Qor Mini Watercolor Set Review- Worth the $$?

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@susansacco7583 4 года назад

Thanks for this great review Irit. I love using my high chroma set with my other brands too. You always remind me to shop my stash and use great products that I’ve neglected. The Qor paints are beautiful.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed Susan!

@sandjune2753 2 года назад

One thing to consider with this paint as you may not be aware, this paint has a high light fastness, as this paint is used for paint restoration work ! So it is high quality and used to put layers on layers.

@lellemaris3731 4 года назад

Love the Nickel Azo Yellow! Very informative video, thank you! I love burnt umber with PG7, makes a great deep, stormy green. Also with Phtalo blue or violet - great stormy colours!

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing! I will definitely explore the color more!

@plove523 4 года назад

Good selection. A warm and cool primary set, secondary set, earth tones and my fave gray.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Yup, they picked a very nice and versatile selection!

@brookegillespie6486 4 года назад

I've been eyeing this set, thanks for the wonderful review!

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

You are so welcome!

@kelseywood1582 4 года назад

I bought the high chroma set and I love them! I am so glad you are enjoying them

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

I've had the chroma set for years, it's a lot of fun!

@nknana3 4 года назад

Great review! QoR is one of my favorite brands of paint....that and Daniel Smith. Thanks for sharing😊

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@FaerieDust 4 года назад

I just tried removing the silicone insert, had zero issues! It's in there quite firmly, but not glued in. With the silicone removed the tin holds two extra rows of six pans. That's a TINY footprint for a 24 pan set! Turns out my ideal travel palette was the one I already owned all along

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Haha that's great to know! I think I like the set up as it is but maybe one day I'll change my mind 🤷‍♀️

@FaerieDust 4 года назад

@@iritlandgraf I like knowing I have the option. I don't need such a compact set, nor do I need a set with that many paints right now, but it's probably the best ultra portable option I can think of right now. Most similarly sized mini palettes don't have the amount of mixing wells the QoR Mini has, even without the silicone.

@weekend_art Год назад

I remembered your comment when thinking about how I want to have compact palette with some full pans mixed with halfs - and this seems like a perfect option (in addition to desire to get more QOR colors :)) Thank you!

@malicemadden 4 года назад

I’ve loved this set, despite only using it a handful of times so far. Perfect travel palette.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

It's super cute!

@nilawarriorprincess 4 года назад

Thank you for reviewing this palette honestly. I've only seen it used on the QoR website so of course, they didn't offer any cons. I am in love with every single color especially the purple magenta & browns. I'm African-American & prefer portraits & the darker one fits my skin-tone perfectly. I was very sick for over a year & I purchased the 24 tube set on sale in order to encourage, reward & invest in myself. I was regretting that the purchase & wishing I'd purchased the mini (as I thought I'd be less nervous about using pans since they're easier to conserve) until I saw your review. Thank you for reassuring me that I made the best decision for me. I hate having a dirty palette, so I would have been driven close to madness due to the difficulty in cleaning it as well as the mini's inflexibility. I'm still super nervous about using such expensive paint, but I hope to find the courage to use them sooner than later.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Don't be nervous! Use them and enjoy them! Buy an empty palette with 24 empty pans and fill it with the paint 😃 beautiful and even expensive paint is meant for playing, otherwise it's not serving its purpose ❤️

@azzuparis 4 года назад

Thanks for this review, Irit. This is a very pretty palette

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

It really is!

@JORLA2854 4 года назад

Thanks for the review. About mixing burnt umber, you can add emerald Green or cobalt teal to make nice reallistic greens in your florals, perhaps?

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

That's a great idea!

@TinaGaspard 4 года назад

Every since I saw your video about how QoR reacts with other brands I’ve been obsessed with adding it in. I’ll never use QoR alone again!

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Haha I know, right? They need someone to bully in order to shine 😂

@trishgoudreau5082 4 года назад

Thanks for this review! I'm not sure if this is the palette for me based on the setup (I'm one of those people who likes to keep my palette pretty clean) but the vibrancy of the colors is beautiful! The idea of having a mixing surface between rows is also intriguing, I'd love to see how different brands might adopt that in the future.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@lindyashford7744 4 года назад

Really nice colour choices, a bit different from the average. I am a bit palette addicted, love tiny palettes, and this is calling me, just hope I see it on sale somewhere, I would like to experiment with using it alongside other w/c brands, and see what their potential is. I always love the design quality of the qor tins but most are too big, this one is so practical. Reminds me a bit of some of the daler rowney boxes of the early 80's, it is like the larger offspring of their iconic 6 half pan set, very hard to find but soooo tiny!

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

I'm with you there Lindy (in the palette addict circle ;) ) I hope you can grab it for a good price soon!

@rebeccapage4411 4 года назад

I love QoR, but it has a strong personality 🤣. The burnt umber sometimes goes cloudy on me, but with a little of the quin magenta or pyrrole orange, it's magic! While I would hesitate to hand a set with cadmium to a child, I reviewed 8 of their non toxic colors for the homeschool market when they first launched. Kids adore and do AMAZING art with the punchy, modern color. I prefer to premix a wash in the small, squat canning jars for little kids. The straight color was a huge hit with my teens. I've been wanting to get a chance to try this kit, and you answered my question: even in half pans it's potent enough to tint rinsewater. I found that challenging outdoors and with water brushes. Thanks for your review!

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Yes!! lol Rebecca they do have a strong personality, they are the bullies of watercolors ;) I'm not surprised they were a success with kids, my daughter LOVED them!

@theartisticactuary 3 года назад

With the burnt umber, (i) check out whether it makes good neutrals when mixed with the blues, and (ii) try it as an alternative to red for dampening down any greens that are a bit too GREEN. Might also be good in an autumn painting, adding an extra degree of freedom to any areas where you're variegating a Red/yellow/orange mix. Burnt umber is in my first choice squad of 12 but I admit I only tend to use it when the primaries can't do the job.

@iritlandgraf 3 года назад

Good tip!

@cindylabare960 3 года назад

Thank you for the review. I actually belong to ArtSnacks and we got that travel case but with 5or 6 tubes of Qor paints. Maybe I can somehow get the insert and some of the empty pan containers to put into the case. The colors that I received were also very vibrant too.

@iritlandgraf 3 года назад

Have fun playing!

@steffy2 4 года назад

great video! visited a big art store today and picked up qors 12 color introductory set , cant wait to try it out tbh , hope they arent too hard to rewet/ loose their shine too much (also picked up a pan of van goghs dusk violet ...such a gorgeous color )

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Enjoy all the goodies!

@steffy2 4 года назад

@@iritlandgraf thanks! ^^ already swatched em and they're all gorgeous, glad you recommended van goghs since without it I propably wouldn't have picked up the dusk violet!

@viviancattaneo1474 4 года назад

Thank you for your review on the QoR mini. They are nice paints. In the US they are also expensive. The mini box is about $60 US dollars at Blicks Art Supplies.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Thanks for the info!

@viccim4262 4 года назад

New subscriber..been binging all your awesome videos. Another great review👍🏻 Can I ask what brush you are using here?

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Welcome Vicci! Great to have you here! The brush is Jackson's Raven Quill 10/0, there's a link in the video's info section :)

@xenoncs2141 4 года назад

Great review ^^❤️ ✨

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Thank you 🤗

@Christine_R 4 года назад

Burnt Umber is always a palette staple for me. I use it to mute yellows and to mix it with Ultramarine Blue for darker greys. Sometimes I use it as a shadow color when it's watered down, depending on the painting I do.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Great tip! I will absolutely try it, I want to love it ;)

@Christine_R 4 года назад

@@iritlandgraf It always makes me happy to see a set that includes Burnt Umber. I kicked Yellow Ochre off of my palette because it looked really dull and lifeless to me and I can mix something similar with Burnt Umber. But it's really good for mixing greys. Mixed with Payne's Grey it can mix sepia colors and can look close to the darker shades of Raw Umber. I guess this would be also a great travel palette for myself. 😊

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

I never fell in love with yellow ochre, also fount it too anemic. Recently I added the Van gogh version which is quite bright and I'm enjoying it!

@Christine_R 4 года назад

@@iritlandgraf Maybe I should get a pan of it just to try it out. I used Quinacridone Gold a lot recently.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

You can try it, but I can't say it's something amazing, I just had it in my stash, I think it came with their muted colors palette so I thought I should get some use out of it... I don't think I would repurchase it since I have so many other yellows and earth tones I prefer. I used a lot of Quin gold, it's a lovley color, but seems like it was dethroned by nickel azo yellow lol

@jennw6809 2 года назад

I love the colors they selected except, as you noted, the Burnt Umber. I wish they'd included the Raw Umber, so many people rave about it! I never buy dried pans but.... this one is so appealing. Would love to know if you still enjoy it.

@iritlandgraf 2 года назад

I do. It's probably not the best fit for me because I do prefer other pigments, but it's a very fun little set

@alicem1111 4 года назад

My favorite watercolor artist uses burnt umber + ultramarine blue instead of the janes grey mix- it’s beautiful. I bet you could use it up quickly that way. I can’t decide on this set or buying one of their introductory tube sets. How well do the tube paints rewet in your experience?

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Thanks Alice! Seems like a lot of people like that combo of burnt umber and ultramarine blue, I will definitely play with it! The tube paints rewet really well ❤️

@reneaclark7689 4 года назад

My favorite yellow is nickel azo yellow too. Now I need to try QORs version. I just got the high chroma set and it has quin gold in it. Which is also lovely, but I need that yellow man!

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

I love Nickel Azo too, it's so lovely!

@reneaclark7689 4 года назад

It has the best range. I use it as my primary mixing yellow.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Me too!

@hannahthufvesson 4 года назад

QoRs behaves weirdly on some papers, just so you know. I tried it on Saunders Waterford paper, not their loose sheets (which are great and very different) but their 300 gsm CP in a spiral bound pad and the QoR PY 150 completely died on it. Though that paper makes many colors dull. Still, wanted you to know. 😊

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Thanks for the info!

@nickelazoyellow7360 4 года назад

Yes, it absolutely is worth every penny!

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Haha you might be biased nickleazoyellow 😂😂

@hearterin294 4 года назад

Love the QOR paint intensity. Seems like it's just about the opposite of your dusty hazy summer colours. Maybe something to take out when you need a nice pop of colour. I'm wondering what brush you used in this video. It's so lovely. I want one, too!!

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Haha you're right, although I do have my staple brights in my summer palettes :) The brush is the Jackson's raven quill, I rave about it all the time, I use it every single day, it's a work horse! Surprisingly I use the 2 smallest sizes the most. I added a link in the info section :)

@hearterin294 4 года назад

Irit Landgraf, Thank you! I’m going to be diving into granulating colours, so I’ll have a long distance shopping trip to Jackson’s for a mish mash of colours, as well as a couple Da Vinci colours from the USA. I really really want their violet iron oxide!! I’m thinking of trying out their cobalt violet as well. I have that colour from White Nights, but it is way bluer than yours, and I’d like to try that granulating pink.

@hearterin294 4 года назад

Irit Landgraf, oh yes! I actually have one of these brushes. It’s the biggest one they carry, and it’s so so juicy. Yep, I’m going to get the smaller version.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Oh have fun shopping! Granulating colors are magic!

@kristyjoyschoyen1421 4 года назад

Do you think the silicone square surfaces are for putting a bloop of tube paint? Could it perhaps be there to customize your travel palette somewhat?

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

I think you could do that, but I don't believe that was the intention...

@ultramarinetoo 4 года назад

Thanks, very helpful. Will keep my eyes out for a sale, as it is quite pricey.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@xenoncs2141 4 года назад

Yeeee never been so early ♥️✨

@lornaelizabeth8478 4 года назад

I hope I am keeping on subject but I am looking for a quality pan set with very bright colors. In your opinion (which I highly value) what would you recommend for me to purchase if I’m looking for a quality pan set, well-priced, with the brightest colors (I know I can get a “bright”set since I have the Jane Davenport and the prima) and I have Daniel Smith tubes but I didn’t know if I was missing out and since I love Golden acrylics I didn’t know if I should invest in the Qor. What are the brightest, most intensely colored pan watercolors that you have used and recommend? Sorry for the long post-thank you for your awesome videos!

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed! As for the bright colors, it's not so much the brand as it is the pigments themselves. Some are more vibrant than others. Colors like Quinacridone magenta or rose tend to be bright, Opera pink or Opera rose, Schmincke has a few with the word Brilliant in the name that are super bright, the Hansa yellows and Cadmiums are brighter than the ochres, so it's really a single formula. As a stand alone pan set, this one has a selection of very intense colors, they are not necessarily always very saturated, sometimes the color is very muted, like the grey, but still intense and pigmented. The Mijello gold paints tent to be very intense, maybe looks at those as well. Hope this helps!

@michemman 3 года назад

I recommend the TUBES of Qor introductory set or high chroma set of 12 each of 5mls. The manufacturers say they have the brightest mixes due to the aquasol, and on Jane Blundell's webpage on colour comparisons, Qor comes out brightest. Someone else said the pans have a colour shift. So why not buy the tubes and put them into pans yourself? They are tricky though as they bleed into one another, take over and flow a lot on certain papers, particularly wet in wet, damp in wet. So they are great for abstract backgrounds, and if you like highly pigmented colour that DOES NOT behave itself. I buy these paints for flow, rather than high chroma pigment, as I like the effects with just two colour mixes with Qor and other paints which is a very unique quality.

@chanelcreadora6570 4 года назад

From what I’m seeing with your swatches and the experience I’ve had with QoR for the past 2 years, I’ve come to the theory that their pan paint and tube paint behave MUCH differently. There is a more extreme drying shift with your pan paints than I experience with my tube paint. There is basically ZERO drying shift with the tube paints. The pans are comparable to the drying shift of most other brands of watercolors.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

I didn't really notice such differences, but now that you've mentioned it, maybe I should put them to the test, head to head 🤔

@jennw6809 2 года назад

Thank you, this is very helpful to know!

@alexandrag89 2 года назад

English is not my first language. What does drying shift mean?

@chanelcreadora6570 2 года назад

@@alexandrag89 specifically to watercolor, watercolor often fades in intensity or saturation as it dries. QoR tube paint doesn’t fade as much as their pan paint. Meaning. Tube paint has LESS of a DRYING SHIFT than compared to the pan paints which have MORE of a DRYING SHIFT. I hope that helps clarify some things.

@alexandrag89 2 года назад

@@chanelcreadora6570 yes it does thanks alot :)

@fuzzydragons 4 года назад

soo much money lol but does look like a nice set, maybe grab it if I ever went back to Canada since its almost half the price there then it is here in the UK

@susan_brehm_art 4 года назад

Thank you! Now I really want this set lol. I think the pan will bug me, but it’s a good set for me to start with. Since I’m in the US it is much cheaper, about $60 from Dick Blick online.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Yes, that's not so far from the price I got it, here in Europe, so a good deal makes a big difference!

@paulage1art 4 года назад

I got the Qor travel palette from Jerry’s Artarama - I think it was a couple of years ago for a sale price of like $16.99!!!! Cant figure out why they made that strange palette that you can’t easily clean! I think I’ll take out the insides and reconfigure it!

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

That's a ridiculous price, you got a great deal 👍👍

@paulage1art 4 года назад

Irit Landgraf It was such a great price, that I bought the last two! Unfortunately, I had paid full price and shipping for one before I got the other two!

@michemman 3 года назад

Hello Irit, My QUESTION FOR TESTING Could you tell me if these Qor paints in pans flow less than Qor tube colours? Eg Paynes Grey is a good one to test it out with, as it comes in the introductory tube set of 5ml ones....and in tube this colour has huge flow, half way across the page on a wet surface. By the looks of your sample art, the pans look to have less flow. Again it varies across papers, and how wet the surface is. The aquasol in Qor tubes works magically down a tilted page, and up into colours and takes them over! This would be a deciding factor to buy this set or not for me, as here they are very expensive.... In kindred spirit, Eliza in Sydney, Australia

@iritlandgraf 3 года назад

Hi Eliza! I will do my best to check, I don't have the introductiory set but I think the vibrant set has some of the same colors.

@michemman 3 года назад

@@iritlandgraf Thanks Irit, no hurry.....yes some of them double up.

@sueallen952 4 года назад

£64 in UK!!!!!!!! Never could afford this but love your videos. At 13.15 the palette was different the word qor wasn't on the mixing part and the palette was totally new, did I miss something?

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Lol the video was edited so the footage you mean was probably from right after opening the palette. The word Qor is there, its just hard to see without paint.

@YukirioAme 4 года назад

Where Qor has their own unique binder for their tubes have you experienced the binder separating inside the tubes and does the paint usually dry inside the palette pretty cleanly? If that makes any sense, or does it dry with cracks or a tacky/runny look that might cause trouble if you were to travel with them?

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

I only had one dud of a tube from Qor and it was their Cobalt violet. The rest are great, the paint dries nicely without cracks and is very easy to rewet.

@hearterin294 4 года назад

I have three QOR tubes: bismuth vanadate yellow, cobalt teal and permanent scarlet. Both the teal and the scarlet came out of the tubes like a dream, and they dried in my palette quite nicely. No cracking, not tacky, rewets so well. The yellow is another story. It separated heavily from the binder, was very gooey when I remixed it in my palette, and stayed tacky/sticky weeks later, almost like you would expect from a honey-based watercolour. It still rewets so easily, and has a richness of pigment that I worried about, given the amount of binder. Once it has fully set up, I can tip and tilt my travel palette all ways, and it has stayed put in the well. Anyway, I think that this might not be the norm, since I got these tubes on heavy clearance from the local art store because they were trying to get rid of those lingering paints that they weren't planning on carrying anymore. I don't know for how long this odd duck yellow may have been sitting unused. Given the beautiful properties of the teal and scarlet, I would easily buy more QOR paints if I can find them on deep discount (these only cost $15 per tube, which still sounds so high......). Hope this was helpful.

@YukirioAme 4 года назад

Thank you both. I was considering that once I run out of some of my grumbacher tubes, with will probably happen pretty soon, I was thinking about which tubes to get and try using. I have used the winsor and newton but where I live a 5 ml tube costs close to 15 dollars each, and the three that I have work pretty well but they have been cracking in their pans and with amazon raising their rates it ends up costing quite a bit here. So I was looking for a brand with similar colors and at a good price. I have a set of the 36 white knights but it is hard to travel with, but they have very bright colors which I like, particularly yellows and blues, and qor seemed to produce some very bright ones as well. So I may try them out once I put the last squirt of two of my tubes into their pans. Also do you know if they life or later pretty easily and how bad do the colors tend to stain?

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Lifting and staining really depends on the pigment, brands always rate their paints, so best is to check their websites and choose colors and pigments according to your personal preferences.

@YukirioAme 4 года назад

@@iritlandgraf I just now noticed that the autocorrect changed layer to later and such. But thank you, I will need to check their website to see their range and see how expensive it may be to get it here.

@weekend_art Год назад

So it arrived and I immediately took out the silicone - now I know it fits 27 half pans 8) Also I learned that QOR launched 4 other palettes with 6 half pans plus 6 empty slots - so I’m guessing they will start selling pans now

@iritlandgraf Год назад

Great info, thanks!

@Foghorn-tr1je 4 года назад

It’s expensive in the US too.

@iritlandgraf 4 года назад

Yup, seem they expensive everywhere, their sets are the best value :)

@PinkpantherLVdragon 6 месяцев назад

Qor not like any other brand. Besides excellent quality and finely ground pigment, the binder is like no other. Clear not yellow, polymer & longer lasting, acid free, stronger adhesive, flexible not brittle, promotes flow, etc. Gum Arabic is none of those things. You can buy a bottle of QoR medium ( Aquazol) and use it with other brands. If you do, you will see that the saturation of their color increases, and there is a reduced loss of % of color intensity between wet and dry, because the stronger binder prevents a large amount of pigment particles sinking into the paper fibers. QoR easily reactivates with water so you can make your own miniature palette with tube paints if the QoR minis are too expensive. The QoR minis are an adorable luxury.

@iritlandgraf 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing!