My favorite is pyrrol crimson from Daniël Smith and Perm Alizar Crim from Windsor& Newton they are acceptebel lightfast and single pigments. Thanks for the review
The Da Vinci alizarin crimson quin is really close in hue to original and I love it a lot. Da Vinci's pv19 range is so interesting such a wide verity. I also love the red rose deep, it is my main mixing red.
100% Agree with you on your first two favorites! W&N P Ali’s Crim pr206 is super unique and awesome! I think Da Vinci pv 19 Alizarin crimson quin is my absolute favorite for the single pigments. But the Holbein!!! -It’s so gorgeous how dark it goes! It’s one of my absolute fave reds ever!! I love darkening my QUIN pigments with pbr25…. It Is magic!! So. I love having Holbeins “aliz crimson” convenience mix on my palette ready to go
lol I love this series. I also love that for about half the colors we are SO SIMILAR in taste, and then the other half we are like exact opposite, lol!
Finding these colour comparisons extremely useful. As a complete novice to watercolour the information you provide in these videos is so helpful whilst trying to create my first palette 😊
I love the original Alizarin and these are some of my faves. I do love the Mjello PR176 so much, as well as the W&N PR206 -- what a shame that pigment is discontinued. The W&N pigment is so different to other PR206s. The Rosa is really different, because it's Napthol Red, it's also too bad Napthols are not more lightfast. I also like the DaVinci -- although it doesn't swatch out as well as others, but it paints fine.
Actually winsor and newton use their pigment in permanent carmine and pr206 to mimic genuine alizarin crimson. I think it's a nice substitute in terms of hue and transparency.
Hi Mina, lovely video, as usual. I have to say that personally splurging and buying the big tube of the W&N Perm. AC was one of the best decisions I made, I absolutely love it. I really hope you dive into the Cobalt Violets or other purples and pinks if you have enough of those. I also noticed that you use very narrow masking tape/washi tape, could you please tell me if it's from a specific brand? I'm having a very hard time finding something that is not too wide and that doesn't rip my watercolor paper when I pull it off.
The tape i use is some 3mm masking tape I think i got mine on Temu but I'm sure you can find some on amazon too ... its not a particular brand I'm afraid.
What does the shine in mass tone indicate with regard to the quality/composition of the paint? I've encountered this in the Michael Harding watercolors as well...
Im not sure if it denotes a lower quality really. but overall watercolours are matt when dry so a shine in the masstone could mean there is more binder in that paint (which isnt necessarily a bad thing as some pigments need a higher binder ratio than others). However it can also do with the composition of the binder and what goes into making etc. I know that Mijello paints tend to have shiney masstones across the board no matter the pigments being used so its probably something to do with whats in their binder. It doesn't mean its low quality or anything bad just something to be aware of and can usually be avoided if you use more water with the paint and layering rather than going straight in with a heavy load of colour.
It also happens a lot with paints that are made with honey. Most of those, M Graham, Michael Harding in particular, are so pigmented that you usually don't need to paint straight masstone. They are dark or bright enough with a bit of water. I use almost exclusively M Graham, and I love bright or super deep colors. It was a learning curve to be sure!
@@polgara28Thank you for this confirmation😊. The only other brand I have much experience with that uses honey is Roman Szmal and while I thoroughly enjoy them, Michael Harding’s watercolors are a whole other level!
@@entropycop I guess I'm in the lower percentile in that I'm not a huge fan of most of the Michael Harding paints that I've bought. Especially the potter's pink and buff titanium. Out of all of my potter's pinks when I compared them, Roman Szmal's was by far my favorite in color and re-wettability. His buff titanium color is just off. More of a clay or putty color, not warm enough. Roman Szmal's came in second in my comparison next to Daniel Smiths. I love Daniel Smiths colors, but I wish they were easy to use like the honey-based ones. I went on quite the quest for a bit to find just the right paints for me. Thankfully I sold off the ones that didn't work, to recoup some of the cash!
MH are a steep learning curve- I do like his Cinquasia Maroon (pr 206), Lapis Lazuli, Cobalt Blue Deep (pb 74), Paynes Grey, Blue Verditer and his two Cobalt Teals.
What a fun series! I’d love to see you do one on purples. Edited to add: Have you tried the Schminke Cochineal? I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on it.
It would be better if you had written the brands on each box, with a bit bigger letters, Icould barely tell which was which,most of them, couldn't tell at all. Thank you for all the swatches,they really help!!
My favorite is pyrrol crimson from Daniël Smith and Perm Alizar Crim from Windsor& Newton they are acceptebel lightfast and single pigments. Thanks for the review
The Da Vinci alizarin crimson quin is really close in hue to original and I love it a lot. Da Vinci's pv19 range is so interesting such a wide verity. I also love the red rose deep, it is my main mixing red.
Thanks for sharing!
100% Agree with you on your first two favorites! W&N P Ali’s Crim pr206 is super unique and awesome! I think Da Vinci pv 19 Alizarin crimson quin is my absolute favorite for the single pigments. But the Holbein!!! -It’s so gorgeous how dark it goes! It’s one of my absolute fave reds ever!! I love darkening my QUIN pigments with pbr25…. It Is magic!! So. I love having Holbeins “aliz crimson” convenience mix on my palette ready to go
lol I love this series. I also love that for about half the colors we are SO SIMILAR in taste, and then the other half we are like exact opposite, lol!
Finding these colour comparisons extremely useful. As a complete novice to watercolour the information you provide in these videos is so helpful whilst trying to create my first palette 😊
My pleasure 😊
I really like the Carmine by Van Gogh. It’s gorgeous and really affordable.
I haven't tried their version, but I absolutely love my Mission Gold version of PR176, which they call Rose Madder. Perfect for fruit.
Thank you for the comparison! I love Holbein's version even though it's quite different than the usual alizarin crimson 😅
Their old version use the same pigment as winsor and newton's permanent carmine, no wonder why holbein's permanent alizarin crimson is quite pinkish.
I love the original Alizarin and these are some of my faves. I do love the Mjello PR176 so much, as well as the W&N PR206 -- what a shame that pigment is discontinued. The W&N pigment is so different to other PR206s. The Rosa is really different, because it's Napthol Red, it's also too bad Napthols are not more lightfast. I also like the DaVinci -- although it doesn't swatch out as well as others, but it paints fine.
Actually winsor and newton use their pigment in permanent carmine and pr206 to mimic genuine alizarin crimson. I think it's a nice substitute in terms of hue and transparency.
Hi Mina, lovely video, as usual. I have to say that personally splurging and buying the big tube of the W&N Perm. AC was one of the best decisions I made, I absolutely love it.
I really hope you dive into the Cobalt Violets or other purples and pinks if you have enough of those.
I also noticed that you use very narrow masking tape/washi tape, could you please tell me if it's from a specific brand? I'm having a very hard time finding something that is not too wide and that doesn't rip my watercolor paper when I pull it off.
The tape i use is some 3mm masking tape I think i got mine on Temu but I'm sure you can find some on amazon too ... its not a particular brand I'm afraid.
Would you compare potters pink? And maybe caput mortum? Dunno the pigments right off hand. Thanks. Loving this series.
Caput mortuum is coming up soon. Unfortunately I only have 2 potters pinks at the moment so not much to compare.
What does the shine in mass tone indicate with regard to the quality/composition of the paint? I've encountered this in the Michael Harding watercolors as well...
Im not sure if it denotes a lower quality really. but overall watercolours are matt when dry so a shine in the masstone could mean there is more binder in that paint (which isnt necessarily a bad thing as some pigments need a higher binder ratio than others). However it can also do with the composition of the binder and what goes into making etc. I know that Mijello paints tend to have shiney masstones across the board no matter the pigments being used so its probably something to do with whats in their binder. It doesn't mean its low quality or anything bad just something to be aware of and can usually be avoided if you use more water with the paint and layering rather than going straight in with a heavy load of colour.
It also happens a lot with paints that are made with honey. Most of those, M Graham, Michael Harding in particular, are so pigmented that you usually don't need to paint straight masstone. They are dark or bright enough with a bit of water. I use almost exclusively M Graham, and I love bright or super deep colors. It was a learning curve to be sure!
@@polgara28Thank you for this confirmation😊. The only other brand I have much experience with that uses honey is Roman Szmal and while I thoroughly enjoy them, Michael Harding’s watercolors are a whole other level!
@@entropycop I guess I'm in the lower percentile in that I'm not a huge fan of most of the Michael Harding paints that I've bought. Especially the potter's pink and buff titanium. Out of all of my potter's pinks when I compared them, Roman Szmal's was by far my favorite in color and re-wettability. His buff titanium color is just off. More of a clay or putty color, not warm enough. Roman Szmal's came in second in my comparison next to Daniel Smiths.
I love Daniel Smiths colors, but I wish they were easy to use like the honey-based ones. I went on quite the quest for a bit to find just the right paints for me. Thankfully I sold off the ones that didn't work, to recoup some of the cash!
MH are a steep learning curve- I do like his Cinquasia Maroon (pr 206), Lapis Lazuli, Cobalt Blue Deep (pb 74), Paynes Grey, Blue Verditer and his two Cobalt Teals.
What a fun series! I’d love to see you do one on purples. Edited to add: Have you tried the Schminke Cochineal? I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on it.
No I haven't tried that one. I would like to try it but I can't justify the cost for such a fugitive colour
@@MinaDoesArtStuff I totally get that! It’s a pretty color but fugitive is definitely a no go.
It would be better if you had written the brands on each box, with a bit bigger letters, Icould barely tell which was which,most of them, couldn't tell at all. Thank you for all the swatches,they really help!!
Will try to make it clearer in any future videos I make. Thanks for the feedback