to work with this medium ,
Thank you @li-art :) Nice to meet more watercolor artists here.
Nice to meet you too , i can learn from you dear @jungwatercolor ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ
Can I join your -Water Art- group?
Dear @mister-omortson, you can make some post showing some process in watercolor and tag it with water-art. We would like to see in what way you think can contribute to idea of task we are working on.
:-)
Ок, I will try