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When buying watercolor (or any paint) watch out for "vibrant" and brands/sets that do not disclose pigment information. "Vibrant" colors might indicate dyes or fluorescents being used. The problem with that? Well, they fade and change color when exposed to sunlight pretty quickly. Not disclosing pigment information also indicates low(er) grade pigments that are less vibrant, translucent and pure to begin with, and maybe also more prone to fade. Also cheap brands or "for students" also use convenient mixtures (up to 5 pigments) to achieve a certain color, instead of the actual single pigment. This can easily muddy your colors when mixing colors. So when buying relatively cheap paints, be sure you're ok with these potentionally big drawbacks.
Any watercolor painting should be kept away from direct sunlight. They all fade. Best to use a UV protective glass over it in the frame if it’s an important piece.
A thing I do (if a pallette has only around 20 colours or less and not 50) is making a table sheet as reference to how all colours mix with each other. As a general rule not mixing warm and cold toned colours if you don't want muddy results is good, but a guide for which colours work well together and which don't helps quite a bit.
You can mix more then two colors together you know, so your référence palette has endless possibilities. I don't understand why you can't just have a test paper and try your mix on it before applying on your painting
@@sarasin3718 yes, but the reference sheet can only be so big or it's going to become unwieldy and you can, as you said, test it out individually beforehand. A simple table for two colour mixes is still quite practical if you have a small pallette, because you only need to look at it quickly to know which colours don't work well together (and you can extrapolate this for 3+ colour mixes, though those are going to be less bright anyway), sparing you from having to test it out every time you want to paint.
@@h.m.v. Works only if you paint for fun. My palette has 40 shades and it's current to use more then 2 colors (btw i don't understand why they can loose brightness unless you put black on it, for the long time i've used them it dépends on colors) so it's useless to have a référence sheet. When i spend 10hours or more on a paint and as many time only finding the right color i really don't have time or energy for creating a reference sheet more, and even with two colors, the ratio between them change everytime so you have to make at least 3 version of each mox
@@sarasin3718 Yeah, mixing multiple colours results in muddy colours is a bit exaggerated, but I was still talking about small palettes (~12 colours, doing a mixing reference sheet for anything bigger is madness anyway). They won't have 6 different blues. But two (hopefully a cool and a warm one) at most. And your mixing options are quite limited if you don't want to mix different warm-toned and cold-toned colours, opposite colours or anything with black or umbra. All of those result in colours I would call less bright (or downright ugly no matter the ratio). Experience may tell you what works well together and what not with a small pallette, but if lemon yellow and ultramarine blending kinda meh surprises someone, that person may benefit from just looking at how different colours mix as a training exercise. If I remember correctly I first did a reference sheet years ago with a 12 colour pallette because I was frustrated that a blended rainbow wasn't very vibrant. And my younger sister thought it helpful too. I think she took both that pallette and the reference sheet with her when she moved out. Each square on the table was filled with a gradient by the way to account for mixing ratios (though some colours just don't mix well together no matter the ratio). Nowadays I am using watercolour pencils (I have 120 different colours and only a reference sheet for individual colours) and either have a test page for a planned picture (and limit the amount of different colours beforehand) or do a quick test mix on the tape holding the paper down when introducing a new colour.
Yeah i honestly dont trust these huge sets that are cheap. They tbh, look chalky and the blues are always pointed out for vibrancy but the reds arent great. Every creator promoting them always just swatches, no actually testing on a drawing. Honestly just go for good quality watercolours, 2 of every primary colour. May be cheaper too for the amount of paint if you get it in tubes.
@@alexthecookie3304 Thanks, smart guy, but I'm not asking you. and so, I don’t have the opportunity to open the description of the shorts, and I didn’t even know that they had a description other than the name.
These don’t look bad…but what makes them good. You just did a swatch test. How do they work? Do they interact well? Do they mix well? How are they on paper?
It’s white labeled paint that any company can put a label on, like brutfuner or castle coloured pencils. It’s exactly the same paints and brushes but different packaging :/ they still looks nice tho
The advantage of this set is the swatch sheet, which is a great idea, but can also be made on your regular watercolor paper. Just cut out a piece the size of the box and create your sample references.
Looks like a repackaging of a famous watercolor set here in the Philippines by a brand called SeamiArt. Edit 24/10/2022: For anyone asking, SeamiArt is cheaper. Grabie is 45USD while SeamiArt is only around less than 13USD.
Oh I think my comment got deleted, maybe because I mentioned websites. Both are Chinese mass produced, it's called white labelling. What they do in China is produce a certain type of product, then allow businesses to print their own label onto that product. You can find hundreds on a giant Chinese owned shopping website beginning with an A, blank. It's why you can often find lots of identical products but by different brand names on a website owned by Jeff Bezos. SeamiArt don't actually make the palette, they buy it from China and add their label on.
Nope, no connection, grabie straight up used seami art watercolours. When grabie first came out with the watercolours, the packaging was seamiart. So yeah....
No set like that will ever match professional grade quality, if they advertise that it's a guaranteed fail. But there's plenty out there that are fine for student work and look really good. I love W&N cotman colours for example, their sets are very cheap and super pigmented for student grade colours.
@@Mikyda3 a lot of brands have a professional line. They also usually have a student line. The cheap "random name you never heard off" amazon sets usually rank somewhere below the actual student grade sets, not necessarily but usually. You just really get what you pay for in that case. 48 colors for the price that gets you one tube of professional paint is... usually about worth that much, yeah. E.g. Winsor Newton Cotman watercolors are their student grade paints, their professional paints are labeled WN professional. Schmincke makes professional paints called Horadam and their student grade line is called Akademie. Sennelier is another very popular brand in europe, I think they have a student line too but no clue what it's called. In the US Daniel smith is a very popular professional brand, I have no clue if they have student grade paints as well. Generally professional paints are more expensive, have a lot more pigment, no fillers, usually high grade and lightfast pigments (which makes them suitable for work you might sell, hence the "professional" in the name), more single pigment paints and just generally a higher quality in the way they behave on the paper. It's generally not worth starting out with a professional grade set of paints, if you buy larger tubes and fill your pans (which is usually the cheapest long term) you end up with easily over a hundred pounds for a 12pan set and you'll feel too intimidated to use it. But something like the cotman colors or just any set that you have seen people use so you know what quality you are getting is a good starting point. And I'd still recommend getting a couple of tubes of professional paint or getting a friend to give you a few small samples of theirs just to get a feeling for the difference. Because once you've used the professional paints you'll suddenly realise a lot of what you thought was you being bad at watercolors was just... bad watercolors. It actually helps the learning process a lot to have that frame of reference.
@@LuckykitoThey are student grade but they would be a big improvement over this set! If someone is serious about learning to paint, it’s best to purchase the best quality paint that you can afford. If you just want to fool around with it and just use sketchbooks, then Cotman would be fine.
My checkpoint for paint is blue. These blues are the richest and purest I've seen‼️ I know I could never afford them; I'm a charity residentt in a Txxzz nursingwarehouse, but I'm vicariously revelling in your videos❣️ I also love history, and am learning new facets of stories I thought I knew👍🏽❣️😘
woaaah i love those paints!!! new thing on my christmas list lol
Me, 2 personally, zack :3!😊
They're $10 in my country, don't know bout yours, but they're really affordable ^0^
@@getthatkatching3252 Holy mackerel!
@@getthatkatching3252 $55 in mine 🥲
I don't want one because I don't draw on paper much
I just draw more on my tabletand phone so
When buying watercolor (or any paint) watch out for "vibrant" and brands/sets that do not disclose pigment information.
"Vibrant" colors might indicate dyes or fluorescents being used.
The problem with that? Well, they fade and change color when exposed to sunlight pretty quickly.
Not disclosing pigment information also indicates low(er) grade pigments that are less vibrant, translucent and pure to begin with, and maybe also more prone to fade. Also cheap brands or "for students" also use convenient mixtures (up to 5 pigments) to achieve a certain color, instead of the actual single pigment. This can easily muddy your colors when mixing colors.
So when buying relatively cheap paints, be sure you're ok with these potentionally big drawbacks.
what do you look for for good pigments listed?
Thanks!!! This is a really helpful summary
Any watercolor painting should be kept away from direct sunlight.
They all fade. Best to use a UV protective glass over it in the frame if it’s an important piece.
@@jazzmoos5382yeah, they fade. But some fade after 30-50 (or more) years and some after a week 😑
Not to mention the transparency.
A thing I do (if a pallette has only around 20 colours or less and not 50) is making a table sheet as reference to how all colours mix with each other. As a general rule not mixing warm and cold toned colours if you don't want muddy results is good, but a guide for which colours work well together and which don't helps quite a bit.
You can mix more then two colors together you know, so your référence palette has endless possibilities. I don't understand why you can't just have a test paper and try your mix on it before applying on your painting
@@sarasin3718 yes, but the reference sheet can only be so big or it's going to become unwieldy and you can, as you said, test it out individually beforehand. A simple table for two colour mixes is still quite practical if you have a small pallette, because you only need to look at it quickly to know which colours don't work well together (and you can extrapolate this for 3+ colour mixes, though those are going to be less bright anyway), sparing you from having to test it out every time you want to paint.
@@h.m.v. Works only if you paint for fun. My palette has 40 shades and it's current to use more then 2 colors (btw i don't understand why they can loose brightness unless you put black on it, for the long time i've used them it dépends on colors) so it's useless to have a référence sheet. When i spend 10hours or more on a paint and as many time only finding the right color i really don't have time or energy for creating a reference sheet more, and even with two colors, the ratio between them change everytime so you have to make at least 3 version of each mox
@@sarasin3718 Yeah, mixing multiple colours results in muddy colours is a bit exaggerated, but I was still talking about small palettes (~12 colours, doing a mixing reference sheet for anything bigger is madness anyway). They won't have 6 different blues. But two (hopefully a cool and a warm one) at most. And your mixing options are quite limited if you don't want to mix different warm-toned and cold-toned colours, opposite colours or anything with black or umbra. All of those result in colours I would call less bright (or downright ugly no matter the ratio).
Experience may tell you what works well together and what not with a small pallette, but if lemon yellow and ultramarine blending kinda meh surprises someone, that person may benefit from just looking at how different colours mix as a training exercise.
If I remember correctly I first did a reference sheet years ago with a 12 colour pallette because I was frustrated that a blended rainbow wasn't very vibrant. And my younger sister thought it helpful too. I think she took both that pallette and the reference sheet with her when she moved out. Each square on the table was filled with a gradient by the way to account for mixing ratios (though some colours just don't mix well together no matter the ratio).
Nowadays I am using watercolour pencils (I have 120 different colours and only a reference sheet for individual colours) and either have a test page for a planned picture (and limit the amount of different colours beforehand) or do a quick test mix on the tape holding the paper down when introducing a new colour.
Yeah i honestly dont trust these huge sets that are cheap. They tbh, look chalky and the blues are always pointed out for vibrancy but the reds arent great. Every creator promoting them always just swatches, no actually testing on a drawing. Honestly just go for good quality watercolours, 2 of every primary colour. May be cheaper too for the amount of paint if you get it in tubes.
I just got mine in the mail yesterday, I’m so excited to use it 😊
What are they called?
@@alexthecookie3304 See the link in the description !
what are they called?
@@morph.474 still can find it lol
@@alexthecookie3304 Thanks, smart guy, but I'm not asking you. and so, I don’t have the opportunity to open the description of the shorts, and I didn’t even know that they had a description other than the name.
These don’t look bad…but what makes them good. You just did a swatch test. How do they work? Do they interact well? Do they mix well? How are they on paper?
Anyone that tells you that 20$ Chinese extruded quarter pans are “highly pigmented” probably has a bridge to sell you.
Why is her voice so calming???😭
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT THAT 😭
Having it come with a swatch sheet is a really neat concept 😍
Like many other sets do
- во многих профисиональных красках они есть
This look exactly like seamiart watercolor one~ with the exact tin palette n gorgeous quality as well~
OMG YES- I GOT THEM AND I FIND THEM WAYY TO SIMILAR. EVEN THE BRUSH DESIGN 😨
@@Mars_lol yesss n seamiart is quite cheap here :)
It’s white labeled paint that any company can put a label on, like brutfuner or castle coloured pencils. It’s exactly the same paints and brushes but different packaging :/ they still looks nice tho
@@melissaadp for me its a bit expensive but worth the price!
@@KatieTheKraken ah i see, we just gotta find the cheaper price then
The advantage of this set is the swatch sheet, which is a great idea, but can also be made on your regular watercolor paper. Just cut out a piece the size of the box and create your sample references.
Looks exactly the same to the semiart watercolor. I am using it right now since I’m a beginner and its cheap
Looks like a repackaging of a famous watercolor set here in the Philippines by a brand called SeamiArt.
Edit 24/10/2022: For anyone asking, SeamiArt is cheaper. Grabie is 45USD while SeamiArt is only around less than 13USD.
Oh I think my comment got deleted, maybe because I mentioned websites.
Both are Chinese mass produced, it's called white labelling. What they do in China is produce a certain type of product, then allow businesses to print their own label onto that product. You can find hundreds on a giant Chinese owned shopping website beginning with an A, blank. It's why you can often find lots of identical products but by different brand names on a website owned by Jeff Bezos.
SeamiArt don't actually make the palette, they buy it from China and add their label on.
I KNEW it looked familiar. The swatch board gave it away. Dunno how to feel about this :(
so who did it first?
@¿☆The Kiara Singh☆? no no gouache i think (the product is available in the philippines)
the brand is seamiart
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I am so in love with those blues! Can never have enough blue hues
Packaging and the color is similiar like seamiart watercolor. 😍😁
Oohh everything even the brush looks exactly like the one from seamiart are they somehow connected?
Nope, no connection, grabie straight up used seami art watercolours. When grabie first came out with the watercolours, the packaging was seamiart. So yeah....
@@aayan131 ohh and seamiart is also cheaper right?
I'm assuming dye based watercolors as professional grade don't behave that way unless it's Opera Pink 😂
So many garbage "watercolours" out there now. People haven't got a clue.
This is a great watercolor set!!
No set like that will ever match professional grade quality, if they advertise that it's a guaranteed fail. But there's plenty out there that are fine for student work and look really good. I love W&N cotman colours for example, their sets are very cheap and super pigmented for student grade colours.
So what brands are professional grade quality?
@@Mikyda3 a lot of brands have a professional line. They also usually have a student line. The cheap "random name you never heard off" amazon sets usually rank somewhere below the actual student grade sets, not necessarily but usually. You just really get what you pay for in that case. 48 colors for the price that gets you one tube of professional paint is... usually about worth that much, yeah. E.g. Winsor Newton Cotman watercolors are their student grade paints, their professional paints are labeled WN professional. Schmincke makes professional paints called Horadam and their student grade line is called Akademie. Sennelier is another very popular brand in europe, I think they have a student line too but no clue what it's called. In the US Daniel smith is a very popular professional brand, I have no clue if they have student grade paints as well. Generally professional paints are more expensive, have a lot more pigment, no fillers, usually high grade and lightfast pigments (which makes them suitable for work you might sell, hence the "professional" in the name), more single pigment paints and just generally a higher quality in the way they behave on the paper. It's generally not worth starting out with a professional grade set of paints, if you buy larger tubes and fill your pans (which is usually the cheapest long term) you end up with easily over a hundred pounds for a 12pan set and you'll feel too intimidated to use it. But something like the cotman colors or just any set that you have seen people use so you know what quality you are getting is a good starting point. And I'd still recommend getting a couple of tubes of professional paint or getting a friend to give you a few small samples of theirs just to get a feeling for the difference. Because once you've used the professional paints you'll suddenly realise a lot of what you thought was you being bad at watercolors was just... bad watercolors. It actually helps the learning process a lot to have that frame of reference.
Cothman is cheap because it's a student line. Pigments there are low quality or hue. Pictures will fade very quickly
@@Luckykito ...well thank you so much for over explaining exactly what I said.
@@LuckykitoThey are student grade but they would be a big improvement over this set! If someone is serious about learning to paint, it’s best to purchase the best quality paint that you can afford. If you just want to fool around with it and just use sketchbooks, then Cotman would be fine.
The bubble wrap was satisfying for some reason 😂
You have the perfect voice for ASMR!! ❤
nice cool love the texture and color and how it just not clumpy or gets dry quick
Can I have the link I need a new pallet an brush so this is perfect
Therapy for my heart. Ty love this!! Would love to gift myself and Aspiring artists this set. It's complete
That pink lilac colour ❤
Lol I just tested some new watercolors too :D those looks really good
""color"" me impressed h a
Everything about this is so satisfying 😊
Where’s the link to the products✨👀👀👀👀
Ничего не понятно, но очень красиво💞
Ага согл
Угу
Ага меня английский голос сбесил
Same
Да
Oh the colours are gorgeous 😍
Those look so vibrant and pretty! I would put that on my Christmas list but I suck at art 😅
I just bought these for myself last week! they are literally so awesome
Very beautiful paints 👍🏻😍
They are amazing.👌🎨🎨🎨🎨
i love the freckles of your hand
Loved that tin box.😍 I will throw out the colours and use the box to store something else.
It looks so new and beautiful ❤️
I got the same exact thing for Christmas last year and I just finished a painting with them and I love your content keep going!❤
That packaging is to die for
Wow! Btw your voice is so soothing 🥰🌟
My checkpoint for paint is blue. These blues are the richest and purest I've seen‼️ I know I could never afford them; I'm a charity residentt in a Txxzz nursingwarehouse, but I'm vicariously revelling in your videos❣️
I also love history, and am learning new facets of stories I thought I knew👍🏽❣️😘
I have a set like that! They are sometimes not the most pigmented but they are still really good
I got these paints. I love how bright and vibrant the paints are, so far the best I've used.😊
any artwork you made with these feels like they would fade in a short time.
These actually look so similar to the Stuart Semple watercolors
The pink lilac is so cool
I love these beautiful times, I wish I had them
GREAT PRO TIP ...
It would have taken me a year to get that swab prepared so I could paint
its definitely heart warming
It's so nice and also I love arts
They look amazing
First and I love you art
The fact it comes with a swatch sheet ❤️
Saturation is one thing, but how long is the light fastness of them though. Only time can tell just how good the paints are.
That was very satisfying to watch.
🥰🥰🥰🙂I hope you have a beautiful day 💜
Amazing - thanks for sharing the product and tip!!
Your voice it's really relax 😁
I love your paintings
I HAVE THAT WATERCOLOR PAINT, it’s really nice
These are on my birthday wishlist.
My favourite part was when you mentioned what watercolours these are
You literally can see the name
Half of the video i was just like
HOW DO U KNOW WHICH COLOR IS WHICH?! HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH COLOR IS WHICHHH???!!!!
THAT IS SO COOOOL
Wowwwwww,,,, I like paint colors and painting with paint colors
I Got those for Christmas and they are the best paints I have ever gotten
Wow that so amazing 🤩 and satisfying
Omg!!! I got the 100 color one for Christmas
Nice colors
congrats! your video just hit 6 million views!
Wow I wish I had these amazing products
Reminds me of Koi watercolors, those are great
They look very good!
I just love these videos
After a long time, saw such amazing colours 🤩
Wow I love it and all the color is soooo beautiful😍🤩🤩
I should gift this to my friend
She loves art
Her voicee- ✋😫✨
So Satisfying
Incredible!! 🎨
The packaging and the swatch card looks like SemiArt.
I have this exact thing ! I got it last Christmas
So nice I like drawing and painting I wish I want to become a great artist
Wow! Beautiful colors🎨
What is the name of the colors?
now I am craving for this color
I wish to have one of those for my sister
I recommend you to use pen knife for opening any parcel 📦 insted of scissors ✂️
So satisfying ❤
Loveeeee. Paintsss!!
Can you tell from where you buy this colour I love this colour so much
I'm your big fan
Your voice is so Gorgeus i can Sleep now
If I were you I would first pop the Bubble wrap first and then open the art supply😂😂
Whoa I never thought my lost watercolor would be here
A while ago i bought the 100 color set for like 40 bucks its the best i actually love it. Vibrant bright paint i love them
From where ?
i like it!
I saw water colour and thought it was gonna be franns eating it💀💀
I love it !!!!!😍 🤩superb I wish I could have like this colour
Wow beautiful colors
I wish I had those paints 😅
Wow so good