Roman Szmal Watercolor Haul from Jackson's Art

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Roman Szmal Unbox & Swatch:    • Roman Szmal Aquarius Watercolor Unbox and ...  

Rosa Galleria Unbox & Swatch:    • A Hidden Gem- Rosa Galleria Watercolors- U...  
Fieldtest:    • A Big Disappointment Rosa Galleria Fieldtest  

Shownotes:
https://media.jacksonsart.com/pdf/cc_...

Colors I have:
Starter set of 5:
204 Lemon Yellow, 323 Aquarius Red, 223 Ultramarine Light, 346 Aquarius Green, 239 Caput Mortuum
https://tinyurl.com/2jht9hj4

https://www.jacksonsart.com/en-us/rom...

Scarlet Lake
Natural Sienne Monte Amiata
Transparent Oxide Yellow
Pthalo Blue Red Shade
Ocean Blue
Shadow Violet
Przybysz's Grey
Cyprus Burnt Umber
Van Dyck Brown

New Colors:
Bismuth Yellow
Yellow Ochre
Dark Ochre
Shadow Violet Light
Vivianite (Blue Ochre)
Pthalo Blue Green Shade
Quin Magenta
Aquarius Brown
Mineral Violet

Duplicates:
Ocean Blue
Przybysz's Grey

According to Jackson's:
'Aquarius is a range of mostly single pigment paints made by Roman Szmal. The range features mostly single pigmented colours - 117 out of 140 colours are monopigment paints. Such a wide range of single pigment paints ensures clean mixing and lets artists create their own colour palettes.

The range contains a few unique tones such as PY61, PY168, PV37, PBr23 or PBk8. The 34 Earth Shades are made from natural earths, not synthetic iron oxides, and these unusual pigments are found in many different places around the world. Some unique shades are created exclusively by Roman Szmal, such as Aquarius Green, Przybysz's Grey, Ocean Blue, Shadow Violet, Green Gold and Olive Green.

Each colour is made with high-quality gum arabic and glycerin, linden honey, distilled water and pure pigments. Every pan is hand filled and labelled with watercolour paper.

Made with high-quality gum arabic and glycerin, linden honey, distilled water, and pigment
Produced in small batches that are tested for performance qualities
Range contains a selection of unique tones created exclusively by Roman Szmal
Every pan is hand filled and labelled with watercolour paper
Excellent for professionals or beginners'

Available individually and in sets, half pans and full pans

Made in Poland (https://www.artemiranda.com/roman_szm...) (https://tinyurl.com/28j76cu2)

Swatching:
These put me in mind of the Rosa Galleria watercolors I reviewed at the start of the Student Grade Showdown


Color Order:
Lemon Yellow
Bismuth Yellow
Scarlet Lake
Aquarius Red
Quin Magenta
Mineral Violet
Ultramarine Light
Vivianite

Pthalo Blue (RS)
Pthalo Blue (GS)
Ocean Blue
Aquarius Green
Shadow Violet Light
Shadow Violet
Przbysz Grey

Natural Sienna Monte Amiata
Yellow Ochre
Transparent Oxide Yellow
Dark Ochre
Aquarius Brown
Capput Mortum
Cyprus Burnt Umber
Van Dyck Brown

Wet into Wet Splits

Colors Used:
Mineral Violet
Vivianite
Ocean Blue
Aquarius Green
Shadow Violet Light
Shadow Violet
Przbysz Grey
Dark Ochre
Aquarius Brown
Caput Mortuum

Some REALLY pretty granulation, although I probably don't need shadow violet light, shadow violet, AND przbysz grey

I uh, obviously bought too many colors in the Yellow Ochre category, not sure why I did that

Let's talk about Vivianite (Blue Ochre)

according to RS, its:
PB N/A
8 NS G Semi Transparent

" Vivianite occurs in multiple environments, especially organically-rich sedimentary deposits such as clays and sandstones. It also occurs in hydrothermal replacement deposits and in phosphate-rich granite pegmatites." (https://tinyurl.com/4m9tfrzu)

"When mined, vivianites are colorless or pale green, but their colors darken after exposure to light. " (https://www.gemsociety.org/article/vi...)

Does Vivinite the watercollor change color over time?

"Fe2+3(PO4)2•8(H2O)" "Blue Iron Earth" (http://webmineral.com/data/Vivianite....)

Other companies that offer Vivianite-
Daniel Smith
A Gallo

https://www.naturalpigments.com/vivia...

https://www.artiscreation.com/blue.ht...

"† hue shift towards yellow (becoming greenish), may be do to chemical processes.***...*Lightfast but may turn yellowish due to the effects of environment or other pigments; (Ref Natural Pigments);"

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:14 Unboxing
02:23 What's Inside
03:57 Roman Szmal Watercolors
16:57 Swatching
18:55 Granulation Test
20:01 Putting into A New Palette
20:23 Creating a Color Map
21:47 Tag Swatches
30:48 Compared to Rosa Galleria


Music:
Sunny Travel- Nico Staf
After the Soft Rains
The Story of One Life
Broken- Patrick Patrikios
Inner Light
Sunset Dream

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