Thanks CD! I thought about it! I kinda want to try some negative painting possibly with just white on this toned surface. And I think you’re right about blue! I’d like to experiment with more blues and really dial in various color palettes

@@steamyb2 that’s a great palette! I’ve been playing around with rotating out a primary over the past couple years. There’s a pthalo blue by Utrecht in their gouche line that is a PERFECT sky blue. But it’s tonal value is much higher than ultramarine so it’s always interesting to experiment with that one. I’ve also been using black on occasion to give me more of that tonal value depth that I lose sometimes. I’ll probably talk about that in one of my next videos.

That’s a really interesting insight Brandon. I think I’ve noticed that too with some of my more transparent colors for sure. I recently intentionally was playing around with glazing and I was surprised at the Intensity of color that it gave me. Almost too much for the passage I was working on! Sometimes I water down gouache for transparent passages but it’s almost always on a white background. And with regards to settling on a palette I haven’t either. I think it’s too much fun to fiddle with variety and experiment. But sometimes I know that possibly holds me back as when I started I used the same palette for a couple years and was able to really dial that in. So there’s benefits to consistency too. Follow the muse!

Thanks Michael! This is a Mi Tientes Board from Canson cut to 4x6 dimension. It’s their toned archival paper that they glue to archival matte board. I find it’s a really nice surface to paint on and I enjoy that I can custom cut it to size and the boards are easily frameable. This color is called “tobacco” but they have a lot of different colors and I’d like to try some other ones. Highly recommend!

It’s pretty economical as well. A 12”x18” board is about $5 so you can make a lot of smaller boards with it easily. It’ll be a while before I run out. I’m going to try painting with acrylic in the next couple of days so that’ll be interesting to see how it goes.

@@DannySabraArt amazing! Thank you so much. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond.

@MichaelWurmJr absolutely! No problem

Thank you Trish! I’ve been experimenting with Canson’s “Mi Tientes” board. It’s archival colored paper on archival board. I think it’s intended use is for matting, but since it’s archival surface I’ve been experimenting with it. It holds the gouache nicely, has a subtle texture and best of all I can cut to custom sizes and easily frame. A 12x18” board is a little under $5 at my local art shop and it’s been lasting me a while so far! I think it’s superior to mixed media paper if you don’t mind cutting it to size (can be done with a utility knife) They have a ton of colors and it’s been a time saver in not having to tone it myself. I want to play around with some other colors as well. Highly recommend. I might make a video on it one of these days

@DannySabraArt ​​⁠ That’s so cool!! Might be a good thing for me to try before my en plein air trip to Lake O’Hara. It could be safer for my paintings when backpacking.

@trishnewbery161 Definitely worth a try for sure! I’ve really been favoring boards for their ease of framing options if you might sell one. It frustrates me how most watercolor blocks are cut to European sizes and are difficult to frame without custom mattes and frame sizes. I’ve been painting in standard photo sizes and can get frames easily. It’s also pleasant to paint on something more firm and substantial and in a way it feels more “legit” to have something solid than a wavy piece of paper at the end. But I still use WC paper for sure. I’ve just been preferring it lately for those reasons.