Serpentine Genuine - Daniel Smith Primatek Watercolor
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- In this episode, we take a close look at Daniel Smith Serpentine Genuine from their Primatek range. We test the color on my usual test sheet, and also see how it compares with other similar colors.
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This color is also available in the DS stick watercolors which is a lot more affordable than the tube, for those who are interested but don't want to pay the series 4 price 😁 The stick is the equivalent of 12 ml of tube paint.
Such a good point Rosie! Do you mind if I pin your comment? It'll be useful to so many people.
@@OtoKano Sure thing! By the way, the same applies to the DS Sodalite you previously reviewed as well. 😁 Love your channel!
Thank you so much Rosie!
Hi Rosie, can you explain the difference between the Daniel Smith stick and normal tube paint?
@@sherrikent6628 The stick paint is like a dehydrated version of the tube paint. I cut a piece off and stick it into my pallette with some water. It rewets just as well as the dried tube paint and behaves just the same. They advertise that you can draw with it too but I haven't tried that. At mylocal store, it is about $8.50 per stick and the price does not change based on the series. It is a good deal!
Serpentine is my favorite green, together with green apatite. I use it mostly for foliage and leaves or in landscapes for trees and grass. I find it is such a natural green color. I was looking for green paint that had no phtalo's in it, since I feel all mixes with phtalo's make the greens very unnatural. Mixes with ultramarine I find too muted. This is a lovely bright and warm green when diluted and the granulation adds some tecture and you can also shadow with the mass tones. And it is convenient not to have to mix the green!
I agree with you, this color is all of those things, what a perfect fit :D
As a red-green colorblind artist, I sometimes have trouble seeing certain pigments. I'd recently added serpentine genuine to my palette, thinking it to be a muted green only to have various people tell me that no, passages of it were quite bright and vivid -- and I'd no idea why! Thank you SO MUCH for making this video, and for your very detailed verbal descriptions for those of us who can't make out the differences. You've gained a new subscriber, for sure. :)
I've tried a few Primateks (Piemontite, Rhodonite, Jadeite, Amethyst, Mayan Blue, and Hematite). They are all gorgeous, but boy, are most of them temperamental. I think what you say about serpentine applies to most of these: you need to practice with them, as they are very unpredictable. That said, Amethyst is my absolute favorite. It's probably my favorite DS color (from the limited palette I own). It's both versatile and unique, it blends so cleanly with so many other colors, and I'm not gonna lie, I'm a sucker for the little sparkles it leaves behind hahaha. From the Primateks I own, I think Jadeite is my second favorite, and it also blends very well. I love the granulation in all of these, but in some like Hematite it can be hard to control if you're not using the right paper and are not well acquainted with the paint. I'm still learning!
It’s like this color is in dialogue with itself on the page and then it communicates with the other colors so willingly~serpentine create a happy family of colors... almost 6K subs congratulations!!😍
It's definitely a friendly extrovert color as you say Mikey. And thank you very much :D
It's such a special color! Not many colors are both its complement in one (green and red), haha!
That is so true Eve. Never thought of it that way :D
have some colors are both blue and red in one
This is one of my top 5 favorite colors. I paint a lot of portraits and love to use it for clothing and simple backgrounds. The color variation makes the backgrounds so much more interesting than just a flat wash.
This is my favorite Primatek paint, it's so gorgeous 😭
My 12 yr old grandson loves the name, too!
I got it in the stick form. I love it for giving a very natural moss color in landscapes, urban sketching, and in floral type work. Along with green apatite genuine, they are two of my natural green staples. Thanks for another wonderful video. ^_^
I would enjoy having this color. I find it so interesting. :) Great review Oto!
Hope you get to play with it Daniel!
@@OtoKano agreed! I need to make some purchases. I just wish they sold Daniel Smith in my city here in Texas. I am just a bit impatient to wait for it to be delivered. haha
The mix with the Quin. Rose is so soft and beautiful.
Hi there , Oto.. this color reminds me so much of green apatite .. I’ve been using the green apatite quite a bit and absolutely love the granulation .. I realize this is a little brighter in the greens .. very beautiful indeed ..
Thanks as always for your videos
You are so welcome Arcuda, thank you for watching the videos!
I love this color, and have used it for years! I use it combined with undersea green for almost all my natural greens. I love the granulation and variety of it!
Woooo I will try that mix Ellen, thank you for your tip!
Helpful tip, I'll have to try that. I currently only have a sample of it, but the sticks are very concentrated and economical.
It is truly beautiful. I love the unusual granulation as shown by the gauze. Fascinating. I’ll have to save up for this special color! So many paints, so little money. ☺️💕
Annie B.
So glad you like it. Really hope you have a wonderful time painting with it!
One of my favorite colors. Loving it even more when you switched those lovely mixes! Thanks for the video.
So glad you like it :) Yes, it mixes so well with other colors.
It is such a beautiful rock. I remember collecting to build a fish pond with my parents. I
I love Serpentine for florals and though it is already a natural looking hue, as you demonstrated, it can easily be tweeked by mixing. I dont find the granulation a problem on hot pressed paper. Thank you for your excellent videos. Your thorough colour examinations and comparisons to similar watercolours are really helpful. As a result of your video on Green Apitite Genuine, I inow have it on order from Jacksons. Thank you again and look forward to more episodes.
Oh my goodness I love this color so much. The way it reacts with the gauze is so interesting, and those color mixes are lovely - especially with your ultramarine blue and the cad yellow. I didn't know this color existed, but now I definitely need to get it (lol).
Awwww I hope you have a lovely time painting with it Boss Goose. It's a fascinating color, full of surprises.
It looks great mixed with the ultramarine blue, also the cad yellow.
Awesome color! Thank you for the demo as I don't have this color yet. I love the granulation. It reminds me of using Cascade Green, sometimes I use it in backgrounds because I never know if it's going to be bluer or greener... It lends an atmosphere of surprise! Looking at the screen the color looks like it's also close to Windsor & Newton olive green as well.
Yes, someone else said this is a perfect olive green :D The granulation is gorgeous, really hope you get to use it soon Jodi!
This looks like a colour I would love. I actually have an animal that this would be perfect for. I mean I have an animal example, not the real animal! The bright green on your gauzing sample looks similar yo Senneliers May Green and Kremers Pea green. Lovely. Thank-you so much for this review. Now I know it is there for when I need it.
Woooo what animal would you use this for Lindy?
My Persian Yellow and Buff Titanium came in the mail last night and I cannot wait to try them!! I followed your instructions and the wrapper came off beautifully. I did see my husband eyeing them like candy though so you were right to put that warning on there. Haha! Loved this video as you took us closer into Serpentine Genuine! Daniel Smith is always a brand I wanted to try but I want to use up some of the other sets and tubes I have first. Great job!
So glad you got them safely! Really hope you enjoy playing with the colors.
I just ordered it....with other DS colors...only tried the paint from dot card so I’m excited to try this brand.
Love this color!!
I bought Serpentine Genuine based on this review for the reddish brown flecks of granulation that I saw in the gauzing and also what Daniel Smith said about "burnt scarlet" coming through in the granulation. However, my paint does not have those effects at all. I painted thin, thick and gauged, but saw very little granuation and no reddish brown flecks. I took it in the sun to look as well and saw only green. The green color is nice, simular to a light sap green, but I also saw no neon green color coming out and absolutely no scarlet bits within the paint. For this, I am disappointed in this color that did not do what it claimed, while being so expensive. Maybe I received a sub standard tube of paint. I probably will not buy it again.
hi - this paint is extremely tricky and temperamental but I'm sure with more experimentation you will start to see the red specks. Try adding clear water droplets into a serpentine green wash -->more water surprises = more reddish hue comes out. Also try other papers - I find it really comes out on rough paper and much more minimally on hot press.
I do like this color quite a bit. I would use it in more abstract pieces.
So glad you like it Dymond. It's perfect for abstract pieces.
I think Daniel Smith might have been on crack when they said that this mineral is stichtite. Stichtite is not a type of serpentine although it occurs as a result of a reaction product of serpentinite with chromium and is a pink to vibrant purple stone and not green. The two stones do occur together in Australia though so I think what they've done is given away their source mine by accident.
That's interesting! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Hello. May I please ask where you got those swatching pages?
It looks a lot like the Daniel Smith sap green. But WOW on that granulation!
I can’t believe I watched this 4 years ago and here I am back again!
When you painted out the wet color, I really liked the mossy natural color. However, I didn't expect to see the reddish brown color or the bright green color when it dried, but there it was. I especially don't like the brightness of that part of the green. Because of this, I am not the biggest fan of this color on it's own, but I do quite like the way it mixes with the other colors. Thank you for sharing your paint colors and your thoughts with us!
Hi, I have both Serpentine and Undersea green on my pallet. Do you think there is anything to gain by adding Green Apatite or are they too close.
This would actually be a nice color for grass, especially since you can get a more vibrant green if you can control the color.
That's a great point Ailuro!
can i ask what little palette dish is this that you’re using?
It’s not my color honestly xD but you make me want to use it xD
I got a halfpan from a friend not so long ago, and I was really excited to try it out, but I was kinda disappointed, it felt somewhat weaker then my usual green apatite genuine, like on the comparison sheet you can see that green apatite can be so much darker... yeah that one is more muted and cold-toned, but I still like it much more...
Maybe it’s that red granulation that is bugging me, but in general I rather use green apatite or mix ago green and perylene green for my olives...
Do you prefer high tinting colors over low tinting colors? I think that's my problem with it, I like big bold colors that can go pretty dark.
That's no my type of green but with Holbein viridian hue it is very nice.
That's awesome :)
I’m curious where you got the dish you spread out the paint in
You can get it from here: www.jacksonsart.com/jackson-s-ceramic-stackable-palette-set-of-5-round-pallets-3in-diameter?___store=jacksonsart_en&acc=46ba9f2a6976570b0353203ec4474217