Swatch & Review of Rosa Gallery Monopigmented/Single Pigment Watercolour Paints (mainly!)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Today I opened and swatched out the new individual Rosa Gallery watercolour paints which I showed in my recent birthday gifts art materials video.
My current Rosa Gallery Romantic set has some wonderful colours in it, but I was keen to explore more of Rosa Gallery's single pigment paints, and see how they mix, and so forth.
All I can say is: 😁
Rosa Gallery Romantic Set
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Rosa Gallery Monopigmented Set
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Individual Rosa Gallery pans
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Silver Black Velvet 8 Brush:
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Canson XL Watercolour Paper:
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Birthday Art Haul video, with QoR paints:
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I finally got their botanical set and was so so surprised of how good they were! I'm really interested in their black grape it looks so unique 🥰
Quite impressive aren't they?!
I gave myself the Rosa Classic palette and lots of individual single pans for my birthday last year and oh do I love them. They are beautiful to paint with and so affordable. Hope you will love yours too. Happy belated birthday!
It's making me so happy hearing how much people love the Rosa Gallery paints! Thank you!
Hello and happy birthday! (a little bit late to say) I just wanted to tell you that Rosa Gallery has become one of my favourites since I discovered them in the summer of 2020. I also like QoR watercolors but here in Europe, Rosa Gallery is much more afordable. Enjoy your paints!!!
Thanks so much! It's really good to hear that longer-term users are enjoying them too!
Oh my??? I don’t know where to get these but they’re beautiful and I want some!
Those mixes are smooth.
You can get them a few places in the UK, but not sure about elsewhere. Good luck!
I have a lot to say 😂. I’ll write more later, but yea, was NOT impressed with their PB60. My only other real issue with Rosa’s..they don’t list staining and I’d say 90% of them ARE staining.
You missed 1 single pigment I think, cobalt blue. It’s listed as granulating, mine had very little granulation, but I still love it as it’s a bit less bright than their other blues..mixes into a beautiful mossy, natural green with aureline. I also got a Prussian blue from white nights that I added to the set. (The young lady who distributes here in the US carrie’s both brands). I know Chromium lists as opaque..I’m a bit confused how everyone seems to have their own interpretations of opacity..the Chromium is mostly opaque in mass tone, but as you can see, lovely transparency when diluted just a bit. To ME, a color is OPAQUE if it covers all or most of a black line in MY swatches, even when water is added..but, that’s just me. Both transparency and staining seem to be subjective…although, it seems like most people, including this blind old lady, can SEE when you try everything to lift color and a ton is still left on the paper..that it’s staining. 🤷🏼♀️
Regardless, I love the chromium!
I FINALLY got my replacement iPad..have been largely offline the past 2-3 weeks. But, that’s ok! I’m actually already having some issues with the touchscreen..but I think it’s just a matter of tinkering with the settings. This is the newer Air and most of my settings didn’t transfer
I got some stunning handmade paints by a girl I’m working with to make some mixes with earth pigments and minerals. I got an extra-large pan of her last batch of PO49…ok, NOW I understand what all the fuss is about! 😂 She’s cut her inventory for now so she can focus on her mixes, make some more single pigment earth tones and try out some new ones
She had collected some manganese from what was once known as the Inland sea here in the US. She also got some amethyst from the same area..fun fact: manganese gives amethyst it’s color! Anyways, her manganese grey/black actually has just a bit of natural sparkle from the crystals! I’m going to play again tonight to come up with a “starry night”-think moon glow with just a touch of sparkle..OR Black-grape with a touch of sparkle! The problem is trying not to get too much sparkle..we don’t want a heavy sheen, nor do we want glittery paint. So far, it looks like a combo of the manganese, amethyst, toned down with some purpurite.
One last thing, you said you got those from cult pens…I wish their US Shipping wasn’t $20 😂. They seem to be the only ones with the 28 new inktense..and there’s some BEAUTIFUL new colors, including a pale pink! If I need a pale pink background now..I mix, usually the carmine pink, with the white inktense..maybe tone it down with a touch of one of the purple/violets. (I use my textured Caran D’arch palette to scribble a bit of each in a drop of water. I try different mixes every time to get a permanent background layer that I don’t have to worry about it lifting or mixing with my paints.. ) But if you haven’t seen them, go check out all the new colors!
I’m still catching up with videos…Happy Belated Birthday!🎉
Hi! Yes, I missed quite a few single pigments for various reasons. I agree that opacity ratings vary a lot, and are just a rough guide!
As I'm still reasonably new to the world of watercolour, I started off just being attracted to colours without worrying about opacity, but I realised that most of what have become my favourites, are transparent, so I'm exploring more of those for now.
I'm glad you're getting sorted with technology, and the handmade watercolours sound gorgeous!!
I took a look online at the new Inktense as soon as they were available from Derwent's online shop, but I'm not hugely impressed - there are three I'll be buying open stock - the pink you mentioned, a turquoise, and I think one of the browns. I have the Caran D'Ache palette too!
Happy painting!!
Hi Elaine! Cobalt Blue does not granulate as much as other pigments, I think. I have the Schmincke Cobalt Blue and it does not seem to granulate. You only notice a separation in mixtures but that's it.
Where did you get the handmade colours from? What is the name of the shop, please?
@@awatercolourist I JUST ordered Sennelier Cobalt Blue Deep. It appears to be heavily granulating..but I’ve been wrong before (too many times to count 😂) if you or anyone who reads this has tried it, please let me know! I’m primarily getting it to mix.…and my daughter wants me to paint her antique “Panjo” and says the gentleman who sold it to her says he’d repainted the “pan” part years ago with a cobalt blue. Just to clarify, I’m making a painting of it, NOT painting the panjo. 😂
@@awatercolourist KoZ Kourtney’s Paints! Like I said, she’s taken down quite a bit, but it’s temporary. I just ordered a few more yesterday..including her potters pink and her PB60. Her Earthtones are beautiful!
Edit: just checked, she put most back up, it appears she was just editing to remove those she doesn’t have at the moment. She’s still listing her PO49 (she’s also got a beautiful PO48)HOWEVER, While the swatch is in the Earthones, to order, go to the drop down in the “yellows and oranges”. And yes, the price is correct. 😁. Kourtney is very generous with her paints! It does sometimes take awhile because most are made to order.
Now I’m intrigued! I don’t like White Nights because they feel heavy and unnatural to me for some reason, except for a few colors, browns and blacks. And I heard people comparing it with Rosa - I thought they are similar in qualities. But the ones you showed here are looking pretty luminous and light
The romantic set is quite heavy, which is why I stuck mainly to transparent, single pigments, and they do feel pretty light! I need to start actually painting with them now! I don't have any White Nights to compare with though, sorry!
Thank you Helen! I think I’ll buy a few just to compare and report back :)
Hello! I must say that they are more transparent than White Nights and most of them flow like QoR watercolors. I think the quality of Rosa Gallery is higher. I like White Nights, don't misunderstand me, they are good paints, but I choose Rosa Gallery over them, I find them better paints. You won't be dissapointed.
@@djhadaverde thank you so much for telling! I’ll be in London soon and I found that they are sold nearby my hotel for a pretty good price - so I think I’ll be buying single pigment set
Your videos made me grow some interest for these paints! Just ordered the Romantic set 😍
Ooo - I hope you like it!!
I’ve recently bought the “Modern” palette and I’m thoroughly enjoying these paints!! I would love to see more videos featuring these Rosa Gallery paints. ❤ love your videos.
That's good to hear! Thanks!
That black grape!❤
Not what I was expecting, but I still like it!
Ohhhh… I’m very interested in the single pigment Rosa gallery paints. I wonder if I could get by with 9 full pans? I think that’s how many pans one of my empty travel palettes can hold… and my local art store carries that line, so it’s gift-card purchasable!
I'm sure you could! 6 split primaries, a cobalt teal, a dark and a brown maybe?
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Thank you! That's so lovely!
Awaiting delivery of some (more) Rósa Galery tubes, among others Royal Brown.
Couldn't lay my hands on the Indanthrene Grey, which is supposed to be a granulating PB60. Sounds exciting...maybe another time.
Thank you very much for your video and have fun with these paints.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy them!
To much opacity and low quality, for my personal point of view...but congrats for the content and channel
Thank you! And thanks for your perspective!
Morning everyone!
Hello!
You’re a legend. You’re everywhere watercolor!
@@keepyourshoesathedoor Hi 👋🏼 👋🏼 😃. I’m not sure about being a legend, but yeah, I do spend waaaay too much time here on UA-cam 🤣.
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I just got some Rosa Gallery paints today (bought them individually). They are so bright and beautiful. I wonder if the ones labeled cad (Cadmium Lemon and Cadmium red) are true cadmium or substitutes... I think they are too cheap to be real and I hope I am right as I would rather not worry about touching and playing with them. Do you happen to know?
Had a quick look online, and Lindsay Weirich (Frugal Crafter) says they contain real Cadmiums.
@@helencryer Thank you for getting back to me so quickly! Do you take precautions with cadmium paints? I usually avoid them (they are too expensive anyway and I don't want to deal with the health issues) but now that I have these, I wonder how to use them safely or to just put them away or give them to someone.
@@helencryer By the way, thanks so much for your videos... I really enjoy the mix of painting videos and art supply hauls that you have on your channel.
I rarely ever paint with Cadmiums (mainly because I don't like their opacity much), and mainly only have a few that came as sets, so I'm not too worried about their very occasional use.
Thanks ever so much!!
I've had quite a variety of Rosa watercolors, and they really are beautiful for their price.
It's always good to hear others' opinions on them too! Thanks! Are there any particular colours you'd recommend?
I have ordered a Rosa Monopigment set so I was really pleased to find your review, although you have more colours than in the set of 21. Glad to hear you like the paints. Did you say that the full pans are smaller than regular full pans? p.s. impressed with how you painted lovely full circles without drawing them first!
I hope you enjoy them! Yes, they looked a little smaller, though I don't know about actual volumes.
Thanks ever so much!
These perform much better than the Qor I think, lovely colour results and I do like that Black Grape. Considering they were close to Sennelier in lots of ways a good affordable buy.
That's really interesting! I just need time to play with both of them more, to figure out how I think they compare, for how I like painting.
Good morning. They are gorgeous. I have a landscape set and absolutely love using them. It has sparked so much joy and hours of fun. Using these made me fall in love with watercolour painting. Hoping to get more colours but not sure where to get them unless in sets.
That's so nice to hear! I only know of Cult Pens jn the UK.
@@helencryer yes have looked it up. Will get some more. Especially the black grape looks very interesting.