Schmincke Pans vs Tubes
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Are you just getting started in watercolour and wondering about the differences between tube colour and pan colour? Or do you have a lot of watercolours in tubes and still wondering if a pan set is worth the investment? The Paint Spot uses Schmincke pans and tubes to help you decide. This is a long video with lots of practical advice on pan containers and how to make your own pans. So brew some tea or pour a class of wine and enjoy. These materials and more can be found at www.paintspot.ca.
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Segment Breakdown
1:45 Student vs Artist pan sets
3:35 Economy of large tubes vs small tubes
4:22 Tips for keeping your water clean
4:57 Advantages of tubes
5:51 Disadvantages of tubes
8:08 Speed-painting demonstration
10:54 Sketchbook tour
11:35 Suggestions for refilling pans
11:59 Introducing 35 NEW colours of Schmincke Horadam
12:35 Storage of extra pans
12:56 A close look at Schmincke metal watercolour boxes
14:10 Half pans vs full pans
15:08 Disadvantages of making your own watercolour pans from tube colour
15:32 Tips for saving crumbly bits of dry colour
16:04 Another reason why Schmincke watercolour pans are so good
16:36 More tips for compact painting sets
17:10 Smallest homemade watercolour paint set
18:72 Candy tins: Introducing Stoneground and Etchr Lab
19:56 Cleaning your watercolour palette
21:05 Expressive doodle demonstration with left-over paint
21.54 BONUS watercolour crayons and pencils can make a travel palette
22:59 WRAP IT UP ALREADY!!!
Thanks for watching! What else would you like to see. - Kim
thank you for a clear and comprehensive demo
Getting the lids off.. get the water hot and run the cap end of the tube under the water for 30 seconds and most of the time watercolour will unscrew. Thanks for the video. Very good
Practical tip! Thanks :).
To avoid my tubes splitting /rippingwhen I try to uncap it, I usually ensure that the cap and the metal rim are completely clean and free from paint before recapping. I clean it out with a damp brush/tissue. Then I don't have a problem opening it again. I learnt this the hard way after ruining many tubes.
Of course! This was an older tube salvaged from our store’s demo drawers.
awesome, great fun tips, and i love how you talk :)
Definitely pans, always
Do you know, how many ml of the liquid paint is actually dried in the pans, over the 4 month period?
I'm super curious, but I can't find the information on the Schmincke website.
It depends on the specific paint. Anywhere between 3ish and 5ish ml. It's definitely cheaper to buy a tube and make your own pans, but only if you're actually going to use a full tube.
I consider a pair of pliers to be an art supply, given the caps on my tubes of paint.
Me too. Here is the best one because it fits all sizes of tubes from small 5ml watercolour up to 200 ml acrylic! paintspot.ca/art-supplies/temp-file/gift-ideas-for-artists-2021/stocking-stuffer-ideas/golden-gripr-tool/
Running it under hot water helps for me sometimes.
I am very like your programs, what is better quality Schmincke Ready To Use Gouache ( or watercolor) Paint Binder or Schmincke horadam gouache (or watercolor) in tubes? I appreciate your answer, thank you.
Ready to use pans or tubes are professionally made by experts. The binders are fun for experimenting but every pigment is unique and lots of trial and practice must be done before you can make your own as good as the pre-made. Schmincke quality is really the best.
Great video. You said Schmenke uses the same formula in the pans and tubes. Is this the only company that does this? Can I find out which ones do this? Thank you.
Schmincke (made in Germany) and Stoneground (made in Canada) are the two I know.
Daniel Smith also uses the same formula for both pans and tubes. I suspect this is more common among professional watercolors than we realize.
Silly question but when you get the Schmincke half pan sets with the half pan blocks do you they just pop into a small plastic container - like is shown in your set?
Yes the metal boxes hold both 1/2 pans or full pans. The silver metal grips the plastic pans so the don’t rattle around in the metal boxes. Pans are also stable when you are using your brush on them.
What happened to the clear water?
I tell you, I can’t afford to buy one set of high quality professional artists colors much less to have multiple sets of each type - oils, watercolors, gouache and then all kinds of top brushes and accessories. I’m going to have to mix from a few tubes of basics to be able to use these high quality ones. Where do these guys get all this money? DaVinci brushes, Winsor + Newton, Old Holland, Schmincke, Michael Harding, Daniel Smith etc. are all great but not cheap. Decades ago I painted and used drug store paints and brushes - I got so frustrated I quit painting. Couldn’t get the strokes and effects I wanted, and all I made was mud. I had a chance, a few years ago, to use some top of the line Maestro brushes and some really neat specialty brushes along with really good paints - and got spoiled. Now I want to get back to painting and looking at these prices is like shock. Some aren’t too too bad, but I saw one of the DaVinci brushes yesterday, $2,000 and supposedly discounted. Even brushes that cost $50 is high especially when you need at least a 2-3 of each type - flats, rounds, washes, filberts, etc. for water and oils if you do both. Prior I did both but worked in w/c in between waiting for oils to dry or just wanted to get something down fast before I lost the vision. With these prices, can’t decide where to start again - especially when you have to order online and can’t physically hold in your hand prior to ordering. I wish I had figured that out when I had the chance some years ago with the really nice ones but didn’t think I would actually ever get back to painting. But the “bitten by the bug” has just stayed there. Of course going from drug store materials to top of the line da Vinci along with Old Holland oils and Winsor Newton watercolors paints was quite a change. I just couldn’t believe the difference - like night and night Almost felt like a real artist! I was going to get a couple of sets but then someone advised against it - said you get a better deal buying what you need one by one. Said many times only one in the set is really useful all the time? I have noticed on some top brand sets where the individual prices are cheaper than a set. Make sure you individually price what’s in a set.
Would love to know the secrets these guys have for getting so many brushes and paints etc.- winning the lottery or robbing a bank. 🤣
Buy SCHMINCKE Akademie $78 CDN per set means $6.50 per colour and a free top quality metal box. paintspot.ca/art-supplies/watercolour-gouache/schmincke-horadam-watercolours/schmincke-akademie-watercolour-sets/
Here are good affordable synthetic.
round 6
and flat 3/4
Liner 0 or 1
paintspot.ca/product-category/brushes1606883506/watercolour-brushes/holbein-gold-brushes/
A small 7x10” student watercolour paper
paintspot.ca/art-supplies/paper1606883538/basic-sketchbooks/smlt-art-authentic-book-stitched-albums/smlt-art-authentic-book-watercolour/
For about $110 CDN ($90 USD) you can paint every day for a month or two before needed more paper.
I am an artist who owns and art store. Not everything you see in the video is mine. Most are props. I have used my little SCHMINCKE set for 25 years before getting the large set. Excellent value.
@@ThePaintSpotEdmonton same here: bought the 12 1/2 pan set 30 years ago as a student. The teacher advised: buy the best paint you can afford, limit your colors because a lot can be mixed from a small set of 12. I scratched every penny I had, for the box and a size 12 Isabey "petit gris" brush. Now after 30 years, replacing pans only after having them completely scrubbed clean whilst painting (nothing wasted), I bought a big 24 full-pan box and some tubes for making my own custom palette. After 30 years, I almost know which colors I use most, and which I don't. The favs got a full pan, the others are in the small ones. With every pour I truly enjoyed like a ritual, the first mix to mess up that pristine box (that never gets cleaned), all I can think is: that money 30 years ago was spent well, and so is this. The joy it brings me is one of the cheapest thrills when considering the time. Over and over again. And every time I set up, I still remember that teacher's wise words. Enjoy to treat yourself, it will make work worth while and rewarding.
Great video, but you don't "lose a bunch of colour" if a watercolour paint dries out. All water based paints can be reactivated. They don't look very nice and yes, they can chip or detach from the container and fall out, but they're never lost unless you physically lose the pieces. Gouache is more reliant on being fluid than watercolour so it may not be the best for rewetting, but watercolour will be fine. Even if they dry in the tube, which from what I can gather only really happens to Daniel Smith paints, they can still be cut open and salvaged. They'll never be fluid like they are fresh from the tube after drying intentionally in the pan or unfortunately in the tube, but they can still be used. No money is ever wasted.
I agree! We should salvage everything. Time and frustration are another reason why I like pans over tubes.
All watercolors eventually dry in the tube but you can find plenty of videos online for rehydrating your dried up colors.
@@user-hr2df5lj9x they don't all dry out, no. There are plenty of videos of people trying watercolours from decades ago that are still wet in tube, just as there are videos of people rehydrating tubes from just a few years prior. I did in fact mention about rehydrating them in my original comment over 2 years ago though, so there wasn't really any need to tell me.
I fly south west and they let pans sets thought. In my experience it's best to call ahead.
I’ve never had issues with flying with pan sets either.
I've not had difficulty flying with pan sets. I've never tried to fly with tubes, but I can imagine you might have them confiscated or have to go back and check them as checked luggage (I had to do this with baby-safe blunted fingernail scissors once) if you to carry them on the plane, especially if they are 14 or 15 ml. tubes.
Kim, thank you for such a useful presentation. However, it would help me a lot if your sound were better coordinated with your the visuals in your video.
Why? Airports have sniffers to tell what the substance is.
Metal tubes in carry on usual mean a search and reps king.
It’s nice but this brand is expensive. I find student grade watercolor much better for me 😁
To expensive....unfortunately