magnetic watercolor paint

[Bill Gill]

I like to experiment. Here's something I just discovered online: magnetic watercolors.
At first it sounded like a gimmick, but it does look like it can be useful for some subtle scenery and weathering effects that couldn't be done using any different method.


Here's a 9 minute YouTube video where a watercolor artist demonstrates how several brands of watercolors create the effects:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2oSQK9ApFg
Does it look interesting to anyone?

[Hydrostat]

Does it look interesting to anyone?

Yes, it does! The Daniel Smith Hematite is spreading in an amazing manner. But doesn't it depend a lot on the surface it is used on? To me it seems more about paper texture than magnetic effects?

Cheers,
Volker

[Bill Gill]

Volker, you may be partly right, but some of the fine fine filament-like patterns don't look like anything I have seen on any kind of paper. I watched another video where a magnet was moved around on the underside of the wet paper and the wash of magnetic paint moved with it.
(I think that the magnet was used only to demonstrate the pigment really has magnetic properties, but that the magnet was not used to create the effect on the paper)

[lab-dad]

I can't wait to see what you wizards do with it!
I hope Chuck Doan sees this.
Mj