it's pronounced "my-mary", (bonus points if you can roll your Rs!), in case you were wondering 🙂. Though I am not the best at phonetic transcribing of Italian words in English (because Italian is my first language)! They are a pretty popular brand in Italy, and obviously much cheaper there. When I was a schoolkid we were only allowed Maimeri gouache in art class, so the brand always brings back memories! Fun fact: gouache was the standard school paint in Italy (at least in my experience). I had never even heard of acrylic other than wall-paint before I came to the UK, but here (and the US) people use acrylic as their go-to paint, and gouache is the unknown, which is a cultural difference I find really interesting
Thanks for evaluating this brand! I recently received a few of the MB colors and it's great to see a review. I haven't had to open stuck Maimeri Blu caps, but older Winsor & Newton tubes were notorious for getting stuck and brute force destroyed the metal tubes. My solution was to soak the entire tubes in warm water. Most caps easily open in minutes, occasionally one needs to be soaked overnight in the room temperature water, but all open by the next day. Hope this helps someone with stubborn caps :)
I have several tubes of Maimerri blu watercolor, along with several other brands. I have yet to really put the newer Maimeri paint formula to the test drills. The older tube version used honey so was a little sticky. As far as artist quality brands, I believe the best is contingent on an individuals preferred style of painting. I always, hear, this is best or that one. LOL! But no, none are the best over all and all are pretty good depending on what you like. When I'm painting hyper realism like portraits, I have to be 100% accurate so I prefer an easy lifting, less staining, stay put brand like Holbein. When i paint realistic floral I glaze a lot, so prefer Schmincke which is also not as staining as some brands but flows well and have clean looking colors. When I paint landscapes I prefer Daniel Smith. But beware they are more staining. The most staining I have is Qor. But they are fun in landscape/abstract. M Graham is the next worst staining in my collection. Except for a few colors, I don't care for them because they have a lousy selection of cool reds & no real magenta. Have have DaVinci too but they don't wow me. They also leave a glossy shine sometimes. I do love Winser & Newton because those colors look so clean and fresh to me and never feel gummy. The negatives are they dry a bit hard and I have to add glycerin so they re-wet better. I love the Sennelier colors but hate the way they behave. I use almost all of my brands depending on that I want to paint and the technique I'm using. Every single brand has positives and negatives.
It's hard to find a decent price for this brand in the US. Their tubes are smaller (12ml) compared to most other brands (15ml), but their price is always higher than say Daniel Smith.
I believe the "BEST" paint brand available in north America is DaVinci Paints of California! I was introduced to them by Denise Soden and her Moody Trio colors! I have since purchased several of her curated sets as well as my favorite colors and pigments. I have tried so many brands so I am not ignorant of what makes a good professional paint. If you look at the start of MaiMeriBlu's name it is Mai the same spelling as the month in many languages "May Merry Blue" is how most of the Italians I know say it. If your interested in that sort of thing. Thanks for giving us your opinions, Good luck with your Prints, so fun!
it's pronounced "my-mary", (bonus points if you can roll your Rs!), in case you were wondering 🙂. Though I am not the best at phonetic transcribing of Italian words in English (because Italian is my first language)! They are a pretty popular brand in Italy, and obviously much cheaper there. When I was a schoolkid we were only allowed Maimeri gouache in art class, so the brand always brings back memories! Fun fact: gouache was the standard school paint in Italy (at least in my experience). I had never even heard of acrylic other than wall-paint before I came to the UK, but here (and the US) people use acrylic as their go-to paint, and gouache is the unknown, which is a cultural difference I find really interesting
Thanks for evaluating this brand! I recently received a few of the MB colors and it's great to see a review. I haven't had to open stuck Maimeri Blu caps, but older Winsor & Newton tubes were notorious for getting stuck and brute force destroyed the metal tubes. My solution was to soak the entire tubes in warm water. Most caps easily open in minutes, occasionally one needs to be soaked overnight in the room temperature water, but all open by the next day. Hope this helps someone with stubborn caps :)
Thanks, Becca. I've been wondering about these paints. I seem to recall that Oto Kano isn't a fan. Looking forward to the other two parts! ☺
The MMB lids are easier to open for hands that hurt. I love MMB. They make my fave PV19
I agree with that pv19. I have every pv19 from almost every single brand and the maimeri blu is my favourite. It's the prettiest pv19 imo
I have several tubes of Maimerri blu watercolor, along with several other brands. I have yet to really put the newer Maimeri paint formula to the test drills. The older tube version used honey so was a little sticky. As far as artist quality brands, I believe the best is contingent on an individuals preferred style of painting. I always, hear, this is best or that one. LOL! But no, none are the best over all and all are pretty good depending on what you like. When I'm painting hyper realism like portraits, I have to be 100% accurate so I prefer an easy lifting, less staining, stay put brand like Holbein. When i paint realistic floral I glaze a lot, so prefer Schmincke which is also not as staining as some brands but flows well and have clean looking colors. When I paint landscapes I prefer Daniel Smith. But beware they are more staining. The most staining I have is Qor. But they are fun in landscape/abstract. M Graham is the next worst staining in my collection. Except for a few colors, I don't care for them because they have a lousy selection of cool reds & no real magenta. Have have DaVinci too but they don't wow me. They also leave a glossy shine sometimes. I do love Winser & Newton because those colors look so clean and fresh to me and never feel gummy. The negatives are they dry a bit hard and I have to add glycerin so they re-wet better. I love the Sennelier colors but hate the way they behave. I use almost all of my brands depending on that I want to paint and the technique I'm using. Every single brand has positives and negatives.
It's hard to find a decent price for this brand in the US. Their tubes are smaller (12ml) compared to most other brands (15ml), but their price is always higher than say Daniel Smith.
I’m hearing mammary blue! I have a few of this brand, I think I’ve forgotten about them already…
I believe the "BEST" paint brand available in north America is DaVinci Paints of California! I was introduced to them by Denise Soden and her Moody Trio colors! I have since purchased several of her curated sets as well as my favorite colors and pigments. I have tried so many brands so I am not ignorant of what makes a good professional paint. If you look at the start of MaiMeriBlu's name it is Mai the same spelling as the month in many languages "May Merry Blue" is how most of the Italians I know say it. If your interested in that sort of thing. Thanks for giving us your opinions, Good luck with your Prints, so fun!
I have a few of these and have not been impressed. The raw sienna has virtually no
Pigment and is almost impossible to rewet when dried.
weird-I have raw umber and it is the most pigmented of the 8-9 professional brands that I have!