Thank you, Sabiha. That's nice to hear. This way of making a review video was born from a lack of daylight, but it's nice to hear it works out this way.
Thanks for producing this. Pleased to see that the Rembrandt colours do stand up well in many of your comparisons. I can add, Re: g26, schmincke has a very granulating version of this colour [533]. And you also may be interested to know that Jackson’s produce 2 g23 pigments, if you wish to use loose pigment to make your own paint versions.
Yes, I know, Dave. I even have a few loose pigments here, but haven't yet had the time to try making them into paint. But I certainly will try. Just to see if I can pull it off. I will take a look at the schmincke. I know they too have a granulating set now and some super granulating paints, but I haven't ran into them yet. Is it beautiful?
This has been helpful; I finally get why people want PBk 11. Have just ordered more Rembrandts to fill out my non-honey paint collection. Now, you've made me want even more than I've ordered : )
Gold Ochre looks beautiful. I'm really thinking of buying a tube of it for a while now. I'm looking for a good PBk11 too, since there's some brands that offers this pigment. 😊 Thank you for this very good comparison video.
Ah, Mandy, this was so helpful! I have been slowly putting together a fully granulating palette as funds allow. I noticed right away that all of the ultramarines I had--about 4-5--did not granulate as much as I craved. I recently traded a friend for a tube of Daniel Smith French Ultramarine, but I'm concerned because it has a reputation for being difficult to activate. I plan to put a drop of a honey/glycerine in the pan, but if that doesn't work I'll be picking up a tube of Rembrandt's ultramarine. I know Rembrandt as a brand is easy to rewet and your swatches are very convincing! Also I enjoyed seeing all the cobalt blues, greens, and purples! Thank you!
Thank you and you're welcome, Jennifer. Yes, the Rembrandt is very easy to rewet. I always buy tubes and then squeeze lots of paint in empty pans and let it dry fully so I can use it as a pan palette. Contrary to, for example, Winsor & Newton, Rembrandt rewets like a charm. As does Van Gogh, for that matter. That too is easier to rewet than its W&N nephew Cotman.
As always I enjoyed your video very much. Clear, honest and entertaining. Tempting to buy a few Rembrandt colors. Oh dear....😱😂 Ever tried to use daylight bulbs? If you can lock your camera unto a Kelvin temperature that could do the trick when natural daylight isn’t playing nice. On the other hand, I really liked your presentation. Because I could really concentrate on the color and what you are saying.
Thank you and it was my pleasure. Yes, I actually own two daylight lamps. But no matter what light I put on on very overcast days, the colors change drastically. I've tried four different kinds of light and eventually a camera with a good light sensor gave the most realistic results. Although it still depends on the configuration of the viewer as well. Ah...well, I can try... It's nice ot hear you like the presentation. I like it myself too.
Good morning, goedemorgen from the US. I love watercolors with powerful granulation and water "reach". What are your favorite watercolor pigments/colors/"go to" brands for flow and granulation properties?
Goedemorgen! :-) Oof...that is a tough question. I really love lapis lazuli, hematite and serpentine by DS. The primateks have something unique that I love working with. But I absolutely love the top ultramarine in this Rembrandt collection as it granulates wonderfully and can be well combined towards the green range with a yellow or the purple range with reds and pinks or the brown range with an orange. What is my favorite strongly depends on what I paint a lot at that moment.
Flow and granulation really don't go together due to their chemical nature. Granulation is found exclusively in inorganic pigments which are generally metallic salts and therefore larger particles and HEAVY. They are less likely to move swiftly in water for that reason. Organic pigments are much smaller molecules and synthesized in a laboratory. They may create flocculation, depending on the formulation, but not true granulation. These pigments are light enough for that whoosh you're looking for. That said, if anyone could make granulating pigments move, it is Qor. Borrow a friend's set and check the cobalt teal, ultramarine, transparent brown oxide, burnt umber, or viridian. Those seem to be the most common inorganic colors in their sets. But for the most part you really must choose between the properties of granulation and high flow.
Re: ‘reach’. You can add some of the QoR-ness to another brand - Rembrandt for instance - by mixing in some of the QoR synthetic oxgall... this gives the option to have one paint and use it as normal, or use it with a degree of whoosh - even the heavy granulators. The added bonus is that you can determine how much whooooosh to add.. mix in qor aquazol + qor synth oxgall to get even closer to QoR-ness. If you like options with your painting, and also if you wish to avoid the huge QoR price tag.
@@davejohnson5365 - Ooooh.....love that idea. WN has a granulation chemical....but just doesn't feel "right" to use. Gonna play with my QoR paints....do a little mixing and see what happens. Thank you Dave!
Pretty sure I have some Kramer’s that granulate nicely including a black, so cannot really justify branching out into Rembrandt too. However I have a love for the brand and Van Gogh as it was my go to brand when living inFrance years ago, even though I did not use watercolour then. I would buythe best of the student range with the most affordable of the professional range to make the best of what I could afford, and if I did venture into these brands now that’s what I would do to get a basic but good set of granulators, thanks for such a great video presentation, the differences were clear between the brands, and showed the colour tendencies nicely, which is exactly the information needed, labelling is often not that accurate because of printing limitations. So glad of the information on those dark colours, I have a supergranulating black and how much better value to mix your own, as well as get a wider range of hues. As usual your video was packed with in depth info, it felt like a good leaning experience as well as being thoroughly enjoyable.
550 cerulean blue deep PB36 - you think it might be the similar to the standard cobalt turquoise by many brands? (ones that replicate DS sleeping beauty turquoise)
In my experience cobalts differ a lot in different brands. The only brand I've compared this one to, is the Sennlier PB36 and that one is much greener where the Rembrandt is much bluer. Both beautiful colors, but quite different in tone.
@@MandyvanGoeije ahhh i think i know what you mean! white nights makes a the same one called Conalt Chrome Turquoise. thank u so much for your advice, i truly appreciate it! :)
We love your this style of videos ❤️
Thank you, Sabiha. That's nice to hear. This way of making a review video was born from a lack of daylight, but it's nice to hear it works out this way.
Hard work always pays off 😊
Thanks for producing this. Pleased to see that the Rembrandt colours do stand up well in many of your comparisons. I can add, Re: g26, schmincke has a very granulating version of this colour [533]. And you also may be interested to know that Jackson’s produce 2 g23 pigments, if you wish to use loose pigment to make your own paint versions.
Yes, I know, Dave. I even have a few loose pigments here, but haven't yet had the time to try making them into paint. But I certainly will try. Just to see if I can pull it off. I will take a look at the schmincke. I know they too have a granulating set now and some super granulating paints, but I haven't ran into them yet. Is it beautiful?
This has been helpful; I finally get why people want PBk 11. Have just ordered more Rembrandts to fill out my non-honey paint collection. Now, you've made me want even more than I've ordered : )
Oops....so sorry :-)
@@MandyvanGoeije No problem. Really enjoying them 👍😁 It may be heretical, but I prefer them to Schmincke.
Gold Ochre looks beautiful. I'm really thinking of buying a tube of it for a while now.
I'm looking for a good PBk11 too, since there's some brands that offers this pigment. 😊
Thank you for this very good comparison video.
You're welcome!
Ah, Mandy, this was so helpful! I have been slowly putting together a fully granulating palette as funds allow. I noticed right away that all of the ultramarines I had--about 4-5--did not granulate as much as I craved. I recently traded a friend for a tube of Daniel Smith French Ultramarine, but I'm concerned because it has a reputation for being difficult to activate. I plan to put a drop of a honey/glycerine in the pan, but if that doesn't work I'll be picking up a tube of Rembrandt's ultramarine. I know Rembrandt as a brand is easy to rewet and your swatches are very convincing! Also I enjoyed seeing all the cobalt blues, greens, and purples! Thank you!
Thank you and you're welcome, Jennifer. Yes, the Rembrandt is very easy to rewet. I always buy tubes and then squeeze lots of paint in empty pans and let it dry fully so I can use it as a pan palette. Contrary to, for example, Winsor & Newton, Rembrandt rewets like a charm. As does Van Gogh, for that matter. That too is easier to rewet than its W&N nephew Cotman.
As always I enjoyed your video very much. Clear, honest and entertaining. Tempting to buy a few Rembrandt colors. Oh dear....😱😂 Ever tried to use daylight bulbs? If you can lock your camera unto a Kelvin temperature that could do the trick when natural daylight isn’t playing nice. On the other hand, I really liked your presentation. Because I could really concentrate on the color and what you are saying.
Thank you and it was my pleasure. Yes, I actually own two daylight lamps. But no matter what light I put on on very overcast days, the colors change drastically. I've tried four different kinds of light and eventually a camera with a good light sensor gave the most realistic results. Although it still depends on the configuration of the viewer as well. Ah...well, I can try... It's nice ot hear you like the presentation. I like it myself too.
Good morning, goedemorgen from the US. I love watercolors with powerful granulation and water "reach". What are your favorite watercolor pigments/colors/"go to" brands for flow and granulation properties?
Goedemorgen! :-) Oof...that is a tough question. I really love lapis lazuli, hematite and serpentine by DS. The primateks have something unique that I love working with. But I absolutely love the top ultramarine in this Rembrandt collection as it granulates wonderfully and can be well combined towards the green range with a yellow or the purple range with reds and pinks or the brown range with an orange. What is my favorite strongly depends on what I paint a lot at that moment.
Flow and granulation really don't go together due to their chemical nature. Granulation is found exclusively in inorganic pigments which are generally metallic salts and therefore larger particles and HEAVY. They are less likely to move swiftly in water for that reason. Organic pigments are much smaller molecules and synthesized in a laboratory. They may create flocculation, depending on the formulation, but not true granulation. These pigments are light enough for that whoosh you're looking for.
That said, if anyone could make granulating pigments move, it is Qor. Borrow a friend's set and check the cobalt teal, ultramarine, transparent brown oxide, burnt umber, or viridian. Those seem to be the most common inorganic colors in their sets.
But for the most part you really must choose between the properties of granulation and high flow.
Re: ‘reach’. You can add some of the QoR-ness to another brand - Rembrandt for instance - by mixing in some of the QoR synthetic oxgall... this gives the option to have one paint and use it as normal, or use it with a degree of whoosh - even the heavy granulators. The added bonus is that you can determine how much whooooosh to add.. mix in qor aquazol + qor synth oxgall to get even closer to QoR-ness. If you like options with your painting, and also if you wish to avoid the huge QoR price tag.
@@davejohnson5365 - Ooooh.....love that idea. WN has a granulation chemical....but just doesn't feel "right" to use. Gonna play with my QoR paints....do a little mixing and see what happens. Thank you Dave!
Pretty sure I have some Kramer’s that granulate nicely including a black, so cannot really justify branching out into Rembrandt too. However I have a love for the brand and Van Gogh as it was my go to brand when living inFrance years ago, even though I did not use watercolour then. I would buythe best of the student range with the most affordable of the professional range to make the best of what I could afford, and if I did venture into these brands now that’s what I would do to get a basic but good set of granulators, thanks for such a great video presentation, the differences were clear between the brands, and showed the colour tendencies nicely, which is exactly the information needed, labelling is often not that accurate because of printing limitations. So glad of the information on those dark colours, I have a supergranulating black and how much better value to mix your own, as well as get a wider range of hues. As usual your video was packed with in depth info, it felt like a good leaning experience as well as being thoroughly enjoyable.
Thank you so much, Lindy. Glad to have been of help!
550 cerulean blue deep PB36 - you think it might be the similar to the standard cobalt turquoise by many brands? (ones that replicate DS sleeping beauty turquoise)
In my experience cobalts differ a lot in different brands. The only brand I've compared this one to, is the Sennlier PB36 and that one is much greener where the Rembrandt is much bluer. Both beautiful colors, but quite different in tone.
@@MandyvanGoeije ahhh i think i know what you mean! white nights makes a the same one called Conalt Chrome Turquoise. thank u so much for your advice, i truly appreciate it! :)
@@PaintinHiding you're welcome!