A very good review, honest, and unbiased. I like how you told us your thoughts about these paints, including the price perk! I am in the US, and buying either of these paints is not economical for myself, as the shipping takes them out of the competition with what is available inside the US.
Thank you for the video. It is helpful to see how brands compare in texture, pigment load, and price. Knowing that Rembrandt is a good backup to Michael Harding is useful to me.
Bonjour je voudrais passer en peinture a l' huile,je voulais prendre de la Rembrandt est ce un bon choix ? Je veux juste acheter 3 couleurs primaires et un blanc.cordialement.
I found Old Holland too stiff for my use too....I actually like the Rowney Professional series which I found to be quite buttery and although a long established brand, seems to go under the radar of a lot of painters..
@@plantagenant yeah I remember that brand, I heard only good things about it! It looks indeed less known than others, don’t know why is that. I remember being sold at a good price as well!
The consistency is buttery and easy to manipulate, I would not say long and loopy. As you can see when I dip my palette knife into it, it still stays on the knife, keeps its shape, but is very buttery once I push on it. Apparently the small amount of wax is added to stabilize the pigment, Ultramarine Blue. Please follow this link to have more info from MH Ultramarine Blue. www.michaelharding.co.uk/materials/ultramarine-blue-no-113/
Then the consistency you would say feels same as Rembrandt one? Also Rembrandt has a light version which is a green shade, and MH is also a green shade, maybe there more difference is mixing with other colors?
@@lishutie yes the consistency of MH is very similar to Rembrandt. Felt the same to me. I can double check tmw, but from what I know, no MH ultramarine blue is not green shade. The note on their website confused me a lot, I think they mean you can obtain great green shade with it, mixed into yellows, but no, MH Ultramarine Blue is a regular Ultramarine Blue, meaning is a red shade. I have never used Rembrandt Ultramarine Blue light so I couldn’t tell. Hope this helps. I will double check all this tmw morning and will come back to this comment to make sure what I say here is correct. I might do a community post about that in my community tab. 🙏🏻
Alright, from the information I was able to get this morning, MH Ultramarine Blue is Red shade. Vicky Norman, a MH Ambassador, mention that information at around 1 minute in her video, she says leans towards purple. ua-cam.com/video/Vm_gmDTOCtw/v-deo.html I tried to reach MH this morning, but they didn't answer yet.
I use all 3 those brands intermixed. Michael Harding, Old Holland and Rembrandt. What i noticed is what i read and heard from others profile artists and what i now see Also on your video. The Rembrandt is artist grade oilpaint, like Winsor and Newton artists, Gamblin etc. But Old Holland and Michael Harding are like Williamsburg not artist quality, but professional quality. That's why they are stiffer and more mat. They contain more pigments and less oil and totally no additives. When i was btw in artst i tought you had 3 stages of quality, but learned later it's 4. 1- Professional quality 2- Artist quality 3- Student quality 4- Hobby quality/ which you better can't try to mix colors with, it becomes immediately mud. When painting between professional and artists quality i mostly notice the difference when painting by their consistency. The artists are softer, the professional ones are very pasteuse and dense. You need to add some medium to apply in a smooth longer brushstroke.
@@Mistiquex thank you for your comment. I’d say that in my experience, Michael Harding is a really good paint, like you say, professional or premium, but it’s not stiff at all! It has the same smooth qualities in my opinion that Rembrandt, regarding how smooth it is. It might depends also on which pigment we are talking about. As far as for MH, I used Ultramarine Blue, and it is great. The only really stiff paint I ran into so far, was Old Holland. I think it just comes down to personal preferences, they are great paint 🙏🏻
In my head, professional is lesser than artist's. If you said "premium", I'd agree. I wonder why the word professional is thrown around like that, it's odd. I guess it reflects the fact that in today's world artists are regarded as crap.
@@Renata-rv7wp That's just how they are called. Hobby, student, artists and professional quality. I'm not the one who choose to call them like that or decides which belongs in the paint industry in which category. 🤷♀️
@@marcjasi I also use the ultramarine of Michael Harding and love it Rembrandt, Michael Harding, Gamblin and Winsor & Newton artists are the most used brands by me, with a few others inbetween like Lukas professional, Sennelier etc to try out. I do like Rembrandt personally. Btw I'm from the Netherlands, where Rembrandt paints is made and originates from. Rembrandt is considered here not as being on the same level as Michael Harding, Old-Holland and Williamsburg, even lower then Winsor & Newton. It's considered as the first lowest level of artist paint. That's why most Dutch artists don't use it. I personally don't have any problems with it. It does the job, i find the pigmentation strong enough and it's much cheaper then the other brands. Especially the cadmiums etc are considerably cheaper.
@ my English is not good enough to know these types of differences between words, I apologize. But I admit I prefer the word premium as well. Anyway I think this whole thing is not clear.
A very good review, honest, and unbiased. I like how you told us your thoughts about these paints, including the price perk!
I am in the US, and buying either of these paints is not economical for myself, as the shipping takes them out of the competition with what is available inside the US.
@@chrisgriffith1573 thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks for the review! Did you find one of these to be less stiff than the other?
@@marycunningham5050 you’re welcome! No I found the consistency to be very similar in both brands 🙏🏻
Thank you for the video. It is helpful to see how brands compare in texture, pigment load, and price. Knowing that Rembrandt is a good backup to Michael Harding is useful to me.
@@ms.rocketscience4924 you are welcome 🙏🏻 I am happy it is useful to you
Thank you for the info and analysis, it is very appreciated!
@@drf-24 you are welcome 🙏🏻
Bonjour je voudrais passer en peinture a l' huile,je voulais prendre de la Rembrandt est ce un bon choix ? Je veux juste acheter 3 couleurs primaires et un blanc.cordialement.
Bonjour, oui je pense que Rembrandt est un excellent choix, 3 couleurs primaires et un blanc me semble également une très bonne idée!
@@marcjasi puis je remplacer le bleu phtalo par du bleu de Prusse ? Cordialement merci.
@@lepotagerdemoureux6038 Oui le bleu de Prusse peut totalement remplacer le bleu phtalo en effet.
@@marcjasi merci j' étais un peu perdu 👍
@@lepotagerdemoureux6038 Avec plaisir, je suis la pour cela, vous aider du mieux que je peux
Thanks for the video, really enjoy your content
You are welcome, thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you for this comparison. I love the Rembrandt paints but I'm curious about the Michael Harding paints also.
You are welcome 🙏🏻
I found Old Holland too stiff for my use too....I actually like the Rowney Professional series which I found to be quite buttery and although a long established brand, seems to go under the radar of a lot of painters..
@@plantagenant yeah I remember that brand, I heard only good things about it! It looks indeed less known than others, don’t know why is that. I remember being sold at a good price as well!
Does the MH version feels long, loopy for the paint? He admits there are wax additive added for this paint.
The consistency is buttery and easy to manipulate, I would not say long and loopy. As you can see when I dip my palette knife into it, it still stays on the knife, keeps its shape, but is very buttery once I push on it. Apparently the small amount of wax is added to stabilize the pigment, Ultramarine Blue. Please follow this link to have more info from MH Ultramarine Blue.
www.michaelharding.co.uk/materials/ultramarine-blue-no-113/
Then the consistency you would say feels same as Rembrandt one? Also Rembrandt has a light version which is a green shade, and MH is also a green shade, maybe there more difference is mixing with other colors?
@@lishutie yes the consistency of MH is very similar to Rembrandt. Felt the same to me. I can double check tmw, but from what I know, no MH ultramarine blue is not green shade. The note on their website confused me a lot, I think they mean you can obtain great green shade with it, mixed into yellows, but no, MH Ultramarine Blue is a regular Ultramarine Blue, meaning is a red shade. I have never used Rembrandt Ultramarine Blue light so I couldn’t tell. Hope this helps. I will double check all this tmw morning and will come back to this comment to make sure what I say here is correct. I might do a community post about that in my community tab. 🙏🏻
Alright, from the information I was able to get this morning, MH Ultramarine Blue is Red shade. Vicky Norman, a MH Ambassador, mention that information at around 1 minute in her video, she says leans towards purple. ua-cam.com/video/Vm_gmDTOCtw/v-deo.html
I tried to reach MH this morning, but they didn't answer yet.
I use all 3 those brands intermixed. Michael Harding, Old Holland and Rembrandt. What i noticed is what i read and heard from others profile artists and what i now see Also on your video.
The Rembrandt is artist grade oilpaint, like Winsor and Newton artists, Gamblin etc. But Old Holland and Michael Harding are like Williamsburg not artist quality, but professional quality. That's why they are stiffer and more mat. They contain more pigments and less oil and totally no additives.
When i was btw in artst i tought you had 3 stages of quality, but learned later it's 4.
1- Professional quality
2- Artist quality
3- Student quality
4- Hobby quality/ which you better can't try to mix colors with, it becomes immediately mud.
When painting between professional and artists quality i mostly notice the difference when painting by their consistency. The artists are softer, the professional ones are very pasteuse and dense. You need to add some medium to apply in a smooth longer brushstroke.
@@Mistiquex thank you for your comment. I’d say that in my experience, Michael Harding is a really good paint, like you say, professional or premium, but it’s not stiff at all! It has the same smooth qualities in my opinion that Rembrandt, regarding how smooth it is. It might depends also on which pigment we are talking about. As far as for MH, I used Ultramarine Blue, and it is great. The only really stiff paint I ran into so far, was Old Holland. I think it just comes down to personal preferences, they are great paint 🙏🏻
In my head, professional is lesser than artist's. If you said "premium", I'd agree. I wonder why the word professional is thrown around like that, it's odd. I guess it reflects the fact that in today's world artists are regarded as crap.
@@Renata-rv7wp That's just how they are called. Hobby, student, artists and professional quality. I'm not the one who choose to call them like that or decides which belongs in the paint industry in which category. 🤷♀️
@@marcjasi I also use the ultramarine of Michael Harding and love it Rembrandt, Michael Harding, Gamblin and Winsor & Newton artists are the most used brands by me, with a few others inbetween like Lukas professional, Sennelier etc to try out.
I do like Rembrandt personally.
Btw I'm from the Netherlands, where Rembrandt paints is made and originates from. Rembrandt is considered here not as being on the same level as Michael Harding, Old-Holland and Williamsburg, even lower then Winsor & Newton. It's considered as the first lowest level of artist paint. That's why most Dutch artists don't use it.
I personally don't have any problems with it. It does the job, i find the pigmentation strong enough and it's much cheaper then the other brands. Especially the cadmiums etc are considerably cheaper.
@ my English is not good enough to know these types of differences between words, I apologize. But I admit I prefer the word premium as well. Anyway I think this whole thing is not clear.