I just bought this set without doing any research (very unlike me) and so came to YT to look up the set afterwards. I'm ashamed to say I didn't even know who Jean Haines was, but the whole time I was watching I was asking myself "How cute is she?!?" This is probably my single greatest non-remorseful impulse buy ever.
I could listen to Jean talk about watercolors for hours, and watching her paint is absolutely fascinating. I am only missing a few colors from this set. Aussie Red Gold is truly stunning! I am determined to try it by this weekend!
This promotion is a little bit misleading if people think they are going to get the normal 15ml tubes like you have in your hand - they are teeny weeny 5ml tubes! Thanks for the demo though, I received this set in error when I ordered the Essential DS set for mixing. I was wondering what I could do with them!
Great colour choice and very tempted to get the set. Please note that the tubes in this set are only 5ml while the tubes she uses in this video are 15ml.
I'm glad I saw this. I just started painting again. I put it on hold before I lost my husband to Alzheimer's and severe dementia. These colors are stunning.
So glad you chose to share your colour set.. I haven’t been motivated to buy a masters collection before; but these colours just make sense to me~ they are just gorgeous. As you suggested; choose your favourite pair of colours..and I found it impossible..which is why it wasn’t a question when it came to buying the whole divine set ✨
I am just beginning watercolor, and just got this set of paints. I am so jazzed to begin, and want to make my own color-mixing chart with them! I am truly excited! Thank you, Jean!
These are beautiful colors, and one thing about the Aussie Red Gold is that on a good paper like Arches, it tints out to yellow. Unfortunately, the Opera Pink is very fugitive and for that reason, I wouldn’t use it. I think there are better alternatives in the Quinacridone ranges. For me, this collection lacks a few earth tones, but I am guessing that this woman does mostly botanicals. I do mostly figures so not strange that I use a different range of colors.
I love the colours she chose! They’re beautiful😍 I was also incredibly delighted to see the 15ml tubes that she was demonstrating (but I did fleetingly wonder how they were able to fit into the packaging she had on her desk) So I decided to purchase them from Amazon😀 My disappointment, after reviewing my order, was quick when I realized that in reality that the tubes came in 5ml tubes. I checked the box on her desk and it did read 5ml. Regretfully I decided not to order them at this point.😕
Well.. besides the BIG 5ml description on the box at 11:30.... Didn't the price tell you all you needed to know?!? Did you REALLY Daniel Smith was giving you (10) 15ml tubes for $50 when each of those tubes retails between $12-16 EACH !!
I've recently returned to watercolor (long, long story) and bought my first watercolor book. Imagine my surprise when I realized that this lady is the author! Inspired!
Thank you so much for your video..especially the part where you put dots of pigment at the top of a paper , make a long water mark …and paint a sample of what the color looks like from its deepest color out to a very pale shade. It’s the best tutorial I have seen, as I’ve returned to watercolor painting after many years. I never thought of doing it, but it really allows you to see and experience the pigments as they,flow onto the paper through the water. The final result is often very surprising!
Hello Jean! I am new to watercolor painting, but I want to seriously master this wonderful hobby. Now, just today I ordered your master set of paints from Amazon, and then I came across this video with your review. So now I am very pleased that I made the right choice.
Trying out this set and I’m really excited about these colors. Question is the palette i put them in holds twelve colors what two colors would you add to your ten I would really like to carry with your choices and not mine as I am very thankful for your palette of colors. ❤❤❤
*I have this set !!!! WORD OF WARNING!!!!* The set includes Opera Pink. This is a fugitive color. There is a fluorescent additive in it to give it that beautiful, vibrant shade. This color will FADE VERY BADLY over time. Especially true if the painting is exposed to direct sunlight. Be careful when you paint with this pink. Moonglow is fugitive, too.
A sparkling collection! I have all but the lunar blue. I'll have to try that one. What about the Perelynes? I am really liking those right now too - Thanks for the inspiring demo!
Beautiful colors but difficult to see with the angle of the camera. The overhead view was better but too far away. I was disappointed not to be able to see better. I would have loved to see a couple of finished paintings using the colors also.
Well, when you become a successful artist maybe you can take your time, efforts and talent and do a better video and if that day ever comes and your efforts aren't up to everyone's standards, hopefully those people will react more gratefully and graciously towards you.
Wish there was Mayan dark blue instead of one of the greens. Why doesn’t Daniel Smith do a 12 pack as it would make it more balanced with an extra blue?
Jean, I am so inspired by your excitement over the vibrance of watercolor paint. I am new to watercolor and I absolutely love the bright electrifying colors in your Daniel Smith master set. I didn't know what a beautiful color Imperial Purple was. I feel that Daniel Smith's watercolor paints have the most depth and color and a little goes a long way.
Hi there. You've closed off comments on your Artists in Studio videos so I had to come here to say, "THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for all the Artists in Studio videos!!" I've always loved your company and your products and now I have yet another reason to be grateful for the care and consideration you take especially at a time like now. Anyway, please consider having comments open on those videos as we'd certainly love to be appreciative." All best to all of your team in Seattle!
Thank you so much for calling our attention and finding a way to reach out. We already edited the video settings of Artists in Studio with comments allowed now.
@@kitse_xiii8334 No actually, it matters because your painting will have sections of dirty mucky brown in it not long after it is painted regardless of where you keep it and so why paint it in the first place!! you'll have a painting with lovely sections in it and then this muck.Even if you mix it into something it will still fall out of it.
@@lisamessina5952 Providing you were told about the fugitive properties of Opera Pink, I guess you cannot complain. Here is a link to a most useful website. Best to test paints oneself ( as that site recommends ). www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/waterfs.html
I had the same question, she must know how fugitive it is. Does putting the artwork under a UV-protected glass help keep the colours vibrant, I wonder?
@@Bees123Knees I don't think so...I think the BV part of the pigment fades any way. (I could be wrong, but I still wouldn't use it in professional artwork!)
Rori Rants different artists have different needs and different priorities and that’s why there’s all these different paint in the world. She might scan and print her art so the lightfastness of the original piece doesn’t matter, she could personally prioritize the brightness of the piece over the lightfastness, maybe she just likes highlighter pink, but contrary to what people say there’s no like hard set rules on what an artist can and will use. Different artist have different purpose, hell what is even standard and “professional” about the rest of the set? Not to mention that when opera rose fades its not like it turns into Brown or something, it just kinda fades back into a more normal standard pr122 color so especially for personal use there really is no harm in using it over a more typical Quinnacridone color
Many professional artists use Opera Pink (which I'm guessing is what you are being affronted over). If it's not for you, it's not for you. I follow many professional watercolor artists and many of them use and love opera pink. Unless you think your work needs to last a hundred years I wouldn't worry too much about it.
Thanks for your inspiring and informative videos. Thanks too for World of Watercolour - reignited my passion for watercolor. I had been looking for an artist that uses a loose style - thanks so much!
Well every artist has their preferences, I buy lightfast and enjoy many from DS but not ones that will fade. Too many in this group are not of the highest lightfast rating, no offense but other pigments will work even better and save money within the DS brand😊
Hi Jean Are you able to give a list of DS watercolours that are lightfast but good for the basic set so with a cool and warm basics please? Unless you have a video already ? Thank you … will appreciate a lot ❤
It would be kind of you to offer to interview all of the artists that have Master Sets so there is some continuity in how the Sets are presented in video. I cannot image that anyone has done a better job at it than you.
Absolutely shocking that this lady is advocating the use of Opera Pink which is highly fugitive, a fact that DS admits.Use that stuff and it will be faded off your 'masterpiece' in no time regardless of where you keep it.No artist of any repute uses this stuff.
People have tested Opera Pink swatches in the sun themselves rather than relying on the provided lightfast grading. It does depend on brand, but actually certain Opera Pinks (like W&N) have been found to be more lightfast than the supposedly ‘more lightfast’ Aureolin or even Hansa Yellow Light. I was against using Opera Pink until I saw those multiple tests by several people with the same result, now I’ve added it to my palette.
@@deathcraze22 Well firstly I will say that I have no wish to get into the merits or otherwise of this paint.If you want to use it go ahead, everyone to their own and the great thing is that if you yourself have tested it and happy, then that is all that counts.If you make a painting and the colour sinks out of it, you get to deal with it just as if you sell a painting with it.Robert Wade described it as a fluorescent pigment and to be avoided at all costs.As he said, if you sell a dog of a painting it will come back to bite you.Using it to me is like learning to make a chair in woodwork class and putting legs of balsa wood on it.I mean why bother? What I will say though is that firstly I am referring to the Opera Rose being plugged by Daniel Smith and recommended by Ms Haines.Daniel Smith themselves warn that it is fugitive so why would any reputable artist attach their name to something like that and Ms Haines is doing just that??? There is a lot more that can be said here, none of it good, so let me move on.Secondly, with reference to the W&N brand, which they claim is PR122, the Handprint site doesn't even rate the lightfastness of their version it is so bad and when you visit the website of both W&N and indeed Jacksons Art Supplies there is no information regarding the lightfastness on it.I may be wrong but even Holbein class it and a few others as only being fit for poster paint.PR122 can be paints such as Quinacridone Magenta but these are highly lightfastness, Opera never was.Thirdly, the original Aureolin as in the pigment PY40 was never considered lightfast by anyone.M.Graham makes a paint he calls Azo Yellow and in brackets Aureolin but this is PY151, totally different pigment and I suspect being called Aureolin along with Azo Yellow as an offering to those looking for Aureolin but there are loads of alternatives.No serious watercolorist ever used Aureolin made with PY40.Hansa Yellow Light as in PY3 is just too dodgy to be sure of.There are some manufacturers who produce a light fast ish version including Daniel Smith but again it's buyer beware.So again, no disrespect or wish to get into an argument but comparing the lightfastness of any pigment to something like Aureolin is not a good testament.There are a number of artists out there who use questionable pigments in their tuition and there are reasons for that which we won't bother ourselves with here.I wish you well.
@@Returntolove123 I'm only starting to learn about pigments and even I was surprised that Haines was shilling Opera Pink. Maybe Daniel Smith is stuck with massive amounts of the pigment in his inventory and he gave Haines her own signature line of paints provided she include Opera Pink? I bet he moved a helluva lot of Opera just with this promotional piece. I didn't think she really gushed about the colour the way she did about the others. Yep, I think it was a contractual obligation. HA! I have no idea what I'm talking about but Haines including it just seems kinda hinky to me.
lol sorry but how can you be shocked that she likes yet another color sure to fail when she (from yours && others comments) used sleeping beauty that failed? seems it would be par rather than shocking. i will steer clear of her suggestions from now on, just a waste of time to watch them. happy painting larry!
@@deathcraze22 My problem with all of that is that Ms Haines really flogged that colour to the hilt and now people have been caught with useless tubes of it not to mention possible dodgy paintings either given as presents or worse, sold.
@@Returntolove123 i absolutely love crystals & minerals so when i saw that ds had the primatek series i vowed to own them all, didn't work out that way. too many do not hold to the actual color of the stone or as in sleeping beauty (the palest & most expensive of all turquoise) it just went dead. turquoise is an odd stone in that the rough stone is very pale & drab until wet or polished so a wc from it was hopeless from the start. i bought the primatek set to start & since then i have only added the green apatite. sad but ds has other much better colors overall than the primatek series. i also think sleeping beauty as a stone is overrated too, i love the deeper multi-colored turquoises so much better.
A legit concern, but you'd have to pry y SB Turquoise from my cold dead hands. Not everyone who receives a painting as a gift (or even buys one) expects the painting to look exactly the same for 100 years or even 5. Some artists gift and sell their work with the disclaimer that it likely WILL change or fade over time, and if that is not desired then UV-blocking glass over the painting can slow that process down. Most everything else in life develops the patina of time, given enough time, including humans themselves and their possessions! This idea that art "should" be immune from that, that it's "dodgy" unless the artist creates only art that is "freeze-dried" in time, is I hope an idea that (pun intended) is in the process of fading.
