 Hey guys, so today in just add water we are gonna play with a technique I saw on a fellow youtubers channel his channel name is Kellogg's Loops I'm gonna link the specific video in the description below for you all But Kellogg's Loops and the video titles how to paint water So anyway, I followed his tutorial. Sorry people are suddenly texting me because the camera's on I followed his tutorial to try his techniques with personally, I think mixed success So I want to try it again in today's video and I'm gonna skip to the Speed through on that with music I'm because I'm not gonna talk you through what I'm doing I want you to go watch his video after you watch this one if you will because I also was experimenting with something called Granulation medium, which I didn't know about until recently. I'm sure other Sorry, I'm sure other water killerists have known about it I only recently found out about it because of reading about it in a Jean Haynes book So I want to show you what the result is of that and what it's supposed to do and my second try at This page right we're gonna do the speed through first and I'll be back here are the results They're not dry at all and I used a different white ink the first time I did it. I used Higgins drawing ink It's just a flat matte white And this time I used F2W pearlescent Liquid acrylic ink. I have lots of ink. It's one of the things I've been sort of trying to go through in purge I'm unsuccessfully. I seem to want to keep all my ink and I have Four different colors of white, you know, right anyway I wanted to see what the pearlescent would look like and it's it's it's really pretty I still don't think I'm super successful at this technique I think it's gonna take some practice And I wanted to see what it would look like done in a different color other than blue just because I think it's an interesting background I also I did it on these postcards not because I need to fill this book up But I found like four pads of these Strathmore watercolor postcards I didn't even know I had so I'm trying to use them up So anyway, I think they're pretty cool I'm gonna let them dry and then add them to my stash of painted postcards to send off for patrons over and patreon and YouTube members and people like that that support my channel, but Yeah, they're pretty cool. I still don't think I was super successful, but yeah and then Also, I found a medium. It's called a granulation medium and it's by Windsor Newton. Hang on Let me get the ball granulation medium. Okay, I did put it into a dropper bottle So I think it's easier to add to the watercolors that way It's supposed to add texture to the paint now I use two different colors Daniel Smith paint here the same two I used on the postcards This one is rose of ultra marine and you can see on this paint, which is only wet with water How some of the pigments in the paint sink into the texture of the paper and create the sort of granular Textured look to the paint although it's flat And this one, which is the quedocratone purple is Just a flat smooth color and you see some puddling from the water that you don't see the same sort of Pigment variation where the pigment actually sunk into the texture of the paper like you do with the rose of ultra marine The granulation medium is supposed to mimic that so I thought it would take those same two colors rose of ultra marine and quedocratone purple And see what it did. So with the rose of ultra marine, I thought I would see If it would make any difference and maybe make it more granular I wasn't sure what it would do if anything. So this is straight from the tube on a damp brush This is adding a little bit of water and this is with the granulate no water Just the granulation medium. I don't really see too much of a difference. I do think this one is got a little bit more Texture to the pigment lay out Pigment that was weird. That was awkward So to the way the pigment laid out on the paper and then these other two But I don't know if that's from the granulation medium or just the way I had the water puddling on the page and Then here is the quedocratone purple so that again, this is with the damp brush This is with just water and they're pretty smooth even Coverages of paint the variation again that you see is where there was more water and puddling of water And this is with the granulation medium. I See a little bit of texture in here Not too much. I Don't know. I'm gonna have to experiment with this more probably. I'm doing something wrong would be my guess But I am having fun experimenting And I will keep going with that. I did of course make notes on the page And yeah, so I don't know. I guess it added a little bit of something to the paint. It's interesting it did also seem to Rewet the dry watercolor paints very nicely a little easier than straight water sort of like the Watercolor water mixture that I use which has oxal liquid in it. So It did seem to do that and by the way, I do pre-mix my waters Depending on what watercolor palette I'm used I have the water with the oxal in it in a dropper bottle if I'm using a palette with half pans It's easier with this one if I'm only wetting a couple of colors And if I'm wetting an entire palette or palette with full pans I'll use a spray bottle and so I did the same thing with the granulation medium And then I just labeled them so I wouldn't forget what's in what bottle So anyway Gradulation medium that's a new thing to play with this month on just add water And I will be doing more with it and I'll let you know next month What my conclusions are but yeah, and also I think I'll be looking up Kellogg's loops more and seeing what else he's doing on his channel. This was pretty cool I'll be trying this again Because I definitely don't have it. I Don't have it down pat yet, but anyway, that's it for this month I hope that you're have fun playing with your water soluble soluble mediums whether it's watercolor paints or water soluble crayons or Water soluble markers or it doesn't matter pick one and play just add water That's it this month. Don't forget to like share and subscribe support all of your creative Favorites here on YouTube and over in the Facebook art groups by finding out how you can support them through Shopping in their Etsy shop adding to a PayPal tip jar if they have one Joining their patreon or YouTube membership check out my video description I have all of those different things in there and you can just pick the one that's convenient for you Most of your creatives here on YouTube have that so check it out with them. That's it for today Don't forget to like share and subscribe and go out and have a great day and do something nice for yourself Because you deserve it, and I'll see you later. Bye guys