Schmincke YInTiCo Red, YInMn Blue and Urban watercolor set

[@018Cat]

Thank you so much for swatching these! I was hoping someone would before the sale at Jackson’s was over. I do urban sketching and think this set would be great. I don’t always add a sky and if I do, I don’t like my skies to be granulating. Funny, I love it when other people do granulating skies but I don’t like mine🤷🏻‍♀️.

[@filsartjourney]

You found your set! So you would add a non granulating blue to your palette?

[@018Cat]

@@filsartjourney yes. I have a small travel palette that I always take so I have my favorite blue in there. I would just throw this set in my backpack as a fun addition.

[@ladyhollman9534]

Well, I really like the Urban set. It’s for us City dwellers I suppose … cab yellow, brick red, asphalt neutral, etc; particularly here in the Mid Atlantic US. Urban sets are for the colors we need to paint what we see. East Coast US Cities are grungy & people tend to wear dark colored clothing. I figure the Urban set is for the Urban needs. Thanks for a very good review.

[@filsartjourney]

I think you are right! In the Netherlands we even have gray skies (like today 😂). The Yellow and Green are my favorites and I think Schmincke has released a lot of blue super granulating colors.

[@jdschneider5858]

Thank you! I was looking allover the www to find the pigments used in Urban Yellow and you are the only place I found the answer! I was curious because there aren't many granulating yellow watercolors. Now I know what it is, I don't think I need it. And thank you as well for the YnTiCo Red and YnMn Blue; curious colors, but not necessary. Sorry if I'm being a spoil sport 🙂.

[@filsartjourney]

Save your money if you can (and want)😃 I didnt know what pigments they used for this set so I wanted to share it!

[@raulbudusan]

Thank you for the swatches and especially for sharing the pigments of the urban set 🙏 💕

[@filsartjourney]

You're welcome! Good to know this was useful 😃❤

[@zlee11]

I LITERALLY have both of these colors in my shopping cart. Thank you for saving me $70.

[@filsartjourney]

Wow $70 is a lot! The YInMn blue and YInTico red retail for 20 euros each and that’s expensive!!

[@zlee11]

@@filsartjourney yes, $35 each. The blue is too similar to French Ultramarine to justify it. The red is really close to ruby red. I paint landscapes, so I really don’t need it. I’ll look again at the YM blue when Daniel Smith releases it. They probably will do a better job with it. 👍

[@filsartjourney]

@@zlee11 I have seen a video about the daniel smith YInmn Blue, but no other information. Im interested in the Daniel Smith version and would like to compare!

[@Metranome]

Lovely paints, and I enjoy a good swatching session! A note if you're interested: the Italian brand A Gallo has a Yln Min Blue that rewets like a dream, and their Pietra Rosa I swear is an excellent alternative to this new red if people like the hue but want something a bit more accessible. A Gallo aren't exactly cheap, but their offerings are fairly consistent, and the quality is unbeatable. Their Yln Min and Lapis Lazuli watercolors are the best I've seen anywhere in terms of rewetability and color pay-off.

[@filsartjourney]

I have been interested in A. Gallo! But dont like the fact that their own site keep selling out within a day.

[@pastelsgirl]

Thank you for the swatches. Would you ever consider to make larger swatches in the future please? These are granulating watercolors, they need large expanses of water over textured paper in order to travel unencumbered and to develop their granulation/color separation.

[@filsartjourney]

I might consider swatching out all my super granulation watercolors on rougher watercolor paper. Thank you for the suggestion!

[@jdschneider5858]

Oh! I have PY 159! It's W&N Lemon Yellow Deep and it's granulating. I think it's the only yellow that is. So I'm going to play with it to see what it can do in mixtures. Thanks again.

[@filsartjourney]

I didnt know winsor and newton had a PY 159!

[@alinatr2693]

Thank you so much for so much information,I found the urban set for 22€ on ebay,but I'm scared I'll buy the same colors I already have(I have some granulating one's) I HATE it,that some of the paints use so much filler or seperate,but only a few in all these sets,but It's still not nice

[@filsartjourney]

These paints don’t seem contain much filler (if any). Its just the volcano yellow that’s a little fuzzy and can separates so keep an eye out for that.

[@alinatr2693]

Oh one question,where did you buy that beautiful mixing palette???😍

[@filsartjourney]

I bought it from Amazon: www.amazon.nl/gp/product/B0895RL7DV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The price has gone up.... Here is an american link: www.amazon.com/Porcelain-Watercolor-Designed-Painting-White-2Pack/dp/B0895RL7DV/ref=sr_1_37?keywords=porcelain%2Bpalette&qid=1677181067&sprefix=porcelein%2Caps%2C178&sr=8-37&th=1

[@thedrakonishe5138]

I feel like the paper you used for the first page of swatching didn't have severe enough texture to bring out the full potential of the granulation, but I'm still very grateful for the swatches! As for the uses of Yintico red, maybe you could try using it in mixes if the color itself doesn't fit the subjects you usually paint?

[@filsartjourney]

A rough watercolor paper would really show off the granulation! Im thinking of using the Yintico red in the similar way as the potters pink (mixing it with earth tones to have interesting granulation)

[@litenlaura]

Thank you for the swatches, now I know that I don't need them cause I own all the seperate pigments.

[@filsartjourney]

Money saved! Its fun to mix your own colors!

[@firby7341]

thank you for the nice comparison video. i just bought the oceans grey today and i didnt see the red or blue in the store tho their online shop says they have it. now debating wether i go back this or next month to get the yinmn blue bc its really beautiful. not a big fan of the yintico red tho.

[@filsartjourney]

What do you think of the oceans grey? It looks beautiful on screen!

[@firby7341]

@@filsartjourney i really like it! it feels very versatile already by its own and i tried mixing with different colors for shadows and it was really fun trying it out =D

[@dominiquehoward6914]

that urban red looks like dried blood. i like the way the grey separated.

[@filsartjourney]

Dried blood😂 didnt even see that! The yellow pops out beautifully!

[@awatercolourist]

The YInTiCo looks like a dupe of A. Gallo’s Pietra Rosa 😂

[@filsartjourney]

I think A. Gallo Pietra Rosa leans a bit warmer and a little bit deeper. Maybe try mixing quin magenta and potters pink! That looks really similar!

[@awatercolourist]

@@filsartjourney You are the second person to suggest quin magenta and PR233. @dirtyblue mentioned that someone else had mentioned this same combination.

[@filsartjourney]

Thats the closest match I could make!

[@christinabaer8770]

Ohhh, delete my comment. It's not very nice 😕

[@filsartjourney]

What comment? Did I miss it?

[@christinabaer8770]

@Fil's Art Journey It was a link inside. I have this problem with other videos 😅