Early Access: Tonic Watercolors from St Louis Art Supply Review (Patreon)

Tonic Watercolors from St Louis Art Supply Review

Patrons received the printable lineart for the iris bouquet! Shownotes: Federal Tonic Watercolors https://shop.stlartsupply.com/collections/tonic-watercolor Colors Purchased: Core Mixing Set: https://shop.stlartsupply.com/products/tonic-watercolor-core-mixing-set-of-6?_pos=6&_sid=d2b7ccd10&_ss=r, $95 Ceramic pans One Bonus empty pan 7 times as much paint as half pans Permanent Yellow Signal Yellow- #040 A 7, Semi Opaque, PY65 Federal REd- #002 B 8, Semi Opaque, PR254 Quinacridone Magenta- #325 C 7 Transparent, PR122 Ultramarine Blue- #245 A, 8, Semi Opaque, PB29 Pthalo Cyan- #230 A, 8, Transparent, PB15:3 Half Pans: Pthalo Evergreen #130, B, 8, Transparent, PG7: https://shop.stlartsupply.com/collections/tonic-watercolor/products/tonic-watercolor-half-pans-130-phthalo-evergreen Oxide Red #012 PR101, 8: https://shop.stlartsupply.com/collections/tonic-watercolor/products/tonic-watercolor-half-pans-012-oxide-red Oxide Yellow #043, PY42, 8, : https://shop.stlartsupply.com/collections/tonic-watercolor/products/tonic-watercolor-half-pans-043-oxide-yellow XL Dot Card: https://shop.stlartsupply.com/collections/tonic-watercolor/products/tonic-watercolor-xl-dot-card Swatching: Smells kinda funny- like a lot of the chinese watercolors I've reviewed Quick to activate Very saturated, bright, immediate olor Color does have a tendency to flood washes Forced Granulation Test: These disperse A LOT Color Mixing: Atomic: A little goes SUCH a long way wiht these, particularly with the red, its very overpowering It's decently easy to make good secondary mixes, although I kept confusing myself Optical: A little melting and reactivation, I tried to not just glop paint on the paper, but it may have been a little thick. Wet into Wet Test: I would recommend you don't even preactivate these, they activate VERY quickly, and if you leave water on the paint, you will end up picking up way too much paint and wasting a lot of paint. These are so quick to activate. I would also encourage you to let them dry out fully before putting them away, and consider putting them away with the dissicator packets. The two oxides have interesting granulation, i'm iffy on the yellow oxide as a replacement for (that color I always use to mix skintones), but the red oxide is really nice and a good VEnetian brown or indian red dupe. Swatchoff: Qor Daniel Smith Da Vinci Fieldtest Field of wildflowers bookmark with mostly sky and clouds? That Ult blue is very nice. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:13 St Louis Art Supply Haul 02:27 Flipping Through Art Books 07:09 Tonic Watercolors 23:16 St Louis Art Supply Online 35:41 Swatching On Blick 40:36 Forced Granulation Swatches 41:43 Color Mixing 42:44 Wet into Wet Test 48:12 Swatch Off 48:45 Qor 49:46 DaVinci 51:00 Daniel Smith 58:44 Fieldtest- Painting an Iris Bouquet 1:07:27 Pros and Cons 1:15:45 Final Thoughts Music: A Day in the Village Loop A Day in the Village Loop Layer Dulcimer A Day in the Village with Final No Loop By the Bonfire Intro By the Bonfire Loop By the Bonfire with Final No Loop Calm Intro Calm Intro Layer 03 Guitars Calm Loop Calm with Final No Loop Exploring the Village Loop Exploring the Village with Final No Loop Kevin MacLeod- Enchanted Valley Kevin MacLeod- Folk Round Kevin MacLeod- Master of the Feast Sunny Travel- Nico Staf Sunset Dream- Cheel Village AMbient Music Calm Non Intrusive Loop Village Ambient Music Calm Non Intrusive with Final No Loop #StLouisArtSupply #Tonicwatercolors #watercolorreview