What a great and cost effective way to use them, I never thought of that! Thanks so much for sharing. I tried to buy colours that I didn’t have in my current travel palette and cutting off a piece and popping it in a pan will be great! Thank you. And thanks for the info about the brand, it would be awesome to do a tour, I do hope you get to do one of those sometime should they start to offer them again. It would be so interesting. Appreciate all the great feedback, thank you.

This is the way!

I love the sticks and use them in the same way. Or I just put them in the Daniel Smith case made for them and wet them and transfer the pigment to my gode/palette when I’m painting. But I use them like a normal watercolor. They are very cost effective. Love them because of this 😊

Such a cost effective way to use Daniel Smith colors. It’s been so interesting to read how everyone uses them. Thank you for sharing

That’s what I was going to say. These don’t work well as art sticks. They are for those who hate dealing with messy watercolor tubes, that get stuck lids, and so you can use every bit of the watercolor. Also great for travel as they aren’t liquid. Just slide off a piece and stick in a pan.

Aaww thank you so much for your beautiful message! I am all with you in embracing the grey! You will notice just how dark my hair was last year…I’m tired of all the hair colouring too! Also lightening up my hair to embrace the grey more! So happy to read that you have started your painting journey, it will forever be a life long journey of learning. I find it so exciting that as artists we are constantly learning new things. I really appreciate you watching and subscribing to my little channel, thank you! Look forward to sharing with you!

This is such a great way to use them and so economical too! I will definitely be using the Opera Pink like this and I will be waiting patiently for them to go on sale again so that I can stock up on some more colours. I LOVE that you see this as a way to share with others…how kind and generous of you, I love that!❤️

Yay! That’s the best kind of compliment, thank you and look forward to sharing with you! And hi in Australia all the way from South Africa!🙌🏻🫶🏻thank you

It’s such a beautiful colour, it gives such life to a painting! Even the smallest touch makes something pop!

Thank you so much. I’ve been out of the classroom for a while now but I really do remember the days of trying to keep my own soul tank well fueled to have enough creative energy for the classroom as well as my own artwork too. Although some days you just feel exhausted and it’s good to have time to rest too. Really appreciate you watching, thank you🩷

Since filming this I have used it quite a bit and I absolutely love the colour! No regrets about buying it. It adds an interesting little pop of colour.

Hello from South Africa, thanks for the warm Canadian greetings! Thanks too for watching, I really appreciate it.

Such a great tip, thanks for sharing. It’s definitely a great cost saver if you can find the colours in the stick and use them this way. Thank you

Awesome! I love a good art supply sale! ☺️

Yes they would be awesome for taking out with you. Many people have also suggested that you can cut a piece and add it to a watercolour pan which is a great idea too.

Thank you. I had never seen them before either until I saw another artist using them and I was so curious to find out what they were like. The pigment is really saturated and vibrant.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! Such a pin prick in the ocean of KZfaq but it’s always good to celebrate the milestones, even little ones 😝🫶🏻🙌🏻 And I agree, the paper we choose definitely changes the result. Many thanks, appreciate you watching.

Thanks for the recommendations both of those sound gorgeous, I’m going to look out for those! Thank you 🙏🏻

Thank you so much for your kind message, I really appreciate it and look forward to sharing lots more creative fun, thank you❣

@@heidishedlock-acreativelife I have all of these Daniel Smith watercolors but have never tried them in the stick form. I think they would be great for plain air which I don’t do. Why didn’t you include a standard yellow color?

I think I chose the Quin. Gold as the yellow because I was trying to find colours that were a bit different to the simple traveling watercolour palette that I take with me if I am traveling. My small set of watercolour pans has a standard yellow and red in it so I think I was looking for colours that may be a little different. I also bought these on sale and a few of the colours were already sold out so that may also have limited my choices so I tried to find something from each side of the colour wheel. I also have some of the Daniel Smith tubes and LOVE them, so was eager to try these. Unfortunately Daniel Smith supplies are quite expensive in South Africa because of import costs. But they are definitely a good investment.

YAY! Thank you for subscribing and for watching, I appreciate you and look forward to sharing with you! And hooray for starting your art journey, it’s never too late! 66 years YOUNG indeed 🩷

Yes I think this is a brilliant idea! They are really expensive here in South Africa, as are the Daniel Smith tubes of paint but when you think of them as being a double pan of paint it certainly makes sense to use them like this! Much more economical. It’s a brilliant idea! So grateful for all the comments and sharing here!

@@heidishedlock-acreativelife I too use them in this way. In South Africa, as in America and Europe are the sticks all the same price? When I saw them, I realised I could purchase the most expensive series for the same price as series 1. Daniel Smith is generally overpriced in the UK, and so it feels great to cut a piece off and place it in a full sized pan, adding a few drops of water around it, then set aside to dry. This prevents the piece you cut from moving around as your brush touches it. Alternatively, cut it to the exact size and squish it down into your pan, and it will never move. A seriously economical way to purchase the more fancy/expensive colours in their range. They cost £12 each, but like you, I wait for a sale to scoop up my favourites. Congratulations on reaching 500 (currently 543) subscribers.i have been a somewhat silent subscriber for some time, and enjoy your content, and the joy of painting you exude! 🎨👩🏻‍🎨🖌️🌺❤️🍈🎮🎉🎊🎇🎆

@@anitadavidson1266 Thank you so much Anita, I really appreciate your kind words and appreciate you following along. I'm so happy you introduced yourself, thank you. On our current exchange rate they would be about the same price then in South Africa and definitely cheaper than the expensive series colours in the tube. I'm so grateful for the great advice here about placing them in a pan, a great way to have access to the more expensive colours. How wonderful that we live in a time when through art communities like this we can learn from one another wherever we are in the world. Thank you again for following along x

@@heidishedlock-acreativelife I agree with you totally Heidi. At times the internet can be unpleasant, but it is moments such as these these that remind me how amazing it can be!! Now off you go and buy up all the expensive series in stock form you can find. If you are anything like me, I felt very pleased with myself. I believe I learned of this trick from Lindsay Writing @thefrugalcrafter - Lindsay is a mine of information that is always thought out and thor8tesyed before she passes on her tips. The more that benefit, the better!! 😁🎭👩🏻‍🎨🖌️

I use Daniel Smith art sticks, I love them. I just found your channel and hope to see more videos.

Thanks so much for the suggestion. I will give it a try, thanks.

Thank you so much, I appreciate you! Looking forward to sharing more and more here.

Yay!!! Welcome…and thank you! I look forward to sharing with you! 😝🙌🏻

Thank you so much, I appreciate you watching! And I’m so happy you have discovered some new art supplies to try out. Thanks for the well wishes too, I am so grateful to be feeling well again🙏🏻 Hope you will join me again, thank you 🩷

Ah thank you so much, I really appreciate you watching. And thanks too for the fabulous ideas of more ways to use the watercolor sticks, much appreciated.Thats' a great way to color mix with them, thank you.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate you watching. I love the idea of cutting a piece off and popping it into a pan. I think I will definitely do that with the Opera Pink! Many thanks

Just keep playing and experimenting with them. I always think there is no right or wrong way, what feels right for one artist may not work for another.

Such fun! You can really work up some interesting marks and the colours are so vibrant. I've just read that they are the equivalent of 3 pans of paint so now I feel like the price tag redeems itself a bit as they are not cheap in South Africa.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! 🙏🏻🫶🏻

YAY!!! Thank you, I appreciate YOU! 😝🙌🏻❤️💐

It’s such a great idea to cut them and pop the pieces into a watercolor pan, I definitely hadn’t thought of that and it will be a much nicer way to use that Opera Pink. The pigments are so gorgeous and vibrant. Thanks so much ❤

Are they expensive?

I am not sure of the prices outside of South Africa as I have only purchased them locally (they are imported by a couple of art suppliers here) but in South Africa they are about ZAR280 per stick.

@@heidishedlock-acreativelife I just found an art supply store near me and they’re a bit more expensive than regular tubes of water color. I think it’s worth it to try them as I also am addicted to art supplies lol

It’s a problem right? I’m a sucker for art supplies 😝🤣🫣 I read today that the quantity of the watercolor stick is equivalent to 3 full pans of paint so if you look at it like that, they may work out a more affordable way of stocking up on the Daniel Smith watercolors

Thank you, much appreciated!

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! I have an online community called Creative Community Studio which is an online support for artists and we have a website with over 100 tutorials on various topics. I don’t necessarily teach my particular style, although I do lots of demos, but show others how to progress in their own art journey. Links to the community details are in my show notes of each video.

I was expecting them to feel like the Neocolor ll but they are completely different. The Neocolor feel like a crayon when you draw with them, these feel completely different, more tactile and textured on the page and when you dissolve them with water they are just like a watercolor. I’ve done more research and will do a follow up video, they are just pigment and gum Arabic so they are as good as a watercolor pan just in stick form. The colors are really intense. I would suggest buying just one and giving it a try! I’m sure you will love it!

Such a great suggestion, thank you!

Thank you so much. I loved the Opera Pink too and will definitely use it, perhaps just with a brush though.

Opera pink is considered a fugitive color - if that matters to you. Otherwise, great for coloring books and journal pages or even if you just scan your art.

​​⁠ thanks so much. Fortunately I only use these in sketchbooks which are closed and rarely exposed to light and not sold. I mostly sell my oil paintings, my sketchbooks are my thinking space and a place to explore and have fun! But that is a very important point for someone selling their watercolors.

I had never seen them before either until I saw another artist using them and then I was so curious. I’m glad I gave them a try, the pigment quality is great!

YAY! Thank you and welcome! Look forward to sharing with you 🙌🏻🩷

They look like oil pastels but feel nothing like them, I was surprised to find out that they felt completely different. I thought they night even feel like a neocolor but they don’t. They have a unique texture. I am sure they would be lovely on a smooth and stronger paper too.

@@heidishedlock-acreativelife thanks for info! That's the hard part of watching on video over actual trying, the appearance on some of the strokes reminded me of oil pastels, and honestly--if they were the same texture I wouldn't consider them. Oil pastels and me are like opposite planets. But I might order a few of these when I am into a "let's try something new" phase again. Chalk type crayons and pencils and sticks are lovely for me, love watercolor pencils too. So yeah, this is intriguing.

@@thesilverpen you should definitely give them a try then. Maybe order just one in a colour you know you will use and try it out. Let me know what you think of them if you do. I also saw them being used online and was intrigued. I think I will definitely buy a few more colours when I see them go on sale again.