Well, yes, as adults we should know that just because we WANT something, doesn't mean we NEED something. But what is the takeaway for me from this video is that one actually need to learn about pigments and their properties to truly know what effect one will achieve when mixing them. It has nothing to do with buying more or less but actually knowing HOW to use specific colors, especially when they are more than one pigment colors. I have painted many a painting with just moonglow and they looked like I used multiple colors - because I know how the paint behaves. Same with lapis. I would never use it for mixing - wayyyyyy to expensive to distort it's beauty with other pigments. As it was pointed out here, this can be done with a relatively cheap PB29. Having more colors/brands/tubes does not make one a better artist. Knowing how the pigments in these tubes/pans behave and what their properties are does...
I mean, for a newbie like me - why did I get it even I can achieve things with substitute colours? that’s the question =) but, it warmups my soul knowing that I have something genuine 😅 for me - this is the effect rather than paint with it
I love colour and learning about pigments, even to the extent of learning to make my own paint. Maybe I’m too much of a pigment nerd but it’s what I love knowing about. And I agree, there’s many a paint I look at people are raving about and I’m shrugging my shoulders not understanding. Eg, spending a fortune on lapis lazuli, when ultramarine is the exact chemical constituent, at its most beautiful without the crud! How lucky are we in the modern age to have a blue artists a few centuries ago would have crawled across hot coals for. We don’t seem to appreciate things if they are readily available to us. Different doesn’t equate to better. I had the same thoughts when Schmincke launched their granulating colours, and yes some artists have produced amazing paintings with them, but there is nothing new to these mixes, they are just convenience mixes with some very inexpensive manmade pigments to achieve the exaggerated granulation. I hope that’s not too strong, but there’s just so much hype about these ‘rare’ or expensive paints.
This is why I got the sample dots. It helped me test so many of the Daniel smith colors to build my palette. Cheaper ones I will buy. I like the handmade paints as well as they sometimes have interesting granular textures and effects.
I have come back to painting after a gap, I was taught you only need 2 blues 2 reds 2 yellows and the earth colours siennas and umbers, I have seen the daniel smiths etc and think how fab they are and am thankful i questioned what i would use them for !, so your video reinforces I am on the right track! although I have got a van gogh metallic set that i am playing with so I am not totally immune to this, I loved how you used the products to make your point ! I am sure their is a balance between getting new things to play with and buying everything !
@@moyahughes8986 I’m ashamed how many different products I’ve acquired over the past year or so.. Got them, tried them, put them into the box… maybe someday, but for now I’m determined to force stop buying things.. althogh, my bd is coming - I may slip 😜
Im a sucker for collecting watercolors for the sake of “experimentation” (swatching them a million times) especially blues and warm reds. I lowkey feel an immense amount of guilt sometimes spending so much money on colors that I probably won’t use 😭 I’ve definitely entered “too much paint” territory for a normal artist 💀
@@feshgogulululu uuh uuh.. hug from a distance! I guess, as long as noone is harmed and you’re not starving with a roof over your head - swatching and mixing and experimenting is fine =) after this video I created a challendge for myself to use those unused art materials (not just colours) every day for a week =) I will make another video with this content after I finish the challenge. Stay tuned! 😊
Honestly, I don’t think Lapis Lazuli was a color that was really meant to be mixed with other colors. Sure, it can be mixed with other colors, but I think it ‘ruins’ the overall appeal of its purpose the way it is, as well as ‘ruins’ the beauty of it!
@@AlexNik that’s perfectly fine, I wasn’t really trying to criticize, that’s just my perspective on it since it IS such and expensive color and one that’s not made from your typical pigments/paint making materials.
I just found it that Moonglow is a fugitive color, meaning it will fade in sunlight! So I’m mixing my own. There’s some vids on RU-vid on how to mix it. I have way more art supplies than I need 😅
@@ArtandDiamondsWithEskies The fugitive component of moonglow is the red pigment PR177. In mass tone it won't fade, but still it will shift its hue when exposed to light.
I limit myself to buying 1 new color and 2 new brushes to celebrate (and replace used up materials) when I SELL a painting. That makes me focus on selling more and painting more instead of getting stuck in "supply collection mode". Now if only I could stop myself from losing weeks on Pinterest looking for references and instead spend more time painting 😅
It's a tough topic. I enjoy watercolour and also trail running. Like you, I am also very curious and interested about the pigments. It's the same with running shoes, clothing, packs etc. How much do we satisfy our curiosity and our eagerness to 'improve the solution design'. And how much do we show abstinence? My only regrettable purchase thus far is Michael Harding - Cobalt Teal Blue Shade - PB50. Too much granulation for me. But I love all my other MH paints.
that’s awesome! but when you’re newbie like me - you don’t have preferences yet and suck all internet hyped brands/colours like a vacuum =) I had to stop myself from getting Maimeri dragon blood for example (I love qor, by the way - watercolours from golden😊)
Dragons blood. Try mixing quin magenta with a lemon yellow or new gamboge or even yellow ochre possibly depending on preference of opacity. Or alizarin with new gamboge. Adjust accordingly to hue.
Sorry, I thought this would be a discussion why we buy all these colours we do not need, not a colou swatch video. I have seen to many of them an was expecting something else.
@@SUSSDUE I wish I had those competencies to discuss/explain the deep roots of aquisition syndrome (and others) I would try to help everybody 😊 but I’m just an IT person
Yes the over hype! I have at least 2 tubes of that Moonglow, but I love it. I even got a half pan which i had to mail order because it is bluer. Like I couldn't add my own shade of blue or any shade of blue just because! And now there is a Da Vinci watercolor tube that is named Artemis which is another Moonglow with a touch of red separation. Gorgeous color, but do I need it? No. YES! YES! YES! (I'll have what she's having.") Other times I've seen red ochre, I was thinking, the next time I"m getting paint I"ll get it! Last week I tried to add my own red(s) and realized I only need another tube of yellow ochre. And I saw with all my reds that I got all kinds of ochres. I've noticed that burnt sienna is just another shade of orange. And why do the paint companies come out with colors like Opera Rose that fade? I don't get it!
I get this. I have a lot of paints now after watching other RU-vid videos, I get tempted too much by all these handmade paint brands that are being advertised a lot on RU-vid. I don’t have a lot of money but I get tempted by them 😢
we may not necessarily NEED need something as an artist, but it sure can come in handy if we need it, lol. I got a whole drawer full of tubes and back up half pans of certain colors. PO43 for example, xD
@@AlexNik It's a great color for bold, bright sunsets! I even have it in powder form to make my own just in case it ever goes out of production. But it's lightfast and beautiful. Easy to get attracted to LOL
Paints do not make you a better painter. Practicing painting makes you a better painter. As someone who loves lots of colors, I used to fall into the trap of buying paints because I was sucked into the hype. Once I figured out HOW I like to paint, I can produce the paintings I imagined because I'm familiar with my palette and know which colors produce the desired effects. I think we all go through phases of wanting to experiment with a variety of materials. Once we've spent too much money on supplies we don't use, we get good at reading reviews and watching videos about the products we're attracted to, then consciously considering weather or not a product is worth spending our money on. Now I purchase most of my paints at the art supply recycle store where I often find expensive paints at a huge discount. Sometimes I really like them and I get excited about the savings, but for the most part I'm totally happy with my student grade Cottman and Van Gogh watercolors because I make art that I manipulate digitally and it doesn't matter if my work is archival. I have enough watercolor paints to last the rest of my life if I never buy another tube of paint - and I'm now happy to just paint.
@@jekalambert9412 I feel like unless we try them for ourselves, we’re not going to know if we like them or if they are for us in how we like to work. We can watch all the reviews all we want to, but unless we do experience them for ourselves, we just won’t know either way. It’s like seeing a haircut or a particular new article of clothing we think we love and then actually getting it and seeing it on us after we try it on for ourselves, that while it looks nice, it’s just not for us. Unfortunately, art supplies aren’t really a returnable item just because you don’t like them after they’re used.
16 дней назад
Ahoj, tady podobně postižený krajánek 🙃Ty věci co maluješ jsou super 👌Jinak, na téma nákupního syndromu bych už skoro mohl napsat knížku ☺ Naštěstí se mi ho nějak podařilo už z větší části přeprat. Ne úplně, pořád jsem tak trochu na úrovni kvartálního alkoholika, sem-tam se neuhlídám a nějakou barvičku "strašně nutně potřebuju" 🤷♂ Ale zdaleka už to není tak hrozný, jako dřív. Světlá stránka toho je, že teď nemusím žádné barvy kupovat tak cca. dalších dvěstě let - všeho mám dost a jestli v mezičase přijde třetí světová, tak moje malování rozhodně žádné zásobovací problémy neohrozí 😇 Jo a mmch: Burnt Sienna od ShinHanu není jen PR101. Je to ve skutečnosti mix PR101 a PY83, ale dá se to zjistit jen v korejském vzorníku (na jejich stránce se přepni z ENG do KOR, pokud jseš pigment nerd jako já a zajímá tě to), v tom "mezinárodním", ani na tubách to nepíšou, čert ví, co tím sledujou. Mají to takhle se spoustou barev, např. Raw Sienna, nebo Permanent red. Vysvětluje to např. ten atypický oranžový odstín u Burnt sienny (který mně osobně vyhovuje třeba, takže nenadávám, jen nechápu, proč s tím dělají takové tajnosti🤷♂).
to je zajimave o Burn Sienna. Mohla bych to byt chyba? V anglictine oni maji PR101 a v korejstine PR101+PY83. Schmincke Burn Sienna taky ma 2 pigmenta 😅
14 дней назад
@@AlexNik Jj, Schmincke taky :) U ShinHan je určitě lepší věřit tomu korejskému vzorníku. V některých barvách ty "utajené" přísady nejsou úplně lightfast, tak je dobré o nich aspoň vědět 😊 Např. "Permanent rose" - obsahuje BV11 (To je ta fugitive složka z Opera pink :)) Tak hlavně, že se to jmenuje "Permanent" 🤭
I have a couple of more colours from this line, so far I found one use case for the Kyanite Genuine - it contains tiny sparcling particles and looks like the light reflection on the snow in shaddow. Please, don’t be sad when you’re already wasted some money - try to experiment with what you have! maybe you’ll find a use case for that Tiger Eye =)
@@AlexNik You can try out 36 of the primatek colors by buying the mineral marvel dot cards. The dots are sized quite generously. Enough to do a mini painting. However it is worth noting that some of the mineral colors can be hard to activate once dry so if having trouble rewetting add just a tiny drop of water and let sit for a minute. Also there are Etsy sellers who sell samples of all Daniel Smith line by mini pan, quarter pan and half pan and it is a great inexpensive way to try before you buy a whole tube. A few of the primateks have very low tinting strength and need be mixed with care according to the tinting strength and value of the other mixing color. I hope this is helpful and saves someone money.
