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Aquarius: The Urban Sketching Box and meeting Roman Szmal

Aquarius: The Urban Sketching Box and meeting Roman Szmal

by Mandy | Nov 23, 2022 | Art Supplies, Review, Vlog, Watercolor | 1 comment

Meeting Roman Szmal Last Summer I met Roman Szmal, the man behind the lovely Aquarius watercolor paint. He invited me to meet him at Kunstburg. That’s the Dutch art supply store that sells his paint. And although it’s all the way on the other end of the...

Rembrandt granulating watercolors

by Mandy | Jan 6, 2021 | Art Supplies, Review, Watercolor | 0 comments

Exploring Rembrandt further, this time I’ve painted swatches from their granulating watercolors and compared them to other brands that used the same pigments. I included Daniel Smith, a comparison many people asked for. Below you can find the high-resolution...

Rembrandt vs Van Gogh watercolor comparison

by Mandy | Jan 4, 2021 | Art Supplies, Review, Watercolor | 0 comments

Having both the complete Rembrandt and Van Gogh watercolor collection, I could now do a comparison of sorts of the both. Here’s the video: And here are the three hi-resolution color charts. Remember that digital reproduction inevitably leads to color changes....
Rembrandt Watercolor – the Old and the New collection

Rembrandt Watercolor – the Old and the New collection

by Mandy | Jul 24, 2020 | Art Supplies, Colors, Painting, Review, Video, Vlog, Watercolor | 3 comments

A big surprise It felt like Christmas when a huge box full of watercolor paint tubes unexpectedly arrived at my door… Half an hour later a caterpillar of tubes containing lush watercolor paints lay on the dining table in order – screaming to be swatched...
Absolutely wonderful new Watercolor Paint: Aquarius

Absolutely wonderful new Watercolor Paint: Aquarius

by Mandy | Jul 26, 2019 | Art Supplies, Colors, Painting, Review, Video, Watercolor | 4 comments

Watercolor face I did with the Aquarius paints, Queen of Hearts The Discovery A little while back I ran into the Jane Blundell’s blogpost about Aquarius watercolor paints by Roman Szmal. I had never heard of the brand before – which isn’t crazy, for...
Blockx Watercolor Review

Blockx Watercolor Review

by Mandy | Apr 24, 2018 | Art Supplies, Blog, Colors, Painting, Review, Watercolor | 1 comment

Today I have another watercolor review for you! Another Belgian brand called Blockx. I heard about this brand of watercolor paint for the first time on the Handprint site. In my video review I say I read that these were one of MacEvoy’s favored paints. But I...
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