Watercolors and Wonder Wash with Jambalaya

Log file opened at: 5/24/05 9:04:13 PM

<Jambalaya> HI Y'ALL

<Jambalaya> http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=3818105&uid=1171869

<Jambalaya> ALL IMAGES ARE FROM STUBBY STAMPERS

<Jambalaya> PEERLESS WATERCOLORS AND WONDER WASH ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM STUBBY STAMPERS

<Jambalaya> http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=3818105&uid=1171869

<Jambalaya> PEERLESS WATERCOLORS ARE LIKE NO OTHER WATERCOLORS

<Jambalaya> THEY COME AS A DRY SHEET OF PURE PIGMENT IMPREGNATED ONTO A CARDSTOCK

<Jambalaya> WHATS SO GREAT ABOUT THEM, BESIDES CONVENIENCE, IS THAT THE COLORS ARE VERY RICH, TRANSPARENT, AND BLENDABLE

<Jambalaya> YOU CAN BLEND THEM RIGHT ON THE PAPER AS YOU PAINT

<Jambalaya> NO NEED FOR MIXING SEPARATELY

<cak> doesn't that mess up your pure pigments?

<pmstamper> what do you use for painting them, jam? A regular brush?

<Jambalaya> AS YOU SEE IN THE FIRST PICTURE, I LIKE TO CLIP A SMALL SQUARE OF EACH COLOR AND GLUE IT DOWN TO A PALETTE

<Jambalaya> I MOSTLY USE A NIJI WATERBRUSH

<Jambalaya> AND NO CAK, YOU CLEAN YOUR BRUSH BEFORE DIPPING ONTO A SECOND COLOR

<pmstamper> ty, someone at stampclub meeting was saying they bought these and tried them, but could not get good control. I'll suggest that to her.

<faberinth> What is your palette made of?

<Jambalaya> A WATERBRUSH NEEDS A LITTLE PRACTICE TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT FLOWS

<Jambalaya> ARDBOARD FAB

<Jambalaya> CARDBOARD

<faberinth> ty

<faberinth> And what kind of paper do you paint on?

<Jambalaya> PAT? MAKE SURE YOU DRAG HER TO A STUBBY FUNCTION CUZ I ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE THE PEERLESS OUT TO DEMO<G>

<Jambalaya> MY FAVORITE PAPER IS HOT PRESS WATERCOLOR PAPER 140 LB

<faberinth> ty

<Jambalaya> BRAND DOESN'T MATTER MUCH

<pmstamper> she should be there, she is a regular customer. Maybe hasn't seen demo though.

<Jambalaya> I IKE HOT PRESS BECAUSE IT'S SMOOTH AND EASY TO STAMP ON

<Jambalaya> SORRY FOR TYPOS

<cak> Peerless is just like the the pan watercolors except there's a lot more pigment and someone flattened the pan, isn't it?

<Jambalaya> NAILS ARE LONG, I WASN'T EXPECTING TO TEACH TONIGHT<G>

<Jambalaya> LOL, YES CAK

<cak> lol

<Jambalaya> AND WILL GO A LOT FURTHER THAN YOU'D THINK

<Jambalaya> THE PALETTE IN THAT PICTURE LASTED ME FOR 6 MONTHS OF DOING DEMOS WITH IT

<Jambalaya> AND THEN I ONLY HAD TO REPLACE THE YELLOW AND SKY BLUE

<Jambalaya> http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=3818105&uid=1171869

<Jambalaya> HI ISIS

<TarotMama> ty

<cak> wow--it'd heard that they were super pigmented (good quality too)

<Jambalaya> THEY ARE RICHER, YET MORE TRANSPARENT THAN MOST WATERCOLORS

<Jambalaya> WHICH IS ANOTHER GOOD REASON STAMPERS LOVE THEM, THEY DON'T LOOK PASTY ON THE STAMPED LINES

<enchy> so you don't have to overstamp?

<Jambalaya> NOPE

<enchy> sound better and better

* Jambalaya 'S ARE WAY TOO LAZY FOR OVERSTAMPING

<enchy> lol

<TarotMama> lol

<TarotMama> no comment

<scout> did someone already ask this......where did you get the oblong palette? I think of the round ones ususally

<Jambalaya> OK, ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THE PEERLESS?

<Jambalaya> SCOUT IT'S JUST A PIECE OF CARDBOARD

<Jambalaya> YOU DON'T NEED A SURFACE FOR BLENDING, YOU BLEND AS YOU PAINT

<cak> (it's made in Louisiana by hand!)

<joy> lol cak

<enchy> lol

<scout> Oh, I thohght it looked like plastic....I need new glasses, new eyes really!

<faberinth> I could use some matboard for that

<Jambalaya> WELL IT'S WHITE COATED CARDBOARD, PLAIN BROWN WOULD HAVE LOOKED TACKY IN A PICTURE<G>

<Jambalaya> BUT DONE THE JOB JUST AS WELL

<Jambalaya> ON A VERY RARE OCCASION, WHEN I NEED A VERY VERY PALE COLOR, I WILL USE A CD TO BLEND WITH MORE WATER

<Jambalaya> BECAUSE THE PIGMENTS ARE SO STRONG, EVEN JUST A TINY TOUCH MIGHT BE MORE COLOR THAN YOU WANT

<scout> Actually, if you had an old paintbox, empty of course, you could be neat and use that.

<Jambalaya> OH, DID I MENTION, YOU CAN TINT B&W PHOTOGRAPHS WITH PEERLESS?

<TarotMama> wow

<faberinth> Even glossy ones?

<Jambalaya> THATS WHAT PEERLESS WAS ORIGINALY FORMULATED FOR, OVER 100 YEARS AGO

<Jambalaya> YES FAB

<Jambalaya> IT WORKS GREAT ON GLOSSY

<cak> cool, I thought it was for watercolorist who did landscapes

<joy> works on glossy and glyssine papers

<cak> (because it's so portable)

<Jambalaya> THE HAND TINTING OF FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY WAS DONE WITH PEERLESS WATERCOLORS

<faberinth> Most wet things don't like glossy

<faberinth> Someone once told me she used it on Airplane flights

<TarotMama> she painted the inside of the plane?

<Jambalaya> RIGHT, BUT PEERLESS JUST BLENDS RIGHT INTO THE PAPER AS IF IT WAS A COLOR PHOTO

<faberinth> She would get a glass of water and a cola from the attendant and paint on flights

<cak> perfect

<faberinth> She pre-stamped things at home and painted as she traveled

<Jambalaya> WATERBRUSHES MAKE THAT EVEN EASIER NOW, YOU DON'T NEED TO RISK SPILLING A CUP OF WATER

<faberinth> true

<TarotMama> yes

<pmstamper> I would be too nervous, sitting next to someone watching me paint--lol

<scout> Gee, I'd be dipping my brush into the cola and drinking the water.

<TarotMama> i never thought I'd use one but now am sold on waterbrushes

<faberinth> I have done that too

<Jambalaya> SCOUT, YOU ONLY DO THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES<G>

<scout> I am rather absent minded

<joy> you can bring labels scout

<Jambalaya> OK, MOVING ON NOW TO WONDER WASH

<Jambalaya> WONDER WASH IS MY FAVORITE PRODUCT

<Jambalaya> IT'S A METALLIC WATERCOLOR

<Jambalaya> YOU CAN POUR SOME ON A PALETTE OR A CD, AND LET IT DRY COMPLETELY, THEN RECONSTITUTE IT WITH WATER

<scout> Squeezing in a quick question: how does Peerless compare with H20's, besides not sparkling?

<Jambalaya> SO NOW THATS AS PORTABLE AS YOUR PEERLESS PALETTE

<cak> http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=3818105&uid=1171869

<enchy> where does one acquire said wonder wash?

<Jambalaya> SCOUT HANG ON, THATS WHAT I'M GETTING TO

<scout> ok

<Jambalaya> WWW.STUBBYSTAMPERS.COM OF COURSE

<enchy> but of course!

<Jambalaya> I WON'T TRASH ANOTHER PRODUCT .....BUT

<enchy> roflol

<TarotMama> i never knew that wonderwash could be dried and reconstituted

<TarotMama> duuuh!

<BC-afk> lol

<Jambalaya> WONDER WASH IS SOOOOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN THAN THOS TWINKLY THINGIES

<TarotMama> what twinkly thingies?

<TarotMama> lol

<Jambalaya> WONDER WASH --HEREAFTER REFERED TO AS WW

<TarotMama> never heard of em

<Jambalaya> WW COMES IN 3 COLORS

<Jambalaya> GOLD

<Jambalaya> COPPER

<Jambalaya> SILVER

<Jambalaya> YOU ADD THEM TO ANYTHING YOU COLORED WITH YOUR PEERLESS,

<Jambalaya> AND YOU GET THE SHIMMER YOU WANT

<Jambalaya> AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE AS YOU WANT

<faberinth> Dry the peerless first?

<Jambalaya> BECAUSE YOU CONTROL HOW MUCH YOU USE

<Jambalaya> DOESN'T MATTER FAB

<scout> I keep getting confused between Wonder Wash and Shimmer Sheen

<Jambalaya> WONDER WASH IS A WATERCOLOR

<Jambalaya> YOU USE IT THE SAME WAY YOU'D USE ANY WATERCOLOR

<Jambalaya> THE MORE WATER YOU USE, THE FAINTER THE SHIMMER WILL BE

<faberinth> But doesn't it come in a bottle in liquid form?

<pmstamper> I dilute it in a fine mist spray bottle to mist a whole page with it.

<Jambalaya> IT ALSO WORKS WITH ANY OTHER COLORING MEDIUMS, SUCH AS WATERCOLOR PENCILS, CRAYONS

<Jambalaya> YES FAB, IT COMES AS A LIQUID IN A BOTTLE

<Jambalaya> BUT YOU CAN POUR SOME ON A PALETTE AND LET IT DRY SO IT'S PORTABLE

<faberinth> ty

<cak> oh pm! great idea--you could even add some color (watercolor or ink) and get a beautiful spray

<Jambalaya> HANG ON Y'ALL, I'M GETTING TO THAT!

<TarotMama> LOL

<faberinth> maybe some re-inker cak

<TarotMama> whoa class whoa

<Jambalaya> HEY

<pmstamper> sorry, to jump the gun.

<faberinth> so sorry

<Jambalaya> LOL

<TarotMama> bad pat bad bad

<joy> the crawfish will be out soon

<cak> sorry--this is so exciting though

<Jambalaya> LEMME FINISH ONE WAY TO USE IT<G>

<BC-afk> y'all settle down and let jam get the words out <G>

<Jambalaya> AS THE ADDED SHIMMER ON TOP OF THE PEERLESS, YOU HAVE AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF COLORS, AND WON'T SPEND MORE THAN 24 BUCKS

<Jambalaya> THE WW IS 4 BUCKS A BOTTLE, AND THE PEERLESS BASIC PACK IS 12 BUCKS

<Jambalaya> WITH THOSE OTHER THINGIES, YOU'LL BE SPENDING A FORTUNE<G>

<Jambalaya> AND

<Jambalaya> (NOW THIS IS JUST MY HUMBLE OPINION)

<Jambalaya> YOU DON'T NEED 15 SHADES OF GREEN

<cak> (you sure don't--you don't like green, do you?)

<faberinth> No?

<Jambalaya> LOL, ACTUALLY GREEN IS MY LEAST FAVORITE, BUT NECESSARY WHEN DOING REALISTIC FLORALS<G>

<faberinth> But I won my H2Os....got a full set free

<Jambalaya> BUT OK, YOU DON'T NEED 15 SHADES OF ANY COLOR<G>

<cak> lol

<Jambalaya> OK, ANY QUESTIONS ON BLENDING PEERLESS WITH WW?

<faberinth> Is it blended or just overpainted?

<TarotMama> out of 128 crayons, i only ever seemd to use about 20 of them

<scout> But, Jam, their names are all so luscious we just have to have them, she says whineingly.

<Jambalaya> WELL IT BLENDS AS YOU PAINT

<faberinth> OK

<cak> have you ever put down the WW and painted over it? does the sparkle get covered?

<TarotMama> good uestion

<Jambalaya> NO CAK, IT WILL RAISE UP AND BLEND WITH THE PAINT, AS ANY WATERCOLOR WILL

<cak> cool! (can you tell I haven't done much watercolor?)

<Jambalaya> OK, NOW FOR THE NEW FUN STUFF WITH WW

<Jambalaya> THIS IS SO COOL

<Jambalaya> YOU CAN TAKE A SPRAY BOTTLE, AND FILL WITH WW AND WATER, ABOUT 1 PART WW TO 3 PTS WATER

<Jambalaya> AND USE IT AS A SPRITZER

<Jambalaya> ON GLOSSY PAPER, IT WILL MARBLE

<TarotMama> oooooooooooooo

<Jambalaya> ON A CRUMPLED GROCERY BAG, IT WILL LOOK LIKE MOMI PAPER

<Jambalaya> ON MATTE CARDSTOCK, YOU CAN GET SEVERAL EFFECTS DEPENDING ON THE PAPER

<pmstamper> I think you could spray trash off the street with this stuff and it would look fantastic.

<Jambalaya> IF THE PAPER IS VERY ABSRBENT, YOU'LL GET A FINE EFFECT SIMILAR TO THE STARDREAM PAPERS

<faberinth> Stay out of my trash can

<pmstamper> gross, but gorgeous looking.

<joy> give your garbage man a thrill

<Jambalaya> IF THE PAPER IS SLIGHTLY COATED, YOU'LL GET MORE OF A SPLOTCHY LOOK

<Jambalaya> ACTUALLY EVERY PAPER WILL COME OUT A BIT DIFFERENT, SO YOU JUST HAVE TO EXPERIMENT

<Jambalaya> BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE IS COOL

<Jambalaya> YOU CAN ALSO USE IT TO SPRITZ A STAMP YOU APPLIED COLOR TO, TO GET THAT BRUSHLESS W/C EFFECT THATS SO HOT RIGHT NOW

<Jambalaya> APPLY COLOR WITH W/C OR WITH MARKERS AND SPRITZ

<pmstamper> hhmm, haven't tried that one yet. good tip, jam. ty.

<joy> keep the ww mix well mixed though

<Jambalaya> OK, ANY QUESTIONS?

<Jambalaya> YA YOU HAVE TO KEEP SHAKING THE BOTTLE UP

<faberinth> Is this in your pictures?

<Jambalaya> OHHHH, AND I RECENTLY DISCOVERED ANOTHER COOL THING WITH WW

<Jambalaya> NO FAB, I HADN'T DISCOVERED THE SPITZING WHEN I MADE THIS CLASS

<Jambalaya> YOU CAN GET MORE METALLIC COLORS BY MIXING THE WW

<Jambalaya> SILVER + GOLD MAKE A PLATINUM

<Jambalaya> GOLD + COPPER MAKE A BRONZE

<Jambalaya> ALL 3 TOGETHER MAKE AN ANTIQUE ROSE GOLD

<BC-afk> oooh, that sounds pretty

<pmstamper> kewl. very kewl.

<TarotMama> dang, that sounds wonderful jam

<Jambalaya> THEY'RE GORGEOUS

<cak> sounds like we need all three colors for sure

<Jambalaya> FOR SURE

<joy> oh you do!

<Wanda> I was thinking the same thing

<joy> and they last forever!

<Jambalaya> OK, ONE THING THOUGH

<Jambalaya> KEEP IN MIND, WW IS A WATERCOLOR

<Jambalaya> SO IT WON'T BE PERMANENT ON A NON POROUS SURFACE WITHOUT FIXING OR SEALING IT

<Jambalaya> OK, ANY QUESTIONS?

<joy> I converted to these in Feb and haven't used anything else lately- peerless and ww

<Jambalaya> I'LL SCAN A COUPLE OF THE MARBLED PAPERS THIS WEEK AND SHOW THEM AT STAMPNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT

<cak> I'm just sitting here drooling when I think about this

<Jambalaya> SO Y'ALL COME SEE

<BC-afk> oh, good

<BC-afk> would love to see the all 3 colors combo on black cs

<BC-afk> bet that'd be lovely

<Jambalaya> I HOPE THEY SCAN, YOU KNOW METALLICS AND SHIMMER DON'T SCAN WELL

<cak> you can give us an idea at least

<BC-afk> right

<scout> Well, since what I ordered from Stubby must be the Shimmer stuff, as there are several more bottles than three, what is the difference between the two? (you can tell I haven't tried em yet)

<Jambalaya> OK, THANKS FOR COMING Y'ALL

<BC-afk> great class jam

<Jambalaya> JANET WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK TO START HER SERIES ON COLOR

<pmstamper> thanks for filling in for Janet, jam.

<BC-afk> thanks for all the good tips

<faberinth> Thanks for the review....

<Jambalaya> SCOUT, I THINK THE SHIMMER SHEENS WERE FROM EVO

<Wanda> Thanks for the class, Jam!!! Gotta run.

<scout> ah, that's right, duh!

<BC-afk> nite wanda

<Wanda> nite, all

<faberinth> Night all

<joy> nite

<BC-afk> nite fab

<Jambalaya> nite fab

<cak> I think the shimmer sheens are mica in dimensional gloss stuff???

<Jambalaya> idunno

<cak> (mind like a sieve here--she was just talking about this last convention)

<enchy> the shimmer sheens are more 3 D - they stand up

<enchy> like that liquid fabric paint that squeezes out of a jar

Log file closed at: 5/24/05 10:04:48 PM