Schmincke Horadam Supergranulation Forest set - Swatching+thoughts

Hello sweet friends! Today I am sharing with you an impromptu video I filmed, where I swatch and review the Forest Supergranulation set by Schmincke and also look at the Zebra Sarasa- nano pen for drawing and sharing my thoughts on that also. Hopefully next week my new paints will have arrived and I'll be able to do the unboxing I had hoped to do today!! Fingers crossed! Thank you so much for being here, I really hope you enjoy the video! xoxo
Lily
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[patriciatolliver]

Patty- I love all of the colors. I'm not usually attracted to dark colors but am slowly becoming appreciative of them. I'm sorry the pen didn't work out for sketching and drawing, but you found another use for it. Please continue to share with us. I so look forward to your videos.

[elaineg]

Skip the haze (look at the pigments & you’ll understand why-VERY similar, a lot of redundancy to Forest & shire..but less pigmented)
Ok..Volcano; the 2 main pigments are PY159 and PR108 (lemon yellow deep & a cadmium red light)
Volcano yellow, at least the one I got, VERY lightly pigmented. MUCH better: WN Lemon yellow deep. Also, the V Red is also light on the pigment, but not as bad as the yellow. Suggested to me are the granulating QOR Cad red light OR DaVinci Cad red deep. Both of these pigments are fairly rare, but Schminke uses them, to different degrees, in several of their sets. One VERY impressive combo I found, a heavily granulating brown-gray= the red + yellow + a touch of PBk11 or DS Lunar black. In fact, I’ve even used it in some of my Chinese paintings, a light side-brushed coat of this brown/gray for a bit of color in both the plum branches AND background of mountains. The granulation just adds a texture we can’t get in traditional paints or paint chips on Xuan.

While I have been using a raw double Xuan-which is much thicker and has a rougher surface compared to single xuans …TONIGHT I am going to attempt a Gongbi style (detailed) on the traditional ripe, or sized Xuan..a VERY, VERY THIN, delicate, almost smooth paper. My subject is a southern gray (US) squirrel and my color mix is absolutely perfect. I’m just not sure the paper will hold-up to the granulation and western binders..even with very short, quick strokes. My wonderful tutor is going to try and help me find a way to “adapt” the paint by using a small amt of a Chinese binder in the brush water. We shall see! 😁

[shellymay-cutpastememories]

I have the Shire Set and yes, cold press really highlights the granulating of the pigments.
Love your swatching videos! Congratulations on 1000 subscribers!

[The_oneand_Only]

Thank you for doing this review, so relaxing.

[geraldinemetzger]

Congratulations! Love your videos, and interesting ways you swatch!

[Amber]

Another Great Video! I love to watch you create. Looking forward to the next one!

[heianwoman]

You have a wonderful channel and are both graceful and informative. When I listen to you my day becomes happier. I know that isn’t your job but thank you.
And for dipping—I have to watch out or I clean my brush in the cleaning water and pick up the cleaning water to drink. Sigh

[lawsbrettart]

mmm They are such gorgeous colours! Congrats on your milestone :)

[VorpalPlayer]

I bought several of these super-granulating paints, but the only one that made it into my main palette is Volcano Brown. The others seemed to be...under-pigmented or something.

[dianaangelflower]

Congratulations!!! You deserve it and more!!! Love your swatching videos. So relaxing.

[mulle]

I have the smaller set but then I have the haze, the volcano and the desert one. I’m enjoying them so far.

[SUSSDUE]

I can recommend the Platinum Carbon ink pen for drawing a good black watrproof line. I use it all the time, since many years back. It is an inexpensive fountain pen that come in fine and extra fine nibs and you can either use it with a Platinum Carbon ink cartridge or buy the ink in a bottle and use a syringe to fill an empty cartridge, but that can be messy. I love my pen and I never buy disposable black markers like the Micron anymore. Using this pen and the carbon ink has saved me a lot! I bought the ink cartridges on Amazon and I suppose one can find the pen there too. Thank you for a lovely video! You are so inspiring!

[jenniedgar]

Great to hear you have a thousand followers so happy for you ❤️🌺

[maryemma]

Well done😊
I would love you to do a paint along session. I really like your art style 😁

[bellammmp]

I have this set and the Galaxy set and LOVE them soooo much!! Love your videos as well... thank you so much for taking the time to make them!

[SAP]

Congratulations on reaching 1k subscribers. I would be interested is seeing how these watercolours look on hot paper. Maybe you would have to water down the pigments to see the granulation on hot paper. I do agree that these colours would make a lovely moody landscape painting.

[jaxluczar]

Such gorgeous colors! I love your swatches! 🤩

[zenandink]

I literally JUST ordered the Horadam Glacier set. Love these granulating colors—my fave in this set is the forest olive—love those mossy brown greens😊

[maryannprzybycien]

I love granulating colors. I sometimes mix my own and see what I come up with.
My eyes keep going to the forest grey. That would be great for large rocks or a cliff face. They're all pretty though.
As far as the pens, I don't use them a lot in my art. I have the Pandafly Micro-Line pens, set of 10 in different sizes. Same as Micron, but not as expensive. I also bought a dip pen but haven't used it yet. Shame on me. (Sennelier has a nice burnt sienna ink.)
Anyhoo, I love watching your videos. Your voice is so calming that sometimes I struggle to keep my eyes open. That's not a bad thing! I struggle with anxiety and it's very therapeutic. Besides, I haven't fallen asleep yet. 😆

[fuzzydragons]

so pretty 🙂 i actually really like the green, i need to get some of these