I don't remember who, but an artist was really annoyed at how weak Rembrandt half pans were, only to try the paint a year later and realize that there was a layer on top of them and when she tried them again she fell in love with them 😅 I love how your spread turned espacially the dog painting 🥰 and the hand lettering looks so nice!
Nice selection of paints but the greens. I would replace them by olive green and like you a dark green. The artwork was brilliant. Have a great Sunday, Becky.,
Arh the Daffodil the national flower for Wales my home, and I've tried about 7 times to paint one and it always comes out looking like a duck bill flower hahaha! I loved the doggy painting, so cute and so is Gandalf
The Rembrandt Hookers Green is quite good. I’m glad to see your painting with these, I’ve done a couple of landscapes and they were ok, but not earthshaking. They definitely look better with multiple layers. The Hahnemuhle cotton paper is quite frustrating, isnt it. I want to like it, but meh. Love the doggo painting.
Haha yes, the paper is proving to be quite difficult. It certainly doesn't like heavy washes, which is suuuuper annoying! 😭 I'm planning to use the whole book though, because it was too expensive to not finish, lol.
Hi Becky, I am sorry I am late watching this. I like your dog and the paint box. I like what you did. The paints are interesting. I hope you can find a darker green that you like.
I looooove a genuine Viridian, it is such a versatile colour. I’m pretty sure it’s not meant to be used on its own but when mixed with other colours you can get the most beautiful blends… I use it with Rose Madder Genuine, Potter’s Pink and with other greens or blues, it’s just a matter of experimenting. I have a Phthalo green (cool shade) in my pallet which allows me to get the most gorgeous dark greens, especially when used with Alizarin Crimson.
LOVE also viridian...PG18..Holbeins...rewets not badly ...also Winsor and Newtons is nice...just let some H2O sit in the pan for a bit...it rewets to quite a dark shade...and also...yep...the mixing...ad GRANULATION ...WITH NO STAINING LIKE THAT PG7...phthalo green...though it makes nice mixes...no granulation though and no lifting...without a STAIN!
The box is beautiful! I often drool over sets like this. But, then I remember how messy I am when painting and realize I would absolutely end up destroying it, lol!
Lovely paintings! I'm still learning about pigments and how they behave. I have never bothered to swatch out colors before, but within the last few months I've been making swatch cards. I'm addicted to swatching videos now. Lol! I only have student grade and cheap watercolors for my art journal (more like a junk journal)😄 but I've already learned a lot. I have the W&N Sketcher's paintbox of 12 and the viridian hue is one of my favorite colors. I know professional paint ingredients differ, but you would think it should be vibrant. That texture when you swatched it out was weird, but again I'm totally new to all this. Love your videos. I've learned a lot. Your diamond painting videos make me want to buy one. I've never heard of that particular craft. And I keep forgetting to tell you how adorable your kitties are! ❤ 😊
Viridian hue is usually made with Phthalo Green, which is a much stronger colour, and also a lot easier to rewet. Genuine Viridian is usually a real pain to use! I went through a big swatching phase a few years ago; I still like to do them now when starting a new set so I can get an idea of the colours, and what I might paint with them for a video, haha.
What a great dog painting! Viridian is a good mixing color! Mix it with perm. Madder lake purple and you create a granulating dark violet or mix around with the blues.
Hi Becky, you mentioned that you have trouble with darkening your greens. I learned, from one of the books of Wendy Hollender, the grisaille technique. You layer a dark pencil ( I.e. dark sepia) before you use the green watercolor. Especially the darker shadows is great for this technique. I can recommend her books, I really learned a lot. Greetings Linda 🇳🇱
The dog painting was good... yay! I would recommend the Winsor & Newton Viridian from the tube...really pretty and deeper color and easier to rewet in palette after I squeezed it into a half pan. Cheers and thanks
I really like how you drew and painted that cute doggie…beautiful painting. Thank you so much for sharing the Rembrandt paint set & swatching the colors…I have not used them so I learned alot about how they look and act. I appreciate all your videos you share with us.😊
I do love that box, but overall, Rembrandt isn’t my favorite brand either. Your dog painting is really lovely and that sepia is a nice version. Thanks for sharing!
Great look at a beautifully presented set! I like to use Qor’s viridian (especially fresh from the tube) as a mixing color as I adore the way it settles out as it dries. But for a small set like this, I would definitely swap it out for a good PG7.
Beautiful box set, what a find! I might be the "odd one out". Whenever artists discuss cadmiums, they mention washing hands. As a practice, I always wash my hands after any project, no matter the materials. Am I the "odd one out"? Love you paintings, especially the flower. tfs.
I wash my hands after all art sessions, even with "Non Toxic" materials. I don't trust anything, lol. I just like to remind folks to be extra cautious around the most potentially toxic pigments...I wouldn't let kids or pets near them. 🩵
It's certainly making me change my habits when it comes to heavy water washes! The Etchr paper, for all its faults at the end, took water like an absolute champion.
Love that little wooden box set. I also love that sennelier forest green. Nice paintings . I'm also always impressed with how well you can draw. Karen from Canada
Beautiful artwork as always!! That little box set is also gorgeous!! (I thought it must be something you had forgotten in your drawer, or picked up at an estate sale, or something maybe your dad bought years ago when i saw the packaging 😂.) Some day I will invest in a beautiful wooden boxed set of paint ❤.
It really does look vintage! I don't know when this particular box was made, but the paints themselves are modern and they come in other sets too. Maybe it was a special edition? Who would know. 😂
Yay!! I've been waiting for this one! 😊 Edited to add that M. Graham makes a wonderfully pigmented and easy to re-wet genuine Viridian PG18 that is a favorite mixing color of mine.
Viridian is not my favorite Green paint color either. I'd much rather have a Sap or Hooker's Green, even though they're both convenient mixes. I love your dog painting and I would draw a small picture of a Ring Necked Pheasant or a Partride in the corner, like the dog is watching the bird from a distance, taking flight across a field.
That's such a cute idea! Sap and Hooker's greens are so much more useful, and are most definitely convenient, as I am much too lazy to mix them if I don't have to! 😊
Cute boxes are so irresistible! I got a little Sennelier one this summer with a very similar selection. Delightful! Viridian sometimes does get hard like this, I have no idea why. I have a Daler Rowney set that has one like it, it does very good water in vases and glasses but is otherwise useless. Your split primaries look very nice, and that dark green just looked the ticket. Your dog is really great! Yellow flowers are quite hard to paint - the deeper tones are hard to even visualise - if you can find a neutral grey with no colour bias at all you can use a first layer to put in tone and form then use the yellows. Or that is what works for me…
Thanks for the tip - yellow is always difficult to work with when painting flowers! Daffs in particular. I am going to buy a dark green half pan and swap it out with the Viridian - it needs to go! 😂
You can still get other wooden box travel paints like the Sennelier ones though. I got mine for around $60 at Senior Art in the Melbourne CBD. The paints seem to fall out every time I open them and they have been in my bag, need to stick them down with something.
I don't like viridian either. Forest green from Sennelier has been a favorite of mine too! I have the Rembrandt landscape set of twelve and enjoy them for sketchbook work and small plein air studies. My set is in a tin. Your dog painting is great!!!!
That is a very unique box :-) I don’t have any Rembrandt paint, just van Gogh.… I find the van Gogh to be pretty superior even though they’re considered student. I’ve heard a lot of reviews say that Rembrandt and their van Gogh student Line are very close. I think it’s pretty great that they did not include a traditional black put a paynes and sepia instead , I do really like Veridian but that is only because I have M Graham and it is a honey based paint. So extremely easy to rewet. And very strong color payout.
@@creativesolutionstoart M Graham paints are awesome! I think the Van Gogh watercolours are also good and I enjoy the ones I have, possibly more than the Rembrandts! 😂 I might need to do a direct comparison between them in a future video.
Cadmium is a heavy metal so it is cumulative in the body. It will build up over time similar to lead. No need to be alarmed but if using it long term pays to be careful. These paints look nicer than the tubes but the sable brush makes the set a no for me. Thank you for another great review.
Royal and Langnickel have some nice brush sets, and they're available from places like Spotlight and Officeworks. I particularly like the purple handled ones which I think are Moderna. They're good value, not too expensive but also not shoddy where the bristles fall out (my ones haven't done this at any rate!).
The only thing I don’t like is Payne’s Grey instead of a Black. I may not want blue in my shadow color. I consider it a waste of paint to mix for a black or neutral grey; particularly in a travel palette. (I may not have all day … it is a travel palette after all) Nice painting. *hint, you add some blue to green to make the green darker.
Black is good too, I just have a particular love of Payne's Grey. I think I gravitate towards a cool blue shadow look, but a neutral tint is always very useful too.
I cannot live without my viridian im my watercolor palette. And I am a half pan kinda gay. I know it is really hard to reactivate, but it gives me a shortcut to achieve absolutely every green I need both by mixing colors in the palette and by glazing. My favorite brand of viridian in half pan is MaimeriBlu.
@@BeckyTregear , give it a try, play around with it no commitments, just mix it with other colors and maybe you’ll be surprised with all new possibilities it might bring to you. It’s a good thing to do when you are really in the mood for just throwing some paints on the paper and watch them doing their thing. 😉 Or maybe not… it’s ok too not liking some colors.
Ohhhhh no, you're starting to see the limitations of the Hahnemuhle 100% cotton paper. I was always confused by the ranting and raving about it. It doesn't behave the way I expect for 100% cotton paper. Not one I reach for right away
Haha yes it is proving to be rather annoying when it comes to heavy washes! Like, not what I expected at all!! I'll deal with it for now - the book is too expensive to not use, lol.
I love real viridian but if they aren't going to use real viridian then they should leave it out and replace it with something else. This viridian hues suck ass. Real viridian makes an excellent mixer.
@@BeckyTregear lol thank you but no. I agree that hue was not good. I agree with you 100%. Viridian hue stinks. I do like a good strong granulating real Viridian though. Aww, you're so sweet. Thank you for the thought, but no hues for me madame.
@@BeckyTregear is that the real thing? Oh my that was bad bad bad. I'm sorry, I thought that was a hue because it was so weak. Holy crap. Maybe mine is just old then. I have a friend who is a buyer for a super famous store. She got me a shipment of new old stock paints from W&N. It was so old she said they gave it to her for free. Whether or not that's true I don't know, but she gave them to me for free. Too bad that was after I already bought all the colors daniel smith had to offer. Needless to say I'll never buy paint again for as long as I live. Nor will my grandchildren or their grandchildren should they desire the creative path. Anyway I say all that because the viridian I have pg18 is rich, creamy, strong, heavy granulation beautiful in mixes. It doesn't feel like all binder the way potters pink or some other pigments do. Just goes to show, can't judge a new player by the standards of the shoulders or stands upon. Lol thanks for replying.
❤❤❤ more videos like this!!! ❤❤❤❤
(And more Videos about Rembrandts watercolors 😅🎉)
I'm certainly planning to swap out that Viridian with another colour, so I'll let you know if/when that happens for sure!
I don't remember who, but an artist was really annoyed at how weak Rembrandt half pans were, only to try the paint a year later and realize that there was a layer on top of them and when she tried them again she fell in love with them 😅 I love how your spread turned espacially the dog painting 🥰 and the hand lettering looks so nice!
Yes, there is definitely a "skin" on the paints when they're brand new. Nothing was helping that viridian though, lol.
Love the doggie. Well done
Thank you 🐶
Nice selection of paints but the greens. I would replace them by olive green and like you a dark green. The artwork was brilliant. Have a great Sunday, Becky.,
Olive greens are so much better aren't they!
That's cool that it is a Payne's grey, not black. That is a very nice palette. And we LOVE the kitty!
Payne's Grey is always a favourite for me! Kitty loves being on camera, haha.
Good review of the paints. Just remember to tell yourself “STOP RUSHING”. Love your videos. 💐
I rush everything in life, lol!
Arh the Daffodil the national flower for Wales my home, and I've tried about 7 times to paint one and it always comes out looking like a duck bill flower hahaha! I loved the doggy painting, so cute and so is Gandalf
Duck bill, haha! Daffs are so difficult to paint.
The Rembrandt Hookers Green is quite good. I’m glad to see your painting with these, I’ve done a couple of landscapes and they were ok, but not earthshaking. They definitely look better with multiple layers. The Hahnemuhle cotton paper is quite frustrating, isnt it. I want to like it, but meh. Love the doggo painting.
Haha yes, the paper is proving to be quite difficult. It certainly doesn't like heavy washes, which is suuuuper annoying! 😭 I'm planning to use the whole book though, because it was too expensive to not finish, lol.
Hi Becky, I am sorry I am late watching this. I like your dog and the paint box. I like what you did. The paints are interesting. I hope you can find a darker green that you like.
Thank you, and that's ok - the videos are there waiting for whenever you're ready to watch them (and I appreciate it very much!). 😊
I looooove a genuine Viridian, it is such a versatile colour. I’m pretty sure it’s not meant to be used on its own but when mixed with other colours you can get the most beautiful blends… I use it with Rose Madder Genuine, Potter’s Pink and with other greens or blues, it’s just a matter of experimenting. I have a Phthalo green (cool shade) in my pallet which allows me to get the most gorgeous dark greens, especially when used with Alizarin Crimson.
I should try mixing with it more! I get frustrated with it, lol.
Yay! I love a genuine Viridian too! I use Winsor & Newton from the tube.
@@sarahmitchell9247 I think it's one of those colours which works better when wet from tube.
LOVE also viridian...PG18..Holbeins...rewets not badly ...also Winsor and Newtons is nice...just let some H2O sit in the pan for a bit...it rewets to quite a dark shade...and also...yep...the mixing...ad GRANULATION ...WITH NO STAINING LIKE THAT PG7...phthalo green...though it makes nice mixes...no granulation though and no lifting...without a STAIN!
Indeed. Even Schminke has it in its Ultimate Mixing Edition. It makes beautiful mixed colors.
The box is beautiful! I often drool over sets like this. But, then I remember how messy I am when painting and realize I would absolutely end up destroying it, lol!
Haha yes I am somewhat paranoid with dropping the box and chipping it, or something.
Lovely paintings! I'm still learning about pigments and how they behave. I have never bothered to swatch out colors before, but within the last few months I've been making swatch cards. I'm addicted to swatching videos now. Lol! I only have student grade and cheap watercolors for my art journal (more like a junk journal)😄 but I've already learned a lot. I have the W&N Sketcher's paintbox of 12 and the viridian hue is one of my favorite colors. I know professional paint ingredients differ, but you would think it should be vibrant. That texture when you swatched it out was weird, but again I'm totally new to all this. Love your videos. I've learned a lot. Your diamond painting videos make me want to buy one. I've never heard of that particular craft. And I keep forgetting to tell you how adorable your kitties are! ❤ 😊
Viridian hue is usually made with Phthalo Green, which is a much stronger colour, and also a lot easier to rewet. Genuine Viridian is usually a real pain to use! I went through a big swatching phase a few years ago; I still like to do them now when starting a new set so I can get an idea of the colours, and what I might paint with them for a video, haha.
Oh, wow. That's good to know. Thx!
What a great dog painting! Viridian is a good mixing color! Mix it with perm. Madder lake purple and you create a granulating dark violet or mix around with the blues.
I'll try mixing, but I think I'm going to swap it out for a darker green, when I find some Rembrandt half pans at an art store.
A butterfly... do a butterfly in that top corner 😊 the dog looks beautiful ❤ another fun video thanks Becky!
That's a great idea! 🦋
Hi Becky, you mentioned that you have trouble with darkening your greens. I learned, from one of the books of Wendy Hollender, the grisaille technique. You layer a dark pencil ( I.e. dark sepia) before you use the green watercolor. Especially the darker shadows is great for this technique. I can recommend her books, I really learned a lot. Greetings Linda 🇳🇱
That's a good idea, I might try that!
Paynes gray, and yellow, sometimes make a very nice dark green💚
The dog painting was good... yay! I would recommend the Winsor & Newton Viridian from the tube...really pretty and deeper color and easier to rewet in palette after I squeezed it into a half pan. Cheers and thanks
I'll see if I can find some! 😊
Love how the dog came out, so alive 🙂👍
The wooden box looks very nice.
Thank you, and I do love the box!
I really like how you drew and painted that cute doggie…beautiful painting.
Thank you so much for sharing the Rembrandt paint set & swatching the colors…I have not used them so I learned alot about how they look and act. I appreciate all your videos you share with us.😊
Thank you, I'm glad it was helpful! 🙂
I do love that box, but overall, Rembrandt isn’t my favorite brand either. Your dog painting is really lovely and that sepia is a nice version. Thanks for sharing!
I don't think I'd ever get a bigger set of Rembrandts, but this set is nice enough...will change out that Viridian though!
Great look at a beautifully presented set! I like to use Qor’s viridian (especially fresh from the tube) as a mixing color as I adore the way it settles out as it dries. But for a small set like this, I would definitely swap it out for a good PG7.
I think my Qor viridian is ok from memory; I haven't used it for a while! But this one was very tiresome, haha.
I really love the dog. I’m feeling inspired to try painting my dog now!
I hope you do! 😊❤️
Beautiful box set, what a find!
I might be the "odd one out". Whenever artists discuss cadmiums, they mention washing hands. As a practice, I always wash my hands after any project, no matter the materials. Am I the "odd one out"?
Love you paintings, especially the flower.
tfs.
I wash my hands after all art sessions, even with "Non Toxic" materials. I don't trust anything, lol. I just like to remind folks to be extra cautious around the most potentially toxic pigments...I wouldn't let kids or pets near them. 🩵
@@BeckyTregear I'm with you, and I figured you felt that way. You just never know. lol
tfs. love your channel!
Great job on the dog, and daffodils are hard! They look so simple but it's a trick! I'm not convinced on the paper though
Daffs are super difficult! 😂 The paper is definitely needing a light touch when it comes to water.
Beautiful painting 🖼️ your just so talented the paint set is just beautiful 🤩 thank you for sharing ❤❤❤😊😊😊xxxx
Thank you, that's very kind! 😊
Adorable little box! Great souvenir from Corfu.
I am very happy to have found it! 😊
thank you so much for sharing
Hi Becky, oh boy that would be impossible for me - using a paper that doesn’t like water! Great paintings too 🌸
It's certainly making me change my habits when it comes to heavy water washes! The Etchr paper, for all its faults at the end, took water like an absolute champion.
Viridian is for mixing…and mine is very pigmented
Love that little wooden box set. I also love that sennelier forest green. Nice paintings . I'm also always impressed with how well you can draw. Karen from Canada
Thank you! Some days I can draw better than others, haha. 😂
Oh, that dog is so cute. Well done! And what a cute wooden box ❤
Thank you! 😊
Great paintings 🎉. I haven’t ever tried to do a dog portrait 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you - I love painting animals. Dogs have lovely expressive faces too.
Beautiful box of watercolors 💗
Lovely wooden box. Your paintings are fun. The dog is outstanding.
Thank you! 😊
You should try mixing the yellows with the Payne's Gray to see if they will make greens.
That's actually a really great idea! ❤️
I love viridian!
I'm glad someone does! 😂
@@BeckyTregear 😄
me too!
Beautiful artwork as always!! That little box set is also gorgeous!! (I thought it must be something you had forgotten in your drawer, or picked up at an estate sale, or something maybe your dad bought years ago when i saw the packaging 😂.) Some day I will invest in a beautiful wooden boxed set of paint ❤.
It really does look vintage! I don't know when this particular box was made, but the paints themselves are modern and they come in other sets too. Maybe it was a special edition? Who would know. 😂
Yay!! I've been waiting for this one! 😊 Edited to add that M. Graham makes a wonderfully pigmented and easy to re-wet genuine Viridian PG18 that is a favorite mixing color of mine.
I hope it wasn't disappointing! 😂
OF COURSE...forgot about theirs...an awesome one...Rembrandt's may be not the greatest...it is a hard pigment to get right it seems...
Try the Veridian from M.Graham. It‘s very saturated also because of the honey, which allows to pick up a lot of pigment.
I think I have a pan of it in my collection that someone sent me. That one is much better than a lot of other viridians out there, for sure!
What a delightful wooden box! The watercolor is cool too. Great memory from your travels. Fun little paintings you shared with us today :) TY
I am so happy I found it - such an unusual but beautiful wooden box.
Viridian is not my favorite Green paint color either. I'd much rather have a Sap or Hooker's Green, even though they're both convenient mixes. I love your dog painting and I would draw a small picture of a Ring Necked Pheasant or a Partride in the corner, like the dog is watching the bird from a distance, taking flight across a field.
That's such a cute idea! Sap and Hooker's greens are so much more useful, and are most definitely convenient, as I am much too lazy to mix them if I don't have to! 😊
Cute boxes are so irresistible! I got a little Sennelier one this summer with a very similar selection. Delightful! Viridian sometimes does get hard like this, I have no idea why. I have a Daler Rowney set that has one like it, it does very good water in vases and glasses but is otherwise useless. Your split primaries look very nice, and that dark green just looked the ticket.
Your dog is really great!
Yellow flowers are quite hard to paint - the deeper tones are hard to even visualise - if you can find a neutral grey with no colour bias at all you can use a first layer to put in tone and form then use the yellows. Or that is what works for me…
Thanks for the tip - yellow is always difficult to work with when painting flowers! Daffs in particular. I am going to buy a dark green half pan and swap it out with the Viridian - it needs to go! 😂
You can still get other wooden box travel paints like the Sennelier ones though. I got mine for around $60 at Senior Art in the Melbourne CBD. The paints seem to fall out every time I open them and they have been in my bag, need to stick them down with something.
It's a pain when they fall out! Maybe some double sided tape, or blu tack.
this looks like such a fantastic set! 😊
I was very happy to find it!
Beautiful paintings Becky!💜💜💜
Thank you 😊
I don't like viridian either. Forest green from Sennelier has been a favorite of mine too! I have the Rembrandt landscape set of twelve and enjoy them for sketchbook work and small plein air studies. My set is in a tin. Your dog painting is great!!!!
Thank you! I think I'm going to buy a Hooker's Green the next time I'm at an art shop that sells the Rembrandts. Viridian has to go!
That is a very unique box :-) I don’t have any Rembrandt paint, just van Gogh.… I find the van Gogh to be pretty superior even though they’re considered student. I’ve heard a lot of reviews say that Rembrandt and their van Gogh student Line are very close. I think it’s pretty great that they did not include a traditional black put a paynes and sepia instead ,
I do really like Veridian but that is only because I have M Graham and it is a honey based paint. So extremely easy to rewet. And very strong color payout.
@@creativesolutionstoart M Graham paints are awesome! I think the Van Gogh watercolours are also good and I enjoy the ones I have, possibly more than the Rembrandts! 😂 I might need to do a direct comparison between them in a future video.
@@BeckyTregear yes, please do that! That would be awesome. :-)
Cadmium is a heavy metal so it is cumulative in the body. It will build up over time similar to lead. No need to be alarmed but if using it long term pays to be careful. These paints look nicer than the tubes but the sable brush makes the set a no for me. Thank you for another great review.
Yes, I'm always careful with the heavy metals cadmium and cobalt. Handwashing, avoiding drinking paint water etc....lol
The paint worked very well on the second drawing but ..did you rebond the dog's hair?
Rebonded...?
@@BeckyTregear just joking 😛... thot the fur is less curly than the one in reference photo.
@@markyteo Ahh got it! Artistic licence. 😊
@@BeckyTregear lol great answer! 😆👍
Dark green - experiment with yellow and black - you only need a touch of black.
I find it goes a bit too murky, if that makes sense!
I am a painting/art newby also in Australia, what brand paint brushes would you suggest to get started with?
Royal and Langnickel have some nice brush sets, and they're available from places like Spotlight and Officeworks. I particularly like the purple handled ones which I think are Moderna. They're good value, not too expensive but also not shoddy where the bristles fall out (my ones haven't done this at any rate!).
Thanks for the information Becky 😀. It’s also good to know I can buy them locally. Great channel BTW.
The only thing I don’t like is Payne’s Grey instead of a Black. I may not want blue in my shadow color. I consider it a waste of paint to mix for a black or neutral grey; particularly in a travel palette. (I may not have all day … it is a travel palette after all)
Nice painting. *hint, you add some blue to green to make the green darker.
Black is good too, I just have a particular love of Payne's Grey. I think I gravitate towards a cool blue shadow look, but a neutral tint is always very useful too.
I cannot live without my viridian im my watercolor palette. And I am a half pan kinda gay. I know it is really hard to reactivate, but it gives me a shortcut to achieve absolutely every green I need both by mixing colors in the palette and by glazing. My favorite brand of viridian in half pan is MaimeriBlu.
I wish I could like it more, as I know it's well loved by many artists. Maybe I'm too impatient, haha!
@@BeckyTregear , give it a try, play around with it no commitments, just mix it with other colors and maybe you’ll be surprised with all new possibilities it might bring to you. It’s a good thing to do when you are really in the mood for just throwing some paints on the paper and watch them doing their thing. 😉 Or maybe not… it’s ok too not liking some colors.
Some brands of watercolour viridan
Are like that they dry very hard in pans if you let water soak in its fine
It'll never be a favourite for me, but some brands are better than others. 😄
Is it my imagination, or did the colors actually get darker when they dried?!?
Maybe a little? Could be the paper doing that too.
Ohhhhh no, you're starting to see the limitations of the Hahnemuhle 100% cotton paper. I was always confused by the ranting and raving about it. It doesn't behave the way I expect for 100% cotton paper. Not one I reach for right away
Haha yes it is proving to be rather annoying when it comes to heavy washes! Like, not what I expected at all!! I'll deal with it for now - the book is too expensive to not use, lol.
I love real viridian but if they aren't going to use real viridian then they should leave it out and replace it with something else. This viridian hues suck ass. Real viridian makes an excellent mixer.
You can have my pan, when I swap it out for a darker green, haha!
@@BeckyTregear lol thank you but no. I agree that hue was not good. I agree with you 100%. Viridian hue stinks. I do like a good strong granulating real Viridian though.
Aww, you're so sweet. Thank you for the thought, but no hues for me madame.
@@phillipstroll7385 I thought PG18 was the real thing....🤔
@@BeckyTregear is that the real thing? Oh my that was bad bad bad. I'm sorry, I thought that was a hue because it was so weak. Holy crap. Maybe mine is just old then. I have a friend who is a buyer for a super famous store. She got me a shipment of new old stock paints from W&N. It was so old she said they gave it to her for free. Whether or not that's true I don't know, but she gave them to me for free. Too bad that was after I already bought all the colors daniel smith had to offer. Needless to say I'll never buy paint again for as long as I live. Nor will my grandchildren or their grandchildren should they desire the creative path. Anyway I say all that because the viridian I have pg18 is rich, creamy, strong, heavy granulation beautiful in mixes. It doesn't feel like all binder the way potters pink or some other pigments do.
Just goes to show, can't judge a new player by the standards of the shoulders or stands upon. Lol thanks for replying.
The Rembrandt Viridian is the real thing, but it’s weak, and veeeerrrry difficult to rewet. Many other better versions out there.