Re Daniel Smith, flood the half pan quite a bit so all the paint softens, add one drop of glycerin and stir thoroughly with a toothpick, let the pan re dry ( May take a few days). This may help. ♥️🎨

Very nice comparison, thank you. I like Roman Szmal’s Potter’s Pink, for it’s ease of rewetting and tone of its color. I think of it as more “cheery” than the others. And you can’t beat its price point. It’s a more difficult color to do comparisons with since it’s pretty much the same across brands, with rewetting/pigment load being its sad drawback (that can be said for any color but when it comes to PP its formula is definitely tricky). There are small-business versions that are a delight to use but for major companies you’ve made a good selection. I’m enjoying your videos; your calm style is very welcome 🌺

I mostly use Daniel Smith watercolor, but I switched from Daniel Smith Potter’s Pink to Winsor Newton's Potter’s Pink years ago and never looked back. I love the color on its own and mixed. But after watching this video, I wouldn't mind trying Roman Szmal's Potter’s Pink. Great comparison! Thanks! 🎨🖌

I use DS Potter's Pink a lot, I like the more neutral color because you can add it to any color to get that granulation. Out of the tube it's better, but I just add a drop of vegetable glycerine to my pans of Potter's Pink to make it rewettable. In the future I might try the Winsor Newton version as it's about the same price as DS in the US, and is a lovely color. I like adding PP to Cerulean Blue for some skies as it mixes without making a violet.

Hi Kelly I i really enjoyed watching you do these mixes! Ive never really mixed colors like that but the way you did this with just a few at the time seems doable and not so crazy. Thanks for this very interesting helpful video! Susan🏜️❤️

Lovely comparison vid. I love the Roman Szmal Potters Pink and use it often. I love the pinkier hues and softness of it, opposed to the brownier shades. I also love the fact that the RS one rewets so easily and the creaminess of it.

Thank you for this. I am a huge Roman Szmal fan after your video of them that you posted in July. I received a beautiful set for my birthday in August (the Pasqualino Fracasso set) and after that I got myself the Jane Blundall set plus several additional colors. (All from Jackson's - which has the best prices and a full selection of them) I just last week ordered I think 7 or 8 additional colors, and now see that today they are having them on sale again. They have sales on them quite often - every several weeks, it seems. Oh - and they have the new colors Roman Szmal just put out as well. I attribute their ease of rewetting to the fact that they use honey in the binder. I also enjoy M Graham paint and they also use honey. This is something I find myself drawn to as well as lightfastness and pigment load. From what I hear, the reason you may have to use so much Winsor & Newton is due to not containing as much pigment. I have not used them, but they don't seem like the type of paint that would fit me if I depended on what I have seen from various artists here on KZfaq. The Daniel Smith paint seems to be quite overpriced for me and they are really fond of specialty or convenience mixes. I do have a couple sets from them - both pan and small tube - which contain some of their favorite paints (like Moonglow and Serpentine Genuine, which is one of the Prima Mineral paints in their line, I think) The mineral paints from DS are usually highly granulating, which is why it looks so good with all the Potter's Pinks and they all like to separate so nicely. It is a really pretty and interesting look. However, after finding companies such as Roman Szmal which has such great quality for so much less, I feel like I will be picking up more of those instead. As far as the Schminke paints, I have a wonderful sample of them - again purchased at Jackson's in a set made just for them - that contains their 18 greatest hits of super granulating paints. There are 18, 5ml tubes in that set and it really gives a good representation of the Schminke line. The "Galaxy Rose" is very similar to Potter's Pink in those paints, and is a lovely color. I did fine though that many of the paints in that set are quite thin in pigment load,although if you use enough of them they are pretty for different effects. Most of the granulating paints need a lot of water to move and allow the pigments to settle for the granulating effect, but I feel that that leaves the paint looking thin. I hope I am being clear on this. My first Potter's was also the Schminke, but I find the Roman Szmal is 'pinker' and I may like it better. It is a personal choice though. And it depends on what I am painting. Anyway - sorry to be so lengthy. I guess I could go on about paint forever. HA! Thank you for the interesting and informative vide. :)

Love this format, thank you so much! I wish the video quality was better to see the difference more clearly

such a good video, love it ❤❤

Winsor & Newton is my absolute favorite…full disclosure, I’ve always liked their’s.

My favourite by far is Windsor & newton. Schmincke second. Beautiful colour...

Thank you for the comparison!

I love the Roman Szmal.

It is difficult to see granulation of the pigments with the strong texture of the watercolor paper you're using.

Thank you for another wonderful video. I started with DS watercolors, but I'm replacing those with primarily Da Vinci and Schmincke. Have you tried DV's violet iron oxide? It's granulating, and has a much richer chroma that I really enjoy. It's much creamier than the Potter's Pink as well.

I do appreciate these revelations! I only have the Schminke potters pink in this pigment and I find it quite brown…I think I’d like the pinker RS or WN more. I have heard that the WN in the company’s pan version gives a more satisfactory and consistent payout and will rewet better than if you make your own pan from a tube of it. Apparently it then hardens rock hard like DS. Your WN tube swatches looked very good, though!

My favorite Potter's Pink is the one by Winsor & Newton.

These are so interesting. I love your comparisons!! Can you tell me where you get that shader snap brush? I have searched all over and cannot find that one. Thanks.

Correction the video I watched was with “potter’s pink” being the last swatch having been blended with I think a green color.

Hi Kelly. Are you, or did you, make any half pans form the colors or do you mix as you go?