Trying New Watercolors - SCHMINCKE UNBOXING & SWATCHING 

You should make an illustration of yourself throughout different stages in your artist career using the different paints for different stages

Is it wrong that the unwrapping reminded me of candies and I wanted to eat those watercolours 🤔

Schmincke is seriously watercolor goals! We're so excited to see what you create with them! :D *CHEERS* ALSO I think some of your pans might be a l i v e

Kasey! Kasey! We watched your 7 tips on watercolor in art class today!!

I appreciate everyone trying to help me out with keeping my pans in place, but the problem is... they are wonky. The metal is MUCH taller than the pans and aren't able to slip over the edge to hold them in place. (Hard to see in an overheard shot, but trust me.) No amount of "pushing them forward" is going to fix this. Thanks for trying anyways!

The packaging is so pretty! I'd feel bad for destroying the little paint squares. They also kinda look like candy. I think I might try watercolors, starting with some cheaper brand, so it would be very useful for you to compare them. As always, love your video!

Schmincke Horadam is the best!!! Here in Germany, it is the most popular I think :). A tip for you to keep the paints in place: Bend the taller side of the metal first (the opposite way, not the way you did), then put the paint on the shorter side, then push your finger and "click", the paint stays in place :D. I hope I explained it well :D.

Wow. Being here since the beginning( 76th subscriber) I can really see how your art, style, materials and over all quality has improved so much. I hope that you continue on with this wonderful journey because I always get so exited when I get to see that you posted something new. Your channel has helped me through so much and thank you for that.

Schminke! **W**

You can buy like 1 pan/tube per brand of one color for example ultramarine and swatch test the brand next to each other

Oh I have the same brand just a tad bit smaller! You are supposed to use the metal things that sticks up to make the colors stay in place! The color blocks needs to be in a angle so the longer metal piece have the fold against the white rim of the color and the bottom of the block supports itself with the smaller metal thing at the bottom. (the best that I can describe how I set my colors) So you will have a small triangle of space between the color block and the metal box's floor. (Also english is not my first language so sorry about some errors!)

I started with the Artist's Loft set as well, and wow, that was really bad quality. I never really loved watercolor as a kid, I preferred colored pencils and markers, but in my visual arts class we started a watercolor unit, using and older Crayola set (the old Crayola sets are VERY good quality for the price) and I kinda fell in love. I bought the Artist's Loft set, and loved the colors, even though the quality was awful. I used those for about a month before my mom found an old set of Winsor & Newton Cotman tubes, though two were mostly dried, and a few others were oddly liquidey, it worked for me. A few months later, around Christmas time, I got a Winsor & Newton Cotman set for Christmas, and using so extra money I had saved, I bought my first Daniel Smiths. I got the Daniel Smith Fine Essentials set, and two other tubes. I also ordered two Schmincke tubes on Jackson's, which just came in a few days ago. I'm in LOVE with my Daniel Smiths and Schminckes, and I don't know why I just felt like sharing that. :)

Yeah the artist loft water colours are terrible! I absolutely hated watercolour when I used them but then I tried the Prang water colours and they were so much better! They are around the same price but much better quality, I totally recommend them.

they're beautiful! i'm crying!

Don’t the paints kinda look like butter cubes that you get on the side at a cafe or restraunt! Lol

I totally agree with prefering pans for watercolours I actually made a mini palette with my tubes and it is much nicer than having to squeeze out from the tubes every time ( not to mention the mess it makes). I use my winsor and newton student grade for this makeshift palette.

The watercolors looks like candy

I’m so excited to see what awesome art you make with these!

Those half pans are so cute. What a great way to have such a huge variety of colours.

I love your art and your art style! You inspire me so much!

n-no *sap green* ?!?

Congrats on your new set! I love Schmincke and hope you were able to get the pans to click in place per what people have mentioned (the backing is supposed to be higher and you clip them in from the short edge first, someone linked my video already so I won't spam you with it again 😜). For what it's worth, I have heard the same claims about QoR but have *not* experienced it to be true. Mine are not any less vibrant when you rewet them, or at least not more so than any other brand. Tubes in general will always be more vivid, but I like you way prefer to work from pans so I dry them in pans regardless. Enjoy your new paints!!

When I first used water colour I fell in love it is so nice to use. Quick drying,smooth, and easy to use and mix.

Your videos have inspired me to pick up painting again after doing realism in colored pencils for ages, and I’m so glad they did! I’ve regained my sense of creativity and I’ve come to enjoy painting just as much as drawing even thought I’m much less experienced with it ☺️ thanks!

I really like how u showed off the watercolors 😂

ARE YOU AND STEPH (DODDLE DATE) SISTERS?!!? BOTH OF YOU LOVEEEEEE SWATCHING!!

One of the reasons I love u is because u heart a lot of comments which most youtubers never do..

I just bought a new palett myself and I totally agree, it´s such a treat unwrapping each little pan!

For pride you could "swatch" every colour to make rainbow ants in june

For people who don't know, this set is 255$ for 3x12

The trick with keeping the watercolors in the metal trays, is to take them out, and put the metal clips back to its original state. After that, you put the lower edge of the color "box" on the longer metal holding, push the box into there so the other lower edge gets clipped by the clippers. Sounds pretty weird, but worked for me.

Schmincke is actually the top of the line, THE best watercolor available. At least according to most professionals. Also, take the pan out and pinch the tin holder together rather firmly then replace the pan by clicking it into place. The metal holder should hold it snuggly and they won't shift around. For some reason it isn't common knowledge and people resort to sticky tack and other such unnecessary nonsense. 😉 hope that helps! 😄 love your vids!!!💖

Heyo! I love all of your videos, and I can not thank you enough for all of your thoughts and opinions and art! I've been following you since early last year when I first discovered your channel, and you have been my biggest inspiration-I mean WOW! I started watercolor because of you, and I started off with this gross cheap brand called "Pennelli" and it says "Quality Artist Supplies" on the front, but I'm pretty sure that's kinnddaaa a lieee...? Lol, anyway, I went to Kansas for Christmas (2017) and I spotted a little art store there where we stopped by. That place was AWESOME, and I hadn't seen a lot of the art supplies before as we apparently don't have any dedicated art stores in my hometown here in New Mexico. So my mom said I could look for something for a Christmas gift, maybe, and so I stumbled across the paints and multimedia area. I remembered you when I was fumbling through the watercolor sets, and found something that looked compatible for my possible expectations. It was a set of 24 watercolor tubes under the brand name of "Royal Langnickel" and it was about $11. I asked my mom and she agreed to buy it, but she was trying to leave before I remembered I needed some watercolor paper and some brushes. I picked out one tiny $3 brush that I absolutely love from "Princeton" and this oddly-shaped long watercolor book-thing from "Strathmore" (I dont remember the price for it) and then went up to purchase the stuff. I got to try it out, and OH MY GOODNESS I LOVE THEM!! They are such high-quality for their price, and I highly highly HIGHLY recommend them :3 Thanks, Kasey!

I tried to do water color today Didn’t work out

I love how when the water color stuck to the wrapper instead of saying it was a bad thing she took it as a positive thing!

That transparent yellow is actually my favorite “earthy” yellow pigment. It is really nice for mixing natural warm greens and it is beautiful on it’s own as well.

Im pretty sure it feels like christmas when shes openeing the pans

I dropped my pan of watercolours and they all smashed and I paid $41 dollars and I can't paint and we all die alone my sap green is still in one piece...

You’re my favorite artist and youtuber at the moment and i’ve been watching/binging your videos on days on end 😂

this brand is probably the best watercolors that I got to try, I bought years ago 3 individual half pans and I was SHOOK to the core because they’re so saturated and pigmented. they’re pricey but they’re just so fun to use and so beautiful to look at

Sorry but I HAVE to do this '36 Colors ??? Last year I had 37!!!'

This video was definitely a learning experience for me ^_^

She is such an inspiration to me! I lobe her art and I love everything video she has posted! When I'm on RU-vid, she is all I watch!

I can't wait to see all the amazing drawings that you will make with these cool watercolors!❤

I think that it would be a wonderful idea to do a give away on the 20 watercolours! It would be amazing.

To fix the pans try bending the metal part towards the pan, that should be possible.

You and Arleebean are my favorite artists by FAR. You guys are really chill and I enjoy watching your videos. Yeah. I never really leave comments like this but I kinda want to thank you for being awesome.

Yes! Please do comparisons on the different watercolors.

*_Noooooooooooooo_* *NO SAP GREEN?!*

hi! if you do actually do a comparison i really wanna know if the Daler Rowney watercolours are any good, i really like their sketchbooks and paintbrushes but i've never tried their paints i'd really like to see a comparison video :)) 💕💕

tbh i watercolor isn’t my favorite medium, but i swatch all my colors constantly, cause i love the fact that each time you could possibly create a new combination or make a new lighter shade, that could inspire a whole piece!

Watching Casey open her watercolors is so satisfying but like... infuriating (in a good way). Love your videos and your commentary is so fun and entertaining!!

I've always wondered why they move around like that in the pan, its really annoying

if you do make a video comparing cheaper brands you should try daler rowney tubes. i have those and they're not bad but ive never owned better quality watercolors so i have nothing to compare them to. i would just like to know your opinion. good video btw :)

Thanks, Kasey, for the heads up about the Qor watercolors not recommended in pans. I was actually planning to do that, but now I won't have to find out the hard way, haha. I've tried the Schminke 12-pan set and it has served me well!

I’m probably a middle grade watercolor artist right now, I started with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors, and recently upgraded to MozArt Komerabi watercolors. schminke, Daniel Smith, Holbein, and M.Grahams are my goals to work towards. Glad to see you upgraded to such beautiful paints!

I was really curious about the price and then I search it on google and BOOM I got an heart attack .-.

Omg this is German on the instructions I live in Germany

Yes! The comparison video and give away are great ideas! I have struggled with finding a brand with the right cost-benefit ratio for me...

I used to work at an atelier near me as a student job, preparing artworks, doing sketches and occasionally painting with watercolors. Before that I never used "good" watercolors. The first time I used schmincke watercolors in that atelier, my jaw literally dropped because of how satisfying it was to paint with them. When I had to leave them (by the way, it was the best job I've had until now), because they couldnt afford me as an employee (that was during the crazy covid times and no one had money to buy art), I bought some other watercolors that weren't as expensive. Since then I never had the same satisfaction of working with watercolors. So now I just bought myself my first schmincke set and I am happier than ever hahaha Yeah this sounds like an advertisement but I swear thats exactly what happened 🫡

Oh look burnt Sienna HA HA hA Ha ha... my irl name is Sienna

Don't spend your money to do a comparison if you are just going to give them away. I feel like that is a waste of your money. Buy art supplies you will or want to use. Hope I am not too blunt.

I really love that you love using watercolor half-pans as well! They are so convenient to have!

They move so you can get more to fill in the gaps! :D I have a set and I’ve been in love with them for years! Welcome to the fan club of schmincke!!!!!!

I bought a small sample set of Schmincke tubes... six tiny tubes for nearly $40 CAN... and I have got to say... THEY ARE THE BEST TUBED PAINTS I'VE EVER USED! I've never used pans before... and they are an investment... but I am so tempted (and I don't even use watercolour that often)

Hi. Got my first set today and I think I'm in love. An illustrator too, but pretty much retired, I thought I could do some projects that have cluttered up my mind over time. I'm even more looking forward to work now I have these. It's good to work with lovely supplies.

Your voice is so relaxing and I love watching your art videos !!

Hey Casey I just squeeze the metal sides together. Later when you replace the pans just pull the metal side back. Schmincke make great water colours and the pastels are amazing. My favourite Schmincke fine colour is cadmium red ..yummm!

Yes please! Test and swatch watercolor sets and/or give away your unused sets to us beginners! 😊

I started watercoloring this January after loving the videos of your paintings. I have a $5 pan of watercolor as well and it's nice to try it before spending more on higher quality paints.

I think hearing your view points on different brands of watercolors. Go for it, girl!!!

I'm just a beginner, and this is the first time I've heard someone explain how to swatch the colours. Thank you!

You don't even have an idea how thankful I am for you making this video. I remember that when I was around 5 years old I was watching this story or something with my sister, and I remember there was a woman sitting or standing by the lake painting with watercolors in the beggining before the animation began and always when I saw you using watercolors I had a feeling that I saw it somewhere but I couldn't put my finger on it, but when I was watching this video I suddenly paused and I almost cried because memories suddenly hit me like a truck and I'm just- wow. I really hope my sister remembers it because I really want to watch it now

1:18 waa!? Some might think your art style is simple, but the time and detail you put into your illustrations it's incredible. Never think little of yourself. You are very inspiring and you actually are the one that got me into watercolor. And now I use it almost everyday! always remember you're an inspiration to almost every artist around you. Thank you for being such an inspiration. (Not including this one)Times I said inspiration: 3

I have super old tubes of cheapo watercolor I’ve barely used, since I enjoyed easier acrylic more than tricky watercolor. But I’ve been loving the look of watercolor and gouache so much, I’m pulling this old set from storage. I’ve had so much fun, I’m thinking of buying new gouache and actual watercolor brushes as well! Hooray for birthday money!

Schmincke and Daniel Smith are my favoritessss! You can secure the pans by pinching the metal bits on the top.

Brushes really make a difference too! I got these really fancy Creative Mark Rhapsody Kolinsky Sable brushes for Christmas and I found that painting is so much easier. Can't wait to see what you will come up with your new water colors!

You deserve this! Don`t let the haters tell you otherwise!

I clicked this video because of how cute the thumbnail was!! :3 I love the little faces you draw hehe

I think that it'd be really cool if you made a watercolor comparison video. Your reviews definitely influence the art supplies I choose to buy as, even though I've been drawing for a while and know that I like watercolor, I don't really know my brands and supplies that well yet. I'm still learning how to use the watercolors and all the supplies that come with it, so watching your videos has really helped me so that I don't get art supplies that just wouldn't work together well, or wouldn't have a nice quality

sooo fancy! congrats on your new watercolors, your art will forever thank you for putting such fine colors on them XD

A way to keep the watercolor half pans from moving around is to bend the metal piece that stands up from the tray insert towards the pan. This will will keep them in place better. Schminke are beautiful water colors!

You can also buy three more colours and add one to each row. That's what I did. It keeps all the pans in place and I have 3 extra colours! Win-win! 😀😉

To get the pans to remain in place, the manufacturers intend that you gently bend the piece of metal at the back of each pan over the top of the pan. The small spaces in between pans are meant to keep your paint from being contaminated from overspill from the one next to it. Most people ignore this so that they can squeeze in an extra pan. Keeping the spaces will save you from wasting paint. And, as you say, artistic quality paints are expensive, particularly this brand. There is another trick that I use and it will also work in the lightweight plastic palettes they sell on Amazon with cheap paint in them. Get some "Blue Tack, " ( SP?) adhesive strips and make small dots for the bottom of each pan. This will hold them safely in place and make them easy to remove should you need to replace a used one or change one out for a different color. I hope this helps you.

These looks so nice, I hope ypu enjoy them! I can't wait to see what you do with them! Also I would love a comparison video 😍😍

To get the pans to stay in without using any tape or sticky stuff, you take the pan out and bend the metal tab slightly in, then place the pan against the bottom lip and push it down, it will "Click" past the top tab and that will lock it in place, no sticky stuff :)

Don’t make excuses for wanting the best-you deserve it!

Yess!! A comparison and a giveaway would be amazing!! I’m just starting with watercolors but I could save up to get nice ones if they are good enough!! You’re my favorite art RU-vidr btw!

I feel you! Im not a professional artist, but i enjoy painting and i also like having the best supplies. I hated coloring with “watercolors” a pretty long time, because the school-supplies had such a bad quality. But than i was able to try real watercolors and its such a big difference =3

yes please do the comparison video and i’d love a new set of watercolors because i only have really cheap ones right now and love your art so much

Oh wow, thems some good looking watercolors! I cant wait to see what you create with them in the future!! 💙

giveaway be super awesome especially because sometimes being a young artist you don't have like money to put into watercolors so having your giving us some watercolors will be super super awesome 😄🤗

It’s the legendary Kasey with her legendary watercolours 🤩🤩🤩🤩

I collect schmincke watercolors since a year and I already have 45, and tbh I'm in love with them. They are the first watercolors I got and they are my fav, i would never try others! plus you can always put one more pan of color in one row as soon as they are unwrapped, I always have 13 colors per row

This is super helpful! I’ve been trying to find good watercolors, but I don’t trust any other art channels because there’s just too many opinions and ranges. But I paint with watercolors the way you do, where I at least begin with a nice flat color, so thank you!

I love ur videos! They are so peaceful to watch! After a long day i just love watching u draw. It even helps me learn how to draw with watercolors!

OH They were the first watercolors I ever used!! At therapy they always have these extremely expensive art supplies and its just H e a v e n So it was a great video, I love watching them!! ❤️

Fill each row with another half pan. All this style of palettes are dived for the half pans while wrapped and most have room for another half pan per row. You can even fill the bottom row with full or half pans. I know a lot of artists that have a full pan of white gouache for highlights.

The reason for the Schmincke method or swatching is it's suppose to show you how the watercolor "blooms", the nature of making the pigments means that try as we might we can't make all colors exactly the same. So you do this to make yourself a reference of not only how the pigment looks but how it behaves.

Schminke has been my go to for years. I tried M. Graham this year and I just can’t stand how sticky they are and I find them difficult to control although the color is sublime. I don’t know who made up the rules that says that panned paint are plein air, but paint is paint and you work with what makes you comfortable. If you are actually making money off your work the your paper, your brushes, and your paint are the most important things you work with in that order. My opinion and every teacher I’ve ever had.