Hello creative friend!
If you are taking part in Inktober2023, then you are doing something fun and creative and I hope you enjoy every moment. My Inktober drawings this year are not as detailed as you might have seen in the past, because I have a full plate and my time is particularly limited this October. And one of those tasks is the following review. If you have used this brand of watercolours,nlet me know what you think about these paints in the comments.
I couldn't afford a large number of colours, so I limited my purchase to the following colours: Gamboge (hue), Green gold, Magenta, and Payne's Grey.
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| The swatches and more info I wrote in pencil |
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| I mixed the colours to see what would happen - there were a a few surprises :) |
I did the painting with only these four colours, and then added white and black ink to finish the painting.
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| Painting with only 4 colours |
My impressions:
1. The Payne's Grey was sticky when I removed the pans from their packaging. The other colours were solid, so I thought to give it a day or so. It is now dry like the others. Perhaps it was still not dry before it was shipped.
2. The colours are intense, especially the Payne's Grey. It is do dark that it obscured the black line I drew for the swatches to see their translucency. It is a cool grey, but it is hard to see the blue tone even when highly diluted. But once mixed with the Gamboge, the resulting green left no doubt on that score.
3. I like the paints, and found them easy to activate, mix, and paint with. Once my budget allow it, I will definitely get some more colours.
PS: I put the Roman Szmal colours into the same palette I made for the tube watercolours I own from three other brands.
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| Final result |
If you live in South Africa, you can buy them from Artsavingsclub, as I did.
Until next time!
🇿🇦💜 Linzé
