I've been using this for a while and I'm amazed by these paints. I have the 34pc.15ml.set which doesn't have black and white. It's called the "Asian" set. There is a European and a US set as well. You can choose. I doubt that I will need to buy any more paint for five years at the least. My set has dried for over a month and with a touch of a damp brush the color exploded on paper. Now what I want is a really good travel palette. Thanks for the review. I was pretty sure that you'd like them. I so enjoy your Demos!
Sometimes it is cheaper to but a small palette of half pans then to buy the empty palettes. TRy the tropical prima palette, it is about $22 but the metal palette on it's own is $24 in an art shop. The paints aren't bad either but you could always pop them out and refill. the 12 color cotman sketcher box or lukas studio can be used this way as well.
Thanks Lindsey........I've taken your advice and bought a Lukas, 48 empty 1/2 pan set. That way I can add my Missions and some original mixes. I'm one of those that needs to cut back on supplies but I still need the right ones for the right situations. You are so helpful. I am about to attempt creating a watercolor block with a glue gun. Can you tell me what kind you use and where to find it? Thanks you for all the wonderful tips, tricks, techniques and encouragement. You are the frosting on the cake to me!
I use a surebonder, they seem to last longer than other brands because I use them all the time, make sure it is a high temp or dual temp gun as I think high temp gives a stronger bond and more working time. I use whatever dual temp glue sticks are on sale:)
Btw lemon yellows just in case anyone wonders: they are usually either Nickel Titanate (greyish in palette but fine when painted) or Nickel Azo Yellow (the VERY greyish one). Cadmium Lemons are normally really "clean" - cadmium yellow pigment just v dilute. Some lemons use Benzimidazolone Yellow H6G which is a bit green - I don't like it (Winsor Lemon uses it). There is a nice pigment PY159 I have not used yet - Zirconium Praseodymium Silicate - should be quite granulating as it is a silicate - praseodymium is a rare earth metal (I work on those in my day job) and they have beautiful colours in their salts and interesting optical effects so I do want to try it. Bismuth Yellow (Bismuth Vanadate) is a very vivid lemon - green undertones but a bit "in your face".
+thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich I have the 36 set and I really love them. They have now become my favorite paints even more than Daniel Smith watercolors. I wish I would have known about this 24 set but I'm glad you were able to find them and share with us because I think this would be a nice add on to what I already have. Yes the 36 set is 7 ml and comes with a nice pallet as well. Using the amount of water that you do with your Turners will be more than adequate once they are dry in your pallet. They are also really user friendly (in my opinion) and I personally believe they would be wonderful for those who want to start in watercolors because they are so easy to use and blend so beautifully. I love that they aren't wanting to turn brown so easily like I have seen with other watercolors. Beautiful colors and most of them have really great lightfast. Hope this helps anyone who has any questions and if there is something I can answer for anyone I will do my best.
I'm a scrapbooker and decided to play with watercolor and fell in love. I need to purchase an artists' quality set. Would this be the best option for me? I only have a few Winsor & Newton student grade.
+Liette Hudson this in my opinion would absolutely be an option for you. However, I would start with the 36 color set and I will tell you why. Even though in the set that Lindsay has here it has much bigger tubes of paint and are very much so worth the money, they are all pure colors which means if there isn't an orange color that you like here then you have to mix your own colors. Which in my opinion is one of the hardest thing to learn how to do when it comes to watercoloring. So the 36 set comes with a beautiful pallet of mixed & pure colors that you can work with. If you love the paints, which I suspect you will, then go back and pick these up and start learning how to mix. You can beat the price for those large tubes. It does come with a mixture chart which is great that they include and the 36 set has a pallet which is awesome too. If you end up getting the 36 and want to learn how to make a swatch that will fit into the pallet, let me know and I can link u to a video
+Liette Hudson you will see a huge difference between these and Cottman btw. They are good but no where near as pigmented as these because the Cottman have more fillers.
+Beau DeLeon I was wondering if the set of 36 has a nice variety of pure pigment to learn how to start mixing colours? Thanks for all your comments this helps.
+Liette Hudson it does have some but if that's what you're looking for then I would personally go with the set Lindsay has here because it will give you more opportunities to mix and learn. For the money this one really is a better buy when you look at the size of the tubes. The 36 set only comes with 7mL tubes for $50-$68 where this one is a little more at about $89 but the tubes are 15mL so you will get more practice with what you have here compared to the 7mL tubes that can go pretty fast if you aren't careful and don't know how to prepare your pallet correctly. Hope this helps and no problem.
I also have the 36 color set after seeing a review several months back here on RUclips. I really like the vibrancy of them and they re-wet like a dream. That being said, I'm not sure if it's a translation issue or just calling them by the wrong names, but a lot of their names are incorrect. Their cerulean that you mentioned looked like phthalo is in fact the same pigment as phthalo blue from all other companies. There are several others with oddities as well such as their "cobalt" is ultramarine + phthalo, and their "burnt sienna" is a weird assortment of pigments rather than PBr 7. Like I mentioned, I do really enjoy their bright colors, but I still use my self-assembled Daniel Smith palette 99% of the time. Perhaps if I had gotten the pure pigment set I'd be a bit happier with the consistency of my colors, but I will still keep these on hand for cards or if I'm doing something bright.
+Denise Soden I agree! Cerulean is def pthalo and their cobalt is too green. I have a holbien colbalt that is also that way so I wonder if there is a translation issue in Asia with some paint names.
so funny im 5 years late to the watercolor party .i got the 34 set and 3 24 sets they make me as happy as my daniel smith and m grahams and such a better value .the art whale knocked my socks off ,now that is the cheapest set and are awsome ,thank you for enlightening my life in this beautiful art medium
Thank you so much for doing this I have had my eye on these paints for a while (since I saw Owening Art do a review) but couldn't make up my mind, but you have helped me make the decision to get them. I am so excited that you did this. Good job on explaining why you chose this set it helps me in my decision. Again Thank you so much!
So even though I REALLY didn't need more water colors, I bought these and was AMAZED by how fast they came in the mail! Tow days. TWO DAYS!! And I paid for the cheap shipping! It came with a free palette too, a nice sturdy, 24 wells. I already had some of their colors (shopaholic here), so I already know that I like them. Thanks for letting us know about this deal!
Hi Lindsay, I just wanted to say I know that this video is 5 years old, but you really sold me on this set and I just purchased it a few weeks back and I absolutely love them. There are colour differences in the set that is sold now, less reds and an addition of a cobalt turquoise. I've mixed soooo many bright lovely colours from them and I feel like I got a bargain for the price/size of the tubes/mixing potential which really extends out the colour range in this set. The paints are soooo pigmented and are super easy to work with after they've dried. I've now watched a tonne of your reviews on different paints and I super enjoy them. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Katie 😊
I have a 24 set I got last year, also from amazon for like $45. But seeing this makes me want this pure pigment set! The addiction never ends! lol I did feel like some colors are so bright and vibrant they can look fake, I really have to work to not to use too much pigment. I dislike their greens too, especially their version of Sap Green, more like neon! But easily fixed by mixing with other colors and too vibrant is better than too dull. For storage, I got a metal folding palette with removable pans (again amazon) and the paint has never cracked or dried into a hard rock, they always seem a tad bit tacky even after a month of not touching them, assuming bc they are always covered/contained. Can't wait to see your tutorial with these & what mixes you use!
I have the 36 set and I love them - they work so nicely and have such beautiful colors. This set looks great but I'm glad that I went with the larger set with the palette. Thank you for sharing!
I have the 36 set. I've been using them for a few weeks now. I really love them. I think when I run out I'll get this set to replace. The 36 set is awesome. I also bought them from Amazon.
I LOVE Amazon. Where I live the closest art/craft store is 127 miles away. We have a "dollar" store but nothing is $1.00, it's all $3-$10 and it's all worse quality than an actual dollar store. We do have Walmart but they don't have a variety and I've bought all I really can from there lol. Love your videos and thank you for all you do for the crafting community.
Have you tried Jerry's Artarama on-line. Their shipping takes forever........about 9 days if you're on the west coast. But.......there is no tax and the prices are the best around. Another alternative is Cheap Joe's.com, good prices and also no tax if you don't live in North Carolina. The shipping is $5.95 maximum for both and it's often free.
I was watching Sat Chat and when you were talking about your pride necklace and how people would come to talk to you about it. It underlined for me what a kind person you are and good to have as a friend. I live in Switzerland so I won’t be turning up on your doorstep 😜
Thank you so much for reviewing these- I'd picked a few of the mixed paints on sale at my local Jerry's, and was pretty disappointed, but it seems like the pure pigments handle much better! If you're looking to add individual colors to your Mission collection, hitting a Jerry's in person might help you find them on sale- all the Mission Gold paints have been on sale on several occasions when I hit the Nashville location.
LOVE the Mission Gold set so much, went back to Amazon and got the 36 5 ml set - also a great price $57.50 which includes a 36 color palette. Only 12 duplicates (excluding useless black and white) but since they are the pure pigments, can't go wrong! It is very nice to have convenience colors like sap green and burnt sienna! Your frugal recommendations are wonderful - keep em comin'! Paula in Florida
Thank you for this Lindsay. The mission gold ultramarine blue is my first tube of artist grade watercolor ever. I started with kids stuff and then cotmans, then the sonnets and I have just ordered the 18 set of the shinhan to replace the sonnets and since i run through ultramarine like nobodies business i decided to buy an open stock tube of it in a professional grade and mission gold was the cheapest for the most paint. its around $14.50 AUD for 15ml. If all goes well with it i think i will slowly build up my artist grade collection with it as it is so easily accessible here (Which is really rare) and for a decent price too! I appreciate all the information you give us for free, you will never know how much you have helped me grow as an artist. Love from Australia. ❤
Just ordered these today, for myself as a Christmas gift from my hubby. It makes me feel great to hear how excited you are about them! This is my first set of professional watercolors, I'm really looking forward to swatching them out!
Steve@ The Mind of Watercolor did a review of these 24 color pan set a few months ago. He really liked them. They came in a beautiful gold tone palette. I resisted the urge to buy them because I already have a lot of artists' quality WC paints by various manufacturers, both tube and pan. Still I like seeing reviews and you did a great job with this one.
Hello Lindsay! I purchased these based on your review and i'm very happy (just trying them out today!) But one thing that's not included is the mixing chart and the advice for how to set them up in a palette in terms of order... would you know if a photo or pdf of that brochure that you have is available anywhere? Or might you have the bandwidth to put it up on your site? I fould one foto online, but the text is illegible... And no worries if you can't... thanks again for the help !!!
I have a 24 set of Mission Gold and love them! I've been trying different types of WCs and like them more than the Schmincke and W&N professional, and have used them (Mission Gold) in conjunction with both. (I prefer more opaque, so...)
Love your review! You did a great tutorial! They are beautifully bride colors & love the price, even tho it's high! I'll have to save up for my birthday in October...
I loved the pigmentation of the paints, I went to Amazon and made a purchase based on your review. I posted a comment below your review and linked this video to my comment. Thanks for the review.
WOW that was fast, I received my Mission Gold Watercolors Pure Pigment set today, just 4 days since I ordered. It's all you described. My watercolor pan is different than the one you received, it's very nice, I would recommend these to anyone who is a serious watercolorist or a serious learner. The description of the Pure Pigment set states each color contains only one pigment to boost color mixing outcomes.
Thanks for the review! Those pure pigment paints look so good, I'm tempted to get them. I have the 36 color set with palette and I'm really happy with it. The colors are so beautiful! Then again, I also love the few sets of Qor paints I've purchased. So many good quality, yet affordable, paint out there these days. I look forward to seeing your strawberry tea painting tutorial tomorrow!
I have the full 105 set of colors. The Titanium White can be used for gouache effect. Like you said, the Chinese White is not as opaque. Love every color though it is difficult to find a palette to hold all 105 colors haha.
I was looking at mini white icecube trays on amazon and they have 90 wells and come in a 2 pack, that would give you 180 colors! the icecube wells are 1/2" square
Bought the trays and works great and saved $120 i buying the metal and pants. Also, just be careful with this 34 set. The is an Asian Set, U.S. Set, and E.U. set. The set I bought on Amazon was the Asian, so did not include Ivory Black or Chinese White, but had two other colors. Anywho, just a warning to your viewers that the colors included are different based on the "market" set. Love them though!
Thank you for this review. I was about to buy the mission gold with the palette but I prefer to mix my own colors... I may end up getting the set with the palette later but his was very helpful.
the 36 with wells is the 7 ml tube btw... i am just rechecking the mijello as i found a really awesome deal wich make me doubt what to buy first, the ds or mijello,lol, i really like their prussian blue btw and their maroon.
I just wanted to pop in and let you know that you didn't miss much on the free palette that came with these paints. It has a lot of room for paint in the pan, but there are only two very small mixing areas. Aside from this, it has no lid. I had no empty palettes so I am using it but going to keep in inside my air tight acrylic container that I have laying around. I would give the palette a 1 out of 5 stars. I would say 0 if it didn't have deep wells for the paint to be in.
Hello thanks for the review. I been looking at this colors an the holbein trying to decide between them. What do you think witch one is better? When it comes to Amazon I have all my colors and paints from them. They are the cheapest more than Jerryartarama, Blick and all of them together specially if you don't pay for shipping. I always check the other just in case they are running an special and always I end up buying from Amazon. That is my humble opinion.
I purchased the 36 set of paints despite the smaller tubes because of the palette that came with it- mostly because I didn't have a palette big enough to fit all 36 paints and would have had to purchase a new one anyway. The difference between colours included in the 34 set and the 36 set seems to be Orange and Red Violet. I quite like my set since I don't display my art in sunlight (no risk of fading from fugitive colours) and having 36 to choose from means I don't have to mix as much and don't get the 'mud' that most artists complain about when using the two-pigment paints. My set also hasn't dried completely in the palette and remains 'sticky' to the touch (semi-moist) so rewetting to paint again is an absolute breeze. I can't believe how strong and vibrant these colours are. I'm a painter that hates pale, overly transparent watercolours so these are perfect for me- tied for my favourite with St. Petersburg.
+Journal Kitty I, personally, would go with White Nights if I could only have one. BUT I bought the WK paints first, and also haven't painted a whole lot with the Mijello brand. I will say that you can get the 24 set for $30 from www.artsupplies.co.uk/item-white-nights-24-whole-pan-set.htm (and you can fit twelve more colours in the same set so you can buy individual colours for the cheapest on the net). I bought all 54 colours for around 75$ and placed them in an empty Cotman 45 watercolour palette (which I bought from the same website for 10$) The pans DO fit in the palette, but not snugly, so I recommend using sticky tack to keep them in place (or just not traveling with them) Here's a photo of all the colours sorted in the two palettes: 67.media.tumblr.com/1df7b2ec556aa9db19074d4e88372eb8/tumblr_oalhmuoBj91r30c9ko1_1280.jpg
Thank you for that info and sharing what you did. I'm veering towards white night as like the idea of adding pans of colours that I want without the big outlay I'd gave doing same with the golden.
This set is now difficult to get and is being offered at almost 3x the price with the 15 ml tubes on line. Amazon does have a set of 7ml 24set for around $50. But if people are looking for larger tubes of single pigments, it might be better to go with Daniel Smith, M Graham or even Schminke, since Mission Gold are about the same price. Great review!
I am getting a nice 18 + 2 tube Van Gogh set tomorrow for my birthday- THIS IS definitely in my wish list and I will be saving for it while I paint like crazy with my student grade. I am reallly glad you got them. Its the best bang for your bucck, no mattwr what. I already dont care for multi pigments, as I love to mix and love transparancy. AWESOME! They are 96.00 atm. and likely will go up. So a no buy is in order ;-)
Hi again, Lindsay. From one extreme to the other. Have you tried any of the Blockx watercolor paint? I am asking everyone i know. It's hard to find in the USA but Zoltan Szabo used it often in his basic palette. Dick Blick is the only one who carries it presently. Jerry's only has 4 colors of their giant pans. I have heard good things about it.
Lindsey, I know this is an older video, so I hope you can respond to my comment. I have both this 26 P.P set and the 34 tube Aisian set. I filled 2 metal pallettes with full pans, and have 5 spaces left. 56 pans total count . My question: To add more granulating colors, should I look at another honey based line, such as M.Graham, or go to a few Daniel Smith colors? The reason being I read that these paints aren't really granulating and I want to fill out my range.
Daniel Smith and schminke have some really nice granulating colors. Is choose colors that are single pigment that you can mix to get the coloring separating effects. I just picked up a potter's pink from Maimerei blu that is nice. Turner mars black and ultramarine blue deep is good. Most colbalt colors granulate. Have fun choosing!
wow the singles really are expensive.. here in Korea. a single pigment single 15mL tube in series E is about $4.50. If you can get a Korean reader to help you you can pay about $10 shipping and use a forwarder like malltail (malltail itself is available in English) and ship to the US
very good advice on how you'r mixing colours. I have bought a box of 12 brushos Lindsay how do i mix it to have a paint, is it with wate r only or i have to add somethig like gesso, can you advise me please on the how to use it. thank you Lindsay you are so brillant.
I’m pretty new to painting. I have a QOR set and really love it, but got some money for Christmas and was thinking about a pure pigment set. Will this be advantages?
I absolutely love Mijello watercolors. I prefer these over Koi, WN, DS, or Qur watercolor. Much more vibrant and lasts much longer for the price. At least in my experience. I own them all now, and Mijello is the best in my professional opinion. Great deal you found. Might have to go and find this set before the price goes up.
I had ordered them but cancelled because I was not sure if I was getting the right ones, they had artist's professional watercolors and Premium. The professional ones were reasonable but the premiums were quite expensive and I asked my friend Marty about the Shin han and he said he "was not a fan of the shin han" hardee-har funny pun LOL! What ones did you get?
This is the set I got. Awesome colors. While I love Marty and his reviews, I have to disagree with him on these. Not bad for the price, and very good colors. www.ebay.com/itm/like/121982317422?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true
Bit the bullet and got the Quiller porcelain palette from Amazon for $51.56 plus $9.04 shipping (porcelain is heavy!!!) and his book Color Choices; Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory $17.32 (free Prime shipping) and his color wheel chart from his web site for $9.95 & $3.50 S&H. All have rave reviews and the color chart has actual pigment names and placed all around the chart! Can't wait to see if this helps me! Paula in Florida
found out about the this set after i got the one with the palette 🙁. But they are still very beautiful colors definitely one favorites😊. i want that palette you mentioned too 😍.
I have Amazon Prime so this excites me, though with all of the colors I already own in other brands, it may still be less than $86 to buy just the few tones that I'm into tha are distinct from what I have, particularly the greens, Van Dyke Brown, and permanent magenta as Turner's Quin Magenta skews slightly purple (and I saw a Van Dyke Green which looks like a Perylene green, very dark and gray toned). I did cringe a little when I saw a single tube of Perm Magenta is $17.99 on Jerry's (more than some of my Daniel Smith paints!) but we'll see which route I end up going. Also excited for tomorrow's tutorial as I love strawberries!
I know, even the sale prices are crazy, I am glad I was able to snag the set for $86. The reviews on Blick were all good on these paints even with the price, they said it was well worth the extra cost as they are more expensive than other brands open stock. These were shipped from korea so maybe they came direct from the factory.
Oh and the colours in this set are full of different primaries for endless mixing possibilities...I have this set and I love it if did a swatch out and the colours so far a pretty good for light fastness! OK I'm done lolol
i was given 3 bottles of the primary colours of pure pigment (liquid) from a screen printer. what do i do with them? i mainly work with polymer clay, hope you can help me, thanks
I have the 36 palette set. I like them very much, the colors are wonderful, although some color names don't match the pigments sometimes. I noticed that some colors don't have as much of a tinting strength. (EX. Ivory black, Prussian blue, permanent red) They apply extremely dark looking but dry extremely faded. Way more than my Yarka set or my Turners. Still, I got them for 60 dollars on Amazon, so it was a great deal! I love the palette, it is large enough for mixing, but small enough to fit on my desk. I am super happy to see your review on these paints! Can't wait to watch the strawberry tutorial tomorrow! The Mijellos re-wet very easily in my opinion, though I've never used M.Graham watercolors, so maybe compared to them, they don't re-wet as well?
+starshinesoldier I have a tube of peacock blue which is a mix and the tinting strength was low I found. Maybe there in another additive to the mixed colors. I love these:)
Nice review! I searched on Amazon for the pure pigment set not too long ago...ok a month plus ago...and they weren't selling it there yet but so glad you got it because I have the 55 well palette that is made for this pure pigment set. I live in really dry climate and have zero trouble rewetting this paint. To me it's no different than Daniel smiths rewetting ability. Super vivid and bright colors I love them! Not a huge fan of the company's advertising per say here in RUclips but I chop it up to culture differences. Take care!!
I have not seen any advertisements for Mission Gold and this video is not sponsored. I thought it was different how they recommend putting the differnt colors in the same well of the palette but I suppose for convenient mixes.
+thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich I miss typed...on their RUclips videos they do comparisons that are.....I don't know I just don't agree with their practices I guess.
Oh, I have not seen their videos I guess. I prefer to try myself and form my own opinion. and i like to mix and match the colors I like best from different brands too;)
thats a good price, but maybe would just uses them for pro payed work, how do they compare to the golden QOR watercolors? may take a look at mijello silver range (there student paints ) for day to day watercolour practise
How do you tell which colors are the pure colors if you are not buying a set and buying individual tubes? I am having trouble finding how to identify that. Also is there a place to identify which colors are warm and which are cool. Sometimes it is hard to tell, because not all blues are cool and not all reds are warm. I wish the companies would just put a "W" or a "C" to identify which color is warm and which is cool. Thanks so much! Love your channel always!
Lindsay, have you tested how they flow and blend I to water? I'm considering purchasing a set of pure pigments and so I'm looking at a lot of mission gold tutorials and some have said they do not flow well at all. I would like to see you test this I love your channel thank you so much for all the information you give!
About how permanent/lightfast are they? Also, I know M. Grahams are very liftable, even when dry, vs Daniel Smiths, which are much better for glazing and barely lift at all when dry, and I'm wondering how these compare to those two.
they are all rated excellent or very good with most being excellent. I did not lift them yet but I reckon, like any watercolor, that your more granular mineral colors will lift well while the brighter more transparent colors will stain.
i got a 2 sample tubes of mijello and jesus they're sooo goodddd i wish it came with a blue and yellow tube to round it off so i could use only those but i bet that what mijello wanted... ugh
Hi Lindsay, again an excellent review. How would you compare these to, say, Holbein wc? Right now, Holbein is my standard, and I know I've set the bar pretty high, but I do love pure pigments, and in fact, often mix my own wc's from dry pigment. So, I guess I'm somewhat picky. But...if it was a choice between these and others, maybe I'll have to try them out!
I don't have a ton of experience with Holbein (I have the 18 color set) but I will till you that Holbein feels "heavier" to me when I use it and MG feels more light and ethereal. I's say pigment strength wise they are equal but the MG is more high chroma.
Hi Lindsay, just 2 more things about this set, that you might want to let folks know if they are thinking of buying it: 1. The set that is being sent out now (different seller) no longer has the Prussian Blue, and instead it has a Phthalocyanine blue 2. You probably mentioned this in the video, but it bears reminding -- none of these colors lend themselves much to granulation... (do you have any tips for a paint color to buy from another brand and which, to help create granulating effects, if one has this set?)
Turner mars black and ultramarine blue deep are faves. Mars violet, colbalt violet (really any colbalt color) potters pink, viridian actually I have a video: ruclips.net/video/Sf_UlCnuA74/видео.html
After watching you and a few other talented ladies I choose to buy the 36 color Misson set for when I get decent painting. But for now I am using the set you showed last week by Jerry Q with the little porcelain dish inside and the water brush. I just hope my 68 OLD brain is learning all the things you are teaching. But I love the fact that I can watch over and over. Do you think I should pick up a basic color wheel? You Rock Girlie!!
+tabasco14 I think you should play with the jerry q palette like crazy then get to work with the mission gold! They will be much easier to paint with:)
Actually 34 color set(15 ml) is on sale IN AMAZON for just 78$ + 5$ shipping is more value for money than that 57$ set because you get almost more than double quantity of paints,with just 20$ extra(even if you add 12$ 33 well fusion palette) its more VFM.
I see this would be a great set for someone who is use to working in a medium with lots of colors, like markers, and they want to move into watercolor. I only use about 6 colors regularly, despite having 1, 2, 3...17!? colors in my palette. Hmm... I might do that paint with other colors challenge.
Thanks for the review! I am waiting for the 36 color version that I ordered. I will definitely watch the tutorial tomorrow. Question: what brush are you using in this review?
A Royal Majestic, I think it is a #8, these are fabulous and inexpensive. They are synthetic so you won't get too much water like you would with a sable or faux sable.Even the big ones come to a sharp point too:) I hope you like the 36 set, if you think of it let me know how you like them:)
only the browns (light red in particular if used thickly but common with that color in other brands too) and yellow ocher which is typical. The pure pigments are very transparent, I think maybe the mixed pigment colors may be more opaque, I only have one mixed color a friend gave me ant it was transparent. Definitely more transparent than the brochure says. Very clean colors.
I've been using this for a while and I'm amazed by these paints. I have the 34pc.15ml.set which doesn't have black and white. It's called the "Asian" set. There is a European and a US set as well. You can choose. I doubt that I will need to buy any more paint for five years at the least. My set has dried for over a month and with a touch of a damp brush the color exploded on paper. Now what I want is a really good travel palette. Thanks for the review. I was pretty sure that you'd like them. I so enjoy your Demos!
Sometimes it is cheaper to but a small palette of half pans then to buy the empty palettes. TRy the tropical prima palette, it is about $22 but the metal palette on it's own is $24 in an art shop. The paints aren't bad either but you could always pop them out and refill. the 12 color cotman sketcher box or lukas studio can be used this way as well.
Thanks Lindsey........I've taken your advice and bought a Lukas, 48 empty 1/2 pan set. That way I can add my Missions and some original mixes. I'm one of those that needs to cut back on supplies but I still need the right ones for the right situations. You are so helpful. I am about to attempt creating a watercolor block with a glue gun. Can you tell me what kind you use and where to find it? Thanks you for all the wonderful tips, tricks, techniques and encouragement. You are the frosting on the cake to me!
I use a surebonder, they seem to last longer than other brands because I use them all the time, make sure it is a high temp or dual temp gun as I think high temp gives a stronger bond and more working time. I use whatever dual temp glue sticks are on sale:)
I love my mission Mijello gold set. I don't have a problem with them drying faded.
Btw lemon yellows just in case anyone wonders: they are usually either Nickel Titanate (greyish in palette but fine when painted) or Nickel Azo Yellow (the VERY greyish one). Cadmium Lemons are normally really "clean" - cadmium yellow pigment just v dilute. Some lemons use Benzimidazolone Yellow H6G which is a bit green - I don't like it (Winsor Lemon uses it). There is a nice pigment PY159 I have not used yet - Zirconium Praseodymium Silicate - should be quite granulating as it is a silicate - praseodymium is a rare earth metal (I work on those in my day job) and they have beautiful colours in their salts and interesting optical effects so I do want to try it. Bismuth Yellow (Bismuth Vanadate) is a very vivid lemon - green undertones but a bit "in your face".
thanks a bunch! My Van Gogh set has two azo's in it and I didnt know the meaning. I am one month into water color and completely obsessed! Gracias!
Very interesting, Rich. Thanks.
I just bought my 4th set of Mission Gold paints. I bought the 34 set of 15ml tubes. I love the paints and find them super easy to use.
That is awesome!
+thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich I have the 36 set and I really love them. They have now become my favorite paints even more than Daniel Smith watercolors. I wish I would have known about this 24 set but I'm glad you were able to find them and share with us because I think this would be a nice add on to what I already have. Yes the 36 set is 7 ml and comes with a nice pallet as well. Using the amount of water that you do with your Turners will be more than adequate once they are dry in your pallet. They are also really user friendly (in my opinion) and I personally believe they would be wonderful for those who want to start in watercolors because they are so easy to use and blend so beautifully. I love that they aren't wanting to turn brown so easily like I have seen with other watercolors. Beautiful colors and most of them have really great lightfast. Hope this helps anyone who has any questions and if there is something I can answer for anyone I will do my best.
I'm a scrapbooker and decided to play with watercolor and fell in love. I need to purchase an artists' quality set. Would this be the best option for me? I only have a few Winsor & Newton student grade.
+Liette Hudson this in my opinion would absolutely be an option for you. However, I would start with the 36 color set and I will tell you why. Even though in the set that Lindsay has here it has much bigger tubes of paint and are very much so worth the money, they are all pure colors which means if there isn't an orange color that you like here then you have to mix your own colors. Which in my opinion is one of the hardest thing to learn how to do when it comes to watercoloring. So the 36 set comes with a beautiful pallet of mixed & pure colors that you can work with. If you love the paints, which I suspect you will, then go back and pick these up and start learning how to mix. You can beat the price for those large tubes. It does come with a mixture chart which is great that they include and the 36 set has a pallet which is awesome too. If you end up getting the 36 and want to learn how to make a swatch that will fit into the pallet, let me know and I can link u to a video
+Liette Hudson you will see a huge difference between these and Cottman btw. They are good but no where near as pigmented as these because the Cottman have more fillers.
+Beau DeLeon I was wondering if the set of 36 has a nice variety of pure pigment to learn how to start mixing colours? Thanks for all your comments this helps.
+Liette Hudson it does have some but if that's what you're looking for then I would personally go with the set Lindsay has here because it will give you more opportunities to mix and learn. For the money this one really is a better buy when you look at the size of the tubes. The 36 set only comes with 7mL tubes for $50-$68 where this one is a little more at about $89 but the tubes are 15mL so you will get more practice with what you have here compared to the 7mL tubes that can go pretty fast if you aren't careful and don't know how to prepare your pallet correctly. Hope this helps and no problem.
I also have the 36 color set after seeing a review several months back here on RUclips. I really like the vibrancy of them and they re-wet like a dream. That being said, I'm not sure if it's a translation issue or just calling them by the wrong names, but a lot of their names are incorrect. Their cerulean that you mentioned looked like phthalo is in fact the same pigment as phthalo blue from all other companies. There are several others with oddities as well such as their "cobalt" is ultramarine + phthalo, and their "burnt sienna" is a weird assortment of pigments rather than PBr 7. Like I mentioned, I do really enjoy their bright colors, but I still use my self-assembled Daniel Smith palette 99% of the time. Perhaps if I had gotten the pure pigment set I'd be a bit happier with the consistency of my colors, but I will still keep these on hand for cards or if I'm doing something bright.
I should also add that I do LOVE their yellows. They are brighter and more transparent than my Daniel Smiths.
+Denise Soden I agree! Cerulean is def pthalo and their cobalt is too green. I have a holbien colbalt that is also that way so I wonder if there is a translation issue in Asia with some paint names.
so funny im 5 years late to the watercolor party .i got the 34 set and 3 24 sets they make me as happy as my daniel smith and m grahams and such a better value .the art whale knocked my socks off ,now that is the cheapest set and are awsome ,thank you for enlightening my life in this beautiful art medium
Happy to help:)
Thank you so much for doing this I have had my eye on these paints for a while (since I saw Owening Art do a review) but couldn't make up my mind, but you have helped me make the decision to get them. I am so excited that you did this. Good job on explaining why you chose this set it helps me in my decision. Again Thank you so much!
So even though I REALLY didn't need more water colors, I bought these and was AMAZED by how fast they came in the mail! Tow days. TWO DAYS!! And I paid for the cheap shipping! It came with a free palette too, a nice sturdy, 24 wells. I already had some of their colors (shopaholic here), so I already know that I like them. Thanks for letting us know about this deal!
Hi Lindsay, I just wanted to say I know that this video is 5 years old, but you really sold me on this set and I just purchased it a few weeks back and I absolutely love them. There are colour differences in the set that is sold now, less reds and an addition of a cobalt turquoise. I've mixed soooo many bright lovely colours from them and I feel like I got a bargain for the price/size of the tubes/mixing potential which really extends out the colour range in this set. The paints are soooo pigmented and are super easy to work with after they've dried. I've now watched a tonne of your reviews on different paints and I super enjoy them. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Katie 😊
Thank you!
I have a 24 set I got last year, also from amazon for like $45. But seeing this makes me want this pure pigment set! The addiction never ends! lol I did feel like some colors are so bright and vibrant they can look fake, I really have to work to not to use too much pigment. I dislike their greens too, especially their version of Sap Green, more like neon! But easily fixed by mixing with other colors and too vibrant is better than too dull. For storage, I got a metal folding palette with removable pans (again amazon) and the paint has never cracked or dried into a hard rock, they always seem a tad bit tacky even after a month of not touching them, assuming bc they are always covered/contained. Can't wait to see your tutorial with these & what mixes you use!
I have the 36 set and I love them - they work so nicely and have such beautiful colors. This set looks great but I'm glad that I went with the larger set with the palette. Thank you for sharing!
I have the 36 set. I've been using them for a few weeks now. I really love them. I think when I run out I'll get this set to replace. The 36 set is awesome. I also bought them from Amazon.
I LOVE Amazon. Where I live the closest art/craft store is 127 miles away. We have a "dollar" store but nothing is $1.00, it's all $3-$10 and it's all worse quality than an actual dollar store. We do have Walmart but they don't have a variety and I've bought all I really can from there lol. Love your videos and thank you for all you do for the crafting community.
Sounds like you and I live in the same area, LOL! I have even gotten food from Amazon!
All 3 of us must be neighbors lol
Have you tried Jerry's Artarama on-line. Their shipping takes forever........about 9 days if you're on the west coast. But.......there is no tax and the prices are the best around. Another alternative is Cheap Joe's.com, good prices and also no tax if you don't live in North Carolina. The shipping is $5.95 maximum for both and it's often free.
I've shopped at JerrysArtarama and at Dickblick online. Love that the stuff comes to my door!
I was watching Sat Chat and when you were talking about your pride necklace and how people would come to talk to you about it. It underlined for me what a kind person you are and good to have as a friend. I live in Switzerland so I won’t be turning up on your doorstep 😜
WOW. Those colors you mixed are amazing. I can't get over that beautiful orange. These are definitely going on my wish list. Thanks Lindsay
Your mixes look like a late summer evening sky.
I just got these (late to the party lol), but can’t wait to give them a go and see how they work out for me.
Thank you, Lindsey...this was very helpful. Can't wait for the tea/strawberries tutorial!!
Thank you for your review. They look beautiful! Looking forward to your tutorial tomorrow.
Thank you so much for reviewing these- I'd picked a few of the mixed paints on sale at my local Jerry's, and was pretty disappointed, but it seems like the pure pigments handle much better! If you're looking to add individual colors to your Mission collection, hitting a Jerry's in person might help you find them on sale- all the Mission Gold paints have been on sale on several occasions when I hit the Nashville location.
LOVE the Mission Gold set so much, went back to Amazon and got the 36 5 ml set - also a great price $57.50 which includes a 36 color palette. Only 12 duplicates (excluding useless black and white) but since they are the pure pigments, can't go wrong! It is very nice to have convenience colors like sap green and burnt sienna! Your frugal recommendations are wonderful - keep em comin'!
Paula in Florida
Thank you for this Lindsay. The mission gold ultramarine blue is my first tube of artist grade watercolor ever. I started with kids stuff and then cotmans, then the sonnets and I have just ordered the 18 set of the shinhan to replace the sonnets and since i run through ultramarine like nobodies business i decided to buy an open stock tube of it in a professional grade and mission gold was the cheapest for the most paint. its around $14.50 AUD for 15ml. If all goes well with it i think i will slowly build up my artist grade collection with it as it is so easily accessible here (Which is really rare) and for a decent price too!
I appreciate all the information you give us for free, you will never know how much you have helped me grow as an artist.
Love from Australia. ❤
Great review Lindsay thanks so much! Looking forward to the strawberry tutorial tomorrow. Cheers
Thanks for the review. I agree with regarding the greens and browns being similar.
Just ordered these today, for myself as a Christmas gift from my hubby. It makes me feel great to hear how excited you are about them! This is my first set of professional watercolors, I'm really looking forward to swatching them out!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you Lindsay!
Steve@ The Mind of Watercolor did a review of these 24 color pan set a few months ago. He really liked them. They came in a beautiful gold tone palette. I resisted the urge to buy them because I already have a lot of artists' quality WC paints by various manufacturers, both tube and pan. Still I like seeing reviews and you did a great job with this one.
Hello Lindsay! I purchased these based on your review and i'm very happy (just trying them out today!) But one thing that's not included is the mixing chart and the advice for how to set them up in a palette in terms of order... would you know if a photo or pdf of that brochure that you have is available anywhere? Or might you have the bandwidth to put it up on your site? I fould one foto online, but the text is illegible... And no worries if you can't... thanks again for the help !!!
I love my mijello mission gold 36 set - they are wonderful!
I have a 24 set of Mission Gold and love them! I've been trying different types of WCs and like them more than the Schmincke and W&N professional, and have used them (Mission Gold) in conjunction with both. (I prefer more opaque, so...)
Thank you, Lindsey, for this review. I found it to be very helpful. I love the strawberry painting.
Great review , I've saved this set to my wish list on Amazon .
Thanks so much for your thoughts on these watercolor. Always so informative!
Great review Lindsay thanks you!, They look beautiful!
Love your review! You did a great tutorial! They are beautifully bride colors & love the price, even tho it's high! I'll have to save up for my birthday in October...
I loved the pigmentation of the paints, I went to Amazon and made a purchase based on your review. I posted a comment below your review and linked this video to my comment. Thanks for the review.
oh, why thank you:)
WOW that was fast, I received my Mission Gold Watercolors Pure Pigment set today, just 4 days since I ordered. It's all you described. My watercolor pan is different than the one you received, it's very nice, I would recommend these to anyone who is a serious watercolorist or a serious learner. The description of the Pure Pigment set states each color contains only one pigment to boost color mixing outcomes.
These look yummy! I am looking forward to the strawberry and tea tutorial tomorrow.
I think the paper in it is just to make it feel more professional and fancy :)
probably, the power of packaging:)
I just bought the set of 36 from Amazon tonite, I saw a review of them from Owings Art, he loved them also, I can't wait for them to come !!!!
Thanks for the review! Those pure pigment paints look so good, I'm tempted to get them. I have the 36 color set with palette and I'm really happy with it. The colors are so beautiful! Then again, I also love the few sets of Qor paints I've purchased. So many good quality, yet affordable, paint out there these days. I look forward to seeing your strawberry tea painting tutorial tomorrow!
I know, it's addicting isn't it?
I have the full 105 set of colors. The Titanium White can be used for gouache effect. Like you said, the Chinese White is not as opaque. Love every color though it is difficult to find a palette to hold all 105 colors haha.
I was looking at mini white icecube trays on amazon and they have 90 wells and come in a 2 pack, that would give you 180 colors! the icecube wells are 1/2" square
hmmmmm thanks for sharing! That would definitely be cheaper than buying 105 of the those half-pans and three separate traveling palettes. Thanks! :)
Bought the trays and works great and saved $120 i buying the metal and pants. Also, just be careful with this 34 set. The is an Asian Set, U.S. Set, and E.U. set. The set I bought on Amazon was the Asian, so did not include Ivory Black or Chinese White, but had two other colors. Anywho, just a warning to your viewers that the colors included are different based on the "market" set. Love them though!
Thank you for this review. I was about to buy the mission gold with the palette but I prefer to mix my own colors... I may end up getting the set with the palette later but his was very helpful.
Really great review Lindsay...I found it really interesting as I'm just beginning to learn about watercolors. TFS
ive used lots of different brands these are for my favorite
Pretty set, I'm looking forward to tomorrow's tutorial, it looks cute ☺
QUESTION: If tube watercolors are a little hard to rewet once dry, would that make them better for layering without lifting lower layers?
I just ordered these paints after your video! Can’t wait to play with them
I just received these with some money from my 15th birthday and I love them!
the 36 with wells is the 7 ml tube btw... i am just rechecking the mijello as i found a really awesome deal wich make me doubt what to buy first, the ds or mijello,lol, i really like their prussian blue btw and their maroon.
Went right to Amazon to buy these great paints at an ever greater price! Excellent review, as always, Lindsay!
Paula in Florida
enjoy:)
I just wanted to pop in and let you know that you didn't miss much on the free palette that came with these paints. It has a lot of room for paint in the pan, but there are only two very small mixing areas. Aside from this, it has no lid. I had no empty palettes so I am using it but going to keep in inside my air tight acrylic container that I have laying around. I would give the palette a 1 out of 5 stars. I would say 0 if it didn't have deep wells for the paint to be in.
thanks for letting me know, they actually saw my review and sent me one:)
Why are there so many reds in this set? Does it help with color mixing? It has so few blues and yellows. Do you find that to be an issue?
Hello thanks for the review. I been looking at this colors an the holbein trying to decide between them. What do you think witch one is better? When it comes to Amazon I have all my colors and paints from them. They are the cheapest more than Jerryartarama, Blick and all of them together specially if you don't pay for shipping. I always check the other just in case they are running an special and always I end up buying from Amazon. That is my humble opinion.
+Iliana Santana I have not tried holbien yet but I have some on the way:)
I really want to get a metal pallette but the paint reacts a bit different on them compared to plastic ones, do you have any metals ones?
I purchased the 36 set of paints despite the smaller tubes because of the palette that came with it- mostly because I didn't have a palette big enough to fit all 36 paints and would have had to purchase a new one anyway. The difference between colours included in the 34 set and the 36 set seems to be Orange and Red Violet.
I quite like my set since I don't display my art in sunlight (no risk of fading from fugitive colours) and having 36 to choose from means I don't have to mix as much and don't get the 'mud' that most artists complain about when using the two-pigment paints. My set also hasn't dried completely in the palette and remains 'sticky' to the touch (semi-moist) so rewetting to paint again is an absolute breeze. I can't believe how strong and vibrant these colours are. I'm a painter that hates pale, overly transparent watercolours so these are perfect for me- tied for my favourite with St. Petersburg.
I'm torn between these and the White Nights (st Petersburg) which would you recommend to someone who can only buy one ?
+Journal Kitty
I, personally, would go with White Nights if I could only have one. BUT I bought the WK paints first, and also haven't painted a whole lot with the Mijello brand.
I will say that you can get the 24 set for $30 from www.artsupplies.co.uk/item-white-nights-24-whole-pan-set.htm (and you can fit twelve more colours in the same set so you can buy individual colours for the cheapest on the net).
I bought all 54 colours for around 75$ and placed them in an empty Cotman 45 watercolour palette (which I bought from the same website for 10$) The pans DO fit in the palette, but not snugly, so I recommend using sticky tack to keep them in place (or just not traveling with them)
Here's a photo of all the colours sorted in the two palettes: 67.media.tumblr.com/1df7b2ec556aa9db19074d4e88372eb8/tumblr_oalhmuoBj91r30c9ko1_1280.jpg
Thank you for that info and sharing what you did. I'm veering towards white night as like the idea of adding pans of colours that I want without the big outlay I'd gave doing same with the golden.
thank you lindsey! great review!
This set is now difficult to get and is being offered at almost 3x the price with the 15 ml tubes on line. Amazon does have a set of 7ml 24set for around $50. But if people are looking for larger tubes of single pigments, it might be better to go with Daniel Smith, M Graham or even Schminke, since Mission Gold are about the same price. Great review!
thanks, I guess I got it at the right time!
Liz H actually I saw them recently on amazon for just a bit more, around $90.
I am getting a nice 18 + 2 tube Van Gogh set tomorrow for my birthday- THIS IS definitely in my wish list and I will be saving for it while I paint like crazy with my student grade. I am reallly glad you got them. Its the best bang for your bucck, no mattwr what. I already dont care for multi pigments, as I love to mix and love transparancy. AWESOME! They are 96.00 atm. and likely will go up. So a no buy is in order ;-)
oh.... I cant wait till tomorrows video......🙂
Hi again, Lindsay. From one extreme to the other. Have you tried any of the Blockx watercolor paint? I am asking everyone i know. It's hard to find in the USA but Zoltan Szabo used it often in his basic palette. Dick Blick is the only one who carries it presently. Jerry's only has 4 colors of their giant pans. I have heard good things about it.
what was the name of the round watercolor palette you mentioned. I have tried so many and still not happy with mine.
Lindsey, I know this is an older video, so I hope you can respond to my comment. I have both this 26 P.P set and the 34 tube Aisian set. I filled 2 metal pallettes with full pans, and have 5 spaces left. 56 pans total count .
My question: To add more granulating colors, should I look at another honey based line, such as M.Graham, or go to a few Daniel Smith colors? The reason being I read that these paints aren't really granulating and I want to fill out my range.
Daniel Smith and schminke have some really nice granulating colors. Is choose colors that are single pigment that you can mix to get the coloring separating effects. I just picked up a potter's pink from Maimerei blu that is nice. Turner mars black and ultramarine blue deep is good. Most colbalt colors granulate. Have fun choosing!
I just bought the set of 24! I don't care for the cool greens so far.
Mix in some orange (or yellow and touch of red) or yellow ochre and you will have lovely, rich earthy greens.
The price of the Pure Paint set looks to now be $137.++! Did they go up that much in price since 2016???? If so, WOW!
wow the singles really are expensive.. here in Korea. a single pigment single 15mL tube in series E is about $4.50. If you can get a Korean reader to help you you can pay about $10 shipping and use a forwarder like malltail (malltail itself is available in English) and ship to the US
That is a very good deal.
very good advice on how you'r mixing colours. I have bought a box of 12 brushos Lindsay how do i mix it to have a paint, is it with wate r only or i have to add somethig like gesso, can you advise me please on the how to use it. thank you Lindsay you are so brillant.
I’m pretty new to painting. I have a QOR set and really love it, but got some money for Christmas and was thinking about a pure pigment set. Will this be advantages?
wow so absolutely love these
I absolutely love Mijello watercolors. I prefer these over Koi, WN, DS, or Qur watercolor. Much more vibrant and lasts much longer for the price. At least in my experience. I own them all now, and Mijello is the best in my professional opinion. Great deal you found. Might have to go and find this set before the price goes up.
Have you tried the Shinhan Watercolors yet? Those are awesome too.
I had ordered them but cancelled because I was not sure if I was getting the right ones, they had artist's professional watercolors and Premium. The professional ones were reasonable but the premiums were quite expensive and I asked my friend Marty about the Shin han and he said he "was not a fan of the shin han" hardee-har funny pun LOL! What ones did you get?
This is the set I got. Awesome colors. While I love Marty and his reviews, I have to disagree with him on these. Not bad for the price, and very good colors.
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aw man, that is the exact set I had in my cart too! I will add it the next time I have an order large enough for free shipping:)
You've got kids in school, have them get a Student Prime account it's only $49 a year.
Bit the bullet and got the Quiller porcelain palette from Amazon for $51.56 plus $9.04 shipping (porcelain is heavy!!!) and his book Color Choices; Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory $17.32 (free Prime shipping) and his color wheel chart from his web site for $9.95 & $3.50 S&H. All have rave reviews and the color chart has actual pigment names and placed all around the chart! Can't wait to see if this helps me!
Paula in Florida
+paulage1art wow! That will be a treat to use! Let Mr know what you think of it!
Get "Mission White" white to increase opacity. They are a watercolor/gouache hybrid line.
found out about the this set after i got the one with the palette 🙁. But they are still very beautiful colors definitely one favorites😊. i want that palette you mentioned too 😍.
it's a painting pallette the paper thingy 🕊
I have Amazon Prime so this excites me, though with all of the colors I already own in other brands, it may still be less than $86 to buy just the few tones that I'm into tha are distinct from what I have, particularly the greens, Van Dyke Brown, and permanent magenta as Turner's Quin Magenta skews slightly purple (and I saw a Van Dyke Green which looks like a Perylene green, very dark and gray toned). I did cringe a little when I saw a single tube of Perm Magenta is $17.99 on Jerry's (more than some of my Daniel Smith paints!) but we'll see which route I end up going. Also excited for tomorrow's tutorial as I love strawberries!
I know, even the sale prices are crazy, I am glad I was able to snag the set for $86. The reviews on Blick were all good on these paints even with the price, they said it was well worth the extra cost as they are more expensive than other brands open stock. These were shipped from korea so maybe they came direct from the factory.
Oh and the colours in this set are full of different primaries for endless mixing possibilities...I have this set and I love it if did a swatch out and the colours so far a pretty good for light fastness! OK I'm done lolol
Yes, they all have excellent or very good lightfastness ratings. I am very pleased with them:)
i was given 3 bottles of the primary colours of pure pigment (liquid) from a screen printer. what do i do with them? i mainly work with polymer clay, hope you can help me, thanks
huh, I don't know if they are fabric ink, or poster ink or what.
I have the 36 palette set. I like them very much, the colors are wonderful, although some color names don't match the pigments sometimes. I noticed that some colors don't have as much of a tinting strength. (EX. Ivory black, Prussian blue, permanent red) They apply extremely dark looking but dry extremely faded. Way more than my Yarka set or my Turners. Still, I got them for 60 dollars on Amazon, so it was a great deal! I love the palette, it is large enough for mixing, but small enough to fit on my desk.
I am super happy to see your review on these paints! Can't wait to watch the strawberry tutorial tomorrow! The Mijellos re-wet very easily in my opinion, though I've never used M.Graham watercolors, so maybe compared to them, they don't re-wet as well?
+starshinesoldier I have a tube of peacock blue which is a mix and the tinting strength was low I found. Maybe there in another additive to the mixed colors. I love these:)
Nice review! I searched on Amazon for the pure pigment set not too long ago...ok a month plus ago...and they weren't selling it there yet but so glad you got it because I have the 55 well palette that is made for this pure pigment set. I live in really dry climate and have zero trouble rewetting this paint. To me it's no different than Daniel smiths rewetting ability. Super vivid and bright colors I love them! Not a huge fan of the company's advertising per say here in RUclips but I chop it up to culture differences. Take care!!
I have not seen any advertisements for Mission Gold and this video is not sponsored. I thought it was different how they recommend putting the differnt colors in the same well of the palette but I suppose for convenient mixes.
+thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich I miss typed...on their RUclips videos they do comparisons that are.....I don't know I just don't agree with their practices I guess.
Oh, I have not seen their videos I guess. I prefer to try myself and form my own opinion. and i like to mix and match the colors I like best from different brands too;)
thats a good price, but maybe would just uses them for pro payed work, how do they compare to the golden QOR watercolors?
may take a look at mijello silver range (there student paints ) for day to day watercolour practise
How do you tell which colors are the pure colors if you are not buying a set and buying individual tubes? I am having trouble finding how to identify that. Also is there a place to identify which colors are warm and which are cool. Sometimes it is hard to tell, because not all blues are cool and not all reds are warm. I wish the companies would just put a "W" or a "C" to identify which color is warm and which is cool. Thanks so much! Love your channel always!
look at the pigment info and select tubes made form one pigment.
Thanks for sharing,the new watercolors! I have the other set I'm loving the colors in that one. Where did you get that palette? I'd love to get one!💜😄
Lindsay, have you tested how they flow and blend I to water? I'm considering purchasing a set of pure pigments and so I'm looking at a lot of mission gold tutorials and some have said they do not flow well at all. I would like to see you test this I love your channel thank you so much for all the information you give!
they flow fine but the best flowing watercolor I have found is Qor by Golden and it is pretty affordable if you get the intro sets.
About how permanent/lightfast are they? Also, I know M. Grahams are very liftable, even when dry, vs Daniel Smiths, which are much better for glazing and barely lift at all when dry, and I'm wondering how these compare to those two.
they are all rated excellent or very good with most being excellent. I did not lift them yet but I reckon, like any watercolor, that your more granular mineral colors will lift well while the brighter more transparent colors will stain.
Oh Lindsay...the tubes are gold coloured....I want them.....
i got a 2 sample tubes of mijello and jesus they're sooo goodddd i wish it came with a blue and yellow tube to round it off so i could use only those but i bet that what mijello wanted... ugh
I also have this set and love it!
Hi Lindsay, again an excellent review. How would you compare these to, say, Holbein wc? Right now, Holbein is my standard, and I know I've set the bar pretty high, but I do love pure pigments, and in fact, often mix my own wc's from dry pigment. So, I guess I'm somewhat picky. But...if it was a choice between these and others, maybe I'll have to try them out!
I don't have a ton of experience with Holbein (I have the 18 color set) but I will till you that Holbein feels "heavier" to me when I use it and MG feels more light and ethereal. I's say pigment strength wise they are equal but the MG is more high chroma.
I always trust your reviews.
Hi Lindsay, just 2 more things about this set, that you might want to let folks know if they are thinking of buying it:
1. The set that is being sent out now (different seller) no longer has the Prussian Blue, and instead it has a Phthalocyanine blue
2. You probably mentioned this in the video, but it bears reminding -- none of these colors lend themselves much to granulation... (do you have any tips for a paint color to buy from another brand and which, to help create granulating effects, if one has this set?)
Turner mars black and ultramarine blue deep are faves. Mars violet, colbalt violet (really any colbalt color) potters pink, viridian actually I have a video:
ruclips.net/video/Sf_UlCnuA74/видео.html
Great review! Thank you
I'm probably a bit late, but watercolors hate layering on alcohol markers! that might be the reason why the white didn't show up well on the swatch
I just ordered these because of your video. 😁
I hope you like them:)
After watching you and a few other talented ladies I choose to buy the 36 color Misson set for when I get decent painting. But for now I am using the set you showed last week by Jerry Q with the little porcelain dish inside and the water brush. I just hope my 68 OLD brain is learning all the things you are teaching. But I love the fact that I can watch over and over. Do you think I should pick up a basic color wheel? You Rock Girlie!!
+tabasco14 I think you should play with the jerry q palette like crazy then get to work with the mission gold! They will be much easier to paint with:)
Actually 34 color set(15 ml) is on sale IN AMAZON for just 78$ + 5$ shipping is more value for money than that 57$ set because you get almost more than double quantity of paints,with just 20$ extra(even if you add 12$ 33 well fusion palette) its more VFM.
I see this would be a great set for someone who is use to working in a medium with lots of colors, like markers, and they want to move into watercolor. I only use about 6 colors regularly, despite having 1, 2, 3...17!? colors in my palette. Hmm... I might do that paint with other colors challenge.
I only use 5 or 6 colors in any given painting but I change what 5 or 6 I use, sometimes less. It is fun to put an unloved color in the mix:)
I can always count on you for a good review....I rhymed XD
Great video Lindsay! 😆
I love your videos!!
Thanks for the review! I am waiting for the 36 color version that I ordered. I will definitely watch the tutorial tomorrow. Question: what brush are you using in this review?
A Royal Majestic, I think it is a #8, these are fabulous and inexpensive. They are synthetic so you won't get too much water like you would with a sable or faux sable.Even the big ones come to a sharp point too:) I hope you like the 36 set, if you think of it let me know how you like them:)
Its much cheaper if you get open stock from Gmarket which is a Korea shopping portal.
I've heard that some have found the colors on the opaque side, did you experience that?
only the browns (light red in particular if used thickly but common with that color in other brands too) and yellow ocher which is typical. The pure pigments are very transparent, I think maybe the mixed pigment colors may be more opaque, I only have one mixed color a friend gave me ant it was transparent. Definitely more transparent than the brochure says. Very clean colors.