Daniel Morales You are not alone, LOL. Not only am I watching it in its entirety, but have watched portions of it more than once! 😁 Although, I must admit these Daniel Smith swatch videos are hazardous to my pocketbook. I already have a severe case of "whole set syndrome" and this only serves to exacerbate the withdrawal symptoms if it's been a while since my last DS purchase. 😂
I was so excited to see a ninety minute ILC video, I can’t even tell you. For those of you with “whole set syndrome,” I live near the Daniel Smith store in Seattle, and they will sell you one 15mL tube of every color they make, for the low, low bargain price of $1599.00. I had a 20% coupon once and jokingly asked if they would honor it even for that set, and they said “yes” without blinking an eye. Not gonna lie, I thought about it. Not for very long, but I thought about it.
I'm happy to have contributed in a way to this lovely selection of colors! :D For every new swatch I think "oh yeah that color is so pretty!", which is probably why I ended up having quite a lot ;)
I watched the whole thing, and was afraid that if I skipped ahead I would miss some vital knowledge. I am glad I stayed with it. Loved it! Thanks for sharing your immense knowledge and thoughtful opinions.
Hi Denise, needless to say how much I enjoy all your videos,your artistry,your knowledge,your teaching. I am just putting together a DS palette,so am doing a lot of research and choosing colors. I watched all this swatching(I know it’s more than 2 years old) I hope you get this. Wanted to say a couple if things: there is no Azurite Genuine(unless they changed the name since)but that that light dusky blue looks very much like the Lapis Lazuli Genuine, I’m sure you found out this since. Also there is a Primatek called Purpurite, you said you didn’t see it among the Primateks. I’m sure you know that by now too. Out of these 72 colors I’m amazed that most are my favorite colors too. I still maybe need to watch your other even longer DS swatch videos from the dot cards I think. Thank you for all you’re giving us and teaching us.😀
Actually the Daniel Smith website used to sell their empty pans and tins for this very purpose. I was sad when the website quit selling those. I never knew that PY3 was the typical cool yellow chosen until I saw it used repeatedly in sets. It was never in my palette when I started watercolor 10 years ago. My 1st instructor from a 3 day workshop, was abscessed with light fastness, so PY3 was not advised for my starting palette. Later, Susan Harrison-Tustain was my teacher and she doesn't use PY3 either. She told me I was ready to teach so I have been doing that for 6 years.
Thank you so so much for making this video! It's come at a perfect time as I'm trying to put together a transparent palette. Watching you paint these colours really help in seeing if they are as transparent as I want them to be. You are saving me so much money! THANK YOU. It's also nice to just listen as you paint. Totally watching the whole video.
I'm so glad that it's been helpful - and these are pretty fun to record as well! I'm looking forward to more in the future - including the wonderful selection you sent me!
Color combos can be quite relative, some colors appearing more appealing when seen with their entire, intended palette, and some colors only show their full self when out of a tube.Serpentine Genuine from the tube is much more complex and more beautiful compared to the same color from a stick. It's part of the Daniel Smith mini-palette "Colors of Inspiration", which also includes Moonglow and Rose of Ultramarine. When looking at this palette, the colors make more sense than they do individually. The set also includes Shadow Violet, Lavender and Wisteria.Great channel, I'm enjoying it very much!
I am off work today and this is the perfect thing to watch while drinking my coffee. I use Cobalt Teal from Daniel Smith from a tube and I never have a problem with it. It's not something I use a lot, but it's well behaved in the pan for me. I also want to tell you I recently bought DS Yellow Ochre because you love it so much and I am so glad I did. It glows but it has a nice even granulation. I hope to start using it more soon. And as usual, I agree with you on Rose of Ultramarine. I don't use it often, but I love it so much.
Yay! I'm glad the timing worked out well. And I'm always super relieved when people like colors I recommend - I get so nervous! I'm glad to hear the tube of Cobalt Teal is more well behaved. I just think the sticks are not for me in general. I really don't ever enjoy them.
Denise, I'm older, 59.. Please take care of your neck & shoulders. I'very had fibro. 35 yrs., 3 back surgeries, went into autoimmune from "pushing myself". I taught JH Math 37 yrs.because I was single majority of it.... Ask yourself, "will it matter 10 years from now? 5?.. Your viewers WANT you to "take care"!! You are so cute to listen to without editing...You're a DOLL! Nancy
Great video!! The undersea green is pretty close to algae green (almost like dry seaweed (think sushi or California roll), but lighter) so I saw the “under the sea” right away.
I suppose so. I think like "Monterey Bay Green" or "Pacific Northwest Ocean" would have done it more for me. Sea to me always sounds more tropical but that could be entirely be the connotation of the area I'm in.
You posted this video a few days before I swatched out the DS 128 color dot chart. If I had know this would’ve been the perfect background video! Oh to go back in time!
I did have to pause several times, because, life... But I could watch videos like that all day! I just love hearing and talking about colours and pigments.
It would be tempting to have paint-envy, but owning so many colours would just confuse me. I did cheat a bit and periodically fast-forward so I could see each row at a time; then back-track if I wanted to hear your thoughts on a particular colour. You must have been exhausted after two hours. Daniel Smith certainly has oodles of colours. Thank you for your time and effort on this.
Thanks Mary. As I mentioned these were acquired over the past two years and many of them are small samples. I'm very grateful, but it's not like I have 70 tubes lying around ;) I mainly just wanted to be able to see the colors myself and to show you all so that you could see them for your own uses! I agree that having so many colors can be quite overwhelming.
I hope this helps. I wanted to select few D.S. colors. I watched entire video AND would REWIND, WATCHED some parts again:):) Yours was the ONLY video out of 5 that helped me decide!! THANK YOU, Nancy I could tell you were hurting/tired
Yes, Rich Green Gold and Azo Green are the same. Just as Antraquinone Blue and Indanthrone Blue; Dioxazine Purple and Carbazzole Violet; and Manganese Blue and Phthalo Blue (GS) are the same colors between Daniel Smith and M. Graham. There are probably more (feel free to share those as well).
I know this is an older video but I wanted to make sure you are aware of how important neutral tint is in a palette. It’s not just another black/gray color. It was created to mix with any color to darken that color without turning it muddy. It darkens while retaining the colors transparency. I use it often and it is invaluable for me. I very much enjoyed watching this and now will watch your newer one where you swatch all of DS colors. I have differing opinions on some of the colors but that is expected. Thank you Denise!
I'm pretty sure that Denise doesn't have any issues with Neutral tint as a color, she just takes issue with the DS version, which uses pbk9. That pigment is known as ivory or bone black, and it's made exactly as you would think from the name. So it makes perfect sense why Denise, an animal conservationist and educator who also tries to be as environmentally friendly as possible, would take issue with any color that uses that pigment.
I did not say Denise had an issue with Daniel Smith version of neutral tint - not anywhere in my response. I only wanted to make sure she knew how valuable it is to have and use in a palette - Daniel Smith or any brand. Never was brand specific or pigment choice implied.
ds sleeping beauty wc is made with turquoise from the sleeping beauty mine in arizona, which has been closed to turquoise mining since 2012 with no intentions of reopening it. i am amazed that ds got enough of it to open up a color with it but figure it will go the way of quin gold so if anyone is terribly attached to it despite the price you may consider the future of it. sleeping beauty is one of the most expensive turquoises because of it's color and the fact there is no veining in it. i don't care for it as a stone nor paint - to me it is not as turquoise as some of the other wc colors but then i am a picky sort about some things. :)
Have you ever considered putting a small inked line over the paint, next to the pigment info? It could make seeing the opacity a bit clearer, especially on camera. I’ve watched your Shcminke dot card and three page swatching videos, and I find them really chill and nice. I just couldn’t stop thinking about this while watching them. Thanks for the awesome vids!
Great video. Thank you for taking the time to do this video. I loved every second of it. I have only two DS stock watercolors and one of them is cobalt teal. I be the same problem rewetting. I’m not a fan of the stick format. I love watching your swatching videos. You’ve helped me organize my own paint swatches and get the information I need on them to make them useful. I’ve been redoing my swatches on Arches instead of my less expensive papers. I loaded up on Arches when it went on sale for just this purpose. I find the swatches much more useful and accurate when I swatch them on the paper I’ll be painting them. I find swatching on wood pulp paper throws off how the paint will flow, stain and glaze. It’s a lot of work to redo my swatches but I need to resize them to fit into the binders like you do. I’m also adding in some additional areas like flow after seeing how Sade Saves The Day does her swatches.
I'm so glad the resources are helpful Bonnie! I too want to add extra information like Sade has on hers, but at this point, it would be impossible to go back and redo everything haha. I'm glad you're able to add it, and that doing it on the Arches is helpful!
DS, my total spotlight despite the local price, kingdom of beautiful colors! :D love them. Not so much my wallet though :D When it comes to toxicity, I always tend to remember we are all exposed to so many toxins during regular living (in food, cosmetics, air, water even...) that painting with "toxic" colors is like nothing compared to that. Not like we eat the color, bathe in it, spread it over ourselves or have tube for snack a day.... The exposure is minimal, if any. But I understand others might have different approach :) still... Latex gloves doctors use should take care of all possible exposures nicely still (ppl with nickel allergy use them so they can keep using colors like PY150 etc). I went personally for Transparent red iron oxide PR101 instead of burnt sienna and granulation is gorgeous! Color similar to your quin burnt orange though, but love it. And PBr6 Enviro friendly brown iron oxide granulates on everything, literally. Shade is similar to your transparent brown oxide on swatch, maybe even a bit darker and cooler (but not black, could be color of my monitor though) but awesome color I would die for, texture wise! I think you would love it :)
nice to hear you talk about paints while im painting its perfect. and great for my plan to go to the only artstore in my country to carry the entire range this friday though lets be real do i need more colours....
DS Cobalt Teal: I have this in the tube form, I use it all the time, and I haven’t seen that yellowing issue you’re talking about. I have seen that with old tubes of paint in general though, I think the gum Arabic can discolor with age. Garnet genuine vs Quin Burnt Scarlet: they are identical in shade after they’ve dried. The difference is that the garnet granulated and lifts, and the Burnt Scarlet does neither. (In my experience anyway!)
I loved this video! I can watch swatches being painted forever, and it helps me to learn what to get next , I thought I wanted serpentine maybe not so much now
I don't have a problem with my Cobalt Teal Blue from Daniel Smith. For the record, I have a tube. I don't think it does what you say, but I can check if you'd like. Also, I love Fuschite Genuine. I love diluting it greatly so it turns to this pale green-white that's perfect for shading white with. Also, I'm with you on the Cobalts and Cadmiums. I'd love to use up the cobalts I have currently, but there's just nothing that works the way Cobalt Teal and Cobalt Turquoise do for me. Phthalo Turquoise is lovely, but it's a different hue. Cadmiums? There's several colors in those families I think work much better. I've used Cadmiums in the past and I wasn't impressed and went looking for something non-toxic to fit those spots quickly. As for Aussie Red Gold, its dilute form works great as a replacement for dilute Quinacridone gold. Also, it's perfect for cat eyes.
From what others have said it sounds like the sticks have the separation and the tubes don't. One kind viewer is going to sent me a little poured pan to see :)
About the cobalt teal, I personally do not have their cobalt teal but I do have their cobalt violet and when wetting the paint before paining it also has some discoloration. This could just be a property with cobalts but I’m in no way an expert on this.
Oh my goodness Denise! I had to take notes while watching to remember what I wanted to comment on! This was such a lovely video to sketch to. My page is filled with cats, flowers, and notes on the video. The fact that you called this a "little swatching video" at the beginning gave me the giggles as well as "hopefully this doesn't take another 40 minutes." I too know the struggle of filling the wells too much... I just get so excited and forget that I didn't want to do that! Every time you said "uh oh" or "oh no" I got so nervous for you! Luckily there wasn't any major problems, like not recording! That Fuchsite Genuine is everything I've ever wanted in a color. A sea foam that sparkles. I have to resist getting it though because I feel like I'd never use it. Partially because I don't know what I'd use it for and partially because I'd just want to hoard the pretty. 😅
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'd love to do more videos like this so I'm glad it's being so well received! I was looking at fuchsite genuine for what feels like forever. I'm so glad Eve was able to send some. It truly is gorgeous and I'd love to use it for marine life!
Wow, Daniel Smith's browns are so different. I love the Siennas from American Journey, and the Transparent Red Oxide, which is a deep rusty brick red. I would have been disappointed in the Daniel Smith versions.
This video is awesome and I LOVE that you show the pigment names! Thank you! This has a money saver for me. I was looking at Daniel Smith on Amazon and had a bunch of colors in my cart which were combinations (I'd rather mix myself). I also had some that I just did not like after you swatched them and did not have some that I loved after you swatched.
Great video (rather exhausting for you) but I really appreciate the effort and descriptions. I've done the 238 dot card. It took a few days. Overall, it was worth it, but I wish the dots were a bit larger. After awhile, many of the different hues looked rather similar.
watched till the end! home sick and nodded off a couple times but it was great! green apatite wow, love the videos off yhe cuff and less structure, more real and relatable :)
You need to pace yourself!!! After 20 years of Fribo. I can say no to friends, family, when I’m tired.. The shows take it out of you, set up- tear downs, traveling.. A BIG THANK YOU! K
sorry to hear that you've had trouble with DS's cobalt teal! personally I love it and haven't had any issues, whereas I've been slightly turned off to MG's cobalt teal b/c it's supposed to be one of the runniest colors in their line, and I like to travel with my paints
Not sure about your shoulders, but I’ve had a terrible time. I had a craft business for 30 years. My shoulders started killing me. Both froze up. Two surgeries later. I found out a good message does the trick. I have Fribromaylga, so, Pain can be a daily gig. You are young, take care. Thank you for sharing all your talents with us. Kathy
Hi Kathy! I have fibromyalgia as well, going on over 10 years now. It's definitely a daily struggle! Heat, stretching and deep breathing definitely help.
What an awesome video! (and yes, I watched the whole thing) I loved seeing all these colors in action! They really do behave very differently. Thanks for this! I FINALLY just got a limited pallette with enough colors that I am happy with. A couple specifically at your suggestion (Phthlo Turquoise and Sap Green) And just SWATCHING that turquoise!!! OH My Goodness! SO pretty! I'm thinking it needs to be a mosasaurus. I just want to make EVERYTHING that color now.
Thanks for swatching D.S. Raw Sienna. I almost bought it the other day and would have been very unhappy, as I was intending to use it as a sky color. Got W&N Raw Sienna instead; very happy. It's far more orange/yellow.
Lol I returned my tube of Garnet Genuine after I searched it, the rancid smell was so strong it even smelled swatched on paper...for days!! Thankfully I saw some other artists on RUclips comment on the smell so I knew it wasn’t just a bad batch...the drying shift is also disappointing. Love these videos BTW!!
I definitely enjoyed watching this too much!!! My daughter needed a nap so I actually had time to nerd out with colors! I don't have neutral tint and was planning on picking up the Daniel Smith variety but after you mentioned it having Ivory black I started looking around and I found that M Graham's is made with PV19 and PG 7. Have you ever tried this one? I actually ordered my first 2 MG colors from Blick just yesterday! I picked up Azo Green and Anthraquinone Blue (thanks to your recommendation!) I can't wait to use it!!!!
I savored every minute of this video. I find real-time swatches really relaxing in general but the depth of knowledge and experience in your commentary made it so much more worthwhile to watch than some others I've seen on RUclips. Thanks for everything you do on this channel! I'm looking forward to all the new stuff you have planned! Also, I just need to say that I too was influenced by other people's love of buff titanium and bought a whole 15ml tube (marked down, so not a huge waste of money) because I do portraits and a few artists I follow said it was "great for skin!" It's not. It's a sad murky oatmeal color which people's skin should not be. :( I did make peace with it because I found that adding just a bit into my usual skin tone mixture created a subtle texture that I like, but mostly it either seems to granulate out of mixtures or just make them opaque. I would love to know if you have success with that phthalo trick, though! I might just need to spend some more time playing with it.
Thank you for your kind words Caitlin! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I share your sentiments exactly with buff titanium. I tried that mixture with phthalo green even and was not convinced, lol
As feedback for question on the length of the video.. I have been looking for longer videos [like this] to listen to as I work on commissions to keep me company and to passively learn as I'm working. Will listen to them several times.. sorta 'glazing' my brain with the information. I work almost exclusively with a DS pallet so double win for this vid. :-) So, thumbs up from this worker bee.
Denise, the DS brochure I have has Indian Yellow as PY108 (not PY97 and Py150) and since I don't have that color from DS I can't check the tube. Did you get the info from the tube or was it a sample provided by someone else? Would really like to clarify if their brochure is incorrect. Thanks for all the info!
I believe that's the old formula. It's now made with PY97 and PY150 according to their current brochure online. I don't recall how I acquired this sample.
Naples Yellow is PY41. But because PY41as a lead pigment has permanence issues in watercolor it's substituted with either PBr24 or some mix colored pigments and white.
Yes, thank you! I did look it up after recording since I realized I didn't know the answer for that. I prefer the PBr24 to the white mixes, but to each their own!
I had to look up what pbk9 is. Neutral tint is pbk6, pv19, and pb15. No pbk9. Is there a video where you show your top 12 colors... I'd like to know what you would have if you could only have 10-12 colors. I can afford about 5 colors right now, so I'm pulling my hair out. So far I have quin magenta, medium hansa yellow, pthalo blue with green tint - my primaries. I also ordered a set of the 3 primaries they have...blue, red, yellow. I had Payne's grey in my cart, but took it out...tgough I love that color. I'd rather have pitch black and mix my own grays. I'm the opposite of you. Brown is brown. ;p I also have raw umber in my cart. Wish I could get more earth tones and some of the fluorescent colors, too. But this will be plenty for now.
Poor thing. After swatching that many colors in one sitting, I bet you feel like your arm is gonna fall off! But thank you for doing it. ☺️ We subbies should chip in to buy you a heating pad! 🤕🤕🤕
Aw thanks so much! I just need to be better about taking breaks. I was so focused on the chill with no editing that I myself forgot to chill! It's not like you guys would know if I did it in two sessions if I didn't say anything lol.
Do yourself a favor and pick up a couple of rigid wrist braces (for both arms please) to wear at night or while chilling in front of the TV. Get in the habit now, avoid carpal tunnel syndrome later. yuumei.deviantart.com/journal/PSA-for-Artists-Don-t-make-the-same-mistake-I-did-577426340 One of my journalist colleagues had to quit at 42 because of it. She got a great settlement with the newspaper but she still can't grab a can of tomatoes off of a shelf.
Do you know which stores in California sell Daniel Smith in 5 mil? I live in Orange County and my local Blick and Art Supply Warehouse do not sell it in 5 mil.
I LOVED his video! I have a question, did DS change the formulation of the Indian Yellow? Mine is a single pigment of PY108. BTW...My dot card does NOT have Azurite or Purplite on it. You are right ...I would love Purplite.
Thanks Valerie! I believe so. I don't think PY108 is very lightfast. They have a lot of blues so I guess I get not using Azurite, but they have nothing like Purpurite, so I don't know why they'd leave that off!
Denise one question about watercolors i would be beyond thankful if you find a time to answer and explain to me.I wanted to start to paint and i bought cheap 12 watercolor tubes from Marie's Shangai the cheapest kit there is just to give it a go with some synthetic brushes.There are colors in a set like vermilion that i found online when i google about toxicity that uses some toxic materials and i read that colors wouldn't be colorfast if they were 100 % natural.So pls explain it to me how to find a colors that are not very toxic,who manufactures the colors that i can use to learn how to paint and not be worried about them being made from toxic materials like vermilion or lead colors etc?I am from Europe we also have White Nights watercolors here they are high price but for example if they have colors that are not that toxic from 76 colors they have i would much rather buy those then to try my luck with cheap even when i learn.There is nowhere to find by manufacturer about from what every color is composed so i can decide what colors i want and what i don't that is a big problem for me.Teach me how understand from what pigments are certain non toxic colors made so i can find my starting palate?Ty so much Denise i watched tons of your videos you are awesome artist and a wonderful person.Cheers
i had this on while i played around with two pans i got today to replace the black and white in my 12 cotman set (i got permanent rose and cadmium orange, unsure if orange was the most useful choice but the guy in the store was stressing me out so i just picked one, but the single half pans aren't expensive and i /will/ use orange so not a big deal). ANYWAY. i enjoy the casual video thing a lot! we're just chilling together thru the interwebs, i'm learning abt colours, it's neat. i'm excited if you put out more content!! however i got worried about the 14 hour days... look i know you're an adult and that being freelance(? i get the vibe that's your sitch which i realise is hard work) comes with certain work conditions sometimes, but... i'm not your mom but also please remember to get some rest!
Oh no! I'm sorry that guy gave you a hard time! And thank you for the kind words. The 14 hour days were definitely atypical and not at all sought after lol. I took most of today off to recoup and as I mentioned I'll make sure the videos the rest of the month are more relaxed :)
Thank you Denise...for this...so nice to see the colours swatched, but soooo wish you could have afforded to use 2 sheets of Arches 9x12 ...the swatches would have been, as you know, so much more for real, instead of streaky , due to the XL paper...and just a couple more dollars...Janis...hope you may consider not using this paper again for this type of video...thank you none-the-less...for getting this massive job done for everyone to see...somewhat...what these paints can do.
Thank you for making this video! I love paint swatching videos and this one is all DS, yaay :D I really don't like it when paints have gel-like consistency like DS' cerulean blue, viridian, cobalt teal, mayan blue, cobalt violet deep, etc. That's why whenever I'd use them, I avoid fiddling with them too much and use larger brushes so it will take less strokes to fill areas with them. Some of them I don't use anymore like viridian, which is a shame because I still have a half pan full of it D:
26:00 cause daniel smith is crazy expensive outside the US compared to sennelier. Also, I always wonder why teal is a lighter blue-green than turquoise in daniel smith(and some other brands). Teal has always been darker according to pantone colors.
thanks, i'm more of a digital artist and turquoise is my fave color that is surprisingly lacking on my palette. these extensive swatches are really helpful compared to those printed out brochures :)
Loved this episode! I had it on at my desk while I did some sketching and practicing. I always love the content of your vids so don't have strong opinion on "live" vs voiceover style of videos. Are you doing no-spend 2018? I was thinking about it too and haven't made any purchases yet. I would really like to use up all the watercolors that I bought during my discovery period that I don't like. Since I'm spending so much time on practice exercises, I thought it would be a good way to go through those. The only exception I would have to make is M Graham's Anthraquinone Blue because I refuse to live without this color :)
Btw, I was briefly looking into the different compounds of paint that are supposedly non-toxic but looks like perylene might be. Do you know anything about this? Does the paint manufacturing process neutralize this? Also learned Anthraquinone creates a honeycomb-like structure which just sounds so wonderful!
I am (trying) to do no spend 2018! At least with unnecessary art supplies and Starbucks ;) I am allowing paper and I just picked up an ink brush pen and a bleed proof white I need for a project, but other than that I'm doing okay! As for the perylenes, DickBlick says NA for some and no toxicity for others. I'm not sure about it otherwise though!
I also happen to love the sennelier ultramarine but I put the DS Ultra in my travel pallette (I nearest Canson XL for all my tests messing around because I save my money for my paints,✌️👍 btw I have just the regular DS ultramarine don’t see that here :(
My tube of cobalt teal re wets pretty averagely and only the stick does that. My stick form of nickel azo yellow does the puddle thing but rewets about the same due to the nature of the pigment in stick form. Hope that helps!
I'm not sure I understand the question? I have the whole series of mixing videos. I don't own the Daniel Smith essentials set though to do a video on those six colors (I'm missing pyrrol scarlet) if that's what you're asking.
In Liquid Color. Ignore me. Sometimes I don't know what I'm asking either. I was just thinking if I could only have six-8 or so colors to mix, what would they be. Luv us kiddo. You're doing amazing!
I just got some tubes sent by marty to try... quin rose, wich i love, the pthalo blue and gambouche and french utlramarine finest cant wait to play with those, that pthalo blue is alost leaning to turquoise, but it is sooooo pretty. You were right on the rewetting part though. But nothing that a small eyedropper cant solve and the colors are worth the exxtra step hehe
I have the Purpurite Genuine! (PurpuRite, with an R.) I have mainly used it in monochromes on very rough paper bc of the granulation, but I love it. If you want to see it mixed with anything, let me know, I’m happy to do some charts and take some pics for you.
Oops, sorry - I was leaving comments throughout the video because I only have two settings, now and never. ;) I’ll do some mixes with it and post to Instagram.
Am I the only one who is serious about watching this entire video straight ahead without skipping forward?😂
Thank you!! :)
Nop, we're at least two if count me too 💕💕 i love these long videos ❤
You are not alone! I watched it religiously from start to finish 😂
Daniel Morales You are not alone, LOL. Not only am I watching it in its entirety, but have watched portions of it more than once! 😁 Although, I must admit these Daniel Smith swatch videos are hazardous to my pocketbook. I already have a severe case of "whole set syndrome" and this only serves to exacerbate the withdrawal symptoms if it's been a while since my last DS purchase. 😂
I was so excited to see a ninety minute ILC video, I can’t even tell you.
For those of you with “whole set syndrome,” I live near the Daniel Smith store in Seattle, and they will sell you one 15mL tube of every color they make, for the low, low bargain price of $1599.00. I had a 20% coupon once and jokingly asked if they would honor it even for that set, and they said “yes” without blinking an eye.
Not gonna lie, I thought about it. Not for very long, but I thought about it.
I watch these long swatch videos while I wait for my nighttime medication to kick in, it helps so much and I tend to dream about watercolours hehe
These get me out of depression.... This one and my 40favorite colors....
Please do more.... They are such source of joy
Sending you healing vibes. Trying to get back to work soon myself!
I'm happy to have contributed in a way to this lovely selection of colors! :D For every new swatch I think "oh yeah that color is so pretty!", which is probably why I ended up having quite a lot ;)
Your collection is a rock star! I'm so appreciative of your contributions :)
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I watched the whole thing, and was afraid that if I skipped ahead I would miss some vital knowledge. I am glad I stayed with it. Loved it! Thanks for sharing your immense knowledge and thoughtful opinions.
Thanks so much for watching it through Samantha! I'm so glad that it was helpful :)
Just watching this now. I’m so excited to see so many of my favourite colours, and a couple I’ve ordered! :) Thanks so much for these great videos.
I would really love to see your entire watercolor collection (all your palettes basically)! Also, great video. These colors are gorgeous
Hi Denise, needless to say how much I enjoy all your videos,your artistry,your knowledge,your teaching. I am just putting together a DS palette,so am doing a lot of research and choosing colors. I watched all this swatching(I know it’s more than 2 years old) I hope you get this. Wanted to say a couple if things: there is no Azurite Genuine(unless they changed the name since)but that that light dusky blue looks very much like the Lapis Lazuli Genuine, I’m sure you found out this since. Also there is a Primatek called Purpurite, you said you didn’t see it among the Primateks. I’m sure you know that by now too. Out of these 72 colors I’m amazed that most are my favorite colors too. I still maybe need to watch your other even longer DS swatch videos from the dot cards I think. Thank you for all you’re giving us and teaching us.😀
Actually the Daniel Smith website used to sell their empty pans and tins for this very purpose. I was sad when the website quit selling those. I never knew that PY3 was the typical cool yellow chosen until I saw it used repeatedly in sets. It was never in my palette when I started watercolor 10 years ago. My 1st instructor from a 3 day workshop, was abscessed with light fastness, so PY3 was not advised for my starting palette. Later, Susan Harrison-Tustain was my teacher and she doesn't use PY3 either. She told me I was ready to teach so I have been doing that for 6 years.
Thank you so so much for making this video! It's come at a perfect time as I'm trying to put together a transparent palette. Watching you paint these colours really help in seeing if they are as transparent as I want them to be. You are saving me so much money! THANK YOU. It's also nice to just listen as you paint. Totally watching the whole video.
I'm so glad that it's been helpful - and these are pretty fun to record as well! I'm looking forward to more in the future - including the wonderful selection you sent me!
Color combos can be quite relative, some colors appearing more appealing when seen with their entire, intended palette, and some colors only show their full self when out of a tube.Serpentine Genuine from the tube is much more complex and more beautiful compared to the same color from a stick. It's part of the Daniel Smith mini-palette "Colors of Inspiration", which also includes Moonglow and Rose of Ultramarine. When looking at this palette, the colors make more sense than they do individually. The set also includes Shadow Violet, Lavender and Wisteria.Great channel, I'm enjoying it very much!
I am off work today and this is the perfect thing to watch while drinking my coffee. I use Cobalt Teal from Daniel Smith from a tube and I never have a problem with it. It's not something I use a lot, but it's well behaved in the pan for me. I also want to tell you I recently bought DS Yellow Ochre because you love it so much and I am so glad I did. It glows but it has a nice even granulation. I hope to start using it more soon. And as usual, I agree with you on Rose of Ultramarine. I don't use it often, but I love it so much.
Yay! I'm glad the timing worked out well. And I'm always super relieved when people like colors I recommend - I get so nervous! I'm glad to hear the tube of Cobalt Teal is more well behaved. I just think the sticks are not for me in general. I really don't ever enjoy them.
Haha I jumped when you said Ophelia, It’s not so often I hear someone with my name (only twice so far 😂)
Denise, I'm older, 59.. Please take care of your neck & shoulders. I'very had fibro. 35 yrs., 3 back surgeries, went into autoimmune from "pushing myself". I taught JH Math 37 yrs.because I was single majority of it....
Ask yourself, "will it matter 10 years from now? 5?..
Your viewers WANT you to "take care"!! You are so cute to listen to without editing...You're a DOLL! Nancy
Great video!! The undersea green is pretty close to algae green (almost like dry seaweed (think sushi or California roll), but lighter) so I saw the “under the sea” right away.
I suppose so. I think like "Monterey Bay Green" or "Pacific Northwest Ocean" would have done it more for me. Sea to me always sounds more tropical but that could be entirely be the connotation of the area I'm in.
Undersea green is the very first Daniel Smith paint I chose to buy. Just the perfect color I needed.
I love watching the entire video. It is very relaxing and inspiring. Plus, I am understanding the pigments much more. 🥰
Been watching your swatch vids to relax after my wisdom teeth along with others were pulled..! i soo appreciate the work in these, Denise. 💞
You posted this video a few days before I swatched out the DS 128 color dot chart. If I had know this would’ve been the perfect background video! Oh to go back in time!
Oh no!! I hope you had fun nonetheless!
I did have to pause several times, because, life... But I could watch videos like that all day! I just love hearing and talking about colours and pigments.
Thank you as always Milena!! I'm so glad you liked it :)
I love listening to you chat!! I’m sure it’s not easy! Your passion about art, colors come through!
Thank you! So glad you like it!
It would be tempting to have paint-envy, but owning so many colours would just confuse me. I did cheat a bit and periodically fast-forward so I could see each row at a time; then back-track if I wanted to hear your thoughts on a particular colour. You must have been exhausted after two hours. Daniel Smith certainly has oodles of colours. Thank you for your time and effort on this.
Thanks Mary. As I mentioned these were acquired over the past two years and many of them are small samples. I'm very grateful, but it's not like I have 70 tubes lying around ;) I mainly just wanted to be able to see the colors myself and to show you all so that you could see them for your own uses! I agree that having so many colors can be quite overwhelming.
i actually love long real-time videos like this tbh
Ok, this was AWESOME! I'd love to see more of these swatch videos, TIA! (No, it wasn't too long, it was a nice, relaxing watch)
Thanks Rori! I have some more planned for the future given the success of this video!
I really like this type of video. Informative and interrsting to watch. It inspires me to swatch as a warmup.
Yes I am watching the whole video. I like to see how the paints work by watching you put them on the swatch. Love it. Terri Simmers.
I like to put your swatching videos on when I do my chores around the house!
I hope this helps. I wanted to select few D.S. colors. I watched entire video AND would REWIND, WATCHED some parts again:):) Yours was the ONLY video out of 5 that helped me decide!! THANK YOU, Nancy
I could tell you were hurting/tired
Yes, Rich Green Gold and Azo Green are the same. Just as Antraquinone Blue and Indanthrone Blue; Dioxazine Purple and Carbazzole Violet; and Manganese Blue and Phthalo Blue (GS) are the same colors between Daniel Smith and M. Graham. There are probably more (feel free to share those as well).
I could watch videos like this ALL DAY!
I know this is an older video but I wanted to make sure you are aware of how important neutral tint is in a palette. It’s not just another black/gray color. It was created to mix with any color to darken that color without turning it muddy. It darkens while retaining the colors transparency. I use it often and it is invaluable for me.
I very much enjoyed watching this and now will watch your newer one where you swatch all of DS colors. I have differing opinions on some of the colors but that is expected.
Thank you Denise!
I'm pretty sure that Denise doesn't have any issues with Neutral tint as a color, she just takes issue with the DS version, which uses pbk9. That pigment is known as ivory or bone black, and it's made exactly as you would think from the name. So it makes perfect sense why Denise, an animal conservationist and educator who also tries to be as environmentally friendly as possible, would take issue with any color that uses that pigment.
I did not say Denise had an issue with Daniel Smith version of neutral tint - not anywhere in my response. I only wanted to make sure she knew how valuable it is to have and use in a palette - Daniel Smith or any brand. Never was brand specific or pigment choice implied.
ds sleeping beauty wc is made with turquoise from the sleeping beauty mine in arizona, which has been closed to turquoise mining since 2012 with no intentions of reopening it. i am amazed that ds got enough of it to open up a color with it but figure it will go the way of quin gold so if anyone is terribly attached to it despite the price you may consider the future of it. sleeping beauty is one of the most expensive turquoises because of it's color and the fact there is no veining in it. i don't care for it as a stone nor paint - to me it is not as turquoise as some of the other wc colors but then i am a picky sort about some things. :)
Thank you very much Denise, it’s always a pleasure listening to you... and really useful. Take care!
I watched the whole thing. Did you have transparent red oxide! Two years later? You must. Thanks, Denise. Great vid.
Have you ever considered putting a small inked line over the paint, next to the pigment info? It could make seeing the opacity a bit clearer, especially on camera. I’ve watched your Shcminke dot card and three page swatching videos, and I find them really chill and nice. I just couldn’t stop thinking about this while watching them. Thanks for the awesome vids!
I'll consider it for the next one! Thanks for the input and I'm glad you like the videos :)
Great video. Thank you for taking the time to do this video. I loved every second of it.
I have only two DS stock watercolors and one of them is cobalt teal. I be the same problem rewetting. I’m not a fan of the stick format.
I love watching your swatching videos. You’ve helped me organize my own paint swatches and get the information I need on them to make them useful.
I’ve been redoing my swatches on Arches instead of my less expensive papers. I loaded up on Arches when it went on sale for just this purpose. I find the swatches much more useful and accurate when I swatch them on the paper I’ll be painting them. I find swatching on wood pulp paper throws off how the paint will flow, stain and glaze.
It’s a lot of work to redo my swatches but I need to resize them to fit into the binders like you do. I’m also adding in some additional areas like flow after seeing how Sade Saves The Day does her swatches.
I'm so glad the resources are helpful Bonnie! I too want to add extra information like Sade has on hers, but at this point, it would be impossible to go back and redo everything haha. I'm glad you're able to add it, and that doing it on the Arches is helpful!
DS, my total spotlight despite the local price, kingdom of beautiful colors! :D love them. Not so much my wallet though :D
When it comes to toxicity, I always tend to remember we are all exposed to so many toxins during regular living (in food, cosmetics, air, water even...) that painting with "toxic" colors is like nothing compared to that. Not like we eat the color, bathe in it, spread it over ourselves or have tube for snack a day.... The exposure is minimal, if any. But I understand others might have different approach :) still... Latex gloves doctors use should take care of all possible exposures nicely still (ppl with nickel allergy use them so they can keep using colors like PY150 etc).
I went personally for Transparent red iron oxide PR101 instead of burnt sienna and granulation is gorgeous! Color similar to your quin burnt orange though, but love it. And PBr6 Enviro friendly brown iron oxide granulates on everything, literally. Shade is similar to your transparent brown oxide on swatch, maybe even a bit darker and cooler (but not black, could be color of my monitor though) but awesome color I would die for, texture wise! I think you would love it :)
nice to hear you talk about paints while im painting its perfect. and great for my plan to go to the only artstore in my country to carry the entire range this friday though lets be real do i need more colours....
I can honestly say I loved the whole video. Thank you so much. Love Terri Simmers.
DS Cobalt Teal: I have this in the tube form, I use it all the time, and I haven’t seen that yellowing issue you’re talking about. I have seen that with old tubes of paint in general though, I think the gum Arabic can discolor with age.
Garnet genuine vs Quin Burnt Scarlet: they are identical in shade after they’ve dried. The difference is that the garnet granulated and lifts, and the Burnt Scarlet does neither. (In my experience anyway!)
Great to know Kathryn! Thanks so much for the input about those two colors.
Just checking in to say hello and hoping you are well!!! I'm just getting back to painting!
Hugs and best wishes!!
Just looked at Daniel Smith's website and their new Neutral Tint is PBk6, not PBk9. Good to know!
Brooke Rosenthal yay!! That makes me happy :)
I loved this video! I can watch swatches being painted forever, and it helps me to learn what to get next , I thought I wanted serpentine maybe not so much now
I'm so glad you liked it! It's a beautiful color but just similar to sap green IMO. If you love the granulation though it may be a replacement!
I love my 52-color metal palette of paints too!
Watched the whole video, pausing at times to take notes. Great video, Denise. Thanks.
So glad you liked it Sharon!
I don't have a problem with my Cobalt Teal Blue from Daniel Smith. For the record, I have a tube. I don't think it does what you say, but I can check if you'd like.
Also, I love Fuschite Genuine. I love diluting it greatly so it turns to this pale green-white that's perfect for shading white with.
Also, I'm with you on the Cobalts and Cadmiums. I'd love to use up the cobalts I have currently, but there's just nothing that works the way Cobalt Teal and Cobalt Turquoise do for me. Phthalo Turquoise is lovely, but it's a different hue. Cadmiums? There's several colors in those families I think work much better. I've used Cadmiums in the past and I wasn't impressed and went looking for something non-toxic to fit those spots quickly.
As for Aussie Red Gold, its dilute form works great as a replacement for dilute Quinacridone gold. Also, it's perfect for cat eyes.
From what others have said it sounds like the sticks have the separation and the tubes don't. One kind viewer is going to sent me a little poured pan to see :)
About the cobalt teal, I personally do not have their cobalt teal but I do have their cobalt violet and when wetting the paint before paining it also has some discoloration. This could just be a property with cobalts but I’m in no way an expert on this.
Oh my goodness Denise! I had to take notes while watching to remember what I wanted to comment on! This was such a lovely video to sketch to. My page is filled with cats, flowers, and notes on the video.
The fact that you called this a "little swatching video" at the beginning gave me the giggles as well as "hopefully this doesn't take another 40 minutes." I too know the struggle of filling the wells too much... I just get so excited and forget that I didn't want to do that! Every time you said "uh oh" or "oh no" I got so nervous for you! Luckily there wasn't any major problems, like not recording!
That Fuchsite Genuine is everything I've ever wanted in a color. A sea foam that sparkles. I have to resist getting it though because I feel like I'd never use it. Partially because I don't know what I'd use it for and partially because I'd just want to hoard the pretty. 😅
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'd love to do more videos like this so I'm glad it's being so well received! I was looking at fuchsite genuine for what feels like forever. I'm so glad Eve was able to send some. It truly is gorgeous and I'd love to use it for marine life!
Wow, Daniel Smith's browns are so different. I love the Siennas from American Journey, and the Transparent Red Oxide, which is a deep rusty brick red. I would have been disappointed in the Daniel Smith versions.
This video is awesome and I LOVE that you show the pigment names! Thank you!
This has a money saver for me. I was looking at Daniel Smith on Amazon and had a bunch of colors in my cart which were combinations (I'd rather mix myself). I also had some that I just did not like after you swatched them and did not have some that I loved after you swatched.
My tube of Daniel Smith New Gamboge is single pigment PY153. I’ve had it for several years-not sure when they changed it to a two pigment.
Great video (rather exhausting for you) but I really appreciate the effort and descriptions. I've done the 238 dot card. It took a few days. Overall, it was worth it, but I wish the dots were a bit larger. After awhile, many of the different hues looked rather similar.
watched till the end! home sick and nodded off a couple times but it was great! green apatite wow, love the videos off yhe cuff and less structure, more real and relatable :)
I'm glad you liked it - feel better!!
You need to pace yourself!!! After 20 years of Fribo. I can say no to friends, family, when I’m tired.. The shows take it out of you, set up- tear downs, traveling.. A BIG THANK YOU! K
sorry to hear that you've had trouble with DS's cobalt teal! personally I love it and haven't had any issues, whereas I've been slightly turned off to MG's cobalt teal b/c it's supposed to be one of the runniest colors in their line, and I like to travel with my paints
Not sure about your shoulders, but I’ve had a terrible time. I had a craft business for 30 years. My shoulders started killing me. Both froze up. Two surgeries later. I found out a good message does the trick. I have Fribromaylga, so, Pain can be a daily gig. You are young, take care. Thank you for sharing all your talents with us. Kathy
Hi Kathy! I have fibromyalgia as well, going on over 10 years now. It's definitely a daily struggle! Heat, stretching and deep breathing definitely help.
What an awesome video! (and yes, I watched the whole thing) I loved seeing all these colors in action! They really do behave very differently. Thanks for this!
I FINALLY just got a limited pallette with enough colors that I am happy with. A couple specifically at your suggestion (Phthlo Turquoise and Sap Green) And just SWATCHING that turquoise!!! OH My Goodness! SO pretty! I'm thinking it needs to be a mosasaurus. I just want to make EVERYTHING that color now.
Thanks for swatching D.S. Raw Sienna. I almost bought it the other day and would have been very unhappy, as I was intending to use it as a sky color. Got W&N Raw Sienna instead; very happy. It's far more orange/yellow.
Lol I returned my tube of Garnet Genuine after I searched it, the rancid smell was so strong it even smelled swatched on paper...for days!! Thankfully I saw some other artists on RUclips comment on the smell so I knew it wasn’t just a bad batch...the drying shift is also disappointing.
Love these videos BTW!!
I definitely enjoyed watching this too much!!! My daughter needed a nap so I actually had time to nerd out with colors! I don't have neutral tint and was planning on picking up the Daniel Smith variety but after you mentioned it having Ivory black I started looking around and I found that M Graham's is made with PV19 and PG 7. Have you ever tried this one? I actually ordered my first 2 MG colors from Blick just yesterday! I picked up Azo Green and Anthraquinone Blue (thanks to your recommendation!) I can't wait to use it!!!!
I'm so glad you liked it! I haven't tired MGraham's yet, but another viewer did mention DS has reformulated theirs to use PBk6 instead of 9!
Went looking for the Lezley Davidson video before I realized you found it and posted it 😜
I savored every minute of this video. I find real-time swatches really relaxing in general but the depth of knowledge and experience in your commentary made it so much more worthwhile to watch than some others I've seen on RUclips. Thanks for everything you do on this channel! I'm looking forward to all the new stuff you have planned!
Also, I just need to say that I too was influenced by other people's love of buff titanium and bought a whole 15ml tube (marked down, so not a huge waste of money) because I do portraits and a few artists I follow said it was "great for skin!" It's not. It's a sad murky oatmeal color which people's skin should not be. :( I did make peace with it because I found that adding just a bit into my usual skin tone mixture created a subtle texture that I like, but mostly it either seems to granulate out of mixtures or just make them opaque. I would love to know if you have success with that phthalo trick, though! I might just need to spend some more time playing with it.
Thank you for your kind words Caitlin! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I share your sentiments exactly with buff titanium. I tried that mixture with phthalo green even and was not convinced, lol
What pen does she use to write the color names? It doesn't seem to run when it gets wet so I kinda want one or want to know what to look for lol
Seriously? I wake up hungry for a 4:00 am snack, and see this video tempting me. :-) :-)
Oh no!! Haha, I'm sorry for the dilemma!
As feedback for question on the length of the video.. I have been looking for longer videos [like this] to listen to as I work on commissions to keep me company and to passively learn as I'm working. Will listen to them several times.. sorta 'glazing' my brain with the information. I work almost exclusively with a DS pallet so double win for this vid. :-) So, thumbs up from this worker bee.
thank you so much for sharing! I had a wonderful time swatching out my dot card from DS with you😍💕
Denise, the DS brochure I have has Indian Yellow as PY108 (not PY97 and Py150) and since I don't have that color from DS I can't check the tube. Did you get the info from the tube or was it a sample provided by someone else? Would really like to clarify if their brochure is incorrect. Thanks for all the info!
I believe that's the old formula. It's now made with PY97 and PY150 according to their current brochure online. I don't recall how I acquired this sample.
Naples Yellow is PY41.
But because PY41as a lead pigment has permanence issues in watercolor it's substituted with either PBr24 or some mix colored pigments and white.
Yes, thank you! I did look it up after recording since I realized I didn't know the answer for that. I prefer the PBr24 to the white mixes, but to each their own!
I had to look up what pbk9 is. Neutral tint is pbk6, pv19, and pb15. No pbk9.
Is there a video where you show your top 12 colors... I'd like to know what you would have if you could only have 10-12 colors.
I can afford about 5 colors right now, so I'm pulling my hair out. So far I have quin magenta, medium hansa yellow, pthalo blue with green tint - my primaries. I also ordered a set of the 3 primaries they have...blue, red, yellow. I had Payne's grey in my cart, but took it out...tgough I love that color. I'd rather have pitch black and mix my own grays. I'm the opposite of you. Brown is brown. ;p I also have raw umber in my cart. Wish I could get more earth tones and some of the fluorescent colors, too. But this will be plenty for now.
I stayed with you till Serpentine in a Stick. Thanks for sharing such
very enjoyable info.
Wow, as a painter of animals, I would think you'd use a lot of grays...for gray squirrels, raccoons, foxes, etc.
I like to mix my greys too.
Poor thing. After swatching that many colors in one sitting, I bet you feel like your arm is gonna fall off! But thank you for doing it. ☺️ We subbies should chip in to buy you a heating pad! 🤕🤕🤕
Aw thanks so much! I just need to be better about taking breaks. I was so focused on the chill with no editing that I myself forgot to chill! It's not like you guys would know if I did it in two sessions if I didn't say anything lol.
Do yourself a favor and pick up a couple of rigid wrist braces (for both arms please) to wear at night or while chilling in front of the TV. Get in the habit now, avoid carpal tunnel syndrome later. yuumei.deviantart.com/journal/PSA-for-Artists-Don-t-make-the-same-mistake-I-did-577426340
One of my journalist colleagues had to quit at 42 because of it. She got a great settlement with the newspaper but she still can't grab a can of tomatoes off of a shelf.
Do you know which stores in California sell Daniel Smith in 5 mil? I live in Orange County and my local Blick and Art Supply Warehouse do not sell it in 5 mil.
Order from Jackson’s.
I LOVED his video!
I have a question, did DS change the formulation of the Indian Yellow? Mine is a single pigment of PY108.
BTW...My dot card does NOT have Azurite or Purplite on it. You are right ...I would love Purplite.
Thanks Valerie! I believe so. I don't think PY108 is very lightfast. They have a lot of blues so I guess I get not using Azurite, but they have nothing like Purpurite, so I don't know why they'd leave that off!
San Jose...cool that's where I grew up. I'm up north in Mendocino now
Denise one question about watercolors i would be beyond thankful if you find a time to answer and explain to me.I wanted to start to paint and i bought cheap 12 watercolor tubes from Marie's Shangai the cheapest kit there is just to give it a go with some synthetic brushes.There are colors in a set like vermilion that i found online when i google about toxicity that uses some toxic materials and i read that colors wouldn't be colorfast if they were 100 % natural.So pls explain it to me how to find a colors that are not very toxic,who manufactures the colors that i can use to learn how to paint and not be worried about them being made from toxic materials like vermilion or lead colors etc?I am from Europe we also have White Nights watercolors here they are high price but for example if they have colors that are not that toxic from 76 colors they have i would much rather buy those then to try my luck with cheap even when i learn.There is nowhere to find by manufacturer about from what every color is composed so i can decide what colors i want and what i don't that is a big problem for me.Teach me how understand from what pigments are certain non toxic colors made so i can find my starting palate?Ty so much Denise i watched tons of your videos you are awesome artist and a wonderful person.Cheers
i had this on while i played around with two pans i got today to replace the black and white in my 12 cotman set (i got permanent rose and cadmium orange, unsure if orange was the most useful choice but the guy in the store was stressing me out so i just picked one, but the single half pans aren't expensive and i /will/ use orange so not a big deal). ANYWAY. i enjoy the casual video thing a lot! we're just chilling together thru the interwebs, i'm learning abt colours, it's neat.
i'm excited if you put out more content!! however i got worried about the 14 hour days... look i know you're an adult and that being freelance(? i get the vibe that's your sitch which i realise is hard work) comes with certain work conditions sometimes, but... i'm not your mom but also please remember to get some rest!
Oh no! I'm sorry that guy gave you a hard time! And thank you for the kind words. The 14 hour days were definitely atypical and not at all sought after lol. I took most of today off to recoup and as I mentioned I'll make sure the videos the rest of the month are more relaxed :)
I'm using up an older palette (after a break to use acrylics), and I am painting with a mix of pigment and hair and dust. :-)
Ha. Cricket isn't allowed on my desk but I still manage to find cat hair everywhere!
I love the cascade green.
Thank you Denise...for this...so nice to see the colours swatched, but soooo wish you could have afforded to use 2 sheets of Arches 9x12 ...the swatches would have been, as you know, so much more for real, instead of streaky , due to the XL paper...and just a couple more dollars...Janis...hope you may consider not using this paper again for this type of video...thank you none-the-less...for getting this massive job done for everyone to see...somewhat...what these paints can do.
I meant the dot cards with paint on them, not just swatch cards. I don’t know where to find them?
This is meditation for me.
Thank you for making this video! I love paint swatching videos and this one is all DS, yaay :D
I really don't like it when paints have gel-like consistency like DS' cerulean blue, viridian, cobalt teal, mayan blue, cobalt violet deep, etc. That's why whenever I'd use them, I avoid fiddling with them too much and use larger brushes so it will take less strokes to fill areas with them. Some of them I don't use anymore like viridian, which is a shame because I still have a half pan full of it D:
26:00 cause daniel smith is crazy expensive outside the US compared to sennelier.
Also, I always wonder why teal is a lighter blue-green than turquoise in daniel smith(and some other brands). Teal has always been darker according to pantone colors.
It's only ever used as a light color for "cobalt teal." Teal is darker than turquoise.
thanks, i'm more of a digital artist and turquoise is my fave color that is surprisingly lacking on my palette.
these extensive swatches are really helpful compared to those printed out brochures :)
Loved this episode! I had it on at my desk while I did some sketching and practicing. I always love the content of your vids so don't have strong opinion on "live" vs voiceover style of videos.
Are you doing no-spend 2018? I was thinking about it too and haven't made any purchases yet. I would really like to use up all the watercolors that I bought during my discovery period that I don't like. Since I'm spending so much time on practice exercises, I thought it would be a good way to go through those. The only exception I would have to make is M Graham's Anthraquinone Blue because I refuse to live without this color :)
Btw, I was briefly looking into the different compounds of paint that are supposedly non-toxic but looks like perylene might be. Do you know anything about this? Does the paint manufacturing process neutralize this? Also learned Anthraquinone creates a honeycomb-like structure which just sounds so wonderful!
I am (trying) to do no spend 2018! At least with unnecessary art supplies and Starbucks ;) I am allowing paper and I just picked up an ink brush pen and a bleed proof white I need for a project, but other than that I'm doing okay! As for the perylenes, DickBlick says NA for some and no toxicity for others. I'm not sure about it otherwise though!
So exciting!
I love this @ these remind me of my Caran D.che pencils especially the Bismuth and grey lavender (it’s a fabulous shadow color btw)
I also happen to love the sennelier ultramarine but I put the DS Ultra in my travel pallette (I nearest Canson XL for all my tests messing around because I save my money for my paints,✌️👍 btw I have just the regular DS ultramarine don’t see that here :(
I don't have the regular ultramarine from them. I've only tried the french.
My tube of cobalt teal re wets pretty averagely and only the stick does that. My stick form of nickel azo yellow does the puddle thing but rewets about the same due to the nature of the pigment in stick form. Hope that helps!
Watched it all the way through....I think it was great!
Thanks Gary!
Does anyone know how to get color dot cards or swatch cards to look at while deciding what paints to buy?
Wondering if you could do or have done a purely mixing set video for people like me who are beginners?
I'm not sure I understand the question? I have the whole series of mixing videos. I don't own the Daniel Smith essentials set though to do a video on those six colors (I'm missing pyrrol scarlet) if that's what you're asking.
In Liquid Color. Ignore me. Sometimes I don't know what I'm asking either. I was just thinking if I could only have six-8 or so colors to mix, what would they be. Luv us kiddo. You're doing amazing!
Most Naples yellows on the market are hues genuine Naples is mostly lead.
I just got some tubes sent by marty to try... quin rose, wich i love, the pthalo blue and gambouche and french utlramarine finest cant wait to play with those, that pthalo blue is alost leaning to turquoise, but it is sooooo pretty. You were right on the rewetting part though. But nothing that a small eyedropper cant solve and the colors are worth the exxtra step hehe
Thanks to your quin rose color spotlight i now have a primary poppy red,lol, even with the gambouche,wich i used due to lack of hansa yellow deep,haha
Oh I love this and I love thep pallette I have a thing for palletes I’m enchanted with palletes! I’d die for this DS Pallette ❤️✌️
I have the Purpurite Genuine! (PurpuRite, with an R.) I have mainly used it in monochromes on very rough paper bc of the granulation, but I love it. If you want to see it mixed with anything, let me know, I’m happy to do some charts and take some pics for you.
I had corrected myself in the description lol. It's so pretty! I'd love to see it mixed with your favorite combos!
Oops, sorry - I was leaving comments throughout the video because I only have two settings, now and never. ;) I’ll do some mixes with it and post to Instagram.
Haha no worries! Tag me in the photos :)
somehow...I have purperite in my collection. Thank you, Amazon. It is not on the dot card and I have yet to try it out.
I loved this video! Thank you!
Beautiful
SO informative! TY!
Loved this video... beginning thru the end!!!! Thanks!
Sleeping Beauty Turquoise is from the same name mine in Arizona I think do not quote me on that.
Thanks for this! ❤️❤️❤️