Please note that a couple people have brought the color shift (lightfastness? oxidation?) regarding SB Turquoise. DS rates it as excellent, while Jane Blundell's test showed significant graying. I'm sorry I didn't know about this before forming my list, and I have not done my own tests on it. I will try to set it up, but in the meantime please proceed with caution/awareness.
Thanks for responding Denise. I look forward to hearing about the results of your testing in time. I figured you had not seen Jane Blundel’s post and was curious if it depends upon the batch or a regular occurrence?
I don't know if this is always the case, but the "Genuine" pigments seem to come in a range of colors because the minerals they're supposedly made from come in a wide range of colors. For instance someone got a SB Turquoise Genuine that wasn't a turquoise blue, and complained it shouldn't be called "turquoise," but it's called turquoise because it apparently contains the mineral colloquially called turquoise. The turquoise mineral comes in anything from a sky blue to the color expected from the word "turquoise," to a jade-like or forest green, so concievably the DS paint could come in all those colors, if the mineral itself is what provides the basis of the color of the paint. Anyway, I wonder whether Jane Blundel and DS might both be right, and that she tested a tube where the mineral did one thing and someone at DS had one where a mineral mined from somewhere else or with different properties (cause it had different amounts of each mineral for example, or had more or less of the rock the mineral was mined from), happened to get a much better lightfastness result. I wonder whether the Genuine pigments it would be better to test lightfastness of the tube you own yourself, because there might be more variation in them than a more standardized pigment that universally can be expected to be relatively identical out of the tube (minor fairly imperceptible batch variation aside). I don't work for DS, and I've not gone out to buy multiple tubes of Amethyst Gen or something from different lots to test my theory, but it seems plausible to me that this is why people are getting different colors and apparently different lightfastness results too. Maybe someone will test this out sometime. If I'm right, it might be worth adding a notation about which lot number your DS Gen paints were on their pan, in case you ever happen to get a second one before the first is entirely gone, etc.
@@annedavis3340 this is a very good deduction based on which and where the minerals are mined, Anne! You have definitely peaked my curiosity!! I’m not sure how long it takes to use a batch that is mined or if they have several at one time. I don’t currently have SB turquoise but I will check it out after contacting DS. Wish it was a cheaper pigment tho… lol
I can tell I'm going to love this series. I think back to back would be fine, unless you're going to get burnt out on it. And I look forward to your announcement!
Because you are a color genius I have ordered all 12 tubes from your affiliate list. Thank you for giving us great tutorials that really help us. I have a starter kit of DANIEL SMITH and I am impressed. This kit will set me up and go well with other brands I use. Thank you!!
So nice to see the Daniel Smith’s paint swatch colors! Have a few & poured into pans correctly & do they stay a bit (less hard when dry) as seems different brands dry differently but since first time pouring from tubes (not sure but know if all cracking) not decent water color paints! Like new Holbein (4th generation) & your announcement on special color 😊!
Wow! What an undertaking but such a helpful series for so many needing color ideas. And no one better to introduce painters to such great options than you! Interest in what colors to choose has always been super high. Love your choices too. So... at the end are you going to show us the "In Liquid Color Ultimate Mixing palette" out of all the brands?
I had purchased the Daniel Smith dot cards a while back and I'm itching to fully get into the brand and build a palette, when I clicked on your video I remembered the dot cards I had cut up and stored safely in a drawer! I picked out your color suggestions, however I had to go with the BUrnt Umber instead of your recommended piemontite genuine, I just couldn't seem to find it in the pile of paints.. I will use the dots as a little palette till they are used up, switch them around a bit and then decide if and which colors to buy, thank you so much for your helpful reference video! would have been hard to pick out a well rounded palette having all hundreds of colors in front of me!
Got very fortunate as got a dot “mini holder” of DS colors & that’s when knew paints I was using were not good at all! It’s for a pbn by number using the dot watercolors!
What a cool series idea! I only have Daniel Smith and a handful of Winsor and Newton, so I am excited to take notes and learn more about a variety of brands! I do think that every two weeks would be good, so you would have more time to upload other videos of interest, but either way works. Also, a couple months ago you advised me on replacing Winsor Yellow - I wanted to update you that the DS Lemon Yellow you suggested (and advised in this video!) has far exceeded my expectations, and I'm completely enamored by its beautiful greens and lovely natural oranges. Thank you so much for the suggestion!!
I wish they sold these colors you chose in a set. I would buy that in a heartbeat. And I think many other people would too. I really wish this brand would work with you more (or maybe I'm sleeping under a rock and you've worked with them a lot lol). I feel like you've directed a lot of business to a lot of different brands and I think you deserve a lot of recognition!
Any series you do is so immensely helpful and this is no different! I can't wait to pull out some tins and create these palettes! Thank you for your hard work and taking the time to share with the community. Much love!
So fantastic! Thank you so much Denise! I love your mixing chart. So informative and mesmerizing. I think this series is perfect for every other week. But have to admit, I’m eagerly awaiting your next installment!
This is fantastic! Those two turquoise colors are so beautiful! This is some fantastic info and I just love watching you swatch! So far I prefer small pallets that I can put in my purse so I'm going to adore this series. OOh. And big announcement, huh? Now I'm excited.
Thank you for this lovely video! I really would enjoy a new installment of this series every week! I love Sodalite Genuine, and have always wanted to get DS's Sap Green and Pthalo Turquoise because I've heard such good things. I've had their Lemon Yellow on my wishlist forever as well, so I'm glad to hear you like it. When I run out of PY3, I'll have to pick up a tube. Their Burnt Sienna really is a lovely color. I have Da Vinci's Burnt Sienna, and I'm not really a fan. I replaced it on my palette with DS's Trans. Red Oxide and haven't regretted it.
Great information provided for this brand. I think that every other week or each month is fine as long as it doesn't affect your health, knowing that you have and do a lot for us and that you will be moving soon. As always, incredible video, Denise. Take care, hugs
My heart stopped when I was filling a pan with sodalite genuine, it had this incredible shimmering shifting quality. I turned on the flashlight on my phone to check it out, and all the little crystals in it were throwing out shifting scattered rainbow pinpricks of light. It was STUNNING. I called my fiance over and made him look at it too, it was just too gorgeous. I fell in love with it in a different swatch video first, and picked it up, but this reminded me all over again. It just mixes into so many incredible colors, you wouldn't dare not to have it in your arsenal!
This series it started so well. I love your color choices and the fact that you added some unusual colors. This is going to be a great series and I can't wait for your announcement 💕
Perfect choices! What a beautiful mixing chart, every mixture is clean and simply stunning. I’m a bit biased since Daniel Smith is my A#1 favorite brand, although I know I’m not alone.
Your swatches are always so satisfying to watch!! Thank you for a great video. I got DS essentials for about 5 months now and want to explore more convenience mixes. Your videos has been super helpful!! 😄😄
I would really want that series to be released as often as you can, because I really got into watercolors and I have quite some trouble with choosing the palette. I'm currently using Windsor&Newton in half-pans and personally I don't feel like upgrading right now, so if you could do a video about them (I've seen that you put it in your *favorite watercolors* list) in near future I'd be very excited! Greetings from a troubled watercolorist (is that even a word?) from Poland! (I guess...)
Thank you very much for this series! I’m a new subscriber and have my DS essential still untouched so, this gives me more ideas on how I can expand my palette in the future :D looking forward for more!
I love all your videos!! You put out some great information. I really like the idea of the videos every other week to have all the rich information in them. Also that color study is to die for ❤
Thank you so much Denise. I found this so interesting and can’t wait for the next one. So my choice would be back to back. Love all your videos so will enjoy what ever you decided to put up.
Fantastic, Denise! I went right out and bought Piemontite Genuine and Sodalite Genuine with my watercolor/nail polish allowance. :) This was wonderfully thought out and I don't know how you did it, even though I've watched your Skillshare class more than once. That's why watercolor isn't my job. You're the best.
I like the idea of spacing them out. You do such quality work on so many subjects and I am anxious for your announcement to become public so you can receive the accolades you so richly deserve for your accomplished Watercolor acumen! Sorry I guess I ate a thesaurus for lunch! Very nice tribute to DS and the options over on your Patreon is interesting too! (If your reading this and not a member join today for this content as it alone is worth it!)
love this palette. I will put it together in my small travel palette but have to replace the sleeping beauty as it is outside my budget but there are so many other wonderful Daniel smith options. Thinking I may put in moonglow and substitute monte amiata natural sienna for the yellow ochre as it is a palette favorite of mine as a glowing earth tone . What a wonderful series this promises to be and I favor the every other week presentations while thinking it will destroy any attempts I make to rein in my art budget!
I’m working on slowly building a Daniel Smith palette. Besides the colors you list, what other DS colors do you consider must haves? Thanks, love all the info I’ve learned so much from them.
Nice job Denise. 😁 I think if I had to choose only 12 out of 200+ colors, I'd probably have a nervous breakdown! Lol🤣 The Sleeping Beauty Turqoise concerns me a bit because of rumors of lightfast issues. Considering how close it is to that Phthalo Turquoise, I don't think I'd miss it. Could you get a non-granulating warm blue by mixing P. Turquoise with Quin Rose?
Ah I hadn't hear about the lightfastness issues. While the phthalo turquoise is greener than I imagined it in my head, making the two look similar on that single swatch page, I would use them for entirely different purposes, much like quin gold and yellow ochre. PT is dark, staining, vibrant, and a bully in mixes while SBT is soft, granulating, subtle, and can be used on its own in a natural painting :) The PT is a bit too green to mix a midtone blue, but it does mix a very dark warm blue.
I would prefer a more condensed release format, unless that’s going to cause you issues. I’m loving this idea and can’t wait to see what your recommendations are across various brands!
I love series like this and would even spend the day watching them back to back, so more compact would be something I would enjoy. Or even if the other video was using the palette for the piece in a more detailed discussion, but I'm a bit obsessive and nerdy that way. I compile all the info from various channels that I feel give as unbiased as possible info so when I want to find certain characteristics it's an informed search. (Unbiased as in despite it being a quality the speaker dislikes personally, it's a good choice when one desires that reaction. It's clear it is not a fault in the material, just a stylistic choice leaving both options equal in quality.)
I am SO excited about this series!! Can't wait for QoR and DV. :D Thanks much. Every other weeks makes it 20 weeks to get them all out? DId I count right? Holy moly.
This is a year old, so you might not even see this, but I just bought a tube of cobalt teal, and I’m weirded out by it. Could it be because it’s a “problematic” color? Sometimes it looks teal, sometimes it looks straight up green, and other times, it’s a bright sky blue with just a tinge of green. I also feel like although the paint glazed pretty and lays on the paper nicely, I don’t get a lot of paint on a page before I have to refresh my brush. I was kind of expecting a smooth buttery paint that would basically paint itself, but I like my Paul Rubens texture better! I’m kind of thinking I might like the Schminke experience better?
LOVE this idea for a video series!! I'm so excited to learn more about each brand of paint. Quick QUESTION - what masking tape are you using for your mixing chart? I've been in search for the perfect 1/4" tape and the one you're using looks like a winner! TIA!
Very cool seeing your picks for this brand. I was surprised at the burnt sienna is pinkish and will have to find that sodalite piemontite mix now! Stunning! Great video :) Looking forward to more and also your news! :) xo
In your opinion, what 3 tubes of red , yellow and blue should I get if I want to try Daniel Smith and Holbein? It seems the latter is used by a couple artists I follow and want to see what the excitement is all about. By the way, I mostly paint landscapes\city scapes.
I also paint landscapes and do urban sketching, and one triad (similar to a Velazquez palette) I often use is included in Denise's list: Quin Gold, Burnt Sienna, French Ultramarine. Another great, moody, and very granulating triad for landscapes is Yellow Ochre, Piemontite and Sodalite (I use Indigo, but Sodalite is similar in hue). For brighter colors you could choose the Lemon Yellow, Quin Rose and French Ultramarine. Just my opinion, but hope it helps.
So bummed about the whole quinacridone gold situation. I wish I would've gotten into watercolor when that was still available, because even seeing the swatches online, you can see the vibrancy and glow it gives off. SO vibrant and gorgeous. I wish I could find a tube somewhere. It kills me! lol
I'm personally so excited for this series that I would love if it were back to back, but it depends on what would be best for you as well! Amazing video and some really good picks, and surprisingly enough I only have two colors that youve listed here from DS! I still can't wait to get Sodalite genuine, it's just the pricetag on those primateks, yknow!
hello there! i've just discovered your channel. i love your artwork! realistic looking animals yet you make it seem really easy to paint! may i ask what type of paper you used in this video to paint the swatches on? my painted colour charts somehow end up blotch-y with or without excess water. i'm beginning to wonder if it's the paint or the paper i'm using. it looks like you were liberal with the water in this yet you still get even flat washes. also, i would love to see you do a Holbein video for this Brand by Brand series as the brands you have previously reviewed are not easily accessible where I live in SE Asia, but the Holbein is easier to purchase and much less expensive compared the the three you've already done: daniel smith, schmincke, da vinci. thank you so much in advance! :)
I’ve been looking forward to this series =D I vote for every-other-week, though of course whatever works best for you! (Also wow why is every single colour so BEAUTIFUL
Great series, looking forward to the rest! I'm so glad to see two of my favorite landscape and urban sketching colors--Piemontite and Burnt Sienna--on the list. I have most of the others, and Sodalite and Trans Pyrrol Orange and are on my shopping list. And of the three Primatek colors mentioned, two (Piemontite and Sodalite) are available in stick format (US$8.74 on Blick) which is an inexpensive way to try and buy Primateks.
I only have a few sticks which I use for travel palettes, Quin Red and Piemontite both seem to be the same as the tubes, and I just swatched Indanthrone (it might be a bit brighter in stick form--or maybe I didn't use the same amount of water). I haven't compared other colors since I tend to buy stick colors I don't have in tubes. I like the sticks for travel and have experimented with mixing up large, juicy washes, but that's all I've tried so far. Sounds like a good future experiment :)
Denise, thank you so much for your very informative videos. QUESTION - Have you done any lightfastness testing for Sleeping Beauty Genuine? Jane Blundell found that it greyed out significantly in her lightfastness testing of the Primatek colours offered by Daniel Smith, which saddened me.
I got 6 5ml tubes of daniel smith through art snacks (subscription service) and im just wondering: is it normal for the tubes to practically explode when you open them? My hands end up a mess when i first put each color in a pallet. I havent had this happen with any other brands ive had samples of.
I'm not sure what brand it is, I don't have the packaging anymore. It was in my local art shop and had blue on the label (that's how my mind works lol). Just have to be really diligent about pressing down your tape lines before starting.
I'm so curious about the announcement ! I can already tell you one of these video will be very helpful for me : I have 60 half-pan of schmincke and two palettes, one of them with 12 spots. I know that I want some of them on the small one but 12... too much choices ^^ Thank you !
I loved this video.. helps me narrow down a travel palette, which I find very hard to do on my own.. I love sooo many colors, it's hard for me to choose. I'm hoping your BIG announcement is U coming to my house to give me personal painting lessons!!!
Hi Denise! I'm researching about the "SAA watercolours". Have you ever tried them? Are you planning to give them a try? I would like to know your opinion about it. Thank you in advance!
Hi Laura Just (belatedly) saw your question. The SAA colours are inexpensive and perfectly adequate with good colour saturation and good texture. I buy the colours I use a lot of from SAA (paynes grey, yellow ochre etc) as it would be too expensive to get them from Daniel Smith.
Please note that a couple people have brought the color shift (lightfastness? oxidation?) regarding SB Turquoise. DS rates it as excellent, while Jane Blundell's test showed significant graying. I'm sorry I didn't know about this before forming my list, and I have not done my own tests on it. I will try to set it up, but in the meantime please proceed with caution/awareness.
Thanks for responding Denise. I look forward to hearing about the results of your testing in time. I figured you had not seen Jane Blundel’s post and was curious if it depends upon the batch or a regular occurrence?
I don't know if this is always the case, but the "Genuine" pigments seem to come in a range of colors because the minerals they're supposedly made from come in a wide range of colors. For instance someone got a SB Turquoise Genuine that wasn't a turquoise blue, and complained it shouldn't be called "turquoise," but it's called turquoise because it apparently contains the mineral colloquially called turquoise. The turquoise mineral comes in anything from a sky blue to the color expected from the word "turquoise," to a jade-like or forest green, so concievably the DS paint could come in all those colors, if the mineral itself is what provides the basis of the color of the paint.
Anyway, I wonder whether Jane Blundel and DS might both be right, and that she tested a tube where the mineral did one thing and someone at DS had one where a mineral mined from somewhere else or with different properties (cause it had different amounts of each mineral for example, or had more or less of the rock the mineral was mined from), happened to get a much better lightfastness result.
I wonder whether the Genuine pigments it would be better to test lightfastness of the tube you own yourself, because there might be more variation in them than a more standardized pigment that universally can be expected to be relatively identical out of the tube (minor fairly imperceptible batch variation aside).
I don't work for DS, and I've not gone out to buy multiple tubes of Amethyst Gen or something from different lots to test my theory, but it seems plausible to me that this is why people are getting different colors and apparently different lightfastness results too.
Maybe someone will test this out sometime.
If I'm right, it might be worth adding a notation about which lot number your DS Gen paints were on their pan, in case you ever happen to get a second one before the first is entirely gone, etc.
@@annedavis3340 this is a very good deduction based on which and where the minerals are mined, Anne!
You have definitely peaked my curiosity!!
I’m not sure how long it takes to use a batch that is mined or if they have several at one time.
I don’t currently have SB turquoise but I will check it out after contacting DS.
Wish it was a cheaper pigment tho… lol
I can tell I'm going to love this series. I think back to back would be fine, unless you're going to get burnt out on it. And I look forward to your announcement!
Because you are a color genius I have ordered all 12 tubes from your affiliate list. Thank you for giving us great tutorials that really help us. I have a starter kit of DANIEL SMITH and I am impressed. This kit will set me up and go well with other brands I use. Thank you!!
Aw, thank you so much Catherine. I truly hope you enjoy their uniqueness, and I really appreciate you using the affiliate links
So satisfying to see the squares.
Good idea for every other week. I think I'm going to watch this one 10 times or more. Thanks Denise.
So nice to see the Daniel Smith’s paint swatch colors!
Have a few & poured into pans correctly & do they stay a bit (less hard when dry) as seems different brands dry differently but since first time pouring from tubes (not sure but know if all cracking) not decent water color paints!
Like new Holbein (4th generation) & your announcement on special color 😊!
Those lines are so straight! I must redo all my swatch charts now! lol I love this!
Enjoying this series!
These colors are so gorgeous and thoughtfully organized. I’m super pumped for this big announcement!! ❤️❤️❤️
Wow! What an undertaking but such a helpful series for so many needing color ideas. And no one better to introduce painters to such great options than you! Interest in what colors to choose has always been super high. Love your choices too. So... at the end are you going to show us the "In Liquid Color Ultimate Mixing palette" out of all the brands?
Thanks, Steve! I know we all get some version of this question so I do hope it's useful :) That is an intriguing question you ask! :D
I had purchased the Daniel Smith dot cards a while back and I'm itching to fully get into the brand and build a palette, when I clicked on your video I remembered the dot cards I had cut up and stored safely in a drawer!
I picked out your color suggestions, however I had to go with the BUrnt Umber instead of your recommended piemontite genuine, I just couldn't seem to find it in the pile of paints..
I will use the dots as a little palette till they are used up, switch them around a bit and then decide if and which colors to buy, thank you so much for your helpful reference video!
would have been hard to pick out a well rounded palette having all hundreds of colors in front of me!
Got very fortunate as got a dot “mini holder” of DS colors & that’s when knew paints I was using were not good at all!
It’s for a pbn by number using the dot watercolors!
using 3 mm tape for color charts, thats genius!
THAT'S WHY THEY LOOKED SO PERFECT 😱
What a cool series idea! I only have Daniel Smith and a handful of Winsor and Newton, so I am excited to take notes and learn more about a variety of brands! I do think that every two weeks would be good, so you would have more time to upload other videos of interest, but either way works.
Also, a couple months ago you advised me on replacing Winsor Yellow - I wanted to update you that the DS Lemon Yellow you suggested (and advised in this video!) has far exceeded my expectations, and I'm completely enamored by its beautiful greens and lovely natural oranges. Thank you so much for the suggestion!!
I wish they sold these colors you chose in a set. I would buy that in a heartbeat. And I think many other people would too. I really wish this brand would work with you more (or maybe I'm sleeping under a rock and you've worked with them a lot lol). I feel like you've directed a lot of business to a lot of different brands and I think you deserve a lot of recognition!
Any series you do is so immensely helpful and this is no different! I can't wait to pull out some tins and create these palettes! Thank you for your hard work and taking the time to share with the community. Much love!
The one DS color I can’t live without: Rich Green Gold!!!!!!!!! It’s so luminous and mixes well with everything!
Lovely mixes! I adore DS's moonglow and sodalite.
I allllmost mentioned Moonglow on my alternates list because I know how much people love it, but then I remember Mayan Dark Blue, too!
So fantastic! Thank you so much Denise! I love your mixing chart. So informative and mesmerizing. I think this series is perfect for every other week. But have to admit, I’m eagerly awaiting your next installment!
Sodalite and piedmont I love !
Awesome video Denise, I love Daniel Smith, but am excited for the other Brand by Brand videos S well , where do you buy DaVinci??
Hi Linda, DV is available at a lot of art retailers in the US. I buy from them directly though.
This is fantastic! Those two turquoise colors are so beautiful! This is some fantastic info and I just love watching you swatch! So far I prefer small pallets that I can put in my purse so I'm going to adore this series. OOh. And big announcement, huh? Now I'm excited.
I could watch you make mixing charts all day!
Thank you for this lovely video! I really would enjoy a new installment of this series every week!
I love Sodalite Genuine, and have always wanted to get DS's Sap Green and Pthalo Turquoise because I've heard such good things. I've had their Lemon Yellow on my wishlist forever as well, so I'm glad to hear you like it. When I run out of PY3, I'll have to pick up a tube. Their Burnt Sienna really is a lovely color. I have Da Vinci's Burnt Sienna, and I'm not really a fan. I replaced it on my palette with DS's Trans. Red Oxide and haven't regretted it.
Oh! This is going to be a lovely series! What fun choices of colors! You make sure and do whatever schedule you'd like best.
Thanks Grace!
Great information provided for this brand. I think that every other week or each month is fine as long as it doesn't affect your health, knowing that you have and do a lot for us and that you will be moving soon. As always, incredible video, Denise. Take care, hugs
Back to back 😀👍
My heart stopped when I was filling a pan with sodalite genuine, it had this incredible shimmering shifting quality. I turned on the flashlight on my phone to check it out, and all the little crystals in it were throwing out shifting scattered rainbow pinpricks of light. It was STUNNING. I called my fiance over and made him look at it too, it was just too gorgeous.
I fell in love with it in a different swatch video first, and picked it up, but this reminded me all over again. It just mixes into so many incredible colors, you wouldn't dare not to have it in your arsenal!
This series it started so well. I love your color choices and the fact that you added some unusual colors. This is going to be a great series and I can't wait for your announcement 💕
I love this. You are a treasure for me and appreciate your time and work. Thank you.
I have one tube of dan smith and it’s lovely I for sure will try more colors
Can't wait for episode two of the series
This series is so wonderful I am so glad HulloAlice talked about your earth friendly pallet and suggested that everyone check out your channel.
Welcome Anika, and thanks for checking out my videos! I'm glad that you're enjoying it :D
This is a great series and I look forward to seeing more, whether weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly.
This series is going to be amazing! Thanks for doing it Denise!
Very excited for this series!
Perfect choices! What a beautiful mixing chart, every mixture is clean and simply stunning. I’m a bit biased since Daniel Smith is my A#1 favorite brand, although I know I’m not alone.
Your swatches are always so satisfying to watch!! Thank you for a great video. I got DS essentials for about 5 months now and want to explore more convenience mixes. Your videos has been super helpful!! 😄😄
That chart is art. 😍
I would really want that series to be released as often as you can, because I really got into watercolors and I have quite some trouble with choosing the palette. I'm currently using Windsor&Newton in half-pans and personally I don't feel like upgrading right now, so if you could do a video about them (I've seen that you put it in your *favorite watercolors* list) in near future I'd be very excited!
Greetings from a troubled watercolorist (is that even a word?) from Poland! (I guess...)
I absolutely love piedmonite genuine it’s an absolutely beautiful color. And great for flowers in my opinion and branches
Thank you very much for this series! I’m a new subscriber and have my DS essential still untouched so, this gives me more ideas on how I can expand my palette in the future :D looking forward for more!
back to back, is what I prefer :)
One of my favourite brands, phthalo turquoise is a great mixing colour to have in ones palette for sure
I love all your videos!! You put out some great information. I really like the idea of the videos every other week to have all the rich information in them. Also that color study is to die for ❤
YOUR ARE SUCH A GREAT ARTIST
I CANT EVEN DRAW FOR MY LIFE
Ooo! Yay! Thanks for your insights! Every other week sounds like less pressure perhaps?
Thank you so much Denise. I found this so interesting and can’t wait for the next one. So my choice would be back to back. Love all your videos so will enjoy what ever you decided to put up.
All those colours look so pretty ♥
Fantastic, Denise! I went right out and bought Piemontite Genuine and Sodalite Genuine with my watercolor/nail polish allowance. :) This was wonderfully thought out and I don't know how you did it, even though I've watched your Skillshare class more than once. That's why watercolor isn't my job. You're the best.
Thanks so much for all of your support Heidi!!
I like the idea of spacing them out. You do such quality work on so many subjects and I am anxious for your announcement to become public so you can receive the accolades you so richly deserve for your accomplished Watercolor acumen! Sorry I guess I ate a thesaurus for lunch! Very nice tribute to DS and the options over on your Patreon is interesting too! (If your reading this and not a member join today for this content as it alone is worth it!)
Great idea for a series, I love what you have come up with! Very helpful as always :D
Beautiful 😍
love this palette. I will put it together in my small travel palette but have to replace the sleeping beauty as it is outside my budget but there are so many other wonderful Daniel smith options. Thinking I may put in moonglow and substitute monte amiata natural sienna for the yellow ochre as it is a palette favorite of mine as a glowing earth tone . What a wonderful series this promises to be and I favor the every other week presentations while thinking it will destroy any attempts I make to rein in my art budget!
Moonglow is a must in my palette too
Moonglow is fugitive, make your own mix...see kim crick.
I’m working on slowly building a Daniel Smith palette. Besides the colors you list, what other DS colors do you consider must haves? Thanks, love all the info I’ve learned so much from them.
I LOVE THIS NEW SERIES! 💗
Oooo that Sodalite Genuine looks fantastic!
I can bring you some if you remind me! :D
love this series
The two blue green colors you used are my favorite colors!
Great minds! :D haha
Awesome video, love all the information. I certainly could change a couple of colors because I paint mainly portraits but is gorgeous
I love your mixing chart. I adore Sleeping Beauty -- It's so pretty. Thank you for sharing
LOVE this series!!! So excited for all of them :) I think the every other week is a good idea
The colors I use most are greens. But it's interesting to see the colors that other artist use most often.
Nice job Denise. 😁 I think if I had to choose only 12 out of 200+ colors, I'd probably have a nervous breakdown! Lol🤣 The Sleeping Beauty Turqoise concerns me a bit because of rumors of lightfast issues. Considering how close it is to that Phthalo Turquoise, I don't think I'd miss it. Could you get a non-granulating warm blue by mixing P. Turquoise with Quin Rose?
Ah I hadn't hear about the lightfastness issues. While the phthalo turquoise is greener than I imagined it in my head, making the two look similar on that single swatch page, I would use them for entirely different purposes, much like quin gold and yellow ochre. PT is dark, staining, vibrant, and a bully in mixes while SBT is soft, granulating, subtle, and can be used on its own in a natural painting :) The PT is a bit too green to mix a midtone blue, but it does mix a very dark warm blue.
I would prefer a more condensed release format, unless that’s going to cause you issues. I’m loving this idea and can’t wait to see what your recommendations are across various brands!
Thank you for this wonderful video. Ha, color swatching...I can watch for hours. So Thanks again. And once every 2 weeks would be fine by me...:)
I love series like this and would even spend the day watching them back to back, so more compact would be something I would enjoy. Or even if the other video was using the palette for the piece in a more detailed discussion, but I'm a bit obsessive and nerdy that way. I compile all the info from various channels that I feel give as unbiased as possible info so when I want to find certain characteristics it's an informed search. (Unbiased as in despite it being a quality the speaker dislikes personally, it's a good choice when one desires that reaction. It's clear it is not a fault in the material, just a stylistic choice leaving both options equal in quality.)
I am SO excited about this series!! Can't wait for QoR and DV. :D Thanks much. Every other weeks makes it 20 weeks to get them all out? DId I count right? Holy moly.
Great palette! I always enjoy palettes with a little personality 😀 I'm dying to try their lemon and sodalite now.
This is a year old, so you might not even see this, but I just bought a tube of cobalt teal, and I’m weirded out by it. Could it be because it’s a “problematic” color? Sometimes it looks teal, sometimes it looks straight up green, and other times, it’s a bright sky blue with just a tinge of green. I also feel like although the paint glazed pretty and lays on the paper nicely, I don’t get a lot of paint on a page before I have to refresh my brush. I was kind of expecting a smooth buttery paint that would basically paint itself, but I like my Paul Rubens texture better! I’m kind of thinking I might like the Schminke experience better?
I'm happy either way, whether you stagger the episodes and switch it up, or if you decide to put them out one after the other, that's exciting, too. 😊
LOVE this idea for a video series!! I'm so excited to learn more about each brand of paint. Quick QUESTION - what masking tape are you using for your mixing chart? I've been in search for the perfect 1/4" tape and the one you're using looks like a winner! TIA!
I can't find it online but I'll put it in my Instagram stories.
You are a watercolor goddess!
Lovely video, Denise! Your voice was very ASMR on this one, btw! 💕
Haha thanks Nancy! It was super late at night. Maybe I was subconsciously trying to stay quiet and mellow :)
Very cool seeing your picks for this brand. I was surprised at the burnt sienna is pinkish and will have to find that sodalite piemontite mix now! Stunning! Great video :) Looking forward to more and also your news! :) xo
Stellar job! A trip to my local paint store is a must to grab the sodalite genuine. Also, I like the idea of every other week.
In your opinion, what 3 tubes of red , yellow and blue should I get if I want to try Daniel Smith and Holbein? It seems the latter is used by a couple artists I follow and want to see what the excitement is all about. By the way, I mostly paint landscapes\city scapes.
I also paint landscapes and do urban sketching, and one triad (similar to a Velazquez palette) I often use is included in Denise's list: Quin Gold, Burnt Sienna, French Ultramarine. Another great, moody, and very granulating triad for landscapes is Yellow Ochre, Piemontite and Sodalite (I use Indigo, but Sodalite is similar in hue). For brighter colors you could choose the Lemon Yellow, Quin Rose and French Ultramarine. Just my opinion, but hope it helps.
@@everartokelli Thank you for these lovely triad suggestions.
I would love to see M graham next! I am currently trying to pick a set :)
So bummed about the whole quinacridone gold situation. I wish I would've gotten into watercolor when that was still available, because even seeing the swatches online, you can see the vibrancy and glow it gives off. SO vibrant and gorgeous. I wish I could find a tube somewhere. It kills me! lol
I'm personally so excited for this series that I would love if it were back to back, but it depends on what would be best for you as well! Amazing video and some really good picks, and surprisingly enough I only have two colors that youve listed here from DS! I still can't wait to get Sodalite genuine, it's just the pricetag on those primateks, yknow!
They are indeed pricey! But boy are they special :D We call all implement Christmas in July as a thing right? A mid year splurge :p haha.
@@InLiquidColor I vote we make it an official holiday, Julymas! Then we can get all the gorgeously granulating primateks we need!
hello there! i've just discovered your channel. i love your artwork! realistic looking animals yet you make it seem really easy to paint!
may i ask what type of paper you used in this video to paint the swatches on? my painted colour charts somehow end up blotch-y with or without excess water. i'm beginning to wonder if it's the paint or the paper i'm using. it looks like you were liberal with the water in this yet you still get even flat washes.
also, i would love to see you do a Holbein video for this Brand by Brand series as the brands you have previously reviewed are not easily accessible where I live in SE Asia, but the Holbein is easier to purchase and much less expensive compared the the three you've already done: daniel smith, schmincke, da vinci.
thank you so much in advance! :)
I’ve been looking forward to this series =D I vote for every-other-week, though of course whatever works best for you!
(Also wow why is every single colour so BEAUTIFUL
Great series, looking forward to the rest! I'm so glad to see two of my favorite landscape and urban sketching colors--Piemontite and Burnt Sienna--on the list. I have most of the others, and Sodalite and Trans Pyrrol Orange and are on my shopping list. And of the three Primatek colors mentioned, two (Piemontite and Sodalite) are available in stick format (US$8.74 on Blick) which is an inexpensive way to try and buy Primateks.
Do you know how those two colors look compared to their tube colors? I haven't been a fan of the sticks I've tried!
I only have a few sticks which I use for travel palettes, Quin Red and Piemontite both seem to be the same as the tubes, and I just swatched Indanthrone (it might be a bit brighter in stick form--or maybe I didn't use the same amount of water). I haven't compared other colors since I tend to buy stick colors I don't have in tubes. I like the sticks for travel and have experimented with mixing up large, juicy washes, but that's all I've tried so far. Sounds like a good future experiment :)
Wow I just noticed that you joined You tube the same day as my birthday!
How do plan out the grids you use for all your swatching and mixing grids?! Mine never look as clean as yours?
thank goodness french ultramarine is in this palette! i love that color far too much to settle for a different blue
Winsor and Newton!
Denise, thank you so much for your very informative videos.
QUESTION - Have you done any lightfastness testing for Sleeping Beauty Genuine? Jane Blundell found that it greyed out significantly in her lightfastness testing of the Primatek colours offered by Daniel Smith, which saddened me.
Someone else mentioned that but I hadn't seen that! I just looked it up that's so disappointing!!
I got 6 5ml tubes of daniel smith through art snacks (subscription service) and im just wondering: is it normal for the tubes to practically explode when you open them? My hands end up a mess when i first put each color in a pallet. I havent had this happen with any other brands ive had samples of.
What tape are you using in your chart?
Would you mind sharing what tape you used for your color mixing chart? I didn't find that information in the description box.
It's a really tiny 1/8" tape I think. I couldn't find it online! :(
@@InLiquidColor - No problem...I think I found something similar. Thank you! 💜
How do you create your color charts?
What brand of tape do you use? Also, do you have any tips for making your paint not bleed under your tape?
I'm not sure what brand it is, I don't have the packaging anymore. It was in my local art shop and had blue on the label (that's how my mind works lol). Just have to be really diligent about pressing down your tape lines before starting.
Oooh, I like this... I like this. My DS Palette is very similar :)
I'm so curious about the announcement !
I can already tell you one of these video will be very helpful for me : I have 60 half-pan of schmincke and two palettes, one of them with 12 spots. I know that I want some of them on the small one but 12... too much choices ^^
Thank you !
I loved this video.. helps me narrow down a travel palette, which I find very hard to do on my own.. I love sooo many colors, it's hard for me to choose. I'm hoping your BIG announcement is U coming to my house to give me personal painting lessons!!!
😂❤ Thanks so much Kathee!
I love these! I’m down for every other week :>
Wow~~👍
Hi Denise! I'm researching about the "SAA watercolours". Have you ever tried them? Are you planning to give them a try? I would like to know your opinion about it. Thank you in advance!
Hi Laura, I've heard of them, but I have no plans to get them at this time.
@@InLiquidColor thanks for your answer!
Hi Laura
Just (belatedly) saw your question. The SAA colours are inexpensive and perfectly adequate with good colour saturation and good texture. I buy the colours I use a lot of from SAA (paynes grey, yellow ochre etc) as it would be too expensive to get them from Daniel Smith.
@@gillr1149 Thank you! 🙂
Thank you now I want to spend more money 😂 this is gorgeous you even swatch pretty
You selling the mixing chart? It's Beauuuutiful! :) :) :)
Girl, you know I have extra paint I can share with you :D The charts are being immortalized in a pristine, new portfolio :D haha
@@InLiquidColor :: You so nice. I am lacking the Burnt Sienna. (she said to the earth tone lover...) 😮Hee hee
@@MrsTiffanyGrey LOL that's the one color I'm out of 😂