A. Gallo are incredible pigments. Hardest thing is don’t save them for “good” - enjoy them, relish and adore them, as they are joy on paper! And I love the stories behind the pigments. What a treat!

Don’t worry about not including specific pigment info-your weaving of art history and your observations of specific colors was far more helpful and absorbing than dry, numerically-specific pigment info. Your narration kept me awake and engaged. Thank you so much!!!

@Pointebrush

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Julie! I feel like plenty of people can do the number thing better than I do. I'd rather take you on a journey with me. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!

@carrie6013

10 ай бұрын

I loved your commentary on this video as well. I wish I could find these paints in my area. They’re just beautiful!

@Shiroisake

10 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more. I really enjoy your commentary and description of color. That's not an easy task. By the way, my birthstone is garnet but I have grown to love peridot and wear them anyway!

@JGSewell

10 ай бұрын

I love all of your videos we learn so much from them. You said you grew up in Hong Kong, was your dad in the military? You seem like you’ve travel to so many cool places and you also know a lot of cool history. What was it like growing up in hong Kong? You always seem to have great story’s too.

@astrobubbers

7 ай бұрын

Do you have a link to this set and also what is that great brush you are using?

I'm watching you swatch while sitting on the couch with hubby next to me(earbuds in, and he's flipping out, that I'm watching you paint circles and not listening to him or the television.😂😂 way to funny for us artists!!

@Pointebrush

10 ай бұрын

Omg Kristine, you're cracking me up because it sounds like something I would do hahaha. My hubby doesn't get the whole swatching thing either 🤣

Love your diverse vocabulary, visual descriptions and art history. I would like to see more art history woven into your videos as you really shine there. It is nice to feed our souls with precious gifts. Well deserved, I think.

@c8Lorraine1

5 ай бұрын

Yes Margot, love your descriptions

miss m has humor, smarts, joy & the sassy vocal pronunciation in story telling magic everyone ought to have the opp to listen to... the actual painting process is how cherries & sprinkles make dessert extra...

I went from almost tears because of the intensity of emotion from these colors. Wow, I am overwhelmed.

@Pointebrush

10 ай бұрын

Color can be such an emotional experience! Thank you for watching! 😘

I so enjoy hearing you talk about the history of different pigments. These are beautiful colors, and your informed enthusiasm really brings them to light

I am so excited to add this set of A. Gallo watercolor set. Oh my Gosh!! The colors are simply delicious and intense. I can hardly wait to have them iin my hands. You had me at Lemon yellow which is often muted from other manufactures. Each color more beautifu than the last.

Beautiful pallet. And this was fun, relaxing, entertaining and educational! And I really appreciate all your art history tidbits, especially about the history and composition of the pigments. I’m just a casual hobbiest, so I tend to think of paints as just colors and not pigments. It’s enlightening to learn about the pigments and compositions of the paints. Thank you!

@cathyphegley7848

9 ай бұрын

I agree! Margot gives sooo much information and insight. And this was better than a movie🥳

I'm a new watercolor enthusiast and I love your channel. I'm lucky because I can afford good paints and paper. I just purchased this set because of your episode and how beautiful the paints are. Thank you for turning me on to A gallo.

I’m so glad you treated yourself to the A. Gallo 48 palette. It is a well deserved treat that has already brought you so much joy. It has also brought joy to others who are loving your swatching video. I’m waiting for an A. Gallo 24 palette to arrive today or tomorrow. Your video has made me even more excited about getting my hands on these gorgeous hand made paints.

yes, I'm a big fan of A Gallo watercolors! I have a 36 Naturale palette by combining their original Naturale with their new 12 Naturale 3 palette (That one would be great to add to your collection and they sell 12 sets and the 36 all at once!). I also have a customized signature palette of 26 colors that I also built out from a 12 signature set. The small six color palettes are also fun and I have the Natale and Landscape versions. If you get rid of Ivory Black and want a dark color, you might try their Vivianite, Dark Forest, or Indigo Green. If you want to go the more colorful direction, I'd recommend Pietro Rosa or Mineral Violet. Earth tones, Buff Titanium or grab a Quinacridone Chestnut before PR206 is gone. :). Their travel brushes are so useful and their accessories are beautiful like the handmade brush holder!

@vanessacastagnoli1126

3 ай бұрын

Is the rosemary leave a strong smell?

@derwood206

3 ай бұрын

@@vanessacastagnoli1126​​⁠ not to me. Light and pleasant and only really noticeable opening the palette after awhile closed but of course that’s for you to judge as your sensitivities are yours. Try buying a half pan from Jackson’s art to test it out for yourself if youre worried to test with a full palette😂. They are some of my favorite paints

@vanessacastagnoli1126

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your response! Great idea- ordering from Jackson’s!!!!

Love your swatches!!!completely agree with you…money well spent! I bought my 48 set back in 2021, and continue to love this Agallo palette. Have collected other palettes since 2021, and am consistently delighted with Agallo from A to Z. So happy to learn that you are adoring these paints. Look forward to more videos from you as always!❤️

I am an A Gallo fan, big time. I have nearly every color, been collecting for awhile. A few not in your palette that I love are Buckthorn Berry Green, Pietra Rosa, Dragon’s Blood and Indigo Green. The only colors I’ve used in the brand that I don’t absolutely love are the mixes with white… but that goes for all brands of paint. I’ve done a few paintings from a recent vacation and I find capturing natural scenes with these paints to be effortless. Congratulations on your birthday and excellent choice of gift. 🎉 Thanks for a great swatching video!

Lovely swatch-a-thin! 😂….I think in answer to your question about the cerulean blue hue, A Gallo are committed to avoiding toxic pigments, such as cadmium’s and cobalts in particular. That’s why it’s not the usual blue pigment.

Patty- I love listening to you swatch your paints. I don't own any A Gallo or Isaro paints. I would like to but can't really afford them. I do appreciate the quality of A Gallo and always enjoy viewing a swatching session of them. In your pallette, I have to say it was difficult to pick a favorite. I loved them all. Particularly the blues, my favorite color. Plus. I loved the history lesson as always. Thank you Margot. ❤️

So awesome to watch this video, it is truly the way I like colour best--bouncing off each other, ie., not just one colour alone, but several colors at once. Gorgeous, what beautiful palette! I really want it now, A Gallo really struck it out of the park hey? I cannot get over how buttery they look as you apply them. It's very cool to hear that you grew up in Hong Kong, but so sad at the same time, because I've been watching and hearing about what's been happening over there and what the government is getting up to. But I'll leave it there, I know that this is an art channel.

I love when you compare your life experiences with these colors. It adds depth of feeling and vividness to these lovely paints. Thanks for sharing!

I love your description of colors and the relation with artists of the past. And thank you for explain the olive green undertone skin, I finally understood the discription in the The Godfather book!!

Having just received my first A. Gallo watercolors it was a joy to watch this. I bought the signature 2 because it included ylnmn blue. I then ordered 12 of my own choice based on what I had seen on a few youtube channels. They arrived in such beautiful packaging it was a joy to open. I did put in the freezer first so didn't have any problems with gooeyness. Thanks for your delightful as always videos. You are my favorite youtube channel. xo

Gorgeous colors! I'm an A Gallo fan, but I've never painted with them😪. One day...😀 Thanks for another great swatching Margot! 🎨🖌☀🌙⭐🌎

These swatches are gorgeous. Color makes me happy.

These watercolors are just stunning, Margot!!! Can't wait to see you paint with them! Your swatches are gorgeous - thank you for sharing them! I am in awe!!! 😮😀😍♥️

@Pointebrush

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching (and stopping by! 😘)

I‘m in love with A. Gallo colours! They are simply gorgeous! 🎨

Loved this swatching and the way you describe the colours and know the history of pigments, thank you!

I love the Pietra Rosa instead of Potters pink. Pietra Rosa with Buff Titanium and a touch of Medici Red or Morrocan Ochre are great skin tones. My favorite has to be the Meteroite Brown. I'm a space nerd and find painting with this color to be an experince best described as... out of this world ;-)

Yeeeesss, Ive been waiting all week for this video!!! 😍😍

This was so satisfying to watch……mesmerizing !

I have come to enjoy swatching; watching you swatch these was fun!!

This was amazing. Yhanks for all the interesting art history details.

warning: do not watch on empty stomach or dehydrated.

@cathyphegley7848

9 ай бұрын

🤣🦋

Boys oh boys this doesn't disappoint! Wow! I don't have a palette (yet) but I do have a couple of their pans and love them. I am in love with the Copper Blue.

Beautiful what an amazing set.

Can't wait too see what you paint with these!

I have quite a few A. Gallo palettes. Love their greens, all of them! I find the Slate Grey and the Lapis extremely hard to wet, their accessories are to die for!!

Oh how delicious! 🤤 I have the signature 24 set with an additional 9 colours I grabbed with it. One of which was the Roman black earth for mixing granular colours and it doesn't disappoint. I am so so happy I got them. My favourites to paint with. And now I am so happy you have them too. I will grab a few more when I financially recover 😂 like the Ercolano Red & Morellone. I can't wait to see them in action, I just love your paintings. This video was very entertaining, as always. Thank you for sharing it with us and I hope you enjoy your new paints ❤🎉

Thank you, Margot! That was very satisfying. Okay A Gallo, take my money!!

I dont even use watercolor like that but i gasped when you swatched that first yellow

I love the Copper Blue, the Pietra Rosa, the Morellone, the Quin Gold, and a couple that aren't in that particular set, like Forest. Fun to listen to your input and feelings about the palette.

these colours are soooo vibrant 😍

Your descriptions of the colors and the history of the pigment are so refreshing. I am so happy to have found your channel and look forward to your content. New sub here :) Have a wonderful day!

Love your descriptions and what you would use each colour for.

I put my own palette together after I got a few of their small collections. My favorites are Harbor blue and ruby red and indathathrone blue. Dark forest and dioxadine purple are high up there too.

Wow I love them all so far

Definitely consider Quinacridone chestnut to replace that black pan, it is absolutely gorgeous!!!!

Oh my gosh that’s amazing, I need some of those paints.

Sigh…. you had me at that intro. I love your humanity sister!!

It looks like a very cheerful palette. It's like the colors are smiling at you. If I worked wet I would want these. I wish they made colored pencils. I like all those colors. I do think it could use a few more yellows and pinks in that collection. That would be my only criticism. It's an uplifting palette.

Wow! Stunning. I need those in my life now😂💸

Margot, as I mentioned in part #1 of the, A. Galo: SWATCH -AVAGANZA, you are a MOST WELCOME breath of fresh air! I'm new to your club but glad to be a part. I'll reiterate. It's your style, diction, elegance in fashion as well brain power. Your love for history, science or simply ARTS WHOLE PACKAGE. And the elocution of words. Uhhh. You make a [one would assume] simple SWATCH FEST and turn it on its head. Transformation, sublimation, wordsmith, and pigment dominatrix. If I wasn't sold on A. GALLO before, which I wasn't. Not from any prejudices, but rather my lack of exposure to the brand. Well, now I am COMPLETELY SOLD. Honestly, that was hands & brushes down - the Sexiest and completely VISCERAL swatching peek-a-boo EVER! SO AMAZING, I CAN'T WAIT TO DROP SEVERAL HUNDRED USES myself now. Maybe after collecting my own 15 or so, of Michael Harding's Watercolor. I saw you had a tube of Harding watercolor. Do you have an easy answer as to which brand is your personal all around favorite. Hey, thanks again for such exquisitely done swatching. It's video's like this one I appreciate most. Highly informative, SMART and SEXY, believably enthusiastic, so emotionally telling...one would find impossible to fake! Xo James

@Pointebrush

10 ай бұрын

Hi James! First I'd like to start by saying what a joy it is to *meet* you and I appreciate your insight, comments and presence on here! You are wonderful! And by the way, massive Alexander McQueen fan here too. He would be in my holy trinity alongside Mr Givenchy and Gianni Versace. Oh and Valentino, Tom Ford, Vivienne Westwood.. Oh I can't choose... There's too many... Anyway, I wanted to get back to you about Michael Harding. The few tubes I've tried from him have been out of this world. I can sense I'm going to be bad again... So my answer to your dilemma is that it really depends on the kind of painter that you are. If you love those light, airy washes like layers of chiffon, A Gallo will work well. If however, you're about pigment saturation and density that could rival an oil painting, Michael Harding will shake you to your very core. Let me know what you choose! Xo!

I am going to get miine the next couple of days. I am really lookinf forward to this. They are going to be my third brand. Schmincke and VHaquarell. Schmincke ot of tradition for decades, and VHaquarell is a new discovery of a small German company also with honeybased handmade colours which are also very lovely.

These are gorgeous and all I see when you swatch these is dancing ballerinas all over thank you for sharing.

@Pointebrush

10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome 🌹

I would like to see a mixing chart of either the 12 or 24 color signature sets. This collection would be too big for that, but very happy for you!

I’m ready. Tea ready, get set and go!

@Pointebrush

10 ай бұрын

And off we go!

I’m soooo jealous! These look absolutely gorgeous. Unfortunately here in Australia, that set is going for over $600 before shipping costs, so I will have to wait a few years until my next milestone birthday (which will be 60 😢😅)

@c8Lorraine1

5 ай бұрын

Totally agree. Also an Aussie, when purchasing supplies I feel as though I need to take out a 2nd mortgage !

Thanks Marigold, got on site and signed up for newsletter! I will experiment with ordering individual pans! Karen Dirmish

Hullo Margot, I have purchased a 12 color set from A.Gallo and I have a very particular color palette that I use and when I contacted them VIA e-mail they were wonderful to interact with! I had 2 greens removed and they even added 2 more 1/2 pans for a total of 14 colors for my A.Gallo palette! I did not think the added cost was prohibitive. I have enjoyed watching your presentation of their paints! (I looked for a comment from me as this is my 2nd time watching this video, but I am not finding it. Maybe I put it in someone’s comment as a reply?) Thanks again for sharing your thoughts with us!

I love all of your videos we learn so much from them. You said you grew up in Hong Kong, was your dad in the military? You seem like you’ve travel to so many cool places and you also know a lot of cool history. What was it like growing up in hong Kong? You always seem to have great story’s too.

I would love a full on skin tones video!

It was the cat purr for me!! 😂😂😂

Lovvvveee ❤❤❤

These colors are so rich and yummy

Ooor SwatchApaloooza! 🎉

I just received the A Gallo 48 pan signature set as a belated birthday gift, and I can’t wait to swatch and paint with it. Thank you ever so much for the preview. You’re so right, this palette has everything!

@audreylawrence82

10 ай бұрын

Wow what a fabulous gift 💝

Swatch-A-Palooza!!❤ 🧑🏻‍🎨🎨🥁

You have inspired me to get out my small set and do a painting with only A. Gallo paints.

Great video!

I would love to see an actual painting with these, please! Searching KZread gives many swatching videos, a few studies, but few finished pieces.

Some yummy colors in this line

@Pointebrush

10 ай бұрын

I agree!

💛🧡❤️💜💙💚🤎🖤 Great episode 🤍

Oh Margot, this is like a wet dream or paint p*rn. Now I want to to own a set even more. Looking forward to see you paint with it. Thanks for wetting my appetite even more❤

Where did you get the beautiful flowers in the vase?

I bought the olive green deep as a single colour when I bought a sketchpad from Jacksons. It is very pretty, but if it gets to watery it separates into blue and ochre looking pigments. The result is interesting, but not always what I ment to do. I find it a bit hard to use because of this, and now I am not so sure if I want to save up for more colours.

I don't even know what to say! Those blues are beyond any color blue I've seen! These paints seem to display themselves! It looks like you're just touching the paper and there's a natural ombre tendency for the paint. Actually that's probably you, Margo, making it look so easy!

A. Gallo is "handmade", or almost handmade, and they don't carry cadmiuns or cobalts cause they are toxic and offer risks to the people working the pigments during the production, that's why they use smartly formulated hues

Wow that’s a gorgeous set of delicious colors!!! I have not tried A Gallo paints. Definitely something I would like to try. I have got the complete set of W&N Cotman Student Grade watercolors, a 25 set of The Art of Soil watercolors, a 5 tube set of Introductory Colors of MaimeriBlu Professional watercolors, the Urban Sketchers ) colors set of QOR watercolors & a 30 colors set of Sakura Koi watercolors. I just love 💕 colors in general. 😂

@mjpete27

10 ай бұрын

Hullo Margot, I have used these handmade paints and have my own custom selected colors in a nice 14 half pan set! You showed these richly pigmented off to amazing advantage! I am just a bit jealous of your enormous selections, so many wonderful colors with unmatched quality! I have quite a lower price range for my everyday paints. I found DaVinci Paints of California for my everyday professional grade paints. DaVinci are also richly pigmented and at a price most everyone who is looking for a professional grade paint can be satisfied with. I have tried most every brand in my 50 years of painting and while I have found some amazing paints to find an everyday paint that is so superior in most every category is a real find! This is how I feel about DaVinci. I was converted by Denise Soden, she is a truly phenomenal artist and she has had several curated sets with the DaVinci company. She has a wide range of videos right here on KZread! Yes, I have purchased each and every one of them. My favorite is the Earth Friendly Palette. Something about paints that are not corrosive to me or our environment is a special quality not easily put together in a watercolor palette that is useful for any subject! I hope you give some a try real soon!

SwatchAvaganzaaaaa!

I enjoyed this video. Please include art history in your videos. Also when you talk about colors and suggest where to use them, you are doing us all a great favor.

Emerald Green did not contain cyanide, but arsenic. The pigment made with cyanide as a chemical precursor (but not ingredient!) is the non-toxic Prussian Blue, which contains no cyanide in the end product.

I can't wait to see the paintings you make with these! They should pay you for this video, since I'm positive they will make a lot of money from this. Do the really pigment dense areas dry shiny? It doesn't look like it, and that excites me! I love M Graham paint because of the large pigment load, but they do dry shiny. I like to paint sort of thicker, with deep color. Thank you for sharing this! ♥

Swatchaganza!!!

I love the names you are coming up with better than the maker🙀

Speaking of Swatchavaganzas - I would love to know the red lipsticks you always wear! You rock cool and warm undertones, so clearly you've used some colour theory to match them well with your complexion 🥰

Swatchapalooza! 😂

@awatercolourist

6 ай бұрын

🤣🤣

Thank you. I want some of these. Maybe not 48 investment yet though. Where did you order these from.

I remember reading that the wallpapers and books from the Victorian era were highly toxic (the green ones that is). Amazing that our ancestors survived!

Swatchapalooza!!!!

@poogeasaurus5684

10 ай бұрын

Swatchmageddon!

@Pointebrush

10 ай бұрын

This is the winner! OMG Swatchamageddon.. I love it! 🤣🤣🤣

Would you be able to list the names of the paints that are your favorites i the. 48 a Gallo set pleases.

😍 They are stunning...but that's my electric bill and cell phone bill combined 😲 Lol. Maybe one day 😂 I watch all of your videos lol but I don't need to get the FOMO feelings at the moment 😂 I'll go watch a few of your older videos again to make up for it 😂

This makes me so happy! I have a mug of Yorkshire Tea and snacks 😁

@Pointebrush

10 ай бұрын

Your happiness makes me happy 🥹

@shadowguard3578

10 ай бұрын

I prefer PG Tips. 😊

@Mirrigold

10 ай бұрын

@@shadowguard3578 as a Yorkshire gal, it's no contest for me 🤣

@shadowguard3578

10 ай бұрын

@@Mirrigold😂😂😂 I tried Taylor’s of Harrogate Yorkshire tea but it’s not for me. 😅

@Mirrigold

10 ай бұрын

@@shadowguard3578 maybe not the same when you're not drinking it with Yorkshire water too, it's formulated for our hard water from memory 😁

Hope you’ll do some Monet-inspired or Matesse-inspired tutorials using these palette.

I cannot wait for mine to reach me!! Would you show us also what you painted with those colors??❤

I don't own any artist grade water colours because they so expensive over here but I love living viscerally through youtube and your one of the channels I watch I hope to buy some of our own south African grade artist paints soon which is more affordable for me thanks for making fun interactive videos

@KRCanetti

6 ай бұрын

@enchantedcolours2023 Hi there, may I ask what brands of watercolor paint you have in South Africa? You've got me interested!

@enchantedcolours2023

6 ай бұрын

@KRCanetti we've got quite a few brands international and local brands I mostly use the local brands because they're much cheaper but still work good

@KRCanetti

6 ай бұрын

@@enchantedcolours2023 Thank you for your reply. When I search for some I never find a brand (searching from Belgium, Europe). I've spend a lot of time in Zimbabwe before I got interested in watercolor and now I wish I'd looked around more for watercolors then. I bet your brands are good. Can you name some of them?

@enchantedcolours2023

6 ай бұрын

@KRCanetti we have dala watercolours mungyo we have windsor and Newton we also have schminke water colours we have montmart watercolours as well those are just a few but some of them can be very expensive

@KRCanetti

6 ай бұрын

@@enchantedcolours2023 Thank you. Mungyo I have heard of. Dala not. The other are European brands so they are well known to me. I will look into Dala... Thank you for this information. I wish you lots of success with your watercolor practice.

Arancione has the same pigment composition as Daniel Smith’s Aussie Red Gold.

@Pointebrush

10 ай бұрын

Oooh thanks for the tip! I was too lazy to cross reference lol

@awatercolourist

10 ай бұрын

@@Pointebrush Welcome! I believe Spectrum Art (or Art Spectrum, I could never get the order right), in Australia were the first to make this mix.

What paintbrush are you using? Love the sponge bob cameo-LOL

I still appreciate your DIY version ❤😅🙏

@Pointebrush

4 ай бұрын

That one was the OG 🤣

How are you liking. a Gallo? I am hoping to order and wanted to see how they have been painting.💜

I am more a collector than a painter. I have many A Gallo pans and in August I decided to put them in one large palette. I had a horrible time handling the pans. I did put the pans in the freezer. Didn't matter. Usually August is a miserable month of high temps and humidity, but for the first time in my 71+ years, August was cold, damp, and sunless. (Only the zucchini thrived.) Didn't matter. Sticky, sticky, sticky. Lifting up each pan and placing it in the palette was so messy I had to stop and wash my fingers in between colors. Has no one else had this issue?

@annaherlinger6316

9 ай бұрын

No I haven’t

@KRCanetti

6 ай бұрын

I have all the colors, never problems with A.Gallo. With Renesans though... so runny....

@Mirrigold

5 ай бұрын

I've got 58 of the A Gallo colours and I've not had any issues with stickiness or having issues moving them around in my palette.

What would be the names of the primary and secondary colors in terms of the names so u could save for them?

@personalgrowthcourseskmf5443

10 ай бұрын

So I could save to purchase them

its an investment at that price, but the colours are gorgeous and as long as they are used (so many of us just never use the supplies we have lol), not a waste of money at all!!