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So the video is about opening and revealing the vintage contents but instead of opening it together you opened it beforehand to make sure everything was there. Defeats the intention so I'm not interested anymore.

The reason they have some paints switched or in the wrong tubes is probably due to them buying them from a supplier. They don't make these paints themselves. These are white labeled paints, which Arteza buys fron a chinese supplier, then put their brand name on them. Giorgione and a brand named Nicpro also use these paints. The tubes at least look identical, so I assume the paints also are. Except those other brands sell them for half the price Arteza charges. Get the Meeden tubes instead. Those are cheaper and much better quality than Arteza.

the stickiness is just gum arabic it's fine

Was that whiteout she used to stick the wrappers on the paper?

Wouldn’t it b easier to take some pictures and email W&N with your questions? Surely they can answer it

Yeah yeah...Gummi arabicum is really nasty, ugly, sticky and ughhhh. Get over yourself, Gummi arabicum is neither toxic nor nasty. Some watercolors include honey, Like sennelier but Winsor & Newton doesn't. Thats why they feel really dry. It's sticky and the colors will rewet just fine again and again. From how you touched the colors, how the swatches look like i guess you're a beginner.

Sweet video and so cool that as time has passed since this videos debut you know more about this set! I hoped you might have given a gradient to your swatch, but that comes with time and experience. Most natural hair brushes will "fuzz out" when dry but will point after wetting. I do hope you will have used this set in more paintings and videos, this is the first video of yours I have seen and watched!

I bet it was purchased as a Gift for someone special and was never given to that SpecialSomeone. Like a Graduation or something important and never opened because they couldn’t take it with them. Lucky find.

That looks insanely pigmented. Must be a blast to use

Just saw this today! I'd love to find art supplies on fb

You are a very lucky girl to find this. Those brushes worth 150 bucks least. And the paints are a couple more.

The set you have is a pure pigment set The brushes are top quality. It would be considered a professional set and was an expensive purchase. It’s a half pan set

Beautiful set. Enjoy!😊

Viridian (PG 18) is not dark, phthalo green (PG 7) is, lots of brands call pf7 viridian, but its not acurated. These are struded pans, so there is no moist binder in the dryed pans, what probably happened was an accident during the storing or packaging of this particular box

How old do you estimate these paints to be?

Very cool 😎. I so would enjoy using this set. Good for you have fun.

series 7 brushes were commissioned by Queen Victoria and named so because the only size she wanted was a number 7..Bought the same set in the 80s and 20 years ago my wife bought me the entire set of series 7 brushes 000 to 12 which I use regularly and to this Day are the best brushes I have ever come across…Can’t beat good equipment

Very interesting... you have a great selection for travel.

Nice... 👍😊

Very interesting to watch! i just bought a fairly used set of Schmincke Horadam that seemed to be quite old too. So I checked the information that I could still find (like color names, any other numbers etc.) and wrote to the company's customer service. They were really helpful and together we figured out that it probably was from between 1981 and 1996. They even emailed me two of their old color charts from 1980 and 1999 with information. Maybe it could be worth to try and write directly to Winsor&Newton if you need specific information about that set?

Just saw this today. I have that box. I bought it new in the late 1990s from my local art store. It was around $150.00 not much more because it was when I first started painting and I wouldn’t have spent a lot more than that. I still have it. I have since bought many of this type box plus I have 5 of the Craig young very expensive handmade boxes . I’m 73 years old now and don’t know anyone to leave them to when I’m gone 😢 it’s so sad I don’t know what I’m going to do my children won’t want them.

I believe this was a gift for someone and was never given to that person nyo!

Did you ever clean up that tin & thepans?

I have enough white noise at home I watch hauls because I want to hear what people have to say, this doesn’t appeal to me at all

Wowsers, you scored! Real cool,that's the best thing about watercolor, it could last indefinitely! also the colors are still so vibrant!! Okay bye for now!👍👍😀🎨👋

I wonder if those have dangerous ingredients since they are so old

Yes please show how you made the palette. Knus

I want to have something like this, seems a complete package!!

i dont understand why u hate the lighter browns, i even pick my suply sets on how much light browns is in it XD

I use sketch book paper, but it is textured and i can feel the tip of my markers(ohuhu) grinding against the paper, i want to know if that is normal? Or should i resort to getting a smoother paper sketchbook? Thanks

Ive been watching a lot of product reviews lately, because I like to research the heck out of stuff before I buy them. I can't often afford things, so I save up and buy whatever has the best reviews and works best and is affordable. I've gotten into watercolors, and I saw this set, and I see a lot of mixed reviews. I've been desperately wondering, has anyone tried to use like, glycerin or honey with these to see if that fixes the dry cracking issue? I had seen that watercolor artists will sometimes use glycerin or honey with the "cheap" "dry" watercolors to help keep them smooth, but I'm kind of afraid to possibly waste money that I won't be able to get back. If anyone has tried this, please, let me know if it helped??

u would kill to get my hands on something like that!!

I just bought a set of used Windsor and Newton watercolors for $10 from Amazon. They were not used, but I don't know how old they are. I like the Pthalo Blue, but I think the Alizaron Crimson could be stronger.

Back in the 90's I played around with watercolors for a few weeks and then got distracted and packed the stuff away. I recently dug iT out and lo and behold the watercolor paint brand I bought was Liquitex. I can't find evidence they ever made watercolors. And even though I opened the tubes back then the paint didn't dry and the colors are pretty damned vibrant. Odd, not?

As a cheap way to get into watercolors, they likely suffice. I remember using cheap/crappy watercolors when I first started 30 years ago, and loved them… then I upgraded and was shocked at how much better quality watercolors could be. That being said, I would never have started if not for my dirt cheap set.

I find arteza tubed paints are better used wet than putting them in pans and letting them dry but I do enjoy their Gouache 🥰❤️

It's called gum Arabic and sometimes it separates I believe you can restore it. 🙂

I bought exactly the same box in the late 1980’s and it still serves me well. The Veridian has separated from the gum Arabic, it will be fine to use. What you’re using for water I use for mixing larger quantities of paint for washes.

I do have the Arteza 24pk of Gouache which I highly recommend for beginners. I'll be 100% honest in saying Arteza isn't the best in quality... they push a lot of people the wrong way with their semi-budget friendly products for the quantity that they give. And I really don't trust those who get all those products for free in exchange for an "honest" review so I rather watch someone who isn't sponsored or an affiliate so I can hear the truth. I don't recommend them at all but I know everyone has different experiences with their products. The only products I'll recommend from them is their Gouache, which I use straight from the tube. I did buy the Metallic Gouache set with the brushes and black mixed media paper so I'm excited to try that!

Thank you for making this video! I was looking into getting the smaller set of these paints my self too see what they were like but after watching I think I’m going to get some different ones as I really don’t like the milky-ness of the paints! Have you tested out the pan version of these paints?

It’s going to be so exciting to see your new studio! Loved the artwork in this video too, its very cute and imaginative!

Those older Series 7 brushes were made in England and can last a lifetime. They. Look very fuzzy when dry, but typically point up well when wet. That is a lovely set.

so pretty! i have old grumbacher 177 brushes & some 16ml, 7ml & 5ml tubes of grumbacher finest watercolors idk how old most of these items are but they are lovely. the 7ml & 5ml tubes have 1992 & 1994 printed on them

Wow so beautiful diy 😍💗

Wow it's so amazing.

good video ;-). Good to know that the Crelando watercolors have gotten worse than a few years ago when they had a different tube design. I have the old tubes, and they are not so chalky that it makes a noise when I run my finger over them. But they are a bit more opaque than normal, more expensive watercolor paints and great for a sketchbook.

What a horrible set of paints! All milky colours so probably also opaque and liable to turn into mud when mixed. The sort of artist is attracted to a 60-colour collection is often the sort of artist whose attitude to mixing is "I already have 60 colours. Why do I need more?" But even then, surely they'd be looking for something more colourful and vibrant than this?

I think it was a very thoughtful gift but the recipient might have been too busy (family life) to use it.

This is a life lesson for those supplies that are too precious to use....use them, or your heirs will sell them to You Tubers....

Your disappointment with the viridian prompted me to look up the history of how phthalo green replaced viridian. Winsor and Newton apparently started using phthalo green before 1940, but the bright green was seen as garishly bright, so people continued to use viridian instead. When acrylic paint came around in the 1950s they realized that viridian just didn't work well in the acrylic binder and phthalo green was used as substitute. Yet this paint box from 1986 still came with viridian instead of the superior phthalo green, almost 50 years after Winsor and Newton first introduced phthalo green to their color range. Another 30 years later and most artists don't even know what genuine viridian looks like anymore, because manufacturers will slap the name "viridian" on phthalo green mixtures now. Only few artists appreciate the shitty little brother of phthalo green anymore. (I'm sorry, viridian!)