Rae, I love you but Betterhelp is a really shady bussiness. They aren't even legally required to pair you up with a real therapist. Most of the times, they will just pair you up with an amateur or someone who's still in college. I get the therapist they provided for you has been able to actually help you and that you probably didn't even know most of their therapists aren't real therapists but just be aware of the fact that most of their employees don't actually have the proper credentials next time they offer to sponsor you, signed a mental health advocate.

Egg paint (called tempera) was actually the primary painting technique all the way up until like 1500s when oil paints really caught on

I THINK the glycerine is supposed to slow down the drying of paints in the palette, which an artist usually faces working with acrylics if engaged in a time taking project.

I have an art hack of this kind I learned at work: If you don't want to dilute your acrylics but what them runnier - add a drop of soap in your paints (0.5- 1% of paints volume) soap is pretty much essential ingrediemt in paint mixed at work since we use house paints to paint tiny little things.

I think the prison paint would work a lot better with the cheapest white lotion you can find. Something probably with less essential oils in it. I guess it works as advertised but I was thinking something with a bit of longevity after the art's done.

Little fun experience I had a couple days ago I have a type of paint at home that's mostly used in schools and is very accessable: tempera gouache. While it's kinda okay, not only the containers are ridiculously small, the paint isn't as opaque as I would like it. So I took some paint (I tested with black since I barely use it) and mixed some stuff: with body moisturizer (just to increase the amount of paint), toothpaste (thickening and amount), corn starch and incense ashes (idk, I had it around me). Unsurprisingly, the corn starch, body moisturizer and the ashes worked for their purpose. And the toothpaste lightened up the black (not too much, but it did), and applied to other colors, it made them a little more unsaturated (which is great, the brightness of the green kinda angers me). In conclusion: my weird ass experiment worked and I'm turning it into a new hack.

Regarding the glycerin: I don't know about using it to extend acrylics, but if you have watercolors from the tube in a pallet and have issues with the paint getting all crackly and crumbly when dry, a tiny drop of glycerin actually prevents it, and also gives the paint more life! (I don't know how to explain it, but it keeps the paint soft enough to reactivate so much more easier than before!) I use this method for both my watercolors and gouache paints.

i love how even tho rae can afford better art supplies and make content with those, she gives us these hacks to help us with our art journey

I like mixing hand sanitizer into my acrylic paint to give it a matte look. It’s also a lot less streaky and easier to blend

I use glycerin with watercolor to make pallets....I've never heard of using it with acrylic. Like when I was a new artist I'd scrape the crayola dried moldy paints out of there pallet and use it to put in my more expensive paints, add a bit of glycerin, mix and let it dry. And boom I had a portable watercolor pallet

Since you asked, what glycerin is: Glycerin is a trivalent alcohol, meaning it has three functional -OH (oxygen and hydrogen atoms) alcohol groups. The molecule just consists of three carbon atoms in a row, to each of which one alcohol group is attached, making it the smallest possible trivalent alcohol in organic chemistry. Glycerin acts as an emulsifier, meaning it can make polar and non-polar liquids (like oil vs water) mix together, and has strong humectant qualities, meaning it attracts water to itsself. This is also why it is used in cosmetics as it helps to pull moisture into the outer layers of the skin. Glycerin exists in basically every living creature, since it is such a fundamental building block and functional compound. Glycerin is the base molecule of nutritional fats and oils, which consist of a glycerin molecule and three fatty acids that bind with their acid group to each of the three alcohol groups of the glycerin. Glycerin can also be used as a cosmetic or household cleanser, as it can bind to and break up fatty residue but also dissolve in water. For cosmetic use it should be cosmetic or pharmaceutical grade, which is purer and cleaner. It can even be used as part of enemas (don't do yourself), breaking up the constipation.

Growing up we always used the "egg paint" to decorate Christmas sugar cookies instead of using icing or frosting. Just paint the cookies before baking them. It's really easy for kids to do too.

We watercolorists have known the "mix in glycerine" trick forever, it is a humectant (attracts water) and wetting agent, so it's great to add a drop to a pan of watercolor we've poured for the palette, especially if it dries too hard or cracks. But I think the point is to make it dry slower on the PALETTE, not the paper. Also she warned you not to use too much, which you promptly did 🙂

When it comes to adding lotion to paint, I can speak from experience that bath and body works lotion develops a weird texture and in general just does not go well with any sort of liquid.

This method of egg tempera was different, when I did it I dipped the brush in the egg mixture and then into dry powdered pigments, which you then mix on a palate to make the pain (wash and repeat) so it's cool that theres more than one way to do it.

I think the prison lotion is a lot more simple than the one you used. All the special things in your lotion might have changed the consistency of your paint

Not sure if someone's mentioned this yet but like... Mad respect for Rae's unbiased opinion, hates eggs but still gave the egg paint a good score because she genuinely thinks it's good homemade paint

Egg Tempura is definitely a real paint, I wouldn’t see it as a hack. Though I do use mine with white whine instead. A lot of medieval works were painted with this type of paint before oil became popular after the turn of the high end Middle Ages

You can activate watercolour pencils with isopropyl alcohol instead of water. Just put it in a waterbrush pen and it won't make the colours bleed through the paper like they do with water. You can use Q-tips to blend graphite or colour pencils together if you can't afford a stompf. Create some sugar water and coat a page with it. Then use the sugar water together with watercolours. It will create a nice blooming effect.

I love that little miniature chair stand you used for your phone 😂😂❤️ it's sooo cute! Thanks for the useful hacks and going through eggs for us Rae !!! ❤️❤️

Just FYI Jo Sonya makes a medium for use with acrylics that extends drying time, up to 6 days or you can heat set it with a hair dryer.....brilliant stuff, you can literally go back the next day and blend in new colours etc as long as you havent applied heat to the product. From memory they call it a retarder medium.

Glycerin is used in a ton of cosmetics. Also we used it with water and dish soap if I remember correctly to make bubbles. 🥰

Besides salt, SUGAR is great for creating texture with paint! I occasionally use sugar with my acrylics (craft paint) to create a dirt-like texture in my work. One of my favorite applications of sugar in paint was mixing it with dark brown paint to create a molten lava rock look for a portrait where a fire side met the icy side!

I have suffered from clinical depression, anxiety, ADD & bipolar for over 25 years. I've seen at least 6 different psychiatrists & also have been on 20 or more different medications until my family & I moved. We finally found a doctor who got me on the right combination of meds. I've been on this medication regiment almost 12yrs now. It works for the best part, I still have my off days like anyone. The best advice I can give to anyone going through similar or worse mental health issues, DON'T GIVE UP! Keep trying new medicines, seek out a psychological, identity with your feelings so you know when a medication is working or not, don't expect overnight results (most meds take 2-3wks. to build up in the system so they can work) LASTLY & MOST IMPORTANTLY ***JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL BETTER, DO NOT STOP YOUR MEDICATION! All the best, God bless and blessed be!

You were my inspiration on my journey as a self taught artist, and these hacks help IMMENSELY! I owe all that I am as an artist to you sharing stuff like this, and showing us you can still do great work, even with cheap supplies!

As a watercolour artist, I sometimes add glycerin to a pan of cheaper paint, to stop it from cracking in the pan. I think this hack is best used to keep unused paint moist that is still on a palette 😘

For the Prison paint, I've never tried it so I dunno, BUT... the stuff in the tubes from Bath and Body Works is body CREAM. The stuff in the pump bottles is body LOTION. I dunno if that would affect the texture or not, but that might be why it looked a little chunky. Lotion tends to be a little smoother/waterier.

Thank you for being open about your own mental health struggles...YOU ARE AWESOME!!!! As my mom used to say "Don't let the bastards drag you down!!!!".....If we all work together then the stigma goes away!!!!! Again Thanks!!! you're awesome!!!!

HACK: Put water color, and make sure there’s like puddles, the quickly add salt. Then just wait. Salt of different sizes are recommended, so that the little bubbles are different sizes.

As a broke 15 y/o, this helps alot. Rae is a literal gift from the youtube gods

No-name polypropylene glycol is available online. It is a food additive, but is the chemical that extends working time for quality acrylics . Great for paint, not so sure about our food supply.

Another one I use for watercolor is contact solution or any other saline solution to help paints granulate. It works ESPECIALLY well if it's a color you mixed yourself with different colors. It becomes a cool separating rainbow effect!

I've made egg tempera from pigment powders, and that way you can make a paint which is more like oil paint. Egg tempera has been traditionally used to paint religious icons, it's a really beautiful technique. The prison hack reminded me of how I made a gingerbread house before the holidays, and I'd forgotten that I didn't have any food colourings. I had a bag of Skittles to decorate the house, so I pretty much figured out that prison hack on my own to get a few colours, only I used them with royal icing. 😃

Rae your videos have helped me so much and made me feel so much more confident in my art skills,keep being amazing,you look amazing and I hope your doing amazing!

Thank you Rae. I am working through your hacks and so happy because I am a frugal person and they suit my needs. Thank you for sharing your life and talents with us.

I love rae's videos!! I especially love drawing while watching rae's videos.

I always appreciate people who show art hacks especially paints becaue the paints I can buy are always so thin that it takes me multiple layers to cover 1 fking spot. Thank U!!!

These are really amazing! Ty for this video! Love the hacks, Now I don't have to search the whole internet 😅❤️

Thanks for putting all these together in one video Rae. It's really interesting to see what you can do with stuff you'd not otherwise think of using for art. I really liked the egg tempera one and the sweets/body lotion method - I think I might give them both a go. I especially liked the shades of the sweet/body lotion paint. I thought it has a really nice dream-like quality to it. I have a friend that's more arty than I'll probably ever be so I'm going to send her the link to this video and see what she thinks.

oh man, THE EGG! i can't... i'm very weird about stuff on my skin (especially my hands, whoo, sensory issues lol) and egg is at the top of that list!!!! i do a lot of baking and i have to wash my hands in between cracking EVERY. SINGLE. EGG.

The watercolor hacks reminded me of college, doing that for class. I found a lot of absorbent material, like the rice or a sponge, and made some trippy test samples. One of my favorite "additives" was kitty litter. Lol

Thank you for testing these crazy art Stuff!!

Your videos are great! Thank you for sharing your mental health and also you have an amazing voice! I suffer from anxiety too and panic attacks are no joke. I love listening to you. Keep up the great work and stay strong!

Yay Rae uploaded!!!

Curious if the egg technique would give off a funky smell after a few weeks/months. These are some really fun hacks though. Love it, you’re giving me ideas!

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To preserve your oil paint on your pallet especially when you've mixed that perfect colour just add a few drops of clove oil to cotton wool, place it on the pallet and cover with a box or a cheap roasting dish.

Your makeup has been looking so good lately! I love the matte look

That's the legit same exact bottle of glycerin i have.🤣🤣 Glycerin is a humectant so it brings moisture from the surrounding area into it. Honey is a humectant also, which is why it is used in watercolor as a binder and keeps it MOIST even when you squeeze it into a pan to dry. Edit: Except the glycerin I have I use for skin care not art.🤣🤣

Such a good video, Rae ❤ Random request... your nails always look so INCREDIBLE... would you ever consider doing a video on some nail art? Maybe with specific brands? *cough* Holo Taco. No matter what though I look forward to whenever your videos! Keep up the amazing work.

Loved it ! Thank you

I legit love watching these types of art video's.

Rae: dying inside while preparing the egg tempera. Me: Thank you, Rae, for suffering for us.

it’s currently 8AM after an all nighter, i needed this 😭thanks for looking out for a chick, appreciate you babe

Great stuff!! Love!! I sometimes make tempra however I mix the yolk emulsion with pigment powders! Turns out great!

Love the watercolor add ins so cool

Wow I really loved all of these, even watching you gag a lil over the eggs,,,,, LMAO Oh & girl I love ❤️ your cellphone holder, that's ADORABLE ❣️ Where did you find that?

I really hope to see an attempt at homemade encaustic (wax) painting someday!

Great fun, Rae! Thanks for ALL the info. Mental health support included.

I just love ur channel u r so authentic

But what dye did you use to make the egg paint?

Every time i go to a store im looking for stuff that i can test out and see if it colors resin, i just picked up some kind of eye make up or something made from mica and it makes such an interesting color, i love testing new ideas or products

one of my best "hacks" is making acrylic paints into Alcohol Acrylics ... mix acrylic paint with isopropyl alcohol and a Paint medium (like Matt medium) or corn/potato starch. if you thin it a lot with alcohol it start actually looking like you paint with copics ^^ also it drys within seconds so its awesome if you don't want to wait for the paint to dry. but best mix it in a container with a lid as it fast evaporates if left open

You rock Rae!

Your uploads always help me :] You’re inspiring me to create a realistic paint of Wilbur Soot, even though I’ve never done realism, I’ve gotten the sketch of him done :]

Not betterhelp again, the payments have to be outrageous for everyone to excuse their shitty behaviour and start being sponsored by them again

I love this series, thanks 💗🌷

Omg I love the cute little chair that you use to hold your camera that’s such a smart idea and it’s so cute 🥺🥺

I love the fact that she has a mini fold up chair for her phone 😂

I love your videos so much❤❤❤

Nice! Yes do celebrate mental health month..so important😀

Gorl you are killing it

Wait, hold on, wasn’t Better Help the one that was shown to be scummy?

“I’m sorry- I meant to show you guys ‘How to Make Egg Tempura,’ but I just played ‘How to Create a Homunculus.’”

Love ur hair its super cute!

The Egg clip was so satisfying oh goofed, I loved it thank you Rae

Damn tysm Rae! This really helps me a lot bc I can't afford super expensive supplies and its just cool to know these hacks! ❤️

I have to know: Does the egg paint smell once dry and sitting for days? 🤔

Since seeing this vid for the first time, I've [in part because of how awesome your art is] started learning drawing and painting, mostly with Japanese watercolors (and omg has it been fun, and so very helpful for my mental health too, thank you!!!).. Two things noticed on that hack was the vegetable glycerin often is one of the binders in watercolor, often used with honey and gum arabic. The second is that the video clip of the hack seems to be adding it to the acrylic on/in a wet palette, which, [thanks to a Jazza video] is used to keep the acrylic paint wet for longer, sometimes a couple days or more, so it makes sense it would in that context dry more slowly. Also, bonus third, it's totally possible to learn how to art through some of the top art creators here on YT!

Omggg engjoyed this video soo much

Just an FYI, BetterHelp is not a good company. Their therapists are severely underpaid and there have been many concerns raised about their privacy policies.

I love how she never failed to entertain me in her videos, love you so much miss rae💗

Love this video! Thank you Rae for holding an egg for us!!

I love rae's videos SO much!😗✋

don’t worry, I HAVE A FEAR OF EGGS TOO

yah glycerin? I have been using this and you kinda have find out what works for you. Ive had paintings where Ive had to wait for it to dry but i could come back and still work on it. I don't use it all the time. I have a little side plastic container (you know the one with the white cap, find them in walmart or dollar tree) but occasionally and depending on what Im doing with acrylic painting, I'll just dip the tip of my brush in the glycerin. Not alot and not over saturated it with glycerin. And watch your brush strokes with it. I'll use it if i really dont want to use water. Its what is in your acrylic paint anyway. Not sure if any of that made sense lol but yah lol

Love this video 🤩🤩

lol Rae... LITERALLY watching Paint dry -.- too cute the stuff you do just for us!

I have so much respect for you handling the egg... I know exactly what you mean with an egg phobia and just watching it was horrible. Thanks for a great vid and you have amazing courage.

Love you Rae, and if better help really works for you, I'm glad you found something, but please consider not accepting sponsorship from they again. They are so shady

This was such a fun video!

Thank you for the mental health messages ♥️

Hey I know there's at least one other comment Abt this but better help is really not good and I know you probably didn't know about it's problems or you learned about them after you signed the contract for it. I just wanted to say better help is really problematic for those who don't know.

Glycerin is really useful to have on hand as an artist. I use it in my homemade watercolors, and to bring my jelly gouache back to the jelly consistency. In acrylics, even though it does sheer it out a bit, it’s really great if you’re trying to get a good blend on a large area - like a sunset, where you really want to take the time to get a consistent ombré across the whole sky without one side drying while you’re working. Obviously there are blending and drying mediums you can buy, too, but that’s where glycerin is best in acrylic, IMO. And subtle shifts, like skin tones, as you said.

OH MY GOD !!! her tiny cute little chair phone holder is so adorable!!!!

Hay Rae! It’s been said, but Betterhelp is not a good business. Sometimes, they aren’t even licensed professionals and I’ve have heard some pretty sad stories. Please don’t endorse them in the future.

Love the hacks Rae but BetterHelp is a _really_ shady business that isn't legally required to give you a real therapist, and has a tendency to give people the opposite of what they need (I.e giving a religious therapist to someone who asks for non-religious, giving therapists who are anti-LGBT to LGBT folks, etc). Please don't let them sponsor you again.

girl you should make water color with eye shadow

Yo I’ve been in a KZfaq rut meaning my recommendations are ass and I couldn't find anything cool and positive as well as interesting to watch, I appreciate your video it has added to my creativity and overall motivation

For anyone saying anything about better help... please don't just assume it's bad bc of some random tweets or videos. I'm a nobody and have no horse in that race but I personally use better help and I love it. The cost first off is literally thousands of dollars cheaper than what I was paying a previous in person therapist. But also they did most of the work to find a good therapist specifically for me rather than having to go through different ones in person until you're comfortable with someone and thousands of dollars later. also i communicate how I want to, I sometimes do it by text but other times phone calls and video chat. Idk... all I'm saying is for anyone saying anything.... have YOU actually tried it or are you simply bashing a company bc of some random comments and videos? Genuinely and truly betterhelp has helped me work through some dark stuff recently.. really dark. I can honestly say I'm probably still here bc of the work I did along with the therapist. 🤷🏼‍♀️