2:05 Camel artists watercolor 3:35 Winsor & newton Cotman Pocket Set 4:34 Van Gogh half pan set 5:18 Arteza 6:31 Sennelier la petite Aquarelle 7:19 Prima Marketing Classics 8:50 Winsor & newton Blue Box 9:25 Daniel Smith Essentials 10:53 Another Van Gogh Set 11:33 Schmincke Akademie
Yeah! A lot of Asian artists review and work with them.. But it's still rare to see famous RUclipsrs do it. Makes me happy because I've used camlin products for like most of my life. :p
@@saloni.sharma I'm from India and it's the most abundantly available brand for almost everything :p I didn't like their watercolours as a kid but I think they've improved their line
@@jyotasama me as well. Wow what a coincidence :D Yeah they have improved their products over the years, even their student range is better than before...
White Rose - I have 6 sets just piled up, waiting for swatching, at least two sets still in mail to come.. I wont count them all, Im too scared the number gets over 50. Love trying all different brands, what can I say :)
When I was buying watercolors and paper I bought the wn cotman pocket set (10/10 recommend) and fabriano artistico 100% cotton paper (the cheapest quality paper you can find). If anyone is starting with watercolor I recommend this combo!
Awenda well then that’s your fault for buying such a shitty deal lmao, why would you pay $98 for a product without doing research on it? Ofc they were meant to be student grade. Also tip Micheals is expensive as hell if you are trying to buy art supplies search for it on the internet first then go to the store cuz chances are you can find the product for much cheaper online.
izabela lika the Daniel Smith essentials set if a much better deal. Better quality paints. Just add a thalo green (PG7) and burnt sienna. You can mix anything.
I'd personally get the Daniel Smith Set and put the colors in an empty palette! :) You'll have professional paints that are light fast, transparent and also easy to mix. And the red and blue colors create a beautiful granulation if you want to paint some cool galaxies 😁
Happy Saturday! I'm back with a much-anticipated watercolor testing video! I selected the top 10 watercolors of this year to test them out on different paper! I really hope it'll give you some clarity on what to buy! If you're wondering where the kuratake watercolor sets are, they are different to regular western watercolor sets so I didn't include them here! For more testing videos, please check out the description for the links!
I've following your tips from years ago and when you said that paper is important, I save money to buy good quality paper and it turn out well. The colours is more vibrant. Thank you for your tips and thank you for sharing with us 🥰🥰🥰
i know i'm a bit late to this video in 2021, but thank you for sampling these. it's hard to pick a budget friendly palette as a beginner without knowing what the colors look like. you did fantastic at describing paints for beginners to understand.
My first watercolor set was the same as yours and I am still using it. Unfortunately, I didn't know as a beginner that different thin layers are so important, I just used my watercolors like Acrylic paint so in my first set I ran out of some colors very quickly. Now I know better, thanks to you
Let me give an insight into camel watercolor. I hope this will be helpful, fun fact to know to all the young generation teen age painters. I started using camel colors when I was 6-7 yrs old way back in 95s. I am from kolkata and my dear citizens know rich cultural background of this part of India. There was a time when camel was not there and only WN and Reeves paints used to be available in India. Camel started importing wn , arches and canson paper in india. Slowly they started manufacturing paint in India, probably with a handshake with WN. WN artist paints were costly now and back then also. Cotman was more affordable and max used cotman. This I am talking about 1970s. When camel started manufacturing artist watercolor, people started shifting to this brand. WN was so costly that famous painter MF Hussian slept with wn oil paint set beside his pillow for 1 year as he couldn't afford another one. Camel started manufacturing and improved day by day and now they have excellent line of paint. I have there brochure from 90s when they were still importing. From 90s late to 2013 almost no foreign paint came to India but the scenario changed now. Camel is an excellent paint only you need to know how to paint.
I use camel too, it's the cheapest brand and growing up it was the only brand everyone knew of..(I was born in the late 90's) I was surprised to see them in this video!
Camel paints are excellent value for money and a household name in India. They had tie up with W&N and had imported winsor and Newton paint for direct sales in India in the mid 90s.i had purchased winsor and Newton oils artist quality tubes marketed by camlin in the mid 90s.
Having used camel for years and having had a very very good experience with them...I can agree with you whole heartedly...Also indian handmade cottton papers like Khadi and Chitrapat...cheap and great to learn on...Camel and some good paper and set of Camel brushes...there you have cheap starter set where you can learn on without bieng scared to waste supplies
Amateur_artist_stories Mandal when I first used camel watercolour 5x12ml cost approx 80 -90 rs. Then there was mongoose hair brushes. I have 30-40 mongoose hair brushes and all are extremely in useable condition. I still remember I bought 3-4 mongoose hair brush in 50rs. No palate. I used to use hose hold kitchen plate. Paper used to cost 2 rs. Now when I see you tube videos recommending costly items for painting I feel we did not have these things in our time. Then how did we learn. These I am talking about 1995-6 when I went to art school near our house. Now in RUclips video i see( many but not all) - they do not even know how to draw, basics of figure drawing, portrait drawing, perspective, depth of colour and becomes Drawing teacher in RUclips. Yeh log agar sikhayaga to bachey kaya sikhega
This was so helpful! Thank you! You should give the Paul Rubens watercolours a try, I've been using them for my inktober videos on my channel and they're stunning! Especially the metallic set!
First, you voice is so calming.....love to listen to you. I just got back into watercolor painting. It has been years since I painting. I just ordered the W&N Cotman set that you are testing. I am very excited to try this one. I have heard great reviews about it and the transparency. Thank you for this video! Very helpful!
My teacher said that, don't buy pans, just get a airtight pallette and tubes, fill it and let it dry overnight But i like foldable watercolor set(search it) , but i have to get tubes☹️but tubes are cheaper, nd that foldable watercolor set it pricey for me
I have not seen many premade gouache pallets. I've mostly seen them sold in tubes. If you want a really cheap set, get fine touch from hobby lobby when it's half price. 12 tubes for 4 bucks. Arteza and some other student grade brands also go on sale on Amazon sometimes.
Nice to see someone else being aware of that! The Van Goghs are animal friendly. People need to be aware of animal cruelty for the brushes too!! There are very good synthetic brushes!
I think the Winsor and Newton Cotman Sketcher palate is fine for starting out. White Nights is a very good value for more professional paints and M. Graham is actually a pretty good value as well once you know what you want. They just don't sell smaller sets or pans. For trying out a lot of colors and for getting a good metal palate, I'd suggest Arteza 36 half pan set. It's a bit opaque and there is no info on the individual paints but you get get the whole thing for about $30. The metal palate would sell for about $20 on ebay so you can't really lose. If you want to start out by learning to mix colors you can just buy a metal palate and empty half pans on ebay and then buy the basic 5 paint (tube) set from M. Graham for about $30.
The small winsor & newton set was my first watercolor set, even after playing around with other brands they are still my favorite, mostly because they are less opaque this makes it easier to start painting cautiously and layer colors up slowly plus the mixing qualities are great. I only added a few Schmincke colors: a bright pink and a neutral gray (to be able to mix every color), 2 greens and 1 red. However I’m a bit surprised by the W&N red because the one I got was much more like a yellowish orange.
i reeaally really love your videos! ♥i suggest you to try white nights watercolor it an russian paint and it is a artist grade watercolour and very affordable..idont have it,, but i want to try it!!.. btw im from Philippines!!♥
Even though i’m not a begginer - i always love how constructed Your videos are, they’re so simple yet so interesting and packed with deep information. Honestly, my top watercolor artist and youtuber of all times!
I LOVE Sennelier! I use them a lot, along with W&N Professional, Schmincke, M Graham, and Daniel Smith. I cannot recommend them highly enough. I love that they made a smaller, more affordable little set for new folks to start with professional quality. I need to choose one for my daughter as she travels a lot. Thank You for reviewing them all. PS To get your professional quality pans to lay down heavy, use a bulb syringe to drop a drop of water on each pan before using.
A lot of the brands mentioned here are not vegan, it's not just Sennelier. Looking at the ingredient list, especially the binder is key to figuring out whether a paint is vegan.
The first set I bought was the Van Gogh pocket set and they are nice, but I wanted to go to an artist grade and went to Mijello Mission Gold. These are very pigmented and vibrant.
Camel does have a strong smell. They were my first artist quality paints and i found that weird. Also, they come in pans too. I have the 18 colour set . It’s really really good.
do you have a video on brushes like which brands are good for water color brushes and what size brushes to try for begginers. if you dont have a video like that already
As I said, when I spend at home when my children members, it can be stopping me forever with kids and families to me because through this house but then I realized what a difference quality neighbours can live there.
My experience with buying watercolors and judging the quality etc is by asking yourself what do you need it for. If you want to sell your artwork, definitely go for artists watercolors , I would recommend Horadam or Sennelier ...but if you want to just paint it then digitalised it later, a student grade watercolor for eg Cotman Winsor & Newton would work just fine
Thanks for the demo, it is really useful to see these sets in action without needing to buy them. :) Personally I started with a Winsor&Newton Cotman set, but got frustrated with it quickly, because it is hard to rewet and you can get out only a little bit of pigment a time. When I tried making greater washes or big loose florals it made it really hard,stuff got dry before I could add more. For me it was a game changer when I invested in Daniel Smith Essentials. Turns out I like tubes much better with all the palettes stacking up. :D
I appreciate you giving us an area where we can economize. Many artists explain why quality paints, brushes and paper are important not but it is difficult to be able to afford all of these. Suggesting prioritizing paper and saving a bit on paint is very much appreciated!!
I read somewhere in the watercolor forum and they reccomended Koi watercolor. So i bought it. Boy I was dissapointed. Then i watched a youtube video and She was reccomending Cotman and White knight watercolor. I bought Cotman from Winsor n Newton and was so happy. Untill one day I have the budget and buy Winsor ans Newton peoffesional one. It's my favorite one still to this day, along with the Daniel Smith watercolor (❤ them both). The colors are way more rich and beautiful compared to the student quality one (Cotman). Best for me so far.
I have many brands of watercolors...Prima, Cotman, Sennilier, Van Gogh, QoR and Daniel Smith! If people are looking for quality beginners paints, I recommend Van Gogh hands down. They come in pan sets as well as tubes which you can create pans from. The colors are vibrant, heavily pigmented, easy to blend and very inexpensive, depending on the site you can buy a tube for under $3! I have heard from other artists that they even have kept them on their palettes after they have migrated to high end paints, which says a lot! For high end paints, I prefer Daniel Smith for all the wonderful, unusual colors and textures they create. I was very impressed with what you could create with just the 6 primary colors, however, but it is difficult to not buy so many of their wonderful colors, lol. Thank you for this video!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!! haha thanks! Yeah Daniel Smith is pretty expensive here so I only got the essential set which was also more expensive than in the US but was worth it!!
Thankyou for answering my question I’ve also been wondering about metallics I’ve seen a Paul Rueben metallic/ glittery set and it’s £60 for the one with more colours have you had any experience with these paints? Also i would like to know how to use the Schmincke Aqua Bronz Pigment Powder - Rich Pale Gold - 20ml you did a demo but added too much water so I really didn’t get to see it used properly. I’m planning a London Bridge night scene using the fireworks technique you showed and in my reference pic the bridge glows gold so I’m wanting to paint it in all the Schmincke Aqua Bronz Pigment Powder colours but I’ve only been able to buy one so far as I am bedbound I had surgery yesterday but my allowance doesn’t spread very far as I make mom keep most of the money as she’s given up everything for me. Also I wanted to ask about watercolour canvases as I’m going to do my mom a picture to hand in her bedroom are they any different to paint with? Thankyou for everything you do you brighten my day so much and you’ve brought out a passion for watercolours in me when I was practically dead inside. Your amazing thanks so much. Rachel x
Hi Maco. I am Nupur and I am from India. I have started my watercolor painting journey and your videos have been a blessing. There's a company of art supplies called Brustro on Amazon India that is very popular. I have been using Brustro watercolor papers and haven't had any issue. I was wondering if you could do a video on the watercolor paints and brushes from the brand for beginners. It would be a huge help as I am thinking of investing in better colours and brushes. Absolutely a huge fan of your work, thank you so much. Sending love, Nupur. ❤️☺️
The Winsor and Newton Cotman pocket set was my first exploration into quality watercolour and it made such difference in my enjoyment of watercolour as a hobby. I plan to invest in the larger Cotman half pan set in the future. I like the Strathmore cold press 140lb paper as well, but it was also one of the only quality papers available to me when I first started out that was within my price range.
I like to try colors and triads. I mostly use my sketchbook for that. I usually have paper with 130g / m2 from the 1 € shop in it and I use it also for my artist watercolor paints. I have student and artist watercolor paper in my paper box one travel as well. I bought the artist paper cheaper on Amazon for the same price like the price for a student quality paper. It is important that the test paper is white, or has the same color as the paper for the pictures. So that the colors look comparable. Good paper is much more expensive than good paint. Good Paint last longer than cheaper paint. On good paper I can't make more pictures on it than cheaper paper, it doesn't last longer.
I love to use good watercolour papers, but usually, I would buy postcards or A5 sizes. I think they are cheaper but more interesting to play with. I do watercolour for fun, but I am so happy that I got Winsor Newton paint. They are much better than the cheap ones. When I do not know colour mixing, I would think 12 colours too limited, but it's not the case.
I have used the first set which is Camlin Artists Watercolor and I liked that set..And also I can create many Shades from a single colour and that's why I liked that.. Moreover as I am from India I easily found that set and it was the cheapest from all
after painting with student watercolors from pelikan....I tried watercolors on the tube but also cheap... but it was for me not so easy... at the end I bought the windsor&newton pocket box and I was sooo happy. Only then I realised how diferent ist to use good and not so good watercolor and paper. Now my friends bought me a pocket box of schmincke and I am really happy!
I have never used any of these sets except the Windsor and Newton blue box set and I also noticed that the Prussian blue was hard to paint with tho but I thought the senelier was cute : ) coz it’s a small travel set and the name le petite suits it coz le petite means small in French P.S I’m a beginner and ur vids help me out thanks for everything!!!: )
Earlier today, I was watching your video and I commented “what are the best watercolours for beginners” I found the perfect video! Thank you so much mako! Ur the best!! love from india ❤️❤️
First of all, they are both good paints. Now the thing about Mijello Mission Gold ist that they have a lot of mixed pigment colors, which isn't really ideal. But there is a pure pigment set, so if you can shell out the money, I would say that is the best choice. But if you were trying to decide between the regular Mission Gold set and White Nights, I would recommend you go with White Nights. How come you have chosen those two brands? Just asking cause I'm curious and such things always interest me.
Thanks for answering my struggles I always try watercolor techniq with postercolor, so the color always get muddy. Also, I kinda.... used with low quality paper Now I wanna try to boost up my skill with better supplies And I need to save more money for them Danke ^^
I use Koi watercolours and I think they're a pretty good set for beginners too, especially if you get a set with more colours and don't want to mix so much :)
I use windsor, whitenights and camel. I havent noticed the smell in camel but might also be probably becoz i take a lil and transfer it to my palette?! Anyways! This review is so very informative! :) Also I use the Gansai tambi watercolours! :)
Heeeyy really good video!! I have the Cotman 12 half pan set and I haven't had the issue yiu mentioned with phthalo blue. It's actually the easiest color to pick for me. I've had issues using too much of it because of how vibrant it is.
2:43 - Hi Mako, I purchased a set of Camlin artists water color tube set in the beginning of Jan 2021 and swatched the colours. My water colour set didn't have any kind of smell. They probably resolved that issue. I'm enjoying my camlin water colour set.
@@Anu-xc4qn Hi Rue, I'm a beginner level artist and don't paint elaborate paintings that need different techniques and colour mixing. I'm using my Camlin artists water colors to do lettering in my language - Kannada. The colours are vibrant enough for what I do. However if you're an advanced level artist, you may expect more from your paints and may not be very satisfied with Camlin. I used it on Canson water colour paper and love the colours.
I'm getting the Camel paints! They were the most worth it cost wise, and if I mind their smell, I will mix a good amount with water and let it sit open air for a few hours. I have some Master's Touch tube watercolors and do the same. Its smell usually goes away if I let it air.
I use Camel and I recommend them. As for the smell, I don't even remember it being there as I let the paint dry in my palette as using straight from the tubes uses a lot of paint. I don't know where you are from but a lot of professional artists in India use these as well so I believe they are lightfast too.
@@safala I've let my paints dry for a few days and they rewet beautifully! Really vibrant and the flow is magical. Watercolors are quite expensive where I live, so I'm debating getting a bigger set of Camel paints or upgrading to this affordable artist grade brand with questionable lightfastness...
"6 in my money is 1 USD. But I've gotta try the soft pan watercolors at some point. Let's look at AliExpress . . . Hmm... Well the cheapest set is still pretty expensive... Eh, let's just order it! That's a lotta money for a brandless set but what's the worse that could happen anyway?" Haven't seen the results yet so I'll just keep this comment incomplete for now.
Hello Mako! Did you take Ana Victoria Calderon course on skillshare? She is my online art teacher! She is a very talented Mexican artist, so as you are :)
I have tubes of raler downey and they are my first "professional" type of watercolours so i was wondering if you could do a review on it? I want to know what a professional painter thinks of it❤️
Really like your videos about watercolor brands and tips....if you have much time, could you also review also the Faber-Castell Creative Studio Watercolor... I've never seen Faber-Castell brand watercolors in your videos....hoping you'd do it....love your videos btw!!♥♥
Hi Makoccino, I'm using #Camel #Camlin art materials for ages. This brand is the most widely used in India by students and professionals alike. It is pocket friendly and certainly does not try to bracket your financial capabilities in order to delve into the world of art. In the video above, you have mentioned the paints by Camel as smelly. I found that comment quite odd, so in order to test it out myself, I went sniffing my paint box and palette, but could not trace the stink as you have described. I never have previously either, nor heard any of my artist friends mentioning the fact. In India we get all International brand art materials but of them all, Camlin stands out as the best seller. I am from India, and have tried all the leading brands. They are all good, but so is Camlin. I do not represent the company nor am I a share holder. But for the benefit of my other artist friends who would take your adverse comment on #Camel watercolour paint seriously, this is just to tell them, that the "stink" simply does not exist!
I just ordered several Van Gough tubes so I’m happy to see that brand listed here though not the tubes. I saw in a different video that you can squeeze the tubes into the little pan wells and let them dry overnight an use them just like the pans. That’s my plan when they arrive.
I've been using the Kuratake Gansai Tambe watercolours, and they're awesome. They mix really well and are ultra bright. They're Japanese and not really all that expensive. Here in Canada, for 36 colours, they were $40, which for Canada, is mega cheap! I adore them very much!
Thanks for the video... I did want to point out though that your price on the Schminke paint set isn't right.. the $44 you list at 12:30 is for the pan only... for the pan and paints it's $80-90! Guess I need to start saving :)
Hi, i've been struggling with which watercolours to buy, can you do watercolour comparisons between winsor and newton cotman, pentel, schminke and daniel smith? And also a comparison between the winsor newton cotman and professional watercolours. THANK YOU!
I have the 24 la petite aquarelle from sennelier. I have since upgraded to L'Aquarelle I was able to get the whole colour range which is way to many colours but it was the best deal so i couldn't pass it up. I think the binder in sennelier is gum arabic and honey is added to keep the paints moist so they rewet easier, similar to how you can add glycerine.
In my country, most of the student grade quality paint is hella expensive. The cheaper ones are usually japanese brands like kuretake and holbein, or Sakura Koi. (Holbein being more popular because it came in tubes and you can share tube it). Other available well-known cheap set would be van gogh. Because of that, selling share tubes are popular in my country, and quite a few of individual artists did this. And i'm grateful for them, i could get 1ml 24set of mijello mission gold for around 6$. Yes it's a little, but sooo helpful for me that wants to try good quality paints. These artist did some other brands like white night, QoR, Daniel Smith, and of course student grade too like cotman and van gogh. If you live in asian country like me, where it's hard to find quality paint with affordable price, do this! It's quite a promising business too, i think. And you can make other people happy ^^. When i have enough money, i plan to share tube a schmincke horadam 12 set.
Prima is made more for crafting (what I use them for) than for high quality paintings. They are beautiful on handmade cards and such but not so much for long lasting and sellable artwork.
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Hey, do you recommend Meiliang watercolors ?
What are the black stripes? Is it tape? Thanks💕
Me watching *looks at my 2 dollar set left over from school.. 👁👄👁
Remeber everyone has to start somewhere:)
Mine costed 0.5 dollars, Lol
My watercolors are my little sisters old pallets from 1st and 2st grade I took since they are not allowed to have them in their room
Crayons is pretty good tho
*crayola
2:05 Camel artists watercolor
3:35 Winsor & newton Cotman Pocket Set
4:34 Van Gogh half pan set
5:18 Arteza
6:31 Sennelier la petite Aquarelle
7:19 Prima Marketing Classics
8:50 Winsor & newton Blue Box
9:25 Daniel Smith Essentials
10:53 Another Van Gogh Set
11:33 Schmincke Akademie
Thank you for the time stamps
Good afternoon. Wow that is the best wishes
Thank you!
The you! It was difficult to understand.
Thx
I've never seen a big art RUclipsr review the Camel watercolours! Fresh too see :))
Yeah! A lot of Asian artists review and work with them.. But it's still rare to see famous RUclipsrs do it. Makes me happy because I've used camlin products for like most of my life. :p
@@saloni.sharma I'm from India and it's the most abundantly available brand for almost everything :p I didn't like their watercolours as a kid but I think they've improved their line
@@jyotasama me as well. Wow what a coincidence :D
Yeah they have improved their products over the years, even their student range is better than before...
Ya
Haha truee
Anyone here with more than one watercolor set and although watching it? xD
White Rose - I have 6 sets just piled up, waiting for swatching, at least two sets still in mail to come.. I wont count them all, Im too scared the number gets over 50. Love trying all different brands, what can I say :)
@@janemiettinen5176 feel u xD
White Rose I got 8 boxes I think lol
I have 18 don’t feel bad
I wish! I’m watching this with a dollar store set, but I can’t afford to buy these...
When I was buying watercolors and paper I bought the wn cotman pocket set (10/10 recommend) and fabriano artistico 100% cotton paper (the cheapest quality paper you can find). If anyone is starting with watercolor I recommend this combo!
Thank you for sharing!!
izabela lika I have 2 wn cotman brushes and 1 tube and they are great!
Awenda well then that’s your fault for buying such a shitty deal lmao, why would you pay $98 for a product without doing research on it? Ofc they were meant to be student grade. Also tip Micheals is expensive as hell if you are trying to buy art supplies search for it on the internet first then go to the store cuz chances are you can find the product for much cheaper online.
izabela lika the Daniel Smith essentials set if a much better deal. Better quality paints. Just add a thalo green (PG7) and burnt sienna. You can mix anything.
Awenda
Well it’s the truth.
I'd personally get the Daniel Smith Set and put the colors in an empty palette! :) You'll have professional paints that are light fast, transparent and also easy to mix. And the red and blue colors create a beautiful granulation if you want to paint some cool galaxies 😁
Tysm for advising ❤😊 this really helped
Happy Saturday! I'm back with a much-anticipated watercolor testing video! I selected the top 10 watercolors of this year to test them out on different paper! I really hope it'll give you some clarity on what to buy! If you're wondering where the kuratake watercolor sets are, they are different to regular western watercolor sets so I didn't include them here! For more testing videos, please check out the description for the links!
First comment on your comment ...I like your all vid ....u are a true artist and your art make me inspire .....😊
A Huge Thank You Mako
Hi😘😘😗😗😙😙😙😚😚
Mako, this video was amazing and helped me a lot! But can you please add the #lookmako shoutouts at the end of your videos like you used to... ❤️❤️❤️
I usually do that, sometimes I just have to skip due to the format!
I've following your tips from years ago and when you said that paper is important, I save money to buy good quality paper and it turn out well. The colours is more vibrant. Thank you for your tips and thank you for sharing with us 🥰🥰🥰
Yayyy! So happy to hear about your success!!
What really strands out to me is what a difference the paper makes! I started with W & N Cotman and have since moved on. This was great!!!
Ikr!
i know i'm a bit late to this video in 2021, but thank you for sampling these. it's hard to pick a budget friendly palette as a beginner without knowing what the colors look like. you did fantastic at describing paints for beginners to understand.
even though I'm not a beginner, I still clicked on the video
It’s because it said for beginners.
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Lol
Same XD ;)
OOOHH MY LORD THIS IS JUST WHAT I NEEDED! cuz christmas is coming up and imma see if I can buy new water colors! THANK U SO MUCH I LOVE U AND UR VIDS!
Yayy!
Me too.
My first watercolor set was the same as yours and I am still using it. Unfortunately, I didn't know as a beginner that different thin layers are so important, I just used my watercolors like Acrylic paint so in my first set I ran out of some colors very quickly. Now I know better, thanks to you
Let me give an insight into camel watercolor. I hope this will be helpful, fun fact to know to all the young generation teen age painters. I started using camel colors when I was 6-7 yrs old way back in 95s. I am from kolkata and my dear citizens know rich cultural background of this part of India. There was a time when camel was not there and only WN and Reeves paints used to be available in India. Camel started importing wn , arches and canson paper in india. Slowly they started manufacturing paint in India, probably with a handshake with WN. WN artist paints were costly now and back then also. Cotman was more affordable and max used cotman. This I am talking about 1970s. When camel started manufacturing artist watercolor, people started shifting to this brand. WN was so costly that famous painter MF Hussian slept with wn oil paint set beside his pillow for 1 year as he couldn't afford another one. Camel started manufacturing and improved day by day and now they have excellent line of paint. I have there brochure from 90s when they were still importing. From 90s late to 2013 almost no foreign paint came to India but the scenario changed now. Camel is an excellent paint only you need to know how to paint.
I use camel too, it's the cheapest brand and growing up it was the only brand everyone knew of..(I was born in the late 90's)
I was surprised to see them in this video!
Camel paints are excellent value for money and a household name in India. They had tie up with W&N and had imported winsor and Newton paint for direct sales in India in the mid 90s.i had purchased winsor and Newton oils artist quality tubes marketed by camlin in the mid 90s.
Having used camel for years and having had a very very good experience with them...I can agree with you whole heartedly...Also indian handmade cottton papers like Khadi and Chitrapat...cheap and great to learn on...Camel and some good paper and set of Camel brushes...there you have cheap starter set where you can learn on without bieng scared to waste supplies
Amateur_artist_stories Mandal when I first used camel watercolour 5x12ml cost approx 80 -90 rs. Then there was mongoose hair brushes. I have 30-40 mongoose hair brushes and all are extremely in useable condition. I still remember I bought 3-4 mongoose hair brush in 50rs. No palate. I used to use hose hold kitchen plate. Paper used to cost 2 rs. Now when I see you tube videos recommending costly items for painting I feel we did not have these things in our time. Then how did we learn. These I am talking about 1995-6 when I went to art school near our house. Now in RUclips video i see( many but not all) - they do not even know how to draw, basics of figure drawing, portrait drawing, perspective, depth of colour and becomes Drawing teacher in RUclips. Yeh log agar sikhayaga to bachey kaya sikhega
This was so helpful! Thank you! You should give the Paul Rubens watercolours a try, I've been using them for my inktober videos on my channel and they're stunning! Especially the metallic set!
Oh I've been looking for metallic paints thank you
@@yasminali6695 You'll love these! 🤓
Which set do you have? 24 or 48? Do you IG or YT channel where you post your work? I would love to see paul rubens in actual painting. Thank youuu
First, you voice is so calming.....love to listen to you. I just got back into watercolor painting. It has been years since I painting. I just ordered the W&N Cotman set that you are testing. I am very excited to try this one. I have heard great reviews about it and the transparency. Thank you for this video! Very helpful!
*tubes reactivate with water* just pour it into pans and let it dry....
My teacher said that, don't buy pans, just get a airtight pallette and tubes, fill it and let it dry overnight
But i like foldable watercolor set(search it) , but i have to get tubes☹️but tubes are cheaper, nd that foldable watercolor set it pricey for me
@@edgysphere your pallette doesn't have to be air tight. After they dry out you can cover, if you want to keep the dust off.
@@jrm2716 nah but tubes give more color than pans(u can fill 2-3 pans like those with 1 set of tubes)
Just want to say that you should still buy honey (local is better) and use honey based products as a vegan- using honey helps bees keep making honey
Please recommend gouache palettes for beginners next! Thank you!
What a fun idea!
I only have a few gouache tubes, so I don't have a huge collection that I could test for you 🙈
I have not seen many premade gouache pallets. I've mostly seen them sold in tubes. If you want a really cheap set, get fine touch from hobby lobby when it's half price. 12 tubes for 4 bucks. Arteza and some other student grade brands also go on sale on Amazon sometimes.
HIMI MIYA GOUACHE or the ARRTX GOUACHE
DEFINITELY HIMI MIYA, especially the 24 set. You wont regret it 😌✌🏼
Happy to see camel! 🙈 and my paints don't smell 🤷🏽♀ so maybe it was just your batch 😕
For those of us who choose animal friendly products, Schminke has ox gall and both Arches and W&N paper are sized with gelatine
The professional grade called Horadam do use ox gall, but the student's grade Akademie are vegan. :)
Nice to see someone else being aware of that! The Van Goghs are animal friendly. People need to be aware of animal cruelty for the brushes too!! There are very good synthetic brushes!
I think the Winsor and Newton Cotman Sketcher palate is fine for starting out. White Nights is a very good value for more professional paints and M. Graham is actually a pretty good value as well once you know what you want. They just don't sell smaller sets or pans.
For trying out a lot of colors and for getting a good metal palate, I'd suggest Arteza 36 half pan set. It's a bit opaque and there is no info on the individual paints but you get get the whole thing for about $30. The metal palate would sell for about $20 on ebay so you can't really lose.
If you want to start out by learning to mix colors you can just buy a metal palate and empty half pans on ebay and then buy the basic 5 paint (tube) set from M. Graham for about $30.
The small winsor & newton set was my first watercolor set, even after playing around with other brands they are still my favorite, mostly because they are less opaque this makes it easier to start painting cautiously and layer colors up slowly plus the mixing qualities are great. I only added a few Schmincke colors: a bright pink and a neutral gray (to be able to mix every color), 2 greens and 1 red.
However I’m a bit surprised by the W&N red because the one I got was much more like a yellowish orange.
i reeaally really love your videos! ♥i suggest you to try white nights watercolor it an russian paint and it is a artist grade watercolour and very affordable..idont have it,, but i want to try it!!.. btw im from Philippines!!♥
I'm glad you like them! Yes, they are on my list as well :)
ommyygoodddd thnakyou for the heart ♥ and reply!!♥
Even though i’m not a begginer - i always love how constructed Your videos are, they’re so simple yet so interesting and packed with deep information. Honestly, my top watercolor artist and youtuber of all times!
Awww you are SO sweet! Thank you so much for your support!!
makoccino
Oh my gosh! Thank *you* so much for such great content! I love you and no problem! I’m glad i can support you!♥️
I LOVE Sennelier! I use them a lot, along with W&N Professional, Schmincke, M Graham, and Daniel Smith. I cannot recommend them highly enough. I love that they made a smaller, more affordable little set for new folks to start with professional quality. I need to choose one for my daughter as she travels a lot. Thank You for reviewing them all. PS To get your professional quality pans to lay down heavy, use a bulb syringe to drop a drop of water on each pan before using.
Thank you for mentioning that some paints are not vegan - I'm trying to live vegan in every situation, not just when it comes to food :)
Lena I love you!🌱💛
Thanks for all you do for this lifestyle! I’m also going vegan!
Brushes as well (sable brushes aren't vegan)
A lot of the brands mentioned here are not vegan, it's not just Sennelier. Looking at the ingredient list, especially the binder is key to figuring out whether a paint is vegan.
That's what being vegan is about :)
The first set I bought was the Van Gogh pocket set and they are nice, but I wanted to go to an artist grade and went to Mijello Mission Gold. These are very pigmented and vibrant.
Mission gold is one of my favorite brand. Shmincke and the winsor and newton ones are also very nice and i love
Hey mako..!! Thanks for such helping vids...love from India from moon n back 🥰🥰😍
Camel does have a strong smell. They were my first artist quality paints and i found that weird.
Also, they come in pans too. I have the 18 colour set . It’s really really good.
Do they have pans for artist paints?
@Adisha Yes they do! That's what I use. The 18 colour set comes at ₹225 and the 24 colour at ₹300
@@sohinidutta97 Thank you :)
Hey, how much do they go for approx?
@@jiniakoner1156 Rs. 225 or something between Rs.400
My exams are coming still watching your video because it relaxes me.
Aww I appreciate it!
Only watercolour i can buy and have is Camel artist watercolur . Others are too expensive for me .
do you have a video on brushes like which brands are good for water color brushes and what size brushes to try for begginers. if you dont have a video like that already
I have used the camel artist watercolours and they don’t smell at all.
Your videos are amazing!
As I said, when I spend at home when my children members, it can be stopping me forever with kids and families to me because through this house but then I realized what a difference quality neighbours can live there.
Heyyy Mako!!
Looking elegant as always. 😊 I wasn't familiar with Daniel Smith set but the brightness of the colours really blew me away.
Thank you! Yeah they are crazily pigmented and vibrant! Really enjoy working with them!
My experience with buying watercolors and judging the quality etc is by asking yourself what do you need it for. If you want to sell your artwork, definitely go for artists watercolors , I would recommend Horadam or Sennelier ...but if you want to just paint it then digitalised it later, a student grade watercolor for eg Cotman Winsor & Newton would work just fine
Thanks for the demo, it is really useful to see these sets in action without needing to buy them. :)
Personally I started with a Winsor&Newton Cotman set, but got frustrated with it quickly, because it is hard to rewet and you can get out only a little bit of pigment a time. When I tried making greater washes or big loose florals it made it really hard,stuff got dry before I could add more.
For me it was a game changer when I invested in Daniel Smith Essentials. Turns out I like tubes much better with all the palettes stacking up. :D
Qor by Golden is a beautiful brand of paint with vibrant & transparent pigments. Very nice video. Thanks.
I appreciate you giving us an area where we can economize. Many artists explain why quality paints, brushes and paper are important not but it is difficult to be able to afford all of these. Suggesting prioritizing paper and saving a bit on paint is very much appreciated!!
I read somewhere in the watercolor forum and they reccomended Koi watercolor. So i bought it. Boy I was dissapointed. Then i watched a youtube video and She was reccomending Cotman and White knight watercolor. I bought Cotman from Winsor n Newton and was so happy. Untill one day I have the budget and buy Winsor ans Newton peoffesional one. It's my favorite one still to this day, along with the Daniel Smith watercolor (❤ them both). The colors are way more rich and beautiful compared to the student quality one (Cotman). Best for me so far.
It's about 2 dollars now probably
Funny to see them selling that WN travel set for $30 now
For Camel, there is a permanence rating given.
A is absolutely permanent.
B is permanent.
C is fairly permanent.
I have many brands of watercolors...Prima, Cotman, Sennilier, Van Gogh, QoR and Daniel Smith!
If people are looking for quality beginners paints, I recommend Van Gogh hands down. They come in pan sets as well as tubes which you can create pans from. The colors are vibrant, heavily pigmented, easy to blend and very inexpensive, depending on the site you can buy a tube for under $3! I have heard from other artists that they even have kept them on their palettes after they have migrated to high end paints, which says a lot!
For high end paints, I prefer Daniel Smith for all the wonderful, unusual colors and textures they create. I was very impressed with what you could create with just the 6 primary colors, however, but it is difficult to not buy so many of their wonderful colors, lol.
Thank you for this video!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!! haha thanks! Yeah Daniel Smith is pretty expensive here so I only got the essential set which was also more expensive than in the US but was worth it!!
makoccino You are welcome! Happy Painting!
Thankyou for answering my question I’ve also been wondering about metallics I’ve seen a Paul Rueben metallic/ glittery set and it’s £60 for the one with more colours have you had any experience with these paints? Also i would like to know how to use the Schmincke Aqua Bronz Pigment Powder - Rich Pale Gold - 20ml you did a demo but added too much water so I really didn’t get to see it used properly. I’m planning a London Bridge night scene using the fireworks technique you showed and in my reference pic the bridge glows gold so I’m wanting to paint it in all the Schmincke Aqua Bronz Pigment Powder colours but I’ve only been able to buy one so far as I am bedbound I had surgery yesterday but my allowance doesn’t spread very far as I make mom keep most of the money as she’s given up everything for me. Also I wanted to ask about watercolour canvases as I’m going to do my mom a picture to hand in her bedroom are they any different to paint with? Thankyou for everything you do you brighten my day so much and you’ve brought out a passion for watercolours in me when I was practically dead inside. Your amazing thanks so much. Rachel x
The Schminke is twice the price now on Amazon!! $90
I use camel but i don't experience anything like you😉😉
I have a Windsor & Newton Cotman set and I’m in love with it 😍😍
i have some high end watercolor tubes and i still don't see any problem with cotman, i like them because they are transparent and pigmented enough.
Hi Maco.
I am Nupur and I am from India. I have started my watercolor painting journey and your videos have been a blessing. There's a company of art supplies called Brustro on Amazon India that is very popular. I have been using Brustro watercolor papers and haven't had any issue. I was wondering if you could do a video on the watercolor paints and brushes from the brand for beginners. It would be a huge help as I am thinking of investing in better colours and brushes. Absolutely a huge fan of your work, thank you so much.
Sending love,
Nupur. ❤️☺️
Mako*
i use rosa they have student level(studio) and pro level (gallery) i use studio and they are grate for the price
Alternate title "Ten really good watercolor sets but the the price slowly he's higher"
The Winsor and Newton Cotman pocket set was my first exploration into quality watercolour and it made such difference in my enjoyment of watercolour as a hobby. I plan to invest in the larger Cotman half pan set in the future. I like the Strathmore cold press 140lb paper as well, but it was also one of the only quality papers available to me when I first started out that was within my price range.
I like to try colors and triads. I mostly use my sketchbook for that.
I usually have paper with 130g / m2 from the 1 € shop in it and I use it also for my artist watercolor paints. I have student and artist watercolor paper in my paper box one travel as well. I bought the artist paper cheaper on Amazon for the same price like the price for a student quality paper.
It is important that the test paper is white, or has the same color as the paper for the pictures.
So that the colors look comparable.
Good paper is much more expensive than good paint.
Good Paint last longer than cheaper paint.
On good paper I can't make more pictures on it than cheaper paper, it doesn't last longer.
I love to use good watercolour papers, but usually, I would buy postcards or A5 sizes. I think they are cheaper but more interesting to play with. I do watercolour for fun, but I am so happy that I got Winsor Newton paint. They are much better than the cheap ones. When I do not know colour mixing, I would think 12 colours too limited, but it's not the case.
Wow this popped up at a perfect time, I really wanted some watercolors!
Yayy!
Ok literally this helped me so much and thank u
yayyy!
Omg thank u for the like
I have used the first set which is Camlin Artists Watercolor and I liked that set..And also I can create many Shades from a single colour and that's why I liked that.. Moreover as I am from India I easily found that set and it was the cheapest from all
I want to learn how to control water. That will be my superpower. 🌊
after painting with student watercolors from pelikan....I tried watercolors on the tube but also cheap... but it was for me not so easy... at the end I bought the windsor&newton pocket box and I was sooo happy. Only then I realised how diferent ist to use good and not
so good watercolor and paper. Now my friends bought me a pocket box of schmincke and I am really happy!
Yayyy!
In indonesia winsor and newton water colour bule box is $41😭
I can't rlly choose bc all of them looks good can someone please tell me which is the best?
I have never used any of these sets except the Windsor and Newton blue box set and I also noticed that the Prussian blue was hard to paint with tho but I thought the senelier was cute : ) coz it’s a small travel set and the name le petite suits it coz le petite means small in French
P.S I’m a beginner and ur vids help me out thanks for everything!!!: )
Yayy so happy they're helping you! Ikr the little box is so cute and I love the design!
Earlier today, I was watching your video and I commented “what are the best watercolours for beginners” I found the perfect video! Thank you so much mako! Ur the best!! love from india ❤️❤️
As a beginner I've been looking at White Knights or Mission Gold but I'm not sure which.
Any feedback is welcome :)
(Fully open minded to suggestions)
First of all, they are both good paints. Now the thing about Mijello Mission Gold ist that they have a lot of mixed pigment colors, which isn't really ideal. But there is a pure pigment set, so if you can shell out the money, I would say that is the best choice. But if you were trying to decide between the regular Mission Gold set and White Nights, I would recommend you go with White Nights.
How come you have chosen those two brands? Just asking cause I'm curious and such things always interest me.
Thanks for answering my struggles
I always try watercolor techniq with postercolor, so the color always get muddy. Also, I kinda.... used with low quality paper
Now I wanna try to boost up my skill with better supplies
And I need to save more money for them
Danke ^^
I use Koi watercolours and I think they're a pretty good set for beginners too, especially if you get a set with more colours and don't want to mix so much :)
I use windsor, whitenights and camel. I havent noticed the smell in camel but might also be probably becoz i take a lil and transfer it to my palette?! Anyways! This review is so very informative! :) Also I use the Gansai tambi watercolours! :)
Can i know what is your brush brand? Or can you give me recommendation?..
I want to buy a brush, but i don't know the good one.. Please let me know..
Do you know: Camel (brand) is from my country, INDIA
So what every brand is from some country
hey rude one...every stupid is like you
Which country do you belong?
And...that was for your general knowledge
@@kashviarora7421 I am from india too and sorry I didnt mean to be rude...
No VERVAIN your doesn't seems to be Indian...???
@@novervain9858 though I thought you were perhaps a bit rude in your first reply I do have to agree with you as it is pretty annoying
Heeeyy really good video!! I have the Cotman 12 half pan set and I haven't had the issue yiu mentioned with phthalo blue. It's actually the easiest color to pick for me. I've had issues using too much of it because of how vibrant it is.
oh wow this was posted on my birthday and because of that...ik that i am 13 and 7 months 😌
2:43 - Hi Mako, I purchased a set of Camlin artists water color tube set in the beginning of Jan 2021 and swatched the colours. My water colour set didn't have any kind of smell. They probably resolved that issue. I'm enjoying my camlin water colour set.
Hey, I'm thinking of buying that, how's it so far? I'm kinda stuck between sakura koi set, brustro, derwent intense watercolours and finally camlin
@@Anu-xc4qn Hi Rue, I'm a beginner level artist and don't paint elaborate paintings that need different techniques and colour mixing. I'm using my Camlin artists water colors to do lettering in my language - Kannada. The colours are vibrant enough for what I do. However if you're an advanced level artist, you may expect more from your paints and may not be very satisfied with Camlin. I used it on Canson water colour paper and love the colours.
And in 5 yrs every palette tripled in price.. sheesh.
As a beginner, I am so happy to have found you here on RUclips! Educational, inspirational and fun!!! You are now my official watercolor guru!
I'm getting the Camel paints! They were the most worth it cost wise, and if I mind their smell, I will mix a good amount with water and let it sit open air for a few hours. I have some Master's Touch tube watercolors and do the same. Its smell usually goes away if I let it air.
I use Camel and I recommend them. As for the smell, I don't even remember it being there as I let the paint dry in my palette as using straight from the tubes uses a lot of paint. I don't know where you are from but a lot of professional artists in India use these as well so I believe they are lightfast too.
@@safala I've let my paints dry for a few days and they rewet beautifully! Really vibrant and the flow is magical. Watercolors are quite expensive where I live, so I'm debating getting a bigger set of Camel paints or upgrading to this affordable artist grade brand with questionable lightfastness...
I always messed up watercolors. I bought some expensive ones and didn't want to ruin them so I started watching your videos! #makoficationsquad
Mako thank you soo much
You really help me a lot with art 💕
I like that you tested them on both cellulose and cotton papers, thank you for making this video :D
"6 in my money is 1 USD. But I've gotta try the soft pan watercolors at some point. Let's look at AliExpress
. . .
Hmm... Well the cheapest set is still pretty expensive... Eh, let's just order it! That's a lotta money for a brandless set but what's the worse that could happen anyway?"
Haven't seen the results yet so I'll just keep this comment incomplete for now.
Hello Mako! Did you take Ana Victoria Calderon course on skillshare? She is my online art teacher! She is a very talented Mexican artist, so as you are :)
I have tubes of raler downey and they are my first "professional" type of watercolours so i was wondering if you could do a review on it? I want to know what a professional painter thinks of it❤️
Really like your videos about watercolor brands and tips....if you have much time, could you also review also the Faber-Castell Creative Studio Watercolor... I've never seen Faber-Castell brand watercolors in your videos....hoping you'd do it....love your videos btw!!♥♥
Top 10 watercolor sets for beginners? Yes!
//looks at wallet
...looks like I'm too poor for all these sets. Time to stick to my Prang set ;7;
Hi Makoccino, I'm using #Camel #Camlin art materials for ages. This brand is the most widely used in India by students and professionals alike. It is pocket friendly and certainly does not try to bracket your financial capabilities in order to delve into the world of art. In the video above, you have mentioned the paints by Camel as smelly. I found that comment quite odd, so in order to test it out myself, I went sniffing my paint box and palette, but could not trace the stink as you have described. I never have previously either, nor heard any of my artist friends mentioning the fact. In India we get all International brand art materials but of them all, Camlin stands out as the best seller. I am from India, and have tried all the leading brands. They are all good, but so is Camlin. I do not represent the company nor am I a share holder. But for the benefit of my other artist friends who would take your adverse comment on #Camel watercolour paint seriously, this is just to tell them, that the "stink" simply does not exist!
I just ordered several Van Gough tubes so I’m happy to see that brand listed here though not the tubes. I saw in a different video that you can squeeze the tubes into the little pan wells and let them dry overnight an use them just like the pans. That’s my plan when they arrive.
A year later, I’m curious how this worked out for you. I’m stuck between doing what you said, or buying a higher end pallet/pans.
I bought the camlin and van Gogh and it was the best decision..... thanks
..from Kashmir 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I would love to see you try MGraham paint. I love them! Thanks for the video.
I've been using the Kuratake Gansai Tambe watercolours, and they're awesome. They mix really well and are ultra bright. They're Japanese and not really all that expensive. Here in Canada, for 36 colours, they were $40, which for Canada, is mega cheap! I adore them very much!
Aww that's awesome! I didn't include them here because they are a bit different compared to regular western watercolors!
@@Makoccino Yeah I guess that's true! I have seen you review them in the past :)
I stan Artist's Loft idk what about them it is but i loft them heheh
Thanks for the video... I did want to point out though that your price on the Schminke paint set isn't right.. the $44 you list at 12:30 is for the pan only... for the pan and paints it's $80-90! Guess I need to start saving :)
Hi, i've been struggling with which watercolours to buy, can you do watercolour comparisons between winsor and newton cotman, pentel, schminke and daniel smith? And also a comparison between the winsor newton cotman and professional watercolours. THANK YOU!
Can you please test out the meeden water colour set from amazon
I think that the petit from sennelier doesent use honey. I believe I read it that they use glycerin instead
Yep, you are right. Only the artist grade Sennelier paints use honey.
4 th comment. I like your all videos .I go through art by your vid only .😃😃😃😃
I have the 24 la petite aquarelle from sennelier. I have since upgraded to L'Aquarelle I was able to get the whole colour range which is way to many colours but it was the best deal so i couldn't pass it up. I think the binder in sennelier is gum arabic and honey is added to keep the paints moist so they rewet easier, similar to how you can add glycerine.
Ah good point! Thank you for pointing it out!
In my country, most of the student grade quality paint is hella expensive. The cheaper ones are usually japanese brands like kuretake and holbein, or Sakura Koi. (Holbein being more popular because it came in tubes and you can share tube it). Other available well-known cheap set would be van gogh. Because of that, selling share tubes are popular in my country, and quite a few of individual artists did this. And i'm grateful for them, i could get 1ml 24set of mijello mission gold for around 6$. Yes it's a little, but sooo helpful for me that wants to try good quality paints. These artist did some other brands like white night, QoR, Daniel Smith, and of course student grade too like cotman and van gogh. If you live in asian country like me, where it's hard to find quality paint with affordable price, do this! It's quite a promising business too, i think. And you can make other people happy ^^. When i have enough money, i plan to share tube a schmincke horadam 12 set.
Prima is made more for crafting (what I use them for) than for high quality paintings. They are beautiful on handmade cards and such but not so much for long lasting and sellable artwork.