Rosa Gallery Watercolours Review! Did I Pick A Useful Palette? Swatches and Painting.

Today I will be taking a look at the Rosa Gallery watercolors I purchased while in Greece. The watercolours themselves are made in Ukraine, and lately they have become more popular internationally. Are they any good? Did I choose a decent palette of colours? Let's find out!
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[@hahiestand]

When paints are goopy like that, just pop them in the freezer for five minutes before you try to peel the paper off. It works really well.

[@BeckyTregear]

Wish I'd done that, lol!

[@le2382]

Yes! I do that all the time, it works like a charm!

[@adab.3681]

Exactly, had to do this with Roman Szmal, which are also honey based. A few minutes in the freezer and the paper came right off.

[@le2382]

@@adab.3681 me too, it was the Roman Szmal paints! The first one I opened was a mess bur I popped the rest in the freezer for a few minutes and then I managed to get the paper off without wasting paint.

[@felicitycrowe6971]

I was just going to say the same thing!😊

[@lindyashford7744]

Cute chickens, your painting came out great. I have a set of Rosa and love them, very good to paint with, and nice quality. A number of reviews I watched before getting them reckoned they were very flowy, I don’t paint a lot wet into wet so did not particularly notice this, they flowed when I wanted them to and stayed put when I wanted them to. They sort of replaced my White Nights which I was finding hard to enjoy, I found the Rosa very cleanly produced, but not really similar to the rival brand, they are quite different to use. My set is 28 which is more than adequate, with nothing I disliked. And good value too. I just love full pans! Have a lot of fun using these, I really love paints that do not feel too precious to use….

[@BeckyTregear]

These definitely feel different to the White Nights - I haven't used the latter for a while, but I remember them being stickier or something. Rosa paints didn't bloom a lot for me, with the exception of the indigo swatch. I like them a lot so far! A 28 set would be lovely too, I'm sure! I can't fit any more right now, lol.

[@k.f.3609]

Great colors and beautiful picture. The chickens look really alive 😃. You can almost hear them cackling 😂

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you - it's such a great photo and I decided it was high time to paint it! 😊

[@amandahodgin9316]

Lindsey Weirich just did a review of their new granulating paints this week.

[@BeckyTregear]

Yes I saw that, right around the time I scheduled this video, lol!

[@debsmith7050]

Your chickens make me smile :) Well done! I too like the Rosa Gallery Watercolors. Nice palette selection. Thanks for your review

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! 😊

[@artsyarmo3075]

Nice. I like those watercolors. I was thinking about getting them from Amazon. I am not as talented as you are but it'll be fun. Thanks for a nother great video.

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! I'd consider it more just endless practise than talent as such; I paint most days so improvement has to be made eventually, lol.

[@chantalle7340]

Etsy has a lot of open stock at lower prices (I haven’t checked shipping costs) but I’m not sure if they’ve got the curated sets.

[@ms.rocketscience4924]

The chickens are lovely. Rosa Gallery paint seems to be a king a splash these days. They get great reviews, are adding new colors, and are very affordable. Good to see the brand is doing well in difficult times. Thanks for the video, Becky.

[@BeckyTregear]

I'm happy that they're such great quality and yes they've become very popular lately, which is great. 💜

[@chantalle7340]

Thank goodness the factory hasn’t yet been occupied & stolen by russians. It must be difficult to run a business while being shelled.

[@annemorgan2928]

After watching this video, I have purchased them from Amazon in 🇨🇦. Can’t wait. Thank you for bringing these paints to my attention. I was under the impression we couldn’t get them here. I always enjoy your adventures and you take us along with you. Say hi to Nick who helps you with logistics etc. You make a good team.

[@BeckyTregear]

I was surprised to see them on Amazon as well! It must be only very recent that they've made them easily available to the international market outside of the US. I hope you enjoy your new set! 💜

[@chantalle7340]

I’ve found them on Etsy for a good price.

[@Chris-wn6sc]

I just looked Rosa watercolours up for price comparison and those are really affordable. I can buy a student grade set with 24 colours for under € 30,-, that's amazing and the quality seems very reasonable. Thanks for the upload Becky!

[@BeckyTregear]

They're really great value, aren't they?! And much nicer than student grade, so I'd be choosing Rosa Gallery all day long, haha.

[@derwood206]

great color selection and I like how you ordered them!

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! I'm happy with the order...or as happy as I can be with the brown having to go on the second row, lol.

[@TimChuma]

I need to buy some watercolour brushes that are not garbage. I forgot I had some Lyra watercolour pastels. You can use them several different ways. Makes it actually challenging to use in the limited time doing life drawing poses of 5 or 10 minutes. 20 might be a bit better.

[@BeckyTregear]

I prefer 20 minutes for life drawing too! There are lots of great brush options out there now, which are decent and affordable. Both in natural and synthetic fibres depending on what you prefer.

[@MirandaWatsonArt]

The colors are beautiful and your painting is delightful. How fun!

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! 😊

[@FaithAnnNB]

I really like the colours you selected for your palette! My local art store (in Canada) started selling Rosa Gallery sets about a year ago and I’m tempted by them every time I go in. They also sell half pans and recently started stocking them in tubes. They’re such a good price, it’s nice to see all the good reviews! Love your painting!! It’s such a shame that sketchbook has issues with sizing, it makes me fearful for some of my older sketchbooks and has convinced me not to buy anymore until I use some up!!

[@BeckyTregear]

I like it when paints become easy to find, especially when singles are available! Of all the sketchbooks I've used, these Etchr ones have been the most problematic with sizing. I've also had sizing issues with loose watercolour paper, in particular Saunders Bockingford. The Waterford hasn't had issues yet for me though. Yet! 😬

[@elliott4570]

I have several colors in the Rosa paints, and I too am quite happy with their quality. I have a hard time limiting my choices to a small number… I think I got the 24 set as well as many other carefully chosen colors… I really like them too. Thanks for the video!

[@BeckyTregear]

It's always hard to choose a small palette when there are so many lovely options to choose from!

[@donnabulman3690]

I enjoyed this video! I also have rosa gallery watercolors they are wonderful paints!

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you, and I agree; they're lovely paints! 😊

[@Azkademon]

Lovely set of paints! Good selection of colours too, that purple black wow!! But I'm quite disappointed that you called your lovely artwork chickens......ermm your Australian where was the 'chooks' I was actually waiting for you to say that word for so long hahaha! :D

[@BeckyTregear]

I do actually say chickens more often than chooks, but both are acceptable and commonly used in Australia, lol.

[@Azkademon]

@@BeckyTregear I say chooks more often than I say chickens, it's such a lovely word :D

[@JessicaCEP]

That black grape is one I’ve had my eye on…

[@BeckyTregear]

It's a great colour; well worth having!

[@windywednesday4166]

Wow, black grape! That sounds interesting...

[@BeckyTregear]

It's a great colour! 😊

[@annahopper3727]

Lovely colour selection I have several of the same ones and the black grape is stunning I think it’s one of my favourite colours

[@BeckyTregear]

I'm very glad I picked that black grape - it's awesome!

[@maryhazlett]

I love your chickens! Glad to see this because I have a Rosa Gallery large palette I haven't had time to swatch. Hopefully next week!

[@BeckyTregear]

Ooh that's a lot of colours....happy swatching! 😊

[@ankejacobs4649]

Hi Becky, thanks for the video! Cute chickens too!!

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you!

[@CHARUL814]

Beautiful colours. This was my very 1st set of professional colours and it made me fall in love with watercolours. Since I have got few others Roman Szmal, w&N, Mijello Mission Gold, Kurateka couple of Daniel Smith, Qor, etc but Rosa is still my go to ones. Infact over that last 2 years I have slowly built up to full collection all 70 of them. Have you tried their newest granulating ones especially Jade green and cobalt grey plus silver and gold. They are very affordable and great paint to work with. Rewets easily and painting with them is pure joy.

[@BeckyTregear]

This is the only set I have so far, but I might have a look around for some other colours now that they are becoming more easily available from Australia (at least online!). A collection of 70 is very impressive!

[@dianethoroughman9541]

Well, it looks like the Australian Amazon sold out of the Rosa Gallery watercolors. Your paints are gorgeous and the chickens are delightful and fun.

[@BeckyTregear]

They must have only just sold out...hopefully they'll restock! And thank you 😊

[@felicitycrowe6971]

If you are looking for somewhere else in Australia to get them, try Adamstown Art Supplies. They have the sets, full pans and tubes (from memory) and I thought they were quite a reasonable price. It was a while ago that I purchased my Rosa Gallery paints, though … hop that helps!😊

[@chantalle7340]

I’ve found open stock on Etsy for a good price.

[@theartistelizabeth]

Hello Becky, I am a new youtuber to the art world and I just wanna say that I enjoy a lot of your videos! This particular video I am watching for the 2nd time as I love Rosa Gallery and soon swatching my Rosa Gallery Watercolor collection 💕 Your artworks are always so beautiful and your energy is really awesome! Hugs from your new art friend from Sweden 🇸🇪🇸🇪 👩🏻‍🎨𝕩𝕠𝕩𝕠, Ｅｌｉｚａｂｅｔｈ ✩ ᡶꫝꫀ ᠻỉꫀꪹᨶꫀ ꪖꪹᡶ ✩

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@nattyw495]

Enjoyed video and it was informative and helpful i really like these rosa watercolor and they are on my xmas wish list ...the painting of the chickens were lovely the colors melted well together, how was the in could you not use insert and stick magnets to bottom to get more pans in there or is the insert non removable?? Thank you for doung this video for us...🎨✍👩‍🎨🇨🇦🇺🇲💛

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! Yes this tin is like any other in that the insert will come out etc. I am just not a fan of using magnets for some reason - it could be that the tape I bought wasn't strong enough and I need to find a better option. But anyway, I think there's enough colours in here for now to keep me going. They're lovely paints and well worth having. ❤

[@nattyw495]

@@BeckyTregear sorry becky the neighbor was lighting off fireworks and i kept jumping in fear as i was texting..,lol..lts likely and probably gonna be hearing fireworks for weeks due to crazy yahoos thinking they are pyrotechnics, its not like when it was just a few days when fireworks were illegal there was always one person who smuggled small fireworks, but now well around july fourth now everyone can buy huge quantities of fireworks ..sad thing was it used to be illegal to do it..only professionals that were trained speaclized licensed were allowed to purschase them at a specialized shop, we are a already seeing people losing body parts in alarming rates and even dying from fireworks gone bad,its crazy people are not responsible enough it seems or even realizing how dangerous they can be, just like guns i guess it propably supposedly a macho thing anyhoo wishing the elections were sooner here in usa,we need to fix so many issues.. so sorry about my spelling .. and kudos that you understood what i was trying to say about the tray being removable thank you for responding to my misspelled words..lol.. and again i really enjoy your videos..🎨✍👩‍🎨💛

[@INCWorks]

The Rosa Gallery paints look great and I love how the chickens turned out. I'm curious now - how long can one reasonably expect watercolor paper to 'stay good'?

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! Paper sizing varies a lot in my experience, with some breaking down really quickly and other papers lasting for many years. The sizing of these books I felt broke down more quickly than is acceptable, lol. My next sketchbook is not going to be one of these so it will be interesting to see how well it holds up by comparison.

[@INCWorks]

@@BeckyTregear Yeah, I'd be upset if my paper went bad within a year or so. Fortunately, I've only had one pad do that and it was at least ten years old. That said, I wonder if some of my one, two, or three year old pads might experience 'the change' before I get to them. 🤔

[@shadowguard3578]

I love your chickens Becky! ❤

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! 🙂

[@nickykegen]

Awesome painting of the chickens - so cute ❤

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you 😊

[@judywaddell6065]

nice chooks!!!!!gidday!!!

[@attorneycarissa]

I adore this painting!

[@BeckyTregear]

Thank you! 😊

[@Aroundteresaenjoy]

I love art supplies.

[@BeckyTregear]

Me too! A little too much really....😂

[@andystacey4760]

The paper covers are perforated along the short side.

[@BeckyTregear]

I could see them there, but I didn't have much luck actually ripping them along the perforations; it preferred to tear anywhere else but there, lol!

[@rogerboucher1913]

I used an exact knife to help

[@MadebyAndi_Art]

I would probably try to peel the whole thing off then replace it on the bottom so it’s all in one piece and all the info is still there

[@BeckyTregear]

I tried....and failed...lol! I got most of it at least.

[@MrFabriciusalmeida]

Lovely painting and paints! I was wondering what is the dark handle mop brush you used in this project?

[@BeckyTregear]

I've forgotten already, lol! I think it's a Golden Maple quill if it is the brown handled brush? I did a video on Golden Maple brushes a few months ago and it is featured there as well. I hope that's the right one!

[@MrFabriciusalmeida]

@@BeckyTregear I’ll search for both the video and the brush. Thank you so much 😊

[@kyststudio-epicartadventure]

I think your channel will pretty easily hit 35k subs. CarolynsRVLife talks about, even has a book, on how she rapidly grew her channel.

[@OlifOks]

💙💛💖

[@aineli1119]

I sent them an e-mail, they told me that there's no honey or ox gall

[@BeckyTregear]

Good to know!

[@demi3115]

Didn't you say in january you wouldn't buy more art supplies? 🙃

[@BeckyTregear]

I did say that! Then Greece happened, and uh....yeah. I lasted a couple of months at least, lol.

[@awatercolourist]

3:49 Don‘t you mean PR254?

[@BeckyTregear]

Probably, but I wrote it as a V...yeah...I don't know, lol! 😂

[@mishayx5258]

Weird im pretty sure i was subscribed to you yet. It came up as tho i wasnt. This seems to be the case with a bunch of channels i watch its like theyve been i subscribed

[@BeckyTregear]

I've had that happen too - I think every so often YT does a "cleanup" and unsubscribes people. Who would know! 😂

[@awatercolourist]

First!

[@MrsBarnabas]

Second!

[@awatercolourist]

@@MrsBarnabas Yay 😂. Here you go: 🥈.