My Entire Watercolour Paint Collection! Part 1
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2020
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After talking about it for a while now, I finally managed to film all of my watercolours, including tubes, pans and palettes. I think that collecting watercolours is a hobby unto itself, and there is definitely a lot of joy to be had in obtaining new colours and trying out different brands of paints.
My video ended up being so long that I decided it would be better in two parts, and I am putting them up a few days apart so there is time to digest all of the information without having to commit 80 minutes in one go. If you would like to watch both parts together, the second video is out now :-)
Paint brands included in this video:
Pebeo (worst paints ever!)
Viviva/Etchr
Zart Art
Creative Pl (Aldi)
Kuretake Gansai Tambi
Saint Petersburg White Nights
Jane Davenport
Prima Marketing Confections
Winsor & Newton
Holbein
Art Spectrum
Maimeri Blu
Eraldo de Paolo
My own handmade paints
Stay tuned for Part 2 which will feature the big brands and the much larger sets.
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I loooove your collection!!! All of those swatch cards make every single pallets so much more enjoyable. I kinda want to pick up a couple of palettes that you showed. 💛💛
Thank you! There are so many cool looking palettes out there and it is hard to not want to collect them all, lol.
Thanks for sharing! I have a pretty big collection of watercolors myself and lately I found the unmanageable amount quite frustrating. I now believe that my palettes should inspire me and help me make better art. I started decluttering and getting rid of pallets and paints I didn't fully enjoy or couldn't use for certain purposes (like paints with very low lightfastness that you can't be used for paintings outside your sketchbook). I managed to sell some and others I gave away to friends who wanted to try painting. The process is far from over but even now that I have fewer paints, I love and enjoy my collection even more and really like the studio space I was able to free up.
I wonder if I am the only artist out there who feels uncomfortable knowing they have paints in the drawer that aren't being used\well loved...
Oh yes, I get that feeling too! I have a bit more than I can handle right now, but during this year I plan to sort them out a bit more, and organise my Daniel Smith and Schmincke collections as I have ended up with more tubes and they're pretty much everywhere at the moment, haha! It's a hobby in itself, sorting paints. 😂
I am currently cataloging my tube and pan watercolors I have been collecting since 2016, especially the professional paints I have purchased the last three years. It doesn't help that I'm a collector as far as my personality goes. Yes, I have too many watercolor tubes. Yes, I have more than I can use. Yes, I have been indulgent and have overspend. But I have a wonderful collection which is being reorganized for a very large color wheel palette (Robax) and smaller artist-recommended palettes. I feel overwhelmed at times. But 2023 will bring more frugality on my part, for sure. I appreciate your sharing about this subject.😊
The Prima,Jane D.,Mungyo,and actually some other names/companies are all from the umbrella company.Basically if it looks like the same tin & paints they are.
I still haven't worked out which umbrella company, but you're definitely right.
Thanks for sharing all your watercolors! I'd love to see some color/pigment comparisons since you have such a great collection, also interested in the Art Spectrum watercolor review. They're hard to find in the States, but I have seen Art Spectrum pastels and pastel paper here. It was great to see your eyeshadow palette for the Maimeri Blu paints. I tried that same thing and after spending a ton of time cleaning it up and getting it ready to be a great travel palette, the hinge broke!!! I'm looking forward to part 2 :)
Thank you! I'll definitely do something with the Art Spectrum paints. They're really nice, maybe not quite as amazing as certain large brands but definitely still of great quality.
Enjoyed video and learning about different paints and palettes....mikelle art mon🎨✍👩🎨
I like looking at my Gansi paints as much or more than I like painting with them...they are so eye catching!
Haha I totally understand that. They are very aesthetically pleasing to look at, lol. ❤
That Sketcher box by Winsor & Newton Cotman was my first "real" (not crayola cake style) watercolors too.
It was mine too and I’ve still got it, and it also smells a bit strong. I love it, though, I quite like the Cotman paints.
Hi, Becky. I don't know if you resolved your watercolour formula, but Marty Owings formula is 1 part pigment to 4 parts gum arabic.
I can't put in the link because YouTUbe will send it to your 'review' folder, so if you're interested, search for Marty Owings' " How to make your own watercolour paint."
🙂
Thank you for this feel good video. I finally met someone with more watercolours than me! :D The gansai tambi now comes in 48 colour sets now. They are not super easy to find though. I saw one place where they sold the pans open stock, but I forgot where. I do not really want them, so I didn't pay too much attention. Wonderful collection you got!
And with more to come! My collection is embarrassingly large, now that I have filmed it all. Does this qualify me as a paint hoarder? I didn't know there was a 48 set....I don't think I will upgrade, 36 is enough :) (So I tell myself, lol)
@@BeckyTregear I so know where you come from... I try not to buy too much more paint. I got a few I want to try out, but I am at the point of just trying out a few colours here and there.
And yes, there is a 48 set of the gansai tambi... I swear. I will find a link and send you. :D
Thank you for sharing your watercolor collection! If you don't want your tube paints that put in pans to crack, just add a couple drops of humectant, like honey or vegetable glycerin - mix with toothpick. The humectant helps make them more easily wettable as well. It will not harm the paints - as these ingredients are found in many professional watercolors already (just got to the end of the video and see you have made paints with them! you can add them to your other tube paints as well). To keep pans in place, you may either add magnets to the bottom of the pans (if the palette is metal) or a bit of wall tack (e.g. Blu Tack) to the bottom. The best price I have found for M. Graham watercolors is for their sets - I bought mine on Amazon. I'm not sure if the US Amazon will ship to Oz (?) but you could try. Note that they have a lot of honey in them and may not dry enough for you to use in a travel set. There are places in the US where they will not dry due to the humidity, and they will actually slowly drip out of the pans over time if not stored level.
Thank you! I have tried glycerine and it worked well especially in the Art Spectrums. Amazon US I think still ships to Australia, but only on some products, and is usually pretty expensive. I actually found some M Graham paints locally and I've made a rather long video about them too. Mine won't fully set either, even though it is usually dry here. They're really lovely though! My next video will be a painting with them. 🙂
@@BeckyTregear That's great! I do love M Graham paints - so pigmented and easy to re-wet! Gorgeous!
You can get glycerine cheap at vape shops :)
You know how you don’t know you can do a thing, like you don’t know you’re allowed or that it’s possible til someone tells you sometimes, right? Seeing your palette with no second tray on it and you explaining how to easily remove it was just the best thing ever. I did that to my palette and omg it is so much more *useable* now, so thank you!
Haha thank you! I saw how my father had dismantled his palette one day, and so I tried it myself. And I had the same reaction as you....it is SO much easier to use! 😆
Love seeing other artists watercolor collection....so much fun. Thank you for sharing♥️
Thanks Becky
I am trying to get back into art and have been watching lots of reviews. It's great to have some artists based in Australia on CZcams. I see so many artists saying get this, it's great and it's really cheap and then you try to look for it here, or look at getting it shipped here, and it costs a fortune.
Hope you guys are holding up ok in Vic xx
I totally agree; almost everything is so expensive to get here, especially when international shipping is involved! We are plodding along, the lockdown just keeps on going but at least our numbers are dropping significantly at last!
Yeah, I think the numbers are pretty good, especially when you compare them to states in the US with similar population
Also, I see some stuff on Amazon which is about $20 US. When you go to the Australian Amazon it is about $45 and then you need to add shipping (if you can actually find it on the Australian site). It's really frustrating. I don't know how they can justify it, even after you take into account GST and the exchange rate.
@@mariannemcdiarmid3802 It's tough! The most reasonably priced store that we have here in Melbourne is theartshop.com.au (they're still shipping interstate) and also Jackson's Art in the UK usually has decent postage to Australia. Basically avoid anything coming from the USA because shipping from there is horrendous. An exception is Jet Pens who have reasonable FedEx prices. Oh and when you look at Aussie websites, quite a lot have free shipping if you order over a certain amount. Amazon is ok if you buy things that are valid for free shipping. I hope that helps a bit 🙂
I find one of the big issues is that a lot of the Australian shops will only stock a small range so I end up needing to look at 3 different shops to get the things I want and then don't qualify for free shipping. I am looking at Jackson's as they seem to be the most reasonably priced.
We have a local art store and I do like to support local places where I can but the owners aren't always the nicest people to deal with and they don't have an online store. It's also really overpriced and almost every time I have purchased from them they have overcharged on an item too.
I swear by the W&N pro line over here in the uk they aren’t tooo pricy but $200 for that small set over there is robbery 😰 my local art shop had them for only £40 but really nice collection!! Loved the video :)
I still don't know why that set in particular costs so much here. Other paints are usually more on par with overseas prices. But that W&N travel set is somehow jacked up to insane levels! I'd hate to think how expensive one of those brass palettes might cost in a store here. 😂
You are now my motivation to collect more more more watercolor paints.
I think the Jane Davenports are Prima/Mungyo too, they have the same colours so I bought the Mungyo ones since they were cheaper (wayyyy cheaper!).... and the Mont Marte metallics instead
I like the Mungyo paints, they're really nice 🙂
Love it!!!!
Very cool!
Art Spectrum is on Jackson’s UK, but it’s pretty expensive. Interesting to see all of these. The ones you made look really good especially the Lapis Lazuli with an actual strong colour (idk why Daniel Smith bothers, you can hardly see it).
I imagine Art Spectrum would be more expensive overseas, as is the way for European brands here in Australia. I'm with you on that one; Daniel Smith's Lapis Lazuli is extremely underwhelming!
I love the mangaka brush pen. Take it out and use it!
Loving your collection can’t wait for part 2 I would definitely buy your homemade lapis lazuli & that shimmer purple looked amazing as well. If you ever decide to pop them in an Etsy store let us know 😁🥰
Thank you! I'll see if I can figure out the quantities for pigment vs gum arabic etc to make them smoother and less prone to cracking. 😆
The Jane Davenport, prima and mungyo are all made at the same place.
I'd say so!
Wow🤩
So fun to see your collection! Thanks for sharing. p.s. . You could always donate the paints that you're not interested in to a local school's art class, rather than just throwing them away.
Thank you! I was thinking of doing something like that, since I can't bear to throw things away, especially art supplies, lol.
I can get 4 full pans out of a 15ml tube. I only know this because I had to empty an entire tube recently.
I had not heard of the Art spectrum paints so it will be interesting to hear more about those. And I just picked up the Maimeriblu last month I found their texture to be so different I just started out with 5 colors. I loved seeing all your paints. I am a watercolor addict as well! So it is nice to see someone elses collection. Once I have my studio room organized I plan to go through all my paints. I love that you found that thing for tube storage. I find the worst part of having so many is that I forget about some or cannot use all the beautiful colors so I end up going to my go to paints which for me is my M graham or Daniel smith because I have had them the longest. Or I do not get new ones out of there boxes in a reasonable time. Do you have that same problem? I am trying at the moment to figure out storage of palettes and my paints..Your drawer cabinet looked like a good solution too... Thanks for a great video.
Art Spectrum are definitely not very common outside of Australia. I did a separate video on them here: czcams.com/video/zJW7Wmt7Mak/video.html And yes, I am an "out of sight out of mind" person....I tend to forget I have things until I open a drawer many months later. Doing this video I was reminded of a few things, lol. I've just found your channel and have subscribed (331!), and I'm looking forward to watching your videos. 😄
I think you are due for an updated tour!
I definitely am! My watercolour cabinet is in disarray so I need to reorganise the whole thing. That's a task I have been putting off for some time now! 😂
@@BeckyTregear maybe you could film the reorganization.. it would be cool to hear your thought process but i know that can put some pressure.. whatever you film we will love!
@@erikaweihmayer4793 That's what I will probably do! Later in the year is when I am planning to do this (procrastination much?😂).
I feel like we’re on the same page with buying watercolors. I have so many of these same ones.
I do love the WN Potter’s Pink. I’m in the US so most of my tubes are WN and Daniel Smith.
Great minds think alike! 😁 WN and Daniel Smith are both fairly easy to get here but they're also both pretty expensive. If I ever get back to the US, I'm definitely buying more DS! 🤣
I got the DS 238 dot card and basically it’s a marketing tool to convince you to buy all of their paints. They’re definitely not cheap here but I imagine it’s cheaper than in Australia.
Ooooh right. I just watched your swatch card video yesterday while I was working. It made me go back to mine and play more with the duochrome colors. And I ended up adding more to my amazon wish list.
@@aprilbrown8081 Those dot cards are a genius marketing ploy....they work so well at parting people from their cash 🤣
Hello, love your watercolor collection. You should donate or sell the watercolors, you don't like. Many school children would enjoy them. And quite a few people can't afford the expensive paints. This is my advice. 😁
I recently filled up a whole palette with different tubes of paint for my father, who also loves painting. I'm slowly working my way through them, haha!
How organized!...i just have plastic shoe boxes full of tubes...one for each brand. Funny how it becomes a collection isnt it.
I did have boxes before I found the tube stand. Boxes are fine but I get exasperated with the lids, so this display case works out a lot better for me. 😁
You have hoarding problem..🤣
Since then the tubes have moved and now they are all contained in one set of Ikea Alex drawers. 😂
“You have h̶o̶a̶r̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶b̶l̶e̶m̶ NICE COLLECTION” ... There, fixed it for you! 😜
howto sell your watercolour paint product: put them in cute tins.
Haha definitely. I'm a real sucker for pretty packaging!
The winsor and newton cotman line is far better in tune form than their cakes. The cakes just don't do it for me but that sketchbox is my favorite lil travel palette so I put my own colors in it and even put paint in the groove for the paint brush
Donate. Don’t throw away.