SWATCHING my 67 Roman Szmal watercolours! (Part 1)

[@deborahbloom4624]

I'm already fascinated.....just by the title.....The Swatchening!!!😂

[@Metranome]

Gorgeous colors, I also really love Roman Szmal paints. You are absolutely not alone in your feeling about swatching; I could do it all day long just for the joy of seeing those colors go down! I swatch sometimes just because I want to art something but don't have any ideas, lol. Also, if you love a warm indanthrone Blue, my absolute favorite is Schmincke's Delft Blue (they have another PB60 too, "Dark Blue" I think, but it's not as pretty); it's a warm, dark blue with a super dark mass-tone that I swear looks like velvet when it dries. So nice!

[@chromaphile]

Ah thank you for being so nice! Yes I totally agree about the swatching. So relaxing. And I also agree about the schmincke Delft Blue, I had a dotcard from them and I loved it! It's definitely nicer than the dark blue.

[@robinsamuelson3626]

Swatching makes me happy too 😂

[@chromaphile]

You, me, and lots of other people thankfully 😁😁

[@carolinesjooh]

Oh lord that’s so satisfying to watch!

[@chromaphile]

Also satisfying to do! :D

[@wahjeebee]

I absolutely agree, swatching paint is so much fun. I would love to be a professional watercolour paint swatcher, if that job even exists. I was gifted a Daniel Smith dot chart for my birthday and swatching those dots was the most fun I've had in ages. I decided to get the Schminke dot chart for my next birthday but their frugal little dots made the paint look really weak, so not as much fun and therefore did not want to buy any of their paints. However, I did previously have a half pan of their potters pink and it is so much more pigmented than the one on their dot chart. Anyway, I loved your video and so glad to find your channel Jules! I love the Aquarius paints too and you have made some lovely choices (adding some to my wish list now lol). Getting ready to watch part 2 next... 🎨🖌😄

[@chromaphile]

Thank you so much for your kind words 😁😁 I also have the Daniel Smith and Schmincke dotcards, as well as Mijello mission gold. Highly recommend those too! I hope you'll enjoy future videos as much as you enjoyed this one!

[@macnbloo]

This is one of the most calming videos ever! Love it!

[@chromaphile]

Glad you think so!

[@13mainstreet18]

Your hands are beautiful. They are real, athletic, and artistic. Love your channel.

[@reneaclark7689]

I could also swatch all day everyday! I love watercolor

[@chromaphile]

So nice that we all have this community to share our joy we get from colour!

[@my_name_is_mia]

I also fascinated by pigments, their history and properties. Much more than by painting itself😅 So videos like that is a pure joy to watch!

[@chromaphile]

I'm absolutely in the same boat as you 😁 though I do plan to do some painting soon. But in the meantime, it's enough just to enjoy all the colours 🥰

[@s.maskell7134]

Yep. Total colour voyeur. Dr. Oto Kano and Kimberly Crick are both excellent colour references.

[@awatercolourist]

Join the club 😂

[@s.maskell7134]

@@awatercolourist "we few, we happy few..."

[@awatercolourist]

@@s.maskell7134 😂😂

[@geefull]

Thank you, it's nice to listen to another pigment curious artist :) In the last couple of months I have bought my first Roman Szmal full pans too. I have 20 RS colours so far and I began to acquire them because of the different pigments they use and I find them very good quality. I've become very interested in pigments and their 'personalities' too after beginning to use watercolour.

[@chromaphile]

Thank you for watching 😁 you'll have to let me know if there are any that are your favourite that I don't have yet, I'm always curious. This is really the first high quality brand I've ever used and aren't they amazing! So fun to use, and so much to learn.

[@lizdaly3410]

I love the yellows!

[@grannieannie1371]

I love Roman Szmal watercolours. You can play with so many different colours for so little money. Its wonderful and so much fun. Also i think you got the names of the cool and warm reds back the front. If it's an orange leaning red its warm (think of fires and the sun) and if its a purplish red its cool. But overall an excellent video.

[@chromaphile]

Yes my bad I misspoke, I do know the difference but I sometimes say the wrong thing 😅 indeed, I like that you can try so many options for so little investment, it's such a good starting point!

[@autchiu]

Can’t wait to sit and watch this fully while working today!! Your voice is so soothing 💕

[@chromaphile]

Ahh thank you lovely! The support means so much! :)

[@autchiu]

ok.... this is making me pull my watercolors out tonight!! cant wait to watch more from you!

[@chromaphile]

I'm so excited to make the second half of this video and more!

[@markbond2539]

You are one of the best- Good job- top review! You focused on single colors, and the way you arranged the review gave so much context and dimension to the product. Part 2 of this - It is difficult to imagine finding and removing any one errant color from that group- it is astonishing how uniform and cohesive this brand is. Someone mentioned your hands...how did i miss-sorry I usually look at hands, tells much about a lady, but the pretty colors mesmerized

[@chromaphile]

Thank you so much, so nice to see people still find these old videos!

[@atalantamountain]

Maybe swatching watercolors, studying the history and detail features of the pigments, enjoying different colors and the combinations and reactions of them could be enough, without a pressure to do that all just to create something more important? Fo me, at least, yes. I enjoy immensely when I am playing with colors. I draw also, even paint sometimes, but that is a different thing for me. They connect of course but are different. I enjoyed your video very much. There were a couple of colors I maybe need to (ɓuy), ehem, study a little. I like your relaxed and intrigued personality, it is nice to see there are others who love colors for their own sake (I hope this came right in English). I know nobody in my own close circle who shares this passion with me. After reading the comments: The thought of a group of people who would be happy to just sit somewhere, in a big room with long tables and good light and all the paper and watercolors in the world, just swatching and swatching and experimenting, day after day, made me laugh - and sigh a little. Maybe heaven is like that? Greetings from Finland! Subscribed.

[@chromaphile]

Thank you so much, indeed that would be a perfect day if everyone brings their favourite colours and we can just see how everyone's taste differs! Thank you so much for subscribing, it means the world 🥰 if you do want to check these paints out please consider using the link in the description!

[@atalantamountain]

@@chromaphile ❤️

[@nancywillette8762]

So glad I came across your video! Now on to your part 2!

[@chromaphile]

Happy to have you on board :D

[@s.maskell7134]

Well, I see you have gone colour mad. Ain't it fun? I have SO MANY swatch and mixing pages. But I learned what colours I tend to prefer, which make the mixes I like. And I kept them all and noted my favourites etc. and all that made painting so, so much better because I leaned how to mix what I wanted. I think where we live has much to do with colour preferences.

[@chromaphile]

That's such a coincidence you mention the effect of culture on colour preference, I was talking about it today in my video for Sunday!

[@Lauraisabelgonzalezart]

Honestly you're just amazing!

[@chromaphile]

😭 you're too kind. It's so motivating that people are so nice!

[@Achatfell]

I found that the Indanthrone blue looks the same form Daniel Smith and Schmicnke, but the Schmicke paints are generally more buttery when they come out of the tube, whereas the daniel smith ones keep they shape and need to be wrestled into the pan.

[@eviedivadoodles]

Oh my word. You should see what I've added to my Jackson's basket based on this video! Off to watch the second now, the colors are gorgeous!

[@chromaphile]

They're all so beautiful 😂

[@eviedivadoodles]

@@chromaphile Uh-oh.. I just submitted my order which GREW after watching both your videos! 🤪

[@chromaphile]

@@eviedivadoodles well I look forward to seeing YOUR swatching videos 👀👀

[@eviedivadoodles]

@@chromaphile I'm sure mine won't be anywhere near as fabulously detailed as yours! But watching yours did make me take note of the actual pigment details! So, I send many thanks to you for that! 😎

[@chromaphile]

@@eviedivadoodles it's nice to keep track of when you have the same pigment in different brands!

[@markdonovan1540]

67! I went from 6 to 24 and I thought I was going a bit fast. They are gorgeous paints at an affordable price. I almost love them as much as Winsor & Newton or Daniel Smith paints.

[@chromaphile]

I have even more now... I just want to try all the colours! I think I'm going to sell some of the ones I don't use as much now 😊

[@robertweinblatt2018]

I like throwing paint around and making color float! You’re not alone in this obsession😂Quin cherry is dynamic

[@chromaphile]

I don't know how I missed these comments- thanks so much again for the support! Indeed it seems a lot of us are in love with colour. Quin cherry is so lovely in mixes but I really struggle with it alone. Maybe one day I'll find a compromise with it.

[@julietoye9872]

So helpful and very relaxing 😊💖🤗

[@chromaphile]

Thank you!! So glad you enjoyed it 🥰

[@heidikarpa2278]

found your channel from Lily Moon Art's premiere. I've just gotten my first set of Roman Szmal watercolors from Luicin Cure from her curated Szmal Urban Sketching palatte. I'm enchanted!!

[@chromaphile]

Oooh I'll have to check out which colours are in that set, and do tell me your favourites! So happy to have you on board 😁 they're such beautiful paints.

[@gordonsneddon5914]

Lovin your video. I too absolutely love swatching…especially with colours I haven’t tried before. It’s a very meditative pastime. If you want a really beautiful transparent orange, then try Winsor and Newton Transparent Orange…it is amazingly transparent and bright orange and unique to W&N.

[@chromaphile]

I actually think that the Aquarius Orange is the same pigment as the Winsor and Newton transparent orange but when I decide to get myself a set of Winsor and Newton I'll be sure to pick it up to compare! So glad you're enjoying the video, thank you so much for the support 😁

[@beckymadrid5894]

Beautiful colors

[@chromaphile]

Thanks!

[@KatieCannonDesigns]

Hi I found you through the Odd Orange Zoom today. I love watching swatching videos

[@chromaphile]

Thank you Katie, I have more swatching videos planned so hopefully you'll like those too! :D

[@CeruleanCzarina]

Where did the two white hinged tins come from? They are perfect as travel palettes. I'd love to buy a few.

[@chromaphile]

I got them from Amazon, I think the distributor was Pandahall? They really do fit 12 full pans perfectly, no magnets required I just wedge them in 😅

[@tlembro]

Very informative and relaxing as well! Thank you for sharing. Do you know how many watercolors does Roman Szmal make?

[@chromaphile]

Thank you! They currently have over 150 paints listed on Jackson's Art, there are a few that have been discontinued but I also know that they plan to come out with at least 3 new ones this year 😊

[@rachelanne5060]

Hi! Would you please be willing to tell me if you know of any other places besides Jackson’s to find Roman Szmal watercolor sets? I’ve looked through all the palette sets offered and can’t find specific greens I’ve seen you swatch! I’d love to find a 48-set somewhere and be on a list to know when they’re releasing new sets. Thank you!

[@carolineguf2711]

❤❤❤❤

[@chromaphile]

Thank you so much for the support ❤️

[@jessbutterfly1934]

I use empty pencil tins. Just put magnets on the bottom of the pans and you’ll fit them all together

[@chromaphile]

I've seen people do this but sadly I don't have any empty pencil tins...

[@softandcosy]

needd part 2!!

[@chromaphile]

It's all ready to go this Sunday! Thank you! :D

[@softandcosy]

@@chromaphile can't wait - I need to tweak my reds/greens and add some browns to my palette, this was so helpful

[@jwall6006]

I would miss an magenta, that isn’t as purple. It’s a hard color for me to mix. But I do love the others.

[@chromaphile]

Definitely is a hard colour to mix, but I simply can't fall in love with it yet and decided to not force myself into getting one. I'm going to be talking more about my colour choices soon! But magenta definitely is key to a classic versatile palette.

[@s.maskell7134]

Magenta is considered a primary colour - so good for mixing. it is supposed to be more towards pink than red.

[@diaryofcolours]

I'm also really impressed by you knowing all the names to the paints. I have 'just' 19 Roman Szmals and I can call maybe 4 or 5 of them by name hahaha

[@chromaphile]

ahhh thank you haha, me and the paints spend a lot of time together :P

[@robertweinblatt2018]

I guess it doesn’t take much for you huh?

[@chromaphile]

@@robertweinblatt2018 I spent a lot of time watching reviews and information videos about watercolour before I even bought my first one, so a lot of the information was in my head even before I got them 😊

[@Ani1boo]

Do you have the Lapis color?

[@chromaphile]

I don't and I probably won't buy it because it's too expensive 😅

[@jadexx3]

Is there a part 2?

[@chromaphile]

Yes, coming this Sunday!

[@jadexx3]

@@chromaphile awesome thanks!

[@awatercolourist]

Swatchening? 😄

[@chromaphile]

I'm making it an official word 😉

[@awatercolourist]

@@chromaphile ooooh! I love that! Stamp of approval 😄

[@1827handmade]

I'm sorry I havnt even gotten into the swatching yet but had to ask if you're South African? Or lived in South Africa ever? You sound South African but not! Can't figure it out! OK into the swatching I go... :D

[@chromaphile]

Haha you're not the first person to ask me that - I'm just plain British but I've been living in Germany a while so I still have my accent but my speech patterns and cadence are a little off, it confuses a lot of people!

[@1827handmade]

​@@chromaphile​@chromaphile Oh interesting! Your intro before the word "first" sounds just like me lol (and then on and off after that). Not sure why I've only come across your videos now, I've searched for Roman Szmal swatching videos a lot! We've got them in South Africa now, took awhile to get into shops here but I love the colour range, I only have 4 colours so far but I am really impressed, will be getting a few more end of this month. Thanks for the swatching vid! And no you're not crazy, I'd happily swatch out my paints until they're finished and have enjoyed every bit of it too :D

[@chromaphile]

@@1827handmade you're definitely not the first person to ask if I'm South African, I remember people asking me that even before I moved country. Must be something interesting going on with my pronunciation 😁 so excited for you and your new paint collection!

[@awatercolourist]

Roman Szmal is an artist? I thought he was a chemist, or at least studied chemistry?

[@chromaphile]

I heard on some other people's videos that he is. But I did watch his interview on Jackson's and indeed he is trained in chemistry 😊

[@awatercolourist]

@@chromaphile I loved that interview!

[@chromaphile]

me too!!

[@ladyinblack3398]

Another Swatch-Artist. Is that all you tube "artists" can do is fill out boxes with paint, what happened to art and self-drawn pictures?

[@chromaphile]

Hello, I know there are lots of artists out there on KZbin making plenty of original art content, and it's amazing! So inspiring to beginners like me. Until I build up the confidence to be able to share my attempts at original art, I thought since I had to start somewhere I would begin by sharing my love of colour with people :) Since this was my first ever full length KZbin video, I also wanted to try something a little simpler since I wasn't familiar with the editing process. I have more than just swatching videos planned for this channel- I hope you have a lovely day!

[@atalantamountain]

There are many of us who really enjoy watching swatching videos, as you can see from the comments. It is interesting, relaxing, visually pleasureful and also very informative. If the personality of the swatcher is nice and delightful, like here, even better. I can't even imagine how many things must have been done in advance to create a swatching video, with dozens of colors, and send it here. Maybe you have your own channel where you paint real paintings? It would be interesting to see, I like painting videos too.

[@robertweinblatt2018]

Quin cherry is gorgeous for flowers and mixes well with pale to medium value green for great interesting greys

[@chromaphile]

I'll try these in a future video!

[@robertweinblatt2018]

I get to use a lot of the more “ risky color” as sometimes I will use watercolor as an underpainting for my pastel work so I get to paint magenta trees with turquoise leaves, orange skies and whatever I please😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@chromaphile]

I don't remember the last time I drew or painted something the colour it actually is. I just use whatever I feel like at the time or whatever colour palette I'm working with that month. It's very freeing!

[@robertweinblatt2018]

A fellow Szmal hoarder😂I own 73🎉🎉🎉

[@chromaphile]

My secret is I've bought more since this and I have the first impressions footage lined up for a future video 😂

[@robertweinblatt2018]

Aquarius is the line of Szmal colour that is exclusive to Szmal! It’s their identity line😂

[@chromaphile]

I'm not sure this is true... I've definitely seen the pigments used in Aquarius yellow (PY168) and Aquarius red (PR214) in other lines. They're certainly less common though 😊

[@robertweinblatt2018]

@@chromaphile the pigments are the same, the color balance is different ad well as the name they gave it

[@chromaphile]

Interesting! Well as we all know from Oto Kano's colour showdown series, we can't tell much by the name alone 😉