Roman Szmal Aquarius Watercolour Set | Review + Swatches

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Hi Everyone, Jackson's Art kindly reached out and asked if I would like to review Roman Szmal Aquarious Watercolours, which of course I said yes to. Aquarious watercolours have been mentioned quite a bit amongst watercolour enthusiasts, and so I was excited to try them out and share with you my thoughts! :)
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@kellywilson2147 4 года назад

@aloyna's watercolour creations After reading through the comments I have a question. If you're so offended by what you call DS dupes why are you buying more RS colors thereby supporting a company you have basically accused of stealing? I have almost all of the DS colors, with the exception of the Interference colors, as well as RS and I find them both to be lovely paints. Our artist community should be building each other up rather than going after others! I believe RS is a great and affordable brand for these who want artist paints but can't afford DS. And for the record, DS is my favorite brand of watercolors.

@miosznosiadek4920 4 года назад

Aquarius Green by RS, is similar to Undersea Green by DS, but inly in masstone. Significiant is for some artist paint is similar to Cascade Green. Cascade and Undersea are quite different shades, aren't they?:) Paint behave quite different, there are not aggressive separation like in DS, more water you use, more differences you see. The same with Przybysz's Grey, intesity of that shade is unbeatable and there is no aggressive separation like in Moonglow. Check it in sunlight ;) Btw. Are Wisteria or Lavenda by DS dupes of Holbein's shades? :P It is impossible not to manufacture new shades, which are not similar to existing ones.

@AlyonasWatercolourCreations 4 года назад

Miłosz Nosiadek Everyone is entitled to their opinion.... :) Firstly what has Cascade Green to do with this? I confused the name and made it clear there and then. Back to the point, the fact is these are not just some colours, they are the signature colours of Daniel Smith, also that they are a specific mix of pigments. As I have demonstrated these are straight up dupes, and not just “slightly” similar. Companies and Artist need to respect the pioneering creators. And whilst it is ok to be inspired by them it is certainly NOT ok to produce a copy and profit from it. :) And that’s just my humble opinion.

@miosznosiadek4920 4 года назад

@@AlyonasWatercolourCreations I my humble opinion these two (Aquarius Green and Przybysz's Grey) paints are not copies. Shade is not only a factor of paint, others, like mixing potential, flowing ability, speed of granulation, undertone are also important. You ordered more RS paints, please check them carefully and give us your verdict. Significient, for many artists - Mineral Violet is similar to Imperial Violet, for others is similar to Rose of Ultramarine. Sometimes eyes see, what they want to see, if they are looking only for similarity, they might not see differencies. In one of comments below, I've read Aussie Red Gold was originally created by Art Spectrum. I haven't heard, it is a dupe of Australian Red Gold - they even use the same Pigment - no wonder - DS use same pigments in mentioned before Lavender or Wisteria. Holbein was first, then DS, VanGogh, Rembrandt and others. Are they dupes? I haven't heard that word from you. Does DS make profit by selling these colors? Roman Szmal at least change pigments content and make his Lavenda more blue. Shadow Violet by RS is name only related to DS, and You shouldn't call monopigment paints dupes, like in Hematite Violet Shade. In that case, almoast all paints on the world are dupes, aren't they? Btw. Caput Mortuum by RS is also similar to Hematite Violet Genuine by DS, which one of these is a dupe? In my opinion, as a proffesional painter, the more companies will manufacture more shades, the better for us. Prevoiusly, I was using paints from different manufacturers: mainly DS, W&N, white nights, Schmincke , some Holbein and Senelier. Now, I completly rely on Aquarius paints, not only becouse of low price and good availability. I love granulation and separation, I enjoy wide selection of "earth pigment" line and mainly becouse of their easy rewetting abilities. I bet that there are some painters here that used other brands and changed their mind and started using Roman Szmal's :) they can say what they think :)

@i753lf 3 года назад

@@miosznosiadek4920 all of them is dupe of Caput Mortuum Vitrioli 🤣 or (haematite iron oxide) early form or side form of copperas process of Venetian red. Known from XVII XVIII cc. (iron surik) classic pigment. It was pretty interesting reading for me. Thank you. p.s. "caput mortuum" also mean "worthless remain" shadow violet also has Mijello gold (pg7 + pr122)

@OhJodi69 4 года назад

If any paint company wanted to keep their specific color name and/or formulation proprietary, they can apply for trademarks and patents, including worldwide. Coca-Cola/Coke has the worldwide trademark and patent on their name, and their secret cola recipe. There are thousands of colas in the world, but none can call themselves Coca-Cola/Coke, or use the recipe (which would have to be stolen). Winsor & Newton is the sole manufacturer of the Rose Madder pigment (PR9). They do not need a trademark, because they have the only "genuine". Their paints are "Rose Madder Genuine". Other paint companies have various rose madders (permanent, hue, etc). DS had their own Rose Madder Genuine until a few years ago, when they stopped producing the genuine. I don't know if they were making their own PR9, but the process is very long, expensive, and intensive. They may have been buying PR9 from WN. If any paint company has not trademarked or patented a paint name or formulation, it's because they did not want to, or their application failed because the name/formulation was not unique.

@mydogeatspuke 3 года назад

Daniel Smith weren't the "pioneers of those colours" lol. These pigments have existed and interacted with each other for centuries. That Daniel Smith decided as a company to package a combination as a convenience colour doesn't mean that they invented the colour or the interaction. Greys mixed using blues, greens, reds and violets, and greens using blues and yellows did in fact exist before Daniel Smith stuck a hefty price tag on a marketable name. Daniel Smith did not invent colour theory. Something not having been *packaged and sold* before doesn't mean it hasn't been *created* before. It may be worth considering what "literally exactly the same" means, too, because your personal interpretation of it differs dramatically from the established definition.

@Hevva67 2 года назад

Totally agree! She’s so funny………

@vanessaboman8143 2 года назад

What's the issue with DS and RS? The results might be the same but RS used a different colour so they haven't stolen anything from DS, who, though great, are way way way over priced. It's great to see the colours at affordable prices. The Primatek by DS are way overpriced and NOT genuine at all in most cases it seems from independent researchers, so they rip artists off by false advertising, so what's good for the goose is good for the gander! RS colours here are beautiful and I will look on open stock for the ones I like. Thankyou for doing this video.

@CLOUDSINTHEKITCHEN 3 года назад

You say RS aquarius green is a copy of DS Undersea and I have and work with both but they dont really behave the same way.

@KimberlyCrick 4 года назад

Luckily for anyone looking for pretty much the same set, jackson's has the beginner set of 5 that is almost identical. They swapped the red out for a similar one though, instead of the azo red it's aquarius red PR214. They are such lovely paints :D

@AlyonasWatercolourCreations 4 года назад

The only 2 colours that are the same in the Starter Set that I have also linked are: Lemon Yellow and Aquarius Green. The other three although may look similar at first glance are different: Aquarious Red instead of Azo Red; Ultramarine Light instead of French Ultramarine; and finally Caput Mortuum instead of the Hematite [Violet Shade].

@Hevva67 2 года назад

To be fair Undersea Green is only a name, it’s not a known colour.. like Prussian Blue. The Aquarius paint is not using the same pigment, so they’re very much entitled to call it Aquarius Green….

@jillwiswall5386 4 года назад

What you’re seeing on the paint is wax resist from the waxed paper liner and should rub off after a few uses.

@AlyonasWatercolourCreations 4 года назад

That's good to know! :)

@jakubwiktorkowalewski6918 4 года назад

Aqiarius have many interesting and amazing colors, granulating and disintegrating into colored pigment particles: 334 Mineral violet, 336 Shadow violet, 344 Ocean blue, 340 Cobalt turquoise, 346 Aquarius green, 401 Przybysz's grey, 247 Aquarius black

@AlyonasWatercolourCreations 4 года назад

Majority of which seems to be DS dupes, apart from a few! :)

@jakubwiktorkowalewski6918 4 года назад

@@AlyonasWatercolourCreations but they are cheap and more easily available in Poland ;)

@i753lf 4 года назад

@@AlyonasWatercolourCreations who cares? And linden honey better than corn syrup :) p.s. in your logic DS can't do watercolor at all, and pack them in tubes, because Winsor and Newton is pioneer :)

@zefugainspe 4 года назад

The way to pronounce Przybysz is more or less pshybysh :-) And Szmal is shmal:-)

@monikawiedmann8594 3 года назад

A polish boy in my class pronounces sz as a sharp s.

@monikawiedmann8594 3 года назад

Admittedly a the end of his name, it might be different in that position. thanks for trying to clarify though!

@The_saltysalmon 3 года назад

You were preaching DS so much on those days and now after all the controversies with the brand you threw them away like old cheese in the back of the fridge🤣🤣🤣

@viridian4388 2 года назад

Horrible attitude aside regarding similar colours, thanks for the swatches. You betcha I'll be going for the cheaper, and more affordable brand! Actually, now I'll go out of my way to avoid DS because of your attitude about them. Supporting the older, more established European brands is probably better for us anyway.

@sigrunella1 4 года назад

I love the beautiful granulation of Roman Szmals French Ultramarine. If you are thinking of trying more interesting colours I would also recommend Naples Yellow Deep, Pyrrole Rubine, Nickel Titanate Yellow, Shadow Violet, Ocean Blue, Caput Mortum and Cyprus Burnt Umber. Many of the earth tones have interesting granulation and I found the first 4 colours I mentioned to be wonderful mixing colours as well as being beautiful on their own.

@AlyonasWatercolourCreations 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing! I have ordered 12 more colours last night, picked those that looked unique, fingers crossed! :)

@cindyhorton6980 4 года назад

Yes! I looked after I texted you and no matter which color you look at, it just says "good" no matter the number they give it!

@annelouise4639 4 года назад

I got the fabulous Polish artist, Kris Kowalski's, special Aquarius set from Jackson's last month. Gorgeous colours! I also pounced on the Aquarius starter set too, as they were both on special at the time. One thing I've noticed is that the pans flip out of the cardboard box too easily. Fortunately, they fit perfectly into a Meeden metal watercolour palette which keeps them firmly in place. ☺

@onnevankenobe Год назад

Great for beginners? These are artist grade watercolors, not student.

@sunnycharacter 2 года назад

I think that resistance is just the ox gall and honey.

@anjakritzelkram5544 4 года назад

Found a german seller that offers these watercolors. I really want to try them but I still can‘t decide if I should pick up a ready made set or chose colors of my own. Their unique colors it‘s what keeps me most interesting in their range. What colors did you pick up?

@AlyonasWatercolourCreations 4 года назад

I don’t remember all the names out of the top of my head now but will be filming a video this week swatching all of them out so will be out probably Mon or Tue if you want to wait and see before purchasing. :)

@anjakritzelkram5544 4 года назад

Yeah, thanks! Oto Kano has a series swatching the full range and both, your and her videos will be very helpful to decide which colors to pick. Unfortunately, the seller doesn‘t offer the 36 wooden box so I might end up getting a 12 color set which fits best and add some more colors of my taste. I really like the look of their pinks and violets and turquoise colors ...

@AlyonasWatercolourCreations 4 года назад

Anja Kritzelkram I ordere one or two of their pinks and also that bright delicious cobalt teal. :)

@assuntakoay2035 4 года назад

Anja Kritzelkra

@kathleenfarrell7051 4 года назад

Hi anja. Can you remember the name of the German seller?

@kamalitarajagopalan2671 3 года назад

If I already have a pyrrol red and pyrrol rubine from roman szmal, do I also need the azo red?

@AlyonasWatercolourCreations 3 года назад

I don’t have either of those so wouldn’t be able to comment. :)

@cindyhorton6980 4 года назад

Did you happen to see any info on light-fastness for those paints?

@AlyonasWatercolourCreations 4 года назад

Nope, that's the other thing, the lightfastness info seems to be stated on the individual full pans which I only noticed later on. Having checked the pigment info on Jackson's it also seems most of the colours are stated as staining. Need to look more into this! :)

@mobydickii8407 4 года назад

Hello from Canada! Thank you for your video. I love Roman Szmal paints. I am waiting for a new set and it is taking a long time. They are all Lightfast or Very Lightfast (7 or 8 on the Blue Wool Scale). This is informations that is on their printed color chart. All the informations you want to know is there. If you like the Hematite, you will love Caput Mortuum which is also PR102 and separating more than Hematite in my opinion. Van Dick Brown, NBr8, granulates like crazy. Other nice separating color are Ocean Blue PBr24/PB15:3, Shadow Violet PG50/PB29/PV19 (not the same color as Daniel Smith) and the Olive Greens. Personally, I don't mind that they have colors that look similar. They do not have the same composition.

@studioarttess7406 4 года назад

Maybe you will show us your watercolor painting ?

@AmyLouiseArt 4 года назад

A lovely and very informative review Alyona!

@scooterkev6978 3 года назад

Yeah after seeing your review i plumped for 6 white nights instead for same price approx. I wanted a more transparent ltd palette and it seemed more fun to pick my own. So not done anything but swatch and mixes with them yet but seem to give a broad range of colours. I got aurilion ..golden(should have got deep!) Ruby..perylene violet..ultramarine...burnt umber. And yes earth colours are not fantastic in white nights,but i wanted it in there. Overall i would say this brand for price/quality are fantastic. Tho look at the pigments not colour description. Aurilion was nickle azo yellow which is what i wanted...a really good work horse yellow.

@brklynbrn6033 4 года назад

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@alexandrahrincu 4 года назад

I do agree with you that it's not ethical to dupe other brands, but at the end of the day, DS is not accessible to all. For a lot of counties in East Europe, for example, is very hard to order such paints (Jackson's ships from UK and Sweden to said countries, but the prices are ridiculous). Roman Szmal has just one real competitor here, and that is the White Nights brand.

@BrazoDelDiablo 2 года назад

The thing is Roman did not dupe anyone because DS does not own color. So nothing unethical happened here.

@alexandrahrincu 2 года назад

@@BrazoDelDiablo Yes, I agree, DS does not own color, but they have a unique recipe with a unique result, and making something very similar is in the grey aria. As an artist, I do not own flowers or colours or anything, but my work is my own and if someone makes a pattern incredibly similar with mine and gives a similar name and says "yes, I know you and your work, but my pattern has nothing to do with yours because you don't own those exact flowers", well, it is not OK. Not at all.

@lyndalseaton9777 4 года назад

Love them, I think the mineral violet looks similar to Daniel Smith "Rose of Ultramarine", same pigments. Great swatching as per usual. I truly value your opinion, just arrived my DS Aussie red gold, that has been on sale at my local art shop, that you had recommended, I'm very excited to use it. THANKS again from Australia

@AlyonasWatercolourCreations 4 года назад

I wasn't aware of yet another dupe, but it's been mentioned a number of times so I will go back to the DS dotard and swatched few more colours side by side. I have ordered 12 more colours from Aquarious in hope that they are quite unique, lets see! :) Swatch feast coming soon!

@everartokelli 4 года назад

Mineral Violet is stunning, seems more like Daniel Smith Imperial Purple which is also PB29, PV19.

@Werumo 4 года назад

Aussie red gold is originally from a brand called Art spectrum which has a couple of other colours meant to invoke the Australian landscape like Pilbara red.

@geslinam9703 4 года назад

Too opaque for me. Remind me a little of St Petersburg

@ldolan1802 4 года назад

Interesting watercolors! The DS dupes are very similar! Thanks again for awesome reviews!

@MassimilianoDeliso 4 года назад

Aquarius Mineral Violet is identical to Daniel Smith Imperial Purple!

@AlyonasWatercolourCreations 4 года назад

Oh Lord it seems there are even more dupes than I thought! :)) Need to do side by side swatch out. Also since filming this video I think that Hematite Violet Shade also might have a dupe in DS...

@miosznosiadek4920 4 года назад

@@AlyonasWatercolourCreations There is a limited number of earth pigments manufacturers on the world. RS, DS, W&N and many others are using the same pigments, so there is nothing unusual that paints made from same pigments are similar - they are not dupes :) have a good day! :)

@MassimilianoDeliso 4 года назад

Miłosz Nosiadek that is true only for single pigment colors, if there is a mix of two or plus pigments and these mixes are available across different brands and they really look the same, well for sure they are dupes of the color of the brand that first introduced it.

@mydogeatspuke 3 года назад

@@MassimilianoDeliso if those brands had invented colour theory then you would be correct. Being the first to package a combination and sell it at a premium doesn't mean they invented or discovered a colour or combination. People have been mixing moody greys and bright greens and purples since the dawn of time, they just weren't always so egotistical as to need to put their names on them and parade them around for everyone to see so people could fight strangers on their behalf for daring to suggest that nature can't be copyrighted.