Marabu Graphix Aqua Inks Review | Introductory Set | Swatching and Painting
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Today I am finally going to do a review on this set of Marabu Graphix Aqua Inks that I have had since Christmas! This is the starter set of six with brush, and of course now it seems to be more difficult to find, but the single ink bottles are still around and are readily available.
The Art Shop (Melbourne) has singles (maybe the set in store?): theartshop.com...
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Those jars are so frikken cute!
Aren't they! It was one of the reasons I got the set, lol.
I’ve wondered about these. Thanks for sharing and demonstrating.
No problem, I hope it was helpful! 😊
That 'cyan' is my favourite color everrr!
It's a beautiful colour, I almost always have phthalo blue (sorry, cyan) in my palette! 💙
Wonderful.. You did a fantastic job. Very Well done. May God Bless
Thank you 😊❣️
Oh so cute! I love how bright and vibrant the jellyfish turned out. It makes me want to work on some marine life! Ah I sometimes have trouble with warmer black paint because it doesn’t always match the other pigments😂 love the lessons on pigments I always get from your videos too🤣
Purely educated guesses though so I may well be wrong, ha! Yes warm blacks can be difficult but this one was dark enough to be fine 😊
That painting looked like you had so much fun doing it! Well, better you than me; I already spend so much on materials. But I do get to see you have the fun, and I get to enjoy!
I received your lovely card, with all the special inclusions. Thank YOU so much, it was very thoughtful of you. Could you help with any suggestions on how to safety send 1 1/2 pan of watercolor through the mail to you, so that it won't rip an envelope, or get crushed by a letter stamp cancellation?
I know it sounds really dumb, but I can't think of anything light AND crush-proof. Also, I'm feeling lazy about going to the post office!
Thanks again, Becky!
Oh yay, I am so glad it got there, I was wondering if it made it, haha! That's a very good question...I have no idea. Maybe one of those envelopes with bubble wrap on the inside? But it sounds like a lot of trouble, so please don't feel that you need to send it. International postage costs so much as well! 😱
Aw such a cute kit, I have a few of these but haven't used them often I think like once or twice. Very nice review.
Thank you! I liked them, and I hope to use them more, maybe combined with other similar products to have more colours 🙂
Becky, I love how this piece turned out!! BRAVO!! 👏👏👏❤️ ❤️ Ink CAN be difficult to control sometimes, but I thought you did a fantastic job! Well done!!
Thank you 😊💟
The jelly looks awesome and I love the way the inks gave that nice little effect in the left hand corner. Cheers.:)
Thank you, I liked how they flowed too. 😊
Love the way your jelly fish came out! I agree yellow is hard to get a good gradient with :)
Thank you! And yes it is just too light so very hard to get values, just more like different saturation levels. 😊
the inks worked really well for jellyfish 😀 it looks like it is flowing along the currents
I love these inks and I really, really, really want to get them out and use them WAY more than I currently do. Maybe soon!
It's hard to use everything when there are so many supplies to choose from, lol. I have rather a lot of ink pots now. 🤭
@@BeckyTregear for sure. So many supplies, so little time.
You might find some in one of your sketch boxes 😊🤘
I love your demonstrations and this is an intriguing medium. At one point, though, I was distracted by the ETCHR paper because the texture looks amazing!
Thank you! The Etchr Sketchbook paper is pretty textured and holds watercolours really well. Also a lot of layers.
What a pretty painting! So vibrant!
If you compare Schmincke's Aqua Drop to these ones what are the differences? Maybe something for a new video, lol?
I'll have to do a comparison video for sure. From memory they are very similar to each other and the colours are closely matching. Would be funny if they were all produced in the same place, lol!
@@BeckyTregear I have the Schmincke ones and they are very bright too. And staining. I am pretty sure that Schmincke produces their own paints in their factory but who knows, maybe they make the Graphix too, haha.
cool. id be too scared to use the white like that.
There is always the risk of making a mess with the white, but it is a risk I am willing to take, lol! 😂
Do you think granulation medium would work on these?
That's a good question! I have never used granulation medium before so I honestly couldn't say. I mean I GUESS it would work, being that these function like watercolours? But maybe I will look out for some medium the next time I am in an art shop, and we can find that out. Nice idea for a future video, haha! 😁
Would you use these with watercolor or separate?
I am sure these would be fine to use with other watercolours because they are essentially the same, just in liquid rather than a thicker binder. Personally I tend to keep them separate but if I needed more colours, I'd grab a couple of watercolours to go with them. 😁
Do you still need the paint numbers
I can't remember...did I say something about pigment numbers? I think I did...lol...and I still haven't gotten any more info on them.
@@BeckyTregear My wish that they were all single pigment colors. And some of the pigments they chose are suspect for lightfastness in transparent watercolors (PO34, PY74, PR112). But as with all art supplies, it comes down to informed choices. In palette order the CIN are:
Lemon - PY74 (unrated by ASTM)
Sunshine Yellow: PY83
Orange: PO34
Vermillion: PR112 / PO34
Carmine Red: PR146
Magenta: PR122
Dark Violet: PB15 / PV23
Dark Ultramarine: PB15 / PV24 (typo??) (P.S. Nothing Ultramarine about this)
Cyan: PB15:3
Petrol: PB15:3 / PG7
Mint: PG7 / PY83
Reseda: PY74 / PG8
Dark Brown: PY83 / PR146 / PB17
Black: PB17
Is this ink non-toxic?
I am not sure as I can't find it specifically written anywhere. I would treat it as any other professional level art supply aimed for adults, and use some caution. Wash hands after using it, not painting it on skin etc. I did find on Marabu US's website, if you click on Graphix Aqua Inks under the Products tab, there is a FAQ and it leads to a page which has all of the pigment numbers for each ink, which can be looked up on Google. Basically anything with cadmium or cobalt is more toxic than newer sythetic pigments such as quinacridones and phthalo. I would say these are looking like modern pigments so I imagine they're pretty ok but you can definitely deep dive into those specific pigments if you would like to know exactly what they are made of. I hope that helps point you in the right direction! 😄
@@BeckyTregear thank you so much! This really helps :)