How to solve a watercolor problem you didn’t know existed!

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Everybody loves to swatch. I have heard people say that they buy paintboxes just to have the pleasure of swatching the contents. That they turn to a paintbox and swatch it just for the comfort factor… Now, that’s not to say I advocate that. I get my thrills elsewhere. But it’s undeniable that having a set of color chips to go with each box of paints you own is sometimes very handy. Especially when you don’t use a set very often. How to organise these color swatches? Here’s one solution I’m planning to make part of my studio routine from now on.
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06:02 Swatching the Diane Antone x VHAquarell set
13:52 How to use the set for botanical / flower painting
17:39 Labelling, cutting out and organising the swatches
24:44 Adding doodles to the swatch cards
39:25 A bumblebee working on a foxglove flower
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@dotmom61 Ай бұрын

How you're staying so calm through the CATastrophe in the background made my day. 😂

@martiseelye6443 Ай бұрын

Right?! Ahhhh well, I knew that would happen. Ho hum 😂

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

The good thing about making videos is that it teaches you to stay calm and think of the listening public!!!!

@ZeeCeeCreations Ай бұрын

Oh that was fun, Diane!! Thank you for the foxglove and little bee at the end, as well!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@martiseelye6443 Ай бұрын

Little bee? It was monstrous lol

@melodycrites3145 Ай бұрын

Such a good idea to wipe the brush before you clean it in the water.

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Right?! Took me years to figure that out!

@kathytincler2446 Ай бұрын

You cracked me up with the pigeon story LOL LOL. I like 'life in Diane Antons world'. Love your sweet little sketches/paintings in your nature books. We have plenty of bluebells here in North America (states). Thanks for the little talk about wc paper. I fell all that 'correct' stuff a couple of years ago when I was determined to learn wc and after watching many many many vids decided I'd just feel my own way along and you have been most helpful to me, thank you! I can never think of doodles either, never heard of doodles (I'm 76 and don't know) because I've never been interested in art in my life except as a kid with my precious and highly coveted, guarded, precious coloring books and crayons all done in secret and no sharing....what the hey was that all about? Idk. Btw I bought those 'Fudenosuke' pens last year (again because of you lol) and didn't know they worked that way...excuse me while go try them out :). Love love the doodles. I will be trying those out. Sorry for long winded me again. Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful vid!!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Hi Kathy and you’re not long-winded, I’m so glad to read your messages, it’s fun and helpful! I think most of our followers are like you, finding their own way and enjoying it. I watched a video lesson last night on Craftsy with a lady who teaches pencil and watercolor paint used together. Her teaching is incredibly prescriptive and rule based and I think that kind of art teaching has inhibited a lot of women like us and stopped us feeling that art can be fun. She makes it into hard work. Brilliant women, brilliant work and completely out of reach of most of us. Bound to cause phobias or disappointment at least. Anyway, that’s my rambling for the morning! Looking forward to your next message, goodbye from the pigeons!

@kathytincler2446 Ай бұрын

@@DianeAntoneStudio And I love your 'ramblings' also :D. Yes I agree fun stuff turning into being 'incredibly prescriptive, rule based and hard work. I've struggled with learning and understanding things all my life. Though I'm not a 'special need' (oh I'm needy alright and it's always all about me, friends and family can attest to that, actually I'm just a goofy old lady lol but they love me, I'm pretty sure? haha) I want whatever remaking years I have with this new journey I've started....art, to be fun, relaxing. Stress for various reasons have started to creep into my husband's and my life and at the end of the day we want to just breathe and play at hobbies for a while before bedtime. Have a super wonderful day, or eve. It's1:30 pm here so clue what part of the day you are entering....I'm too lazy to look it up. But now I think I will!😀

@kathytincler2446 Ай бұрын

9 hours difference?

@lynne9360 Ай бұрын

Photography with the bee and the flowers is just fascinating.

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks Lynne!

@carolyndaughton3373 Ай бұрын

Wonderful swatching tutorial and I love the little sketches you created. Tamsin, assuming you are the talented camera person behind the scene, thank you for capturing the stunning video of the bee inside the Foxglove blossom. He looked like he was in heaven!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😊 and yes, she is very clever with the camera and her attention to detail is stunning!

@azadehshalgooni8919 Ай бұрын

Very Great and So Wonderful Flowers Art, Thanks for your nice efforts. 🙏🏼🙏🏼👌👌💚💚🌹🌹

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@lynneellis2647 Ай бұрын

I wonder if the Strathmore haters are aware of different qualities in the line. I didn't care for the 200 series, but like the 400 series all right. The 500 seties is cotton, which I'd like to try.

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

That’s possible. Using the wrong type of paper for your work will always disappoint.

@patlatour2465 Ай бұрын

Your sketchbooks are beautiful, I really like strathmore have no money for arches I’m not rich lol.😂 thanks for your video.

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊 Nothing wrong with the cheaper papers. Have you tried Meeden? It’s very good and not expensive: MEEDEN 10X7" Watercolor Paper Block 20 Sheets tinyurl.com/meeden-watercolor-block

@patriciahorelick6450 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this video and the beauty of the bees in the foxglove!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@jlm517rocks Ай бұрын

it's been some months ii haven't had any inclination to draw, paint, or doodle... while ii generally listen from the back 40, today, thurs, 6-6-24, your genteel tips & birds & dogs harmonizing w/both of those outside my windows, led me to 'suddenly' pick up where ii'd left off somewhere in april...and...a quite disruptive thumb joint also 'suddenly' stopped barking as if all this time, it had been trying to get my attention to create...so... thank you for always showing up past contentious circumstances & reminding us to ignore the messes we can't control and make some we can.

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for that wonderful poetic message! It’s strange how just when we need an occupation such as painting the most, something in us might try to prevent it happening. The worst times in my life are almost completely undocumented because I couldn’t bring myself to even create sentences in my diary. So glad you managed to kick that bad influence, and to enjoy making color happen. Absolutely - make some messes we can control, and for a while forget about the ones we can’t influence. Hope to hear from you again soon xxx Diane xxx

@JC-il4or Ай бұрын

Never thought to cover the sketchbooks; it really is a cute idea!! Loved the outtro with the fat bumblebee and foxgloves!! Thank you.❤

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks! It keeps them clean in a mucky studio!

@amandaterrio4823 Ай бұрын

I was born in 1975 too. I love painting swatches. I never thought to doodle on top

@lilymorales5922 Ай бұрын

I think she said she married in 1975🤗

@amandaterrio4823 Ай бұрын

@@lilymorales5922 she married in 74 and had her son in 75

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

I wish I had been born in 1975. However, my son was, and he’s older than me now LOL!

@ChantelleArts Ай бұрын

that nature sketchbook is so pretty! 🥰

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@IridescentJen Ай бұрын

Great idea on the swatches! Much more accessible (and fun) than the pages and pages I keep in folder which is overwhelming (and uninspiring) to look through. Love the bee!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Yes, it’s going to be a help for me!

@kathytincler2446 Ай бұрын

Loved the 'outro' with the gorgeous purple flowers and that busy bee!....love seeing your garden/farm!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@patriciahorelick6450 Ай бұрын

That’s a happy Pigeon story! 😊

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Yes it was! Sighs of relief all round!

@michellekrantz888 Ай бұрын

I'm so jealous of your Foxgloves! 😂 I would dearly love to have them thrive in my garden. It's really a challenge in semi-arid Colorado. Thanks for your video! ❤

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

They are amazing this year. Better than ever because of the rain I think!

@windywednesday4166 Ай бұрын

Lol...😂 ' then the bird flew off at crashed into the nearest tree'! ❤😂 ...pidgins! I love your new watercolor set it's beautiful.

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

@SueKivley Ай бұрын

These colors are gorgeous and so are your flowers!

@melodycrites3145 Ай бұрын

What fun the cat had!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

As always, he rules the roost!!!

@BarbaraJoAnneCrawford Ай бұрын

That is the largest bee that I have ever seen in my life! I love you and your animals, so don’t worry about their barking, crowing, or meowing. This is the first comment that I have ever sent. I have tried to get your drawings but me and the computer are not compatible. Thank you very much.

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks Barbara! I wish I could help you with the sketches, but I don’t know what the problem is! Try emailing me and my daughter might be able to help?

@BarbaraJoAnneCrawford Ай бұрын

@@DianeAntoneStudio I was trying to get all the sketches of the birds and sun flowers. Can you please help me to get them? I didn’t know what to do!

@lilymorales5922 Ай бұрын

Love your personalized sketch notebook & your personalized journal. Creative ideas!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks so much Lily!

@vivdawson5953 Ай бұрын

Good morning and thanks again for a lovely wake-up video….. by the way…. Also really enjoyed your “From the Garden” video with the hens enjoying their “Henrun” being tidied up to their delight!👌🤗

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Good morning! Thanks so much Viv!

@cathy1703 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment on Arches paper! I totally agree and I don't know why everyone raves about it. I find it absorbs too much and when the paint dries it can look dull. IMHO Strathmore is great and the paper is whiter so the watercolors are more luminous. I just bought the Strathmore mixed media sketchbook which I want to use as my nature journal. I'm really enjoying the nature journal series!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

I like to keep an open mind about paper and not go 100% in one direction. Horses for courses is my motto!!

@Lala_B Ай бұрын

Just found you and am enjoying your vibe. As a life-long cat mama, I’m here to say the struggle is real!🤭🐱

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

So true! We have five or six well loved cats who dominate my husband’s life totally!

@janevincent1721 Ай бұрын

I love your paintings in the Strathmore book, especially the first page. But truly the little florals are so sweet and pretty. And, Ah, Crazy Cat havin' a bad day. Glad no damage done.lol. Your ideas for the swatch cards is just like I did to mine years ago. However I never thought to put sketches on the swatches and I'm now in love with this idea again. I have always been in love with your bird drawings and animals ones too. I would ask politely to see a few more animals here and there. Oh, the bee is adorable (still have a little bit of fear of them. Stupid, I know. ..but the stings of childhood are remembered too clearly). So fun to watch going in and out of the foxglove--he/she looks happy and healthy and that you have a wonderful swath of foxglove for him/her every year. XOXOJANE

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing your lovely thoughts Jane and I’m so glad you are enjoying the channel!!!

@debramontanez20 Ай бұрын

I like having my large sheets of swamped colors on the wall in my studio but I think on the ring might be a nice way to use for when I travel just pull the ring for the pallet I throw in my suitcase and drag it along with me

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Yes, that’s what I was thinking it would be useful for.

@LeslieNikulka Ай бұрын

I very much enjoy listening to you talk, Diane. Thank you for sharing. ox 🧑‍🎨

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@wimjanssen2181 Ай бұрын

My 338 th. Again a catching tittle for this video. Like the humor😂. Certainly a nice way of swatching and keep it with your paints. 😊wim

@katherinestobbe5556 Ай бұрын

SO love your journals…beautifully painted!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@mickeyannie5606 10 күн бұрын

I just LOVE, LOVE your videos. THANK YOU!

@karenetaylor5758 Ай бұрын

It has been soo important to see you g oing through simple actions that one must do to achieve the ends you want. Your ideas are real useful. About doodles, the zin access seem helpful to me.

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Hi Karen, not sure what the Zin access is? Glad you enjoyed the video!

@martiseelye6443 Ай бұрын

I love swatching and doodling on them when i want to create and have no idea what to so.

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Exactly! It’s a solution!

@LynnLBE Ай бұрын

I like your personality along with your art & the discussions❣️❣️❣️. Really fun to watch your sessions❣️

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks Lynn!

@maggiebucklin9520 Ай бұрын

I love your garden art❤

@bill4886 Ай бұрын

So good to see your video after a long time Diane.

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Welcome back!

@glorialacoma9735 Ай бұрын

Love

@ArtandDiamondsWithEskies Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this, thank you.

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@mollyfender9816 Ай бұрын

These VH Aquarell paints are my favorite!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

They are great, it’s true!

@loveandlife4222 Ай бұрын

Hi Diane! I love your swatching idea! If I had room I would make a fairly large swatch charts for my different brands of paint and tape it on my wall. I think swatches are beautiful! But my space is limited. I guess I can always wish. 😁 The thing about buying sketchbooks and paper is that it’s important to get 100% cotton. If you do any kind of glazing it is really important. I painted a beautiful watercolor deer on an 8 x 10 sheet of fabriano artistico 25% cotton paper and I almost ruined my painting trying to glaze over it. The paper was horrible. It was lifting up my previous layer of paint. I used good paint ~ Daniel Smith. Now I won’t use anything but 100 % cotton. I like etchr and fabriano artistico 100 %. Winsor and Newton has a good sketchbook. And I use arches paper. If I’m just doing simple painting like making cards or bookmarks etc. you can use cheaper paper. But when you are doing a nice painting that requires layers and glazing it is important to buy good quality paper. That’s why you hear Americans not liking sketchbooks that aren’t 100% cotton.

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Actually, it’s not the fibres in the paper that are crucial, it’s the sizing, the glue that is added to in the manufacturing process. I have used lots of good quality cellulose papers which happily accept layering. Cheap paper might not. And there is also some 100% cotton paper out there that is not suitable for the layering process, because it isn’t properly sized. Now that so many sketchbooks and paper pads are coming from China and there is very little information available about their manufacturing process it is beginning to be even more confusing. My choice at the moment is Meeden for beginners general purpose practice work, and Canson or Strathmore for watercolor journals, and Clairefontaine, Fabriano or Arches for special work.

@nicholewade8233 Ай бұрын

That's so funny you said that because I've tried Arches and I absolutely cannot stand it. I use Fabriano hot press all the time. It's funny what people settle on and are passionate about, ha!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Hi Nichole, there’s been a lot of hype around Arches in the last few years, quite undeserved in my opinion - I’ve used it on and off all my painting life and it is very good for watercolors which are done in many layers, as it takes a lot of water and holds the pigment. But for ordinary daily work it’s totally over the top, and I find it sucks my paint in. I prefer cellulose, maybe I’m just cheap!

@nicholewade8233 Ай бұрын

@@DianeAntoneStudio I agree! People sort of love or hate it! For what I do its just not what works for me--but it is amazing paper. I remember when I first started illustrating 8 years ago--that was THE DEBATE. I finally realized that it was really about personal preference as each artist works completely different. But boy! People are passionate it about it, ha! :) By the way, thanks for keeping me company in the studio! I really enjoy your videos!

@marielouisedavidson4834 Ай бұрын

This was a great tutorial. What a wonderful job! Really appreciate the suggestions and love the background animal noises etc. So glad the pigeon is doing well! Any suggestions as to what colors look great together? I struggle with this all the time! Thank you again, Diane! Love the end of the video as well!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊 You’re not alone in struggling with color combinations that’s for sure!

@katherinestobbe5556 Ай бұрын

❤ Delightful video…enjoyed this great idea!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@FrancoiseButler-vx1cs Ай бұрын

Bonjour Diane , tes sketchbooks sont magnifiques , je les adore . C est super cette idee d anneaux de classeurs pour tes swatches , tu devrais regarder les tangles patterns c est plein de motifs interressants pour doodling . Merci pour ton tour de jardin , les lupins sont superbes et l abeille qui butine ... As tu des ruches? Bises a bientot mon amie prends soin de toi

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Bonjour Françoise et merci pour tes pensées - non, mais il y a une ruche juste a côté de nous et les abeilles viennent souvent se régaler dans nos fleurs sauvages et les lupins! Et c’est une bonne idée de regarder les tangles pour doodles, moi je ne suis pas de tangleuse par nature, plutôt un doodleuse mais on peut commencer avec un tangle et developper l’idée, c’est vrai! A bientôt chère Françoise!

@lilymorales5922 Ай бұрын

I remember when you painted that one!! Very pretty🤗

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@janiceheger291 Ай бұрын

I enjoy so much to see your sketchbooks. The Aquarelle paints on hot press paper seem very smoothly applied, no cauliflower effects when you brush over them if needed. They are really pretty!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Yes, that’s true they went on flawlessly!

@lindakuck5981 Ай бұрын

What a clever/fabulous idea for color swatches! Also, your journals are phenomenal! I love your rendition of Arches paper. I have some cut into smaller pieces, and my dog has meticulously pulled from that pile that I cut and chewed two pieces (blank no pictures) for no reason! Do you think the paper might have something in it that might enhance this wanting to eat it? Totally stumped 😮 thanks Diane

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Funny how our animals know exactly what should be destroyed!! (Thinking expensive sunglasses, treasured childhood photos, expensive leather shoes….)

@Amberchiclets Ай бұрын

Your garden and the land are so pretty. I gave up gardening in anything other than in pots because I have a mower and weed whacker mad spouse :

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

I understand that! Men and machines!

@gloriamoline678 Ай бұрын

Your critters are acting up today. Lol!

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Yes they are, I think they are fed up with the weather too!

@wendyevans9153 Ай бұрын

What a great idea to do doodle swatches! A very enjoyable and humorous video, thank you Diane 😊 Ps. I hope Oriel is ok? Is he the white one? X

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

Yes, he’s the white one with black patches. I have recently discovered that cats with these markings tend to be annoying. He definitely is. I have to keep him on a leash at the moment because he is wandering off and picking fights (which he always loses!!) and getting lost. I needed another creature to babysit, that’s for sure (ironic) !!!

@wendyevans9153 Ай бұрын

We have Jasper who is our ginger ninja and he’s always getting into fights! 🤦‍♀️ We’ve been to the vets a couple of times with infected bites! He wouldn’t cope with being on a leash though … he wants to be free and do what cats do! How is Arthur? I love him 😍

@isabelcarter1956 Ай бұрын

Hi Diane! Your cat sounds funny! 😆🤩 Is your Diane Antone set of Lady "Victoria" on sale? Because when I want to buy it directly from the link you put down, it asks me for a "promo code" and I can´t find it...Can you help me with that please?😇

@DianeAntoneStudio Ай бұрын

No, we don’t have a code I’m afraid, Victoria hasn’t given us one. Thanks for watching!