It's so tiny, not what I m used to, and the small pans would require more frequent replenishment of paint, but with regular use I'm sure this is something I could quickly get used to. The mixing area is smaller too, and flat/shallow, which might be a limitation if you like to mix alot or lay down large washes. Price is over $100 USD.
Nice little pallet ,I like the different sizes of the pans so you can quickly change pigments depending on what and where your painting such as a public garden, Ocean, mountains of mist ect....love your special guest lol 🐈🐱
Thanks! :D Yes, I really love how easy it is to reconfigure the set! And to keep the unused pans, on can layer the bottom of any box with adhesive magnet sheets, it's fairly easy. I love having a larger area to work the paint in the pans, it's really nice! :)
LOL Mine is a shelve in a cheap Ikea-type library where I can put small to medium palettes to dry and the cats don't go there. They haven't seen an appeal in it. XD
Great review of a cute litte palette! It's so small I don't trust myself to not lose it haha! Things seem to disappear off my table while I'm working with them, not sure how it happens but I'm hoping they will all eventually turn up in a box somewhere lol! 😅 Love your painting and kitty is adorable! 😍 Thanks Eve! 😄
Thank you! :) If things disappear off the table and you have a cat, I'd consider them as a suspect... I don't know why, but cats really get a kick out of tossing things off tables.
Thank you! :) I will keep your suggestion in mind; I didn't think my process would be of interest but if it is, I'll see about making a video about that :)
I like the concept of the pocket palette and I had had a similar idea in the past, but I'm not sure I'd get it for the price (~32 usd). The paint tins can be bought for cheap wholestock and the holder itself looks like a business card holder. The mixing area is nice though, so you're not mixing and having grey tones mess with the colors. The holbein colors look really nice too. I recently bought 2 colors; a green and a purple.
Yes, this is basically a business card holder and empty makeup tins. It's not a complex item, but it's well put together. The only issue I've met is that the tins rust or oxidize after a while, and that affects the paint. It might be a better idea to spray the tins (with enamel paint?) before using them with watercolor paint....
Pekoe! So cuuuute. Kitsu gets curious too. The amount of times I end up wiping her paws after she steps in things lol! Have to shut her out of the room sometimes 🐈🐈🐈
Adorable pallette. I definately need to get more Holbein watercoloras they are awesome. Might try this starting set to combine with my current limited selection of them.
Thanks! :) If you have access to open stock tubes, you can also gradually add in some of the colors that appeal the most to you, too. I love how they dry!
HI PEKOE!!!! I WANT TO SQUISH YOUR FACE!!! I love that your pocket palette doesn't have those weird overlapping corners that some of the other versions I've seen, have! Always seemed like part of the tin covering my paint would frustrate me. Before inktober I got a 24 set of Holbein paints and recorded myself setting up what I call a "travel studio palette" with them, and did a doodlefinder using them. I feel pretty neutral about them so far, in that they seem fine but I wasn't blown away from first swipe. They remind me a lot of my mijello mission gold paints, which I also like but mostly don't use. Probably because, as Denise said, they don't have ox gall so they don't flow very much. And that's fine! It's just different.
You're right! This palette looks like the aluminium card cases, but it's better made, I think. There are no overlaying corners and the white mixing area is really nice. Holbein paints are great! But yeah, when you have a lot of other great paints there might not be as big an incentive to use them. They are super well behaved though, they dry like a charm.
I have been using the pocket pallet for just about a year! I have three that I take with me all the time. Your kitten is pretty, he reminds me of mine!
Yes! I really love tea (in general) and I thought the name was fitting for her! I agree that she's gorgeous, but then again I'm a bit biased... ;) Thank you! :D
Отличные у вас обзоры! Дикция очень хорошая, у меня поднимается настроение, когда я смотрю ваши видео) Спасибо большое! А вы можете сделать обзор, оценить и распределить бренды красок по позициям и рассказать какой ваш любимый бренд из всех и почему?)
Thank you! :) You're suggesting I make a video about my favorite paint brands, in order, and to explain why they are at that position..? I just want to make sure, I used Google Translate and it's good, but not perfect :)
Peköööööööööö! A wonderful review - I've always been curious about Holbein paints and they seem really nice! And that pocket palette looks intriguing. Fantastic that they offer different pan sizes :)
I'll see about sending you some Holbein with the pans I'm stashing for you ;) I really love these paints, for me they are a staple (a bit like W&N) but with more pizzazz and much easier to rewet as well.
Aw, that'd be great - thanks Eve! I wonder how they'd compare to Mission Gold's, heard that Korean watercolours(e.g. Shin Han) are made to compete with Holbein's. They've colours that share the same names, too.
Love the ending! just seen the set on jacksons at around £16 sadly it's out of stock as thats a steal. Also noticed a 12 set on the american amazon for $24 so am thinking about it! That palette looks interesting, most travel palettes are quite bulky that one looks really light and thin.
The 12 colors set for 24$ sounds like a great deal too! I was checking the prices of Holbein on Jackson's and they are kind of pricey (which is no fun!) but that starter set is truly nice. I'm really happy that my local store still offers Holbein, and they are very decently priced. I hope they keep selling them forever! :) And the palette is really great! You can definitely always have paint with you with this tin, it weighs nothing and is super small. I only need to find a way to carry brushes that aren't waterbrushes....
That palette is so thin, like a business card holder. I have limited experience with Holbein watercolors. Since trying Holbein years ago, I fell in love with Daniel Smith when I got my essential 7 Susie Short set. Now, I have a limited palette from Schmincke that I am still trying to figure out. It's a split primary set; but, not quite. The blues in the set are not exactly the ones that I would have chosen; However, Schmincke does not have nearly as many colors to choose from as Daniel Smith has.
Hi Eve, I had ordered the Schmincke Horadam Limited Edition 2017 half pan set of 12 from wetpaint.com. The palette came with 12 paints; but, it has room for 18 half pans. The paints included: Perylene dark red (178), Saturn Red (PO 64), Cobalt Azure (PB 35), Phthalo Sapphire Blue (PB 15:6), Yellow Orange (PY 153), Rutile yellow (PY 53). The Cobalt Azure has the same pigment number as Daniel Smith's Cerulean. The Phthalo Sapphire blue has the same number as Daniel Smith's Phthalo Blue (Red Shade). On paper both of these blues look like warm blues; because, that sapphire blue is very similar in color to Daniel Smith's French Ultramarine, which is a warm blue. The rest of the paints in this palette are primarily earthy colors: Potters pink (PR 233), Perylene violet (PV 29), Perylene Green (PBk 31), Viridian (PG 18), Mahogany Brown (PBr 33), and Hematite black (BG 17). I copied down the pigment numbers and the color names that were on the wrappers of these little squares of paint. If there was any other information I could have copied down, it's too late since I threw out the wrappers.
Yay!! 5ml tubes of watercolor will go a long way though, it's not like gouache or acrylic :) It's the perfect way to try a color palette and see which colors you like the most, and then you can decide to get those colors in 15ml tubes! I'm so happy you love the paints!
I really liked that light blue , I think it was peacock blue to me it looks very beautiful ! And for some reason I didn't get any kind of light blue in my watercolor set
Great video Eve! 😁 Hi Pekoe...lol 😃 The is a nice little travel palette. I still haven't gotten over the feeling of needing a bigger mixing area. 😆 I will definitely keep this in mind for when I can feel comfortable going smaller. 😉
It's a very small mixing area, you're right about that. It's very hard to stain though, which I was really surprised to find out! Do you think you'll share your field kit with us when you've put it through the paces a bit? I'm curious to see! :D
Nice review Eve! I also love using holbein since they're more available in my country compared to other brands. Btw it is pronounced as how it is written, "holbein" not "holbain" since they're from japan and their names written in japanese is ホルベイン or ho-ru-be-in
Thanks! :) Oh, good to know! I guess it's too easy to default to the -bain pronunciation... The Japanese pronunciation is closer to what we'd say in French, too, so I should've gone with that! ;) You're lucky to have these paints readily available to you, I hope the price is decent as well. I can get them here but they boost the prices a bit...
As a German speaking person, I beg to differ. ;) Holbein is the name of a famous German Renaissance portrait painter en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paintings_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger and is indeed pronounced HolbAin. The brand was named after that painter and I think it's legitimate to use the right (German) pronunciation even if it's a Japanese brand. :D That palette is so cute! I must NOT buy it! I've got ENOUGH art material. But I've been eyeing it since quite some time. The Holbein watercolours are some of my favourites. I love that you call them "well behaved colours", and I completely agree with you. I very much enjoyed watching you paint this beautiful little scenery.
Another great review, Eve! Yes, I would definitely use both items, the paints and the palette. Unfortunately I have so many paints now that I can’t justify buying more at this point, however, I would love to buy a few of those palettes and mix and match colors, that would be wonderful!
It looks like it but there are still a few differences, and I'd be at a loss to find a white surface as good as this one for the lid. :) Though crafting one seems like a fun project, if you have access to all these supplies!
Pekoe looks to be the perfect model... perhaps... "Thirty six views of Pekoe"? Your water color fans would forward Pekoe to people who love cats but never access watercolor sites.... ...
@@EveBolt Wonderful. When I was studying sumi-e, my quirky little calico cat thought that grinding ink and brushwork were signs I wanted to play! Messy... Thank you for your reply.
Your reviews are the best🤍♥️
Thank you so much :)
It's so tiny, not what I m used to, and the small pans would require more frequent replenishment of paint, but with regular use I'm sure this is something I could quickly get used to. The mixing area is smaller too, and flat/shallow, which might be a limitation if you like to mix alot or lay down large washes. Price is over $100 USD.
Nice little pallet ,I like the different sizes of the pans so you can quickly change pigments depending on what and where your painting such as a public garden, Ocean, mountains of mist ect....love your special guest lol 🐈🐱
Thanks! :D
Yes, I really love how easy it is to reconfigure the set! And to keep the unused pans, on can layer the bottom of any box with adhesive magnet sheets, it's fairly easy. I love having a larger area to work the paint in the pans, it's really nice! :)
Please tell me what constitutes a “cat proof spot,” as I am in need of just such a spot! 😄😻❤️
LOL
Mine is a shelve in a cheap Ikea-type library where I can put small to medium palettes to dry and the cats don't go there. They haven't seen an appeal in it. XD
Eve Bolt - Art & Cats: Well, count your blessings!! Lol!!
Great review of a cute litte palette! It's so small I don't trust myself to not lose it haha! Things seem to disappear off my table while I'm working with them, not sure how it happens but I'm hoping they will all eventually turn up in a box somewhere lol! 😅 Love your painting and kitty is adorable! 😍 Thanks Eve! 😄
Thank you! :)
If things disappear off the table and you have a cat, I'd consider them as a suspect... I don't know why, but cats really get a kick out of tossing things off tables.
Nope, we dont have any pets lol 😃Hmmm🤔 suppose that means I'm the only one to blame! 🙄😅 Darn... 😩
I love your landscape painting. I would love to see more of your watercolours and even hear you speak about the process as you do it.
Thank you! :) I will keep your suggestion in mind; I didn't think my process would be of interest but if it is, I'll see about making a video about that :)
I like the concept of the pocket palette and I had had a similar idea in the past, but I'm not sure I'd get it for the price (~32 usd).
The paint tins can be bought for cheap wholestock and the holder itself looks like a business card holder. The mixing area is nice though, so you're not mixing and having grey tones mess with the colors.
The holbein colors look really nice too. I recently bought 2 colors; a green and a purple.
Yes, this is basically a business card holder and empty makeup tins. It's not a complex item, but it's well put together. The only issue I've met is that the tins rust or oxidize after a while, and that affects the paint. It might be a better idea to spray the tins (with enamel paint?) before using them with watercolor paint....
Pekoe! So cuuuute. Kitsu gets curious too. The amount of times I end up wiping her paws after she steps in things lol! Have to shut her out of the room sometimes 🐈🐈🐈
She's even worse than my own XD It sure doesn't make one want to handle toxic paints!
Adorable pallette. I definately need to get more Holbein watercoloras they are awesome. Might try this starting set to combine with my current limited selection of them.
Thanks! :)
If you have access to open stock tubes, you can also gradually add in some of the colors that appeal the most to you, too. I love how they dry!
HI PEKOE!!!! I WANT TO SQUISH YOUR FACE!!!
I love that your pocket palette doesn't have those weird overlapping corners that some of the other versions I've seen, have! Always seemed like part of the tin covering my paint would frustrate me.
Before inktober I got a 24 set of Holbein paints and recorded myself setting up what I call a "travel studio palette" with them, and did a doodlefinder using them. I feel pretty neutral about them so far, in that they seem fine but I wasn't blown away from first swipe. They remind me a lot of my mijello mission gold paints, which I also like but mostly don't use. Probably because, as Denise said, they don't have ox gall so they don't flow very much. And that's fine! It's just different.
You're right! This palette looks like the aluminium card cases, but it's better made, I think. There are no overlaying corners and the white mixing area is really nice.
Holbein paints are great! But yeah, when you have a lot of other great paints there might not be as big an incentive to use them. They are super well behaved though, they dry like a charm.
I have been using the pocket pallet for just about a year! I have three that I take with me all the time. Your kitten is pretty, he reminds me of mine!
Three pocket palettes are probably still very light! And that totals a LOT of colors, wow :)
What's your kitten's name?
Pekoe - as in orange Pekoe tea? She is gorgeous.
Yes! I really love tea (in general) and I thought the name was fitting for her! I agree that she's gorgeous, but then again I'm a bit biased... ;)
Thank you! :D
Отличные у вас обзоры! Дикция очень хорошая, у меня поднимается настроение, когда я смотрю ваши видео) Спасибо большое! А вы можете сделать обзор, оценить и распределить бренды красок по позициям и рассказать какой ваш любимый бренд из всех и почему?)
Thank you! :)
You're suggesting I make a video about my favorite paint brands, in order, and to explain why they are at that position..? I just want to make sure, I used Google Translate and it's good, but not perfect :)
Да, вы поняли меня верно)
Great!
I might, but it would be difficult to order them... I'll take note of the idea, thank you for suggesting it! :)
Really beautiful colors! Funny how your swatch sheets, to me, always look great! Works of art by themselves! ;) I love the surprise visit, too! :)
Hi Mark! Thank you! :)
Swatch sheets are super practical to keep track of paints when you have... well, a hoard. ;)
Peköööööööööö!
A wonderful review - I've always been curious about Holbein paints and they seem really nice! And that pocket palette looks intriguing. Fantastic that they offer different pan sizes :)
I'll see about sending you some Holbein with the pans I'm stashing for you ;) I really love these paints, for me they are a staple (a bit like W&N) but with more pizzazz and much easier to rewet as well.
Aw, that'd be great - thanks Eve! I wonder how they'd compare to Mission Gold's, heard that Korean watercolours(e.g. Shin Han) are made to compete with Holbein's. They've colours that share the same names, too.
Pekoe is adorable!!! : ) I also like the pocket palette. It is so cute. As always, a beautiful painting!
I'm biased but I agree, she's adorable :3 And thank you!
Love the ending! just seen the set on jacksons at around £16 sadly it's out of stock as thats a steal. Also noticed a 12 set on the american amazon for $24 so am thinking about it! That palette looks interesting, most travel palettes are quite bulky that one looks really light and thin.
The 12 colors set for 24$ sounds like a great deal too! I was checking the prices of Holbein on Jackson's and they are kind of pricey (which is no fun!) but that starter set is truly nice. I'm really happy that my local store still offers Holbein, and they are very decently priced. I hope they keep selling them forever! :) And the palette is really great! You can definitely always have paint with you with this tin, it weighs nothing and is super small. I only need to find a way to carry brushes that aren't waterbrushes....
Adorable little palette! And such a great painting! Pekoe! What a cutie, look at those toe beans!
Thank you!
Toe beans are the best! Kitten toe beans are so tiny and soft, it's funny to see how now they are all rougher and worn now XD
That palette is so cute!
It is! :D It's a great travel palette :)
Seeing you try out the different layouts reminded me of when I first got my windows phone 😄.. That palette looks really fancy, super thin huh
It's really super thin! :) And you're right, it's a lot like handling the app layout on Microsoft products! (except more fun, maybe!)
That palette is so thin, like a business card holder. I have limited experience with Holbein watercolors. Since trying Holbein years ago, I fell in love with Daniel Smith when I got my essential 7 Susie Short set. Now, I have a limited palette from Schmincke that I am still trying to figure out. It's a split primary set; but, not quite. The blues in the set are not exactly the ones that I would have chosen; However, Schmincke does not have nearly as many colors to choose from as Daniel Smith has.
These are all great paints! :) The Susie Short set looks like great colors too! And I'm curious, which Schmincke palette did you get? :)
Hi Eve, I had ordered the Schmincke Horadam Limited Edition 2017 half pan set of 12 from wetpaint.com. The palette came with 12 paints; but, it has room for 18 half pans.
The paints included: Perylene dark red (178), Saturn Red (PO 64), Cobalt Azure (PB 35), Phthalo Sapphire Blue (PB 15:6), Yellow Orange (PY 153), Rutile yellow (PY 53). The Cobalt Azure has the same pigment number as Daniel Smith's Cerulean. The Phthalo Sapphire blue has the same number as Daniel Smith's Phthalo Blue (Red Shade). On paper both of these blues look like warm blues; because, that sapphire blue is very similar in color to Daniel Smith's French Ultramarine, which is a warm blue.
The rest of the paints in this palette are primarily earthy colors: Potters pink (PR 233), Perylene violet (PV 29), Perylene Green (PBk 31), Viridian (PG 18), Mahogany Brown (PBr 33), and Hematite black (BG 17).
I copied down the pigment numbers and the color names that were on the wrappers of these little squares of paint. If there was any other information I could have copied down, it's too late since I threw out the wrappers.
the Holbein paint are good but expensive and the Pocket Palette is a great little tool and I will look into that... TFS
It's a matter of locale, they are quite affordable over here :)
Eve!! :D I just got my new set of holbein watercolor yesterday, and I absolutely love it! Thr tubes are tinyyy tho
Yay!! 5ml tubes of watercolor will go a long way though, it's not like gouache or acrylic :) It's the perfect way to try a color palette and see which colors you like the most, and then you can decide to get those colors in 15ml tubes! I'm so happy you love the paints!
Eve Bolt - Bolt's Vault you're right :D
Pekoe!! Hugs and kisses! Your Mom did a wonderful painting and review!
Thanks Tiffany! :)
I'll send the love to Pekoe for you, she's feeling a bit blue this morning and could use all the extra love ;)
loved the painting where is of
The photo I used as a reference for the painting was taken by Yann Le Biannic, of the washhouses of Pontrieux.
I really liked that light blue , I think it was peacock blue to me it looks very beautiful ! And for some reason I didn't get any kind of light blue in my watercolor set
Yes, the blue in this Holbein set is peacock blue! Which watercolor set did you get?
Oh it was just a cheap watercolor set for schoolkids but it had 25 colors so I was still disappointed they didn't add a light blue haha
Holbein is one of my favorite
Great video Eve! 😁 Hi Pekoe...lol 😃 The is a nice little travel palette. I still haven't gotten over the feeling of needing a bigger mixing area. 😆 I will definitely keep this in mind for when I can feel comfortable going smaller. 😉
It's a very small mixing area, you're right about that. It's very hard to stain though, which I was really surprised to find out!
Do you think you'll share your field kit with us when you've put it through the paces a bit? I'm curious to see! :D
Nice review Eve! I also love using holbein since they're more available in my country compared to other brands. Btw it is pronounced as how it is written, "holbein" not "holbain" since they're from japan and their names written in japanese is ホルベイン or ho-ru-be-in
Thanks! :)
Oh, good to know! I guess it's too easy to default to the -bain pronunciation... The Japanese pronunciation is closer to what we'd say in French, too, so I should've gone with that! ;) You're lucky to have these paints readily available to you, I hope the price is decent as well. I can get them here but they boost the prices a bit...
As a German speaking person, I beg to differ. ;) Holbein is the name of a famous German Renaissance portrait painter en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paintings_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger and is indeed pronounced HolbAin. The brand was named after that painter and I think it's legitimate to use the right (German) pronunciation even if it's a Japanese brand. :D
That palette is so cute! I must NOT buy it! I've got ENOUGH art material. But I've been eyeing it since quite some time. The Holbein watercolours are some of my favourites. I love that you call them "well behaved colours", and I completely agree with you.
I very much enjoyed watching you paint this beautiful little scenery.
Another great review, Eve! Yes, I would definitely use both items, the paints and the palette. Unfortunately I have so many paints now that I can’t justify buying more at this point, however, I would love to buy a few of those palettes and mix and match colors, that would be wonderful!
Love Pekoe!
Thanks! I'll hug her for you! ;)
Cute. It looks like makeup tins in a tin wallet with a magnetic sheet at the back...easy diy...GREAT IDEA
It looks like it but there are still a few differences, and I'd be at a loss to find a white surface as good as this one for the lid. :) Though crafting one seems like a fun project, if you have access to all these supplies!
Pekoe looks to be the perfect model... perhaps... "Thirty six views of Pekoe"? Your water color fans would forward Pekoe to people who love cats but never access watercolor sites.... ...
Hehe! I've painted her a few times, she's really fun to draw! It's a bit hard to remember how her pattern goes, though... 😅
@@EveBolt Wonderful. When I was studying sumi-e, my quirky little calico cat thought that grinding ink and brushwork were signs I wanted to play! Messy... Thank you for your reply.
Awww lovely Pekoe!
Hehe! She's cuuuute :3