DANIEL SMITH Watercolors: What's all the FUSS About?? First Time Swatch + Review!
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
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Hello, friends!
In this video, I am doing my first swatch and review of Daniel Smith Watercolors to shed light on what all the fuss is about. Daniel Smith Watercolors have gained widespread recognition among artists and I want to find out, firsthand, if they are as good as artists from around the world seem to rave about.
Join me and find out what I honestly think about Daniel Smith Watercolors.
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I LOVE Daniel Smith watercolors! Watercolor is exciting - D Smith increases the excitement to the moon! Nice to be able to enjoy your excitement- thank you for sharing 🙏
I completely agree! So excited to meet another person who feels this same excitement! I am completely blown away with Daniel Smith's colors. They are perfect!!! Thank you for sharing your thought and nice to meet you! ♥♥♥🍓🍓🍓
Another reason I prefer daniel smith; you know, without even looking you know, you are going to get the most single pigment colors possible. Which means no mud. I'm so excited to hear your joy and can't wait to see more artworks from you.
Thank you so much! And yes, I agree that, while there seems to be a few multi-pigment color, most I have looked at are single pigment. In terms of mixing, so far mixing for me has been a beautiful experience! These are such delicate and clear colors! No mud for sure! Thank you so much for sharing! ♥🍓
Yeah, Daniel Smith are so far my overall favorite watercolors. I have a soft spot for independent and handmade artisan formulations but of all the large company professional watercolors, these are the bomb. I've really started to enjoy some of the Primatek colors.
Hi Caroline! Thank you so much for watching and sharing your thoughts! I sure was not expecting liking Daniel Smith so much, since, I too am very curious about handmade colors! At this point, I am slowly but surely collecting some handmade brands, as well as large company brands to, well, compare and see where exactly I find myself most comfortable with. I do have some Primatek colors, and I cannot wait to try them, because now that I have experience granulation that really stands out, I want to try those soon as possible knowing I more than likely be swed by them! I just hope I don't go all out like Meg Ryan again over the colors I will be trying next. I have been so discipline at waiting not to spoil my reactions by trying them ahead of time, but I was surely nervous posting this particular video! ♥♥♥
I refuse to buy handmade watercolors for many reasons. I'm very much a Daniel Smith person. For watercolor and oil paints. I love seeing a RUclipsr who purchases, reviews and uses their own stock.
I love A Gallo, but I also have a Daniel Smith palette. Both are wonderful!
@@annaherlinger6316 they sure make beautifully mixed pigment colors don't they.
@@annaherlinger6316 A Gallo is one brand I purchased that I am hoping to swatch soon! Can't wait to try them out! ♥♥
I really enjoyed your video! Love the excitement...
Glad you enjoyed it! 😳🤗
My wife bought me a set of Daniel Smith Essentials about 4 years ago when I had not long got into watercolours. I now have a selection of around 40 Daniel Smith tube paints! Beware, the Daniel Smith rabbit-hole runs deep...
They are gorgeous paints though, but I probably have gone over the top a bit
OMG! That I know exactly how you feel and what you mean! They are wonderful!! I think your wife gave you an amazing gift with DS Watercolors, and I am sure that the extra 40 tubes are in good use!! I have finally started to dabble with this set, this past week, and omg, these colors are truly what I was expecting when I decided to start watercolors! Thank you for sharing and so looking forward to hearing from you! Hopefully you can surely give me some advice about these colors! Thank you and happy painting! ♥
@@sundayberries Here is list of most of my current DS colours, some are particular favourites (marked with a *)
EDIT: Now up to a ridiculous 60 DS paints - time to stop😅
Blues:
Mayan Blue Genuine*
Ultramarine Blue*
French Ultramarine*
Cerulean Blue*
Phthalo Blue (Red Shade)
Phthalo Blue (Green Shade)
Indigo*
Cobalt Teal Blue
Lunar Blue*
Earths:
Yellow Ochre*
French Ochre
Goethite (Brown Ochre)
Burnt Sienna*
Quinacridone Burnt Orange*
Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet*
Transparent Brown Oxide*
Transparent Red Oxide*
Raw Sienna
Raw Sienna Light*
Monte Amiata Natural Sienna*
Mummy Bauxite
Raw Umber*
German Greenish Raw Umber
Sepia
Aussie Red Gold*
Minnesota Pipestone Genuine*
Neutrals:
Jayne's Grey*
Joseph Z's Cool Grey
Buff Titanium
Neutral Tint*
Moonglow*
Violets:
Lavender
Wisteria
Perylene Violet*
Shadow Violet*
Hematite Violet Genuine
Reds:
Pyrrol Scarlet*
Cadmium Red Medium Hue*
Rose Madder Permanent*
Quinacridone Rose
Opera Pink
Quinacridone Coral
Mayan Orange*
Quinacridone Red*
Yellows:
Hansa Yellow Light*
Indian Yellow
Naples Yellow*
New Gamboge*
Mayan Yellow
Greens:
Sap Green*
Hooker's Green*
Undersea Green*
Green Apatite Genuine
Rich Gold Green*
Phthalo Yellow Green
Perylene Green*
Serpentine Green*
@@markdonovan1540 omg! I can't wait to try these! This is such an interesting list and there are a lot of colors that I personally would love to try out. Hopefully, I will get some of these soon! I do have the dot card and, to be perfectly honest, I am afraid to swatch it and be in real trouble! I will make sure to pay close attention to these colors you have to see how I respond to them! What do you think? Thanks for sharing! ♥
@@sundayberries I would say that some of the paints I bought because I saw them in a RUclips artist's pallete or a swatching video. However, that's probably not the best way to choose our paints. Although I have a lot of these paints, I've not progressed very far in knowing about what mixes work for me. I've realised that experienced artists seem to use far fewer colours, but they can mix them easily and quickly to get any desired effect and often tending towards muted tones and being more focused on value than colour. I try to do this sometimes by setting aside a palette of say 6, 8 or 12 colours and learn about what other colours I can create from them. By doing this I've found that some paints are much better than others when it comes to mixing.
I guess I'm still very much in the experimental stage, but earlier this year I went to my first watercolour class. It was amazing how much I started to learn when having the benefit of an experienced artist giving my work critique and making suggests on how to improve. One of the first things she said to me was: Aha, I can see you have fallen into the trap of buying lots of different colours. She was right, I have been overwhelmed by too much choice. I also have several other sets of brand paints, such as Roman Szmal, White Nights, Van Gogh and Rosa Gallery. So you see, the paint obsession has got out of hand over here in Madrid where I live.
@@markdonovan1540 Hello Mark! I must say it's so great to have you around, because it seems to me that we might be on the same boat. I have a lot of different brands, because I want to learn what the differences are and which ones resonate the most with me. The same goes with colors. At the same time, I think it would be quite interesting to swatch them for RUclips and share that experience. I do agree that not many colors are actually needed to be able to paint. Mixing is great because it will show us, not only the colors we can create but also individualize our palette and in doing so, start to define our unique style (at least colorwise). I also agree that many tend to go with muted colors, I am no exception, yet this is something that comes from my acrylic painting career. I have loved moody and earthy colors since the early 2000's when I launched my art career, so it is no surprise to me to be attracted to such colors. However, at the same time, I do enjoy discovering bright colors, because bright colors can serve us well if we know how to use them, particularly to spark attention to an area of the painting, or even liven it up! I do have one of the mentioned brands you named here: Roman Szmal, which I was fortunate enough to catch on a heavy discounted price from Jackson's, as here in the US they seem harder to get. I cannot wait to swatch those! That is why I said on the video that I am a bit afraid Daniel Smith could have ruined other brands for me, but then again, maybe I might find others that will trap me even further!
Like yourself, I am in discovery period at the moment. I originally thought QOR was going to be hard to beat because I use Golden Acrylics for many years now, and I don't think I would ever change, knowing, first hand, how perfect they are. But Daniel Smith shocked me to the core. In any case, I feel like you do, that we are in an experimental phase and well, I thought to share this, as art is not only my career but also the greatest passion in life, right after being alive!! You watercolor teacher is right, being able to mix colors is a must, since you can literally mix just about any color in existence, with the exception of the primary colors (from which they are all created) So interesting! I love color Theory. I just feel a bit like in quicksand since this is not acrylics and watercolors have completely different qualities and also very different way to work them. Many days, I find myself painting as if I was handling watercolors, and that can turn quite frustrating. Anywayyyyyyy... I can keep on talking non stop about art.
But hey! Madrid!! Como está Madrid! Que emocionante tener otra persona que habla español en el grupo! Hopefully, perhaps, I could do a few videos on color theory and mixing, and could help you and others. Sure, there will always be colors that are convenient to have, especially if they are used a lot. So don't worry about maybe having too many. Perhaps starting to look at them in a different way and create maybe different palettes will be a good solution.This is something I plan to do. If you like the idea of color theory and mixing let me know!!
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I like them but they are so expensive and the shrinkage from tube to pan really irritates me. Have you tried da vinci??
Hello Carissa! Thank you for leaving your comments, I am so excited to read it! I completely agree with you about the price tags of these watercolors, especially when I do love finding a good brand with decent pricing! I was lucky with this set because I found them on sale, and saw my opportunity there. I have not tried da vinci watercolors yet, but I do have my eye on them! I know da vinci colors quite well, but from the acrylic side. I am venturing here into something completely new and exciting with this media. I have been searching and buying here and there, waiting for good sales(in general), since February, and have been able to get some really good deals with some of these watercolors. But yes, I would love to try da vinci. Correct me if I am wrong? Didn't they expand their watercolors recently? I have been seeing a lot of available sets from them lately, but back in February, I did not see as many as now. And about the DS shrinkage from tube to pan, yes, I noticed that I had filled half of that half pan, and when I opened it again and it was all but a little bit in the pan. I wonder why that would happen! I do love the watercolors in tubes, maybe because I am used to acrylics and oils tubes, and love that liquid pigment immediacy. But I am so new at this, I feel like I know nothing and I am just starting to discover things little by little! Thank you!
I am a novice too! I have many Daniel Smith colors. I have always been curious why granulation is important.
Hello Jesscherry! So happy to meet a novice like me! ♥ I was doing my inventory on Daniel Smith's watercolors and I don't have many, although, if I swatch that 238 dot card will probably get me in so much trouble!! But on the other hand, I must find out for myself! haha! I don't think granulation is important over the other non-granulating colors. I think they just provide interesting textures that can enhance a painting nicely. But absolutely necessary, no, I don't think so. I think it is mostly a matter of personal preference... and of course, the type of work you do, and if you might want or not granulation. :) How long have you been working with watercolors? ♥
@@sundayberries I’ve been playing with watercolors now, but I have been painting in oil for a very long time..I enjoy them both for different reasonsI have a big palette of Grumbacher watercolor from years ago. I like to pick individual colors from different brands. I paint from nature using forms, but not representational. More like Georgia O’Keefe. There are some great documentaries on her on You Tube.Have fun with your paints!
@@jesscherry404 That's amazing Jesscherry! I also am starting out with watercolors, and like yourself, my work is non-representational, sometimes taking forms from nature, and most of the time it's just what I feel. But, regardless, I think almost everything is derived from nature! Thank you for your comments and also hope to see you around! I love oils as well, although I work more with oil sticks.... and sometimes treat them as if oil tubes! haha! ♥♥♥
Omg!! You remind me of Meg Ryan in the movie When Harry Met Sally (btw, my favorite); “I”ll have what she is having”. This is so great, I really enjoyed the video. I can tell you were really emotional, super raw and happy with your swatch. I have not tried #danielsmith watercolors, but need to try them SOON!!!
haha! I too love "When Harry Met Sally" and LOL with the comparisson! I can see it! I am glad you enjoyed the video and the colors! True that I feel a bit embarrassed with my reaction but it was a true and real reaction! Hope you do get and try Daniel Smith watercolors, because they are really all that and more! ♥ Thanks for watching!
Yeah, I'll have what she's having! LOL Totally what I was thinking watching this.
@@carolineguf2711 LOL! 🤭
I’ll have what she’s having… from the movie When Harry met Sally!! 😂 I’ll try to safe to purchase this water colors for sure after watching your video about this beautiful watercolors, heard they are pricey! Enjoyed every bit of your video!❤
@@carmenasanchezmerly4396 Hi Carmen! So glad you enjoyed the video! Hope you can get your hands on Daniel Smith, you will not regret it! ♥ Thank you for sharing! ♥♥♥🤗
How do the Daniel smith compare to the QOR? I am a real beginner ( to any painting at all, I have to stamp an image and then paint it😢) but I love trying. I have some of the QOR and am wondering if there is a big enough difference to warrant investing in a few Daniel Smith paints.
Hi Deborah! ♥ Great to have you here and great question! To be completely honest, Qor was the first name brand that I purchased and loved it. I am an acrylic artist and Golden is the brand I use for acrylics and they also produce Qor Watercolors. This means that Qor is an absolutely amazing brand for watercolors, particularly because of the binder they use, which is unique to them. However, when I tried Daniel Smith something different happened. I simply fell in love with them because for me, they were everything that I was expecting of a watercolor. And that is probably the reason why I have been favoring Daniel Smith. On of the things that I love the most about DS is the delicate color and transparency and how they really feel so very natural. Qor's on the other hand flow like crazy in water which is always a plus and the intensity of the pigments is mind-blowing. To answer your question with all honestly, both brands are excellent in their own way, but I would possibly buy the Daniel Smith Dot Card and see the colors for yourself before investing on a new brand. The sample colors are enough for you to try out on your own watercolor paper. That way you do not over invest in watercolors you might not even like! :) I love and still use my Qor color, but I cannot deny my love for Daniel Smith. I am sure you will love them as well. Just try the dot card before committing to anything.
Also, welcome to the world of watercolors! I too am quite new, little over a year and loving this ride. Hopefully you will join me on this adventure and practice this new media until we really master it! I truly believe that the starting point is the most difficult part. The rest is discipline and learn the basics that will get you started. It's okay to make messes, that seems to be something I do all the time! With time, we will get there. As long as you are loving the process and the media, I am sure you will be able to paint anything your heart desires! ♥♥
Those are my favorites by far. I understand your excitement.
I know right?! I was completely taken by surprise and well... you can imagine! I kept seeing people talking about them and praising them so much I was like, okay, need to get a little set and see... and omg, was I in for a shock! Which other brands have you tried? Thanks so much for sharing! ♥♥♥
@@sundayberries actually, what about M. Graham? Another good brand I think. I don't use Windsor and Newton or actually anyone, come to think of it, except those two. Happy painting!
@@rondawiebe1505 I actually got a few tubes for M Graham because I have heard so many wonderful things about that brand as well! I have been so good as to not try anything until I film it LOL, so by the time I get to M Graham, the excitement will be so built up! I have been collecting a few brands that have caught my attention and can't wait to swatch those and find out what I think and how I feel about them. I truly feel I am in a quest, and so far, I love it all. I love my acrylics, btw, and it is quite frustrating to me trying to figure out my style in watercolors.... but I am willing to learn different things from my style until I am able to fit in. ♥♥♥
Excellent swatches
Thank you so much! ♥🍓
Welcome to Daniel Smith. I’m grinning at your excitement. 😃 My first DS paint was the Sketcher’s set (6) I have many … many now.
Interesting that the 12 set comes with Hansa Medium and the 24 set does not. Wait til you try a few Quinacridones and Primateks. Enjoy!
Hi! My excitement continues! I am afraid to fall in love with them all! I am sure there will be one or another that simply doesn't fall into my taste but so far, yikes, all so beautiful!!! I had no idea about the Hansa Yellow Medium being in the 12 set over the 24! Interesting bit! Thanks for sharing! To be quite honest, I cannot wait to try both the Quinacridones and Primateks!! I have only to wonder about that Sketcher's set and being blown away with those watercolors! What a grand surprise! Would love to know what happened after that! ♥♥♥ 🍓🍓
Kyanite. That is all I have to say.
Actually, not it isn’t… I haven’t used watercolours in a bit, but I’ve been wanting to pull them out again. I LOVE Daniel Smith watercolours, but I’m not a tube user, I’m a pan user, so I never use the few I have (except kyanite, which I made my own pan of). I’m stoked to see that they have a pan set! It will be on my x-mas list!
@@karenneill9109 Hi!! very thrilled to meet another DS user! I do not have Kyanite, but I will place it high up on the list for my future purchases and see what that color is like! I am intrigued by what you said! Watercolors in pans or tubes, in the end it's just a personal preference! It's a good thing you can make your own pan from the tube! Btw, I hope you pull out your watercolors and restart! Let me know! Thanks for sharing! 🍓🍓🍓
Intriguing! Can't wait to get my hands on it! Soon!!🍓🍓🍓
@@sundayberries Kyanite is sparkly in the most natural, subtle way possible. It makes a perfect night sky. Fun to see how much you liked these!
@@karenneill9109 Omg! I am soo looking forward to it! I just purchased it a few minutes back because of you! haha! I can't wait to get it and swatch it! Thanks for the recommendation! yay! 🍓🍓🍓