Making my own watercolors!

Time to make some paint!! I truly hope that you guys enjoy this video. I have been SO excited to share more paint making content with you guys, and my current plan is to make at least one video on this topic each month. It'll be spread out within my other content. :3 Let me know if you have any questions or experiences to share!! ♥♥

MATERIALS*
Pigments:
Binder:
*I used a local honey ♥
Other Tools:

Other Paint Makers I Love:

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MUSIC
"Oasis" by Johannes Bornlof
"Land of Eternal Spring" by Cora Zea
Arleesha Yetzer
PO Box 363
Bethel, PA 19507
United States

[SadieSavestheDay]

I love that you are trying to spread this information and be totally transparent with your process!

[lilredhead]

hi! Fellow paint maker here. First of all: Im already a fan of these series! Making paints is just so relaxing.
Secondly, you can prevent the shrinking of drying pans for some part. When you mull the paint longer it'll become more paste-like, so a bit more firm. When it reaches this point and you pour it into pans it will shrink less! it's not 100% foul proof, but it worked for me in the past

[vinsueringamer]

May I request that you make a video on how you prepare all the materials to make this, like the binder and what would be the recommended tool, along with some recommendations from the pigment to binder ratio

[InLiquidColor]

Aahhhh! I love your color selection at the end of the video. You don't tend to see a lot of the modern colors in handmade paints and you have some of my favorites 😍 also thanks so much for talking about Earth Pigments. I wanted to get some pigments from them when I thought I could make my own paints and couldn't find any information/reviews. Can't wait to see what you make with these, and I'd love to try our some of them if you do decide to sell then :)

[maryf.]

Your colors are beautiful! I hope you do decide to sell them. I love your Payne’s grey because it does NOT granulate. Sharing this with your audience is very generous of you. It looks like a lengthy endeavor that not everyone is inclined to attempt. Best wishes to you and much success.

[mindofwatercolor]

Really fun and relaxing to watch (love the dreamy music). I don't think I've watched a paint making video ever but it was first on my suggested list today and why not? Not something I'll try myself but I found it fascinating. The comments about pouring and the mulling characteristics of the various pigments was very interesting to me. And the pigments looked lovely. Looking forward to seeing more of this from you. Thanks Arleesha.

[sophiadicicco]

Oh so it's binder that's on the top of my acrylics and watercolor when I dont use it for a while.

[youshimimi]

So interesting! Although I won't be making my own, this was very nice to watch.
My only question is about their lightfastness. Do you know how lightfast they will be while making them? Can you influence it somehow?

[weronoyume]

Oh wow you did great! I love watching people making paints! 😍 The results look so good! When I was in art school my teacher told us how to make watercolours and oil paints ( which is much easier ), of course it's not that she is a paintmaker, she is a restorer and to restore old painting she makes paints herself. Since she knows about chemistry sometimes she adds stuff she has in the lab into the watercolour binder I don't know what I don't remember, but it was so interesting! It's a lot of work, but it's so relaxing and satisfying! I would love to see more videos like this! 😍 ( She also uses a lot of Kremer stuff )

[Dan.B.Artist]

It's nice to see another artist join the journey of paint making. PS it consumes you!!! I love making paint it's definetly helped me understand and appreciate watercolours more. In terms of trouble shooting the bad news is apart from a few simple problems most difficulties with it can only be answered by practice/experience. It's hard to explain but you get to a point where you can feel if the paint is right/wrong a bit like when cooking and you know whether your food is cooked right. I love the colours you've made and I'm glad that youre enjoying this process.


A little note to those saying about disclosing recipes etc, whether it's a commercial brand or an artisan each paint maker has their own binder which contributes to the behaviour and quality of the paint. Every handmade brand is different and has it's own signature. We don't want to give away our signature, as Arleesha says it's taken her a lot of time and practice to get to her stage, it has taken even longer for a those of us who sell our paints to get our formulas right. It takes a lot of hard work, time, trial & error and money to get there. Why would we let others jump the line and prosper from our hard work?

[famurillo]

I love this Arleesha! It's beautiful!
Edit: please sell them!! Or do a give away!!! PLEASE!!!
PO: I want all the colors of your palet! 😍

[musfirartistic]

I have watched a lot of videos og making handmade watercolours. But these paints are by far the most pigmented ones. I absolutely loved each colour. Thanks for sharing and keep creating such videos 🥹❤️❤️

[cathbuena]

I'm a beginner and I've been watching your videos since I got into watercolor a few months back. Let me just say that there are very few other content creators as passionate about teaching and learning with the community as you are. This is still my go-to channel whenever I want to learn about watercolor or just need to watch something relaxing and educational at the same time. Thank you for making videos like you do!

[mukalukadream]

If you ever need testers I wanna throw my name in the hat! ;3
I've always been intrigued by homemade paint and it's something I hope to do in my own future. Thank you so much for your transparency in your process!

[cuteshark]

i love how wholesome you are. it is so nice and your voice is so calming.your videos are one of my favorite to watch because they are so calm and i usually come out with a usefull information out of them. thank you for your hard work !

[happytrouble]

I would totally purchase a palette from you. They look beautiful and of a great quality. Thank you for sharing the process. I was super interesting to watch.

[TwiSteDCBloSsoM]

This has been a huge help for me.. I am an artist but I enjoy the supplies almost more than the art. I found a mini mulling kit in some local surplus store and really have no clue what I’m doing. I just know I wanted to make colors I want, but never see. I knew I would run out of the binder in the kit eventually and so your videos have been a great help! Thank you!

[Waynimations]

You know sometimes I forget that watercolors are made. Doing this must be great because you feel more connected to your work

[KRCanetti]

It just keeps going better and better this day. (long time follower, first comment). After watching In Liquid Color, Oto Kano, Mind of Water Color, Eve Bolt et. alt. to get deeper insight in aquarel paints I get this notification about you making watercolor. Love it. Learn from it... (have pigments somewhere :) ) What a beautiful set of colors you made!

[Temajuki]

I was surprised to see that buff titaniums more flesh tone than white. i thought itd be something closer to titanium white or something. im so looking forward to this seriiiesss 💖💖💖😍😍😍