Okay! I just... I thought I would make a video with all these markers... Hey guys!
These are Windsor Newton Pigment Parkers that we were trying. They are these weird
markers that they released, and I don't think they ever really became a thing...
but they sent me a lot of these about two years ago, because I won this
art contest, and they let me pick out a bunch of really cool stuff. Anyway, I'm
gonna test these, and then I'm gonna make some art with them! These were like a
huge deal, because they're apparently supposed to have light fastness that
lasts for a hundred years. I don't know.. I mean I'm not gonna be alive that --- mm.... (awk)
There's also a white blender somewhere! Is this it?
Colorless blender. Is this it? I don't know... I thought I had a white blender?
Alright, these markers are supposed to be compatible for black paper... it will
allegedly show up. You can use them on canvas. Their website says you can use it
on a lot of things, so I don't know. I will swatch a couple things today, and see...
You're supposed to be able to use them like paint, and mix them, which I'm
really excited about, guys. Their website also says if you use these on normal
"conventional paper," like Bristol and stuff, it will not work like paint. Tt
will work more like a marker. So yeah, I have some marker paper that we're just
gonna do a couple swatches on. I have this canvas that we're gonna do some art
on, because they said use something primed... and then I have some black paper... because
the website also said it's supposed to work on that! Let's find out! Whoa! Look at
the reveal! Ha! Let's just do some art! Do a little swatch party! I'm not gonna
swatch every color, guys... Because that would be obnoxious! I hope the colors aren't
dark. Also because, I don't have the white blending option... I do have this light
gray, so we can use that. And I have a colorless blender, so yeah. Here's the
beautiful bullet nib, and here is a chisel nib! You would think with a paint
marker -- they smell like... they smell like paint!
They smell like paint! Okay.. It's a shame they don't have a brush nib. Okay!
Question of the day! On double-ended markers what - nibs would you prefer? I
would prefer a brush nib on one end, and a bullet nib on the other. I'm not a fan
of chisel nibs, but I know a lot of people like them... so let me know! Are you
a chisel nib fan? Let me know, let me know! What would your ideal combination of
marker nibs be? Comment below! Let's swatch! Here's
pink! Ooh that's pretty! A little darker than I thought it would
be - very pigmented!! No wonder they call these ~PiGmEnT mArKeRs~ They're not very
streaky, which is cool. Okay, black paper... WHAT?! Ya'll said this was compatible with
black paper! Threw me for a loop! Got SCAMMED!
Ooh portrait pink... everybody loves portraits! Let's try it!
Portrait pink... oh these are nice skin tones! Y'all.. don't even work on that... Okay,
Warm gray. Let's try this! I wanna know if this shows up on black. I'm
pretty sure to do stuff on black you need that white blender that I do not
have. Alright, you know what? You're out of the game. We're done with
you! The black paper has been exiled. By the way, I'm just swatching colors that
I think would be really pretty. Alright, blue!! Like a teal. Oh my! This is
beautiful! Should we try to blend something on here? Okay, okay, okay! Let's
take dark purple, and we're gonna blend it into a light purple like this! Let's
see... I don't know if it'll work very well on
paper, because as I said, it'll work like a regular marker. I want that paint
effect! The paper I'm using is actually pretty coated (I think). it's that Copic blending
paper. Oh, that's not too bad, but I'm sure... I don't know... it's making the paper peel
a little bit, so I think canvas is a better option. Yellow. Woo, yeah! What other
colors should I do? Let's see how pigmented red is... I haven't
done any bright colors yet. Hmm, I like that. I like it. What about this really
bright yellow? Whoa. What is this colorless blender? Wicked!
I bet this works better on actual canvas. What should we draw, guys? Oh boy..
Okay, I have this canvas and I guess we'll paint. I'm a little nervous, because the
blending stuff... alrighty I have my primed canvas, and I'm testing a corner
with the light gray and a colorless blender just to get a feel for how the
colorless blender works. Indeed lifts color, and just kind of
smears everything around. It's really nice.
It just it mostly acts kind of like how I would experience terpenoid working
with oil paint. That is a great comparison, which is kind of funny
because these markers absolutely remind me of oil paint without all the texture.
So it's kind of like a very thinned down oil paint that dries super fast coming
out of the marker. It is very nice. I like it. The texture of the canvas kind of
makes the experience a little weird, because it feels so strange to use
marker on a canvas. I think that was the weirdest thing for me.
I decided to do a very gestural drawing, but I keep calling it a painting,
because it feels like I'm painting! I really am not exaggerating! It feels like
I'm painting, even though there is no brush nib on these markers. This chisel
nib feels kind of soft-ish.. like, I mean, it's not super bendy... but just the way
everything feels, guys. Just trust me. I am blocking in a lot of color, and this
is kind of how I do still life paintings. I block in color, and then I build
details. I work the painting as a whole, so I'm just trying that with these.
because I don't want to get in over my head. I just have to do what feels
familiar to me when I construct a painting, and it felt very easy to layer and blend.
The only thing that was very weird to me is -- okay it felt like oil paint right? But
the whole no texture thing freaked me out, so I kept feeling like I needed to
layer more and more. But it was so cool, because this would dry in minutes. I mean,
not even minutes, probably... Probably shorter than that. And what was so nice
about this is like... if I were to take a darker or lighter color and go over top
of a dry color, it would activate the dry color again so you pretty much could
just blend whenever you wanted. And then it would go back to being dry... and then I
could activate it again later and blend it! I really liked that.... and you know
these things... these markers were like a thing for awhile, and I never tried them
even though they sent me some. I just kind of forgot about them when I moved,
and they were tucked away in a box. But I found them... and I just kind of assumed I
wouldn't like them, because they kind of were in a lot of Clarence
bins, and people stopped talking about them very suddenly. But you know what?
These things are really cool, and I judged them a little harshly because
they're pretty awesome in my opinion. And yeah, this isn't even sponsored - this is
just like, hey I found these in a box in my studio! Let's play with them!
Do you guys like when I test different art supplies? Let me know! I want to know
that, because I've been doing that a lot lately!
I mean the feedback seems good... I really love experimenting, so hope we
both like it! Also, if you guys have tried these markers - they're the Windsor & Newton
Pigment Markers - let me know down below! Let me know how you felt about them,
because I hear so many mixed reviews. Maybe a lot of people do like them, and I
just don't hear the good stories or what. I don't know! But let me know! I like
these, and if you have tried them what did you use as your surface? I hear a lot
of people using this certain watercolor brand (Yupo Paper) as like plasticy paper because
they advise you not to use Bristol, unless you want like the marker effect.
I wanted the painting effect. You can draw on plastics with these, and just a
lot of primed surfaces is what the website said. I did a lot of reading
up on these before I actually used them, because I didn't want to delve into
this and not know what to expect, really. In a second you're gonna see me begin
using gouache paint for the background, and that is because I did not have that
white blender. I had no white to brighten anything up,
and I kind of needed it for the background for what I wanted... so why not
use white gouache?! It worked perfectly! I mixed it in with a little bit of grey,
and I am very impressed with how gouache interacts with this!
So... A+ to that. I think I'm gonna do a lot of loose florals for a while,
because I have spring fever really bad, and I I need some flowers in my life!
Who else has spring fever?! Comment below! Let me know, unless you live in a warm
place... then I'm really just... jealous. Yay! We're done, guys! Okay, I hope you liked
this video! I will link everything I used down below, if you're interested! I
did not think I would enjoy using these markers this much, but this looks like a
straight-up oil painting! Seriously! And all I did was layer a bunch of marker,
and then I went over the background with gouache... and I lightened up some areas in
the bouquet with gouache, like the white flowers. Okay, we're done!
Thank you so much for watching! I hope you have a good day! Bye!