Unboxing, Review & Filling New Watercolour Paint Travel Palettes inc. Winsor & Newton Field Kit

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Жыл бұрын

Today I added another couple of travel palettes to what seems to be a growing collection!
In this video I go through my paint selection for them, and swatch them out, with comparisons to other palettes.
Winsor & Newton 12 Half Pan Cotman Field Travel Set: amzn.to/3TYwACS
Daler Rowney Aquafine Travel Tin:
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Portable Painter Classic:
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Portable Painter Micro:
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Nomadic Artist slimline metal pocket pallet:
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Twin water holders:
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Silver Black Velvet Size 6 Travel paintbrush:
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Previous travel palettes review & contents:
• Travel Watercolor Pale...
Choosing a limited watercolour palette of 6:
• Choosing Six Colours f...
Choosing a watercolour palette of 14:
• Basic Colour Mixing & ...
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@silkspinner7010 Жыл бұрын

Daler Rowney is a very old English brand dating back to about 1780s. It started off as Daler, then 1983 purchased George Rowney company to become Daler Rowney. Their artist range is much smaller than other companies but very good and it’s surprising how much it’s overlooked.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

That's interesting! I should probably try one of their artist range ones then.

@watercolourplay 11 ай бұрын

@@helencryeri hope you do i’m so curious to hear an artist review on these artist quality daler rowney colours!

@FaithAnnNB Жыл бұрын

Assembling palettes and selecting colours is SO much fun! There’s so much anticipation about how you might use the palette and what you’ll create with each one and even thinking of where you’ll use it. It’s like this little pocket of “hope and dreams” in paint form 😍. Lovely colour selections, I like how each of your palettes has a really different feel or vibe. I bought WAY too many travel palettes last year, I was worried about the loss of revenue all of these businesses must be facing with my “low buy”, but I have no worries, you’ve taken over for me… I’m reassured that all of the businesses will still be around when I’m ready to buy again 😂.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

You are way ahead of me! I like just putting colours together that I feel 'fit right' - not really thought much about using them yet! This cracked me up!! Loss of revenue 🤣 I've currently got my eye on a new full sized palette to be fair...

@dkstamberose Жыл бұрын

i am fascinated by the design of the winsor and newton travel palette! so much thought was put into it. exploring new palettes is my favorite thing, thank you for sharing!

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

It's not bad is it?! Apparently it's my new favourite thing too! 😁

@starr-starr Жыл бұрын

I’m impressed with that palette too! And I don’t dislike Cotman either. But that palette expands into an almost studio size. Very clever.

@brittabeningfield3472 Жыл бұрын

The W&N set was so compact and clever I had to order one. I think I'll fill it with an early Spring palette..Davy's grey and copper blue for sky, some holbein pastels, chartreusey green, transp. orange, some bright, clear red, and maybe a rich perylene violet. I sometimes cut colored pencils in half and carry a few greens in one of the small leather travel brush pouches. Happy painting!

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Haha! Sorry for the temptation! Your palette sounds totally gorgeous though! That's funny - I've just been wondering if I should chop some pencils up to take smaller ones on my trip - I might just do a couple of Prismacolor greens.

@brittabeningfield3472 Жыл бұрын

@@helencryer Be extra careful with the prismas, the core will shatter all the way down if stressed or crushed. I use a little, fine hacksaw and work my way around them, and dip the butt end in thick nail polish to seal. Learned this by murdering several prisma victims.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the advice!!

@RaspberryColors Жыл бұрын

I’m loving that Winsor and newton set. Never seen that one before, lovely!

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

It was a new one to me too, and I liked the design!

@deb.e.mixedmedia Жыл бұрын

Such great little palettes! I like how you sorted out your colors. Beautiful bird painting! 🌸

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@colleenmcchesney1482 Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s a wonderful fun gift for her! I really love the 12 colors you’ve chosen too. I definitely love the one solid piece of the mini palette 🎨! Thanks for sharing this.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

It's a very small palette, but that insert is great! Thanks!

@rebeccapage4411 Жыл бұрын

Little palettes are such fun! Thank you for sharing your collection. One of my favorite (tiny!) travel palettes is the artist grade Daler Rowney 18 quarter pan set.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

I haven't seen that one! Need to go look it up!

@ultramarinetoo Жыл бұрын

Love to see all these little palettes. It's fantastic the way they all have their own characteristic feel. I have bought various random tins to keep my pans in and will use one to make up a travel palette, as well as the Artistic Nomad one. I'm afraid I'm more of a ditherer, so it will take a while - on the other hand that's half the fun, isn't it?

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Well I took long enough over my first travel palette in comparison! I think that thinking about colours is a delightful thing in itself, when the mood takes you!

@E4Alabbasy Жыл бұрын

Aah that was such a fun journey to put your palettes together, I must say the most fun was the last palette even though they are just leftovers 😅

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

I know! I was so happily surprised about that!!

@vatiammatri2660 Жыл бұрын

Very cool. I've been on a travel palette kick too! I have an Aquafine tin in the shape of a CD (round) that's pretty cool, but the paints are so so. Nice tin though. I picked up the W&N blue field box Cotman set cheap on Amazon and put in 14 pans (from tubes) from their professional line. Although, for sketch work, the Cotmans would be fine. I like converting dollar store eyeshadow palettes too for a minimalist set. Love your sets and your channel. 🎨💗

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

I saw that round one too - it looks cool! And the blue field box is tempting - it looks lovely, but I should probably resist! Thanks ever so much!

@weekend_art Жыл бұрын

Cutting swatches to make a colour chart is another brilliant idea of yours, love how it looks! You’re inspiring me to try and make a video on my palettes maybe. I’m afraid that it’s too time consuming to figure it all out

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks! Yes, go for it! I had Covid over the new year and spent some of the time stuck in learning to edit videos, and it was all actually a bit easier than I thought.

@weekend_art Жыл бұрын

@@helencryer thank you for encouragement!

@lorettaarlette3642 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I think the sizing in your Moleskine paper has gone bad. The sizing usually keeps water from soaking right into the paper, allowing the pigment and water to move on top of the paper. I’ve had the exact same problem with different papers from different companies. My Canson Moulin du Roy and Saunders Waterford are the most frequent offender in my case. It usually happens when I leave my papers in an airy space for a long time. These days I put my papers in a ziplock to keep them from the humidity. When I put my papers in an airtight space, the sizing doesn’t behave as much anymore. Lots of my papers had gone bad and looked exactly like your Moleskine. I heard applying watercolor ground or Holbein multisizing might help, but I haven’t tried it either. Winsor and Newton’s palettes are so cute, they always tempted me to buy another palette that I don’t need :’). Thanks for sharing!

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Ah, that's very interesting, thank you! The Moleskine did seem especially bad this last time I used it. Mind you, I didn't like it when it was brand new either. Maybe I ought to buy a new one of the smallest size I can, just to give it one more go. Thanks so much for commenting!

@silkspinner7010 Жыл бұрын

Aquafine is Daler Rowney middle range, and really nice paint. Not the quality of their Artist range but above the quality of their Simply range. Their Artist range is lovely deeply pigmented paints.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info!

@silkspinner7010 Жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen a travel palette like that before from Windsor & Newton. I think it’s brilliant. Wish it had been around when I bought my first travel palette.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Yes, I can't believe I hadn't come across it before now. Maybe you need a back up one 😁

@silkspinner7010 Жыл бұрын

Very tempting

@silkspinner7010 Жыл бұрын

😊

@BlancaVarguesArt Жыл бұрын

Very beautiful Paintintg 😍😍

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@norbertotrevino4075 Жыл бұрын

Regarding the Cotman set, I believe that you can also pull out the top mixing panel and afix it on the bottom side of the pallet. I have another different Cotman set and it has a detachable panel that you afix on its opposite side of the pallet.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Oh, interesting! Thanks! I will have a play with it when I get back from travelling.

@racechick2033 Жыл бұрын

Great selection of colours! Do you have T. white in your pallette or do you take a tube? Do you even need it when you're travelling or plein airing?

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Hiya! I just have it in my black palette of 20 pans, actually in a pan - just an 'in case I feel like painting in pastel'.

@dorianadesanto4158 Жыл бұрын

I haven’t seen that Windsor & Newton palette before.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

I just spotted it last week too. My problem is that I like all the travel palettes!

@CastleMc Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy watching your videos. However, for most travel I find it easy to take my Winsor/Newton 24 tin -its not that big and I've never found it hard to find water separately. I actually prefer this for most situations because then I have the paints I use everyday.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

I can definitely see the sense in taking your everyday tin! I just like collecting art materials though, and this was fun! I don't actually have one every day palette though, so I can imagine my black 20 half pan tin becoming that.

@CastleMc Жыл бұрын

@@helencryer Hi Helen, to clarify I do have multiple palettes by various brands, and like everyone I enjoy creating smaller specialty versions . But my W/N tin 24 is most used and my point really was just that it isn’t much bigger or heavier than many portable models so it’s just as easy to transport! Safe and inspiring travels to you!

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Yep, makes sense! Thanks so much!

@positronixartandlife4545 Жыл бұрын

I admit no responsibility for you purchasing the daler-rowney palette tin 😁 I do take brushes separately (I have a set of kuretake zig water brushes and then a retractable prolene plus set) so that plus water means it's not the best all in one but as you've seen, in terms of slim design and capacity it's difficult to beat. The WN field kit looks brilliant for an all in one set and probably (for us in the UK at least) more accessible than the portable painter sets. I did realise I have access to community posts here on YT now, so I've tossed up a post with a photo of my own DR tin to show how I arranged it ❤

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Ahaha!! Totally your fault!! It's brill isn't it - thanks so much! It's just nice to have different palette options.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

I think the portable painter is pretty widely available, though you still need water with it. I've not heard of community posts before - how does that work? Where can I go to see your photo?

@awatercolourist Жыл бұрын

🥱 good morning 👋🏼. Your Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet looks very red, are you sure you have the right paint? Also, your Burnt Umber looks too orange for an umber.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Hiya, I just got in, and got both tubes out - the swatches I did on the video are the same as what is coming out of the (correct) tubes, so I'm as sure as I can be. The Quin Burnt Scarlet is new this year, though the Burnt Umber is older, if that makes any difference. Only other thing I can think of is that fact it's videoed, and monitor settings etc?

@awatercolourist Жыл бұрын

@@helencryer Yeah, I agree with you on the video and monitor settings.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

And what time do you call that, getting up at?!

@awatercolourist Жыл бұрын

@@helencryer The getting up time 😂

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Some of us were already at work...

@koskey06 Жыл бұрын

You have to get moleskine WATERCOLOR paper. There ART paper will also work with watercoloe

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

The Moleskine paper I used in this video was from a Watercolour sketchbook, though I think possibly the sizing had gone off.

@awatercolourist Жыл бұрын

Why do you say that the A Gallo paints are bad mixers? Maybe you should do a video on that if only to see the mixes. You can then compare the paints that mix badly with equivalent paints from other brands to see how they compare.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

My impression was that they seemed to make murkier mixes, possibly because so many of the ones I have are multiple pigments. (I have 26 or so from their full range). The individual colours are so unique and beautiful though - I didn't really buy them to mix, so I don't mind. Possibly I'll give that a go sometime, though I'm not sure how it'll translate in video.

@awatercolourist Жыл бұрын

@@helencryer Thanks! Take your time, no rush 🙂. Thanks again for sharing your honest opinion.

@kysq384 Жыл бұрын

lol I'm a week late, like all the other comments, but thank you for this, my wallet doesn't say thank you, but I do :D

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

Sorry for my late reply 😁 It's terrible looking other people's art supplies - I want them all!!

@autumnrain1892 Жыл бұрын

Oh no. 😂😂

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

🤣

@izabelacichanska5781 Жыл бұрын

This paper from moleskine looks like it was damaged. If it's not one page but more in the journal you the shop sould return you the money. I've never experienced this in Moleskine journals but I think they are not fairly priced for the type of paper they include.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

This page seemed slightly worse than the others - it's been out of the journal for the longest, and was the last page I had (I dismantled the journal). I'm just wondering if it's worth giving them another shot, in the hopes I just had a faulty one.

@izabelacichanska5781 Жыл бұрын

@@helencryer I've never experienced this in Moleskine watercolor journals but I had this problem in Millford paper. I have even beard from my friends it happend in Arches paper block. I think it's the sizing issue. I guess it may result from paper aging or storing but it shouldn't happen in freshly opened block, pad, sheet or journal.

@helencryer Жыл бұрын

I didn't like using the Moleskine from the very first when it was brand new, but I think that's personal preference then, but this last page was worse, so probably sizing as well. Thanks!