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DaVinci Watercolors Made in the USA // Tried & True Review Series
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
- Today we are looking at a brand of USA-made watercolors that I have been using since the late '90s. The thing I love most about this paint is that you can purchase economical 37ml tubes of watercolor which is great for teaching. I originally ordered this paint in a 6 color mixing set from an artist magazine to use in my classes and it was an excellent value for money. It still is. I usually buy my paint at Blick because I work in a variety of mediums and often need other products so I wait until I hit free shipping to order. DaVinci Watercolors on Blick: shrsl.com/4doxx (affiliate link) I purchased some of my paints directly from the DaVinci website because they were running a good special back in November and offered more colors than Blick had (honestly, the free holiday trio drew me in) davincipaints....
*This is not an affiliate link, nor is this a sponsored video. I purchased all of these paints except for the sample of Denise Soden's Earth Friendly Palette colors which were set to me by a viewer (thanks MJ Pete!)
I did a couple of studies with the paint for this review. Since this paint has been in my normal rotation for decades most of the paint was mixed with other brands. I do have this tutorial done with daVinci paint if you want to see it in action: • Pen & Ink Watercolor P... Actually, it looks like I did a review back then as well but this one will have more colors. Between the 2 videos, you will have a lot of info regarding this paint to see if it is right for you.
Pros:
Price
Available in 8ml, 15ml, and 37ml tubes as well as half pan and sample dot sets
Transparent pigment info on the website and packaging
Made in the USA
High Quality
Cons:
I have none, this no-frills brand delivers good paint. The paint pulls away from the sides a bit when you fill a full pan but it is still easy to rewet. That can be a sign of a bit too much extender but in use, I have not found it to suffer. It does make me feel that they are not quite as high quality as M Graham, Qor, or Daniel Smith but I think I might have that bias due to how affordable they are and I want to own any biases I have in my reviews.
Bottom Line, I recommend these paints. They are affordable and reliable. The ample tubes keep me painting without being afraid of running out and in a teaching setting I can share with students without breaking the bank. Try a tube and see what you think. Ultramarine blue deep is one of my favorites but you really can't go wrong.
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My first experience with Da Vinci paint was with their Autumn Set. I instantly fell in love! Their colors are so vibrant and they stay vibrant when dry. I LOVE their Nickel Azo Yellow. It just glows! And if you're into color separation and granulation, their Joyce's Mother Violet is to die for. 😊
I plan to mix some, I purchased the manganese blue because that is in the violet!
Lindsay, I did this last week! I found a ratio of about 3:1 Manganese Mix to Red Rose Deep is a close approximation of Joyce's Mother Violet. It is close in hue to their Ultramarine Violet, but has beautiful separation of colors.
Their Manganese Blue is so beautiful. I Iike it much better than Cerulean, it’s similar in color but easier to rewet and use. Perfect for skies. I believe it’s the only brand that still uses the original PB33.
Da Vinci has some of my favorite watercolor paints. I have had great luck with their customer service when I had a question to ask. They are a great brand.
Good to know!
Love the title: "Tried & True Review Series".
Clever!
Thanks!
Never clicked on review so fast! I love my DaVinci paints. I agree with your assessment completely, a solid workhorse that’s easy on your wallet. I can own M. Graham and QoR but I know the moment I’d buy them, they’ll become precious, and I won’t use them. 😅 I’d rather have DaVinci big tubes and mission gold pure pigment set - both reasonably priced and not so precious, still artist grade, win win! Loved the review, already watched twice to make sure I didn’t miss anything 😂❤
Aww, thanks!
Totally agree! Good quality paint does not need to be precious or expensive.
@@thefrugalcrafter I was about to comment in your last Video asking about DaVici paints, since I never saw a review from them.
Da Vinci & Mission Gold are my favorites too! Plus a few colors from Van Gogh that they don't offer.
@@NicoleLan622 Yeah, I have some QoR and feeling of precious is so real.. I barely use them. I needed to strike a balance. haha
Hullo Lindsay, I have used all of the major brands, even some outliers and I am not convinced that there is a better quality/priced paint anywhere! I have successfully filled pans and wells without cracking by pouring in smaller sections. I press the paint as it dries and I never have trouble rewetting! I have contacted the customer service when I wanted to try a new color of paint and I was transferred to the owner and he was happy to send me a half pan! Needless to say I purchased a tube when it came out! It was the new(then) neutral tint, I was taught to NEVER use black nor white in my watercolor paintings and if you need black you mix it for a deeper intense color. Now if you have trouble mixing your grays ultramarine and raw sienna mix a beautiful gray so easily I was purchasing those colors more than any other! Now Denise Soden has curated a couple of gray paint colors for DaVinci and you better believe that I got them both!
Thank you for sharing this “new review” with all of your subscribers and you are more than welcome to call me Michael. I am sure that I have said so before and if you rather use screen names then that is cool too. Please take care, be safe and enjoy your day! 🥳 🎉🤟🏻
Thank you:)
I love DaVinci paints. I use them as often as I do my Senneliers.
Fantastic!
I am a huge Da Vinci fan. There are several colors I choose over other brands, after trying so many brands, quin red, perylene green, nickel azo yellow and cerulean blue are a couple. I much prefer Da Vinci over Daniel Smith, hands down. They are so much better to re wet and they crack way less than DS when dried down, not to mention the cost difference, AND there is no fluff or sketchy business happening.
Denise's grey is a fun separating color I think you would like a lot.
I too prefer it over DS. DS cracked for me also. I put glycerin in it, Holbein and Schminke to prevent cracking on the pallet.
Yes, their marketing is very straightforward.
Same, re: sketchy corporate behavior on DS. Plus once I was finally gifted a set of five DS they were underwhelming compared to my DV paints.
YESSS I prefer Da Vinci to DS as well, the only thing is I wish Da Vinci was sold in stores the way DS is. But I've often preferred to wait for my Da Vinci's to ship than to buy the same pigment in DS from the Michaels down the street.
Yay!! I love, love, love DaVInci! I have been using them since Denise Soden turned me onto them! Glad to see you review them!
You are so welcome!
I adore ADaVinci! Best kept secret in the watercolor world!
I got the manganese blue and loved it, so then I got the swatches for the entire line and was so impressed by the fact that they come in pallets with enough paints to paint quite a few different things, I really liked their colbalt turquoise dark shade I think it was called it was a different hue than any other brand.
I'll have to check it out!
I love my DaVinci paints too! DaVinci and Roman Szmal are my favorites! ♥️👍🏻😃
Thanks Lindsay. Your review reviews are always useful with lots of information so that we can make an informed choice on profucts.
Thanks 😊
I watch your reviews, because of your honesty, and simply because I enjoy your videos! It’s good to have learned about the Da Vinci paints though! Thanks so very much for all of your effort to provide us with your knowledge! 😉🤗
I'm so glad!
This is my primary brand, and the only paint that hasn't cracked or pulled away. I live in WV which may be more humid. I also love the texture of Sennelier and holbein.
The natural colors are much stronger than most brands.
I only have one Da Vinci watercolor, the manganese blue mixture, because it contains PB33, and it satisfied my burgeoning obsession to collect different pigments. Although the manganese blue is not pure PB33, the 37ml tube was affordable and I knew I wouldn’t feel precious about using it. This was interesting thank you!
I bought that for the same reason:)
The dot cards are $30 plus free shipping. Those dots are at least double of what you get on Daniel Smith and Schminke dots, even triple with some. And you can rewet those dots multiple times. Well worth the money. And, unlike some other brands, Da Vinci updstes their dot cards often to add their newer colors, but the price stays the same.
Nice! What is the dot palettes mafe of? Cardboard? Plastic?
@@thefrugalcrafter it kinda reminds me of the non plastic/Styrofoam egg cartons? Similar to cardboard but not cardboard, if that makes sense. It holds up great to water though; I've definitely soaked some of those dots with way more water than necessary by accident and it holds up perfectly.
Here’s a fun note about the dot card palettes. The material absorbs watercolor beautifully. I painted a blend (wash) of the colors contained within across the top of the palette. Then I realized that I could paint the bottom (outside) of each pan with the color it contains within. A fun project and very cool.
Love my DaVinci. My first set I ever bought. I have the scratchmade journal series. Love them.
That is awesome!
I love Da Vinci. They were the first paints I had, passed on to me by my mom. The thing I love most is I don’t feel ‘bad’ about using them. They are so economical and a joy to paint with. I have lots of other legacy brands as well but sometimes when I use them I think ‘wonder how much ml tubes are now if I use this up’ lol. One paint I do not have is m. Graham. I have enough paint to keep me busy for life.
I totally agree!
I love my Da Vinci watercolors and gouache! Workhorse material for sure.
I also have the dot samples - they're in a cardboard packaging for $30ish, but the sample dots are MASSIVE. Enough paint to totally get a feel for a color before deciding if you'll want a tube or not! I definitely recommend
Very good review, thank you Lindsay!
Thanks for the info! I'm working on the gouache review now!
I’m one of those who was introduced to watercolors by a teacher who started us out with a palette of +/-20 DaVinci paints about 10 years ago. I absolutely loved them and like you, added more colors over time. Curiosity and recommendations have had me adding some MGrahams,qor, schminke, Daniel Smith, sennelier, Holbein, W&N, Van Gogh(and probably more-especially if colours or pigments weren’t included in the DaVinci range). I’ve not had any issues with cracking or pulling away from the sides of pans or (plastic) palettes 😅 with DV. IMO, DaVinci compares exceedingly well with any of the other brands in every way. They’re indeed a great product that I use with joy and would recommend without reservation! Thanks for another great review, ❤!
It was older tubes that did that. I was not aware they reformulated around 2006 when I filmed this so that would explain why my pans filled from older tubes cracked.
I kinda hate paying for dot cards too- maybe if it could turn into a credit if you buy paint. But I really do love them and think they’re so valuable. The davinci one- for example- shows a-LOT of overlap in the yellows. It’s good to know. And they do give a very generous sample. I wish I had had it before purchasing a giant tube of their yellow ochre- which is not to my taste. I’m waiting patiently for the Rembrandt dot card to come out one day- I love them and would like to see the reformulated colors.
But their quin rose colors and quin alizarin crimsons really stand out. The quin alizarin crimson is the closest I’ve seen to the samples of genuine alizarin crimson I have. And their viridian is easy to rewet. In fact, all of their paints have been easy to rewet, but not sticky.
The 37 ml tubes are an unbelievable bargain. I can see why you recommend them to teachers. I think they’re a brilliant way to build your main palette and then fill in with colors/textures from other brands (nothing really granulated wildly on the dot card). Some of davinci’s preselected palettes look interesting too, but I haven’t tried them.
Thank you for the review and your thoughts.
Thanks!
Great video! Da Vincis Viridian PG18 is my favorite PG18 from all artist grade brands I've tried yet. It's one of the brightest and most pigmented, its alot easier to rewet then most brands and it granulated REALLY heavily on cellulose paper...not so much on cotton but on cellulose Da Vinci's Viridian PG18 granulated beautifully. I also want to add that WN Cotmon paints were A LOT better than their modern counterpart...I have some vintage WN Cotman watercolor paints from (according to my research) i think the 90s and they are almost better than the modern day professional WN watercolor paints. But all of my Vintage watercolor paints are better than their modern counterpart..which is sad but also blows my mind when I paint them side by side. If I were brave enough to go on RUclips I'd make a video comparing and swatching all my vintage watercolor paints side by side to their modern day version. The differences are just ridiculous. Anyway great video, thanks so much for sharing and much love. ❤😊
I'd love to see a comparison. I think it's odd, legacy brands loosing quality at a time when there are brands like Paul rubens and mijello and shinham making high quality and very affordable paint. Even some budget paints are crushing the legacy brands student grade these days. Davinci is solid, their quality is as good as ever, maybe better as they've expanded their range.
I have a couple DcVinci colors and they are great! Thank you for the review Lindsay! It’s great to hear your opinion on the tried and true!
I'm a DaVinci watercolor paint loyalist, love them, highly pigmented, paint goes a long way, does not crack or crumble, excellent color range, especially single-pigment options, fantastic company service and fair price. You can not go wrong.
I agree!
I love DaVinci paint. I live in a dry environment and DaVinci tube paint pours into pans so nicely with hardly any shrinkage. Their large tubes are such a great value as well. Daniel Smith dries up into tiny little chiclets and falls out of my pans. It really annoys me.
This also annoys me about Daniel Smith. My Da Vinci paints hardly shrink and they also rewet better imo.
@@themightierpencil I thought it was just me. I hardly hear anyone talk about how Daniel Smith shrinks up so much. Seriously I could not have a travel palette with many of their colors as they would just rattle around and fall out. 🤬
Lindsay, you don’t realize how influential you are to all of us. I personally feel almost like you give me permission to have a unique 😅pallet ❤!!!
Wow, thank you!
You have helped me so much @@thefrugalcrafter, it’s my pleasure 🎉❤😅!
You have impeccable timing, Mrs. Lindsay! Just this morning I received my first set of DaVinci paints! (: So excited to hear your thoughts and to play with my new paints! (:
Wonderful!
Perfect timing for this video. I teach beginning watercolor and decided to start using my 37ml tubes of paint from Da Vinci, American Journey and Winsor Newton when I run out of my collection of 8ml and 21ml tubes of Cotman paints. I figured out between the 3 brands I'll be able to have a nice palette of 12 colors for my students. My favorite Da Vinci 's are mauve, stormy blue, red rose deep. I have Denise Soden's Embrace Opacity palette and enjoy it quite a bit for landscapes and plein air sketches. Thank you Lindsey!!!!
Happy to help!
Hi, Lindsay.thank you for your video.🎉.
You are so welcome!
I like them all . but M Graham is my always brand. (Thanks to you and Steve)
I’ll have to try DaVinci wc sometime. I’ve never used them before. 💡
such a fantastic review, I love it ☺☺☺
Thanks 😊
Well, here I was recovering from knee replacement surgery and what pops up but a valuable review from Lindsay! Yay! I think my experience with DaVinci pretty much matches yours, but I did find their Cobalt Deep PB74 an excellent mixer and unique transparent deep blue. I like it better than DS Indanthrone Blue, PB60, which looks great wet, but then dries sort of muddy. Anyway, I think your review is spot on and you cheered me up, so thanks as always, Lindsay. Terrific interview with Steve Mitchell too!
Thanks so much!
I love DAVinci paints! But I think I love QOR the most. I have other favorites also. I do have the 24 dot “card” set of DaVinci and I can add more paint to the wells and use it when I go out to paint as the cardboard pallet is still in excellent shape. I have Denise’s opacity pallet also. I love her green Denise’s green and will use it often. I also like seaglass. And one called Artemis
Thanks for sharing!!
Hi Lindsay, I'm glad you like the paint! I've been slowly building up a tube collection which means I spend a lot of time looking at pricing on different websites and I saw your post back when you bought them late last year. I just want to give you and your viewers a heads up that I'm pretty sure those "sale prices" were the same they always are (or very close), just with a big sale header. Without seeing your receipt on the exact things you ordered I can't say that 100% but that was my impression at the time.This doesn't mean they weren't a great value and but it can help ward off the impulse-buy-monster. (The holiday trio was a fun, new incentive, though.)
They are more on blick and davinci now. They are 60% off list on black Friday and like 47% off list on block normal days 😆 but there was the 3 free 15ml holiday trio tubes with purchase!
Bought my first tubes of DaVinci right around Christmas. Tried them out specifically for their Manganese Blue, also got a Burnt Sienna Deep and the full dot card sampler (worth it for me as I'm completely new to their paint). I love the two tubes I bought and am getting ready to buy some more! I prefer PR101 for a Burnt Sienna since I use it as an earthy orange (prefer it over quin burnt orange). Their deep is really nice, deep and rich, makes my Cotman one look pale and puny.
I agree with your assessment of not exactly wine and dine, knock your socks off, but they are good, solid paints. I don't care to pay for marketing hype and branding (looking at DS), I'm looking for quality product and the just-the-facts-ma'am works for me.
Yup
Nice review. I have Denise's opaque pallet. It's unique. I need to learn to work with the opaque colors .
Nice!
i got the owin paints in the pink tins when you showed them. i feel bad so many palettes are not being used ,i love to make my own tins of paints,i sure enjoyed your video podcasts ,artist interviews really appeal to me,love you
Thanks for sharing!!
I feel like Da Vinci has 1/8 to 1/4 pan pallets for 35$ to try their entire range. They literally have sooo much paint compared to any other literal dot card I could literally take these out for many paintings. But after you have your favorite colors/ slash workhorse pallets then find the unique colors in the brand by getting the swatch info, Denise’s mixes for one are beautiful and theirs the Joyce’s mixes which are just nice to know the pigments to mix it yourself. The manganese blue and that colbalt turquoise deep, and the one opera pink are very unique to davinci. The pink had such a smooth texture compared to any other I have. I want to try Roman smalz rare pigments next, I find just getting the normal colors boring I want colors I have never seen.
Thanks for the review Lindsay! 😁
You are so welcome!
Awesome overview/review Lindsay!
These are such a great value and pigment quality, so much so that I personally would call them my overall 2nd favorite after M. Graham. I think what they do best are the more modern organic colors, both because most are available in the big 37ml--Quin Rose (any iteration, they have a few) & their Quin Alizarin are two I use a lot and therefore get that size for those as well as Arylide (Hansa) Yellow, and your swatches show how punchy they are as well as my personal experience has. I get their Phthalo colors as I found M. Graham's are particularly sticky with the honey, but I have to praise their PR254 DaVinci (Pyrrol) Red the most. I tried Winsor & Newton, MG & Daniel Smith before it, and while I preferred the pigment's luminosity & easy, clean mixing over Cadmium Red in most instances, I found those 3 brands would show small white pitting/speckling once it dried on several papers. Da Vinci's is the only that has not done this, so it's got an indispensable spot on any palette for me now as my neutral to warm red. I also love both iterations of Burnt Sienna from them, and if I didn't have 2 tubes each of Cerulean & Ultramarine from MG, I'd have those from DV as well.
Great info!
Thanks for the informative review.
Glad it was helpful!
They were my first watercolor paints and I still love them now. Currently I'm using QOR and my favorite thing about them is their intense color that doesn't fade when dry. Thanks for the review. I'll have to drag them out again. They mix and lift very well.
I am really glad you are reviewing these. I just purchased the Denise Soden set plus 2 more. Since I do paintings of people this particular set works out well for me and I plan to add a pan of Schmincke graphite grey and Sennelier Transparent Brown (plus my trusty Derwent Sepia Ink pencil.)
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Nope, I'm done with dogs after this one. I didn't want any more dogs after my last one passed, but the kids wore me down. I want my freedom back 😆
Thanks for this review, I've been curious about these. 😊
You’re welcome 😊
I think DaVinci has the most beautiful website of any brand. They definitely wine and dine me and knock my socks off. If I could ever have only one brand it would be DaVinci, no contest.
I like their big swatches!
Thanks Lindsay, I love my DaVinci paints!
Glad you like them!
Thanks for another wonderful, thoughtful review. I bought Miranda’s Advent Box (best purchase ever, brilliant idea) and it included Da Vinci paints so I got to give them a real workout doing 12 projects.
I love them! My other palettes (too many) have been on the sidelines (except the QOR). Not sure why the Da Vinci paints don’t get much love from the other RUclips channels, so your review was really appreciated. Thanks!
I see a tendency to promote and review new sets of youtube. I guess they are more interesting than random tubes of paint we like. Plus the new releases get the most attention. DaVinci is a tried and true workhorse we can kinda forget about I guess.
Thank you for this review. I have been learning a lot about paint from you.
You are so welcome!
I feel like all my paints crack especially Daniel smith, ds shrinks more than any of my other brands. And it depends on the pigment with any brand I find. My sennelier paints that came in tubes cracked but not the ones that came in pans.
The only Sennelier color that cracks in my pallet is gold ochre. Ds cracks for me also.
To be fair the paints that cracked were my old tubes and someone said that they reformulated in 2006.
I had the same experience with my Sennelier tube paints, but they still paint just fine!
I purchased the 12 pan set to begin my watercolor journey due to your recommendation. Absolutely love them. Another big thank you😊
Wonderful!
It's unfortunate that they don't sell in India. :( I have always wanted them because i feel like these paints won't be as precious to me as my Daniel Smith are, but also won't get in my way when I'm learning and experimenting!!
On other note, The Camlin watercolors from India just got revamped and they now share pigment information! :P
That's awesome!
I just bought a bunch of 37 ml tubes of DV gouache. DV is my "3 squares a day" paint for years now, as I adore their clarity & brightness. I'm not sold on the gouache--yet, as I LOVE the Shinhan boxed set I just bought. Clean & bright--"get in get out" kinda thing. I'd love to see a couple of paintings from you solely using DV. I don't like people who offer "reviews" of paints sent to them & all they do is swatch them out, make their determination. I heartily welcome your reviews, as you've actually USED them to make paintings! Thanks loads, Lindsay!
Will do, I just made a painting with them and will post it tomorrow;) still working on the review.
I love my Davinci paints! Great review !
Glad you like them!
Their dot thingies are crazy, huge dots and I think it's like $30 for the entire range. But add shipping if you don't have enough items for the free shipping. The only reason I've hesitated to buy it is egg carton material makes my teeth hurt, ha. That sound! ::getting it out of my mind:: Thanks for the review. I'm glad we have quality paints that don't bankrupt us.
Update: Oh wait, free shipping. I think it's a good deal, considering that you could probably paint several paintings with the dots.
Nice review, thanks 👍
Thanks for watching!
Seaglass is actually PB15:4 + PG7.
So jealous of this! Da Vinci is not available in Europe and shipping from the US is so expensive. I enjoyed your revier, Lindsay, nevertheless. These seem like good oaints and an excellent value. I hope they become available in Europe sometime.
Hopefully
Enjoyed the video. I don't need any more paints , I just enjoy your videos lol. It's like watching Bob Ross:). Thanx for sharing with us. G
Glad you like them!
please cover da vinci granulating colors
I'd love to see this too! Or maybe the best granulating colors from several brands?
I love my DaVinci paints.
Love Davinci watercolors and goauche .
I'm working on the gouache review now!
My first experience with Da Vinci was with Denise Soden's Earth Friendly palette and I haven't looked back since. I will still buy sets from other companies because I still like to collect and try other brands, but that Earth Friendly set has everything I need for my subjects and style of painting, and of course, I've updated it with additional Da Vinci colors. Also, I've never had my Da Vinci paints crack, like ever, and I've had a ridiculous amount of tube colors from this brand.
I figured out the problem, my paints that cracked were from tubes before they reformulated. I didn't know they reformulated when I recorded the video.
I love DaVinci watercolors. I have been thinking about getting some of their gouache, but I can find almost nothing about it review wise. Would love to hear your thoughts on thei gouache.
I am working on a review now and have a painting with them scheduled for Wednesday:)
I love the goauche also .
I’ve had problems with the Hansa Yellow Light gouache being transparent and sticky. I like the Aliz Crimson and the blues though.
@@thefrugalcrafter I have heard that thier gouache is more transparent then most which has given me pause to dive in, so I am really looking forward to your review. :)
Thanks for the review Lindsay! I'm just (re) starting my watercolor journey using my 30+ year old Cotman 12 pan set and a much newer Cotman 24 pan set. I see what you mean about the quality difference! I'm trying to fill in gaps in my palette from tubes, and I SUCK at it. Any chance you could do a video showing how to fill in pans from tubes? I'd be very grateful.
I have this video ruclips.net/video/NlYRiGN09KI/видео.htmlsi=mw42hwelUCYG_jLd
What kind of voodoo is this?! I've been researching DaVinci watercolors to set up a palette, and here you post a video on them today! I purchased their dot trays for $30 a month ago & just swatched them the past few days (there are 5 of them with 24 dots each, except the last one). I've never purchased dot samples before but I am trying to choose my paints with a little more care. I'm not experienced as a watercolorist! I already have some other brands but want to experiment with different ones, plus I seem to have the same condition as you & want everything. 😆 (Just kidding - sort of). I've bought about half the ones I want & now have to save up some money for the rest. Too bad I didn't develop this obsession *before* the Black Friday sales. Ha!
Thank you, I enjoy your channel!
They seem to run the sale every year:)
I love my QOR and Sennelier WC… sadly I don’t use my DanielSmith’s enough as they aren’t at easy reach. 😢 Great review Lindsay and thanks for posting! 🤩💜✨🥰
Thanks for watching!
Glad you did a review on these. I have wanted a small set or a few tubes, but was unsure. I must be very careful with my art purchases with my income. Other than gifting a few pieces of art, it’s not of a relaxing hobby for me. Anyway, thanks Lindsey!
Glad I could help
I love the color stories of specialty palettes. That’s how they get me to open my purse 😂 (looking at you deepdeeplight) thank you for reviewing da Vinci watercolors!
Thanks for sharing!!
Last time you reviewed them, you stated "they just don't excite me" 🤣
I guess i needed a few more colors 😆
Love my DV paints! Perylene green, leaf green, Artemis ❤️ I’m surprised you are saying the paints crack when they dry down - mine never have.
I think the ones that cracked were my older tubes. A viewer told me they reformulated. I need to not that in the description.
@@thefrugalcrafter ooooooh makes more sense! I wonder what year that was.
thank you for the review! do you notice any difference in performance between your old and newer tubes? i saw online that they reformulated in 2006 for better rewettability/pigment, but dunno if that was before or after you got yours. the paints that i have dry very glossy and don't crack. they are some of my favorites!
Not that I noticed, except a couple of colors were slightly different.
I have noticed, if you fill half , let it dry then fill the rest they don't crack for me.
QUESTION: Do they have good movement or do they pretty much stay where you put them, giving more controlled results? I do prefer my paint to work for me instead of me working for the paint. If that makes any sense? Thanks Lindsay 💜
I'd say about average. No big wooshes or anything.
@@thefrugalcrafter Thnx 😊
It moves better than DS for me, but less than Sennelier.
@@Tyggzz Depends on the effect I'm going for. To each there own. Just nice if you can have an idea before purchasing so I can evaluate if I even need them. I have several brands. When I really want movement I take out the QOR.😉
So okay curious now Lindsay 😂 so you said that davinci was a cotman equivalent back in the day, so would you have said cotman was professional grade?? Or would you consider davinci not a professional grade then?
Well, I think DaVinci has gotten better, and cotman has gotten worse. 90s cotman used rare pigments in higher qualities. Now cotman is made in china and although they did a good job to match the colors the quality and saturation is not as good. I only had a few colors back when I did my first review, and I liked them as basics, but they didn't knock my socks off like M graham did. Between the 3, they were between m graham and vintage cotman. I also had a larger assortment of m graham and cotman, so that might be why they seemed better when I had only a small sample size of DaVinci. I guess buying the extra colors gave me a better feel of the range. Also, there was a reformulation of DaVinci around 2006, so things have changed a bit for the better, I think. I don't think I'd say they are as good as m graham, but they are, in my opinion, professional. I wouldn't call old or new cotman professionals because W&N had a professional range that is more pigmented.
Sorry, what’s a Denise’s palette? Is that a paint brand? Thank you.
It Denise's earth friendly pallete with davinci
The Artist Denise Soden has created some palletes for DaVinci.
I love DaVinci, they’re my go-to brand! At first I used them because they were the most affordable professional brand, but now that I’ve tried other professional brands I still prefer DaVinci overall! I use a couple specific colors from W&N professional and I do also love M. Graham, but I own 72(!!!) DaVinci colors and think they are wonderful! I definitely prefer them to Daniel Smith, which I think is good paint but totally overpriced and overhyped.
I totally agree!
Nahhh cotman are terrible compared to vintage cotman…. Van Gogh beats cotman any day of the week
However DaVinci are wonderful!
A honey based paint that actually dries solid for me and stays solid even when warmer weather comes around (in my area at least) I just love their paints so much. I’ve collected roughly 65 colors so far but i think I’m done i have all i need that’s for sure , but tell that to my “want monster” 😂
Nice!
I watched this in the morning and came across this at night - ruclips.net/video/YbdH0Wi3VQU/видео.htmlsi=EVNsNg-GjBWMkh0c
You used DaVinci and Supervision to paint donuts❣️
Cool!
i absolutely love my limited collection of davinci watercolours! ❤ i wish they were more available worldwide 🥲
I totally agree!