A. Gallo Watercolor Unboxing, Painting, and First Impressions (featuring YInMn Blue!)
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2024
- Time for another unboxing :) This will be my haul for 2022 - my first watercolor purchase since 2020! I took the plunge and purchased A. Gallo's Signature 2 palette with two additional half-pans. I am absolutely in love with these paints already... but the brush stole my heart.
Please note that I am not sponsored. I purchased these with my own money and my opinions are fully my own. This is the first and only thing I have painted using these paints and my feelings are subject to change as I use them more.
[ Timestamps ]
00:00 Unboxing
05:21 Swatches
08:16 Swatch Cards
08:21 Painting
22:45 Juno
[ Supplies ]
- Etchr A4 Cold Press Sketchbook (white cover)
- A. Gallo Watercolors: www.agallocolors.com
- Tintoretto pocket brush
- Princeton Neptune brush
[ Referenced Links ]
Reference Packs
- Justin Donaldson's 10 Minute Figure Drawing Subscription (Currently $5/month)
+ www.justindonaldsonart.com/pr...
- Grafit Studio Reference Packs:
+ www.artstation.com/grafit/store
YInMn Blue
- Kremer: shop.kremerpigments.com/us/sh...
- QoR: www.qorcolors.com/press_relea...
[ My Socials ]
Instagram and Artfol: @briwidmerart
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[ Music ]
"Clean and Dance" - An Jone
Bri, I’m in my third year of snatches of time stolen to paint. All inspired by the first online art tutorial I came across. I love each effort I make because I’ve made a further step on an exciting journey. I so appreciate your gift of this tutorial/blog/ video- you’ve given me inspiration for future steps. I don’t see the flaws you describe in this work. I love it I know I’m my own worst critic. Please enjoy yourself, blossom, bloom without apology. No more self deprecation. Breathe. Thank you
Mary
Thank you so much, Mary 💕
Thanks for the review. I did purchase some of these paints and truthfully they are gorgeous and honestly if I knew of these when I first started buying more expensive paints I would have tried these and only bought these. They're beautiful and just everything is amazing. I love that their handmade from a woman owned small business and love supporting small businesses especially women owned lol. The smell it's lovely and very very faint but enough for it to be relaxing to me. I love blue pigments/ paints so when I saw they had a curated blue set I had to grab it. Idk I'll stop gushing. Have a great day
Ahh you got the all blue set! I can't justify it but it's gorgeous and I still want it. I'm so happy you like them! They really are incredible paints and I should use mine again very soon 🥰
Daniel Smith makes a permanent Alizarin Crimson which (obviously) isn’t fugitive. Congratulations on your lovely new watercolors. They’re beautiful!
Thank you! I still haven't tried Daniel Smith's Permanent Alizarin Crimson. I kind of want to try all of the Alizarins because I have a problem 😆
I love how you paint.
Thank you so much 🥹
Granulation is everyone's darling right now.. but here's the thing. It's always best when used sparingly and with a purpose. No different than a very bright vibrant color.. if you use them everywhere you have a rainbow in the end. Cool, but not terribly useful. A pop of juicy color here and there is a lot more effective and usable. If every color in a palette granulates you wind up with not only an overwhelming amount of texture.. you wind up with supergranulators when you mix (colors that not only separate but separate from each other). It's just an awful lot to try to balance in any cohesive way. I love my granulating paints but for the most part they are in a separate palette (exception is french ultramarine which is a standard in almost every palette for me) and are added with intention to a painting.. tree bark, rocks, cool macro backgrounds, etc. In this particular subject it would have been neat to use on his pants, and perhaps the ground.. but since that palette is almost entirely granulating obviously you have to go with what you have.
I think granulation is a lot of fun to play with. I love using heavily granulating colors on nature scenes or with animals to imply texture. I paint a lot of really small birds and careful application of granulating paints implies feathers much more quickly and efficiently than I could without patient application of layers in a small space. I haven't bought into the super granulating lines - those are convenience mixes for the most part that are mostly made with either ultramarine, lunar black, or potter's pink.. so I can make my own 😊
But yeah, since this is mostly granulating, it acts as a self-contained granulation palette like what you suggested, which I think is pretty cool. My main palette is mostly flat colors (even the ultramarine isn't granulating), but I do have some fun Daniel Smith ones I use when I want texture (like my birds or landscapes). I think this one will be fun to take out and about for grasses and trees and such 🥰
@@briwidmerart I bought a couple of tubes of daniel smith granulating greens early on.. learned they are just mixes later. Didn't buy anymore or any of the schmincke super granulators.. invested in a 20 pan palette of single pigment granulating paints instead, choosing the best from several brands. I can mix anything, including colors none of them offer. One of my favorite combinations is potters pink/cerulean blue/buff titanium. Mix any two, or all three, and apply wet in wet. It comes out this soft delicate texture reminiscent of sandstone. Really nice for floral backgrounds, birds, etc., anywhere you want something that doesn't compete with the subject.
@@waymire01 Interesting. I do have Potter's Pink and Buff Titanium but rarely use them for my own work. I'll have to give it a try. I think my favorite granulating color is Daniel Smith's Piemontite Geniune. It's a brown that has reddish undertones that I just find to be really really pretty. It treats me well in landscapes too. I also use a lot of Yellow Ochre, which is a more subtle granulation but I use it more just for a general earthy yellow rather than for its texture.
@@briwidmerart I love yellow ochre as well so much so I not only have it in every palette, I have it as my only yellow with limited palettes most of the time. Brands vary but most give a lovely warm glow in dilution without a ton of opacity.. and it just mixes so beautifully with other colors... and makes very natural greens. It's also very lightfast, and yellows are notoriously problematic for lightfastness... except for cad yellow which I've just never been a fan of, it always looks chalky to me especially in mixes.
@@waymire01 Fully agree - it's my go-to yellow 💛
I have this exact set and it was my dominate small pallet for my studio for a long time, I just love how rich the YInMN is. I have been using it for some floral studies and for fun portraiture. I am still trying to figure out skin to mixes but I am really love this brand a lot and I am so glad Jackson is sell A.Gallo now
Oh I know, I was so happy to see Jackson's making these paints more accessible! The YInMn is really beautiful. I definitely need to use these paints more. I should try floral studies! Do you have a different palette you prefer now?
@@briwidmerart I have a massive Roman Szmals pallet about 50 colors that I use as my main studio pallet (loving called the Big Kielbasa) but I love the simplicity of the signature 2 pallets and I tend to reach for it when I just want to mess about you got any good ideas for skin tone mixes?
@@corbinkramer6228 Woah! That sounds like a lot of fun. I really do want to play with some RS paints 😊
Oh right, so for skin mixes at least in the A Gallo, I use the quin gold, medici red, and azzurro (just a dot) to mix a base skin tone and then alizarin crimson and yinmn for shadows. Still experimenting but my normal is lots of warm yellow, some warm red, and a touch of blue to slightly desaturate the resulting orange.
omg the struggle 😂 I'm so excited you have new paints to play with and I can't wait to see what you create with them. I love this piece!
Thanks so much, Rye! I definitely didn't need new paints but I'm very excited about it 😁
JUNO! You almost touched the fluff tum!
These paints look so fun. Someday I'd like to pick up some A. Gallo, but for now I am content to enjoy this vicariously. Gosh I love your skin!! And this piece!!!
Thank you so much! She does actually like tummy scratches but somehow, she forgot what was happening and got startled 😂
That brush looks delightful and I've always been intrigued by the A. Gallo paints, but I don't own any yet... Beautiful kitty!
Thank you! My experience with them so far is really positive but I do need to use them more. Need to use all of my paints more 😅
I really love the Tintoretto quill brushes, they are really soft, but that point is fab, and it feels so versatile.
Had to chuckle seeing you struggle getting things open, that would be me every time.
😄 I was totally defeated by the protective materials. I really do love the brush. Have you used them long? Do they maintain their perfect point? If so, they can have all my money 🥰
@@briwidmerart I've not used mine massively but I've had it about a year and it's still beautifully pointy 😁
@@amberdreams_0 hooray! I've seen other brushed lose a good point in less time so that sounds great!
You can get the YInMn Blue from Schmincke Horadam. 🤗 I have the Signature 2 24 Palette by A. Gallo and some single pans and I love the paints. I also bought the Singnature Brush set from Tintoretto and they are awesome.👏🏼
Oh wow, I had only seen it in Schmincke's oil lineup 🥺 That Signature 2 24 palette looks so beautiful. I definitely think I'll be buying some brushes after my low buy ends. Glad to hear you've had great experiences with them. I was afraid it might be one of those too good to be true moments.
@@briwidmerart Schmincke has it only in a 5 ml tube I think. But it is Not as expensive as the Kremer Full pan. 😉 Jacksons Art has Tintoretto Brushes too. I really like mine and I think the quality is awesome. I have added some colors to the Signature 24 set I have to admit. Like Zirconium Blue, Potters Pink, Pietro Rosa, Titanium White, Gold, Ultramarine Blue and Indigo. 🙈
@@Athanais157 They have such unique colors. I think I'm okay with my 14 for now but there are a few that I find quite tempting. I only saw the Schmincke YinMn watercolor from one retailer and it's still like $38 USD.. yikes 😅 Still half the price of Kremer, though. Jackson's has quickly become one of my favorite art shops 💙
@@Athanais157 Okay yeah those are excellent picks. The zirconium blue was definitely one that had caught my eye before and their Potter's Pink looks amazing. I'm trying to avoid picking up many pigment blends but that pietra rosa is a great looking pink.
@@briwidmerart All three are absolutely gorgeous paints. The ultramarine Pink is lovely too.👏🏼
A Gallo has been on my dream paint wish list (along with the Da Vinci Denise palettes) - I'm on no buy this year, but might be a reward at some point in the future. I really love seeing your thoughts and would love to see what you think of them as you work with them more!
Oh yesss I had to fight myself during my no buy on Denise's palettes! Maybe one day. I love the idea of the earth-friendly one especially. This was definitely my reward for no buy and I will keep everyone posted (maybe a six month update) 😁💙
Oh and if you are looking for more life drawing, there is All the Young Nudes - they have a Patreon but also a pay as you go option too.
Okay I'm just laughing (and blushing) a bit at that name, but thanks! I hadn't heard of them!
@@briwidmerart It's the best name ever for life drawing. They're Glasgow based - I'm thinking of joining when I've finished painting for this year's sculpture trails, because from what I've seen they have great models and even do outdoor shoots (which are presumably ok for the models in summer - though Scotland ain't the warmest of places LOL)
@@amberdreams_0 ooh sold!!
that does look like a really nice brush, can never have too many good brushes 😀
Trueee.. love a good brush 🥰
I like A Gallo. I have 2 of their pallets. They are hard to get a hold of because they always are sold out of everything. And yes, pricey but it is a good product and I like the idea of supporting small businesses.
Ooh, which two do you have? I'm so excited to use this one more. The paints are so lovely. I'm glad I managed to get in before they sold out for once 😊
@@briwidmerart I have the Signature 24 and the 48 pan set. There were some repeats but the 24 set has other colors including the Yin Min blue that I believe are new colors.
@@cate7777 oh wow, I'm jealous 😆
The brush may have stolen your heart, but Juno stole mine!
Beautiful painting!
Thank you! Awww.. Juno's out there claiming fans against her will 💙
@@briwidmerart "against her will"? Is that what Juno has you believing? Crafty!
@@basta.dotto_ 🤣 cats are master manipulators
Lookit that Justin rock
😆 I tried my best
I love how you painted the skin... What colours did you use?
Thank you! I used a mix of the quinacridone gold, medici red, and ynmin blue for the base/early stages and the alizarin crimson and ynmin blue for the shadow colors. When the ynmin started to granulate too much in the big shapes, I also used azzurro with the alizarin. Generally, I use a warm yellow, warm red, and a touch of blue for the skin at first and the use a purple from a cool red and warm blue for the shadows.
Omggggggg how did u get the brush open?????????
I let it sit for awhile and then gave it a more forceful twist/pull. It's been fine ever since. It may have been a bit swollen from the heat in the mailbox?