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I am a 23 year old male, who feels so out of place on this side of RUclips. I spend most of my days in the gym and I like cars and martial arts.
But I'm so obsessed with watercolor and entranced with becoming skilled at using it to make a comic book and other art. Your video is awesome, super helpful and packed with valuable information which is so so so helpful so thank you very much!!!
You are super welcome here! Glad this was helpful :)
What do you think about Nassau or Faber Castel water colors
Hi Kristy, I'm the 81 year old beginner. I bought a Mozart pallet off Amazon. Before that I had a Crayola kiddy set, now that was a challenge to work with. As I practice and watch videos I see paint colors I am really interested in such as Potters Pink and Paynes Gray and ordered a tube of them by Daniel Smith. Mozart did have Paynes gray in the pallet and I love to use that color for blending. Thanks for all the information a lot of it over my head at this point but I'm in there trying and learning.
That is awesome!
Love paynes gray and burnt sienna can do so much with them
I'm 78 , here's to us oldies!!!!!!!!
I bought the Mozart pallet on Kristy's recommendation too! So much fun to use.
@@marlenaamalfitano1558hey folks! I’m a beginner/intermediate painter at 49 and my fellow RNs all laughed at me-saying “my kids paint better than you do!”
Well guess what? I have NEVER enjoyed anything like I do painting! And after 18 months people are commissioning pieces from me! 😉😂
We’re brave and young at heart and life is ALWAYS an adventure-others may not understand, but that’s too bad for them!
Happy painting!!!
Wow I'm blown away by the response to this video so far! Thank you for taking the taking to listen to me go on and on about watercolor! Of course with such an intense video there are some worthy notes of clarification I'd like to share:
1. This video is specific on the spectrum of watercolor grades from hobby to what I'll call the uber professional. Here we're discussing mid range palettes - the lovely place where affordability can meet professional quality.
2. I reviewed what I believed to be the Lukas Studio, their student grade watercolors NOT their 1862 collection, professional collection. However my full pans may reveal that I actually reviewed older stock of 1862. Regardless the results are there for you to see and my opinions are jus that. I know I've made some upset by putting Lukas beside my own palette and others given their long history in paintmaking but I stand behind my commentary. I feel very much the same about Lukas as I do Cotman from Winsor & Newton, regardless of both coming from brands with over a century of paint making history. Proof is on the paper :(
3. Sorry for the typos throughout- I'll send a surprise to the first person to comment on this who has spotted all of them, lol but seriously.
4. Many have asked why I didn't include Van Gogh - they are wonderful paints and we use a few colors of theirs in our Momental studio palettes. For this video I was researching specific keywords on Amazon and responding to brands mentioned when I took a poll here. So the omission wasn't because they weren't worthy, they just didn't fall into view given the parameters mentioned above.
5. Just a reminder, I am the designer of the Paintcrush palette, that makes me inherently biased but I believe one of my best qualities is my ability to be very constructively self-critical and I strove to be just that when reviewing my own palette. If you are suspicious of my choice to do so, then I would say this. Go for Rosa hands down, at that price point you won't be disappointed.
Lol!!! I don't even care about the typos! As I've said so many times before, I could watch/listen to your videos all day! Every day I have that itch to pick up my tools and enJOY myself!
And when I feel that creep of depression beaming down on my neck... I feel better the second you hit the airwaves!
Just like finding the JOY in watercolor, not grading your post, and just finding the JOY in your post, is my therapy. With the weather we've had in So. Cal., I can't get out and skate, which is usually for my mental therapy, your posts help my mental well being. So if your vlogs are helping me, think about how many others you're helping!!!
Review = opinion and viewers can watch the swatching and make up their own minds. Your pallet looks wonderful and you should be proud of it!
So I did a quick pass through again to see if I caught them all, not sure but these are some of what I did see. The term about "these" are not there are honest reviews/tip: if color...makes "you" not your/I'd add a word here, get in "the" comments and share your knowledge/Pheonix/assumed vid linked below was on purpose/ No clue if these are right, but had fun with the challenge and watching it again. Time to go make some dinner.
@@Jeannette.akaJnett you’ve got them!! Email hello@kristyrice.com attn:Kristen I won!
*taking the taking, *jus that
I know I saw this too late, but thought I’d help out none the less.
Really enjoyed watching this. It’s very informative and helpful for newbies like me. Thanks👍🏼
I had no idea that drying chalky wasn't the norm for watercolors! I'm so glad I watched this video! Thank you, Kristy!
Me as well. Thank you. It’s been frustrating when you see what you like, it dries and looks awful.
Japanese Kuretake Gangsai Tambi colors are very matt, saturated and shiny, the result is similar to the gouache colors, it is not transparent like real Horadam watercolors. Anyone who likes strong, bright and shiny colors will love this. Popular colors are the Schmincke-Horadam or Van Gogh colors.
I will be honest - most of these sets you have mentioned are a waste of money. I am glad you gave your “honest review” about some of them. They are overpriced for their quality-and their quality is bad. Many of them are very “chalky” looking to me, even the ones you say don’t look chalky. It looked like the majority of them only come in sets/palettes and if you run out of a color, you can not buy a single pan or tube to replace that color.
I have been painting and drawing with watercolors and other media for over 25 years. I believe it is VERY important to know what pigments your watercolor is made of because not all “watercolor paint” brands are made from actual pigments. If I want to use ink, I will use Ph Martin’s. When I use watercolor, I want true watercolor. I do not follow many “rules” and I am not a “pigment scientist”-but I know the basics of pigments and I know how important they are for watercolor paints.
I’ve tried many beginner and professional paints. IMO, the BEST beginner/intermediate brand I have found is Cotman (Windsor&Newton) and the best professional is Daniel Smith and Windsor&Newton. Cotman has a box set of tubes of 24 that is pretty cheap on Amazon and at times can be bought for around $25 on sale at Michael’s and JoAnns. Even at full price, a beginner gets a good deal. These stores also carry single tubes for when a beginner is ready to expand, and Cotman can continue to be used by more experienced and professional painters for fun, studies, sketchbooks, teaching others, etc. The only thing they aren’t good for is commissions and work that is for sale. Cotman paints are made with less pigments than their professional counterpart, but many of the colors are still “lightfast”.
Thanks for the input! All of the brands reviewed share their pigment info (except for Inktense I believe)on the packaging or online. As a beginner I think it’s a fun and highly educational practice to replace a used up color with something new when a single pan replacement can’t be obtained. It’s a good way to force you out of a developing comfort zone.
Cotman is certainly reliable and I used it for a little over a decade as a very young student. I just found so many others to be much more pigmented with a more exciting color range for the price. But certainly Cotman is a beloved brand for many, there’s no denying that :)
I 100% agree with the Cotman recs. Also for artist quality, I would recommend DaVinci watercolor.
I JUST received your brushes and I can’t wait to start drilling. Adore you and your channel, I’m so glad to have found you. Thanks for sharing all of your heart work and knowledge!
I’m pretty happy with all my pallets.. but I just wanted to tell you that you are an absolute treasure and I wish my young artist self could have come across you. I’m happy to have found you now, nevertheless. 😘♥️
Oh thank you!
I so agree!!!! 😘
Seriously!!! I wish she was one of my classmates, that made me see the positivity in watercolors. Not one person in all of my 40+years ever showed me how to play nice with watercolor. I was the child that had to do those paint with water books, the books that had predetermined color dots that activated with water, because whenever I'd take out my Crayolas... The stars were never aligned... When I ventured into acrylic paints... That was very blissful. The colors played nicely in the sandbox. Nothing ran, and they were still mixable. Perfect for my OCD, and not like that messy washed up/washed out look 😂. However, there are now times I wished I had that lifted highlighted look, you can only achieve with watercolor, in my works...
I LOVE MY KRISTY PALETTE!! ❤ I use it almost every daaaaaay❤❤❤
I agree with this!! 💯
I LOVE the Rosa Gallery. I find myself going back to them over and over even put up against my very expensive sennelier or schminke sets. I do agree that buying a few additional pink/magenta pans is essential for Rosa. But their cobalt teal blue is magic.
I only have their indigo and it’s my least favorite. Maybe I should try that teal
Try the teal :)
It’s a lovely brand!
Ha! Total senior beginner here, but I'm so glad I saw this comment! Cobalt Teal Blue is one of my favorite colors, along with a good Potter's Pink and Quinacridone Burnt Orange or gold. I HATE my DS Opera pink so much that I just use it for practicing brush strokes. 😆 So maybe that Rosa Gallery would be a good choice for a portable for me.
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I think gansai paints are used with large brushes and single-color washes in the spirit of traditional Japanese painting and shouldn't be mixed because they become muddy. A friend let me borrow her set of Kuretake Gansai Tambi and they do have a sheen and do become muddy when used the same way as Western-style watercolours. They're fun to work with when you use them a certain way
Thanks for the info; I appreciate it. I heard only the positive. There never was any mention about mixing colors, which is a big part of painting. I, too, am 81, and I don't have time and money to waste on something that won't work for me. It's probably because they're too thick and opaque.
Thats exactly what she said in the video; that they're meant for traditional japanese type painting, which is large washes of a single color.
Good to know! I want some of those!
Thanks for the info. It's good to know. I've yet to decide which paints will be best to invest in.
Ha! I'm 81, too, and feel the same way, especially when artist friends tell me to always spend a little more and buy the good stuff.
Love everything about you and your approach to joy and much love to you for how you manage to share your love and passion for water colours to everyone so that we all feel empowered to water colour and to love it! As for your palette, it looks amazing, it works out quite expensive in Australia but I’m looking forward to being able to purchase it. I currently own Windsor and Newton, Daniel Smith professional sets but they were gifts! Your set will bring the joy you create with it just as the brushes I bought from you which I love more than any other brush I own.
You have turned the lights on!! Thank you so much for really explaining the differences. You make water colours understandable. It is so weird cause I have done exactly what you said, looked for over a month now deciding which pallet to purchase cause I’m not happy with what I have purchased so far. Thank you again and look forward to more from you!! Boop boop!!
After reading some of the comments, I'm wondering how different water supplies with their chemical additives and natural local minerals, hardness of the water, etc., affect the mobility and of the paint, how it granulates, disperses, and etc again with different brands of paints. I noticed in reading about making ones own paints, they use distilled water.
On this note, I've had some paints that added coats produced very opaque outcomes and paints were mixed, and I crept this going until I got colors that I finally liked. All this was just in trying to learn about my paints.
I can tell you put a TON of time and love into this. Thank you so much 💕
Also, I know there’s a premium for package adornment but your palette is by far the prettiest I own and I love it. ❤️
I’m so happy I found you. I’ve bought the book but the paints will have to wait. You’ve made me relax enough to experiment and enjoy the experience. But also you’re building my confidence and knowledge. I have a traditional palette and a new one with some brighter colours. Now I know enough to at least guess at what I’m seeing and work out if it’s me ir something else. ❤
Wonderful! Love hearing this!!!
That was a lot of information, and a lot of work on your part! Thank you! I have your palette (which I adore) and your brushes (also enjoy). Still a newbie, so don't have much to offer except, I appreciate all you do. Learning as fast as I can and am having fun! Happy New Year!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this. Am contemplating my next purchase and this gave me lots to think about. You did so much work on this video. You are appreciated by so many. I hope knowing how much you are loved brings you joy!!
This was a very informative vid and I really liked the way it was done. All watercolor all the time!
Loved the video! I am an intermediate painter, but lead a group of beginners and has never used the Japanese style paint before so I ordered the Komrebi. On the Back it says - “Komorebi is a simple word which describes the subtle beauty of the sunlight shining through the leaves of trees and the dances the rays make.” I can’t tell you how helpful these videos are! Art supplies can be very overwhelming!
Glad they were helpful!
I always appreciate how much I learn from you when watching these comparison videos.
Glad you like them!
So much information!! Thanks putting in the work for us. Seeing the results as you worked with the pallets was also very helpful. My favorite: Paintcrush..
I just discovered your videos this week and I really like them. You're never boring. I'm saving up for your Paint Crush palette because I love the colors - I want great pinks, purples and blues. The other colors are just there for contrast for me.
So glad you’re here!!
I love this video & all the info you gave us. I'm one of those who is tempted by all the pretty colors in a palette. I have been eyeing the Rosa< which I think will be my next purchase but as you suggested will add some pretty pinks. I have to say that your palette is one of my favorites. I was surprised at the beautiful mixes I got & how much fun I have when using them. Somehow all those colors just seem to work together! Hoping you will come out with another palette. :)
I'm so glad!
Thank you for doing this for all of us. I loved it and wrote down 3 pallets to choose from.
You are so incredibly helpful! I’ve just gone back to watercolors after years and love your videos! Thank you.
You are so welcome!
A few hours ago I ordered the Rosa Gallery. My reasons for this are a little bit different. Ok, I hope they are as good as pronounced. But these are made in the Ukraine and this company has a hard time, like everyone in the Ukraine. It´s a small amount of help, but better than nothing. If there are more collectors out there, buy these colors.
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Love this. Wonderful paints.
I thought the same thing as soon as Kristy said “Ukraine”
i bought them and I like them
Can´t wait till they arrive. If you are creative since you can hold a pencil, you have a lot of artstuff when you are near retirement. But every new color is a new adventure.
I have LOTS of White Nights and Rosa Gallery (all I could get). There is a distinct difference in them, but I can't quite put my finger on it. I heard a rumor on IG that the Rosa Gallery used to be a White Nights factory but changed after Ukraine was allowed to become autonomous. Who knows? They're just lovely!
I find that the paper I use is very important to achieving the effect I want from the watercolor. The chalk is something I dislike so I have been using the Paul Rubens 24 pallet for the last 5 years with Arches cold press paper and I am very happy with my results. I will probably invest in Daniel Smith soon as my pallet is very used. Great video thanks for sharing
Thanks a bunch Kristy for this huge knowledge you shared about pigments . It is so important to know about the paints and different brand products . ❤❤
Love your little sign in the background. Forget Rules, etc. It's so you, so true 💓
I'm a total beginner, but color mixing gives me SO MUCH JOY! When I'm mixing colors, I'm also practicing brush strokes. No expectations of "composing" and "producing" an "artwork" means I'm just playing with and learning about the color, and feeling the flow. And I LOVE looking at it later and seeing all the accidental and beautiful color discoveries I made. (I make sure to take good notes 😆)
Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks so much fun learning from your experience.
I *love* my Derwent Inktense! They are bright when dry, the trick I found was the layering. I enjoy using them with watercolor pencils for shading.
Great tutorial!
Great information on the pallets! Didn’t know about the UV spray, thank so much for taking the time on making the videos!!
You are so welcome!
Yay, can't resist a watercolor video.. thanks Kristy !!
Enjoy!!
I use the Derwent Inktense Paints a lot - they are more like their pencils or blocks, and as you say aren't watercolour, so are closer to the waxy/chalky nature of colour pencils. So yes, they aren't watercolour and will go rather flat if you layer them too much. In washes though, they do act a lot like watercolour, in a form. So like coloured pencil has that 'flat' nature, so do these.
Also: did you know you can erase them? Yes, they might be permanent but like pencil they will rub away! For that feature alone, they are brilliant.
Hi Kristy! I have to say I love love love your videos. You’re enthusiasm and sheer joy are catching! Thank you so much Keep spreading that joy.
Thank you! Will do!
Absolutely agree
Hi Maria. Just got this brush. Really enjoying it. Love love your work ❤️❤️❤️
Very educational. Thank you for all your time and effort you take into giving us the best information possible
My pleasure!
I bought a big Mission Gold set about a year or so ago. I know some people complained about them, and how they were multi pigment colors etc, but I use that palette a LOT, and never wish I was using different brands when I do use them. Also, the palette itself is HUGE, light, and fantastic to work with. I’m 😢 to learn they’ve changed. Fun video, thanks!!
I also bought this set, 24 15ml tubes, colors highly pigmented, for maybe $68 last year. They are wonderful!
I love your palette, I bought it and the paintbrush set and, for me, they're a beautiful match especially for any kind of loose watercolour style and for florals, I find them just a whole load of fun to use.
Thanks for sharing!!
Wow so much information and so much work gone into making this video. Thank you very much. Watching your video for beginners one previously and had bought Gansai Tambi 36 pallete and mozart for last year I have played with them 2 pallete and enjoyed it. Recently I ordered Rosa Gallery landscape 21 set, not used it yet and for Xmas got mission gold set but tubes not in pallete. I'd love to try your pallete. Hoping to save and order for my birthday as shipping to UK is fairly dear price. Thank you for doing this. Giving us very good info to make an educated decision when we spending. You are doing all the hard work for us and for that I am very grateful 🙏
I purchased your Paint crush pallet the day it came out and LOVE painting with it. Instead of predictable, my paintings come out interesting and unique. Thank you for your passion!
Wonderful!
I just found you to learn watercolor! I was happy to hear Windsor and Newton are one of your favorites because I just ordered a set from Amazon. I'm so happy I found you!!!
Welcome!!
So helpful!!!!!want more!!!would love more reviews of this sort for luxury brands-commercial and handmade. Learned so much from today’s video. You are a brilliant teacher, Kristy. Thank you for all your effort.❤️
More to come! And thank you so much. This video was so much work!! I was so nervous to release it!!
My daughter gave me Stonehenge for Christmas I’m in love.❤😊the Paul ReubN looks good.😊
I would love to see true head to head full paintings of maybe two of this level of paints! What fun! You could go for maybe the 48 Gansai Tombi vs the Etcher or such.
You are a great teacher and love to watch your videos. You are fun and you explain thinks perfect. Love you!
Thank you so much!
Thank you, Kristy! Very helpful to get your insights. I appreciate you sharing your knowedge
You are so welcome!
I have several of these, Meiliang, pretty excellent, Rosa, and Derwent Inktense , kuretake Gansai Tambi. I am a hobbyist, but love each of these for different reasons. This was a fair comparison video and I appreciate the time and effort put to share this info.
Meilang amd pretty excellence are the same i think
Love it. Blue is fabulous need few more colors
Superb! Thank you so much for this wealth of information! I enjoyed every second of this video! 💙
So happy the algorithm showed me your video! This is just what I needed to know. Thank you!
Me too!!
My first and best starter palettes from Amazon were the pink Paul Rubens set, the sparkly green one is ok. White Nights was the absolute best. Rosa Gallery as well. They’re semi moist but they’re reliable and they work amazingly and are easily controlled. I would highly suggest those brands for anyone from my own personal experience. The student grades I tried were Sennelier la petite and W&N cotman and I didn’t care for either. Schmincke has the best Akademie range but it’s 2x more expensive than a lot of professional brands. I still reach for my 48 Paul Rubens pink, my White Nights constantly and Rosa Gallery often. I got a mono pigment palette from Rosa when I wanted to learn mixing. I got every color of Kuretake Gansai Tambi because I love them. You can’t really mix them, and they’re semi moist but I use them in a very controlled way. I like to use them in a way that’s like inks, like drawing with watercolor.
The only brands I didn’t like at all were Van Gogh and Lukas but that’s my own style and opinion and how I use them and what I want in a set.
Paul Rubens and White Nights formed my entire beginning of painting and using those paints are like my comfort palettes. They’re my old reliable. The gemstone series wasn’t my favorite but it was super nice but the pink palette was just incredible. I now own every single White Nights color and I love them all.
There’s so excellent starter palettes on Amazon. I still go back and reach for my starter palettes often.
Don’t be fooled by brand names and “professional” or student grade. Use what you like and what makes you happy.
I have the mungyo palette and I love using it for flowers. I also like that a lot of the colors are similar but not replicas because you can't buy just one color when you run out of it. You have to buy the whole set again so it helps to have similarities to stretch the colors when you've run out of one. I also love the color selection because it's perfect for florals and botanicals and they mix really well with each other to create different colors. I don't know what is up with that weird grittiness in some of the paints but so far, it hasn't affected any of my paintings. I've purchased dozens of different watercolor palettes and mungyo is the only one I was actually happy with and continued to use besides my own personal palette that I made myself with tubes of paint that I purchased.
I was exactly looking for an watercokor set for botanical art and after a lot of research a dared to buy mungyo 24 color set. And am really releaved after reading your comment.
My son asked me what I wanted for Christmas, so I told him either the paintcrush palette or brushes. well to my surprise he did both. I haven't done to much yet, but they are as you say. And your brushes don't disappoint either! I have my own "put together" palette of a few Daniel Smith and Grumbacher Academy and a few from teach yourself kits. I've one some watercolor classes, but I self teach a lot of things. When I discovered your channel, I was delighted! Now I just need to put some other crafting I do away and focus on painting with joy! Thank you for being there for us!!!
Wonderful info! I will say that I love the Gansai Tambo's choice of greens. They seem like the most natural for leaves etc
So rare someone see a good review for the brand ShinHan 😊. Pretty pleased to see you gave it a chance. I don't have the SWC line, but I do have tubes from the PWC line for custom palette and I'm pretty pleased with them~
I was very impressed.
I am in Europe and will be trying out Roman Szmal soon - really excited!
Great information thank you! I do not own any of those pallets and am really surprised as I have a lot. I did buy the Mission Gold set when it came out a few years ago the tube set with pallet and love it. At some point I can see myself purchasing your pallet since I love helping my RUclips are community. Your Brushes are on my Christmas wish list so might be lucky to get them!
I adore you. I love watching you paint. And I love the 24 half pan set of Rosa Gallery watercolors my son and dil bought me for Christmas. It’s a lovely addition to my collection of Daniel Smith watercolors. So happy you re I’d wed it, as I had never heard of it before Christmas. I just received your brush set, and am looking forward to painting with them! Ty, Ty, Ty.
I have DS too. Does she give pigment numbers? Do u feel they are similar quality? I don’t want to buy stuff I already have.
Excellent video! I think I'm moving toward replacing my middle category with a "lux" palette, but I've absolutely enjoyed your review style. Would you consider doing a similar video for the biggies like Daniel Smith, Sennelier, Schmincke, W/N etc? I've been buying a random tube of each here and there to supplement my main palette, but am overwhelmed about choosing a full size and would love to see your review. And ps - thank you for sharing your fixative! When I started painting I asked my local art store for a fixative and they sort of gave me the "that's a silly question" look. I knew there had to be a solution! Cheers!
I like paints that don't move because I like to draw anime characters and OCs (original characters) so the Arteza tubes are a favorite of mine lol. Also, Inktense aren't watercolors, they're ink! Much better than watercolor for layering/glazing and won't activate lower layers. I'll try your paints+brushes out if they ever go on sale hehe.
Love your information and how you teach us. Beginning my watercolor adventure, thanks!😊
You are so welcome!
The BEST review! Thanks for your work. This is just great!
Wow, thanks!
About Rosa Gallery, I recently bought them, and find they need to be wet down for a while before use, and then they are luscious and juicy, as you say. I love the intensity and clarity of the colors.
I started my watercolor "art"journey last summer and in my hometown in Finland there was only White Nights and Rosa pallets. Because of the world situation I bought the Rosa Gallery pallet and I really like it. For travelpallet, I just take few random pans and make some interesting mixes 😀 Thanks for your videos, I love them, you are the best 🤍
Wonderful!
Thank you for not buying Russian brand and not supporting war with their taxes.
Thank you for your choice! We really appreciate it
This was a fantastic video!!! It was so helpful! 💖
I love my Kuretake Gansai paints. They are my go to palette for holiday cards. I solved the "loose in the box" with some double sided tape. Two years on..they are still solidly in the box. I like using a porcelain tray to mix so the lack of one with these is not an issue for me. The kiddos love these paints too, vibrant and a dab will do.
My all-time favorite watercolor paint is Holbein. And I love Kristys set. I'm not an artist but they are just juicy and beautiful. I stepped back from art for a bit and donated everything other than Paint Crush paints and brushes and holbein.
Wowow!! I’m honored! Holbein just didn’t fit into this pricing category but suck amazing paint!!!
I binge watch your comparison videos like others bingewatch Netflix. 😂 Don’t need them, probably have them, but if you’re going to swatch, Imma gonna watch! I WILL say, even though more expensive than some other midrange YOUR pallet hits so many sweet spots! The quality IS there which is why I didn’t hesitate to order it. That said, the uniqueness of those choices creates some incredible hues, and though it doesn’t have as much of the rose gold touches you had hoped for, and the extra flip top none of us want or need… it’s worth the investment! !! Looking forward to you expanding on the palette with refill tubes or individual replacement pans (just a suggestion 🤞🏼 )and saving my allowance for your next brush release!
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I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing! I agree with those who mention the quality of paper used in conjunction with the paint you choose. It makes a huge difference. When I use mid level grade paints I try to use quality paper. It is more important with watercolor to use the best paper you can afford than with most other mediums. In my personal opinion.
Thank you for all of the work you put into this! ❤
You are so welcome!
Kristy, the way you describe the consistency and texture of the paints is amazing! Absolutely anyone can understand! You really have a gift for explaining things ❤
I appreciate that soooo much!!!
There is a watercolour paint that should have been included in your choices. The Royal Talens Van Gogh watercolour paints. These are considered student-grade paints. They have been reviewed by artists on RUclips with excellent results. These paints come in half pans sets, single half pans, tubes and open stock. Many of the paints are made of single pigments which is good for mixing. The professional paint of this brand is Rembrandt. In the Rembrandt vs Van Gogh, there isn't much difference. I hope you will try the Van Gogh paints.
Happy Painting !!!
I’m dying to buy the Paul Rubens pallet. 🎉
I’m new to watercolour and your channel, but I’ve booped every video so far! Thank you so much!😊
I want to thank you KristyRice for taking the time to repeatedly check in with your viewers, as a way to both touch base with them, but also, so it's a sort of 'palette cleanser'( see what I did there? 😁), in between sections of a lengthy video(it really helps the viewing experience and allows the viewer to not feel overwhelmed ). I also want to thank you for taking the time to review all these with such a thorough method. Much, much appreciated!
Been making art for many years, but now revisiting watercolors, and getting really serious about it this time! I'm actually doing the research, and learning how to really get the full learning experience, so I can get really adept at adding them to my repertoire.
All I got is an 'Artist Loft' tube set, and a lil' ol Windsor and Newton Cotman travel set at present. I feel like this would get me through for a while, though I am smack-dab between 'beginner' and 'beyond beginner', because I already do professional, custom work in colored pencil and inks!...I think I'll visit your 'beginner palettes' video listed above, because I think need professional quality, but maybe not quite a set like shown in this beyond beginner...I'm sort of a 're-beginner'-lol!
But thanks for all these great videos, nonetheless!
Love Rosa Gallery especially if I want to use salt. If I want great glazing I'll use Rembrandt or Sennelier. Rembrandt glazing is so beautiful it leaves me in awe everytime.
Is that my dear friend who I just happened to read knee deep in hundreds of comments because it's the middle of the night and I can't sleep) but love this Kirsty Rice!!
I buy cheap in convenience colors♥️
I purchase 3-9 in more expensive colors, but I love mixing my own colors and exploring new brands. Watercolor JOY🥰
Thanks for sharing!!
Loving all the information here… I’m taking notes for future reference!
Just found this video. So much information that I didn't know before, and wish I had! It would have made my years dabbling in watercolor much easier. It will be a big help from here on out. Glad I found your site, and am now a subscriber,
This was a great compare! The only pallets I have used are the Gansai Tambi-versatile and the Ruebens (which came in a million little pieces) I was impressed by the Rosa for the price and not so much with Etcher. Thanks again for info we can use and enjoy!
You’re very welcome!!
Love my Mission Gold tubes. My go to palate. Thank you Kristy.
You are so welcome!
Very helpful! Thank you, Kristy!
This was so good and answered so many questions about how the different brands respond and react and behave. Thank you!!! Now I'm going to take a nap, but for real though....
Even without knowing a lot about color mixing, it's helpful to know what doesn't work aka mud. It was my aha moment when I began a few yrs ago. I have tubes of Mission Gold (purchased secondhand), Daniel Smith, M. Graham, Lukas (yes chalky), Sennelier, Schmincke (also secondhand), Qor, and mostly Holbein which I really love. My current love is the Daniel Smith watercolor sticks. They are wonderfully versatile.
I need to try those!!
I love those sticks - they are, as you say, versatile, and they're actually a little more affordable, too.
I love to just cut what amount I need off of a stick, spritz a half or full size pan and lay the cut part inside. Hold well and has great pigment payout for a far less expensive price.
This was a really informative and helpful set of reviews. I have been using Qor watercolors despite the higher price instead of these student grade choices. The disbursal qualities and intensity of Qor means that I have the ability to create far better mixes than with other paints. The huge pigment load in Qor colors means that I use far less paint to achieve the colors I want, so they don’t really cost as much as it would initially appear. However, I have thought recently that I would try some of these less expensive palettes in order to do more practice paintings and you video allows me to figure out whether I want to use this paint brand.
Such good perspectives!
oh boy how i love paints ,you are passionate like me.its so fun to create art every day ,ive been buying artisto 3 packs of journals on amazon,ive filled 7 of them already ,thank you for all you share with us
Thank you for all the work very helpful very enlightening really appreciate your time he did great take care
When Arches was sold the paper was made differently. I had a student and she was painting on a new pad Arches and colors were very muddy. I asked if I could see the pad and I felt the thickness of the paper and the paper was not 140 pound at all. It was more closer to 300 pounds but not quite, so I said, let’s take the painting and either wash it off and soak the paper or let’s start new with a new piece of paper and let’s soak it. So I soaked it and you could see the binding and the brightener rising to the surface of the water and then she painted again after I had dried a bit and it was a completely different result.
Yup
Finding my top three is relatively difficult because I've also tried a lot.
I do it according to quality and also write down what I would like to try out from a group.
3. Hobby grade
Läufer watercolor box with 24 colors, which was incorrectly titled as an opaque paint box, is dye-based paints and I prefer to use them for my sketchbook.
I bought it in a 1€ shop for 2,50€ and really didn't expect anything and the colours are much better than other hobby-grade watercolour paints others I've had so far were either chalky or very shiny like the Crayola I imported once because there were only chalky watercolours here a few years ago.
The watercolour box can be found with the words "Deckfarbkasten Läufer".
I would like to try the Art Creation from Talens, they even have pigment numbers.
2. Student grade
Van Gogh, these do not run as much as Schmincke Akademi or Aquafine by Daler Rowney and are more intense than Cotman.
I would like to try the student grade version by Paul Rubens.
3. If it's supposed to be a set, then the flower set by Paul Rubens is quite well put together, 24 colours 8ml.
For colours that can be purchased individually I would take Rembrandt, the price per ml is OK and there are many colours that I like,
although they are not available everywhere, they are produced in a neighbouring country.
I would like to have the Pure pigments Set from Mijello
Thank you so much! Love this video!
That was an amazingly informative video! thank you for your expertise! I paint with your Paint Crush Palette, and a Mozart palette. Your palette is so fun!
Wonderful!
This just showed up in a search today. 😅 I’ve never seen this one. You asked us to comment if we had your palette and I was going to say it is delightfully surprising and wonderful. And then you said that was your intent. Well done! Mission accomplished.
I thought for months before pulling the trigger on your palette. It was so different. Once I got it I was like thank God I finally purchased. It’s so unique and fun.
I don’t know if I would recommend for a first palette but most certainly a second and beyond. Your palette is so fun to play with and I always seem to find new wonder at the mixes I can make with it. I was playing with this and a few others the other day and created the most beautiful coral EVER! In case you’re interested… it was with case for making fuschia and Davinci Indian yellow! You’re welcome.
Now a question. I was doing a quick search at work today on lunch break because I’m starting a monthly watercolor party at my church. I have some primas I can lend out but thought about also getting a few prang, mei liang, and maybe some Van Gogh. I was searching for reviews of beginner sets. I am asking them to bring their own paper and I will have some paint and brushes to lend. But will encourage them to buy their own set if they fall in love with watercolor.
I don’t have much experience with the student sets most of mine are professional quality.
I have Cotman, daeler rowney, prima, and my first baby the angora. Which I see in case for making store! So funny.
What are your thoughts on these and maybe other beginner sets that will give them the true experience of watercolor?
This review is fantastic by the way. Full of honesty and grace. I’m going to get back to it. If you don’t respond I will try emailing you with this question. 😊
So glad you’re enjoying my palette!!
So for a beginner palette given wheat you’ve described I would probably recommend something like Meiliang :) The process is right and the quality is there… I might suggest they add a white tube of gouache to it, so they can mix some fun pastels etc!
@@KristyRice thanks!
Okay, here's my personal definition of opaque vs. chalky (YMMV):
Opaque: darker tone, completely covers the tone underneath, but still clean and smooth with no haziness or cloudiness to the top color
Chalky: not necessarily a darker tone, but covers the tone underneath and has a dirty, dusty, hazy finish that just looks like someone has come along with a thing of baby powder and given it a squeeze in the general vicinity
Make sense?
Perfect distinction… ah this is why I love the comments section!!!
Great description!
Yes! Cloudy and hazy are perfect words to describe chalkiness.
Chalky to me implies that the paint has chalk or some other white pigment added as a filler and thus, although it's more opaque, that opacity comes at the cost of saturation. Opacity in and of itself just refers to covering ability.
@@pendlera2959 yes I also feel the distinction under hand in regards to chalky is a certain fine grit that causes a drag as you stroke. It’s subtle but you can feel it…
Wow, that was alot of information, amazing results, thanks for taking the time to be super informative with this video!!
My pleasure!
The Paintcrush pallet looks like you expect watercolor to act. It's gorgeous. It will definitely be my next pallet purchase! I just bought your brush set. Thank you so much! And Happy New Year!
Aww thank you!!!
I have the Rosa botanical vibrant set which I love and it has three beautiful pinks! I also thought mungyo was much like watercolor confections but purchased it after a recommendation from a class. I wasn’t very impressed and let my granddaughter use them. I also have your set and came across another set of yours that someone was selling with your book and your brushes so I have two of your watercolor sets but I really wanted the book and brushes so I was able to get them at a good price. I also have another set of your brushes off Amazon because I love them and I want to have one at my house and I have a daughters house LOL but thank you for this video because it gave me a lot of extra information and I realize that I’m a collector lol
I love Qor because they explode and I use them for abstract pieces.
Love all of this!!
@@KristyRice so basically I bought your pallete and brush set and enjoyed them so much that I wanted a second set of brushes and found that deal with the brushes, book, and palette. If you know someone that would like the pallete and is in need I would happily donate the paint to someone to try it out. But I’m keeping the brushes because they’re awesome and I want one set at my daughters house so I don’t have to worry about carrying them back-and-forth and losing that magnificent pouch. Also before I saw you on RUclips I was buying vintage paint tins, just because I thought they were cool but now you shown me lots of uses for them LOL. lol
Great info and I'll definitely look into Paintcrush. I have used Mission Gold tubes and loved them, but will investigate to see if the brand is being downgraded for some reason. The biggest part of the fun is your personality. I like you and think highly of your "non-scientific" expertise.
Well I greatly appreciate that :)
Speaking of color, I LOVE your sofa! Also, just found your page today and am full
Of gratitude to you❤
Welcome! I’m sooo glad you’re here!!
Thank you soo much I purchased the Rosa Gallery and couldn't be happier. I had been using Windsor Newton Cotman paints and the difference is amazing.
You are so welcome!
Great questions to ask before getting a nee palette!!! And as for the lightfastedness... I will never give up my daniel smith fluro opera pink... it is my FAVOURITE absolutely!!! I scan my work so that's how I keep mine even after opera fades... (though really it actually lasts not too badly for my use!)
Exactly!!
This is great! I despise my DS Opera Pink so much that I'm just using it up for brush stroke practice! (Although when I dilute it enough,I can get a decent cherry blossom)
I love that we're all so different! 🌸💮🌸
@@carlaeskelsen it is great that we are all so different!!! I also love mixing it with hansa yellow light for a great peach, pthalo blue to get the sweetest purple, and even pthalo green to get moody purples and a greyish green that I LOVE!
I'm kind of surprised White Nights didn't make the list at all. They are very saturated colors, not chalky at all, and affordable, more now than when I bought them, sadly. I DID get all the original colors before they started raising their prices hahaha
Yes! I love White Nights, have used them for years. They were more affordable back then. Great paints.❤❤❤
Great Review! So much wonderful information. Thanks Kristy!
Glad it was helpful!
WOW that was a lot of info, glad I watched it! Thanks I got the gansai (for the gloss) and the Rosa gallery(test run) these are my first two watercolor pallettes so I'll see what happens. Beginner beginner lol ....thanks again 🧡