Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Today we’re going to paint a watercolor bird and I’m going to see if I can make it emerge from a colorful background. Let's see what happens when I combine gold ink and salt with a background of Kuretake Art Nouveau colors, and then use the Kuretake Granulating Colors on top to bring some birds to life!
Materials:
**When ordering anything from Meeden Art meedenart.com use DIANE15 at checkout for a 15% discount**
Meeden Cold Press 9 x 12 block go.meedenart.com/4fONIEE
Kuretake Gansai Tambi Art Nouveau set amzn.to/3KkQxRl
Kuretake Granulating Colors amzn.to/3wXcQsu
Winsor and Newton Gold Ink amzn.to/3XuCJcX
Princeton Aqua Elite Synthetic Kolinsky Brush, Round, size 8 amzn.to/42P6whE. $11.83
Uni-Ball Signo White Pen: amzn.to/4bAspFE
Signo Gold Gel Pens: amzn.to/3NAqXJC
Pentel Gold Slicci pen amzn.to/4eTXtSD
Edding 1800 fine liner amzn.to/4h6akS7
Meeden 10 pack artists tape amzn.to/3BTlKK7
Chapters:
00:00 Painting a loose background and trying not to control it
03:50 How to surprise yourself - adding water, salt and gold ink
05:48 Sketching in some birds on branches
07:14 Removing the salt
07:43 Choosing granulating colors and painting the birds
11:22 Painting the branches and leaves
12:45 Embellishing the birds and leaves with gold, white and black pen
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About my brushes
I have always bought my favorite brushes from Drawell direct from Japan. They are handmade in Japan. Drawell will ship readily to anywhere in the world. The prices on their website are in Japanese currency but if you send Mr Maeyama an email he will give you prices in other currencies. The brushes I use are the Golden Nylon Series 11-2, and I use mostly sizes 7or 9 and 10 and 13. drawell.co.jp/english/product.html
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Today we’re going to paint a watercolor bird and I’m going to see if I can make it emerge from a colorful background. Let's see what happens when I combine gold ink and salt with a background of Kuretake Art Nouveau colors, and then use the Kuretake Granulating Colors on top to bring some birds to life!
Materials:
**When ordering anything from Meeden Art meedenart.com use DIANE15 at checkout for a 15% discount**
Meeden Cold Press 9 x 12 block go.meedenart.com/4fONIEE
Kuretake Gansai Tambi Art Nouveau set amzn.to/3KkQxRl
Kuretake Granulating Colors amzn.to/3wXcQsu
Winsor and Newton Gold Ink amzn.to/3XuCJcX
Princeton Aqua Elite Synthetic Kolinsky Brush, Round, size 8 amzn.to/42P6whE. $11.83
Uni-Ball Signo White Pen: amzn.to/4bAspFE
Signo Gold Gel Pens: amzn.to/3NAqXJC
Pentel Gold Slicci pen amzn.to/4eTXtSD
Edding 1800 fine liner amzn.to/4h6akS7
Meeden 10 pack artists tape amzn.to/3BTlKK7
Chapters:
00:00 Painting a loose background and trying not to control it
03:50 How to surprise yourself - adding water, salt and gold ink
05:48 Sketching in some birds on branches
07:14 Removing the salt
07:43 Choosing granulating colors and painting the birds
11:22 Painting the branches and leaves
12:45 Embellishing the birds and leaves with gold, white and black pen
-----------------------
Get an overview of what we do here at Diane Antone Studio:
https://linktr.ee/dianeantonestudio
Join my FREE Studio Insiders' Newsletter for weekly coupons, freebies, offers, inspiration, news and more: dianeantone.com/join-our-newsletter
Join my YouTube Membership: youtube.com/dianeantonestudio/join
Join my Patreon: patreon.com/dianeantonestudio
Become a Studio Insider for 10 FREE one-click sketch downloads per month: dianeantone.com/product/studio-insiders-pass
Buy original paintings on Etsy: etsy.com/shop/dianeantonestudio
Shop My MERCH: merch.dianeantone.com
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SUPPLIES
Browse all of my recommended supplies on my Amazon Storefronts:
USA - amazon.com/shop/dianeantonestudio
Canada - amazon.ca/shop/dianeantonestudio
UK - amazon.co.uk/shop/dianeantonestudio
About my brushes
I have always bought my favorite brushes from Drawell direct from Japan. They are handmade in Japan. Drawell will ship readily to anywhere in the world. The prices on their website are in Japanese currency but if you send Mr Maeyama an email he will give you prices in other currencies. The brushes I use are the Golden Nylon Series 11-2, and I use mostly sizes 7or 9 and 10 and 13. drawell.co.jp/english/product.html
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CONNECT WITH ME
Visit the YouTube Community Tab here: youtube.com/DianeAntoneStudio/community
Diane Antone Studio Private YouTube Members Group - for Members only facebook.com/groups/dianeantonestudiomembers
Website: dianeantone.com
Facebook Diane Antone Studio: facebook.com/dianeantonestudio
Facebook Members Only Group:
facebook.com/groups/dianeantonestudiomembers
Facebook Learn to Paint Watercolor Group: facebook.com/groups/learnwatercolourpainting
Facebook Learn to Paint Mixed Media Group: facebook.com/groups/learnhowtopaint
Instagram: instagram.com/dianeantonestudio
Pinterest: pinterest.com/dianeantonestudio
TikTok: tiktok.com/@dianeantonestudio
Please visit our baby sister channel @fromthegarden
Tip Jar: tinyurl.com/dastipjar
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We use royalty-free music from Epidemic Sound. Sign up with this link to get 30 days free.
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