Van Gogh Watercolor Muted Pocket Box Review, Color Chart, Elegant Lady Painting Demonstration
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Watercolor review, color chart, portrait painting demonstration for Van Gogh Muted Colours pocket box. A great travel and urban sketching set, low price affordable set for beginners with a lovely palette box. ↓ SHOW MORE for supplies and other info! ↓
ART SUPPLIES:
I use table salt (normal fine grain, not coarse or kosher) to make the texture effect in my color chart swatches. If you would like to purchase any of the supplies I mentioned in the video the Amazon links are below. As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Van Gogh Muted Colours Pocket Box Watercolor Set amzn.to/2HyigwT
Bee watercolor paper amzn.to/2Y97nsa
Rotring Isograph Technical Pen amzn.to/2uqbt1t
I filled the pen with waterproof ink (SketchINK) which comes in a lot of colors you can mix (plus they are lightfast and can be used with your choice of technical, fountain, or dip pen!)
Black waterproof ink: amzn.to/2uvVEpT
Princeton brushes (rounds, slightly firm for spring and detail) amzn.to/2JZI9Ih
Princeton brushes (rounds, soft for washes, hold a lot of water) amzn.to/2YOaNQO
White gel pen: amzn.to/2ILMUTj
VAN GOGH CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED AT BLICK USA - INDIVIDUAL TUBES, PANS OR SETS HERE:
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Music: Ann Annie - Vapor
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I'm a professional artist, and I love the Van Gogh watercolors. I haven't used the Rembrandt. Never had any light-fast issues. It's a beautiful set.
It's so lovely to come across someone that doesn't moan about everything about the set. I love van gogh, I rate them as high as my schmincke and holbein watercolours. It's so lovely to find someone that loves them as much as I do xxx
Van Gogh really won me over when I first tried them a few years ago, I wasn't expecting them to be so good for how affordable they are! Best part is that almost every one of their colors is totally lightfast for art for sale. You're right, they can be used side by side with my pro grade paints and hold their own :D
Kimberly Crick Art they’re just as lightfast as the top dogs of watercolour , so I think the whole artists and student grade may just be a load of codswallop xxx
The first set Van Gogh was the first set of watercolours I got. I'm Dutch so the brand is very easy to get here. I like this set also. The colours are more exiting than in their standerd set.
I really like the Tamara Lempicka vibe of this illustration. Beautiful work!
I enjoy Van Gogh watercolors. I know they aren't for everyone, being a higher end student grade paint, but I'm glad that they're getting a bit more attention these days with all the new sets and colors that they came out with recently. Your painting with their colors turned out really nice :)
Beautiful!
I just bought these paints and can’t wait to start using them , thank you for the demo
The artwork is so vibrant though. Apparently a very versatile set indeed.
That's the same thing that i thought when I saw the thumbnail!
I have this set for the reasons you mentioned. I need to play with it more. This artwork is beautiful!
I wish I had had these when I started rather than Cotman. I like these much more. Cotmans just seemed to be a lot more work to me. I bought some in Bali for around $2 US a tube and kicked myself when I got home for bot buying more colours 😂
I have heard quite a few people say that, and I find it so funny, as I am the exact opposite: I have tried many different watercolors, including Van Gogh, but I had actually never tried Cotman until a few weeks ago - Now I say that I wish I had known them sooner because I absolutely love them. 😆
Cotman were my first watercolors and I seriously almost quit the medium over them. Nothing I tried to do worked, they fought me at every turn. I picked up a couple of tubes of Grumbacher Academy (which were the only other student grade paint my local store sold) and it was a whole new experience.. and they aren't the greatest paints which tells you just how bad Cotman is. It's a shame because I've had a ton of older artists tell me they used to be great.
Most enjoyable to watch. They are very tasty paints.
I used van gogh a lot, the more basic colors are very impressive for a student grade paint, I especially loved quin rose, but eventually I shifted to the professional alternatives, because I felt that this slightest residue that van gogh paint leaves on black translates into not as deep of dark mixes. It was a dealbreaker for me, as I love painting very dark, but if you are not trying to get everything black and don’t care for heavy granulation, they are great paints.
I was lucky enough to receive & review their entire old line as well as many of the new colors. I prefer Van Gogh for ink & wash over pro brands. This muted box is a hands down favorite for me!
I’m in Australia. I had just watched you swatching of W&N 109 colours and said I wished I’d seen that first but now I am happy. I bought the Van Gogh national gallery palette as my first paints. I have since bought about 5 W&N tubes but will study all your videos before purchasing more. I was especially keen on moonglow DS. However won’t be buying it now. I follow Louise de Masi, an Australian watercolour UA-camr. She washes with colours that seem similar to Moonglow in her washes.
Love your painting! You made this palette come alive! After seeing these atypical colors in action, I think it can be a very versatile palette. Thanks for your review and lovely demo.
This was nice to watch. I liked your commentary. I saw Eve Bolt use these and bought both the muted and pink sets. I really like them both.
Beautiful, delicate work.
Thanks for this review. I'm going to get this palette when I have the chance. I have the basic 12 color one (which is now empty) and also the 12+3 one.
Van Gogh was my first ever western watercolour palette that an ex boyfriend got for me many years ago so I still have a strong love to this brand. So much nostalgic emotions watching this and seeing how far they have come to start expanding to different sets. I just purchase this and the nature set... though I do wish they have a set just for their dusk colours.. those are sooooooo beautiful - I saw eve bolt use the red? palette and loved it (though I wouldn't buy a palette of just reds).
Whats your thought on the space where the logo is located? Ive seen some people say that they wish all their palettes and not just he special edition ones had the extra 3 pans there but I personally don't mind it.. I feel like if that area was filled.. it would be really hard to hold the palette on the go - which I mean it IS a travel pocket set.
You site.was just.recommended to me and I love your work. Side note, this is one of my favorite styles do you or would you.sell the plain drawing to.practice with. I really,.really love the drawing. 🙏
Thank you, yes you can find the digital download drawing on my site at www.kimcrick.com/collections/art-for-digital-download/products/digital-file-elegant-woman-in-hat-vintage-lady-line-drawing-artwork-clip-art-download or get a large variety of drawings at www.patreon.com/KimberlyCrickArt
Happy painting :)
I'm falling in love with Van Gogh watercolors. I found out how good they are from Mandy van Goeije's YT channel. She is from the Netherlands where R😁oyal Talens watercolors are made and is rather an expert on Rembrandt and Van Gogh colors. What she says is basically this: While Rembrandt IS the higher quality brand with more pure quality pigments and says you can tell in some of the colors if you do a side by side comparison. She notes that you can see that Van Gogh colors may be more dull or flat looking compared to Rembrandt, due to additional fillers, etc....but she loves Van Gogh too and highly recommends them. She also noted that in some colors, she couldn't tell much difference at all....so why not use the more affordable Van Gogh? I just bought the pinks/violets set and absolutely love it. There are one or two colors that use fugitive pigments, but that's pretty common for pinks/violets. The colors are absolutely gorgeous. My only con are the 3 redder colors: vermillion (LF 2 out of 3) and madder lake (LF of 3 out of 3,)and Carmine (LF 2 out or 3) are very close to each other and look virtually identical when swatched out and dried. This set even includes 2 very granulated Dusk Pink and Dusk Violet. For like $22, this set can't be beat!
Nice art work...!!! l like it..*** keep it up...^^
I love van Gogh watercolors! I think the quality is great and half pan only costs €1,80.
I also started with Van gogh and still use it in my edc kit....... A friend wanted me to make something special for her dad and i ran out of Daniel Smith phthalo blue, so without a second thought i went to get the van gogh pan from my travel set. My friend immediately frowned at this and wouldnt even let me wet the pan, saying she would just wait until i picked up another artist tube. Lol, its easy to forget sometimes that they really arent artist paints.
Aww, it's sad because Van Gogh are really quite good for student grade, it's just that they have a little more binder additives than pigment load. The Phthalo Blue base pigment is the same in Van Gogh (a lightfast PB15 ingredient) as it is in their pro grade (Rembrandt, or others like D.Smith). It's easy to develop prejudice against cheaper paints since there are so many fugitive bargain/kids sets out there giving cheap paints a bad rep. Technically any paint made for art is artist grade, as terms like "artist quality" and "premium" are assigned by the company to sell a product they think is meant for art.
In general "pro" grade is the term for higher pigment load, "student" meaning more binder/filler. All types, bargain/kids, student or pro grades can be labeled as artist paints, and every type can contain fugitive pigments that arent good for long term wall display (ie daniel smith opera pink or moonglow is more fugitive than nearly all of van gogh's colors). A fugitive pigment might be used in any grade of paint, there's just more of the pigment instead of binder/filler in the pro versions. This is a good example of why it's better to look at a pigment number code to judge quality, rather than the brand. I hope you'll still enjoy your Van Gogh paints, almost their entire catalog is lightfast and suitable for fine art even for sale/wall art. Happy painting :)
@@KimberlyCrick Hun you are preaching to the choir but it is also important to clients that pay you for art, even if they are friends, to satisfy their need to ensure they are receiving the best from you. She is also a type of artist, just not able to get the hang of paint (i am sure she really tried and wanted to do this herself which is why she requested to watch some of my process that day) some background.....her dad lost a watercolor painting during a move that i am recreating. My friend may own several student grade watercolors, (maybe why she immediately knew the difference) and cannot justify the cost of the "fancy" artist grades when she struggles with the medium. I will always appreciate and use Van Gogh for myself and for gifts, but for a commision or for someone that would prefer a " shiny" over "still really good" its important that we give the best we have. I also get the feeling that this painting has some sentimental value to her as well as for her dad.
@@KimberlyCrickJe me permets d'intervenir très modestement. Je trouve que le Phtalo Blue de VG manque de vert (il ne fait pas un Cyan), je l'ai remplacé par un schmincke akademie, et j'ai aussi remplacé cobalt et ceruleum VG par les mêmes chez White Nights qui utilise les véritables pigments. Sinon toute la gamme VG est bonne pour moi. Bien sûr j'aimerai qu'elle soit moins opaque, mais les marques abordables qui ont plus de transparence ont un peu une texture d'encre, je ne sens pas leur matière. On ne peut pas tout avoir !! Un GRAND MERCI Kimberly pour tout ce que vous faîtes, c'est tout simplement remarquable et très généreux ! Vous aimez le Partage avec une majuscule !
Ever since I found your channel some days ago I've been bingeing your videos! Could you do one on mixing skin tones?
Thank you! Sure, I'll keep that in mind. Until then, I love using water diluted browns (usually burnt umber or sienna) as an easy starting point for skin. I usually add just a touch of a pink-leaning red like "quin rose" color for lips and blush. You can get creative with a hint of a cool color like blue to imply a shadow on one side of the face. Happy painting :D
@@KimberlyCrick Thank you so much, I'm very new to watercolours, though I've been sketching for some years... When I see your skin tones they look pinkish to me, but I thought I heard you say burnt sienna in one video so I'm glad you've confirmed that. I am sure to be happy when painting because it does make me feel that way 😇 Thank you for your videos, I enjoy them so much!
@@KimberlyCrick I don't typically paint people but I would love to see a general painting technique video from you as well. I've watched all of your videos, more for the test paintings than the product in many cases.. your paint seems to melt off your brush on to the paper no matter what product you are using and I'd love to know how you go about it.
@@waymire01 I think the secret is I almost always paint wet on damp. Most paints become much more forgiving and easy to blend if you slightly dampen your paper with water before the paint color goes on.
I'm always surprised to hear people rave about the Van Gogh watercolours. I agree they rewet super easily, and that makes it fun to use them, but I've always found that my mixes got muddy very quickly (I blame my inexperience except I never have that issue with other brands, even budget ones) and are dull when dry. I'll give them another go on different paper maybe... they are indeed pleasant to use and the sets are well designed.
Over time I've come to realize that not all colors are made the same way in Van Gogh. I really need to do a brand overview video for them, because there are some colors that do not perform like others (as you say, mix oddly, don't flow as well and sometimes don't salt react as expected). However, the big selling point to me for Van Gogh has to be that they are reliably lightfast - perhaps more so than any other brand in this price range. One day I'll work on a list of best and worst colors from them and how they compare to the competition. Unfortunately for them, White Nights is not much more and Chinese brands are starting to win in lower price points too. It might mean the death of these sort of in-between student to pro grades.
@@KimberlyCrick well for what it's worth where I live (Belgium) Van Gogh is very readily available, and they make attractive sets. Plus they're available open stock and they develop new colours and lines (metallic, interference, etc) so I believe it still makes them very attractive. Plus what you said about lightfastness. Thank for your reply, by the way.
@@KimberlyCrick I would love to see a brand overview. I've collected a bunch of the single tubes for testing/experimenting since they are so reasonably priced...and have been trying to decide if I want to do a large palette of them for actual painting use. I would also love to see if there is a difference between tube and pan. I think the tubes are a bit better.. but that may be just my brain telling me they should be. I know some other brands are quite different from one to the other. I do feel more "safe" with them than even some professional brands due to their fabulous consistent lightfastness.. I can just grab anything they make vs having to "screen" so many of the professional brands before I know if it's going to fade or not... even some of the known offenders like Indigo. How can they do it but the "big boys" can't?
I’m confused t see many colors from Rembrandt have same color number and pigments as Rembrandts are they the same but different wrappers
Royal Talens, the company from the Netherlands, makes 3 lines of watercolor paints. Van Gogh is the student mid-grade line, sharing many of the same pigments as their professional highest-grade line called Rembrandt. They also make an Art Creation bargain/kids lowest-grade paint line. There are many shared ingredients between the Van Gogh and Rembrandt brands - but the main differences are 1) Van Gogh has a lower pigment load and cheaper binders used than Rembrandt and 2) Rembrandt offers more expensive pigments like cobalts, cadmiums and some others that are too costly to offer in the cheaper Van Gogh range.
@@KimberlyCrick thank you