QOR has ended up as my favorite watercolor paint. I do a lot of wet in wet and love the randomness and possible lack of control watercolor gives. I love DS's earth tones, pinks, & granulating pigments, but QOR's transparency, near-zero color shift, vibrancy, and it's movement, oh! I positively adore that Aquazol! I prefer it to the ox galls I've tried in the past, & it's the Aquazol that makes QOR's watercolors magical! I've acquired a bottle of it to add to my water so all of my pigments will explode like fireworks when I want them to. ✨💜 *This mini goes everywhere with me.
I blieve it could be the case that the binder qor uses require more strength for pigment dispersion thus requiring stronger dispersion agent. And I would like to point out that Holbein watercolor comes in tubes dosent have ox gall in it, famous for its handling properties, making it more prominent in gettimg pushed by qor.
I bought the Qor watercolors when they first came out. I love them! I have never tried them with any other paints but after seeing this I will give it a try. Thanks.
Yes please! More QoR! It’s great that you did this beautiful video because sometimes since I have too many paints, I forget about them and don’t use them enough... I also need to work on loose painting and these seem the perfect way to do it! Thank you so much for sharing this!💕
Ended up watching it late last night, was really enjoyable! Love the close ups, I keep meaning to do those but feeling too lazy to do that with just one cam. 😅 The longer I watch you use that sword brush the more I think I need one! 😁 I have a Silver Black Velvet but its bristles are not as long. 🌞🤗
Thanks Alyona! Yes, that brush is lovely, I do think you'd enjoy it! I asked you in one of your videos, but I know it's hard with RUclips sometimes to see older comments, so I'll ask again :) You reviewed that gorgeous book by the Mintgardner (is that her name?), the spiral bound botanical one. I wanted to ask if you think it's also suitable for more advanced painters? It looks lovely and I would love to get it but I worry it won't have enough new content for me... How did you find it as a source of new information and techniques?
Irit Landgraf Oh sorry, didn’t see that comment at all. Not sure what happened but a couple of months ago I noticed I don’t get notified for all comments so I miss out on some of them :(( In terms of the Mintgardener, that book honestly is filled with so much information. I found it quite refreshing and it didn’t give me a sense that it’s just another modern botanical illustration book, it’s so much more! I would highly recommend for both beginners and seasoned artists! Because Sarah Simon [the artist behind the book] is so generous with sharing her techniques and style you’ll find new things for sure as it’s her individual creativity that she does in her own way even if it might be a familiar technique. If you do go for the book, I am pretty sure you would love it! I find myself seeing something new and inspiring every time I open a page at random. 👌🏼🦋
Thank you! That's reallly helpful, I appreciate it! As for the RUclips comments, have you tried using the app RUclips studio? IT's really convenient to keep on top of new comments. I don't like getting email notifications for each comment, having the app is much easier! What it doesn't show is new replies to comments, those are impossible to follow...
I love this so much. I was really interested because I bought a few Qor and noticed how fabulously they moved, but actually didn't realize why. I do just looooove these paints and the beauty of these paints and your total joy in the paints. Magic. Thank you.
So beautiful! Glad you have this lovely, pushy set. I still have colors from my high chrome set and will use them with my other paints. Thanks for sharing this fun with us and great camera work.💕
This is such a unique demonstration. Thank you so much. I enjoyed this very much. You just opened my water color world a little more. Karen from Canada ☺☺💖💖
Once again, you have introduced me to a watercolor product that I have never heard of but after watching you swatch them, I HAVE TO HAVE THEM!!! LOL! Unfortunately, they are on BO at Blick's till January 2023 and out of stock on Amazon. I can see using these to create abstract paintings. So mesmerizing as the 2 colors join together!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for making this beautiful and informative video! I purchased a bunch of Qor paint, simply because I like how luminous the colors are, and I didn't realize until I read comments online recently that it flows more than other brands, and then I was stymied over how to use this effect. I will definitely experiment with wet into wet techniques in the future!
I bought these after watching a while back. They are so fun I use them all the time now and added new colors as well. Thanks for introducing us to these Irit!!!
I bought these paints. Oh my gosh guys, she wasn't kidding, if you like color push paints these are a great purchase! Having so much fun and thank you again for sharing Irit!
Excellent video! I was going to get Schminke super-granulating wcs, but I may just get some QOR palettes, Aquasol & mix with White Nights granulators. Gonna have some fun 😃
Oh that’s going to be a good one!! 👌🏼 Will watch after conquering weeds my hight in our front garden, first time this year... 🤪🙏🏼 Happy weekend, hope there is sunshine in Austria! 🌈🌞
Qor is my favorite watercolor ever. Sometimes just to get started painting, I put down a large circle of water and just drop my Qor paints in it to see them move. I usually love blues and purples and greens, but have fallen in love with Qor Venetian Red. Its a surprisingly beautiful pale pink at its lightest. I received the tiny tin set for my birthday. I fell in love and have bought the 24 set twice and the earth set, even though Qor is very expensive here in California as well, but they dry and rewet perfectly in pans. I would love to see a video on the mini pan set.
I totally get it and now I think I should just film that. Qor paints dripped into water 😍 I think buying the sets is the best value. I also think I have their venitian red if it came with the earth set! Will take a look, sounds just lovely 😊
I think they come in smaller tube’s because they just seem to last and last my colbalt teal is my favorite and I have 5ml tube and it’s still half full a year l8r. I think they are more densely packed with pigment than other brands. I would bet on the fact that most qor colors will last at least 2x longer than any other 15ml brand. Like my schminke 5ml tubes seemed like they were almost nothing in comparison to qor.
Liebe Qor Farben und die Effekte! Auch wenn man das Papier nass macht und dann mit den Farben anstupst, geschehen magische Dinge. Super Video!! Vielen Dank!!
Oh my gosh!!! I actually just realized this the other day… no mud when primary colors are up against each other. I didn’t know if it was because the world paint stains & kinda doesn’t mix like usual, but I honestly didn’t know why that happened. Thank you so much for this video. I’m so excited to go play with them more and see what all I can do. I have a huge set of these and honestly didn’t know if I was going to keep or return them. The staining is hard to get used to, but now I change my technique and use them in a different way. Thank you again for making this video.
Fabulous video!! I have Qor paints, the Earth Tones, and High Chroma sets and love how they react. But I never used them with other brands. Now I definitely will!!! What a beautiful effect especially with the abstract florals I like to paint. It's magic. As with all watercolors you just have to embrace the unpredictability of it.
Love this video! I am really attracted to paints that do this. Thank you for sharing. I also love the excitement you and your daughter get from the push of color.
Great video! I love Qor watercolors. When I started painting about 2 years ago, they were the first brand that I tried. They are still pretty expensive and I am in the US. but their introductory sets are very reasonable. Do you have the High Chroma Set? You would like that collections of colors I think. I think the Dioxazine Purple has the highest dispersion rate of all. It can fly across the page. I agree with you this is what is great about watercolors! Thanks for sharing.
Never had the chaance to pick up Qor paints yet but after watching this, I have to try some when going to Vienna in a few weeks. I loved this video, so pleasing the colours and I have to say I love not just the aesthetics of your videos but the easiness with whic you present them. With you I can feel there is a human, almost like a friend behind these videos not a superhuman absolute master painter (if you know what I mean) :) Thank you for the video!
I enjoy how these move too. I love your tree and watching you play. It seems like I use less QOR paint, a little goes a long way. They are the next highest priced paints in the us after Schmincke.
Thank you!! I did not realize this! I am definitely go get my new set and explore the paints alone and with other brands too!!! I love your tree too! That came out so cool!!
It was oddly satisfying seeing you paint with these Qor watercolors. I usually use W&N mediums to modify the behaviour of paint so I think I will check their line. You sparkled my curiosity.
I got this set at Gerstaecker online, they also have the sets, as well as Jackson's in the UK (ship worldwide). I'm sure they are widely available in the US and other major retailers ❤️
Oh so beautiful😍 I heard about this “swoosh” quality of the QOR watercolors and it’s fun and gorgeous to watch! I would love a review of this set. Thanks Irit 💕
I never used my Qors so they were touching other wet paints, but after watching your video, I tried it with Daniel Smith, Rembrandt, Sonnet and Schmincke Akademie, and watching the Qor push into the other paints was lots of fun!
Wow, wow, wow!! So magical! ✨ QoR paints seem to have such a special quality when mixed with other brands - one day I hope to try them and they are definitely going on my ever expanding watercolour Wish List 😉. Thank you so much for bringing a little watercolour magic ✨ to our day - so beautiful, 🌈🎨 Valérie 💕
Glad you enjoyed! I would say they tube sets are the best value, pick one that appeals to you and maybe start there, they have 6 basics, high chroma and earth tones, and then the larger 12 and 24 introductory sets❤️
This is awesome! I think part of the reason why Qor watercolors do this is the high synthetic ox gall content. I bought a bottle of their synthetic ox gall and use it with other watercolors to get the same effect.
Thanks , that I find the reason to get Qor watercolours, actually I always think why people loves to QOR aquarells . I think mostly we are able to chance more competitive watercolors than QOR . However I change my mind after watching your posted , thanks to your cool informations
So interesting. It seems to me like Golden's acrylics have become such leaders amongst artists, also outside the US despite the hefty price tag. Maybe the watercolors will get there eventually too! I think they should work on some more half pans sets, their formula is really great.
wow I saw so many videos about QOR watercolors, but didn't know about this reaction with other brands. It's beautiful and magical. Now I only need to choose a few colors to add to my palette xD
Omg I had a single QoR color and whenever I used it with other brands it went crazy and I thought it was defective and couldn’t understand the hype for the brand. Thanks so much for the video, I will give them a chance again 😄
Your demonstration is a delight to watch. One question, what size is the Raven brush you use here? I looked at the catalogue but I have no idea how to deduce the sizes compared to rounds.
SO SO expensive £75 on Amazon. The set you have there, were the pans shiny or dull. Apparently if the pans are shiny they are the old stock. The new improved pans are dull not shiny at all and work better !! I absolutely love the tin, but I will wait until this is in the sale. Please can you do a landscape demo with the Qor paints Irit, we would love to see it.
I was playing around with my PR122 from MaimeriBlu and it didn't react with my QoR paints. That made me realize that MB are actually also pushy! They also have a synthetic oxgall in their paints. Thought maybe you'd like to try their "pushiness", and also, they're cheaper than QoR! 😄
I wonder if they have changed something formula wise because my Qor Indigo blends shockingly nicely with almost any other paint I put with it on paper including handmade paints.
Irit Landgraf Over the years I have collected all of the introductory sets, so my count stands at 18 colors which I have in half pans, but this tiny adorable tin is calling my name! 😂 I’m just a sucker for collections of color!
The second swatch you did- Holbein bright pink + QoR azo yellow...then you put a gorgeous aqua blue under the yellow. Can I ask what that blue is? I'm in love!
Haha yup it's my precious must be in all palettes cobalt teal. This particular one is actually Lukas cobalt turquoise, but if you have access to other brands it's usually named cobalt teal and the pigment is PG50 (m Graham, Daniel. Smith, sennelier, qor make lovely versions) .
Golden, which makes qor is about an hour from me. I can't wait for the virus to be gone and they open back up for tours. It will be my first outing since last March. In the meantime e i will be playing with their paints and now that i have seen this a whole new world of movement is open to me and my florals.yeah..thanks for information and inspiration.
wow this is magical......wow what is that deep well pallet thing on the left? is that Qor? Also the light blue in the beginning is that sleeping beauty? Thx for naming the colors and brands I'm just starting to get colors and bands and this is most helpful!!!! wow every reason to get Qor What fun!!!!!! They fill there pans beyond the top. I didn 't realize the heat gun freezes it will have to try that. Thx for sharing!!!
Glad you enjoyed! Not sure which deep well palette on the left you mean 😟 I suspect it might be the mixing wells in the qor palette? The blue is cobalt turquoise by Lukas (also cobalt teal by other brands) 💙
I love playing with QoR so much! The cheapest place I've found them is a Danish store called Stelling (I found their Swedish website & had no idea they were Danish until I got the package from Denmark 😅). They've had a 15% sale for the Mini, introductory, and earth tones set for a couple of months now, so I got the Mini for €40 and the sets for €37 each. Still not cheap by any metric, but still much cheaper than I've found anywhere else. Prices really seem to vary a significantly!
@@hlk01 I ordered from Sweden :) they have a Swedish webpage (stellings.se) and a Danish one (stelling.dk) (yes, the Swedish one has the extra s at the end, I have no idea why 😅). I have no idea how/where they ship though... It's worth just googling around though - local/independent stores (one of my local shops has cheaper White Nights than Jackson's), and stores in countries near you - even things like checking different Amazon sites (.com vs .co.uk vs .de etc) can end up saving you quite a bit!
Thanks for this, because i was wondering how Qor Watercolors would react. I expecting my first Qor Watercolors in the mail next week. So happy! What paper and brushes do you use?
Merci pour cette vidéo. J'ai eu le coup de foudre pour les QOR qui sont mes premières aquarelles. Elles ont une brillance extraordinaire! Avez vous tenté un mélange avec une couleur d'une autre gamme? Ici j'ai testé cela avec Winsor and Newton pour créer un bel orange mais ce n'est pas satisfaisant. Comme je débute, j'ignore si c'est lié à une maladresse de ma part ou une autre particularité des QOR.
Thanks for this video. I fell in love with the QORs, which are my first watercolors. They have an extraordinary shine! Have you tried mixing with a color from another range? Here I tested this with Winsor and Newton to create a nice orange but it is not satisfactory. As I begin, I do not know if it is related to an awkwardness on my part or another particularity of the QORs.
Hi Particia! Sorry I don't speak French. I think Qor can absolutley mix with other colors. Probably your mixes depend more on pigments than formulation of the paint itself... Meaning you may have gotten an orange you didn't like because the colors you mixed don't make that orange shade you wanted, maybe try other combinations of yellows and reds/pinks. Most watercolor brands use the same pigments and there isn't a huge difference between most of the basic common colors, in my opinion anyway :)
does the effect sticks to the color when you mix it with other brands on the palette? for example when you use a qor titanium or chinese white or neutral tint and mix it with schmincke colors on the pallete, do you still get that kind of push effect when you apply it then on paper?
Magic. That's what happens :D I will say that they are lovely to watch, perhaps almost as fun as my granulating and color separating paints. The unique binder in Qor is fun for play, but as a very controlled and intentional painter who has a hard time with a loose style, it's really hard for me to get in a groove when I use them. Unpredictable, but so pretty!
I’m sitting here in Seattle having a very cozy cup of coffee in the middle of a crazy thunder and lightning storm watch this…what could be better. “Mornings with Irit” 😘 so… iI have the small tubes of QoR and I was wondering if you think the pans perform better? They seem to create more intense washes…but that could be due to your excellent camera work 😉. Anyway, you were right, really enjoyed this!
Glad to spend your morning coffee together! I suspect the paint in the half pans could be more intense, since it is more concentrated? It's just crazy pigmented and rewets super fast, they did a great job with the formula.
Hi Renee, QoR tubes are the same formula as the tube paints, so if you're interested in painting from pans, you can fill pans with your tube colors and let them dry and then paint from them!
Hello Irit, I just discovered your channel! I wanted to start with watercolors since it is a medium I did not try yet. QOR is crazy expensive though....Do you know if you use the tubes into a pan will they re-activate easily? I read some comments on the net that they do not act very well when they are re-activated but nobody showed it. I would appreciate your opinion. Thank you so much!
Generally the finer the particle is, the more active it is spreading in water. It is both under influence of inherent physics rules and more dispeesion agent needed milling finer pigment. And synthetic organic ones are usually very fine in size.
Qor is expensive but very little go very far. The 11ml tube holds way longer than my m.graham 15ml. Also Qor itself is excellent for glazing, you can do many layers without lifting the others.
Haha, if you already have a good selection, you may want to pick up their Synthetic ox gall, which, when mixed with watercolors gives that pushy quality. It's a very tempermental medium that reacts differently with every paint, but it will probably save you some $$ and will be much more versatile.
I’d love to try QOR. But honestly? The price point is insane for my skill level. I wish small dot cards were more commonly found. Like, $1 for 5 dots maybe. Just to try every brand. You know?
QOR has ended up as my favorite watercolor paint. I do a lot of wet in wet and love the randomness and possible lack of control watercolor gives. I love DS's earth tones, pinks, & granulating pigments, but QOR's transparency, near-zero color shift, vibrancy, and it's movement, oh! I positively adore that Aquazol! I prefer it to the ox galls I've tried in the past, & it's the Aquazol that makes QOR's watercolors magical! I've acquired a bottle of it to add to my water so all of my pigments will explode like fireworks when I want them to. ✨💜
*This mini goes everywhere with me.
I'm glad to hear you're enjoying them so much Barbra! Getting the aquazol is a great idea!
This is so cool 😄
Thank you so much for showing 👍🏼
thank you Irit, this was magical to watch. I'm sure everyone would love a dedicated video for the Qor set!
Glad you enjoyed! Dedicated video coming soon!
I keep watching this over and over and this is by far the best demonstration of Qor attributes. I watched other artists but you do it justice 🎉
Thanks so much Diana!
I blieve it could be the case that the binder qor uses require more strength for pigment dispersion thus requiring stronger dispersion agent. And I would like to point out that Holbein watercolor comes in tubes dosent have ox gall in it, famous for its handling properties, making it more prominent in gettimg pushed by qor.
I got this set after seeing your video. I’m so glad you suggested using it with other brands. It’s a very pushy paint and I love it. Thanks!
I bought the Qor watercolors when they first came out. I love them! I have never tried them with any other paints but after seeing this I will give it a try. Thanks.
Have fun!
Yes please! More QoR! It’s great that you did this beautiful video because sometimes since I have too many paints, I forget about them and don’t use them enough... I also need to work on loose painting and these seem the perfect way to do it! Thank you so much for sharing this!💕
My pleasure Donna! Glad you enjoyed!
Ended up watching it late last night, was really enjoyable! Love the close ups, I keep meaning to do those but feeling too lazy to do that with just one cam. 😅 The longer I watch you use that sword brush the more I think I need one! 😁 I have a Silver Black Velvet but its bristles are not as long. 🌞🤗
Thanks Alyona! Yes, that brush is lovely, I do think you'd enjoy it! I asked you in one of your videos, but I know it's hard with RUclips sometimes to see older comments, so I'll ask again :) You reviewed that gorgeous book by the Mintgardner (is that her name?), the spiral bound botanical one. I wanted to ask if you think it's also suitable for more advanced painters? It looks lovely and I would love to get it but I worry it won't have enough new content for me... How did you find it as a source of new information and techniques?
Irit Landgraf Oh sorry, didn’t see that comment at all. Not sure what happened but a couple of months ago I noticed I don’t get notified for all comments so I miss out on some of them :((
In terms of the Mintgardener, that book honestly is filled with so much information. I found it quite refreshing and it didn’t give me a sense that it’s just another modern botanical illustration book, it’s so much more! I would highly recommend for both beginners and seasoned artists! Because Sarah Simon [the artist behind the book] is so generous with sharing her techniques and style you’ll find new things for sure as it’s her individual creativity that she does in her own way even if it might be a familiar technique.
If you do go for the book, I am pretty sure you would love it! I find myself seeing something new and inspiring every time I open a page at random. 👌🏼🦋
Thank you! That's reallly helpful, I appreciate it! As for the RUclips comments, have you tried using the app RUclips studio? IT's really convenient to keep on top of new comments. I don't like getting email notifications for each comment, having the app is much easier! What it doesn't show is new replies to comments, those are impossible to follow...
I love this so much. I was really interested because I bought a few Qor and noticed how fabulously they moved, but actually didn't realize why. I do just looooove these paints and the beauty of these paints and your total joy in the paints. Magic. Thank you.
So glad you enjoyed Liz! Hope you can get more out of the ones you have now ❤️
soooo much fun, it's going on my list! Thank you for filming it. I love the tree at the end!
Glad you enjoyed ❤️❤️❤️
So beautiful! Glad you have this lovely, pushy set. I still have colors from my high chrome set and will use them with my other paints. Thanks for sharing this fun with us and great camera work.💕
Thanks Susan! Glad you enjoyed!
This is such a unique demonstration. Thank you so much. I enjoyed this very much. You just opened my water color world a little more. Karen from Canada ☺☺💖💖
So glad you enjoyed!
Once again, you have introduced me to a watercolor product that I have never heard of but after watching you swatch them, I HAVE TO HAVE THEM!!! LOL! Unfortunately, they are on BO at Blick's till January 2023 and out of stock on Amazon. I can see using these to create abstract paintings. So mesmerizing as the 2 colors join together!!! Thank you!!!
I'm so glad!
Thank you so much for making this beautiful and informative video! I purchased a bunch of Qor paint, simply because I like how luminous the colors are, and I didn't realize until I read comments online recently that it flows more than other brands, and then I was stymied over how to use this effect. I will definitely experiment with wet into wet techniques in the future!
I bought these after watching a while back. They are so fun I use them all the time now and added new colors as well. Thanks for introducing us to these Irit!!!
Glad you like them Jessica!
Nice video. I too love Qor and would enjoy more videos featuring them. Thanks for sharing! 🌺🦩
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed!
I bought these paints. Oh my gosh guys, she wasn't kidding, if you like color push paints these are a great purchase! Having so much fun and thank you again for sharing Irit!
Glad you like them!
Excellent video! I was going to get Schminke super-granulating wcs, but I may just get some QOR palettes, Aquasol & mix with White Nights granulators. Gonna have some fun 😃
Glad it was helpful! that does sound like fun!!
Oh that’s going to be a good one!! 👌🏼 Will watch after conquering weeds my hight in our front garden, first time this year... 🤪🙏🏼 Happy weekend, hope there is sunshine in Austria! 🌈🌞
Go conquer! Weather is crazy here, cold warm windy rainy... Hope its better in the UK!
Qor are my go-to watercolors. Yes, please do another video on them, thanks!
Great choice Miranda ! Will do the review soon!
Qor is my favorite watercolor ever. Sometimes just to get started painting, I put down a large circle of water and just drop my Qor paints in it to see them move. I usually love blues and purples and greens, but have fallen in love with Qor Venetian Red. Its a surprisingly beautiful pale pink at its lightest. I received the tiny tin set for my birthday. I fell in love and have bought the 24 set twice and the earth set, even though Qor is very expensive here in California as well, but they dry and rewet perfectly in pans. I would love to see a video on the mini pan set.
I totally get it and now I think I should just film that. Qor paints dripped into water 😍 I think buying the sets is the best value. I also think I have their venitian red if it came with the earth set! Will take a look, sounds just lovely 😊
I think they come in smaller tube’s because they just seem to last and last my colbalt teal is my favorite and I have 5ml tube and it’s still half full a year l8r. I think they are more densely packed with pigment than other brands. I would bet on the fact that most qor colors will last at least 2x longer than any other 15ml brand. Like my schminke 5ml tubes seemed like they were almost nothing in comparison to qor.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Qor review please! I love how your reviews are so relaxed, and you just sprinkle the pages with colour. It’s beautiful.
Thanks Erin! Glad you enjoyed!
Thank you for sharing this magic! I can't wait to try it out with my new qor paints.
Have fun!
Liebe Qor Farben und die Effekte! Auch wenn man das Papier nass macht und dann mit den Farben anstupst, geschehen magische Dinge. Super Video!! Vielen Dank!!
Ja du bist recht! Sie sind wirklich toll!
Oh my gosh!!! I actually just realized this the other day… no mud when primary colors are up against each other. I didn’t know if it was because the world paint stains & kinda doesn’t mix like usual, but I honestly didn’t know why that happened. Thank you so much for this video. I’m so excited to go play with them more and see what all I can do. I have a huge set of these and honestly didn’t know if I was going to keep or return them. The staining is hard to get used to, but now I change my technique and use them in a different way. Thank you again for making this video.
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed Katherine!
So Good! So Helpful! Thank you!! 😊 🖌️🎨
You are so welcome!
Fabulous video!! I have Qor paints, the Earth Tones, and High Chroma sets and love how they react. But I never used them with other brands. Now I definitely will!!! What a beautiful effect especially with the abstract florals I like to paint. It's magic. As with all watercolors you just have to embrace the unpredictability of it.
Yes! Embrace the unpredictable ❤️❤️ Have fun playing Renee!
Love this video! I am really attracted to paints that do this. Thank you for sharing. I also love the excitement you and your daughter get from the push of color.
Thank you so much!
Great video! I love Qor watercolors. When I started painting about 2 years ago, they were the first brand that I tried. They are still pretty expensive and I am in the US. but their introductory sets are very reasonable. Do you have the High Chroma Set? You would like that collections of colors I think. I think the Dioxazine Purple has the highest dispersion rate of all. It can fly across the page. I agree with you this is what is great about watercolors! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Yes Marisa, the high chroma set was the first I got from Qor, it's fantastic!
Never had the chaance to pick up Qor paints yet but after watching this, I have to try some when going to Vienna in a few weeks. I loved this video, so pleasing the colours and I have to say I love not just the aesthetics of your videos but the easiness with whic you present them. With you I can feel there is a human, almost like a friend behind these videos not a superhuman absolute master painter (if you know what I mean) :) Thank you for the video!
Oh have fun in Vienna! Luckily both Gerstaecker and Boesner carry them in store 😀 so glad you're enjoying my videos and company! Means a lot!
I enjoy how these move too. I love your tree and watching you play. It seems like I use less QOR paint, a little goes a long way. They are the next highest priced paints in the us after Schmincke.
Yup, very expensive... But good stuff!
Some times if I need a calm break in the day I’ll come back to this video and watch the magic unfold. 😍
Haha love it!
Watercolours is just so mesmerising.
I totally agree!
Thank you!! I did not realize this! I am definitely go get my new set and explore the paints alone and with other brands too!!! I love your tree too! That came out so cool!!
You're welcome! Have fun playing 😀
It was oddly satisfying seeing you paint with these Qor watercolors. I usually use W&N mediums to modify the behaviour of paint so I think I will check their line. You sparkled my curiosity.
Glad you enjoyed!
Wowie! Yes please review all the Qor! Where did you purchase? More kits - more choices -available?
I got this set at Gerstaecker online, they also have the sets, as well as Jackson's in the UK (ship worldwide). I'm sure they are widely available in the US and other major retailers ❤️
Oh so beautiful😍
I heard about this “swoosh” quality of the QOR watercolors and it’s fun and gorgeous to watch! I would love a review of this set.
Thanks Irit 💕
Oh thank you!
I never used my Qors so they were touching other wet paints, but after watching your video, I tried it with Daniel Smith, Rembrandt, Sonnet and Schmincke Akademie, and watching the Qor push into the other paints was lots of fun!
Great to hear!
Wow, wow, wow!! So magical! ✨ QoR paints seem to have such a special quality when mixed with other brands - one day I hope to try them and they are definitely going on my ever expanding watercolour Wish List 😉. Thank you so much for bringing a little watercolour magic ✨ to our day - so beautiful, 🌈🎨 Valérie 💕
Glad you enjoyed! I would say they tube sets are the best value, pick one that appeals to you and maybe start there, they have 6 basics, high chroma and earth tones, and then the larger 12 and 24 introductory sets❤️
This is awesome! I think part of the reason why Qor watercolors do this is the high synthetic ox gall content. I bought a bottle of their synthetic ox gall and use it with other watercolors to get the same effect.
Yeah I think that's the reason and I will definitely pick up some of that magic juice 😂
I could have watched this all day, it wasn’t long enough. 🤗
Aaa thanks!! I believe you, watercolors are just mesmerizing!
Thanks , that I find the reason to get Qor watercolours, actually I always think why people loves to QOR aquarells . I think mostly we are able to chance more competitive watercolors than QOR . However I change my mind after watching your posted , thanks to your cool informations
Glad it was helpful. In general I think Qor is lovely but not worth the extra $$ for what it offers.
Love the video. Qor is a different substance, for sure.
It really is!
Yes! Do the video about the set! And it is so expensive here too. That’s why QoR did not do well in the US, too $$ compared to competitors.
So interesting. It seems to me like Golden's acrylics have become such leaders amongst artists, also outside the US despite the hefty price tag. Maybe the watercolors will get there eventually too! I think they should work on some more half pans sets, their formula is really great.
QOR is amazing, for sure! DS and QOR are my go-to paints. Their re-activeness is yummy!!! You know what I mean. Lol.
Absolutely!
wow I saw so many videos about QOR watercolors, but didn't know about this reaction with other brands. It's beautiful and magical. Now I only need to choose a few colors to add to my palette xD
Glad you enjoyed! I would suggest either this set or one of their tube sets, those are more reasonably priced than the single tubes.
Omgoodness they are so yummy I would love to try them, really makes you want to play with colors ❤️ 🌈❤️ wow thank you for the review 😚
My pleasure 😊
Omg I had a single QoR color and whenever I used it with other brands it went crazy and I thought it was defective and couldn’t understand the hype for the brand. Thanks so much for the video, I will give them a chance again 😄
Haha go go play 😉
@@iritlandgraf yes! :D!!
Your demonstration is a delight to watch. One question, what size is the Raven brush you use here? I looked at the catalogue but I have no idea how to deduce the sizes compared to rounds.
Thanks! Yes the numbers are useless since there's no standard size. I'm using the 3/0
SO SO expensive £75 on Amazon. The set you have there, were the pans shiny or dull. Apparently if the pans are shiny they are the old stock. The new improved pans are dull not shiny at all and work better !! I absolutely love the tin, but I will wait until this is in the sale. Please can you do a landscape demo with the Qor paints Irit, we would love to see it.
I was playing around with my PR122 from MaimeriBlu and it didn't react with my QoR paints. That made me realize that MB are actually also pushy! They also have a synthetic oxgall in their paints. Thought maybe you'd like to try their "pushiness", and also, they're cheaper than QoR! 😄
Interesting! I have a couple of tubes, will definitely look into that!
I wonder if they have changed something formula wise because my Qor Indigo blends shockingly nicely with almost any other paint I put with it on paper including handmade paints.
No idea, interesting!
You have made me need this pan set, even though I already own half the colors, lol, what have you done to me? 😂😂😂 Great video 👍🏼
Haha you can always fill your own pans and get a few more colors, although then you won't have the cool tin 😉
Irit Landgraf Over the years I have collected all of the introductory sets, so my count stands at 18 colors which I have in half pans, but this tiny adorable tin is calling my name! 😂 I’m just a sucker for collections of color!
You and me both!
Irit Landgraf 😍
The second swatch you did- Holbein bright pink + QoR azo yellow...then you put a gorgeous aqua blue under the yellow. Can I ask what that blue is? I'm in love!
Haha yup it's my precious must be in all palettes cobalt teal. This particular one is actually Lukas cobalt turquoise, but if you have access to other brands it's usually named cobalt teal and the pigment is PG50 (m Graham, Daniel. Smith, sennelier, qor make lovely versions) .
Irit Landgraf thank you! I have Dsniel Smith's Cobalt teal (and I love it) but I really like that one, too. I'll put it on my list 😁
Golden, which makes qor is about an hour from me. I can't wait for the virus to be gone and they open back up for tours. It will be my first outing since last March. In the meantime e i will be playing with their paints and now that i have seen this a whole new world of movement is open to me and my florals.yeah..thanks for information and inspiration.
Glad you found it helpful Marjorie 💜
oh man its time i got my hands on some qor paints!! maybe next month when i got the funds xD
I Knew you will love this effect. I’m really happy you tried !
I've been using them for years, but it was definitely time for a dedicated video ;)
wow this is magical......wow what is that deep well pallet thing on the left? is that Qor? Also the light blue in the beginning is that sleeping beauty? Thx for naming the colors and brands I'm just starting to get colors and bands and this is most helpful!!!! wow every reason to get Qor What fun!!!!!! They fill there pans beyond the top. I didn 't realize the heat gun freezes it will have to try that. Thx for sharing!!!
Glad you enjoyed! Not sure which deep well palette on the left you mean 😟 I suspect it might be the mixing wells in the qor palette? The blue is cobalt turquoise by Lukas (also cobalt teal by other brands) 💙
@@iritlandgraf Thanks will have to try that pretty color......It was the big pallet I like the deep wells.
Oh the red one? Search on my channel for the perfect watercolor palette, I talk about it all the time 🎨😁
I love playing with QoR so much! The cheapest place I've found them is a Danish store called Stelling (I found their Swedish website & had no idea they were Danish until I got the package from Denmark 😅). They've had a 15% sale for the Mini, introductory, and earth tones set for a couple of months now, so I got the Mini for €40 and the sets for €37 each. Still not cheap by any metric, but still much cheaper than I've found anywhere else. Prices really seem to vary a significantly!
Glad you found a good deal! I think their sets are good value, problem begins with the single tubes 😂🤑
@@iritlandgraf yeaaaaah, those started at €11.50 😅
Do you mind me asking which country you ordered from. I can't see anything re international shipping. I emailed but no answer yet. Its a great price.
@@hlk01 I ordered from Sweden :) they have a Swedish webpage (stellings.se) and a Danish one (stelling.dk) (yes, the Swedish one has the extra s at the end, I have no idea why 😅). I have no idea how/where they ship though...
It's worth just googling around though - local/independent stores (one of my local shops has cheaper White Nights than Jackson's), and stores in countries near you - even things like checking different Amazon sites (.com vs .co.uk vs .de etc) can end up saving you quite a bit!
Thanks for this, because i was wondering how Qor Watercolors would react.
I expecting my first Qor Watercolors in the mail next week.
So happy!
What paper and brushes do you use?
Glad it was helpful! This is a relatively old video, I suggest checking out my recent ones like best of 2023 series for current faves 😊
@@iritlandgraf I sure will.
Thank you so much!
Wow so interesting video. Thank you so much !
Glad you enjoyed 😀
Very beautiful to watch’
Thank you Christine!
Damn! Another set of paints I need.
Yes, please do a review.
Lol I know those mixed emotions 😂
Merci pour cette vidéo. J'ai eu le coup de foudre pour les QOR qui sont mes premières aquarelles. Elles ont une brillance extraordinaire! Avez vous tenté un mélange avec une couleur d'une autre gamme? Ici j'ai testé cela avec Winsor and Newton pour créer un bel orange mais ce n'est pas satisfaisant. Comme je débute, j'ignore si c'est lié à une maladresse de ma part ou une autre particularité des QOR.
Thanks for this video. I fell in love with the QORs, which are my first watercolors. They have an extraordinary shine! Have you tried mixing with a color from another range? Here I tested this with Winsor and Newton to create a nice orange but it is not satisfactory. As I begin, I do not know if it is related to an awkwardness on my part or another particularity of the QORs.
Hi Particia! Sorry I don't speak French. I think Qor can absolutley mix with other colors. Probably your mixes depend more on pigments than formulation of the paint itself... Meaning you may have gotten an orange you didn't like because the colors you mixed don't make that orange shade you wanted, maybe try other combinations of yellows and reds/pinks. Most watercolor brands use the same pigments and there isn't a huge difference between most of the basic common colors, in my opinion anyway :)
Thank you @@iritlandgraf . I don't speak English very well and I am happy that you understood my question. I wish you a nice day
This was fun. Just as soon as I can get off this bed...i am going to the studio to PLAY with pushy colors....Qor here I come....thanks..
Have fun!
Fantastic video! Thank you
Glad you liked it!
This looks so fun! I just bought a set of 4 tubes and I’m really excited to try it! I wonder how it will react with the m graham paints I ordered.
Also, the set I got came with white. I wonder how the white will react?! 🤔
Let us know, enjoy 😃
Thank you for sharing. It's handy to know this. 🙋🏼
Glad it was helpful!
Great review! What is the name of your sword brush, please?
Thanks! Pro arte small sword
@@iritlandgraf Thank you!
Interesting properties!
I think so too!
What was that cool brush I think you called a “sword” brush? I checked the comments your notes but didn’t see it mentioned. Thanks!
Here it is-
Pro Arte 1/4” sword brush-
bit.ly/3eTSPF8
@@iritlandgraf thank you!
Die Farben sind unglaublich 😍😍😍 pure Magie
Ich weiß! So gut 😍😍😍
does the effect sticks to the color when you mix it with other brands on the palette? for example when you use a qor titanium or chinese white or neutral tint and mix it with schmincke colors on the pallete, do you still get that kind of push effect when you apply it then on paper?
No idea, haven't tried it yet 🤷♀️
@@iritlandgraf in case you have some time left at a point and want to give it a shoot, feel free to post what came out of it.
Magic. That's what happens :D I will say that they are lovely to watch, perhaps almost as fun as my granulating and color separating paints. The unique binder in Qor is fun for play, but as a very controlled and intentional painter who has a hard time with a loose style, it's really hard for me to get in a groove when I use them. Unpredictable, but so pretty!
Real magic! Yes those effects are definitely unpredictable!
Thank you for this video! I really enjoyed it! Which watercolor brushes were you using?
Glad you enjoyed! The brush is Jackson's raven quill, I added a link in the info section ❤️
I can quickly get the Qor in a 12 tube set. What is your professional opinion on pan versus tube?
Both great 👍
I enjoyed this so much I've watched it twice already 😁 looking forward to your review. Which paper did you use this time?
I'm so glad! I used Lana paper, it's lovely!
@@iritlandgraf the surface look great. Lana is difficult to get in the UK and about 8€ a sheet. Maybe thats a good thing until I use what I have 😃
I don't find it superior to other good papers, definitely use what you have and look for the best deals!
Ive been meaning to ask you , if youve ever tried Renesans paints from Poland ?? Im very curious about them......
Nope, never heard of them... I've only tried the Aquarius ones and they are lovely!
Omg I need some Qor colors!
Absolutely!
I’m sitting here in Seattle having a very cozy cup of coffee in the middle of a crazy thunder and lightning storm watch this…what could be better. “Mornings with Irit” 😘 so… iI have the small tubes of QoR and I was wondering if you think the pans perform better? They seem to create more intense washes…but that could be due to your excellent camera work 😉. Anyway, you were right, really enjoyed this!
Glad to spend your morning coffee together! I suspect the paint in the half pans could be more intense, since it is more concentrated? It's just crazy pigmented and rewets super fast, they did a great job with the formula.
Hi Renee, QoR tubes are the same formula as the tube paints, so if you're interested in painting from pans, you can fill pans with your tube colors and let them dry and then paint from them!
oh，I love this watercolor ！
Yes they are pretty!
Oh no. Another set added to the wish list. 😉
Oh yes!
Hello Irit, I just discovered your channel! I wanted to start with watercolors since it is a medium I did not try yet. QOR is crazy expensive though....Do you know if you use the tubes into a pan will they re-activate easily? I read some comments on the net that they do not act very well when they are re-activated but nobody showed it. I would appreciate your opinion. Thank you so much!
Hi and welcome! My experience has been good and I find Qor rewet very well 😀
@@iritlandgraf ah super, thanks a lot! then I might just dig in some tubes!
ok this was SO cool to see!!!! i just kept saying to myself: magic!!! lol!!
Glad you liked it!!
qor are my fav next to DS
That brush looks divine. What's it called?
It's lovely, it's Jackson's raven quill, I added a link in the info section 😀
what’s the beautiful light blue you added after the rose with azo?
Cobalt teal blue by Daniel Smith most probably, or a similar color😀
@@iritlandgraf 😂 gorgeous! thank you :))
The best watercolor paint.
Once I tried Qor, that was it for me. It's the only brand I buy now :D
Haha I understand, watercolor monogamy is not for me tho 😂
May I ask what brush are you using here please!?
Of course, it's called Raven and by Jackson's Art supplies (an online shop based in the UK with worldwide shipping)
Generally the finer the particle is, the more active it is spreading in water. It is both under influence of inherent physics rules and more dispeesion agent needed milling finer pigment. And synthetic organic ones are usually very fine in size.
what is the red that pushed the brilliant red violet?
check the Qor palette colors
Fantastic! Jane XOXO
Thanks so much!
Wow!
Qor is expensive but very little go very far. The 11ml tube holds way longer than my m.graham 15ml. Also Qor itself is excellent for glazing, you can do many layers without lifting the others.
Thanks for sharing!
YES YES would love a video of this set…♥️♥️♥️
I had convinced myself that I don’t need _another_ brand of watercolor but as I was alway eyeing QoR this has just convinced me otherwise 😅
Haha, if you already have a good selection, you may want to pick up their Synthetic ox gall, which, when mixed with watercolors gives that pushy quality. It's a very tempermental medium that reacts differently with every paint, but it will probably save you some $$ and will be much more versatile.
@@iritlandgraf Good idea, thank you :)
I didn't know Qor had halfpans. That is cool.
Very cool, I think only in this set though...
I’d love to try QOR. But honestly? The price point is insane for my skill level. I wish small dot cards were more commonly found. Like, $1 for 5 dots maybe. Just to try every brand. You know?
Absolutely!