Review Schmincke Super Granulating Watercolors + Tips for Using Granulation

Schmincke's Super Granulating Watercolors (released July 2019) is now up to 25 colors in the range. We'll take a look at 6 of them and what makes the line so unique. Plus we'll cover a few tips on using granulation.
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[@OtoKano]

Thank you so much for mentioning my channel Steve! I am so honoured to be mentioned on your channel, it’s a dream. I agree with your selection, they are the most fun colors.

[@mindofwatercolor]

My pleasure Oto! You're doing the good, detailed analysis I really am not as good at. 😜🤣, and you're doing my viewers a service. Thanks for the helpful info.

[@allanpennington]

Steve and Oto, could Schminche have used a coarser grind with these pigment combinations as apposed to just combining two pigments from their existing line? Then some of these paints would be redundant. Perhaps like the difference between their French ultramarine (G) and the Ultramarine Finest? Thus you are buying something different and not just something you could mix yourself from their current range.

[@raymatthews4319]

Hello. I would like to ask you both if you have seen some comments from a couple of watercolor artists on KZbin concerning the Daniel Smith Primatek line. According to them the pigments aren't from the genuine minerals as DS claims.

[@onequietday]

I love that you don't encourage people to buy new paints.. you encourage everyone to use their own colors.. niceee🙌🏽

[@R_H21]

This is what this review did for me: it helped me connect some dots about watercolor. I once mixed a red and a blue to make purple using my Cotman set and was disappointed to see the colors separate when they dried. I thought, ‘that’s what you get with cheaper paint.’ Little did I know that this effect is something that many artists love. Thanks for this video!!

[@jeanneaguirre6980]

Just having started to learn watercolor one year ago at age 75 ---- just want to say I AM IN LOVE WITH MIND OF WATERCOLOR and especially your instructional style. You are the art coach I never was able to squeeze into my academic studies years ago, let alone, squeeze into career work. Thank you so much for your tutorials! MoC is part of my daily diet and you make me happy every day !.

[@mindofwatercolor]

❤️❤️❤️

[@rennieneasey-oconnell6064]

I never tire of watching these spontaneous little paintings...

[@patriciatulinski7332]

Thank you Steve. Playing with these now and having a ball. I love these paints!

[@MedaHalmaciu]

I need new colors like I need a whole in my head. You are so right! I used to paint so much more when I had a 12 color student grade that I paid $1 for.

[@allneedsforalex]

Pull out that old pallete

[@iadenicole931]

Yes, Dr. Too Kano is very thorough. I love watching her and you. I learn so much from you both.

[@zzcrowe792]

I would love to see a video of your favorite granulating colors regardless of brand.

[@UltramarineBlu]

I have seen many reviews of these colors and I never thought I would buy them. Now I see your video and I absolutely want them! :D You are the best!

[@woutsebastiaan]

I love it when you do spontaneous doodles like this, I learn so much from them. The way you group colors and then find a compostion in them while applying edges, it is so fascinating!

[@onemig00]

Same. I love just watching him

[@chrissie4452]

Thank you Steve, I watched Dr Oto Kano’s three videos and I am very glad that you tried them too. I have these Schmincke also and love to play with them !

[@KoenPrins]

So much fun when you mentioned Primatek and went "My favorite is ..." as everyone's favorite is Apetite Genuine.

[@KateTheSleepyTeacher]

Sodalite, Serpentine , and zoisite are amazing

[@marisawu3646]

@@KateTheSleepyTeacher Piemontite ain’t bad either😳😍

[@deborahmiller3126]

If you only knew what was really in the them

[@annepercival7814]

Green Apatite Genuine is my LEAST favourite! Don’t like the way it separates into brown speckles

[@YoureBeautiful4Life]

I haven't seen someone paint granulating colors in a flat even swatch before 🤯 I usually push granulation but I'm gonna experiment with this technique in my next paint session. Thank you!

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

This is so useful - your swatches helped me to see how these really look! Thank you.

[@InLiquidColor]

Great video, Steve! In addition to Oto's channel, Kimberly Crick also has some very detailed videos on this line. In line with what you were saying towards the end of your video, she shows how to mix some dupes if you already have the colors on hand :)

[@mindofwatercolor]

Oh nice, thanks Denise! I'm not familiar with her channel. It didn't come up in any of my searches for these. I'll definitely check it out.

[@mindofwatercolor]

Oops, correction, I did see her video covering the first 15 colors. Whadya know! I just didn't recognize the name. Thanks again though.

[@barbaraaudet4160]

These are gorgeous colors. I can’t wait to try them. Your voice is just what I need when I get stressed out. Could you supply a link for the cards.

[@artenchantress]

That deep sea green blows the top of my head off, it's so beautiful! Nice review. ♥

[@kathysampson826]

This is the real Mind of Watercolour! Absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much!

[@Roslyngal]

I’m very proud that my cherry-picking of this range matches yours! It is hard to do when the tubes are pricey and there’s limited swatching/reviewing online. Can’t wait for reviews of the 4 Forest set to get some reviews. Fingers crossed for some convenience landscape greens. I did like the the 2 browns you (and I) picked. Seemed to me to be a decent set of a warm (galaxy) and a cool brown (glacier) seen together. And both easily tweaked since they use pigments found in many palettes. Alice Lim has a good quick swatch out of just these two, if anyone’s interested. Great ‘doodle’ Steve! I always get excited when I see that tree/shrub clump composition start to form!

[@Tzuriah]

Thank you! I didn’t realize that granulating paint can be flat also, that it’s the ratio of water to pigment along with brush variables. I learned a lot today!!

[@Llamanescent]

I love that you gave a shout out to Oto Kano here. Her channel is so great for in-depth looks at paints. Some of these colors look so interesting, but I can't justify buying them when I could mix them with the single pigment colors. I do love the Primatek line and want to buy more of them, but I think I will just look to these Schmincke colors for inspiration. I did end up buying quite a few of their granulating single pigment paints after these came out though, so I still think it was a smart move from Schmincke.

[@mindofwatercolor]

Yeah, I'm mostly a single pigment guy. But to me these are a little more complex in balance and effect than the average convenience color. I'm always anxious to just paint so I like the repeatability of being able to reach for it and not have to experiment.

[@aremedyproject9569]

@@mindofwatercolor For more instant gratification plus motivation to experiment check out Kimberly Crick Art. I love her channel and it and her site are very detailed and organized on paints. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKGTk6augJuHmJI

[@maryanharrell5642]

Beautiful, Steve. I will get my Primateks out and play with them. These Schmincke paints are beautiful, too.

[@johnchapin9270]

Thanks, have Shire,Galaxy, Forrest super granulation. At 68 now look forward to winter😊😊.

[@barbaratibbets8643]

Thanks for sharing. I just ordered a 3 set that should arrive today. I really like your little sketchbook idea here to show samples then a small painting to show it. Excellent idea.

[@inamalina9119]

Just thank you for your being (and your calming voice ) stay safe!

[@nailahassan5035]

Hello Steve, totally agree with your comments on your granulation comments, l bought set of 5 deep sea colours and l loved the violett, green, black. Loved your demo ,thank you also for your recommendations and suggestions always really helpful. Thank you.

[@martinlomeli442]

Thank you so much. I always appreciate your sincere honesty and informative information.Thank you.

[@joann5157]

Another lovely spontaneous painting! You should do a book of them!!

[@loveandlife4222]

Beautiful! I love granulation! I’m definitely going to need glacier brown! I will go watch oto and see her swatches. I have a lot of the primateks. I really love this schmincke glacier brown because it will be great for my landscape painting. Thank you!

[@elaynegreaves9511]

I was wondering how to use these. I have 3 sets of the Schmincke, one granulated, one transparent, and a 24 box set. Thanks to your video I can start experimenting.

[@melissabridge5687]

I got so excited when you choose the princeton brush. I recieved several ,including that brush for Christmas. I am in love with these brushes. These colors are so fun. I have been trying you quick landscape technique. Getting out my granulation colors today! .

[@hexemuller6555]

thank you for this interesting video! Best wishes from Germany!

[@cynthiarichter792]

I just got two sets, Galaxy and Deep Sea. Thanks for doing this video. It is perfect for me. You are right about you may not need all of these. I have decided I have all I need, probably one set too many. Overall, I like the Deep Sea colors.

[@troopofechos]

Thank you so much for this, I was looking at these paints online and had that moment of "oh I need this" and then I stopped myself and asked "but do I really?" :D I already have granulating paints and I think taking the time to experiment more with them will be way more beneficial than just buying more paint. Keeping this video to reference back to later, I really appreciate your reviews!

[@lorijones9579]

I love granulation but I already have a ton of Daniel Smith Primateks, and I can make anything granulate by painting with water that has a lot of salt dissolved in it. I picked up the Schmincke Forest Blue, Forest Brown, and Shire Blue, and they are beautiful, but probably won't get any more of them. Thanks for another great review!

[@carolatchley3797]

I always enjoy your videos, Steve, but this was more educational than I expected. Thanks for doing this one.

[@Craftaartissaurus]

Wow this is great! Will keep my eye out for granulating paint next time I’m in the big art store. Thanks for a great video. Your little doodle is supper pretty.

[@4zengrl]

Thank you for starting this off by referencing redundancies, etc. I sometimes feel like the dog in the movie UP (“Squirrel!”) when it comes to new + colors, not to mention super + granulating! Good video!

[@BarbaraGilbertdesigner]

Another great video, Steve, I so want these paints now! Your doodle inspires me, you make it look so easy. Thank you.

[@peaches5712]

I love your reviews! I’ve missed watching and learning from you. We moved a few months back and I’m still trying to get organized so I can find my art supplies and what not! 😳 Love, love, LOVE the Glacier Brown granulation! I so need to find my stuff!

[@lynnebell5425]

Thanks Steve, you inspired me to get out my Daniel Smith Primateks and play with them

[@annhovland8407]

I’m fascinated with what you call “rivulets”. I’ve seen so many beautiful landscapes with this technique. Could you do a video on How to achieve this effect on a larger scale, like mountain sides or waterfalls. I’ve been trying and trying to achieve this effect with not much success. You are such a fantastic teacher and I watch your videos over and over again. Thank you.

[@nursen2106]

I must say, I found this demonstration much more helpful, then some of the very detailed informations and swatches-mixes. although, mixes - always my thing, so I have less colours on hand - I was looking for 2-3 colours, that do granulate like this on their own. Now I have found four. and one of them is the glacier brown you mentioned (the deep see green I wanted right from the start). to be able to see, how it spreads on wet paper. that was really heplful

[@BrigittevTien]

Tons of ideas how to use this for backgrounds for gouache, combination might be really cool! Thanks for review!

[@annettefournier9655]

Thanks Steve. I have a couple tubes of PBk 11 that I mix for lovely granulation effects. Of course it's nice too to have convenience colors. These are to rich for my blood. Plus there's always granulation medium as well.😉

[@aremedyproject9569]

All that’s true. I make my own. But check out Natasha Newton for more great reviews. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGnYp6FpoZKGhtE

[@Ann-ey1tw]

Thanks Steve, love the information and your honesty! I just finished a painting with this style and my brother's backyard in central Michigan, and I wish I could upload a pic of it. It turned out really cool and I love these paints. I used bronze genuine from Daniel Smith, as I didn't have this bronze, and it added a cool sparkle to the scene. And also added Green Apatite from DS for the pine trees. Thanks again for encouraging me to play!

[@Lulis56]

Thanks for the review! I am lusting over these!!! I love your spontaneous doodles!!!! While I wait for these colors I’ll pull out my primatek!!!

[@ilahjarvis]

I appreciate the message in the end. Sit down and discover which colors you already have in your palette granulate. If you have ultramarine, cobalt or yellow ochre in your palette, they probably granulate. Cheaper companies use phthalocyanine blue in their cerulean blue, resulting in a more staining blue, whereas more expensive companies like Winsor and Newton professional (not Cotman) will use a more pale, granulating pigment. I suggest mixing contrasting non granulating and granulating colors together to get your own interesting effects.

[@leonora5]

Wonderful video - absolutely love these paints. This is such a help in picking colors.

[@LonitaFraser]

I love what happens with Daniel Smith's Serpentine. I'm still waiting for the two of the Schmincke paints I ordered. ;)

[@essietangle9931]

I maybe wrong but I think Teoh talked about some of them and Mandy was given some to test before they were out. Granulating colors are fun to use but price is important along with availability. It’s still great to see them and it is very helpful if I only bought one or two. I personally love the paper you are sampling on.

[@betsymcghee8915]

i am such a beginner and was happy to hear he liked that little journal because I use them and absolutely love them. Got a pack of 3 once on Amazon.

[@eileengoldenberg270]

I bought the galaxy pink, it is very close to DS lunar red earth.. I will try adding more water to push the granulation.. thanks for a great video! Take care!

[@tessa6307]

I was pretty excited about these colors, because they ARE very beautiful. I was disappointed that most of them were made with cobalts and other toxic pigments, which I try to avoid. It gives me ideas for some lovely mixes I can make with the paints I already have. I love your demo painting! Thanks for a great review and good tips for handling this sort of paint.

[@priscillawarren9979]

You are a master. I have these paints and appreciate this demonstration so much.

[@nancywhite2014]

It looks like an underwater reef. Thanks mr. Steve.

[@ellendeman8417]

Always love your videos so much. Thanks for sharing!

[@brigitteitg]

Thank you for this review! I’m interested in the ones that are not easily reproduced as they have unusual browns in them. The Deep Sea Violet is definitely on my wish list now...

[@priscillawarren9979]

Thank you for showing us how this works.

[@cmeblu75]

Right?!? “We need new colors like a hole in the head!” It’s taken me a little while to get used to you & Reese. My little boy passed away and so I listened w/out watching, but I’m also aware that all the great master artists used to study cadavers so that they could better understand muscular & bone structure. That study produced some of the greatest sculptures & paintings. I feel like you’re the type of artist that needs to know your subjects inside & out. You’ve absolutely grown on me

[@mindofwatercolor]

And of course Reese is a plastic anatomy model. Definitely not real bone. But as you say, critical to the study of the human face. You can't be a good portraitist without studying the skull.

[@MissingSofeeAnna]

Steve thank you so much for this information. My husband told me to get what I wanted for Christmas and I went to Jackson and had a couple of the sets in the basket along with 3 other colors, and then went back to painting. Then it hit me that maybe I really didn't want granulating paints and to figure out the one I have so far use them and then decide what I want to do next. So I bought some Van Gogh's instead, like I need more paint. ha ha. Wish I would have watched your vid on the brushes also cause I may have gone for one of those very expensive ones, still may as I loved the last two and the perfect detail you can get with them. I have been watercoloring for about 2-1/2 years and I have to give you so much credit I signed up for your Patreon account couldn't access your site I contacted the people in charge and they said they would refund my money, but never heard back from them. I do a lot of cards right now with my painting, butterflies, animals, not a lot of beautiful landscaping like you do and I am wondering what you feel the granulating paints are best for? Would they be good for portrait, animals, bugs or just landscape and plein air. Thank you Steve so appreciate it and keep looking up cause our Redemption is coming very soon. Also I have a young lady in Ethiopia that we have sponsored for 12 years, (she will be turning 16 in the Spring such a beautiful young lady) thru Compassion Int'l and received a letter on Monday that until things get better over there that all stuff is on hold to the area (Addis Ababa) so if you would please pray for Sara and all the others involved for hope, peace and trusting in our Lord. Thank you.

[@mindofwatercolor]

Hi Gloria. Granulation is simply a granular texture. So each individual artist is the best judge what to use that for, which can be as varied an answer as there are artists. I most love it in landscape ground textures and surface textures of things like rocks or trees but it's beautiful in clouds too.

[@MissingSofeeAnna]

Thank you Steve. It really fascinates me. As I am making Christmas cards the paint did something weird and then like you heard me in the next thing you said you talked about what was happening. BTW which paint brush were you using in the video on them I couldn't tell which one the last one was length of brushes I think it was the fox(?) and would very much like to purchase one.

[@annsowers4591]

Thank you. I really like most of these colors. I might have to get them.

[@aryantestudio]

omg I love your painting so much, you’ e made my day, seriously! I mostly paint commissioned portraits and recently I’ve been criticized very harshly by one of my clients. I let her go into my head... and since then I don’t look the same at my work after it’s done.. so trying something new is perfect I think, and I will try your techniques:)

[@1755ma]

Sorry to read that. Some people don't know how to give constructive criticism. My advice is do your own thing and stay in your lane. Not everyone is going to appreciate your art. You do you.

[@EveBolt]

I love these new granulation colors a lot, too! They are a LOT of fun to use :)

[@mindofwatercolor]

Hey Eve! Yes! I really debated on buying or reviewing them but I was surprised how beautiful they were. Loved them so much more than I expected. I just order 4 more colors from the Tundra & Forest sets.

[@ladyinblack3398]

I would like it if the US retailers would make these more available in the USA. Schmincke is top notch.

[@Linda-qq5mg]

Thank you for the wonderful information in this video! Stay safe!

[@pattycyr8662]

I love the effect granulation gives. I use some typical granulating paints on occasion, and I recently heard another way to achieve granulation is to add some type of special liquid to ungranulated paint, although I'm not sure what the product is. Is that true? It's great to also hear about these Schmincke paints and watch you play around with them! Thanks so much for sharing. By the way, I LOVE that little painting you did towards the end - I'm nuts over it!!!

[@mindofwatercolor]

Granulation medium. But the look is different. Very coarse.

[@anjikauffman6416]

Thank you so much for showing these, I have been eyeing them, but the cost has spooked me away! Thanks for mentioning the redundancy, I felt the same way, I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt that way. May I ask where you got your little swatch cards, please? I love them! ❤️

[@mindofwatercolor]

I print them with a stamp. Here is the review I did on them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWebhX-EYpWbhas

[@anjikauffman6416]

@@mindofwatercolor that is an awesome video! ❤️ Thank you so much!

[@anjikauffman6416]

​@@mindofwatercolor also, I have heard now, through different videos, that these are not light fast. Do you know if this is true? 🧐 Thank you so much!

[@janetlitchfield1774]

A lovely review and demo. Thank you

[@mariavarga863]

Lovely little doodle!

[@nattyw495]

Great video just subscribed going to take your granulation video....

[@rebeccawong1]

What a beautiful painting 🖼

[@zandanforth1326]

Oh and I have some of the primatx and didn’t know what to do with them!

[@cassiescreations9828]

Yummy new granulating colors for the hungry brain. I love the Glacier Brown and the Deep Sea Green. Hopefully, I can try them one day. Thanks! Will check out her videos soon.

[@kellysartthrob]

Thanks for this review. I have some granulating pigments and I'm going to try combining them to see if they separate and what affects they create. Very interesting. I love the inspiration. ❤️

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

I love Schmincke, I love granulation but the price of these paints are crazy in the UK.

[@twizzle1710]

Good review and tips. Thanks.

[@feedingmysoul7195]

Quite lovely, the granulation is

[@DarkMoonSanctuary]

Great content. Thanks for the info.

[@rebeccawong1]

So much depth 👍🏻

[@Adelaidarivera123]

Beautiful. That’s Art!

[@anngillan2369]

Interesting video ….and love the doodle

[@zandanforth1326]

Thanks. I just purchased on amazon

[@LunaBianca1805]

I love Oto's series on these 🥰 I love how some of these here look, but yes, there's some that look too similar. Also, I already got some of the base colours to these. So even though I'm somewhat tempted to get my hands on them, I think, I'd probably get some more of the base ones instead :). BTW, as these are German and actually from the same Bundesland (that's like the states in the US) of North Rhine Westfalia as me, they really are a lot cheaper for me than Daniel Smith ones. A half pan of their Horadam range costs like half that of Daniel Smith's ^^'

[@aremedyproject9569]

Lucky you! I’d love to visit. I’m German descent. Check out Natasha Newton’s reviews too. Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKGTk6augJuHmJI

[@aremedyproject9569]

Check out Kimberly Crick Art! You’ll love her reviews and charting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKGTk6augJuHmJI

[@B1ackDahlia767]

@The Mind of Watercolor Thank you for the wonderful video, Steve! I'm absolutely in love with granulation and flocculation & knew I was in trouble when these came out. DS's Green Apatite is definitely my favorite green. I hope to be able to get some of these! - Have you played with DS's Cascade Green yet?

[@mindofwatercolor]

No not yet.

[@B1ackDahlia767]

@@mindofwatercolor you might enjoy it. It surprised me. ;)

[@tombryan720]

Great review as always

[@purfleac]

Thanks! I learn so much from you!

[@jaimeanderson9238]

I wasn't expecting this video so soon. Wow I loved what you did with these colors. I think I want the Glacier brown now:)

[@vatiammatri2660]

Thanks as always!

[@thefabuloustravelingartstu5119]

Thank you. I enjoyed this.

[@waymire01]

Everyone please be aware you can mix these if you wish. You just need the colors they are made from. You can use whatever brand you like as long as the pigments are the same.

[@mindofwatercolor]

Very true, and I mentioned that in the video too. But also keep in mind this is true of literally EVERY convenience color out there. Thats why they are call them "convenience colors". With these granulation effects results will vary with your pigment ratios and you'll spend a lot of time experimenting. To get a repeatable result you need to make large batches. But hey, if thats your thing. Go for it. I'd rather be painting personally.

[@waymire01]

I actually just placed my first order from Jackson's tonight.. I was happily surprised how low the shipping was. My order was just under $90 and it was $6 for standard tracked shipping... and I upgraded to $14 for DHL expedited which is supposed to get here in 3-9 days which is great for overseas. In the past it's taken me a month to get other things from the UK. These European brands are MUCH cheaper there, and they have many colors and formats (for example White Nights in tubes) that I've never seen in the major US stores. I'm doing a project involving trios of multiple brands I was going to leave Schmincke out because they are so very expensive.. but I was able to get half pans for $6-8 depending on the pigment there which is way more affordable. They also had a bunch of great paper samples available.

[@mindofwatercolor]

And currently Jackson's is pretty much the only supplier with all of the Super Granulating Colors. I just placed an order with them also. I like them, they're a good supplier. Its interesting though, another UK commenter here just said these paints are crazy expensive in the UK.

[@waymire01]

@@mindofwatercolor I had a minute so I grabbed some current prices as of tonight, I went with Deep Sea Black 15ml tube (this series are all the same price, and they seem to only come in this size/format) Jacksons-$16.61, Jerry's-$21.78, Blick-$28.99. There are more expensive colors.. such as the cobalts. But for other colors from the brand you can get into the game for less at Jacksons by far. As an example I went with Cobalt Turquoise: In the US you can only get the 15ml tube which is $24.53 or $22.70 at Jerry's/Blick respectively (which is odd because the high/low price was reversed for those two on the DSB, so price by shade because apparently they differ). At Jacksons however the same size is $18.72... BUT you can go as little as $8.66 for a half pan, and they offer a full pan and a 5ml tube as well.

[@lucyfielle]

​@@mindofwatercolor (a bit late to the discussion) It is weird that they mentioned that Schmincke is expensive in the UK. I wonder if they meant in general because most available Schmincke products are Horadam (their artist grade range) and they do fall in the pricier range. They have very few products in their Akademie range (the student grade range). I may be wrong but I think the cheapest artist grade watercolours in Europe are White Nights. Also, it usually is much more easy and affordable to find European brands in Europe. US or other ...continent brands are usually more expensive and definitely much more harder to find.

[@123uschie]

Thank you very much for this review .

[@deannabates1575]

I love the way you explain things.

[@adrielrowley]

6:20 Inspired by your limited pallet paintings and recently the going back to basics (and going back in time on the channel), I am starting over. Part of this is researching pigments, seen so many now forgetting which one it is, used in watercolor for snow because of the heavier granulation plus in coloring pools in the 1960s and 1970s, though due to toxicity discontinued in the 1980s IIRC. Seems the Glacier Blue be a good substitute, heavy granulation and neutral blue, would it not? The reason I like to have a heavier granulating snow blue is every year I make Christmas cards for family and friends, almost time to get started.

[@stephw1363]

Oh i think i dont need these, but maybe one or two just for the fun of it! I really like the brown and sea green!

[@Veronicapainted]

No disrepect, I've learned so much from your channel but this time, Nope. Just can't see spending $ (especially now) when we could mix these ourselves. They seem like they're made with common pigments is there a new or unavailable pigment? What am I missing here? This is a good review because you clearly helped me see I really don't need these at all. Thank you for all you do, always look forward to your videos.

[@mindofwatercolor]

Thanks Veronica. I hope you caught my comments towards the end. I review these for knowledge and to make educated choices or NON-choices. I'm not advocating anyone buy these. Personally I love that I don't HAVE to mix them. I'd rather spend my time painting but you are totally correct about mixing. Your results will vary however and not necessarily be repeatable unless you experiment and create large batches. And, by the way, being able to mix them is true of literally every convenience color out there. Two sides of the argument. 😊

[@Veronicapainted]

@@mindofwatercolor Yep, watched all the way to the end which is exactly why I said it was a good video :) You showed this was an option not a necessity. Originally subbed and became a fan after watching your essential colors video. When you made those colors mix and explode off the page just got me hooked. Solid foundation, great tutorial and your still one of my favorite KZbinrs; even when you go a little fancy pants ;)

[@mindofwatercolor]

@@Veronicapainted Thanks so much! Great input.

[@miaRembetissa]

I am German and I loooove this review. Don't you use any convenience color as from the mostly highly recommended (in Germany very expensive) Daniel Smith?

[@ranchjp]

Moonglow separates into different pigments too. While many will only work with paints created with single pigments, those paints that are hues (created with more than one pigment) might also separate. Is separation of pigments in wet washes distinct from granulation?

[@ajoydas-Watch-It]

German Amazon sells em for half of what Jacksons charges. The 5ml set at jacksons run around 70 while on Amazon they cost you 35 for a set. Heads up. I don't need em as I'm still experimenting with the Winsor and Newton Granulation Medium which one can apply to already purchased Watercolors.

[@jillmann2048]

I appreciate your reviews as well as technique demos. I am a fairly recent follower and was wondering if you have ever reviewed watercolor paint sticks? I see them for sale on the online art supply websites. I currently mostly use pan color because it’s easy to travel with, the sticks look interesting. Your insight would be appreciated.

[@mindofwatercolor]

I haven't. I have a few but not something I typically use. For the painting styles I do I find their use limited.

[@ladyinblack3398]

I also liked vulcan yellow a lot

[@ibrahimissaiaawad2888]

Just today I noticed that effect!