Review: Daniel Smith Essentials Watercolor Set

The colours in this set are Hansa Yellow Light, Quinacridone Rose, and Phthalo Blue (GS), and three warm primary colors: New Gamboge, Pyrrol Scarlet, and French Ultramarine.

DS Watercolor Sticks review:

My DS watercolor set:

Another good intro set Mission Gold watercolor:

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[neonyuu]

I can relate to that *BUY FIRST THINK LATER* on a spiritual level

[cwilliamson]

Your drawing is hilarious...and, oh so true!

[tainadelcaribe]

I think their signs are straight of my own thoughts; especially "I can't stop buying art supplies"! LOL Great review and fun sketch!

[Shesvii]

I came here after I brainlessly bought this set and thought "hey, Teoh maybe has a review" and was greeted by those compulsive art supply consumers.
Perfect.

[lisathaviu]

Love the signs in your drawing! My husband got me this set, plus the Primatek set, for Christmas. Two colors I would recommend to supplement - Burnt Sienna and Green Gold because, even though you can mix to get browns and greens, these colors are very useful to have already mixed. The Burnt Sienna is probably more vivid than you can mix with this set.

[greyareaRK]

Great image. I think I was at that protest. ;-)

[teohyc]

I forgot to mention in the video. This is a versatile set because there warm and cool versions of primary colours included.
If you're looking for an beginner set, you can consider this Daniel Smith Set, the Mission Gold 9 Tube Set or the M Graham Basic 5 Color Set

[azzuparis]

Lol I love your sketch. The girl in the front? It's me! I can't really stop buying art supplies lol.
Thanks for this review Teoh, I would really like to purchase some Daniel Smith watercolor. 😊

[MDCampbell]

Wonderful video and the drawing is fantastic fun! The "I can't stop buying art supplies" made me laugh! :) Great review, though in your comment below, I agree with the Daniel Smith and MG sets, but I gave up on Graham because they get moldy from the honey base, if they sit too long (at least in my experience). Cheers, T.

[CdnDolly]

I'm the one in the back holding the sign, "I hoard art supplies", LOL

[drmkpr]

this is my first set of artist grade wc paints. i'm glad i made a good choice. i just poured them into half pans this morning 😊 after watching your other video. i had a little accident with french ultramarine but all is well haha

[bevroberts]

"I can't stop buying art supplies"...Lol

[vannarit]

"Buy first, think later" lol

[saaraalaa]

What colors did you mix to get the skin tone?

[theunbeatableme]

bdw... this idea of the sketch is really funny 😂

[artwithpopo]

LOL at the phrases on the signs! made me smile :)

[EmeralDQueenTV]

Cool Sketch, I love the rich colors you can accomplish with the Daniel Smith watercolors, I bought one the other day to try it out and I really like it the color I've picked was the Quinacridone Sienna from the Extra Fine Line of DS's colors. I've put some of this DM Sienna in my travel palette wich is a Windsor and Newton set that I'm enjoying very much and is just perfect for certain things. Thanks for the review :D

[MalamikArt]

Haha I love what you wrote on the signs! Very funny!

[vwood]

Great demo- thank you! I just watched this for the first time, and laughed out loud at the signs the people are carrying 😅 What a hoot - I could definitely join that protest :)

[PaulaBean]

5:15 suddenly there are skin tones but you didn't show how you made them. Can you show that too?