Schmincke Supergranulation Watercolours Review: Forest and Tundra Sets. Swatches and Paintings

[@FineArtforChrist]

Hey guys, If you enjoyed the video consider encouraging Becky by giving it a like or even going the extra mile and subscribing! She makes great videos and deserves to hear that every once in a while. Keep up the great work Becky!

[@BeckyTregear]

Aw thank you, that's so kind! I really appreciate it. 💕💜

[@FineArtforChrist]

@@BeckyTregear Glad to encourage a fellow artist. Keep up the great work!

[@NavyAssassinOnBLAST]

Agreed. 12k views with only 600 likes 😢

[@Judith-H7]

Yes....decorate the boxes would be very interesting. Best wishes from Germany

[@farooqlhrofficial2251]

Hi

[@janicek9399]

I think the tundra set is my favorite. Your polar bears turned out great! I like the forest painting too. Yes the colors are very limited, but you made it work. I admire that. I would enjoy a video on decorating the boxes. I have a couple of in my stash that I should decorate, lol. Thank you for sharing!

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! I shall have to come up with some designs for the boxes soon. 😁

[@EugeniaLoli]

The Tundra Orange is very important to exist in this series, because it's the only yellow-ish color they have. If one had money to buy only 1 set, the Tundra set is the most "complete" in terms of colors (you get yellow, a pink, and a blue). Also buy the Galaxy Pink, which is more red than the Tundra pink, and you won't need any of the other colors to make complete paintings. Instead, if someone buys the sea or forest sets, they can get stuck, unless they combine them with other types of paints for more color variety. If someone has money only for that one Tundra set, and not to buy an additional Galaxy Pink tube (they're expensive at $24 per tube), you can get the White Nights Caput Mortum for $3. It complements the set perfectly. I made 3 paintings using these colors exactly (tundra + caput mortum), and didn't need additional help from other paints to get all the shades needed.

[@BeckyTregear]

Great insights! I agree that Tundra is the most versatile set with its more varying array of colours. I have favourites from each set. 😊

[@waymire01]

By far the most versatile thing is to buy a nice selection of the base shades and go to town mixing.. that is what I did. You can mix them together or add them to your existing non granulating colors to get all the variety you need. So many are the same or similar colors over and over.. you don't even need them all... potters pink and mars black take you a long way alone. Add mars brown, a light and dark of a granulating green and blue.. you probably already have many of them if you have a largish collection of paint.. cerulean, cobalt, ultramarine, granulating browns, etc are typical. It's all in how you use them. I've been having a blast especially for backgrounds, I paint a lot of florals and small animals and they give a great "macro lens" effect with no effort at all, just toss them on wet paper and maybe a few water blooms for funsies. You can also mix all those so called "genuine" Daniel Smith colors while you are at it... and do it better with out fugitive pigments. That said.. I totally agree if I were to buy any it would be Tundra.

[@liqinzhu]

I’m so glad that the only super granulation set I have is Tundra. I bought it exactly because it appeared to have the widest color range. But, I have not tried even a single painting with it, other than swatching the five colors. So afraid of messing up these expensive pigments 🥵.

[@karenirving7088]

I love your interesting comments about habitats etc.

[@catherinebrown9119]

Thank you for swatching these sets. It helped confirm the colors I wanted to purchase. I agree, the tundra set is the most “complete” and I just ordered it today, as well as a few of the galaxy colors. Nice paintings using these sets! Thank you!

[@BeckyTregear]

I'm glad it helped! I hope you enjoy the tundra colours 😊

[@nancytipton2640]

Having lived in Alaska (& on the North Slope) I absolutely love your use of tundra paints. Thank you for sharing your findings on these super granulating paints.😊

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you, I'm clad I used them well - I have never been to see proper tundra so I had to guess a bit, haha!

[@FelineFurKin]

The pink and blue are so pretty. Your polar bears have such sweet expressions.

[@BeckyTregear]

I really enjoyed the Tundra set - a real favourite out of them all! I like the Haze set too. Thank you - I love polar bears, so I hope I did them justice. 😊

[@pennypop408]

Loving the tundra set. They work so well together in your paintings.

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! Tundra ended up being my favourite set 😆

[@cate7777]

I liked all of your paintings. I recently bought the complete set like yours in the wooden boxes. Convenience colors, I heard someone else on KZbin call them, because you can mix your own supposedly. Art is a hobby for me, but I prefer to use the nicer paints rather than budget type paints. Anyway, I bought them to use with other paints/colors, but nice to see that they can be used on their own.

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! Yes they are considered convenience colours, but I don't see any issues with using ready made mixes. Some would highly disagree, haha! I just think use whatever makes you happy, and I think these mixes that Schmincke have come up with are really lovely. And for sure, they can be used with other paints! I hope you're enjoying all of yours. 😊💜

[@ladoubleu5534]

Lovely paintings with the sets. Thanks for sharing.

[@stockholmpearlsandviews4772]

This was a good review Becky, thank you! I was especially interested in the forest set but after seeing you paint with the tundra set I’m interested in that too,

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! I felt the same way when buying these, I thought the forest was going to be my favourite but the tundra ended up winning, lol.

[@kathleensmith1494]

My favorite is the polar bear on the left

[@Elvraie]

Beautiful colours! And great paintings. I like all of them. Have a nice Sunday and week.

[@BeckyTregear]

Thanks, and you too! 😊

[@ArtistRebeccaLS]

I love that the paints come in wooden boxes Absolutely think the boxes are perfect for artists to decorate

[@BeckyTregear]

I did end up painting pictures on them. 😁 I have a video on that somewhere too, heheh.

[@Discofoxx1]

I luv the painting with the bear! Really nice!

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you 😊

[@cece_h]

I just received these two limited editions myself. I love them. The tundra set is my favorite. You are such a talented artist. I'm glad to find your channel.

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you so much! Tundra is my favourite too. 😊❤️

[@65sunnyday]

Love to watch you paint these polar bears - thanks, Becky!

[@1Letter23Numbers.]

Yes to a video decorating the boxes, please. I love my Schminke painta and really want to get some of these.

[@BeckyTregear]

They have released 5ml tube sets as well, which are a bit cheaper than the much larger 15ml ones. 😊

[@1Letter23Numbers.]

@@BeckyTregear thanks! I didn't know they were now in smaller tubes

[@tempest6781]

Beautiful paintings. I'm quite impressed with the paints, the granulation is amazing and even limited in colours it can be awesome. Can't wait to see you do something with all the sets combined :)

[@BeckyTregear]

I totally agree with the granulation being amazing. They're just so cool! Thank you, and I will definitely be combining all of the sets together in a single palette 😁

[@tempest6781]

@@BeckyTregear oh thanks for taking the time to reply! You're too sweet! And I can't wait! Those are such gorgeous sets and I know you'll make something beautiful as always :)

[@dianethoroughman9541]

I would like to see you decorate the boxes. Maybe use some transparent watercolor ground on the boxes and paint on them. Dr. Oto Kano here KZbin has a channel. She also has reviewed all five sets of the Schminke granulating series. Her review is done differently than yours so you might find it interesting. I lik all three paintings. I can't choose a favorite. I would love to see a painting where you allow yourself to use all five sets.

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! I am subscribed to her channel and now I have seen all of the colours for myself I will watch her videos, lol. I am definitely going to paint with all of them....more videos planned! 😁

[@tempest6781]

Yes decorate the boxes! I love doing that tbh

[@LordjiesArt]

So beautiful combination 👍👍👍

[@MirandaWatsonArt]

I agree - that Tundra Violet is simply gorgeous. I have all of the Super Granulating sets as dot cards, but that's it. Can't wait to get them out and do a tiny little painting with each of them. Ah, so much to do, so little time. Your paintings are really pretty. Love those polar bears!

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! I'll be very interested to see what paintings you come up with using the dot cards! Add to the enormous videos to make list, lol 😂

[@monkeytipper5721]

Beautiful presentation of the sets. I’m so greatful for these kind of videos when trying to decide on colors and sets. Thank you ❤️😊 love the polar bears, your so talented.

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you, I am glad my video was helpful! 😊❤️

[@sumbae7668]

I love your polarbear paintings so lovely🥰

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! 😊❤️

[@NaomiCoutureArt]

I've not tried any watercolors from this brand but these are interesting sets. I really like how all the paintings turned out. :)

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! Schmincke watercolours are expensive but lovely, and worth a try if you ever find any on sale! 🙂

[@CajunSunshineCrafts]

The colors are pretty, but your paintings are fantastic!! Great job!!

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! 😊

[@diannaa5631]

Thosecwerevthevtwocsets I had just ordered.cant wait till they arrive

[@xargothunter5746]

Tundra is the places in the arctic where there are not permanent ice cover everywhere, so you got it right. I think you did fantastic with the green set.

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you, those were really difficult, lol! Glad I got tundra right....it is completely unfamiliar for me as I have never been so far north.

[@xargothunter5746]

@@BeckyTregear well you are not missing out of a lot. You are missing out on a lot of nothing. ;) It is beautiful in the summer bur really harsh and dark during winter.

[@AlexisCassandraArt]

Ooh, fancy! I think I also prefer the tundra set and maybe if I had to pick a color, tundra pink is my favorite! I also love the two polar bear paintings. The colors in the tundra set make for a gorgeous combination. You make watercolor painting look so effortless!😱

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! I am always nervous starting a painting but once I get going I am usually ok. I just let go for these ones and let the paint fall where it may, haha.

[@JayNathanWatercolor]

The Tundra set does look good. I think I want it.

[@BeckyTregear]

It's a great set! They also come in sets of 5ml tubes, which I just discovered a couple of days ago. Jackson's has them all....hopefully still in stock!

[@artbydrbee]

I've never used these granulating watercolours before, but I have to say, I love the "Tundra" set the most - and I think if you did a mixed media piece maybe with some of the orange along with sepia ink, it would look great!! The orange could be used as a highlight colour in that case, although I really enjoyed how it looked when you used it as a shadow colour on your polar bears!!! 👏👏👏👏 Well done Becky, and thank-you so much for this video!! I've left a like ❤️❤️❤️

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! I like the orange more now that I've used it for some actual paintings. I think Tundra seems to be the most well liked set from everything I've seen so far. ☺️

[@sailorfan86]

Fantastic drawings.

[@karenirving7088]

I put a mars black on my palette and mix it with my strong staining colours - super granulating.

[@BeckyTregear]

It's an excellent granulator!

[@karenirving7088]

@@BeckyTregear have you tried the granulating medium stuff? Maybe you could do a review ?? 😄

[@BeckyTregear]

@@karenirving7088 I don't have any of it - if I ever find some I'll consider a review for sure!

[@palwashafineart4839]

Wow beautiful work with water colors 😍👍enjoyed your video! Please stay connected 👍

[@donnabulman3690]

love watching your painting!

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you so much 😀

[@INCWorks]

I'm so happy to see this! 'Forest' and 'Tundra' were the sets that - at first glance - most appealed to me. While I love greens, I agree that the REAL standouts are Forest Blue, Tundra Violet, and Tundra Pink. Your art pieces are wonderful showcases for these colors. Looking forward to seeing the whole collection in a palette with swatchchart. Am I being pushy?? 😜

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you, I hope this was helpful in helping you decide whether or not to get some of these paints. Fear not, coming soon is a video putting all of these in a single palette with all 25 colours. 😁

[@fuzzydragons]

love the polar bears, very well done 😀 great granulation in these paints, no idea what I would use them for, probably a dragon lol

[@BeckyTregear]

A dragon would be cool! Might have to try that, lol.

[@jmoss55ish]

You are so very talented!

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you, that's very kind. ❤

[@julietoye9872]

Beautiful! Love the tundra set xxx

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you, yes the Tundra set is probably my favourite out of the lot!

[@farooqlhrofficial2251]

Beautiful combination of coloring and u fingers love

[@Bonnie10au]

These paintings turned out very cute! As a German in Australia I love Schmincke products. I have all 5 sets of these paints, without the tins unfortunately, because when they came out there were no tins. Some people talked in a bad way about these paints because they are 'just' mixes from usual pigments. That is fine by me. Nobody has to buy them if they don't want to. I like that Schmincke is telling the customer exactly what is in their paints. Let's not mention the Daniel Smith Primatek scandal... I just love Schmincke paints! BTW, have watched Eve Bolts video? Schmincke has a new colour called 'ocean grey', available at Jackson's. Let's go shopping, lol.

[@BeckyTregear]

I saw that today...another colour to add to my wishlist!🤣 Schmincke watercolours are really fabulous and even though these are mixes, the sheer quality of the paints is amazing. I'm glad you like them too.💜

[@Bonnie10au]

@@BeckyTregear you know what? I just placed an order before the colour sells out. My husband and I celebrate our 30. wedding anniversary tomorrow so I thought I deserve a little present, don't I?

[@BeckyTregear]

@@Bonnie10au Sounds like a fine reason! Happy anniversary, I hope you both have a fantastic day. 🙂❤

[@Bonnie10au]

@@BeckyTregear thanks so much!

[@margaretf667]

You should invest in 2 ceramic slice tools, 1 for a technique with coloured pencils and the other for opening boxes. Get the one with the curved edge ceramic blade and that has a stop so it doesn't retract on its own. (orange handle).

[@BeckyTregear]

Hmm I've never heard of those, I will look into that. Scissors don't always 'cut' it, lol.

[@margaretf667]

@@BeckyTregear look up Bonny Snowdon Slice tool to see it being used to remove coloured pencil e.g. To add whiskers etc..

[@hexemuller6555]

And now they are in the standard sortiment. Its amazing. I ve bought the Tundra set in small but 5ml is too less 🤣

[@BeckyTregear]

I saw that Jackson's exclusive Haze set is only sold in 5ml tubes and it would really bother me not having them as 15ml when all of my other supergranulation tubes are! 😂

[@Gemiangel47]

I enjoyed watching you swatch and paint. I loved all the paintings can’t choose lol. Would love to see you decorate the boxes. In a past video haul you got some monte marte paper, it may have been a block. I was wondering what you thought of it.? I saw some in my local store and I hesitate to purchase it

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! The Mont Marte 100% cotton paper is really nice and I totally recommend it! If you look through my videos from a few months ago there is one called Painting Pansies and I am pretty sure that is on the large Mont Marte block. Also the Unicorn painting I did a month or so ago is on that paper too.

[@sianbinnie4896]

Love watching your review vids. Although im not atthe level to get these paints i have been growng my collection recently with an Australian brand Art Spectrum and a local company Shimmer Paints (Melbourne ) and I would really appreciate a review and your opinion on these two brands.

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! I have in my back catalogue of videos, around 10 months ago I think, a video reviewing my collection of Art Spectrum watercolours, and I also did a video last Christmas with the Shimmer Drops 12 Days of Christmas advent calendar paint set, if that helps! 😊

[@sianbinnie4896]

@@BeckyTregear Thanks Becky, I just watched the Art Spectrum one and will search for the Shimmer Paints too.

[@hildabrucker2127]

You are very talented! Greetings from Canada!

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you so much 😀

[@sugorine]

4:07 - no, phthalocyanine green is PG36, not PB36. That’s celurean.

[@BeckyTregear]

Oops! I didn't notice that error, haha! 😂

[@alinatr2693]

Does anyone know good,relatively cheap watercolor paper that isn't so structured and more on the smooth side ?😅 Maybe you could do a video about decorating the boxes(maybe with some stencils)😊

[@BeckyTregear]

You could try some hot press paper which is much smoother than cold press. If going for cotton, I like Fabriano Artistico, and Saunders Waterford. These are, at least in Australia, a bit cheaper than something like Arches. Also you can get a single big sheet of paper and cut it down to smaller pieces, which is cheaper than buying a whole pad of paper. And thank you for your idea with stenciling the box! ☺️

[@artistjoh]

I much prefer buying individual colors as that gives a better range of colors than is found in any individual set.

[@BeckyTregear]

So true, but the individual tubes are insanely expensive in Australia so it worked out to be a lot better value to buy the whole boxes in the end (I waited for sales, lol). I think here each tube costs about $35 each! 😵

[@artistjoh]

@@BeckyTregear Dump the art store that is charging $35 Adamstown Art Store (which is in the country north of Sydney) sells online for $32.95, and there may be cheaper outlets. Most local stores seem to charge like it is 1975, and online competition hasn't been invented yet. This is why online is booming.

[@BeckyTregear]

@@artistjoh They are cheaper again from the UK (Jackson's Art)...but at any rate I have them all now anyway, haha!

[@chantalnugues-perrin3631]

Thank you for this video ! Could you tell me the name or where you got that very neat porcelaine palette ? 🤗 thanks 😆

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! I think this is an Art Spectrum 22 well porcelain palette. Meeden on Amazon have a 24 well one which is very similar too.

[@farooqlhrofficial2251]

Beautiful

[@jam4441]

Hi Becky I am new here to your channel and loving the content . I am wondering if you could advise what brush you are using in this video. I know it as a "cats tongue" shape and it looks like it is a very beautiful brush to work with. I am happy to use affiliate links if you have one for the brush.Many thanks Judy

[@BeckyTregear]

Hi there! That is a Princeton Aqua Elite 1/2 inch oval wash brush, if I am not mistaken. I am pretty sure that was one gifted to me by a viewer in a set. I think the video where I opened this was Opening Mystery Mail, Art Supplies Inside, and you can see the whole packet. They’re gorgeous brushes, I really love using them!

[@waymire01]

And today they announced a new limited edition color.. ocean grey.

[@BeckyTregear]

I saw that! Because that's what I need....MORE paints! 😂

[@waymire01]

@@BeckyTregear Just say "thank you" for the inspiration, get a nice selection of granulating paints and do some mixing. There really aren't that many needed that will give you the same or very similar results. You probably already have most of what you need... I recently set up a granulating palette and only wound up buying a few paints to add to what I already had. Potters pink and mars black, mars brown, a cobalt green.... I already had several granulating blues and browns. This new one is ultramarine blue, lamp black, and cobalt teal.

[@BeckyTregear]

@@waymire01 I have a bunch of the single pigment paints too...next week I will be sorting all of my Schmincke paints, so you will see all of the other ones I have, lol. But for all of that I still love all the supergranulation mixes too, and all together they make a pretty cool palette. 💜

[@elizaluizezile]

What brushes are you using?

[@BeckyTregear]

I have no idea haha! Having a look back it looks like my Princeton Neptune Elite brushes (or just Princeton Neptune if they have orange handles). They're great brushes, I use them a lot.

[@grahamekellermeier8280]

Good quality paints if people tell you different they don't know schmincke.

[@BeckyTregear]

Oh yes, Schmincke watercolours are top notch! 👍

[@jjsmakeupobsession323]

What is your favorite watercolor brand?😊

[@BeckyTregear]

@@jjsmakeupobsession323 So hard to pick just one! Sennelier, Holbein, Daniel Smith, Schmincke and Roman Szmal are maybe top five at the moment. Sennelier is a brand I particularly love. ❤️

[@gillinacook1477]

I don’t have any of these sets YET 😉

[@BeckyTregear]

They also have all of the sets in 5ml tubes now, which is a slightly less insane size than the 15ml ones! 😂

[@jjsmakeupobsession323]

Becky, I am the same way, I call it full set syndrome.lol

[@BeckyTregear]

@@jjsmakeupobsession323 Must have them all! 😂

[@frenchgrama]

I was really, REALLY looking forward to you swatching & demo-ing these 2 sets, in particular the Tundra set - somehow I always thought that these 2 sets were intended to be compatible to use with each other on the same painting, don’t know where I got that idea from though… Becky I just LOVE, LOOOOVED ur polar bear paintings… they remind me of an incredible artist I follow on Instagram, whose name is just ‘davidmceown’, he specialises in watercolour paintings of nature and in particular the artic - it’s animals and flora, u probably already follow him I imagine… if deliveries from overseas weren’t so challenging & at risk of being lost (as is happening to me right now with a parcel from America that I paid for in January & the sender won’t even reply to my emails about not getting them) - I would’ve bought the Tundra set. I know that I can get the set delivered to me by DHL if I ordered from Jacksons but that just doubles the price of the set - but hey, I’d probably pay double the price here in Australia if it was possible to buy these sets from here anyway…

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! There will be a follow up soon of me organising my Schmincke paints. I put all of the supergranulation ones together and it has made a pretty cool and interesting palette! They definitely can be used together and I will no doubt do more with them. I ordered these from Jackson's not too long ago with the cheapest tracked postage; they arrived within two weeks so that was pretty good. I am pretty sure Senior Art Supplies in Melbourne has all of the individual tubes, but they cost around $35 each so are considerably more expensive!