that's just a really dreamy, otherworldly sort of palette,,, fog and fairies, perhaps little people that might steal someone away. really like how it gives impression of movement.. snakes and dragons for sure.
I ended up getting a bunch of the super granulating colors from the other sets and whenever I use them all as a full set, the paintings look so dreamy!!
As I watch this excellent review in France, I have just been swatching my own three sets of these. One year after your review I can only buy these wonderful paints in sets of three in cardboard boxes at around 23/25 euros a pack. Don’t know if this is just Europe or the UK as well. Thanks for the review, and great advice about the rewetting. I love the granulating effect. Jo in France 🇫🇷
I don't know if I've ever watched one of your videos before. Earlier tonight I ordered a lot of the granulating colors - sold individually. I'm not very experienced; for some reason I thought these colors were mostly to use in conjunction with non-granulating! Nice to watch your demo! I much enjoyed it!
I only purchased the Olive &Green from this set. Now I wish I purchased them all. I do have a lot of the other granulating sets. Love them, but the shire is my favorite.
It is interesting to see the mix of these type of paints with other, non-ganulating. esp. in realistic or loose realistic paintings. How pros would incorporate them in their work
Ooooh! So pretty these Shire colors. I want some but I know I can mix a pretty close match if I apply myself. But still....... I’m fighting the “want monster!”
@@SarahBurnsStudio Maybe no all but some for sure. @Kimberly crick art has a few videos on how to mix some of these Super Granulating and Primatek paints. There’s a few pigments that are necessary like potters pink PR 233, and mars (lunar) black PBk 11 and a few others. The question is: do I want the hassle of mixing or convenience of premixed paints. If I had a tree that grew money I’d buy all the paints that intrigue or inspire me but I don’t 😭. And mixing is always a great exercise, but yeah, I wish I could afford some of Schmincke’s supergranulating.
Hi, Sarah. My immediate thought was "The Shire" rather than the UK shire counties, too, so thank you for that, and for the lovely Hobbit door and stonework. The textures of wood and stone looked really easy to achieve with those paints. I'll wait with anticipation for when you use these en plein air in the forest, to see how they work with more trees and bushes. :)
No one could ever convince me that these weren't inspired by Lord of the Ring's shire and that's final. 😂 And yes I'm aware shire is a normal word in the UK...I live in Scotland for goodness sake. But I choose to believe in magic.
@@SarahBurnsStudio "I live in Scotland for goodness sake" This has sent my mind spinning through all those Scottish counties with 'Shire' in them!!! Yes, including your own Morayshire, whose magic you show us each time you make a video. Who could *not* believe in magic when there are fairy houses and gnome's gilets everywhere you look, and which find their way into your sketches and paintings? Having worked with children all my life, I'm thankful for the joy they've brought me from their own childlike wonder, and being able, as an adult, to share my own childlike joy and wonder with them. So it's a real joy to see the magic at work in your work! "I'm aware shire is a normal word in the UK" Oops - sorry - I should have put "too" at the end of this: "My immediate thought was "The Shire" rather than the UK shire counties [too]" ! (I've just added it in!)
@@SarahBurnsStudio yes! 😁😁 I so agree! Those must be inspired in the Lord of the Rings for sure, that’s the first thing I thought (or wanted to think) when I first knew about them. I choose to believe in magic too ✨💫
Oh my goodness these are sooooo beautiful. I just found your channel looking for videos with Schnincke, and was so excited to see you using these. I’m definitely going to have to snag these. Wow they’re beautiful.
Your painting look like it's from an old-fashioned storybook, so cute and nostalgic! I adore the colour scheme in this palette, if only I could afford the set 😢
I'm so pleased to see you using the Shire set as it's my favourite of the three new sets (Volcano, Shire, Desert) and I loved what you did with it! The little Hobbit house was so cute and I enjoyed the limited palette and the way you made it work for this piece. Thanks Sarah!
@@SarahBurnsStudio I don't - I liked the look of some of the colours online but not enough to buy the whole Desert set. I'm thinking of just getting one or two of the individual half pans. :) The full sets I currently have are Forest and Haze, with a couple of colours from the other ranges in separate tubes; Tundra Pink (super gorgeous - would highly recommend!) and Deep Sea Black. I also have a separate tube of Forest Blue from last year and it's one of my favourite colours ever.
@@NatashaNewtonArt I got the Tundra pink, violet and blue...omg SO gorgeous. Plus volcano red, yellow, violet which have been great mixing colors. I also got the Deep Sea green, blue, and violet and WOW some of my favorites now...they are all just so good 😂
Lovely video great name for a paint set, Aberdeenshire where I live is often called “The Shire” I always think of Lord of the Rings as well when I hear it. Hope your ok Sarah with this stormy weather we are getting in Scotland.
When we first moved to Moray I remember buying something (coffee?) from england, and their checkout form on the website only had the option of "Morayshire" and i was like..OMG I LIVE IN THE SHIRE best day of my life 😂 but now I know it's just "moray"
I ordered this same set, and am impatiently waiting for it to arrive in the US from Jackson's! 😉 Thank you so much for this--I want to paint the shire for my husband.
I love all of these colors! The hobbit hole painting is perfect. I saw that they also have a Super Granulating Desert set!! I may have to splurge since I live in the deserts of Colorado! 😬 thanks for sharing ❤️
Beautiful painting , a proper hobbit house! I would suggest for those not able to buy the Schmincke colours to look at what pigments are used in these and then " shop" their own stash of watercolours w the same or other granulating pigments to see if they have the same pigments, ex PB 29 Ultramarine, a granulating colour, and then mix them together w interesting results. Really fun is had by mixing a granualting colour together with a non granulating one on cold pressed or rought watercolourpaper, then one can get really fun separating results. And it is nicer to your wallet too;-).
Yes I agree! I think it would be a super fun experience to make your own - I've been doing that sort of by adding semi-granulating colors to my palette here and there.
@@SarahBurnsStudio your video really inspired me to check my somewhat embarrasingly huge stash of tubes and pans for granulating pigments and came up w quite a few- especially the Daniel Smith line has some very beautiful ones. But as I usually paint botanical art almost all my paints are on the " smooth side", so yesterday I finally convinced myself I " needed" some more granulating pigments, looked at what pigments Schmincke use in their sets, persuaded the family an hours trip to Stockholm was in order ( we have very few proper art stores here in Sweden apart from a few in the capital), dragged the daughter ( who is at art school and can act as a proper alibi for buying art supplies..) into the shop and bought Schmincke watercolours w the pigments I didn´t have. I saw the sets too in the shop and was tempted, but figured out it was more economical, even if Schmincke is an expensive brand in itself, to buy separate single pigment tubes than the sets. I am thinking of perhaps doing some own mixes in empty pans- do you have any experience if that works or do " homemade" blends of pigments turn out bad compared to when a manufacturer- who apparently have all the technical know how- mix pigments? I understand nothing can be excatly like their blends. but I would hate to have bought expensive paints just for a mix to become useless. So if anyone has any experience in mixing blends of different tubes of watercolour I would be very grateful. but right now I am happily sitiing at my desk mixing colours and it is such fun in itself!
@@SUSSDUE Oh absolutely! I mix tubes all the time. Most of my main palettes have "custom" mixes that are various brands/colors. My main suggestion is to do a small test first. Try a little bit on the side and paint a variety of swatches (some thick, some diluted). Let it dry. See how it settles and mixes. It all comes down to what YOU like!
@@SarahBurnsStudio Thanks for your advice, doing swatches and trying paints is so fun, especially those days when I want to paint but have no inspiration. Trying out colours make me fell i do something creative and working with colours always make me happy!
I was waiting for my tax return to get these. Jackson's sent the notice that they made 3 new sets and, of course, by the time I got my return all the 5ml sets were gone so did I say "Wait for the restock Amy."? No. I bought the 15 ml sets. But in my defense, the 15ml sets on the Jackson'e site are the same price as the 5ml sets on Blick and Jerry's in the US where I am. I bought them yesterday morning as soon as my return hit my account and Jackson's sent the email letting me know my order has been dispatched that afternoon. I am always amazed that I order from the UK and receive my packages in about 3 days, but I order from the US (where I actually live) and I will wait for up to 2 weeks for some places to even SHIP my order! I can't wait for them to get here!!!!!!
Ohhh, so exciting! I had heard that they had come out with three more sets, but didn’t realize they had half pans! I checked Jackson’s and they are expecting them in in April! Woo Hoo, now I can pick up the colors I want without having to purchase the expensive sets!!! Thx so much for sharing, Sarah! Love your painting 😻
Wow. These are beautiful colors! I def agree about the limited familial (? Lol) pallete being reminiscence of storybooks illustrations. I love that you have a go to illustration for testing out colors with lots of different elements. Can't wait to see the super granulation colors on the rocky coast!
Love this Sarah, I too love the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. This shire drawing captures perfectly how it looks in the shire…these paints look amazing and the colours so soft and muted 😍🥰
Hi Sarah, I love LOTR and Hobbit, all the Middle Earth world.. And I have a huge need of this palette u did, well... the shire colours I mean but I loved the others too ^^ Can't wait to see more of your work with them :3 All the love for u!
The sky almost looks stormy! It adds something really wonderful to the lighting effect. Absolutely wonderful painting, i love your observations about the relativity of the colours against each other and light vs dark. It's a really nice way of looking at the painting 😊 PS: i recently discovered this channel and i just want to say, I'm in love with it. I lived in Scotland for 6 years and the plan was to stay there were it not for covid+brexit. I'm still hoping to return at some point and pick up my life there again. Your paintings and vlogs all feel so familiar and make me ache for home. It's really nice to see someone love Scotland in a way that resonates with me, visiting and painting places i know and love as well. And on top of that, your style is just really wonderful. (Oh and the pride flag in the background sometimes makes my heart sing and makes me feel so seen!!) So thank you for these wonderful videos you create, for giving me a piece of home that i hope to return to someday. Thank you for your wonderful warm tone, your insightful commentary, your vibrant and inspirational style and your tutorials. Your channel is just wonderful 💖💖
I'm so glad you enjoy my channel! I love what you wrote, yessss there are those of us who truly understand and appreciate the beauty and magic of this land in a way you can only feel if you've lived here. That said, I know so many people who have never been here still feel a strong pull towards this ancient land, and I can understand why (I was one of them at one point!) Not sure if you are aware but I am bi, so the pride flag not only serves as a way to hide my messy shelf, but is very much a "welcome" to everyone! I collect flags, I have quite a few hanging around the house :D
@@SarahBurnsStudio Oh yes absolutely, the pull of Scotland is strong even for those who never lived there haha! I didn't know you were bi but that is just so nice to hear as I'm queer myself, the welcoming aspect truly works ❤ plus a genius way of hiding clutter 😂
Waiting for the three new sets to arrive in the states currently somewhere over the pond. I have the other five sets as I just love the granulation. I am excited for the volcano red and volcano yellow. They are just so satisfying to watch and use. I have the tubes. Don't know how the pan format will compare.
I love these colors. I am not a fan of granulating colors. My studiopalette is mainly sennelier for that very reason. But these colors; jumm. I have three granulating greens in my studioplatte from ds and moonglow. If I want something to granulate I always try to work in the moonglow for that effect. But these have me doubting lol
Hmmm, I can see why Shire would inspire thoughts of the Hobbit. For me I am all about the period dramas but more along the lines of Jane Austen. Either way I think this works. I am waiting for my order of this and the other new granulation watercolors. These look so pretty!
Lovely calm palette. looking forward to seeing what you do with this. Already wondering if your beloved Potters pink will work with it. Wonder if they'll release a Mordor palette...
Beautiful illustration! 😍🙏 I am loving the demo's of Schminke's super granulation watercolours. And anything LOTR related gets my vote. Reminded me to dig out the sketchbooks by John Howe and Alan Lee.
Finally someone reviews those shire colours! 😍 thank you so much, wonderful review. I was going to try them anyway, but now I must have them straight away! 🔥
I broke down and ordered the forest green set as well as two other super granulating colors yesterday. I think they are so beautiful. Love the hobbit hole painting and look forward to seeing the other colors.
I'm in a bit of a LOTR frenzy lately - which is ridiculous, because I still haven't finished reading the books. I love Tolkiens world building and how much of a back story he gives to all his characters, but his writing style is giving me a hard time (even worse when reading the German translation) ^^' Right now, I'm reading The Fellowship of the Ring intermittently with Frank Herbert's Dune books and some more contemporary stuff (right now Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea) 😁 That said, I love your rendition of the hobbit home, it looks soooo cozy. I'm in lov3 with those greens 🥰 If you feel like venturing farther into Schmincke's super granulating colours, I'm sure you'd find Oto Kano's (especially when trying to decide on which colours to choose, their palette of granulating colours has grown quite extensive by now and they aren't exactly inexpensive [even though I love that they now offer half pans, too, I might actually cave and get some for myself as well] Kim Crick's and The Mind Of Watercolours videos on them helpful, at least if you haven't watched them yet :3. And: Lookig forward to seeing you create more artworks with these 👋🤗 and 😘 from Germany
Oooh these colors are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing Sarah! For my birthday I would love to order the whole set and I wanted to ask if your affiliate link works if I want to do that?
I always really like your hobbit home paintings, but I never got into LOTR, so I didn't know that's where they were from lol. Now I know. I can't wait to see what you paint with the other granulating colours you got.
Aren't these watercolours gorgeous. I bought the Haze collection in tubes and love them so much, they dilute and granulate so easily. It's interesting to see that the pans need a little bit more love to get them moving. Yes a Hobbit home painting is the perfect subject 😍xx
These are so pretty! But so far out of my price range 😒 hopefully someday these will be in my palette! These soft colors are like my Derwent graphite paints, only with granulation...
This set looks stunning! And I love the painting you created! It's been a while since I last read/watched anything Lord of the Rings, and I desperately want to revisit it. Fingers crossed that I'll have time for that sometime soon haha. So excited to see more of the super granulating colors in the future!
Oh yas, our elven queeeennn! This absolutely looks straight out of a fairy tale book, right next to a large, gold illuminated letter 😍 so inspiring.. I'm really glad I caught this upload, not just because it was awesome, but because I haven't yet ordered my own shire set of tubes and I hadn't even thought about using your link. It's probably not your style but I wish you would have reminded me the other day when I mentioned this set was in my cart. I'd be happy to pay my thanks to you, even though it's in such a nominal way.. About the granulating sets though - I need the Shire, that's written, but can you recommend another set from the line to complement these-now that you've played with a variety? Thanks!
It's ok! I hate self-advertising in other platforms like that. But I really appreciate you!! I absolutely LOVE these colors from the other sets: Deep Sea: blue, green, violet is also wonderful but depends if you already have a lot of violets Tundra: Rose (pink), blue, violet And for mixing: Volcano red & yellow
@@SarahBurnsStudio I can imagine you'd hate it..it seems uncomfy BUT for situations like this specifically, people (with very rare exception) WANT to help. On that note, what's the easiest way to find all your Schmincke links? I think I'm ready to make my order! Great suggestions BTW and there's a set of half pans with just 1/2 from each set. I do like the soft, natural look of the shire palette but I feel it needs some violet, reds or even blues to punch it up. Looking forward to what you're showing us next 😊
@@morgenmachen2400 🥰 in my supply list in the description there will be links for my colors. I think if you use any of the links it will give me credit for the whole order? I can’t remember exactly but either way thank you 😄
schmincke paint is very good but I stopped buying it after I learned more about animal ingredients in art materials and schmincke use oxgal in their watercolour paint. I love animals so no animal has to die to become a brush, paper or paint for me. else I would definitely get them. I hope they change their formula of their professional line into vegan one day.
Heard back: "There are different watercolour series with different focus in our range: Our series 14 HORADAM® AQUARELL, which is the professional series, is made traditionally with ox gall as a part of the wetting agent. We do so since the beginning when we achieved the patent for our HORADAM® series in 1892. It was a decision to maintain the traditional composition with this natural product in one of our watercolour series. Ox gall is added in traces only. For our needs no animals die just for the ox gall, it is always a by-product; it is not taken from alive animals. So, no animals are caged and killed for this specific purpose. As some customers want to buy watercolours containing no ingredients of animal origin, we are happy to offer our series 16 AKADEMIE® Aquarell. It do not contain any ox gall or other animal products (please also have a look to our vegan information: www.schmincke.de/en/information/did-you-know/vegan-information-about-the-term-and-used-in-schmincke-artists-colours.html). Furthermore, our series 24 AQUA DROP - a fluid kind of watercolour - also is made completely without raw materials from animal origin." - Schmincke laborteam@schmincke.de
@@SarahBurnsStudio thank you for sharing. akademie I knew about but than Daniel smith is better who have vegan watercolor except 3 colours which can be replaced with a other one's of their colours such as ivory black with animal ingredients that became for me lunar black which is vegan. I prefer that above their (schmincke) akedemie paints. indeed the animal isn't specific slaughtered for the oxgal but yet without slaughter their won't be oxgal for them. I don't eat animals either so for me it's not a option. thank you for doing this research and sharing it 😊👍🏻
@@BrendasArt I was really surprised they answered at all, but very glad to have information from the source. I always recommend reaching out to brands to find out this kind of thing before buying if it is of concern to you.
that's just a really dreamy, otherworldly sort of palette,,, fog and fairies, perhaps little people that might steal someone away. really like how it gives impression of movement.. snakes and dragons for sure.
I ended up getting a bunch of the super granulating colors from the other sets and whenever I use them all as a full set, the paintings look so dreamy!!
"Shire" is the magic word...❤️
As I watch this excellent review in France, I have just been swatching my own three sets of these. One year after your review I can only buy these wonderful paints in sets of three in cardboard boxes at around 23/25 euros a pack. Don’t know if this is just Europe or the UK as well. Thanks for the review, and great advice about the rewetting. I love the granulating effect. Jo in France 🇫🇷
Beautiful video!
I don't know if I've ever watched one of your videos before. Earlier tonight I ordered a lot of the granulating colors - sold individually. I'm not very experienced; for some reason I thought these colors were mostly to use in conjunction with non-granulating! Nice to watch your demo! I much enjoyed it!
They can be, I do mix them with my normal palette and it’s fabulous
I need to buy some of these colors! Great video
Thank you thank you thank you - I was looking forward to take a closer look at this set
Wow those are beautiful!!
Perfect illustration to showcase these colors!
i love those colours and they work perfect for a hobbit hole 😀
I loved this video! Seeing you think through in the sample drawing how to stretch the paints to get your full range of values was awesome!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I only purchased the Olive &Green from this set. Now I wish I purchased them all. I do have a lot of the other granulating sets. Love them, but the shire is my favorite.
Those colors are so pretty. Thank you for sharing.
Ooh, those colors are dreamy!
It is interesting to see the mix of these type of paints with other, non-ganulating. esp. in realistic or loose realistic paintings. How pros would incorporate them in their work
I have some videos about that coming out this spring
Oh my! How gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the video.
Ooooh! So pretty these Shire colors. I want some but I know I can mix a pretty close match if I apply myself. But still.......
I’m fighting the “want monster!”
Haha if you can mix them yourself go for it!
@@SarahBurnsStudio
Maybe no all but some for sure. @Kimberly crick art has a few videos on how to mix some of these Super Granulating and Primatek paints. There’s a few pigments that are necessary like potters pink PR 233, and mars (lunar) black PBk 11 and a few others. The question is: do I want the hassle of mixing or convenience of premixed paints. If I had a tree that grew money I’d buy all the paints that intrigue or inspire me but I don’t 😭. And mixing is always a great exercise, but yeah, I wish I could afford some of Schmincke’s supergranulating.
Love it.
Thanks for the demo of these colors. I was just gifted a set for my birthday and can’t wait to use them!
I have really enjoyed them!! I just wish they weren't so expensive
Hi, Sarah. My immediate thought was "The Shire" rather than the UK shire counties, too, so thank you for that, and for the lovely Hobbit door and stonework. The textures of wood and stone looked really easy to achieve with those paints.
I'll wait with anticipation for when you use these en plein air in the forest, to see how they work with more trees and bushes. :)
No one could ever convince me that these weren't inspired by Lord of the Ring's shire and that's final. 😂
And yes I'm aware shire is a normal word in the UK...I live in Scotland for goodness sake. But I choose to believe in magic.
@@SarahBurnsStudio "I live in Scotland for goodness sake" This has sent my mind spinning through all those Scottish counties with 'Shire' in them!!! Yes, including your own Morayshire, whose magic you show us each time you make a video. Who could *not* believe in magic when there are fairy houses and gnome's gilets everywhere you look, and which find their way into your sketches and paintings?
Having worked with children all my life, I'm thankful for the joy they've brought me from their own childlike wonder, and being able, as an adult, to share my own childlike joy and wonder with them. So it's a real joy to see the magic at work in your work!
"I'm aware shire is a normal word in the UK" Oops - sorry - I should have put "too" at the end of this: "My immediate thought was "The Shire" rather than the UK shire counties [too]" ! (I've just added it in!)
@@SarahBurnsStudio yes! 😁😁 I so agree! Those must be inspired in the Lord of the Rings for sure, that’s the first thing I thought (or wanted to think) when I first knew about them. I choose to believe in magic too ✨💫
@@MrsBarnabas it’s ok I was commenting on the general topic, not just directed at you 😅 I know you get it!
This is wonderful. Really quaint scene here.
Oh my goodness these are sooooo beautiful. I just found your channel looking for videos with Schnincke, and was so excited to see you using these. I’m definitely going to have to snag these. Wow they’re beautiful.
How fun and such a lovely painting.
Your painting look like it's from an old-fashioned storybook, so cute and nostalgic! I adore the colour scheme in this palette, if only I could afford the set 😢
Thank you so much 😀
Love the hobbit home 💖. Another beautiful painting. Thank you
Morning from Dunedin FL
I love these colours - super tempted. I'm also sooooo tempted by the deep sea colours as I love to (or at least trying to) paint seascapes
The Deep sea and Tundra might be my favorites...I'll share a video soon!
I'm so pleased to see you using the Shire set as it's my favourite of the three new sets (Volcano, Shire, Desert) and I loved what you did with it! The little Hobbit house was so cute and I enjoyed the limited palette and the way you made it work for this piece. Thanks Sarah!
Thank you Natasha! Ohh do you have the full desert set? I'm super curious about those colors but I didn't get any!
@@SarahBurnsStudio I don't - I liked the look of some of the colours online but not enough to buy the whole Desert set. I'm thinking of just getting one or two of the individual half pans. :) The full sets I currently have are Forest and Haze, with a couple of colours from the other ranges in separate tubes; Tundra Pink (super gorgeous - would highly recommend!) and Deep Sea Black. I also have a separate tube of Forest Blue from last year and it's one of my favourite colours ever.
@@NatashaNewtonArt I got the Tundra pink, violet and blue...omg SO gorgeous. Plus volcano red, yellow, violet which have been great mixing colors. I also got the Deep Sea green, blue, and violet and WOW some of my favorites now...they are all just so good 😂
Squeeeeee! Mine are supposed to arrive Monday! So excited for this video!
lovely colors. Thank you for doing these videos.
This gotta be my favorite video from you this far (and that says a LOT).
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love this Sarah! Beautiful work! I agree with the "storybook" aspect of this selection.
Lovely video great name for a paint set, Aberdeenshire where I live is often called “The Shire” I always think of Lord of the Rings as well when I hear it. Hope your ok Sarah with this stormy weather we are getting in Scotland.
When we first moved to Moray I remember buying something (coffee?) from england, and their checkout form on the website only had the option of "Morayshire" and i was like..OMG I LIVE IN THE SHIRE
best day of my life 😂 but now I know it's just "moray"
I ordered this same set, and am impatiently waiting for it to arrive in the US from Jackson's! 😉 Thank you so much for this--I want to paint the shire for my husband.
Have fun!
I love all of these colors! The hobbit hole painting is perfect. I saw that they also have a Super Granulating Desert set!! I may have to splurge since I live in the deserts of Colorado! 😬 thanks for sharing ❤️
I saw that too! I was tempted toward a few of those colors..
Wonderful Sarah! Have you seen the illustrated hardcover box set of the books that was released summer 2020? They are really something!
Yes, those are illustrated by Alan Lee, the god himself! SO inspiring!
Beautiful painting , a proper hobbit house! I would suggest for those not able to buy the Schmincke colours to look at what pigments are used in these and then " shop" their own stash of watercolours w the same or other granulating pigments to see if they have the same pigments, ex PB 29 Ultramarine, a granulating colour, and then mix them together w interesting results. Really fun is had by mixing a granualting colour together with a non granulating one on cold pressed or rought watercolourpaper, then one can get really fun separating results. And it is nicer to your wallet too;-).
Yes I agree! I think it would be a super fun experience to make your own - I've been doing that sort of by adding semi-granulating colors to my palette here and there.
@@SarahBurnsStudio your video really inspired me to check my somewhat embarrasingly huge stash of tubes and pans for granulating pigments and came up w quite a few- especially the Daniel Smith line has some very beautiful ones. But as I usually paint botanical art almost all my paints are on the " smooth side", so yesterday I finally convinced myself I " needed" some more granulating pigments, looked at what pigments Schmincke use in their sets, persuaded the family an hours trip to Stockholm was in order ( we have very few proper art stores here in Sweden apart from a few in the capital), dragged the daughter ( who is at art school and can act as a proper alibi for buying art supplies..) into the shop and bought Schmincke watercolours w the pigments I didn´t have. I saw the sets too in the shop and was tempted, but figured out it was more economical, even if Schmincke is an expensive brand in itself, to buy separate single pigment tubes than the sets. I am thinking of perhaps doing some own mixes in empty pans- do you have any experience if that works or do " homemade" blends of pigments turn out bad compared to when a manufacturer- who apparently have all the technical know how- mix pigments? I understand nothing can be excatly like their blends. but I would hate to have bought expensive paints just for a mix to become useless. So if anyone has any experience in mixing blends of different tubes of watercolour I would be very grateful.
but right now I am happily sitiing at my desk mixing colours and it is such fun in itself!
@@SUSSDUE Oh absolutely! I mix tubes all the time. Most of my main palettes have "custom" mixes that are various brands/colors. My main suggestion is to do a small test first. Try a little bit on the side and paint a variety of swatches (some thick, some diluted). Let it dry. See how it settles and mixes. It all comes down to what YOU like!
@@SarahBurnsStudio Thanks for your advice, doing swatches and trying paints is so fun, especially those days when I want to paint but have no inspiration. Trying out colours make me fell i do something creative and working with colours always make me happy!
I was waiting for my tax return to get these. Jackson's sent the notice that they made 3 new sets and, of course, by the time I got my return all the 5ml sets were gone so did I say "Wait for the restock Amy."? No. I bought the 15 ml sets. But in my defense, the 15ml sets on the Jackson'e site are the same price as the 5ml sets on Blick and Jerry's in the US where I am. I bought them yesterday morning as soon as my return hit my account and Jackson's sent the email letting me know my order has been dispatched that afternoon. I am always amazed that I order from the UK and receive my packages in about 3 days, but I order from the US (where I actually live) and I will wait for up to 2 weeks for some places to even SHIP my order! I can't wait for them to get here!!!!!!
Wow..that's crazy 😂
Ohhh, so exciting! I had heard that they had come out with three more sets, but didn’t realize they had half pans! I checked Jackson’s and they are expecting them in in April! Woo Hoo, now I can pick up the colors I want without having to purchase the expensive sets!!! Thx so much for sharing, Sarah! Love your painting 😻
That was my plan too! I already know I'm going to buy tubes of a couple of them, but it was great to be able to try them more affordably first
Wow. These are beautiful colors! I def agree about the limited familial (? Lol) pallete being reminiscence of storybooks illustrations. I love that you have a go to illustration for testing out colors with lots of different elements. Can't wait to see the super granulation colors on the rocky coast!
Today I'm playing with ALL the colors I bought, doing some coastal and mountain scenes and so far loving it!! I'll share it all soon.
Love this Sarah, I too love the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. This shire drawing captures perfectly how it looks in the shire…these paints look amazing and the colours so soft and muted 😍🥰
I love love this set of colors...granulation is my thing...lol
Thank you for this lovely demonstration of these new colours, I love your finished piece!
Thank you! Cheers!
Hi Sarah, I love LOTR and Hobbit, all the Middle Earth world.. And I have a huge need of this palette u did, well... the shire colours I mean but I loved the others too ^^ Can't wait to see more of your work with them :3 All the love for u!
Beautiful illustration! The granulation is such a wonderful texture.
This is an amazing set! You used it wonderful in my opinion, the soft earth tones truly make this a gorgeous storybook vibe
I agree, it has that nostalgic storybook feel to it
Super gorgeous Shire illustration Sarah! and yes I love these colours and how they behave thanks for sharing XOXO
The sky almost looks stormy! It adds something really wonderful to the lighting effect. Absolutely wonderful painting, i love your observations about the relativity of the colours against each other and light vs dark. It's a really nice way of looking at the painting 😊
PS: i recently discovered this channel and i just want to say, I'm in love with it. I lived in Scotland for 6 years and the plan was to stay there were it not for covid+brexit. I'm still hoping to return at some point and pick up my life there again. Your paintings and vlogs all feel so familiar and make me ache for home. It's really nice to see someone love Scotland in a way that resonates with me, visiting and painting places i know and love as well. And on top of that, your style is just really wonderful. (Oh and the pride flag in the background sometimes makes my heart sing and makes me feel so seen!!) So thank you for these wonderful videos you create, for giving me a piece of home that i hope to return to someday. Thank you for your wonderful warm tone, your insightful commentary, your vibrant and inspirational style and your tutorials. Your channel is just wonderful 💖💖
I'm so glad you enjoy my channel! I love what you wrote, yessss there are those of us who truly understand and appreciate the beauty and magic of this land in a way you can only feel if you've lived here. That said, I know so many people who have never been here still feel a strong pull towards this ancient land, and I can understand why (I was one of them at one point!)
Not sure if you are aware but I am bi, so the pride flag not only serves as a way to hide my messy shelf, but is very much a "welcome" to everyone! I collect flags, I have quite a few hanging around the house :D
@@SarahBurnsStudio Oh yes absolutely, the pull of Scotland is strong even for those who never lived there haha! I didn't know you were bi but that is just so nice to hear as I'm queer myself, the welcoming aspect truly works ❤ plus a genius way of hiding clutter 😂
Hi Sarah! I’m very excited to see your new colours and look forward to seeing how you use them in the future too! Take care 😊
Thanks so much! 😊
Waiting for the three new sets to arrive in the states currently somewhere over the pond. I have the other five sets as I just love the granulation. I am excited for the volcano red and volcano yellow. They are just so satisfying to watch and use. I have the tubes. Don't know how the pan format will compare.
The volcano red & yellow are wonderful mixing colors!
i really love the supergranulating watercolors from schmincke ^_^ the limited set haze is also amazing 🥰
I agree, I absolutely LOVE Haze - the colours are soft, gentle, and incredibly beautiful!
The colors and the granulation are amazing! 💕
Those colours are so calm and pretty! And I love the sketch that you've made with them!!
Thank you! I too found them to be very calming..wonderful for garden sketching
I love these colors. I am not a fan of granulating colors. My studiopalette is mainly sennelier for that very reason. But these colors; jumm. I have three granulating greens in my studioplatte from ds and moonglow. If I want something to granulate I always try to work in the moonglow for that effect. But these have me doubting lol
Hmmm, I can see why Shire would inspire thoughts of the Hobbit. For me I am all about the period dramas but more along the lines of Jane Austen. Either way I think this works. I am waiting for my order of this and the other new granulation watercolors. These look so pretty!
I can see that! Any period drama of England or Scotland would have similar vibes ☺️
Lovely calm palette. looking forward to seeing what you do with this. Already wondering if your beloved Potters pink will work with it. Wonder if they'll release a Mordor palette...
Potters pink works with everything 😄
Beautiful illustration! 😍🙏 I am loving the demo's of Schminke's super granulation watercolours. And anything LOTR related gets my vote. Reminded me to dig out the sketchbooks by John Howe and Alan Lee.
Yesss I love their illustrations!!
Finally someone reviews those shire colours! 😍 thank you so much, wonderful review. I was going to try them anyway, but now I must have them straight away! 🔥
I love them. I want them😂
I broke down and ordered the forest green set as well as two other super granulating colors yesterday. I think they are so beautiful. Love the hobbit hole painting and look forward to seeing the other colors.
I was tempted by the forest set but I already have too similar colors. I'm sure you will love them though!
I'm in a bit of a LOTR frenzy lately - which is ridiculous, because I still haven't finished reading the books. I love Tolkiens world building and how much of a back story he gives to all his characters, but his writing style is giving me a hard time (even worse when reading the German translation) ^^' Right now, I'm reading The Fellowship of the Ring intermittently with Frank Herbert's Dune books and some more contemporary stuff (right now Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea) 😁
That said, I love your rendition of the hobbit home, it looks soooo cozy. I'm in lov3 with those greens 🥰 If you feel like venturing farther into Schmincke's super granulating colours, I'm sure you'd find Oto Kano's (especially when trying to decide on which colours to choose, their palette of granulating colours has grown quite extensive by now and they aren't exactly inexpensive [even though I love that they now offer half pans, too, I might actually cave and get some for myself as well] Kim Crick's and The Mind Of Watercolours videos on them helpful, at least if you haven't watched them yet :3. And: Lookig forward to seeing you create more artworks with these 👋🤗 and 😘 from Germany
Thank you! You might enjoy the audio books of the trilogy?
I’ve watched those channels too, love them! A wealth of knowledge.
@@SarahBurnsStudio I probably should be trying those, thanks for suggesting 🥰
Beautiful! They look amazing! 💚
Oooh these colors are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing Sarah! For my birthday I would love to order the whole set and I wanted to ask if your affiliate link works if I want to do that?
Happy birthday!! Yes if you use any of my links it will help support my channel :)
I always really like your hobbit home paintings, but I never got into LOTR, so I didn't know that's where they were from lol. Now I know.
I can't wait to see what you paint with the other granulating colours you got.
Oh you should at least watch the first movie to see the Shire at its best, even half the movie...
Aren't these watercolours gorgeous. I bought the Haze collection in tubes and love them so much, they dilute and granulate so easily. It's interesting to see that the pans need a little bit more love to get them moving. Yes a Hobbit home painting is the perfect subject 😍xx
The haze colors are so tempting!
These are so pretty! But so far out of my price range 😒 hopefully someday these will be in my palette! These soft colors are like my Derwent graphite paints, only with granulation...
I absolutely love these! I need to put them on my wishlist!
Lovely
This set looks stunning! And I love the painting you created! It's been a while since I last read/watched anything Lord of the Rings, and I desperately want to revisit it. Fingers crossed that I'll have time for that sometime soon haha. So excited to see more of the super granulating colors in the future!
If you ever want some LOTR in your life you can add the Friendship Onion podcast to your day here and there!! It's the BEST
@@SarahBurnsStudio oooh thank you for the recommendation!! :D
Oh yas, our elven queeeennn! This absolutely looks straight out of a fairy tale book, right next to a large, gold illuminated letter 😍 so inspiring..
I'm really glad I caught this upload, not just because it was awesome, but because I haven't yet ordered my own shire set of tubes and I hadn't even thought about using your link. It's probably not your style but I wish you would have reminded me the other day when I mentioned this set was in my cart. I'd be happy to pay my thanks to you, even though it's in such a nominal way.. About the granulating sets though - I need the Shire, that's written, but can you recommend another set from the line to complement these-now that you've played with a variety? Thanks!
It's ok! I hate self-advertising in other platforms like that. But I really appreciate you!!
I absolutely LOVE these colors from the other sets:
Deep Sea: blue, green, violet is also wonderful but depends if you already have a lot of violets
Tundra: Rose (pink), blue, violet
And for mixing: Volcano red & yellow
@@SarahBurnsStudio I can imagine you'd hate it..it seems uncomfy BUT for situations like this specifically, people (with very rare exception) WANT to help. On that note, what's the easiest way to find all your Schmincke links? I think I'm ready to make my order! Great suggestions BTW and there's a set of half pans with just 1/2 from each set. I do like the soft, natural look of the shire palette but I feel it needs some violet, reds or even blues to punch it up. Looking forward to what you're showing us next 😊
@@morgenmachen2400 🥰 in my supply list in the description there will be links for my colors. I think if you use any of the links it will give me credit for the whole order? I can’t remember exactly but either way thank you 😄
Wow!😍. I love analagous colors, and this is far and away my favorite part of the spectrum. Your channel is not good for my wallet😂
Haha oh nooo I'm sorry! They are on sale right now if you want to try them, but I do understand they are pricey!
I went to the link, and they're sold out! So of course, I'm on the wait list ..
Liked only 5 secs in! 😅
schmincke paint is very good but I stopped buying it after I learned more about animal ingredients in art materials and schmincke use oxgal in their watercolour paint. I love animals so no animal has to die to become a brush, paper or paint for me. else I would definitely get them. I hope they change their formula of their professional line into vegan one day.
I’ve written to them about this! I’m hoping to hear back soon.
Heard back:
"There are different watercolour series with different focus in our range:
Our series 14 HORADAM® AQUARELL, which is the professional series, is made traditionally with ox gall as a part of the wetting agent. We do so since the beginning when we achieved the patent for our HORADAM® series in 1892. It was a decision to maintain the traditional composition with this natural product in one of our watercolour series. Ox gall is added in traces only. For our needs no animals die just for the ox gall, it is always a by-product; it is not taken from alive animals. So, no animals are caged and killed for this specific purpose.
As some customers want to buy watercolours containing no ingredients of animal origin, we are happy to offer our series 16 AKADEMIE® Aquarell. It do not contain any ox gall or other animal products (please also have a look to our vegan information: www.schmincke.de/en/information/did-you-know/vegan-information-about-the-term-and-used-in-schmincke-artists-colours.html). Furthermore, our series 24 AQUA DROP - a fluid kind of watercolour - also is made completely without raw materials from animal origin." - Schmincke laborteam@schmincke.de
@@SarahBurnsStudio thank you for sharing. akademie I knew about but than Daniel smith is better who have vegan watercolor except 3 colours which can be replaced with a other one's of their colours such as ivory black with animal ingredients that became for me lunar black which is vegan. I prefer that above their (schmincke) akedemie paints.
indeed the animal isn't specific slaughtered for the oxgal but yet without slaughter their won't be oxgal for them. I don't eat animals either so for me it's not a option. thank you for doing this research and sharing it 😊👍🏻
@@BrendasArt I was really surprised they answered at all, but very glad to have information from the source. I always recommend reaching out to brands to find out this kind of thing before buying if it is of concern to you.
It’a shame that they are toxic:( They look soooo good!