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Owings Art
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Приєднався 11 вер 2008
I draw. I paint. I create.
My name is Marty Owings. I love art. I create art and art gear reviews, art tips and tricks. I also love helping people improve their artistic skills. Thank you for checking out my channel.
My interests include software development, the human condition, painting and drawing, art, old books, new gadgets, history, and adventure motorcycling.
My name is Marty Owings. I love art. I create art and art gear reviews, art tips and tricks. I also love helping people improve their artistic skills. Thank you for checking out my channel.
My interests include software development, the human condition, painting and drawing, art, old books, new gadgets, history, and adventure motorcycling.
Tonal Values
In this episode I explore tonal values and discuss the importance of learning how to apply a value scale in your work to improve your paintings and drawings. Learn about halftones, core shadows, reflected light, penumbra and center light in this video. To help support the channel: buymeacoffee.com/owingsart
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Credits:
Video production and content: Marty Owings
Music credits: Kick the can - Mini Vandals
For Sponsorships or Product Review Ideas:
Contact me directly.
SUBSCRIBE! ua-cam.com/users/owings64
Support the channel: buymeacoffee.com/owingsart
Follow along and have fun!
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Old Watercolor Paint - Is it still useable?
Переглядів 2,1 тис.22 години тому
I found an old paint pallet at an antique shop and have been wondering if the paint would still be useable. In this video I'll try the paint out and see what we get. Support the channel at: buymeacoffee.com/owingsart Credits: Video production and content: Marty Owings Music credits: Kick the Can - The Mini Vandals Support the channel at: buymeacoffee.com/owingsart For Sponsorships or Product Re...
Kakimori Ink Sampler
Переглядів 596День тому
This is a look at Kakimori Inks made in Japan. I do some swatching and mixing of these excellent water-based Japanese inks. Find out more at: kakimori.com/en/collections/ink You can pick up a smaller set at Wet Paint: wetpaintart.com/kakimori-ink-sampler-set-1/ Credits: Video production and content: Marty Owings Music credits: Kick The Can - The Mini Vandals Clouds - Huma-Huma For Sponsorships ...
Art Supplies
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I picked up some stuff from Wet Paint and I got to see some old friends at the Sidewalk Sale. Scott from Wet Paint put together a mystery bag of things he thought I'd like to try out. Here is a sampling of the great stuff Scott picked out. To support the channel visit: www.buymeacoffee.com/owingsart To buy books visit: www.etsy.com/shop/OwingsStudio Credits: Video production and content: Marty ...
Sketching an old Railroad Depot - Art Adventures Episode 2
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A trip to the Osceola train depot in Wisconsin to sketch. This train depot makes a great subject for a sketch and the history of the depot takes us back to a time in American when rail was at its peak. This depot was saved from the wrecking ball by the Minnesota Transportation Museum and still operates today as one of the few working small depots in our area. For more about the depot you can vi...
Lochby Venture Pouch and Field Journal
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A look at some high-quality Lochby gear including the Venture Pouch and Field Journal. Discount codes available below. Here is a discount code you can use to get a 10% discount at checkout: owingsart Venture Pouch: www.lochby.com/icjhf3 Field Journal: www.lochby.com/tcxy2c Tool Roll: www.lochby.com/sb3jqt Urban Creator Kit: www.lochby.com/ryryl3 Credits: Video production and content: Marty Owin...
Sketch Adventures - Episode 1 - Pinecones and old barns
Переглядів 5102 місяці тому
In this first installment of Sketch Adventures I'll take you along to small town Marine on the St. Croix and Lake Elmo Regional Park to sketch. I pack light and make sure I've got warm layers of clothes since it's still in the 40's F with some wind. Despite the temps, the sun is high in the sky and warm in early spring here in Minnesota. A perfect time to get outside and do some sketching. Plea...
Holbein Acryla Gouache
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A look at Holbein Acryla gouache and some swatching. Acryla gouache is a water-based acrylic which makes it extremely unique. It can be mixed with other water-based media and dries to a velvety matte finish. holbeinartistmaterials.com/holbein-acryla-gouache/ Available at: wetpaintart.com Credits: Video production and content: Marty Owings Music credits: For Sponsorships or Product Reviews: Cont...
Simple Graphite Wash Demonstration
Переглядів 3,3 тис.3 місяці тому
In this short video demo I show a couple graphite wash techniques on a little pine tree and a landscape. I add some watercolor at the end. If you've ever wondered how graphite washes might work, I'm hoping this video gives you some confidence to try it out. Support the channel with a membership or small donation here: www.buymeacoffee.com/owingsart Faber-Castell Graphite Aquarelle Set - amzn.to...
Top 10 Art Supplies
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Top 10 Art Supplies from more than a decade and a half of reviewing art supplies. No matter what kind of art you do your going to need to art supplies. With so many options out there, I wanted to narrow things down to the best of the category and save you time. I would love to hear from you about your favorite art supplies, so feel free to drop your thoughts in the comments section below. Don't...
Paintwork Orange
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This is a quick look at a range of orange and orange adjacent paints. In this episode I'll swatch out six sweet colors and then try my hand at using them to draw some happy trees. Here's some links to the colors I used. Please support the channel: www.buymeacoffee.com/owingsart Daniel Smith Quinacridone Sienna - amzn.to/49jyG7s Schmincke Cadmium Orange - amzn.to/49ztM6x Daniel Smith Pyrrol Oran...
One Year - Four Field Sketchbooks.
Переглядів 2,3 тис.4 місяці тому
In 2023 I had the goal of completing four sketchbooks, one for each season. I tried to stick to that goal. In this video I hope to connect you to the nature and the art. I even share an excerpt from a poem I wrote once. Credits: Video production and content: Marty Owings Music credits: The Mini Vandals - Kick The Can - YT Free Music Aakash Ghandi - The Beauty of Love For Sponsorships or Product...
Simple Homemade Sketchbook
Переглядів 2,7 тис.5 місяців тому
In this video I build a homemade sketchbook using simple methods and tools. It's nice to try new things and even though I've never tried to make a sketchbook its great to learn about new things. Below is a list of the materials I used and links to them on Amazon. Please support the channel: www.buymeacoffee.com/owingsart Stonehenge Aqua White Medium Weight Block, 140lb, Hotpress, 15 Sheets for ...
Field Sketchbooks - Spring 2023
Переглядів 1,7 тис.Рік тому
Here are two field sketchbooks that I completed in the first half of 2023. These field sketches represent my travels to various locations in Minnesota, including some State Parks. As the sketches progressed I began to abandon the tight details because the environment was changing too quickly. With only minutes to capture a scene I opted for a loose, more instinctual approach. I think this chang...
Musgrave Pencils
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This video covers Musgrave pencils, one of the few American pencil manufacturers left in the country. In this video I put a variety of Musgrave pencils to paper and test them out. They've been making pencils at Musgrave in Shelbyville, Tennessee for more than a century. The links below will take you to the Musgrave site. If you buy something from them, please tell them I sent you. Musgrave Penc...
Derwent Shade and Tone Mixed Media Set
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Derwent Shade and Tone Mixed Media Set
Holbein Artists Gouache Irodori Summer Set
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Holbein Artists Gouache Irodori Summer Set
Faber-Castell Pitt Markers - Revisited
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Faber-Castell Pitt Markers - Revisited
Field sketches - Black Hills and Badlands
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Field sketches - Black Hills and Badlands
Nice work Marty. The examples made it come alive. 👍🏻
It might’ve been helpful to spray the whole pallet with water and leave it for a while to rehydrate the paint 😊
Great help, thank you
Hi Marty! I collect vintage and antique watercolor tins. This tin looks similar to a Reeves and Son palette I obtained a few years back. It looks like there is a piece of paper stuck down on the inside row ( maybe?) . If so, Reeves and Sons palettes have a paper strip identifying the colors or the number of the box. The colors in my box reactivated beautifully, it's an 8 well box. Winsor and Newton vintage tin palettes have similar paper strips ( I've got a W&N vintage tin too!). Anyway, very cool find! Can you tell us where you found it? Incidently, I'm on a Minnesota memory trip with my siblings and bought an old square child's watercolor tin " Mickey Mouse Paint Box" at an antique store in my hometown. It'll be added to my collection of about 30 tins from around the world. Let us know if you find the relatives of the owner of your tin.
Hi Paulah317 - Great to hear from you and thanks for the info. I'm trying to do some research on this tin so this helps. Are you a native Minnesotan? Ans sounds like you have a great collection!!
This is so interesting, imagining the history behind this WC set. It would be interesting to see the colors derived from deeper in each pan’s paint blob. Way to go, Marty! From a fellow Minnesotan. ❤
I've been doing some digging. 🙂
Put a paper on the box and rub on top with graphite. You will obtain a graphite pencil rubbing of the image or writing on the box.
Ahhhh great tip. Thank you!
Thank you for the lesson! You are a great teacher. I have learned a lot just by watching you. Thank you, my friend. ❤
You are so welcome my friend. Thank you for watching.
Loved this! How special to have found that palette, and to imagine what beautiful paintings may have been created with it! Thank you, Marty! ❤
Nice palette! I have had a chance to clean older gunky watercolor palettes. You really need to clean then before trying to paint or even try using the paints. If you think the paints are to contaminated you can remove them from the pans. I have even pried them out and crushed them up and reconstituted them with gum Arabic. I believe that you can keep the palette just as it is, for an ornament. Yet it will not be good for creating paintings unless you have a separate mixing area, or un-contaminated paints. Lovely video and I thought you did a great job!
Thanks for the great tips. I was happy to find this old gem and eventually might try to find a descendant of Mr. Mathews to return them to. Thanks for the kind comments and for watching.
Marvelous find, Marty! How cool that viewers found the owner's address and could establish the time it was used. The colours look muted and really good, considering they are around 100 years old. If you suspect the white might be lead, you can useone of those lead pen detectors, and avoid disposing the water down the drain. Hope to see you paint something. Perhaps a quick sketch of the house at that address, using Google Maps, as suggested in the comments?
Thanks for the tip on the white lead. They very likely are lead based whites anyway. I love the idea of sketching the old house, but it looks like a large hedge row has grown up in the front of the house. Hmmmmm....
This and all the comments makes this a fascinating video
For sure. I'm thinking I should do an update video. 🙂
@@owingsart I live about 100 miles east of this address
I looked at the England 1911 census and there was a boy named Alfred Matthews living at 178 Alma Road in Bornemouth, Hampshire. He was 6 in 1911 so born around 1905. It’s quite likely that he was the owner of your palette! There was a boy school in Alma Road that was destroyed in 1940. All this would place your palette into the 1920s. What a fantastic find!!
Oh wow! Thank you for this information. This is pretty awesome. It's a wonderful object and so glad that Alfred's paints still worked after all these years. Thank you so much for posting this and doing the research. - Marty
@@owingsart It was a pleasure, it’s amazing that the paint still works! 😊
That's so cool 😮
Please be very careful with that very opaque white it's quite possible that it could be lead white. I strongly suspect based on the colors but that is 30s or 40s in era. Such a really cool find. I wish that it was here LOL
Absolutely. I wore gloves as well. Thanks for the message and for watching!!!
On the left of the tin, it says Alma Rd Boys. Form V would most likely be a year in school. Such a fun find!!!!
Thank you Renee. So happy to hear from folks who could read this and looked up info. Hope you are well.
I would think that the colors would reactivate easily as long as the tin was sealed 😊
Hi Cheryl - I was pretty surprised that this paint even worked. Turns out it's likely from the 1920's and belonged to a boy named Alfred.
Bournemouth Hampshire UK
I guess we will never know how old the paints were but the results were great. I think I would always give a well loved palette a try. I have a painting from a member of close family friends that was painted in the mid 1800s. This painter actually crossed the plains to the west coast in a covered wagon. The painting is of a homestead and small orchard, with larger trees behind the house and side. I have always wanted to know about the paint and paper. (Watercolor)
That's really awesome Essie. A great object to have and what a cool life that painting must've had. Turns out this palette almost certainly belonged to a boy named Alfred and is likely from the 1920's. The Channel has some awesome researchers. :-)
@@owingsartthat is amazing to know, you will always enjoy the palette now.
I love that you saved this older palette. Being tin it was quite expensive "Back in the day." I was in College in late 60's and couldn't have afforded it. Also noticed the pans/wells are the old type, not adjustable. Maybe you could create old time drawing using the watercolors from this tin. I bet Steve Mitchell would love to see these! I think the original owner was smiling down on you, happy a professional artist found their beloved old watercolor tin. You can tell from how worn the palette is that it may have been the only one used over many years and created many beautiful watercolors. Grumbacher, Schmincke used to be more muted like these colors. Enjoy!
Hi Sharon - Thanks for the comments. Looks like our YT community did some research and this most certainly belonged to an English boy named Alfred and was used in the 1920's. I will tag Steve and let him know what I found. Glad you stopped by and left this message.
It's one of my favorite things about watercolor. It waits until you're ready and works like you just poured it from the tube. 👍🏻
Hi Pete - Couldn't help thinking about its original owner and all the things this object has seen. We are all just temporary stewards for the things that pass through our lives. Hope you are well my friend. Enjoying your recent posts.
I do have a photo of the house but you tube doesn’t let me send it. If you go on Google earth and put in that address you will see where the original owner of those paints lived 😀
Wow! That's fantastic Irene. Thank you for the tip.
Hi Marty, This is very interesting because I live about 100 miles from that address. It is Bournemouth which is a seaside town in Hampshire (called Hants for short).
It’s so interesting that a lot of the colors seem to have a black mixed in them. Wonder if that’s what happened to the pigments over time or maybe mold? Such a cool find!
Might have been more muted back then??? Not sure, but YT community has come through with some additional info in the comments here. Hope you are well my friend.
I believe that's Bournemouth in England "Hants" is Hampshire County!!!
You got it.
That might be an old Reeves Palette or a Windsor and Newton. Bournemouth, Hants is in the UK
So fantastic that the YT community comes through with so much good info. Thank you!
Oooh!!! That's a rusty, chipped up thing of beauty. I'm envious all the way here from Pennsylvania. I've added a drop of honey to help old paints along in the past.
It's a wonderful piece of history that I cherish. Love the Keystone State. hope you are having a fantastic week John.
Very cool video! I need to get my watercolors out soon! I have been very busy with the jewelry. Might be time for a change of creative outlets. ❤😊
Always feels good to get out the watercolors. :-)
Somehow this fascinated me watching you play with these colors. You had me mesmorized. LOL! Thank you for the cool video! :)
That is very kind of you Sheila. I'm told I'm a good cure for insomnia. :-)
Paint should last a long time I would think
This stuff did for sure. Seems like it's from the 1920's.
No captions, can't hear you and your mumbling.
Thanks for letting me know. I've been having some audio issues lately. Appreciate the heads up.
These are so beautiful! Thanks for the swatch and mixing demo Marty!
You are so welcome! 🙏
I love Kakimori inks. When I first discovered them I didn’t realize they were about to revamp their color line. I fell for two colors- Lichen and Sand Castle lichen was a grey green that was the perfect urban sketching color. Sadly, when I went to order a bottle, it was all gone. I still mourn that color. Great waterproof inks. I keep them in a well sealed pen that I can completely take apart and clean, like TWSBI.
I just discovered these through Wet Paint, but would love to have seen those old colors. What kind of pen do you have?
@@owingsart I have a couple of TWSBI Ecos- great because they can be completely disassembled for cleaning, as well as a couple of TWSBI Gos- not quite as easy to clean, but not too bad. I have never had an Eco dry out on me, which is great with pigment inks, even leaving the ink in them for a long time. The Gos will occasionally dry out- the seal isn’t as good. I also have a few Pilot Plumix - these are now discontinued, but they never dry out! They have a weird shape, and a screw on cap. I had some pigment ink in one for over a year, and it just made marks every time I opened it. Extremely lightweight. And a few Kaweco Sports, they also dont dry out very fast.
@@starr-starr I have some Kaweco Sports but haven't tried these inks in them. I have to try the Eco based on your recommendation here. Thank you!!
You could still try to recreate those discontinued inks from the Kakimori make your own ink option! They make custom pigment inks to order and you can do it online as well.
@@jartecus I missed out when they brought the ink studio to Yoseka, I totally would have done that. I have mixed some of my won colors with the inks I have.
Wow! Love these colors! Japanese art supplies are always beautiful 🤩
I agree 100% Shannon. Love the stuff from Japan and Germany.
Thank you so much for sharing
Hi Dawn - Happy you dropped by.
Very interesting, guess it would be normal to say I love the blue. So glad you are trying new things and we get to see.
Thank you Essie. I'm trying to fix some audio issues so thanks for sticking with me.
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Terrific video that succinctly shows the pros and cons. I love traditional gouache because it’s vibrant and dynamic. I have more control with gouache than watercolors and can do a bit of blending and streaking on the canvas instead of on the palette. One excellent quality is laying down gouache and add some glazing with watercolors.
Thanks for the kind comments and the good tips. I use gouache the same way and glaze with transparent watercolors. Learned much of what I know about Gouache from James Gurney.
But they are not erasable ….. I’ve tried
Nice tour of the great things in this haul!
Cool stuff Marty.
Thanks Doug. ❤️👍🏼😊
@@owingsart what an interesting book!
Great stuff there! Thanks for sharing!
The color of that ink is amazing!
I thought so to. I’m trying out some other Japanese inks now as well. Can’t wait to share.
That lovely triad of DS gauche should look dynamite in that toned multimedia paper!
Now you’re just making me want to do that!!! 😊👍🏼👍🏼
Nice staff★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Thanks
christmas in june?? i love the claire fontane mixed media papers , for my gouache paintings. the colors of the paper are so interesting to me, and they hold up beautifully to the gouache ... thx for the video, Marty !! Nora Kag 👍👍🤣
Hi Nora - Thanks for the comments. I need to test it out some more, but it seems like nice paper.
I love Dominant Industry, their inks are so pretty. The Base Black in particular is a really dense neutral black with a fun green sheen. Those Karappo pens are really fun too, I have a few of the bullet tip variety.
This just makes me want to try more of their inks!!! 😊😜
I can't hear you over the music
Sorry about that. The music dies down after a few seconds.