0.00 Intro - 1.00 Small shopping trip Amsterdam art store - 2.25 Additional set up-info - 3.36 Pouring paints - 5.04 Start lightfastness tests - 7.10 Swatching - 13.36 'Mixed' swatches.
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EDIT/UPDATE: I have posted a video with the results of the lightfastnesstest: https://youtu.be/MAK3azVjSeE
I'm afraid it's not all good news...
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As the title suggests, in this video I'm setting up a new plein air watercolour palette using all Rembrandt watercolours. If you're just here for the swatching, skip straight to 7.10 minutes! 😊
Note. This is a re-post of my previous swatching video of August 1, 2021. I’m re-uploading it because I’ve also re-posted my first four videos that were rather lacking in quality (understatement). They’re a little bit better now, and as I still like my video’s to be chronological, I’m re-doing this one as well. (Not trying to lure anyone into re-watching my videos, I promise!)
The paints used in this video are all Rembrandt watercolours by Royal Talens:
Cadmium yellow lemon - no. 207: PY35
Indian yellow - no. 244: PY154/P048
Cadmium red - no. 305: PR108
Permanent madder lake - no. 336: PR187
Burnt sienna - no. 411: PBr7
Yellow ochre - no. 227: PY43/PY42
Sepia modern - no. 416 - Old version: PBk7/PR101?
Olive green - no. 620: PG7/PY150/PV19
Sap green - no. 623: PY150/PG7
Phthalo green - no. 675: PG7
Ultramarine deep - no. 506: PB29
Prussian blue - no. 508: PB27
Mauve - no. 532: PV19/PB15
Neutral tint - no. 715: PBk6/PV19
Chinese White - no. 108: PW4
Also, see the Rembrandt watercolour page at the Royal Talens website: https://www.royaltalens.com/en/brands/rembrandt/rembrandt-watercolour/?productCode=0501P
The empty palette is a Heung Il watercolour painting aluminium one, with 26 mini wells. I bought this one on E-bay because I've long wanted to try a palette with slanted wells instead of my usual half pans. And I have a preference for metal palettes vs. plastic, as well.
The paper used for the swatching is Arches 300 gsm cold-pressed watercolour paper with a fine grain.
The brush is an old but excellent Talens brush, no longer being made, as far as I can tell. The new paints were all bought at Van der Linde on the Rozengracht in Amsterdam. Here's the link to their website: https://www.vanderlindewebshop.com/nl
If you're ever in Amsterdam, do visit!
Filming was done on a Samsung Galaxy S8+ and editing was done in iMovie on an iMac.
I've tried to get a good approximation of the actual colours, but they kept being picked up really strongly by the camera, so there was quite a lot of muting going on with the footage. I hope I still did the paints justice, though.
Music: "Parting of the Ways - Part 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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My website can be found at: https://suzand.nl