Hello everyone! I'm sorry it's been a while after I promised to get back to my regular uploads in February. The year continued to throw some heavy crap at me up until recently, oof. I'm going to me moving again soon (locally) which means that I'll be busy packing and what not throughout March, but I am both planning to make some content for you before that happens, and I think I will be in a much better head space after the move so that I can get back to my proper schedule. There will be a huge Etsy moving sale coming up to help me prepare for the move, so make sure to check the shop next week, follow me on Instagram, or sign up for my mailing list on my website to be notified when that sale goes live. Thank you in the meantime for all of your patience and support. It's been a rough year, but were clawing our way out of of this slump, and I look forward to some positive changes coming soon!
I hope it is ok that I already sent in an order and No I do not need a discount, I hope to support you as best as I can and I know you already have to do the free shipping that Etsy is going with these days. SO glad life is going your way these days!
Yay season three!! I’m glad you’re in the headspace to be producing content it’s the bonus round for those of us who watch everything that you put out. Much love and hugs
Hey Denise, I just wanted to tell you how thankful I am for your videos. Not only have I learnt SO MUCH but as someone with panic attacks and anxiety your videos calm me down and make me feel safe. I rewatch them regularly and love your little safe corner of RUclips. Thank you for everything you do!
So glad to see you back Denise, also kudos for mentioning the amaaaaazing silky blacks you get from mixing perylene maroon with perylene green and/or Indanthrone blue. It’s a remarkably versatile mixer for a red pigment!
Love all the paintings, but the thumbnails are wonderful, so free and the essence of loose watercolor. I'm thrilled that this series is back, I agree with other commenters--I often rewatch old Color Spotlights to inspire me when I'm using these colors. I'm always amazed how cerulean is such a great mixer and brings lovely texture to so many colors and also realize that I don't use my Perylene Maroon enough. Best of luck on your move!
I found that with Mission Gold and M Graham, both which can sometimes yield undesirable textures, it helps to vigorously mix up the paint with a toothpick when it comes right out of the tube and poured before letting it dry:)
I've been waiting for this Perylene Maroon spotlight for a while. I bought the W&N one but am yet to really use it. I really need to update my swatch chart. Also so happy I bought the W&N version now
Just watching older Color Spotlight videos when this one popped up! So another wonderful video to watch and you show off the properties of this paint and so extensive as well as intensive! You do NOT Disappoint! I find your paintings so enjoyable to watch and find that true to form you are a harsher critic than anyone of us would be, Well unless we were criticizing our own painting! Have a grand time and enjoy your week-end. OH I thought the intro music was just fine!
Schminke Perylene Maroon is my favourite right now, part of my favourite trio with Schminke Yellow Orange and Schmincke Cobalt (I know) Green Turquoise. They're definitely more on the opaque side but it's been a great trio for quick little plein air paintings!
Great to see you back! Oh wow this is so interesting and timely for me! I just bought Perylene maroon by schmincke 2 days ago! The color shift is so disappointing I really hope mine doesn’t do that, so far I have only swatched it and saw no significant shift, it’s such a beautiful dark red I am in love! Previously I mostly used Sennelier Alizarin Crimson for my dark red needs but I love the Perylene maroon more and will be replacing it on my palette. I grabbed all of the Perylene line by schmincke on a whim because I just love the tones! Looking forward to see the other videos and how the other brands stack up!
I'm very glad to see you back, Denise. I became to love the perylenes through you. These last days I'm unwrapping a bunch of Roman Szmal paints, amongst them a couple of perylenes, also perylene maroon. I'm curious how that one will be compared with what you showed us here. I love this series and the bunch of information that comes with it. And not least: your paintings.
I have the M Graham version and it’s been great for what I use it with- galaxy painting and character drawing. Like you said too, it’s great for mixes. I thought your painting turned out great, then again I’m partial to birds and M Graham xD
Glad you're back! Teoh swatched the Schmincke version so I was glad to see you swatch and talk about DaVini's and W&N's since they are my top 3 brands. I liked W&N's the best followed by DaVinci's which I already have in my cart however, I think I will hold off with purchasing it due to its color shift. Thanks so much for this video!
I absolutely love Perylene Maroon!!! It's one of the colors on my palette that I would be lost without. The first one I ever tried was from M.Graham, it came in one of their color collections and it's still my favorite. It's funny, I'm not sure I would've ordered it on my own and now I practically keep it stocked piled!
The perylene maroon from Winston and newton and dioxazine violet is one of my favorite pairs for a warm violet dark hair. It’s also a great mix for shadows. I also mix a little nickel azo yellow to neutralize it more.
Amazing spotlight, waiting was worth it! I loved the mixes with cerulean, it's something I definitely need to try. My favourite perylene maroon is Winsor & Newton's. Sennelier's is a hue and even if it looks quite good, it can be disappointing on mixes. I love to mix it with PR122 to get dusky pinks and blushy oranges.
I have White Night's version (Venice Purple) and love using it with their Bright Blue (a very cool PB15:3 that might not be the most pigmented but IS very bright and beautiful), it makes beautiful greys and close to a black color. The Venice Purple is more intense, bright and orange-y than Daniel Smith's one (as compared to the dot card) and warmer than Schminke's (also compared to the dot card). Thanks Denise! You are awesome! Love how casually you just paint so beautifully. 💎 Update: I just bought the W&N one and that Perylene Maroon and the White Nights one are very, very similar. Would be hard to tell them apart, at least on the papers I've tried them on (Canson XL and Saunders Waterford CP Cotton).
I have the M. Graham perylene maroon and I find it's one of the colours I use most often in mixes. I love it with yellow ochre for skin tones, but I use it so many places, I love it :)
Can’t wait to see the one with perylene violet. The maroon and violet perylene colors are two of my favorite colors. I started with the schmincke versions of both and fell in love.
Excellent analysis of a lovely color as usual, Denise! I find your comments about the texture thats not granulation interesting. Any ideas about that and what thats attributed to? Such a great color series. Hope your move goes well.
Thanks Steve! I've noticed it with some M. Graham colors in particular that have what I refer to as "shelfing" texture only because I don't know what else to call it. There's a property to some of them that remind me of sedimentary rocks. I think it has to do with interactions with certain tap waters but I haven't done any controlled studies.
@@InLiquidColor Interesting! I'll watch for that because I'm curious now. I can't say I've noticed it so far but I'm a very textural painter so that's not really a surprise I guess.
I've painted a woodpigeon with their huge mating colour purplish grey chest. In the past, I've used the W&N fugitive Opera rose and Quin violet with the delightful Aqua green. I'm looking forward to trying Perylene maroon to make the subtle warm greys. I bought the Perylene maroon because I wanted an earthy red I could mix with Transparent orange or a yellow brown to paint terracotta roofing in landscapes. My old German shepherd dog and Doberman loved toasting themselves in front of a fire. My own dark hair in the sun as well as these pets had a distinct reddish tint to hair/fur.
I'M SO GLAD THIS SERIES IS BACK OMG LITERALLY YESTERDAY I SIGHED WISTFULLY TO MYSELF WONDERING WHETHER YOU'D EVER MAKE ANOTHER SEASON AHHHHH Also I love Perylene Maroon soooooo much, I use the Schmincke version and it's one of my all times faves and a must-have on all of my palettes. It's so versatile!
Love this color! I got it last year in the Great Paint Purchase Splurge. I also got Napthamide Maroon PR171, which is more purple, and I go back and forth, liking one more than the other, and then back again! These were all DS paints, because my local store, Riley Street Art Supplies, carries every color DS makes, some but not all of both M Graham and Qor, and no W&N pro wc, and no DV, last time I was in there, tho it has been while. I also got M Graham trans iron oxides in yellow PY42, orange PY42+PR101, and red PR101, which I've watched Steve use in landscapes, which is what I mostly paint. I think I use the PY42 to mix into almost anything earthy (I know you don't love this color, but it makes really great beach sand), and it seems to mix well with all my browns and muted colors. I especially love to watch you paint, as I love watching your brush strokes, and when you blend them out...! I have learned so much just watching you paint. Good luck with the move!
Lizard friend was so fun to watch you paint. I haven’t got Perylene Maroon as yet but it is on my wish list. I’ve discovered I like earth-leaning reds. I love the smokey, atmospheric mixes! Oh the music in this video was lovely 💖
I was literally watching your color spotlight series today because I’ve missed you so much. I also got skillshare so I can take your classes as I took a bit of a break from watercolor painting. You’re just so inspiring. I’m looking forward to this season and I hope your move goes well! Glad to see you back. 💕🎨🖌
Thank you so much for the kind words! I've missed you all too. It's been a rough go, but I cannot wait to get back to "normal." Thanks for sticking by me during my absence!
I use M graham's perylene maroon and I love it! Paired with their Pthalo Green BS it makes some goooorgeous shades, including an almost black color at full strength. Cooler in tone than the mix with Perylene Green, also. :) So happy this series has returned!
I had the DaVinci version. I liked it wet, but not so much when it dried (that dried blood look). I've seen it do well in mixes, so I am considering adding it back into the palette.
Very worth waiting for Denise. I have DS' version of this colour because I am so fond of earthy colours. I hadn't thought of mixing with cerulean blue, so that was very helpful info. Looking forward to seeing what Perylene Violet is all about. Pidgeons are actually quite pretty and I thought both your paintings showed off the colour mixes well.
Glad to see you back. Your content is amongst the best on youtube and skillshare being very in depth. The color spotlight series was a serious help in learning watercolors and making better choices when choosing pigments. Looking forward to the next entries (especially Phthalo Turquoise and transparent PR 101s). Generally, I want to like Perylene Maroon but a lot them look incredibly underwhelming. IMO, it generally looks very flat when dry. Maybe because of the color shift, saturation loss and the speckling? However, it's stunning appearing to be a gorgeous blood red shade when wet. My top two picks would be Winsor Newton (really pretty, high saturated and intense) and MG (best glaze). Da Vinci is eh. My least favorite would be Mission Gold and Holbein. Both look the most flat and least intense/saturated to me. Funny enough, Holbein's Perylene Maroon was on my first custom palette (which was a hot mess). The pigeon thumbnail looks very cute but the sketch came out fine. Good luck to your move and hope it goes well. :)
Wow. Winsor & Newton's version is gorgeous. I love the richness of it. See, this is why Winsor & Newton shouldn't always be discounted as a good watercolor brand. I know you never really said that, though, and that the main issue isn't the quality of their paints but more of the hype and the price. I own a lot of W&N (out of sheer convenience and availability near me) and I find a lot of their watercolors to be consistent and extremely pigmented. The only odd thing about the brand is their odd earth tones (using multi pigments or other pigments for other classically known colors like "Raw Umber" and using a totally unrelated pigment-- most brands do not do that).
I love this series so much, but I do blame you(and Dr. Oto) for me NEEDING multiples of the same pigment. The WN one and the one from DV are now going on the list. I have the MG and adore it despite how much the color dulls. It reallly bummed me out at first. I haven't been inspired to paint since around Dec due to being sick, but this vid got those wheels turning. Thank you! I really like your sketches, they have a really illustrative feel to them that for some reason reminds me of 90s children's books, but I can't remember what they were called.
Yessss one of my ultimate favorite colors! I can never pack a set without perylene maroon, I just can't. I like how it's a bit earthy and I use it quite a bit for skin tones. Sometimes I can't help but notice it looks a bit like blood though and I don't know what to feel about that lmao
So happy to see color spotlight back in action. I just love them along with your swatching videos! I have a question- I notice you change the grip on your pencil and your paintbrush when you are drawing or painting. You hold them in the traditional way we were taught to hold a pencil with the index finger and thumb grasping, and you also switch to the thumb over the index finger grip. Is there a purpose for a different kind of grasping technique or simply hand fatigue and using some different muscles?
That's a good catch! I do grip the pencils/brushes different depending on what I need them for. I will hold them much closer to the tip if i want more control, and way further back the looser I want to be. I also went back to check and I don't think it's in this video, but I will also sometimes hold the pencil completely differently by grasping it with my thumb and index kind of like usual, but then putting the rest of the pencil under my hand (holding it with my other three fingers) rather than with the eraser end point upward. That's if I really want loosen my gestures!
In Liquid Color Thanks! That makes sense, use as a technique for looser painting and drawing. I do recall seeing the last grip you describe, for perhaps more coherent longer lines or flicks fir a desired look. It is something you do without thinking or a taught technique? I like learning subtle things to get particular effects!
@@paulage1art i think it came up kind of in passing like someone mentioned it helped with loosening up, bur I don't think about it these days, just switch between what feels right!
Yay new episode!! I was actually waiting for this episode in particular because I really love M. Graham's Maroon Perylene and I was really shocked when I saw the other swatches because M.Graham's really looks earthy beside them. I actually use maroon perylene and anthraquinone blue to create my preferred neutral tint. M.Graham's versions create a black that could easily be adjusted in temperature by adding more of one of the colors and I just really love it. note: I really thought that I was the only one experiencing the "granulation" thing in my M.Grahams. I don't mind it but it's really weird to see non-granulating colors do that. Btw, thank you for creating quality content for us here in youtube😊😊😊
Thanks Yuan! I was surprised by the earthiness too. I've been a bit frustrated by the texture in M. Graham's paints lately which j find more confusing than anything else!
I got the w&n version today. This is the weirdest color i've seen. If i have to give my first impression would be that is extremely desaturated, and like a transparent Indian red. When diluted looks very fleshy. Have to test it and use it but i think i will end up using it more than any other red since im not into saturated paintings and this would fit the bill for a primary earthy red. I love Indian red but that guy is too opaque bro 🤣.
So, you can make a humble pigeon look beautiful and turn a lizard into the star of the show... what can't you do, woman?!? :-D The lizard is simply stunning. Off to research them...
Aw thanks Kristi! I never thought pigeons got enough credit :D I specifically realized that when traveling to other countries and seeing how they regard their version of "pigeons" (whatever animals are common and not really glanced at), and some of them were SUCH stunning birds! Made me appreciate our dudes a little more :)
Denice, I have trouble finding Da Vinci watercolor paints in Canada. On Amazon.ca there are very little paints mostly brushes. I looked at the Da Vinci website in the U.S. but the shipping charges are out of this world. Why are the shipping charges so high in the U.S. compared to other countries? You can get free shipping from China and even Russia is cheaper. Go figure !!!
I'm interested in this blood maroon pigments, so I bought White nights venice purple in pan. I do like this color a lot, just as we see in Denise swatch! However, I feel like the huge drying shift is somehow hard to handle for me. If I use this color for mixing, I almost have no idea that what color I might get after drying finally. It struggles me a lot. Does anyone know what color has similar hue without having the drying shift?
maybe you can check the pigment Quinacridone Maroon PR206, in Winsor Newton it's called "Brown Madder", DS as Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet. They are in the same earthy red range
Could you please tell me what kind of watercolor sketchbook you're using in the demos at the end? The ends have the deckled edges so I'm assuming it's a handmade sketchbook? It looks really nice :)
I think your pigeon turned out great regardless of it having a slightly too big head, I wouldn't have even thought anything of it if you didn't mention it honestly :)
It's literally been only those two for me.sometimes i make very slight adjustments but the green in particular is just wrong. The scanner I use is on my Amazon shop if that helps!
@@InLiquidColor I'm in the UK and avoid their products as much as I can. I grew with only them and Daler Rowney as choices so I know their products very well...thank god for the internet is all I can say! Give me Schminke or Daniel Smith any day :)
Living in Wisconsin we have tons of neglected barns. I love this color when doing rural pieces with fading barns.
Hello everyone! I'm sorry it's been a while after I promised to get back to my regular uploads in February. The year continued to throw some heavy crap at me up until recently, oof. I'm going to me moving again soon (locally) which means that I'll be busy packing and what not throughout March, but I am both planning to make some content for you before that happens, and I think I will be in a much better head space after the move so that I can get back to my proper schedule.
There will be a huge Etsy moving sale coming up to help me prepare for the move, so make sure to check the shop next week, follow me on Instagram, or sign up for my mailing list on my website to be notified when that sale goes live. Thank you in the meantime for all of your patience and support. It's been a rough year, but were clawing our way out of of this slump, and I look forward to some positive changes coming soon!
I hope it is ok that I already sent in an order and No I do not need a discount, I hope to support you as best as I can and I know you already have to do the free shipping that Etsy is going with these days. SO glad life is going your way these days!
@@mjpete27 Thank you again, my friend! I'm very grateful for the support and will be happy to get that out to you!
@@penakeedas672 Thank you so much
Welcome back! It's always a good day when you have a new video up. I do love that lizard.
Yay season three!! I’m glad you’re in the headspace to be producing content it’s the bonus round for those of us who watch everything that you put out. Much love and hugs
Hey Denise, I just wanted to tell you how thankful I am for your videos. Not only have I learnt SO MUCH but as someone with panic attacks and anxiety your videos calm me down and make me feel safe. I rewatch them regularly and love your little safe corner of RUclips. Thank you for everything you do!
That is such a huge compliment to someone who also deals with major anxiety. I'm so glad I can bring a little bit of calm to your life!
So glad to see you back Denise, also kudos for mentioning the amaaaaazing silky blacks you get from mixing perylene maroon with perylene green and/or Indanthrone blue. It’s a remarkably versatile mixer for a red pigment!
Oh my beloved Color Spotlight! Thank you, thank you for restarting this. Watching this series was how I first found you :)
Love all the paintings, but the thumbnails are wonderful, so free and the essence of loose watercolor. I'm thrilled that this series is back, I agree with other commenters--I often rewatch old Color Spotlights to inspire me when I'm using these colors. I'm always amazed how cerulean is such a great mixer and brings lovely texture to so many colors and also realize that I don't use my Perylene Maroon enough. Best of luck on your move!
I found that with Mission Gold and M Graham, both which can sometimes yield undesirable textures, it helps to vigorously mix up the paint with a toothpick when it comes right out of the tube and poured before letting it dry:)
Omg, the lizard painting is gorgeous! 😍
I've been waiting for this Perylene Maroon spotlight for a while. I bought the W&N one but am yet to really use it. I really need to update my swatch chart.
Also so happy I bought the W&N version now
Glad you’re back! My painting muse has left the building, and I miss it sooooo much. Good to hear your voice!!!
Just watching older Color Spotlight videos when this one popped up! So another wonderful video to watch and you show off the properties of this paint and so extensive as well as intensive! You do NOT Disappoint! I find your paintings so enjoyable to watch and find that true to form you are a harsher critic than anyone of us would be, Well unless we were criticizing our own painting! Have a grand time and enjoy your week-end. OH I thought the intro music was just fine!
Schminke Perylene Maroon is my favourite right now, part of my favourite trio with Schminke Yellow Orange and Schmincke Cobalt (I know) Green Turquoise. They're definitely more on the opaque side but it's been a great trio for quick little plein air paintings!
YAY. It's back! I really love these! They are lots of fun. And it's neat learning about all these colors.
Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us Denise. I always love watching your painting demonstrations at the end too. Beautiful 💜
Thank you so much for the pigeon! I was hoping for it with fingers crossed. I am just a sucker for their plumage and their antics.
Great to see you back! Oh wow this is so interesting and timely for me! I just bought Perylene maroon by schmincke 2 days ago! The color shift is so disappointing I really hope mine doesn’t do that, so far I have only swatched it and saw no significant shift, it’s such a beautiful dark red I am in love! Previously I mostly used Sennelier Alizarin Crimson for my dark red needs but I love the Perylene maroon more and will be replacing it on my palette. I grabbed all of the Perylene line by schmincke on a whim because I just love the tones! Looking forward to see the other videos and how the other brands stack up!
I just love that lizard. The coloration is awesome. Well done and thank you.
I’m so excited for season 3!! Thank you for all of your hard work and research on these pigments!
I'm very glad to see you back, Denise. I became to love the perylenes through you.
These last days I'm unwrapping a bunch of Roman Szmal paints, amongst them a couple of perylenes, also perylene maroon. I'm curious how that one will be compared with what you showed us here.
I love this series and the bunch of information that comes with it. And not least: your paintings.
i LOVE this series! i sometimes go back and rewatch old episodes haha
Love this series Denise. Thanks for all the work you do!
I have the M Graham version and it’s been great for what I use it with- galaxy painting and character drawing. Like you said too, it’s great for mixes. I thought your painting turned out great, then again I’m partial to birds and M Graham xD
Glad you're back! Teoh swatched the Schmincke version so I was glad to see you swatch and talk about DaVini's and W&N's since they are my top 3 brands. I liked W&N's the best followed by DaVinci's which I already have in my cart however, I think I will hold off with purchasing it due to its color shift. Thanks so much for this video!
Glad it was helpful!
I absolutely love Perylene Maroon!!! It's one of the colors on my palette that I would be lost without. The first one I ever tried was from M.Graham, it came in one of their color collections and it's still my favorite. It's funny, I'm not sure I would've ordered it on my own and now I practically keep it stocked piled!
The perylene maroon from Winston and newton and dioxazine violet is one of my favorite pairs for a warm violet dark hair. It’s also a great mix for shadows. I also mix a little nickel azo yellow to neutralize it more.
Amazing spotlight, waiting was worth it!
I loved the mixes with cerulean, it's something I definitely need to try.
My favourite perylene maroon is Winsor & Newton's. Sennelier's is a hue and even if it looks quite good, it can be disappointing on mixes.
I love to mix it with PR122 to get dusky pinks and blushy oranges.
I have White Night's version (Venice Purple) and love using it with their Bright Blue (a very cool PB15:3 that might not be the most pigmented but IS very bright and beautiful), it makes beautiful greys and close to a black color. The Venice Purple is more intense, bright and orange-y than Daniel Smith's one (as compared to the dot card) and warmer than Schminke's (also compared to the dot card).
Thanks Denise! You are awesome! Love how casually you just paint so beautifully. 💎
Update: I just bought the W&N one and that Perylene Maroon and the White Nights one are very, very similar. Would be hard to tell them apart, at least on the papers I've tried them on (Canson XL and Saunders Waterford CP Cotton).
White Night`s one is oddly my favorite
@@LowKey_izildura Mine too ☺️
I have the M. Graham perylene maroon and I find it's one of the colours I use most often in mixes. I love it with yellow ochre for skin tones, but I use it so many places, I love it :)
You're so peaceful to listen to while sketching my flowers!
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I LOVE YOOUUUU AND LOVE THIS SERIES
I rewatched the first two seasons at least 3 times
Aww thank you for all of your support, friend!
@@InLiquidColor when I watch you swatch these colors and make amazing art I just feel so inspired to paint more and practice
Thank you 😄
Can’t wait to see the one with perylene violet. The maroon and violet perylene colors are two of my favorite colors. I started with the schmincke versions of both and fell in love.
You are the best, thank you so much for all the trouble you go to for this series, it is fascinating and very helpful.
A really cool mix perylene maroon and the pthalo blue or pthalo turquoise mixes a really deep black
I cannot tell you how excited I am that you're brining this back! Thank you for all your hard work in doing these spotlight videos!
Excellent analysis of a lovely color as usual, Denise! I find your comments about the texture thats not granulation interesting. Any ideas about that and what thats attributed to? Such a great color series. Hope your move goes well.
Thanks Steve! I've noticed it with some M. Graham colors in particular that have what I refer to as "shelfing" texture only because I don't know what else to call it. There's a property to some of them that remind me of sedimentary rocks. I think it has to do with interactions with certain tap waters but I haven't done any controlled studies.
@@InLiquidColor Interesting! I'll watch for that because I'm curious now. I can't say I've noticed it so far but I'm a very textural painter so that's not really a surprise I guess.
I've painted a woodpigeon with their huge mating colour purplish grey chest. In the past, I've used the W&N fugitive Opera rose and Quin violet with the delightful Aqua green. I'm looking forward to trying Perylene maroon to make the subtle warm greys. I bought the Perylene maroon because I wanted an earthy red I could mix with Transparent orange or a yellow brown to paint terracotta roofing in landscapes. My old German shepherd dog and Doberman loved toasting themselves in front of a fire. My own dark hair in the sun as well as these pets had a distinct reddish tint to hair/fur.
I'M SO GLAD THIS SERIES IS BACK OMG LITERALLY YESTERDAY I SIGHED WISTFULLY TO MYSELF WONDERING WHETHER YOU'D EVER MAKE ANOTHER SEASON AHHHHH
Also I love Perylene Maroon soooooo much, I use the Schmincke version and it's one of my all times faves and a must-have on all of my palettes. It's so versatile!
I'm sorry it's taken so long! It started last summer but the year just got so far away from me
Love this color! I got it last year in the Great Paint Purchase Splurge. I also got Napthamide Maroon PR171, which is more purple, and I go back and forth, liking one more than the other, and then back again! These were all DS paints, because my local store, Riley Street Art Supplies, carries every color DS makes, some but not all of both M Graham and Qor, and no W&N pro wc, and no DV, last time I was in there, tho it has been while. I also got M Graham trans iron oxides in yellow PY42, orange PY42+PR101, and red PR101, which I've watched Steve use in landscapes, which is what I mostly paint. I think I use the PY42 to mix into almost anything earthy (I know you don't love this color, but it makes really great beach sand), and it seems to mix well with all my browns and muted colors. I especially love to watch you paint, as I love watching your brush strokes, and when you blend them out...! I have learned so much just watching you paint. Good luck with the move!
Lizard friend was so fun to watch you paint. I haven’t got Perylene Maroon as yet but it is on my wish list. I’ve discovered I like earth-leaning reds. I love the smokey, atmospheric mixes! Oh the music in this video was lovely 💖
Thank you on all accounts Joy!
I was literally watching your color spotlight series today because I’ve missed you so much. I also got skillshare so I can take your classes as I took a bit of a break from watercolor painting. You’re just so inspiring. I’m looking forward to this season and I hope your move goes well! Glad to see you back. 💕🎨🖌
Thank you so much for the kind words! I've missed you all too. It's been a rough go, but I cannot wait to get back to "normal." Thanks for sticking by me during my absence!
I use M graham's perylene maroon and I love it! Paired with their Pthalo Green BS it makes some goooorgeous shades, including an almost black color at full strength. Cooler in tone than the mix with Perylene Green, also. :) So happy this series has returned!
It’s good to see you. Sorry you have to relocate that has to be very frustrating, but I hope your new spot will be everything for you
Thanks Noreen! I hope so too 🤞
you read my mind, i’ve been searching what to do with this thing!! thank you 🙏
I had the DaVinci version. I liked it wet, but not so much when it dried (that dried blood look). I've seen it do well in mixes, so I am considering adding it back into the palette.
Very worth waiting for Denise. I have DS' version of this colour because I am so fond of earthy colours. I hadn't thought of mixing with cerulean blue, so that was very helpful info. Looking forward to seeing what Perylene Violet is all about. Pidgeons are actually quite pretty and I thought both your paintings showed off the colour mixes well.
Thanks so much Mary! I'm glad it was helpful and I too am looking forward to the rest of the series :)
yay! I haven't been in an arty mood for a while, so this comes in perfect for me!:)
Love the little lizard friend. 🦎
What a cute little lizard 🥰 Mother Nature really has a sense for cool colour mixtures, doesn't it?
Thanks this, I just got this color and not sure how I will use it. Just color mixing swatches right now.
This is a super useful video, because I was considering this color for a new color
Glad to see you back. Your content is amongst the best on youtube and skillshare being very in depth. The color spotlight series was a serious help in learning watercolors and making better choices when choosing pigments. Looking forward to the next entries (especially Phthalo Turquoise and transparent PR 101s).
Generally, I want to like Perylene Maroon but a lot them look incredibly underwhelming. IMO, it generally looks very flat when dry. Maybe because of the color shift, saturation loss and the speckling? However, it's stunning appearing to be a gorgeous blood red shade when wet.
My top two picks would be Winsor Newton (really pretty, high saturated and intense) and MG (best glaze). Da Vinci is eh. My least favorite would be Mission Gold and Holbein. Both look the most flat and least intense/saturated to me. Funny enough, Holbein's Perylene Maroon was on my first custom palette (which was a hot mess).
The pigeon thumbnail looks very cute but the sketch came out fine.
Good luck to your move and hope it goes well. :)
Thanks Sophie! I'm looking forward to that phthlo turquoise too!
I can't decide now which is my fav! 🧡
Wow. Winsor & Newton's version is gorgeous. I love the richness of it. See, this is why Winsor & Newton shouldn't always be discounted as a good watercolor brand. I know you never really said that, though, and that the main issue isn't the quality of their paints but more of the hype and the price. I own a lot of W&N (out of sheer convenience and availability near me) and I find a lot of their watercolors to be consistent and extremely pigmented. The only odd thing about the brand is their odd earth tones (using multi pigments or other pigments for other classically known colors like "Raw Umber" and using a totally unrelated pigment-- most brands do not do that).
I have the Roman Szmal and there is very little drying shift and no white spots, paper used is fabriano.
I love this series so much, but I do blame you(and Dr. Oto) for me NEEDING multiples of the same pigment. The WN one and the one from DV are now going on the list. I have the MG and adore it despite how much the color dulls. It reallly bummed me out at first. I haven't been inspired to paint since around Dec due to being sick, but this vid got those wheels turning. Thank you!
I really like your sketches, they have a really illustrative feel to them that for some reason reminds me of 90s children's books, but I can't remember what they were called.
Ive been waiting for this moment!
Hi! What is the color bias for this color? Thanks for the video!
I recently got Schmincke's Perylene Maroon and it didn't really have a drying shift at all
Yessss one of my ultimate favorite colors! I can never pack a set without perylene maroon, I just can't. I like how it's a bit earthy and I use it quite a bit for skin tones. Sometimes I can't help but notice it looks a bit like blood though and I don't know what to feel about that lmao
So happy to see color spotlight back in action. I just love them along with your swatching videos! I have a question- I notice you change the grip on your pencil and your paintbrush when you are drawing or painting. You hold them in the traditional way we were taught to hold a pencil with the index finger and thumb grasping, and you also switch to the thumb over the index finger grip. Is there a purpose for a different kind of grasping technique or simply hand fatigue and using some different muscles?
That's a good catch! I do grip the pencils/brushes different depending on what I need them for. I will hold them much closer to the tip if i want more control, and way further back the looser I want to be. I also went back to check and I don't think it's in this video, but I will also sometimes hold the pencil completely differently by grasping it with my thumb and index kind of like usual, but then putting the rest of the pencil under my hand (holding it with my other three fingers) rather than with the eraser end point upward. That's if I really want loosen my gestures!
In Liquid Color Thanks! That makes sense, use as a technique for looser painting and drawing. I do recall seeing the last grip you describe, for perhaps more coherent longer lines or flicks fir a desired look. It is something you do without thinking or a taught technique? I like learning subtle things to get particular effects!
@@paulage1art i think it came up kind of in passing like someone mentioned it helped with loosening up, bur I don't think about it these days, just switch between what feels right!
Wooooooo!!! Color spotlight!!!
Luuuuuved that lizard!
Yay new episode!! I was actually waiting for this episode in particular because I really love M. Graham's Maroon Perylene and I was really shocked when I saw the other swatches because M.Graham's really looks earthy beside them. I actually use maroon perylene and anthraquinone blue to create my preferred neutral tint. M.Graham's versions create a black that could easily be adjusted in temperature by adding more of one of the colors and I just really love it.
note: I really thought that I was the only one experiencing the "granulation" thing in my M.Grahams. I don't mind it but it's really weird to see non-granulating colors do that. Btw, thank you for creating quality content for us here in youtube😊😊😊
Thanks Yuan! I was surprised by the earthiness too. I've been a bit frustrated by the texture in M. Graham's paints lately which j find more confusing than anything else!
What size is ur flat shader brush? Thanks!
That color shift is probably on par with iron oxides honestly
It is! And i suppose fitting since they're close in hue.
Do perelyne violet on your next color spotlight!
I got the w&n version today. This is the weirdest color i've seen. If i have to give my first impression would be that is extremely desaturated, and like a transparent Indian red. When diluted looks very fleshy. Have to test it and use it but i think i will end up using it more than any other red since im not into saturated paintings and this would fit the bill for a primary earthy red. I love Indian red but that guy is too opaque bro 🤣.
So, you can make a humble pigeon look beautiful and turn a lizard into the star of the show... what can't you do, woman?!? :-D The lizard is simply stunning. Off to research them...
Aw thanks Kristi! I never thought pigeons got enough credit :D I specifically realized that when traveling to other countries and seeing how they regard their version of "pigeons" (whatever animals are common and not really glanced at), and some of them were SUCH stunning birds! Made me appreciate our dudes a little more :)
Denice, I have trouble finding Da Vinci watercolor paints in Canada. On Amazon.ca there are very little paints mostly brushes. I looked at the Da Vinci website in the U.S. but the shipping charges are out of this world. Why are the shipping charges so high in the U.S. compared to other countries? You can get free shipping from China and even Russia is cheaper. Go figure !!!
I'm interested in this blood maroon pigments, so I bought White nights venice purple in pan. I do like this color a lot, just as we see in Denise swatch! However, I feel like the huge drying shift is somehow hard to handle for me. If I use this color for mixing, I almost have no idea that what color I might get after drying finally. It struggles me a lot. Does anyone know what color has similar hue without having the drying shift?
maybe you can check the pigment Quinacridone Maroon PR206, in Winsor Newton it's called "Brown Madder", DS as Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet. They are in the same earthy red range
I wonder what Cobalt Teal (PG50) or Hansa Yellow Lt. (PY3) would do with this color?
They're great, too! Cobalt is similar to the cerulean, though cooler of course, and the lemon yellow type colors make vibrant cool oranges.
Could you please tell me what kind of watercolor sketchbook you're using in the demos at the end? The ends have the deckled edges so I'm assuming it's a handmade sketchbook? It looks really nice :)
Hey, I know it's been a while, but I was just rewatching and saw your comment. She's using Etchr's Perfect Sketchbook, it says in the description. :)
I think your pigeon turned out great regardless of it having a slightly too big head, I wouldn't have even thought anything of it if you didn't mention it honestly :)
Thanks Mari!
Can you please make a list of watercolour paints that aren't scanning friendly? I have a really head time with this :'(
It's literally been only those two for me.sometimes i make very slight adjustments but the green in particular is just wrong. The scanner I use is on my Amazon shop if that helps!
I'm surprised W&N looked the best out of the bunch.
I may not love the company but I'm not above giving them credit when credit is due hahah.
@@InLiquidColor I'm in the UK and avoid their products as much as I can. I grew with only them and Daler Rowney as choices so I know their products very well...thank god for the internet is all I can say! Give me Schminke or Daniel Smith any day :)
Thanks for your vids I am making bread rn.😊
Have you found a vegan watercolor paper?