Rosa Gallery Watercolors Swatch With Me | 60 Color Dot Card

[@InLiquidColor]

Hello! I hope you all enjoy today's nice long look at the Rosa Gallery dot card. As I continue to get to know these paints, I'd love to hear what you think about them and if you have any favorite colors! As always with these SWM videos, this video isn't intended to be temptation. I hope it's helpful as a buying guide if you're trying to decide between colors! Also, my sincere apologies to headphones users! There is a soft thumping noise that comes up throughout the video. I tried to edit it out wherever possible. I haven't recorded an unscripted video for a long time, and I'm in a new set up. The sound wasn't audible to me at the time, but I will adjust for the next video!

[@Everywhere2]

Marvelous video, Denise. Thank you for burning up so many hours on our behalf.

[@Kelthulu89]

This was one of those videos I watched walking around my house and talked to it like it was a sports ball game in my excitement for some colors.

[@InLiquidColor]

Omg that makes my heart so happy haha.

[@bearianna]

Being half Ukrainian myself (my dad and his family immigrated here when he was 3) it's so cool to see some beautiful supplies from that part of the world! Especially because of the war with Russia, it's important to spread more about Ukrainian culture, which art supplies can help facilitate. 🇺🇦

[@user-wk1mw9nj3i76]

I rely on my Rosa Gallery paints as my most used paints for travel, studio classes and often working at home. I don’t use earth colors much, I mix a lot, so I appreciate the excellent range of primary/secondary colors like ultramarine blue, cobalt blue (lovely delicate granulation) the yellows, purple and lightfast reds. However, the yellow ochre is as transparent as any I’ve seen, and I also like a couple of others of the earth colors. I love the paints’ layering ability, “glow” and versatility. I enjoy the freedom their full size pans give my brush, the easy rewetting, and the quality tins. The paints don’t tend towards all pigments staining like M. Graham and Qor, except for the standard staining pigments like Phthalo Blue. The paints are great when I travel; they don’t crack, and they don’t make a goopy mess like over-honeyed (IMHO) M. Graham. They have never leaked out of the tin, and yet they’re easy to rewet. The lightfastness overall is excellent, minus a couple of traditional vintage pigments. The paints have professional pigmentation levels, excellent clarity, delicate granulation, and decent but not difficult to control movement. The price is exceptional for the quality, definitely a best buy. They are headquartered in western Ukraine, so I believe they’ve had not much bomb damage from the war, and they continue to work in their own modern facility. My favorite sets are the Classic and the Floral botanical set. I use the floral set for all subjects. I also regularly paint with Winsor & Newton, Daniel Smith and Holbein, and I am a trained, experienced watercolorist. My general favorite brand, Winsor and Newton, is more transparent overall and the colors are more balanced with each other, not to mention more consistently lightfast, and D Smith has modern, intensely and almost aggressively bright colors, compared to Rosa Gallery. But they are much more expensive, and Rosa has its own very worthwhile, charming characteristics. I love my Rosa Gallery WC paints. They have a sweetly traditional English watercolor vibe. Great for landscapes.

[@Everywhere2]

Made me smile to hear Kim Crick's name, Denise! Her site is a treasure.

[@NanaBeth1]

Trying to simplify in my old age and donated all my Rosa to a local school. Now I regret it. I know their Magenta Rose made it to Kim Crick's favorite single pigment List. I loved their Violet and Neutral Black. Their plain Umber is good for muting colors to look like vintage colors.They spread just like Qor paints. I also bought mine direct from the Ukraine but I used a different vendor. Also wonderful to work with.

[@windywednesday4166]

Oh, that's a great tip about the umber. I'll have to play with it, keeping that in mind. ❤

[@darenwade7453]

Love your swatching videos; they are very informative and I refer back to them when purchasing a new color. Rosa Gallery released 10 new colors recently that include another lightfast Pyrrole Red, PR254, an Azo Yellow, PY151, Cadmium Orange Medium, an "Indanthrene Grey, PB60, and some additional blues, greens, and earth colors. :) I started with pans but recently have purchased some 10ml tubes and enjoy them.

[@InLiquidColor]

I'm glad they're helpful! Thank you.

[@RumoHasIt]

I LOVE my rosa gallery paints! I was so so impressed by this brand, definitely on par with my pro paints like DS and A gallo in terms of vivid color!

[@annettefournier9655]

Thanks Denise🎉 I really enjoy the ROSA paints. They are quite versatile. They are a little on the heavy side but it depends on what I'm painting and what effect i want. If i want to layer endlessly I'll go with Sennelier or Rembrandt ( the glow from the paper with Rembrandt is second to none imo) if i want great salt effects or very little drying shift or one layer coverage for cards or illustration orvi want to lift woth stencils on a background Rosa is my go to. I have not gotten a muddy mix yet with them. I enjoy using different brands of paint and have several. 😉

[@Pinkstarpirate]

Their PG7 Emerald Green is one of my favorite phthalo green blue shades out there.

[@rachelhambone1159]

Prettiest swatch card I've ever seen... love the glazing technique!

[@sherryfurr9115]

I bought some Rosa Gallery paints strictly to support Ukraine last year. I liked them from the beginning and have since expanded my palette. The more i use them the more I like them. They are at the top of my list of favorites with M Graham, Sennelier, QOR, and several other major brands.

[@kathyhackney7950]

I bought the monopigmented 21 set on amazon when it was on sale for 20 something dollars. At first, I disliked the opacity and just how much pigment I picked up from most of them whereas the couple of browns seemed to have the opposite issue. However, I realized since then that these are actually a great watercolor/gouache hybrid and they’re great for me when I want to go for a hike and need fast saturation. The white is also pretty decent and can be mixed with the other colors to make them even more opaque.

[@IzoInk]

every time you talk about your dislike of bright oranges I mentally go "so valid, However, hand them to me- I desire the oranges." Thankfully we can agree on the pretty teals

[@InLiquidColor]

I have been craving some teal and orange palettes lately! I need to carve out some time for them :)

[@marytesta3003]

Lindsay Weirich also thought these were nice paints. The colors look lovely and are quite reasonable.

[@mjpete27]

Hullo Denise, I am so glad that you have made a study of these paints! I wanted to support Ukraine people and I was very hesitant to send money to “aid charities” So I looked for ways to boost the country’s economy and help actual people living there! I purchased a set of urban sketching watercolors in their 12 pan palette and substituted 2 more colors as the company was happy to replace the greens, since I have mixed my greens for more years than I care to think about. I picked warm grey and cobalt turquoise. I was so enchanted with the paints that I went back and purchased a selection of 24 colors and I did get a couple of the questionable reds, I just wanted the coral and carmine! I also got the 2 cad yellows as well as the ultramarine blue with Indanthrene blue for my darkest blue. I did get tubes of the warm grey as well as the cobalt turquoise! I have several different colors I went Paynes grey over indigo, I did get the SAP green knowing that it was not a true SAP green but a very nice middle green for easier mixing when I am feeling lazy! Now the quin violet was a must for me too. I suppose that is a long enough comment, I am sure most have stopped reading this extended comment, but I want to thank you again for sharing this lovely paint line with your viewers and subscribers too! I truly enjoyed watching your swatch video and I do hope that you create your own artwork from this brand of paints!

[@mostlyvoid.partiallystars]

They seem like a beautiful brand!

[@sharptuxedo]

Thank you for making this video! I’ve been debating on getting Rosa watercolors for a while. The purples in this range are lovely.

[@jenneke2]

Thanks, Denise…loved this video. Your swatches and observations were so interesting ❤!

[@jannecapelle_art]

perfect for a chill friday evening! thank you

[@SandraVink]

Rosa Gallery are so worth exploring. I use Aureolin green all the time when I travel and paint outside. It’s my most used Rosa Gallery color. I also bought some others, as Quin. Gold Hue, Golden Brown, Cobalt Grey, but I don’t use them as much, even though they are just beautiful. I also bought some cadmium colors for their opaqueness. Usually Cadmium colors are expensive. Here they have the same price as the other colors. I don’t like their Cobalt Turquoise. It’s a beautiful green leaning version of this pigment, but it’s really low tinting. I also don’t like their PBr25 (is it called royal brown? 🤔). It’s hue is beautiful, but layering is just impossible.

[@InLiquidColor]

Thank you for your insight! I've been using them move this past week, and I have to agree about the Cobalt Turquoise. There seems to be too much binder in it and it's a really difficult color to use well. The others I have are a delight though!

[@karenirving7088]

I have unite a few brands of artist grade paints and find these comparable quality. All brands vary a bit in character but these certainly are professional quality. Thanks for the review

[@NinaQueena]

Thank you soooo much for this video!!!🎉 I cant tell you how PEEFECT your timing is 👌

[@InLiquidColor]

I'm so glad!!

[@Lauraisabelgonzalezart]

Mix Flame Red with Ultramarine Blue, along with other Blues, and watch some serious magic happen. The separation it provides is beautiful! I use it all the time for a background against more subtle colors! ETA that PO73 has a very pretty pink-ish undertone. And I'm assuming that's where cool undertone you're seeing in the Bright Red might be coming from! Sorry to keep adding. I have most of their colors and adore them. They're very budget friendly too!

[@MsMoniqueWilson]

Thank you for the lovely peaceful SWM video. I could listen/watch you do this every day! Interesting paints - there are a couple there I am tempted by for sure. Could I please ask you about the tape you use for the swatch card? Thank you so much!

[@InLiquidColor]

So glad you liked it! It's 1/8 inch masking tape :)

[@MsMoniqueWilson]

@@InLiquidColor thank you!!

[@awatercolourist]

So sweet (and diplomatic 😂) of you to research the pronunciation of Rosa. I have noticed the dote above the o before. Good eye!

[@ChantelleArts]

these pink tones are so beautiful! it's a real shame pinks are often not as lightfast ❤

[@tolekz3689]

Can you make video about Winsor&Newton Dot Chart swatching? Please...

[@InLiquidColor]

I do have that dot card waiting to be swatched. However, my patrons recently voted and this one won out. It'll come eventually, but there are lots of great videos in the queue I'm excited to make as well.

[@LeesChannel]

I bought a Rosa Gallery set, and I was pretty disappointed with it. The earthtones were abysmal, as well as several othere colors, such as the Chrome Green. There were tons of fugitive mixes, and tons of mixes with PBk 7, but no pure PBk 7! The pigments were all super finely ground, and they felt very weak and didn't have much presence and felt ephemeral. The only colors that were okay were the ones made of naturally potent (and economical) pigments, like the pthalos. So, yeah, not exactly up there with M. Graham, Qor, and Daniel Smith. It is a cheap paint in cost and quality.

[@InLiquidColor]

Interesting take! I agree with not loving the earth to eat or chrome green, but there are some really lovely ones in there. That's why I tend to wait until I can find things open stock, so I know I'll like the colors I get. I think for a lot of people, the fine ground quality is a positive! Some people don't like granulation and do like flow. It's great that we all have options!

[@tolekz3689]

Also, QoR, has Cadmium Purple that is darkest shade of cadmium red...

[@l.nelson3093]

Great to hear your voice, nice swatching sesh!😊

[@slvva]

Thanks for video! Those paints are my biggest regret. They look and activate beautifully but behave like transparent gouache. Layering different colours is impossible. Just a touch of wet brush activate fully dried layer. Muddy mixes on the paper is something I can't ignore.

[@InLiquidColor]

I am looking forward to painting with them. I heard another review mentioning that, but I did not find that to be the case while swatching the second layer for the majority of colors. May I ask what paper and brush you use?

[@slvva]

​@@InLiquidColor Of course the paper and brush will show the effect more or less but just try two different colours or choose one colour and make the lift test comparing with different brand. Also try to layer two different colours. I mostly use cotton paper or sketchbook 25%cotton, silver-black velvet, Rubloff kolinsky sable series and Pro Arte Connoisseur. I have RG paint in tubes since 2022. When you try them on cellulose paper you can clean the painting with the sponge and reuse the paper 😂

[@hannahthufvesson]

​@@slvvado you have this problem with the transparent and lightfast colours too? Because I haven't noticed that so far. If so that's really good to know! :)

[@slvva]

@@hannahthufvesson I really don't remember what colours. I noticed that during painting and my first thought was what I did wrong as I didn't expect them to behave like that. I use Sennelier, Qor, W&N, Roman Szmal and never experienced such a thing. I also paint often with gouache. If this is random thing maybe my paints are old or something? I really don't understand it.

[@hannahthufvesson]

@@slvva I'm gonna pay attention when I paint with them next! I haven't layered a lot with them, I use QoR for that - they're absolutely amazing! 🥰 I know I don't like the Rosa Gallery cobalts and cadmiums, they're either gummy or just, don't really feel nice to paint with. But I'm a fan of some of the transparent, intense ones!

[@tribalstyle138]

I agree, I study a different language with no o-dot. Nevertheless in the similar Eastern European language "o" is more like 'aw' and not 'ow'. Raw-sa is how my friends would say it- makes sense!

Hi, I'm not an expert on Ukrainian language by any means, but I'm Czech (Czech and Ukrainian languages are pretty close). so I hope my two cents to this can still be of value. As far as I can say, the dot over "o" in Rosa is purely decorative (in the logo). Go to Rosa website and switch the language to Ukrainian. There is no dot above Rosa anywhere (interestingly, they always write Rosa in latin alphabet, while everything else in cyrilic). Also, both in Czech and Ukraininan, "Rosa" means the same thing - "Dew". And I can tell you for sure, that we pronounce "o" just as written - "o" :). There's no reason to believe it should be any different in Ukrainian, imho. So I'm pretty sure Denise pronounces it properly, in the video. Actually, very nicely, I would say 😊

[@DeborahPreuss]

Q: while swatching Madder Rose, you have a note appear about lightfastness of *Magenta* Rose. I'm not sure if this is a typo: was your lightfastness note actually about *Madder* Rose? Love this video, many thanks ❤

[@InLiquidColor]

Yes, it should say Madder Rose. My apologies!

[@k.b.1996]

Thank you for the video! I have complicated feelings towards Rosa watercolors. I found them to transfer very easily if I try to go for a darker layer and this is very disappointing. I've never seen anyone mentioning this so just wanted to add (I had these problems with Indigo and Violet). Another thing I don't like is how dull these colours actually dry, and also the extra sheen is just annoying. I didn't have this with their with Burnt Sienna though... I've purchased all the tubes separately last year. Sure, the price is amazing and it's great to support a Ukrainian company, but I wouldn't really recommend them to anyone who already has some artist grade watercolours and now just wants to "try something out", to be honest. Sure, they are cheap, but not sure if they are really worth it in this case.

[@InLiquidColor]

Interesting! I didn't notice shine or transfer, but I'll look for it as I continue to use them. Thanks for sharing.

[@k.b.1996]

​​@@InLiquidColorthanks for the answer! I'll be waiting for your findings, maybe I've got a few Monday tubes.

[@1827handmade]

Given the time you gave, what time did you end up going to bed after all the layers and tape removal?? I was up as the sun was rising watching this earlier (my sleep clock is wonky, was still awake) and finishing now that I'm awake (5pm lol) I really like the caput and black green, Magenta grey and violet black. The 2 greys are quite nice! (I don't have them, just going by your swatches) oh and the quin violet looks quite lovely!

[@InLiquidColor]

I saved the second layer and tape removal for the next day! I usually sleep from about 4am-noon local time. However, I was in a wicked bout of insomnia when I recorded this, as I usually prefer to stop working at least a couple hours before bed 😅

[@1827handmade]

@@InLiquidColor That was my sleep schedule up until it got worse recently! (now 6.30-7am - 3pm but trying to at least get it back to 4am hopefully) Sending all the love and peaceful sleep, insomnia is a terror! And very inconvenient 😂

[@onemig00]

Cadmiums have "hue" alternatives... but what about the cobalts? huhu.. there are some beautiful cobalts (blues and blue greens) but I stay away from them because I have kids

[@InLiquidColor]

There are usually cerulean blue hues available. I'm not sure that cobalt blue or green hues ring a bell?

[@onemig00]

@@InLiquidColor thank you. Some have also suggested pthalos instead of cobalts. You guys are awesome 😎👍