L'Aquarelle Sennelier has been produced the same way for more than a century using the best pigments and the highest quality Kordofan gum Arabic as a binder. This blend of natural ingredients produces colors that have a smooth, light texture and offer vibrant, colorful hues. The combination of Arabic gum and honey offers an exceptional application quality that produces excellent wash. This base is then mixed with pigments and carefully milled. Sennelier makes sure to wet the pigments in purified water (without mineral salts) for 24 hours before mixing with the binder. This improves the way the colours and the adhesive fuse together, which in turn enhances the full beauty of the colours.
L'Aquarelle Sennelier has been produced the same way for more than a century using the best pigments and the highest quality Kordofan gum Arabic as a binder. This blend of natural ingredients produces colors that have a smooth, light texture and offer vibrant, colorful hues. The combination of Arabic gum and honey offers an exceptional application quality that produces excellent wash. This base is then mixed with pigments and carefully milled. Sennelier makes sure to wet the pigments in purified water (without mineral salts) for 24 hours before mixing with the binder. This improves the way the colours and the adhesive fuse together, which in turn enhances the full beauty of the colours.
L'Aquarelle Sennelier has been produced the same way for more than a century using the best pigments and the highest quality Kordofan gum Arabic as a binder. This blend of natural ingredients produces colors that have a smooth, light texture and offer vibrant, colorful hues. The combination of Arabic gum and honey offers an exceptional application quality that produces excellent wash. This base is then mixed with pigments and carefully milled. Sennelier makes sure to wet the pigments in purified water (without mineral salts) for 24 hours before mixing with the binder. This improves the way the colours and the adhesive fuse together, which in turn enhances the full beauty of the colours.
L'Aquarelle Sennelier has been produced the same way for more than a century using the best pigments and the highest quality Kordofan gum Arabic as a binder. This blend of natural ingredients produces colors that have a smooth, light texture and offer vibrant, colorful hues. The combination of Arabic gum and honey offers an exceptional application quality that produces excellent wash. This base is then mixed with pigments and carefully milled. Sennelier makes sure to wet the pigments in purified water (without mineral salts) for 24 hours before mixing with the binder. This improves the way the colours and the adhesive fuse together, which in turn enhances the full beauty of the colours.
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Sennelier : Watercolour Paint : Half Pan : Nickel Yellow
Delivery between Mon – Tue $9.70
Sennelier Artist Watercolour Half Pans Series 4 - Nickel Yellow
Free delivery between Tue – Sat
Sennelier Artist Watercolour Half Pans Series 4 - Nickel Yellow
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I've been wanting to try sennelier watercolors for ages but the $ has always been a sticking point for me. I wouldn't have chosen these particular colors for a sampling (I generally prefer single pigment colors and i wish yellow ochre came with it) but I thought they'd work well enough for trying the brand out.What I liked:-The paints wake up easily Some brands I've played with I have to spray water on them and let it sit for a few minutes before I can get much color. Not so with these, they wake up quickly, almost instantly.-Sumptuous is the first word that comes to mind to describe how luxuriously creamy and rich they are. It makes me want to get some of their La Petite Aquarelle colors to try, they may be the same quality as other brands' professional ... MoreI've been wanting to try sennelier watercolors for ages but the $ has always been a sticking point for me. I wouldn't have chosen these particular colors for a sampling (I generally prefer single pigment colors and i wish yellow ochre came with it) but I thought they'd work well enough for trying the brand out.What I liked:-The paints wake up easily Some brands I've played with I have to spray water on them and let it sit for a few minutes before I can get much color. Not so with these, they wake up quickly, almost instantly.-Sumptuous is the first word that comes to mind to describe how luxuriously creamy and rich they are. It makes me want to get some of their La Petite Aquarelle colors to try, they may be the same quality as other brands' professional colors!- Long lasting. As with any great quality pigments a little goes a long way. I've only been playing with these for 2 days but I forsee them lasting quite a while.What I'm not so happy about:- the paintbrush. When I first took the cap off the brush my heart sank, the outer rim of bristles had been pushed the wrong way. I immediately wet the brush and tried to reshape them with The Masters soap and I think most of them can be semi repaired but there are some that are still sticking out at a nearly perpendicular angle and I'll probably have to cut them off to be able to use the brush.- the pans aren't level. This really irked me, the box, otherwise decently constructed, is small, so naturally the pans of color are close to one another. The problem is some of them rest in their indent at an angle and rise above the rim, so when I place a couple drops of water on each to wake them the paint runs into other pans of color. This has been especially bad with the French Vermilion and Cinereous Blue. These pans will probably run out first if I leave them as they came because I keep having to blot them with a paper towel or dry brush to fix it.I expected more attention to detail from Sennelier.
originally posted on dickblick.com
I purchased the Sennelier Artists' Watercolor paint in "Brown Pink". after seeing a review of this particular color, which is neither brown nor pink, but found it intriguing that the color lends itself to mixing with other green shades of watercolor to create interesting foliage colors (I'm sure it will be useful for all sorts of other types of compositions other than just landscapes/treescapes). I've not used it extensively yet, but I'll enjoy more experimenting with it. It seems to be ground quite fine and creates very smooth washes.
originally posted on dickblick.com
Sennelier is my go-to for watercolors, and this particular purchase of good old Titanium White was as satisfactory as all my other Sennelier purchases. It unfailingly produces a rich, colorfast result, and is superb when used straight out of the tube for highlights, etc. It's more expensive than many other watercolors, but it's worth it. Sometimes you just get what you pay for. I highly recommend this particular tube of paint, as well as all others produced by Sennelier.
| To Use With | Watercolour |
| Country of Manufacture | France |
| Pigment Index | PY53 |
| Transparency | Opaque |
Sennelier : Watercolour Paint : Half Pan : Nickel Yellow
Delivery between Mon – Tue $9.70
Sennelier Artist Watercolour Half Pans Series 4 - Nickel Yellow
Free delivery between Tue – Sat
Sennelier Artist Watercolour Half Pans Series 4 - Nickel Yellow
I've been wanting to try sennelier watercolors for ages but the $ has always been a sticking point for me. I wouldn't have chosen these particular colors for a sampling (I generally prefer single pigment colors and i wish yellow ochre came with it) but I thought they'd work well enough for trying the brand out.What I liked:-The paints wake up easily Some brands I've played with I have to spray water on them and let it sit for a few minutes before I can get much color. Not so with these, they wake up quickly, almost instantly.-Sumptuous is the first word that comes to mind to describe how luxuriously creamy and rich they are. It makes me want to get some of their La Petite Aquarelle colors to try, they may be the same quality as other brands' professional ... MoreI've been wanting to try sennelier watercolors for ages but the $ has always been a sticking point for me. I wouldn't have chosen these particular colors for a sampling (I generally prefer single pigment colors and i wish yellow ochre came with it) but I thought they'd work well enough for trying the brand out.What I liked:-The paints wake up easily Some brands I've played with I have to spray water on them and let it sit for a few minutes before I can get much color. Not so with these, they wake up quickly, almost instantly.-Sumptuous is the first word that comes to mind to describe how luxuriously creamy and rich they are. It makes me want to get some of their La Petite Aquarelle colors to try, they may be the same quality as other brands' professional colors!- Long lasting. As with any great quality pigments a little goes a long way. I've only been playing with these for 2 days but I forsee them lasting quite a while.What I'm not so happy about:- the paintbrush. When I first took the cap off the brush my heart sank, the outer rim of bristles had been pushed the wrong way. I immediately wet the brush and tried to reshape them with The Masters soap and I think most of them can be semi repaired but there are some that are still sticking out at a nearly perpendicular angle and I'll probably have to cut them off to be able to use the brush.- the pans aren't level. This really irked me, the box, otherwise decently constructed, is small, so naturally the pans of color are close to one another. The problem is some of them rest in their indent at an angle and rise above the rim, so when I place a couple drops of water on each to wake them the paint runs into other pans of color. This has been especially bad with the French Vermilion and Cinereous Blue. These pans will probably run out first if I leave them as they came because I keep having to blot them with a paper towel or dry brush to fix it.I expected more attention to detail from Sennelier.
I purchased the Sennelier Artists' Watercolor paint in "Brown Pink". after seeing a review of this particular color, which is neither brown nor pink, but found it intriguing that the color lends itself to mixing with other green shades of watercolor to create interesting foliage colors (I'm sure it will be useful for all sorts of other types of compositions other than just landscapes/treescapes). I've not used it extensively yet, but I'll enjoy more experimenting with it. It seems to be ground quite fine and creates very smooth washes.
Sennelier is my go-to for watercolors, and this particular purchase of good old Titanium White was as satisfactory as all my other Sennelier purchases. It unfailingly produces a rich, colorfast result, and is superb when used straight out of the tube for highlights, etc. It's more expensive than many other watercolors, but it's worth it. Sometimes you just get what you pay for. I highly recommend this particular tube of paint, as well as all others produced by Sennelier.
This is an excellent set to buy. Particularly as your first set. They are absolutely excellent watercolors... there is a reason they are considered the best. But, the greatest thing is you get 18 basic colors and empty slots... so you can get 6 empty half pans and add colors you want to supplement the 18. For me, I am a oil painter, I needed white and a few other colors... so, was able to supplement the 18, and now have a custom 24.
I WAS SKEPTICAL; then I tried this fantastic Iridescent Gold watercolor. I thought I would need to go the more expensive route of gold leaf on a linocut print, but the Sennelier did the trick. Wow, a game changer
Being new to watercolor I have dabbled around with different brands.I've come to enjoy three brands and probably will stick with them. Schmincke, though it is so expensive it is mostly a splurge.Winsor and Newton, which is the classic.And Sennelier.I've used Sennelier products in other mediums and have always found them refined and well done. You can tell they take pride in their products.And why it is such an old and well regarded brand.The paint goes on smooth. The colors are bright and pure. A clean look.They play nice with the brushes and other brands.You just cannot go wrong buying Sennelier.Tres Magnifique.
I have been using Sennelier tube watercolors for several years in floral and bird paintings, I bought the 12+ 6 tray as an affordable way to try out the pans. Were I to select the colors I would not have included those made of multiple pigments as I prefer single pigment paints; also I am not sure of usefulness of both paynes grey and ivory black. That said, the paints handle very nicely and rewet immediately; they also layer very well. No quality complaints.The palette has room to add several more colors and has plenty mixing area, also the pan tray comes out to give even more mixing area.
I wanted to treat myself to a new pan set. I had some bad experiences messing with the tube paints and was enamored with my little travel set. I also love color and all that modern chemistry can give us; hence the larger set. The price of this set is reasonable when you compare a similar sized set of the Winsor Newton or Schmincke. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality. The paints are vibrant and rewet with just a stroke of your brush. There were a few colors with unrated pigments which I removed because of unknown lightfastness (I am testing), hence the 4 rather than 5 rating - but that was only three of the pans; and just my fussiness about my paints. I miss that they are less granulating than other brands I have used. But this is a plus when I paint my birds ... MoreI wanted to treat myself to a new pan set. I had some bad experiences messing with the tube paints and was enamored with my little travel set. I also love color and all that modern chemistry can give us; hence the larger set. The price of this set is reasonable when you compare a similar sized set of the Winsor Newton or Schmincke. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality. The paints are vibrant and rewet with just a stroke of your brush. There were a few colors with unrated pigments which I removed because of unknown lightfastness (I am testing), hence the 4 rather than 5 rating - but that was only three of the pans; and just my fussiness about my paints. I miss that they are less granulating than other brands I have used. But this is a plus when I paint my birds and botanicals; rocks....not so much. Anyway for the amount of paint for the price a solid value. I'm glad I purchased the set.
Strong, brilliant color comes off the pan easily, probably due to the paint's honey content. I see much the same effect with M. Graham watercolors, which also incorporate honey. Because the color is strong they dilute to a wide range of tints as you add more water. You can easily go from strong, dark tones to light, effervescent tints with almost any of the colors. This is going to be an excellent set for plain air painting next spring when the temperatures and light graduate from our cold gloomy winter!This is my first metal paint box and having something that was not made of plastic was a strong incentive toward buying this set. My plastic palettes always stain after a while and it was irritating me quite a bit. I'm hoping that this coated metal box stays ... MoreStrong, brilliant color comes off the pan easily, probably due to the paint's honey content. I see much the same effect with M. Graham watercolors, which also incorporate honey. Because the color is strong they dilute to a wide range of tints as you add more water. You can easily go from strong, dark tones to light, effervescent tints with almost any of the colors. This is going to be an excellent set for plain air painting next spring when the temperatures and light graduate from our cold gloomy winter!This is my first metal paint box and having something that was not made of plastic was a strong incentive toward buying this set. My plastic palettes always stain after a while and it was irritating me quite a bit. I'm hoping that this coated metal box stays clean.That said, there are too many colors in this set for my taste. This was the 12 color set plus 6 additional 'free' colors. That's too many for my tiny aging brain to deal with and, to be honest, there are a couple of colors for which my own personal taste says 'ick'. I have no need for black, for example, and it's going to be replaced by Windsor & Newton's gorgeous Transparent Yellow before we exit our cozy cave into the real world. I'll get it down to 12 at some point and then I'll be happy. Probably. For a while. ;)Mike
caput mortum is a must have for botanical and animal paintings. Its purplish-brown color mixes well with greens or reds for flower stems. I have this paint by Sennelier in tube form, its a bit gooey, so wanted to try the pan, so far, so good
| To Use With | Watercolour |
| Country of Manufacture | France |
| Pigment Index | PY53 |
| Transparency | Opaque |
