They have some very nice colors like Naples Yellow Red, it's not opaque and very usefull for skin tones. I like also their blues, like cerulean blue or phythalo blue. Some of their yellows are not single pigment colors but Van Gogh are very precise in terms of color names, W&N paynes gray is almost an indigo. Overall I like them very much, I don't spend too much money on colours. W&N is nice, but too expensive for the small difference. I have only their lightfast Alizarin Crimson. Same with all other brands. I use Van Gogh, White Nights and Rosa Galery. I don't care about the grades, it's just advertising. If the pigment is the one that I need and the color is lightfast and intensive then it's a good color for me.
I agree 💯. Unless you are a very wealthy person the vangogh are better because they are affordable. I love white nights but in uk we cannot but them anymore coz of the vile war. Rosa color I want to try but in uk they are also expensive. Are they worth the £75 for 12 full pans
Van Gogh is a very good student brand paint. They re-wet well and are pretty vibrant. I do find some of their colors to be a bit "chalky". Unless you are into buying sets, I don't see a reason to buy one of their sets. Instead, the tubes are cheap enough that you can just buy the colors you want and put them in your own palette. My favorite VG colors are Dusk Pink and Dusk Yellow. They stand up well to professional brand colors.
I have been using VG for many years. I am a professional artist. My papers of choice are Arche's and Kilimanjaro. I have tried so many of the paints on the market, both professional and students grades. I always come back to my VG. It is a great paint and has never let me down.
I have never tried W&N watercolors, but I use a lot of van gogh. Up to now, it's been my favorite. A tip for van gogh - spray them with water to soak for a few minutes before using them. It makes the colours wayyy more vibrant
Thank you. I just bought this year Van Gogh and as I usually use oils I’m loving the nice selection already chosen for us and seriously? The price difference in uk is crazy. Same W&N colours cost over £80 and the Van Gogh cost me only £15
Van Gogh is great, but for some colours like the Cerulean you would want to use the Windsor & Newton as its uses the proper pigment which makes it granulating. Personally i think a Pure Phthalo blue pigment instead of the Cerulean Hue they included would have made the set much better especially as they included white so you could have mixed the Cerulean hue if you really wanted it.
But you didn't consider here that quite some artists don't like the granulating of the paint. Some artists like it, but it's not usefull in quite some techniques and sorts of paintings. The are enough special granulating paints if you want granulation. So i think that for the normal painter compared in the art that most other colors in it also don't granulate, the cerulean that's in there fits more and it more usefull.
Thank you for the comparison! I just bought from blick clearance $2.38 Van Gogh watercolor tubes. Hoping they won’t be chalky. I’m going to check for a painting now. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this lovely comparison. As I have not tried Winsor & Newton yet, I can only say what I think about the Van Gogh watercolor. I have exact the same pocket set and find it amazing. For me as beginner they work just great.
Best Student grade, beginners set: Van Gogh Best Professional grade: Daniel Smith. There are are some colors that I like from W&N but I wouldn't bother get a full set or build one with most colors being W&N. I like everything else from that brand, even their paper is TOP quality. The only product they make, that I don't consider TOP of the line, is their water colors.
thanks for the comparison! Personally prefer the much more magenta color of the Van Gogh cool red.. you can get bright purples with a bright magenta... but I haven't tried either Van Gogh or w&N pro.. I have the cotman and the sampler cet has the permanent rose which is a bright PV19 that makes nice purples with their phthalo blue
@@EceGurlerArt it's a dependable student grade... Though I find it hard to rewet from the pans. The tubes seem fine and I heard they have different formulas for pans and tubes... But It's not as intense as Schmincke AKADEMIE.
I think this video shows how close they are. Often I get questions asked between student grades and professionals. For some reason, beginners think student grade ones are crappy and want to start with professional ones right away. Which is fine, but really not a great investment as a beginner.
Tesekkurler karsilastirma icin. Bence Van Gogh baslangic icin guzel bir boya. Evet pigment olarak cok yuklu degil ama transparan ve isik hasligi cok iyi. Bunlar asla goz ardi edilmemesi gereken konular. Her tablet icin renk kodu ve pigmenti yerlerinden cikarilip ince bir sharpie ile yazilabilir. Ben hep yazarim. Gerektiginde tupten kolayca tekrar doldurulur. Tabletler fircanin arkasindaki oyuk kisim sayesinde kolayca cikarilabilir. Son oalrak, bence boyalar en iyi pamuk kagitta islenebilir ve kendini gosterir. Bu boyalarla iyi bir kagit uzerinde basarili isler cikaranlar var. California’dan sevgiler💕
@@EceGurlerArt cvp için tşk. Sormayı unuttum. Winsor newton setinizi nerden almıştınız? Epeydir Amazonda $78 pro set görüyorum, uk amazondan geliyor yazıyor. Ama çakma olabilir diye açıkçası almaya çekindim. Eğer tecrübeniz varsa paylaşır mısınız?
Bir şey sorabilir miyim bu kutunun üzerinde 1 sene öncesine kadar van gogh varmış. Neden şimdi yok. Ben de bugün aldım ve üzerinde logosu yok, sahte olabilir mi?
@@EceGurlerArt Ben açıp baktım da sanırım ürünün kendi değişikliği, boya da sıkıntı yok neyse ki. Arkadaşım da aldı onunkinde öyle. Teşekkür ederim yine de
What is the thing you most dislike about van gogh? Richness? Brightness? Transparancy? Asking for the sake of my followers who are considering to buy Van Gogh brand. Thanks
@@EceGurlerArt In my limited experience I find that it dries down a little chalky with quite a colour shift, sometimes with a glossy finish and don't glaze very well, especially on paper which is not super high quality. Of course, I only have this 12+3 set.
@@markyteo and if you like watercolors that move and flow in water, it doesn't have much movement, either for the most part. That said, I still really enjoy my Van Gogh watercolor paints, and I play with them all the time. it makes it affordable to just jump in an play with paint on a regular basis vs when wanting to do a more serious painting. Also, there are actually a few colors in Van Gogh that I prefer to more professional lines. They have a really pretty yellow-green (can't remember the name of) that I haven't found a match that I like yet in a professional line, so I just use the Van Gogh version instead. There are a few others, but that is one of the main ones I prefer. :)
@@CarolinaCarolina-ph9mx thanks for taking the time to reply. I guess we all get used to certain things once we use it long enough. I tried desperately to use them up (still working on it) and I think at this moment I am kind of aware of its characteristics. I should try out that colour you suggested.
Van dries horribly. Extremely chalky and inconsistent. N w is more pigmented and doesn't get chalking. If you go heavy with the paint go with nw the darker you go the more chalk van gets. Van is also more opaque cuz of this. The transparency in nw makes sure it's looks watercolor.
They have some very nice colors like Naples Yellow Red, it's not opaque and very usefull for skin tones. I like also their blues, like cerulean blue or phythalo blue.
Some of their yellows are not single pigment colors but Van Gogh are very precise in terms of color names, W&N paynes gray is almost an indigo.
Overall I like them very much, I don't spend too much money on colours. W&N is nice, but too expensive for the small difference. I have only their lightfast Alizarin Crimson.
Same with all other brands. I use Van Gogh, White Nights and Rosa Galery. I don't care about the grades, it's just advertising. If the pigment is the one that I need and the color is lightfast and intensive then it's a good color for me.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
I agree 💯. Unless you are a very wealthy person the vangogh are better because they are affordable. I love white nights but in uk we cannot but them anymore coz of the vile war. Rosa color I want to try but in uk they are also expensive. Are they worth the £75 for 12 full pans
Van Gogh is a very good student brand paint. They re-wet well and are pretty vibrant. I do find some of their colors to be a bit "chalky". Unless you are into buying sets, I don't see a reason to buy one of their sets. Instead, the tubes are cheap enough that you can just buy the colors you want and put them in your own palette. My favorite VG colors are Dusk Pink and Dusk Yellow. They stand up well to professional brand colors.
I agree that they stand up well! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts!💜
I have been using VG for many years. I am a professional artist. My papers of choice are Arche's and Kilimanjaro. I have tried so many of the paints on the market, both professional and students grades. I always come back to my VG. It is a great paint and has never let me down.
I have never tried W&N watercolors, but I use a lot of van gogh. Up to now, it's been my favorite. A tip for van gogh - spray them with water to soak for a few minutes before using them. It makes the colours wayyy more vibrant
Great idea!!
Thank you. I just bought this year Van Gogh and as I usually use oils I’m loving the nice selection already chosen for us and seriously? The price difference in uk is crazy. Same W&N colours cost over £80 and the Van Gogh cost me only £15
Good choice! Isn't that amazing for the price? Glad you enjoyed my tutorial!
Van Gogh is great, but for some colours like the Cerulean you would want to use the Windsor & Newton as its uses the proper pigment which makes it granulating. Personally i think a Pure Phthalo blue pigment instead of the Cerulean Hue they included would have made the set much better especially as they included white so you could have mixed the Cerulean hue if you really wanted it.
These are great tips! Thank you 🙏🏻
But you didn't consider here that quite some artists don't like the granulating of the paint. Some artists like it, but it's not usefull in quite some techniques and sorts of paintings. The are enough special granulating paints if you want granulation. So i think that for the normal painter compared in the art that most other colors in it also don't granulate, the cerulean that's in there fits more and it more usefull.
Thank you for the comparison! I just bought from blick clearance $2.38 Van Gogh watercolor tubes. Hoping they won’t be chalky. I’m going to check for a painting now. Thank you.
Yay! Please let me know how you find them after you paint! 💖
I think van gogh looks great. I haven't tried it. I would love to see a painting and also I would love to see a comparison wkth da vinci
Great suggestion! Thanks!
I use both and prefer the Van Gogh, thank you for sharing
You, too! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for this lovely comparison. As I have not tried Winsor & Newton yet, I can only say what I think about the Van Gogh watercolor. I have exact the same pocket set and find it amazing. For me as beginner they work just great.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience 🫶🏼🙏🏻
Best Student grade, beginners set: Van Gogh
Best Professional grade: Daniel Smith.
There are are some colors that I like from W&N but I wouldn't bother get a full set or build one with most colors being W&N. I like everything else from that brand, even their paper is TOP quality. The only product they make, that I don't consider TOP of the line, is their water colors.
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you. Very interesting since I have WN and looking to expand. Looking at white nights and Rosa.
Van Gogh isn't a brand, it's a series, but Talens does make lovely paint indeed!
thanks for the comparison! Personally prefer the much more magenta color of the Van Gogh cool red.. you can get bright purples with a bright magenta... but I haven't tried either Van Gogh or w&N pro.. I have the cotman and the sampler cet has the permanent rose which is a bright PV19 that makes nice purples with their phthalo blue
Thank you so much for sharing your experience!! Are you happy with Cotman?
@@EceGurlerArt it's a dependable student grade... Though I find it hard to rewet from the pans. The tubes seem fine and I heard they have different formulas for pans and tubes... But It's not as intense as Schmincke AKADEMIE.
Why are you comparing student grade from one brand against professional grade in another? It would have been more useful to have Van Gogh vs Cotman.
I think this video shows how close they are. Often I get questions asked between student grades and professionals. For some reason, beginners think student grade ones are crappy and want to start with professional ones right away. Which is fine, but really not a great investment as a beginner.
But true, Cotman would be a more fair comparison!
Great review!
Thank you!🫶🏼
Tesekkurler karsilastirma icin. Bence Van Gogh baslangic icin guzel bir boya. Evet pigment olarak cok yuklu degil ama transparan ve isik hasligi cok iyi. Bunlar asla goz ardi edilmemesi gereken konular. Her tablet icin renk kodu ve pigmenti yerlerinden cikarilip ince bir sharpie ile yazilabilir. Ben hep yazarim. Gerektiginde tupten kolayca tekrar doldurulur. Tabletler fircanin arkasindaki oyuk kisim sayesinde kolayca cikarilabilir. Son oalrak, bence boyalar en iyi pamuk kagitta islenebilir ve kendini gosterir. Bu boyalarla iyi bir kagit uzerinde basarili isler cikaranlar var. California’dan sevgiler💕
Bu güzel ve değerli yorumlarınız için çok teşekkür ederim! Ben de %100 pamukçuyum :) Boston'dan sevgiler :)
@@EceGurlerArt cvp için tşk. Sormayı unuttum. Winsor newton setinizi nerden almıştınız? Epeydir Amazonda $78 pro set görüyorum, uk amazondan geliyor yazıyor. Ama çakma olabilir diye açıkçası almaya çekindim. Eğer tecrübeniz varsa paylaşır mısınız?
😍😍😍👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏👌👌👌👍👍👍 it's a great video, Van Gogh colour are awesome I think it's more darker and I like it
I’m glad you liked it! 🥰❤️🙏🏻
Bir şey sorabilir miyim bu kutunun üzerinde 1 sene öncesine kadar van gogh varmış. Neden şimdi yok. Ben de bugün aldım ve üzerinde logosu yok, sahte olabilir mi?
Bilemiyorum maalesef… :(
@@EceGurlerArt Ben açıp baktım da sanırım ürünün kendi değişikliği, boya da sıkıntı yok neyse ki. Arkadaşım da aldı onunkinde öyle. Teşekkür ederim yine de
Really good.
Thank you!
The comparison isn't very fair, Van Gogh is studentgrade and the winsor and Newton is professional graden. Dus for me all the credit go's to Van Gogh!
I'd take W&N even Cotman over Van Gogh. Really not liking it
What is the thing you most dislike about van gogh? Richness? Brightness? Transparancy? Asking for the sake of my followers who are considering to buy Van Gogh brand. Thanks
@@EceGurlerArt In my limited experience I find that it dries down a little chalky with quite a colour shift, sometimes with a glossy finish and don't glaze very well, especially on paper which is not super high quality. Of course, I only have this 12+3 set.
@@markyteo and if you like watercolors that move and flow in water, it doesn't have much movement, either for the most part. That said, I still really enjoy my Van Gogh watercolor paints, and I play with them all the time. it makes it affordable to just jump in an play with paint on a regular basis vs when wanting to do a more serious painting. Also, there are actually a few colors in Van Gogh that I prefer to more professional lines. They have a really pretty yellow-green (can't remember the name of) that I haven't found a match that I like yet in a professional line, so I just use the Van Gogh version instead. There are a few others, but that is one of the main ones I prefer. :)
@@CarolinaCarolina-ph9mx thanks for taking the time to reply. I guess we all get used to certain things once we use it long enough. I tried desperately to use them up (still working on it) and I think at this moment I am kind of aware of its characteristics. I should try out that colour you suggested.
Van dries horribly. Extremely chalky and inconsistent. N w is more pigmented and doesn't get chalking. If you go heavy with the paint go with nw the darker you go the more chalk van gets. Van is also more opaque cuz of this. The transparency in nw makes sure it's looks watercolor.