QOR Earth Colors Watercolor Set | Swatch and Review | You should try this watercolor paint!

[@areesha22]

Love to see these on good paper! I have qors nickel azo yellow and man it moves. I also have their quin violet and it’s really nice

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

You are reading my mind!! I want to try azo yellow so much!!!

[@vilvile]

Such beautiful colors. Good job Qor.

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

It’s definitely an artist brand, with great dispersion on paper!

[@bfamiliar9011]

I just discovered watercolor and your channel! What a wonderful find! I am learning so much from your videos! I have hit the bell notifications,liked and subscribed to your channel! Keep up the amazing videos and thank you for sharing your artistic talent ! Have a lovely weekend! 👩🏻‍🎨🎨🖌

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Thank you so much! Watercolor is such a wonderful journey. Take care and have a wonderful weekend you too ❤️❤️

[@morrisonwatercolors]

Looks like a nice set! I really like the Naples Yellow and the color mixes with it! Cheers! :)

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Thank you Morrison! I’m impressed by this paint! Such a lovely feeling on the brush.

[@Jlalode]

I treated myself to their travel palette last year. I noticed that a little pigment goes a long way! Love them.

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Hello Johanne!! Yes I find it very pigmented as well! Thank you for your comment

[@editaedita473]

The colors look smooth but I can't stand the packaging. It looks like from a cheap deodorant brand for men.

[@martinanelsonartandpsychol6478]

just saw this qor is my main pallet. Love to paint abstract wet on wet. Love the flow.

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Yes it’s incredible isn’t it? I only have this small collection but I am really impressed by the quality. I’m visiting my son soon in the Netherlands and I’m planning to add some new tubes, in the wonderful art supply store by his place…in Italy I only find them online…are you on Instagram? I would be curious to see your abstract work! Have a lovely Sunday!

[@rebeccapage4411]

QoR raw umber is beautiful mixed with the magenta from their high chroma kit.

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Sounds interesting!! I will try to mix it with Magenta from other brands!

[@kathrinemarshall908]

I have the same set and the blue is really nice.

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

I agree!! Thank you for your connent .

[@jenneke9763]

I have 2 of their sets: the basics and the high intensity. The yellows are incredible when you drop them into other colors…also from other brands. KZbinr Irit has a video wherein she demonstrates this quality. The high intensity colors are indeed that! ;)

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Thank you Jenneke for your comment! I love Irit’s videos…I will check it out and also I would love to buy their Transparent yellow. Ciao!

[@jenneke9763]

I think you will like her ‘What happens when Qor meets other watercolor’ video. Fun!

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

I will watch it!! Thanks

[@awatercolourist]

The Sap Green and the Indigo are very beautiful!

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

I find each color very yummy! Naples yellow as well ; thank you for your feedback!

[@mariram]

Such an appealing selection of colors! I never tried QOR, hope one day will though :) I love earth colors and this set would have been my choice as well. Interesting to see how these colors could mute their bright and vibrant ones.

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Ciao Marina! In Italia sono carissimi, però sono davvero particolari e belli. Tra poco andrò a trovare mio figlio che abita a Maastricht e lì li vendono in un negozio di fianco a casa sua…mi sa che qualche tubetto ci scappa….grazie del saluto! Buona domenica 🤗

[@mariram]

@Watercolor & Co with Elisabetta Che bella posizione del negozio! Deve essere il destino! ;) Prenderai il loro Cobalt Violet? A giudicare dagli swatches che ho visto online, la terra di Siena bruciata è molto pigmentata! Gli altri due colori che avrei scelto, se ne avessi avuto la possibilità, sarebbero stati Quinacridone burnt orange e Quinacridone gold deep. Farai un vlog dal negozio? Qui dove vivo non ci sono negozi d'arte con una vasta scelta di materiali. Quindi, è sempre divertente vedere altri entrare nel magico mondo dei materiali artistici :)

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

@@mariram guarda, hai nominato alcuni dei miei colori preferiti!! Devo studiare bene prima di andare! Un caro saluto 🤗

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

@@mariram comunque mi hai dato un’idea!!

[@basta.dotto_]

Ehi! Non abbiamo visto Totò 😢 I like the Sap Green and the Transparent Brown Oxide in this set. I use QoR wet-in-wet for fun, because I like the way they spread in all directions as soon as I put them on the paper, and it's fun to watch them move; but because of this, I find it difficult to control them when I don't use the wet-on-dry; I can't predict where they will fly off to. That said, I might try the Sap Green and the Transparent Brown Oxide for Fall leaves on wet paper; I'll let the paints flow where they want, and then add some yellow, orange and fiery red around them, once the QoR paints have dried. The Naples Yellow might be useful for sand, but I would have like to see a Quinacridone Gold hue in the set. It would have been more useful to me. Then again, I see the use of this Yellow Ochre for stone houses, fields with dried straw, dirt roads, and probably many more things which I can't think of right now. Vogliamo vedere Totòòòòòòòòòòòò! Non il de Curtis o il Cutugno. 😉

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

I am a bit of a control freak in watercolor! So wet in wet is not really my cup of tea! Rosa Gallery also has an extraordinary flow… Ho due Golden Retriever! Totò e Nanà.

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Puoi vedere Totò e Nanà sul mio account Instagram!! Li mostrerò presto su KZbin 😃

[@basta.dotto_]

@@WatercolorElisabetta Li ho visti! Bellssimi! Anche bellissimi i tuoi dipinti!

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Grazie mille. Ahaha adoro i miei cani!! ❤️

[@eleonoraserra2368]

Sono molto belli, a me hanno fatto provare una dot card di 6... Ma hanno dei costi proibitivi! Soprattutto per le quantità che uso io! Utilissimo video come sempre!

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Grazie Ele!! Io finanzio i miei acquisti con Skillshare….vedrai !

[@eleonoraserra2368]

@@WatercolorElisabetta lo spero!

[@nafordebi]

Lay down water first it travels so impressively

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Yes!! It reminds me of Rosa Gallery have you tried it ?

[@editaedita473]

@Watercolor & Co with Elisabetta what kind of brush is this please?

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

It’s Unico Infinito by Borciani Bonazzi, you can find it here www.momarte.com/prodotti-per-pittura/pennelli-per-pittura/pennelli-sintetici/pennello-borciani-e-bonazzi-unico-infinito-serie-850.html

[@editaedita473]

@@WatercolorElisabetta thank you very much!

[@artistjoh]

QOR needs to be treated with caution. The synthetic binder does provide a brightening effect for now, but until they have been around for a hundred years no one can be certain how that binder will stand up to that sort of time. Accelerated aging tests have their limitations as the individual atmospheres that individual paintings will experience during their lifetime vary greatly. It is not unkown for synthetic compounds to go milky or gain yellowish colors with great time. There is also the matter of environmental impact. Gum Arabic is a natural product, harvested from naturally growing trees in Africa and the Arabian penisula, with a very small impact on the environment. The synthetic binder on the other hand can only be produced in a large factory in a city using chemicals which also come from other factories, each with their own problems of environmental impacts from pollution to energy usage resulting in a much greater environmental impact than gum Arabic. I do not know why artists have not yet considered the environmental impact of introducing a synthetic binder into watercolor formulas, but perhaps they should start thinking about it, and not just look at the pretty colors. The manufacturer will not bring this up in the hope that no one thinks of it, but it is a real issue, and needs some thought. It is bad enough that so many of the truly lightfast pigments are the products of polluting factories, but we have no choice but to use them if we want our artworks to not fade and to use more than just earth colors, but we do have a choice about what binders we use. This QOR binder may stay perfectly clear in the long term, but no one really knows, plus I am concerned to minimize my environmental footprint. As a result, while I do have one QOR tube, I am reluctant to get more because of that synthetic binder.

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Dear @artistjoh, actually I have never thought about environmental impact of paint, I admit. I always considered art such a niche activity that the potential impact on environment seemed to me to be negligible. From what I understand aquazol primary use is in renovation of antique paintings (I apologise if my English is imperfect). Also, extraction, transportation and treatment of Gum Arabic can’t have a zero impact on environment. In other words, it’s a complicated issue…Maybe I should stop eating meat (which unfortunately I find delicious) and buy some more QOR tubes. At the end of the day, I can survive without QOR. I will think it twice before I buy more…although it’s such beautiful paint…or maybe every time I buy a QOR tube I will skip meat for a week! I thank you for your comment which is very valuable food for thought but on the other hand I’m a bit sad about it… About lightfastness: I think it’s a very important information, however I mostly paint in a sketchbook so it’s not a real issue at personal level. I also sometimes sell my art but I doubt it is meant to last for generations 😟. Having said this, I only use colours which are very lightfast from reliable brands like Winsor and Newton for my commissions, and especially after what you said, I would not use paints that are not 100% certified! Thanks a lot for taking your time to comment!! Always interesting. Cheers from Italy, Elisabetta

[@artistjoh]

@@WatercolorElisabetta I always enjoy interacting with you Elisabetta. I think that if we lived in the same city we would become good friends. Environmental ethics are as you say, complex. On the one hand Titanium White is regarded as being so safe that it is used as a food coloring, so it can't possibly cause environmental damage because it is not toxic right? Well, much of the world's rutile comes from here in Australia. Rutile is the raw material from which Titanium Dioxide is produced. it is extracted from rutile sands, and beaches in Queensland and Western Australia are very high in this titanium rutile. They mine the beaches and the sand dunes as they move up a beach, and I have witnessed how it takes ten to twenty years for that beach to return to its natural state. So Titanium White ends up as non-toxic and can be disposed of without problems, but starts life by devastating beaches. So what is the alternative? Lead White, traditionally called Cremnitz White or Flake White. That is so toxic that it can poison the workers making it, and can never be disposed of safely. So compared to Titanium White it is environmentally much worse, and we must accept that while not entirely free from environmental impacts, Titanium White is the best choice we can make. Everything we do has an impact. It seems to me that we must accept that, but we can minimize our impact by at least choosing the things with lesser impact where we can. As to lightfastness, I think that we should apply the standards we apply when buying a car. We expect a manufacturer to use durable materials, and if there is a defect, we expect the manufacturer to replace it. If a painting it being sold, we as artists are manufacturers of the paintings. The customer should be able to expect we use durable materials, and durability includes not fading. And it is my experience that we can never predict what people might want to buy, and sometimes they like our most humble sketches, so I just make a habit of only using lightfast materials for everything. And as to meat, it is too yummy not to eat it :)

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Great, because I’m having steak tartare tonight! (Too hot to cook). Sure we would be good friends, pigment nerds like us! Have a lovely weekend.

[@artistjoh]

@@WatercolorElisabetta :) enjoy

[@awatercolourist]

Congrats on your move 😃

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

I’m exhausted 😂

[@awatercolourist]

@@WatercolorElisabetta It’ll all be over soon and you will be sitting in a nice comfortable home… making KZbin videos for us 😂. I wish you happiness in your new home 😃

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Thank you so much!

[@awatercolourist]

First!

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

Fantastic! Thank you!

[@EugeniaLoli]

I love this set, except the sap green. It's too bright compared to the other colors, I'd go for an olive green, and a raw sienna instead.

[@WatercolorElisabetta]

I’m not a big fan of most Sap Greens…but this is more muted than others! Thank you for commenting Eugenia!