Roman Szmal Aquarius Watercolour Paints Review - Small Set of Five Colours - ECWS Set
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2022
- Today I am going to review a small set of five Roman Szmal Aquarius watercolour paints that I found randomly on Jackson's Art. Roman Szmal is a Polish brand of watercolors and they are really beautiful, artist grade paints. These ones were curated for a 2019 ECWS exhibition and symposium, so I will review the colours, swatch them and do a painting so see what they are like as a limited palette!
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In case people are unfamiliar with the Roman Szmal Aquarius line of paints, it's an affordable yet artist-quality line that offers 180 colors, including some rare pigments. Impressively, a whopping 155 of those are single pigment paints. Jackson's carries the entire line as well as all of the curated palettes, as far as I know.
hard to find in US... unless you want to pay a ton for shipping.... !
I should get you to write scripts for me since I didn't actually mention any of that, lol!!
Are they made in poland, the paint, im trying to not support china industrial centers,im okay for saving up to buy art supplies or products from other countries that pay their wirkers fair wages from the company,plus i like ti know that human in that country arent measured by point systems for being a decent human being.....no means for china workers but i want to make my money count for other human workers...
@@nattyw495 Let's not lose sight that if you don't buy products from China, then the workers get NO money at all... to them, some money is better than NO money....
@@pesto12601True, shipping would be cheaper overall if they were sold in US-based shops, but it's not difficult to get $0 or near-zero shipping from Jackson's. And Jackson's has much better prices than Blick on many products, which offsets some of the shipping costs.
Becky you are such a trooper carrying on with your channel while doing your daughterly duties. Glad to hear your Pa is on the mend. Thanks for the tour of the town. There are so many pretty towns in Victoria that have kept there history from the gold rush era. I like your painting, those finishing touches at the end made a big difference.
Thank you, it has been a strange few weeks, for sure! But he's getting around on his own now and the hospital gave him the all clear yesterday, that everything is healing properly and there are no complications. Big relief there! I love Victoria Goldfields; there are so many cute little towns and I love all of the historical places. ❤
Hi Becky, I like your painting. And the paints are great! I am glad your father is doing much better. May he continue to heal until healthy.
Thank you, every day is getting easier for him. I am glad I brought the paints out with me! 🙂
❤Glad your Dad is doing good!
You are a trooper Becky! Thanks for taking us along for your walk. Good to know dad is doing better. I have a small set of these Roman szmal and I really like them. Buff titanium and potters pink are my favourite.
Buff titanium is always such a useful colour (shade?). I don't have the RS one though....😱
It never ceases to amaze me just how beautiful you can create a landscape with very limited palate. It is absolutely beautiful give yourself some credit if I was half as good as this I would be very pleased.
💜💜💜tfs💜💜💜 so glad to hear that dad is improving!
Thanks, he's doing well 🙂
Wow! Amazing to see how many colors you could make with just 5 colors. You are always an inspiration. Glad your Dad is getting along well. He is blessed to have you there to take care of him. The "spooky" section of your walk looks a lot like swampy so Ga.
Thank you! ❤️ The swampy area is much greener in summer; it looks very barren at the moment!
Just ordered a big set of custom Roman Szmal paints from Jackson's. (I'm in Australia) super excited for them to arrive so I can play!! After lots of research I really liked the shades that the brand offered, plus the overall hihh quality and performance. The price was really fair for full pans thru Jackson's.
Oh that sounds awesome, I hope you have fun with the paints when they arrive! I love Jackson's Art; they have such an excellent range of products and really great shipping prices to here. I don't think Roman Szmal paints have made it to any art stores in Australia either. 😭
This is a beautiful palette and the colors have a luminous quality in your landscape. I like it!
Thank you so much! It is a lovely little palette of colours.
Don't be too hard on yourself. This is a cute little painting! I love the Roman Szmal paints. I kind of 'collected' them over time so now I have a rather impressive amount. They are so affordable but great quality with plenty of amazing mixes. I found the packaging so nice and I enjoyed unpack every full pan like a kid at Christmal, lol.
Hope your Dad continues with his recovery. He lives in a very pretty area.
Thank you! Trees never work out the way I think they will, haha! Yes the Roman Szmal paints are proving to be lovely indeed, and I can't wait to look again at my larger set and add in the four I chose to fill the tin. I haven't even opened those yet and I can't remember which ones I got, so it will be a treasure opening day when I get home, lol.
On my wish list! Thanks for your review
Glad your dad is doing better Becky should have had my op Thurs morning and they cancelled it wed night, got to wait another 6 wks, no beds was the reason so I'm binge watching your videoes to cheer me up. Can't get my head around the frost as we're in height of summer here lol
Oh no I'm so sorry your surgery has been delayed! I was just thinking about you today, wondering how you were doing. How disappointing - a lot of surgeries are being delayed here as well due to a winter surge of covid and flu etc etc. It just keeps going on......😢
I used to visit Clunes a lot when we lived at Marybourough. Everywhere you look you can see a potential painting. I would always find a second hand book or two at the bookshop there. So happy to hear that your dad is feeling so much better. Such a difficult thing to get over and I am sure you must be a great comfort for him. Loving the green pigment such a useful green. Another nice little painting Becky you are as inspiring as always.Thank you so much.:)
It really is a lovely little town; well everywhere around this area is nice, including Maryborough! I love the train station building there. And yes, a lot of painting inspiration, I have done a few more sketches in another book as well. But wow it has been cold out here! 😂
It's a lovely piece. You did a great job with no white. :0)
Thank you 😌❤️
I hope your father is healing well. Your work is beautiful as usual.
Thank you so much! Trees are most difficult, lol. Dad is healing very well, no complications or infection so that's a huge relief!
@@BeckyTregear that’s wonderful news 💕 I had hip surgery 2 years ago , torn ligament and cartilage that broke off, it wasn’t a fun recovery, but I finally got there, he will too ❤️ your trees are beautiful, but don’t I know it. Trees and flowers are most difficult for me. But I’m fairly new at art 😊
They mix such beautiful colours, the deep indigo blue is stunning, also a good green and orange, and the plum is lovely. I get you on trees. Yours look good, they’re fine.
Thank you! I love Roman Szmal paints.
I actually really like your landscape; it has a calm feel to it. I also started with a 5-set of Roman Szmal paints, except my set had the Aquarius Red instead of the Azo Red, and the Kaput Mortuun instead of the Hematite. I LOVED the paintings I was able to make out of those 5 colors, however. Sometimes it's a breath of fresh air not to have so many choices. Really fun video, Becky! It was nice to see some of the area around where your dad lives.
I found that set you're talking about on Jackson's Art as well - I think I have some or most in my larger set, but I'll have to wait until I get home before I can do an inventory of everything. Limited palettes usually make life easier when it comes to choosing what to paint, taking out that agony of indecision as to which colours to pick, lol.
I love Roman Szmal paints! The Hematite violet is one of my fav- if you get a lot of water into it the paint starts seperating and giving the illusion of two or three colors in one- except its a single pigment- so freaking beautiful!! Also that yellow is gorgeous! I also find trees difficult to paint-so I feel ya sister...Anyway great video, thanks for sharing and much love ❤️
I love pigments which have multiple "colours" and epic granulation! It's a gorgeous one, that Hematite violet. ❤
I loved going on your walk with you. I used to live near Ballarat and can attest to those frosty mornings!
It has been particularly frosty this winter, I think! Ballarat (and Clunes) really does get so much colder than Melbourne. And rainy too....often it is fine in Clunes and pouring in Ballarat, lol.
love how bright the lemon yellow is 🙂
I really like your landscape, great sketchy look to it 🙂
Thank you, and it really is a gorgeously bright yellow! 💛
I am so happy to hear that your father is doing well! These colors are amazing. I was "oooo-ing" and "ahhhh-ing" at the red and blue when you were swatching...and I cannot get over the color combo of the red and blue! It is fantastic. It reminds me of Daniel Smith's Rose of Ultramarine, just more muted. I love the granulating colors, and mixing them with non-granulating to see what color combinations you can get. And the painting is great! Much love from Pennsylvania :)
Thank you so much! It is such a pretty purple mix, and I love it when the two colours separate out (much like rose of ultramarine!). it's a nice little set, and I like the colour mix range that I was able to get from it. 😄
A very basic palette with only the 5 colors! Good thing you made that mixing chart, but you’re right, the palette is pretty muted ! A little bit of my cup of tea honestly. I’m not sure what I would’ve done with that ultramarine though😭 your artwork was really cute and gave me a slight fall/Halloween vibe with those trees👀 spooky season is just around the corner! I liked coming on that walk with you and I hope your dad is doing better !!
I do love a good basic palette! 😂Ultramarine is quite a challenging blue, more than the cooler Phthalo blue which generally mixes more easily. Those are definitely spooky Halloween trees! 👻
Seeing all of that frost sent a chill through me. Which was very welcome, actually (90+ degrees Fahrenheit today). 😄 Neat paint colors! Hematite Violet looks very neutral to me but the mixes are wonderful.
I am not a fan of hot weather either...I like nice, temperate sunny days that aren't too hot, lol. I really enjoyed this palette of colours! 😊
Very nice. I really like that palette, especially the green. Clunes tour was really a great addition to the video. It was interesting to see the huge pile of mine tailings and I wonder about metal leaching into the little creek you painted. Reminds me of many gold boom towns in the West of the US. Best wishes to your Dad.
I'm not sure how clean that creek would be, lol. But recently there have been a few new mining operations out there, with more gold being found from old piles thanks to better metal detector technology. And a lot of the dirt does indeed have fine gold which gets sifted out through big water sluicing machines, so I would say there is probably more gold in them thar hills/mullock heaps!
Becky, I enjoyed this video immensely, from the good news about your dad to the finished painting, via your stickability when it wasn't going how you'd hoped.
I really like it when we are challenged our of our comfort zone and a slightly different style emerges, as has happened here. I like it for its simplicity and the light in it.
Thank you!
Thank you! Trees always get me, but I was determined to finish the painting and I am glad I added the pen on top. Wash and Line....lol!
@@BeckyTregear Becky, I've just had a random thought (inspiration??? -) Try turning the paper upside down and draw / paint the trees that way. I haven't tired this - it really is a random thought! - but a lot of things are easier to do upside down, so why not trees?
I might try that later, though I love doing trees (but wasn't exactly good at them, back in the mid-90's when I first began!). It'll be fun, and hey, it just might work....
Yes i like this limited color range and it seems like you get a fair amt for the pan, you can make a decent amt of colors range from this pan set...well done on the painting its good to be challenged as a artist to have limited art supplies i think its a good painting all you have to ask did you have fun did you smile during your creating of your piece if so then it fed your art soul so all is good with your art creation..... its so werid to see you have snow when its in the 80s degrees here where i live near USA & Canada border ( 29.4 celcius for your conversion the heat is hard on me i like cold...lol id be perfectly comfortable where your at)...ive learned how to convert temps from degrees to Celsius as usa has to be such a rebel of differences from rest of world...lol...this is why i love art its open up so many artist to me to learn their culture.....mikelle art mom🎨✍👩🎨
I did have fun with these paints, even though I was whinging about my painting in the video, haha! Trees always get me. I've never really understood Farenheit, aside from 98 degrees being roughly body temperature. 🤔
I never think of Australia as getting cold - like people think it rains all the time in the UK despite it has been a drought here for months!
Yeah it's like places are only allowed to have one kind of weather, lol. The rain is all down here, especially in Queensland and NSW; they've had endless rain year with so much flooding! Meanwhile it is freezing here in Victoria. 🥶
Lovely paints. great colour choice. I really like the little town as it reminds me of our trips in Australia, a few years ago. The painting was nice, too. quite atmospheric. All the best to your dad and have a great weekend yourself.
Thank you! Yes there are a lot of small towns dotted around the countryside, especially in the goldfields area. I like it out here, it's very peaceful.
That's a wonderful review, I love that you included the mixing chart and the painting process. The landscape turned out so lovely. I like the muted feel of the palette too, so nice and cozy somehow. Also the granulation is amazing. Roman Szmal has great paints, I have a few and need to check if I have those too.
Thank you! It is definitely cosy, and perfect for winter here, haha. I can't wait to get all of my colours together and open four other colours I bought recently and haven't opened yet. They're at home. 😐
@@BeckyTregear This will be a treat! :) Have fun with the new additions. It would be great to know which colours those are and how they fit to this little limited palette.
I love doing those charts tbh 😂 I have more than paintings xD
What a lovely walk it's good for our minds and I'm sure it helps recharge energies.
Keep the great work and I'm happy to know your dad is getting better 😌
Always a pleasure to listen to you and see your wonderful paintings. :)
Thank you! 😊 I had fun painting that chart and I'll have to do more of them, probably with my smaller sets. I can't quite imagine doing this with my full 98 set of Sennelier paints, lol! Maybe I should, for a challenge. 😂😂
Really enjoyed seeing the scenery on your walk. Wishing I could share some of my today's 100 degree Farinheight Florida USA temp with you.
Enjoyed your picture especially the water. Love it.
Thank you and hope all goes well for you and your father.
Thank you! It won't surprise me if we end up having a hot summer after this cold winter - then I can whinge about the heat! 😂
@@BeckyTregear :D
I'm glad to hear your Dad is getting better and what a beautiful place he lives in! wow! ❤ I love it when you do these little walkabout vlogs, I find it so interesting seeing other countries and places, I was quite shocked when you had all that frost! It was like being in my little village in Wales in winter, I'm always surprised at places I always think as hot places having rain/wind/frost/snow, my little brain just doesn't understand it hahaha, anyway these paints were gorgeous! and I actually really liked your painting, Thanks for another great video! 😁
It has been particularly cold in Victoria this year; much like you have had that insane heatwave in the North! Last night was so cold that even fluffy Gandalf got under the duvet, and he never does that! 😂
@@BeckyTregear when the UK says they had a temp of 40.2 it's usually London, here in North Wales we had a top temp of 30, very hot but lovely in the shade, I love the sun shame it hates me lol awe poor Gandalf, I bet he was like a fluffy hot water bottle for you guys though lol :D
Love your stuff and your cheeriness. Keep warm. Here, in Montreal, it’s summer and the temp is 32C but feels like 41C with the humidity. I’d rather be where you are.
It has been a hot summer up there by the sounds of things! I wonder if that means summer here will also be a scorcher....oh joy!
Very cool 😊🌸
Thanks! 😊
I´ve also a tiny palette by kuretake incl 5 colors + gold, fineliner and a waterbrush ...
yes, these few color´s are more then enough to create a lot of artworks 😃
my palette contain´s lemon yellow, a pretty red, viridan green, indigo and burnt sienna ...
you have luck with your color selection by roman szmal. I like the granulation of some colors
and I´m thinking you will have a lot of fun with these 5 usefull colors.
hematide + ultramarin are in a mixture supergranulating for examble and I like this combination very much.
Ooh does that Kuretake set come in a red and gold Japanese design box? I'm pretty sure I have that exact one in my stash and I haven't used it in ages; I need to find it! I wonder of the pen still works.....😂
Jackson’s Art had two RS five set of watercolors. You purchased this one and I bought the other one. I haven’t had the chance to take the watercolors out of the box and mess around with them 😊. BTW I really like your painting!
Thank you! I saw the other set when I was looking for this one to link. I thought they were the same colours to begin with, but no, there are differences. Maybe I'll end up with that set too, haha!
@@BeckyTregear you’re welcome! The price of the five-set box is great isn’t it! Also, I really enjoy the full pans. They feel like a bottomless pit. 🤩
I’ve got a bunch of roman szmal paints and to be honest I love using them for super loose landscapes.
They'd work so well for those!
@@BeckyTregear I looove the way they feather out, like little moss balls.
What you said about paper…I have read so much about various brands of watercolour that people have found to be ‘washed out’ but which to me are really vibrant, so now I am wondering how much is that the paper they are using rather than the pigments. I have a set of RS watercolours and absolutely love them I want my paints to have individuality and not be homogenised! I think they are very unique as they are both good value and interesting as well. I think you are going to love all of them! Hope you dad gets better soon and makes a great recovery. I have the same issue with trees, btw, am trying to grow out of old conditioning by looking for the colour in them and not always making them a token brown. Your little picture is probably better than you think, given that unwanted colour shift. I like the khadi paper packs a lot for getting the colours accurate to what I want, but they can be a bit hit and miss in other ways. If you like the handmade look then they are very reasonable. But if you like super smooth and neat they are not the one you need. All my paints perform very well with them though….
I usually find most watercolours will need layering if the paper is thirsty and sucks up the colour a bit. The Etchr paper causes a big drying shift in even the most vibrant of watercolours, from what I've found! I really like the Roman Szmal watercolours that I've tried - so many are granulating and gorgeous, and others are beautifully bright. I need to keep practising when it comes to drawing and painting trees - they are deceptively difficult, lol. I've tried some Khadi paper and it was very nice - I need to find the rest of my stash!
These paints look interesting, where is the art store you bought these from located? I assumed you were in Australia
They are from Jackson's Art in the UK. They ship internationally and are usually quite cheap when sending to Australia. They have just about everything one could ever want, and prices are usually cheaper than here, even with shipping, lol. I've bought from them many times and they're excellent. 💜
@@BeckyTregear thank you, I think that could be dangerous 😂 I spend enough already! Haha
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