So sorry the audio cuts out at 6:22. It's only for a few seconds and I think it must have happened during the export. Still getting a handle on the new editor, but will quadruple check next time! (I already triple check ;)).

I love my Holbein paints because of their glazing properties....like my Sennelier paints. OK....I love all my paints for various reasons. I'm a watercolor paint junkie. There.....I've said it. :)

@renmuffett

5 жыл бұрын

Me too. LOL

@peggywilliams8229

5 жыл бұрын

@@renmuffett ME TOO

These paints are really creamy and fine.. and they glazed as good as sennelier.. but theyre are not meant for modern loose watercolor style since they are very fine they dont have much granulation.. these paints are great for botanical, portraits, illustrations and mangas.. by the way.. their jaune brilliant paint os a gem of portrait painters.. just mixed it with cool red and youll have the most gorgeous skintone youll ever mix.. if you know laovann he use this color as skin base..

LOVE THIS REVIEW AND HOLBEIN IS MY FAVORITE WATERCOLOR!! Their paint is like butter (buttah...). Thanks so much for sharing this great video with us and thanks for all you do which assists us watercolor artists!!! Hugz, Tree

Glad you had time to do his video, they are nice paints.

Thank you, Denise. Maria Rascynska (she is also on KZread) makes the most beautiful watercolors with these!

@pewpewcat7679

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning another amazing artist to follow. I'm still relatively new to the art portion of youtube and finding artists that have a "mentorly" approach is so great

I so appreciate your information and insights ❤ I am looking at buying my first professional set of watercolors! Your examples of the different colors helped me so much even this many years later 😮 😊

I've been looking into these watercolors since I like their goache. Thanks for the thorough review ^_^

I think holbein set are used for anime type of art, so they include that kind of skin color which is used for a lot of anime characters :D

@blackyang925

4 жыл бұрын

What's the paint for skin color called?

@hanhoang7883

4 жыл бұрын

black yang jaune brilliant i think

Epic documentation!

I have some Holbein water soluble Oil Paints I was looking forward to working with oil's again I have only made 1 oil Painting over 30 years ago! You have almost got me to get some Dan Smith watercolors but not yet!

I just bought a what Holbein is calling a Palm Box with pans instead of tubes.. I have never used Holbein paints before, but after the frustration of unwrapping the paints (which was not easy) and swatching them on the rocks and mushrooms (copied onto watercolor paper), they were beautiful, and handled really well. Love them, but not the box they came in which I switched out for a regular palm 12 pan tin.

Hi Denise! Thanks so much for doing this. I didn't know about the vegan properties of Holbein, that was quite interesting to find out. Personally, I'm a big fan of Holbein and they have a few colors that are hard to live without. Aside from some of their earth tones, I really like Perylene Maroon and Verditer Blue. I can't live without them. I was also wondering about the glazes you do on your swatch cards. Do you use a more diluted mix of the color or are you closer to the mid-tone of the paint?

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it was helpful! On my swatches, the first layer is a graded wash from as dark as I can make it to as light as I can. The second layer stripe is a fairly strong concentration. Enough water to make it flow comfortable, but as strong as I can make it in that situation.

Holbein's Rose Madder, issues aside, is one of my favorite colors. I think there's an emotional component in this unconditional love, but anyway... It seems we are on the same wavelength again (with the video topics!), which I think is pretty funny and awesome ;) Love your demo piece! ♥

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

Oh how funny! I'll head right on over and watch it :)

Thank you for raising awareness about how ivory black is made!

They are very good looking colours, and a variety they make is nice too. I didn't like the pre-made sets, I found the colour choices weird. But as brands of paints tend to fall heavily in a personal preference category, they must be good for artists, who don't like to spend time mixing and like to use a lot of glazes - which is normal. But I would definitely buy them open stock because of colour combinations in sets. Or just a huge set if you like them.

A big big thank you to you Denise! I have been binge watching your channel and it has really helped me to choose my colours to set up my very first watercolour palette! All I have to do now is learn to paint 😂 I learned coloured pencil drawing from you tube and I’ve been so proud of the art I’ve produced. NowI’m going to try and learn to use watercolour! I’m so excited so thank you for the inspiration. I really appreciate the hard work you have put into your videos. Thank you for sharing. Ali xx

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words Ali. It means so much to me! Happy painting :)

Thanks for review! Very helpful : )

@patm.7322

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Gracie! Happy to know you painting up a storm : ) Yes, Denise is an amazing artist and a wonderful person for sharing. Hope you have a great week!

Awsome video. I just bought Holbein watercolor and it's my first time trying to classify the colors. So, Im trying to know if Permanent green 1 and Permanent green 2 are warm or cool colors. Can you help me?

Do you have information on Holbein's Imiddzolone Yellow and Dioxazine purple and Ivory black?

After watching how the 4th generation 36 “tube set” by Holbein can see how much they have improved their water colors and are these featured here student grade or artist grade? Like more single pigment colors as like mixing them so am waiting for 4th generation set to come back to Amazon as now almost 2023 & sold out! Ty!!

Yes, they do seem to put the cheapest least lightfast pigments in sets. But they do have some very excellent light fast pigments if you look for and buy the paint in individual tubes. I do love Holbein paint but I would never buy a set because I know whats in those tubes. For instance their Imidazolone Yellows are all very good lightfast pigments. One is PY154, another PY154 and another PY110 all single pigments. They have some good pigments but you just have to look for them. I do not use black paint either but its good to know that animals are not killed for their bones. Bones are the by product of an animal that is already expired that would otherwise lay waste if not used. I know PR83 is a Real Alizarin Crimson and Winser & Newton lists its light fastness as moderately durable. Not totally fugitive. However Real Rose Madder Genuine is listed as fugitive. What they did is attempt a Rose Madder using the moderately durable PR83 and using more fillers and less pigment to lighten the shade. I suppose it would then be considered more lightfast than Rose Madder Genuine. But its still far from being a good pigment just like you said.

@sky_izm

5 жыл бұрын

Renee L. Marks : Thank you for you comment. I am planning to buy the 12 set. Your comment changed my mind. I'll just buy the individual tubes.

huh? AFAIK PR83 is a synthetic replacement for a natural alizarin crimson. it is not the "true alizarin crimson".

Ugh a friend kindly bought me thier shin gansai set which is gorgeous btw in a clever wooden box with a lovely dark stain, and yeah not a big fan of that style of not quite watercolor (wish I had known earlier that these were not really an artist watercolor) but I havnt heard a review of their European style paints that have encouraged me to try them.. thanks for the review

I had a relatively easy time finding the pigment info, and its also labeled on the tubes itself so hopefully you didn't have that much of an issue. I like them a lot, although I do mostly graphic design work/commercial art so multiple pigments aren't at all an issue for me since everything gets scanned!

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

Checking each color individually was a bit of a pain and very time consuming, although doable as you mentioned, but it doesn't make sense to me not to include it on the basic color chart from the company since they have so much other info available as well. It's on the tubes, but in my particular instance, I don't own the tubes and didn't have access to them after the fact to double check or cross reference. Also, for those researching the sets online who also don't have access to the physical tubes, so that can be an issue as well. Of course it's personal preference though on whether or not an artists cares about that to begin with :)

Holbein makes Bright Violet, a unique color I bought for my "Anna Mason" set a couple of years ago. I like the really punchy brights, but otherwise prefer other brands.

This is the second video I am watching and WOW! Your swatches are so well thought out organized and I could not have asked for a more intensive review of the actual colors even the pigments used. Really impressive! You color knowledge is out of this world I am so glad I found your channel!

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words Jessica! I'm so glad the information is helpful :)

I love the intro!

I'm new to learning about Watercolours (and finding vegan colours) what does light fastening mean? I havnt heard this terminology in any videos I've watched so far? (Over 50 videos).

I love your videos - your reviews are so thorough and considered.

I got the botanical set of Holbein watercolors and that set does not have white or Ivory black.

To me the colors look really vibrant and pretty ! I also really like that deer that you created with them so pretty

There is a KZread artist, Maria Raczynska, that uses a lot of Holbein paints, if you want to see them used in more volume

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Turner I love Maria's work but did always wonder why she used SO many colors in every painting. Now I know! They're not as reliable mixed.

@user-wv1rd4he4e

2 жыл бұрын

@@InLiquidColor Hi, I'm learning watercolor. Why is Holbein not a reliable mixed? Is it because of multi pigment? And compared to other brand like Winsor Newton, Is Winsor Newton easier to mix?

Hi, I've been a subscriber from almost the start and absolutely LOVE your videos, especially while I'm working on mu own work. I was just wondering if you have ever tried the Dr Ph martin.s radiant or hydrus? I'd be really interested in your opinion on them. :)

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Becky! I do have a set of the Bombay India inks that I need to review, but I've never tried the Hydrus or Gradients. I wouldn't mind reviewing if the occasion arises, but I don't think they suit my painting style very well since I prefer the ease of using dried paint and don't have a lot of storage here for all the bottles :)

I wonder if you've had a chance to experiment with them in an actual painting now that you have some more single pigment options in your collection, and if so, if your opinion of them changed now that you're more experienced with them (without taking into account the pricing issue, just the paints performance). Great review!

@InLiquidColor

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Palmira, I have a SWM on cotton paper to talk about the colors themselves. I've used them in paintings and I think they're just fine, they're just to expensive for me here in CA.

Hi, I am enjoying watching your reviews. I was wondering what are the plastic sleeves you use to store your color swatches, or where do you get them? That's so nicely organized that way for comparing colors.

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. These are the sleeves I use: amzn.to/2CI4OlF

@tzipporahbragg9798

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

I'm obsessed with the buttery feeling. Thinking of staying with the brand mostly. They do have a big choice of single pigment light fast colors. Just buy tubes instead of sets .

I don't own any Holbein, but from watching some online stuff, gleaned that they seemed to be mostly multi pigment, plus it was hard to get the pigment info. I actually wrote them, and they sent me a chart organized by paint name. I dislike that, for example their Perylene Green is called Shadow Green, so you have to browse the entire chart looking for PBk31 to see if they make one. I just can't understand the thinking there.

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Turner oye! What a headache.

Where did you find the pigment information for all of these paints? I can’t find that info on the Holbein website.

@InLiquidColor

3 жыл бұрын

They're on the tubes :)

you should do a video of your top favorite watercolors soon :)

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

Elisa Shay hmmmm, psychic! (I'm already working on it :))

I have a question do you have primaries in holbein ?

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

I have a newer swatch with me video in addition to this sampler.

@amberstarriray5204

6 жыл бұрын

In Liquid Color the 67 swatches ?

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

Yep!

You just saved me $30.99 since I found this review. I've been toying with the idea of buying a Holbein set of 18--5ml tube set, but wondered why they were relatively (ahem) inexpensive. I was heading to the Holbein website to check out the pigment number for each tube in this set, but I stopped here first. For me, I prefer buying single pigment paints, because they make a cleaner mix, one I can depend on, etc, but too many here are multiple pigments. Now I know why they are reasonably (repeat ahem) priced. On the down side, now I have to wonder whether or not I should go back to the Amazon listing for this set to let people know these are not single pigments.....sigh. Thanks so much for your review!

@InLiquidColor

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it was helpful Mary!

I was considering Holbein bc I love their gouache, but after seeing your review, I will pass and add some more Sennelier to my collection next time. I struggle as a beginner putting down too much color too early in, but an swiftly on to breaking bad habits. Thanks for helping me decide which turn to take next on my watercolor obsession!

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad it's helpful! Eve Bolt and Oto Kano both have channels as well and they both love Holbein if you want to see their takes on them! After the Swatch with me I did, I don't dislike them, but they're outrageously expensive here in California and not worth the cost compared to others in my opinion. However if you're elsewhere where they're affordable, I don't think they're a bad choice :)

Sad that the set has only a couple of single pigment colors. And I feel your pain in finding pigment info about their paints. I had to check one by one at the dickblick website hahaha Thank you for reviewing Holbein!

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

I had to do the same! Definitely not a fun method lol.

Fun fact the great animator miyazaki of chibli used those brand of watercolors... feel free to correct me

Thought the painting came out so nice. Super bummed you didn't show the top of the line LID that goes with this pallet!!! (Private Joke, subbies) 😊😁😁

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

Hahah I thought about it after the fact!! How hard is it to make a lid that snaps on? Every Tupperware company in the country does it!

the botanical sets dont have ivory black, yey! :D

@marvelenia6702

3 жыл бұрын

That's cool because that is the only color which is not vegan.

Love your reviews. Very through but your comments are much nicer than mine about these paints. In no way are they on my top 12 paints. Have used as base layer but there are better.

Did I hear you correctly...you took that picture in Africa!!! Do tell (please)!

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

Yes!! January of 2013 and it's devastating to me that that was nearly five years ago!! I talk about it in a few of the WWM videos, off the top of my head the sunset with clouds and the giraffe are from that trip.

@bevroberts8440

6 жыл бұрын

That is just awesome! I've wanted to go there for such a long time.

What does glaze mean?

@InLiquidColor

6 жыл бұрын

A glaze is a layer of watercolor on top of another.

@renmuffett

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. Usually after the previous layer has dried.

i wish that holbein was 100% vegan