I have not used the Speedball ink for calligraphy but have used the other three. I find that the Liquitex Acyrlic is a little thick to use with a dip pen but can be watered down a bit. I love both the Dr. PhMartin and the Winsor and Newton inks with the Winsor and Newton being my favorite. Thank you for confirming my thoughts about these inks and sharing your opinion with us. 💕🎨💕🖌🎨💕
Thank you so much Pat and my pleasure 🌸🌹👩🏻🎨😉WN generally isn't my favorite watercolor brand because the paints aren't as vibrant and not enough lightfastness but they did well with their gold ink 😁
Thanks for the comparison, Maria. I have never used the inks in gold, but only the metallic watercolors. I think I will get some Winsor and Newton for my Christmas cards this year! You know I love your painting!!!!
Hi, Maria, I suggest you try schminke powder metals. They are like liquid gold, bronze, silver. So much better than any of these inks! Im a calligrapher, btw. Love your work. 🤗
I thought that the Windsor Newton had the prettiest color. Thank you for the review! I have Coliro golden watercolors by Finetek and I really like them as well. When you mix water with them they feel really creamy. 💕
I like the lighter gold inks. Maybe a possibility for Christmas cards - especially if they're used to highlight a part of the card rather than being the focus.
The one I use is by Herbin, a pigment gold ink that's quite thick and opaque and lays down smoothly. Its colour is very similar to the Winsor & Newton gold ink but a bit warmer. I also use the gold Gansai paints but those aren't inks.
Little Miss Muffet I use it! I love it! Works well with brushes and with calligraphy pens!! Make sure you stir the living hell out of it. Shaking won’t do enough as there are some corners
I agree that the Winsor Newton ink seems the best choice. Can't wait for mine to arrive! How can I possibly pick a favorite card?! I love the sweet sleeping bear on the gift, the gorgeous simplicity of the blue ornaments, the adorable bear holding a gingerbread man and the cuteness of the bear looking at golden stars... all great. The rustic cabin & snowy tree scene is also so nice.
Hi Maria, Thank you so much for taking the time to share a Really Interesting crafty tutorial thank you I have been wanting to buy some gold paint for some time now but as a total beginner I was stumped as I just didn't know what direction to go But thanks to you I do now so thank you once again I really did appreciate watching your tutorial all the best have a nice weekend Lin in South Wales uk 👍💞🐕🦋
It’s funny because I don’t like W&N watercolours, I found their pigmentation really dull and weak, but their inks are great, this gold ink is super pretty and easy to use, I also love their silver
To be honest, my favorites are not reall 'ink' but rather an acrylic ink made for airbrush and a watercolor made with mica. - The acrylic ink is 'Aerocolor Porfessional' (The Aero Metallic set) by Schmincke, for when I want something that is completely opaque, fast drying and that I can use immediately. I have also one of their 'Bronze' products, an acrylic copper color. - The watercolors are the 'Pearlcolor' watercolors by Coliro. They are pretty well known in Europe and depending on the product line (metallic, pearl, iridescent, galaxy, etc) you can have very different colors and results, depending on the color underneath. The metallic set though is absolutely opaque and intense, but you have to wait for at least 10 minutes after wetting the color, to get the mica activated. Unless you want it to be transparent, then you can use it immediately. Their range of tones for gold alone has over half a dozen colors. I admit though, both companies are german and in Germany, so am I, so I got my hands on them pretty early and easily and they are not THAT expensive here (4 to 5 Euro for one Coliro color, cheaper in sets though). So, yeah. Oh, also: I don't know about the golden inks, but the Aerocolor acrylic ink and the Pearlcolor watercolors have both the highest lightfastness, for all their products. I know that Winsor & Newton doesn't have that even for their watercolors, not to mention their 'normal' ink. And for me, that is an important point (except for alcohol based markers, they are not lightfast at all, no matter what brand).
I'm still confused to choose. I mean I don't have any idea how they would look on watercolour and in different scenarios of colour that used. If I use Dr Ph. Martins for dark painting like mostly black, would it look great or should I choose something brighter? And vice versa, for the bright scenario, is it better to choose Dr Ph. Martins or Liquitex?
@@mariamorjane I checked my unopened bottle of gold ink, and it happens to be PhMartins............I was looking at different brands when I was at my local Michaels store, and this is the one I ended up with........I saw a few by Winsor and Newton, but they had bronze and no gold........I'll have to try out the PhMartins, but I think I'll be happy with my decision
Thank you Francine 🌹🌸and no, I don't spray them. I worry about loosing the "sparkle" which can easily happen when you do use fixatives over watercolors that have some gold pigment in them, I mix in my watercolors some of the gold watercolor pigment.
I absolutely love the color of the Dr PH Martin’s one, but for painting I think I’ll be more inclined to use the brighter ones.
Thank you and yes, it's really pretty too 😉👩🏻🎨🌟🌟
I have not used the Speedball ink for calligraphy but have used the other three. I find that the Liquitex Acyrlic is a little thick to use with a dip pen but can be watered down a bit. I love both the Dr. PhMartin and the Winsor and Newton inks with the Winsor and Newton being my favorite. Thank you for confirming my thoughts about these inks and sharing your opinion with us. 💕🎨💕🖌🎨💕
Thank you so much Pat and my pleasure 🌸🌹👩🏻🎨😉WN generally isn't my favorite watercolor brand because the paints aren't as vibrant and not enough lightfastness but they did well with their gold ink 😁
Thank you for your test from Gold colors, Maria! Have a nice weekend!
Thank you so much and have a lovely weekend as well 🌸🤗🌟
Thanks for the comparison, Maria. I have never used the inks in gold, but only the metallic watercolors. I think I will get some Winsor and Newton for my Christmas cards this year! You know I love your painting!!!!
Thank you Maryan😃🥰🌟🌟Have fun painting!!!
Hi, Maria, I suggest you try schminke powder metals. They are like liquid gold, bronze, silver. So much better than any of these inks! Im a calligrapher, btw. Love your work. 🤗
aww thank you so much for your suggestion!! I will try them for sure 😍👩🏻🎨
I thought that the Windsor Newton had the prettiest color. Thank you for the review! I have Coliro golden watercolors by Finetek and I really like them as well. When you mix water with them they feel really creamy. 💕
Thank you Donna and my pleasure 🤗😍I recently just got coliro and love them🌸
I agree the W&N paint looks more like a true gold. Thanks for sharing these brands.
Thank you Pam🌸🌹
I like the lighter gold inks. Maybe a possibility for Christmas cards - especially if they're used to highlight a part of the card rather than being the focus.
Good idea 🌟👩🏻🎨
The one I use is by Herbin, a pigment gold ink that's quite thick and opaque and lays down smoothly. Its colour is very similar to the Winsor & Newton gold ink but a bit warmer.
I also use the gold Gansai paints but those aren't inks.
Thank you for sharing! ☺️🌟🌟🌟🌟
Great timing - I want to buy some gold ink and I'll go with your recommendation - Winsor & Newton.
Thank you😉🌟🌟
Little Miss Muffet I use it! I love it!
Works well with brushes and with calligraphy pens!!
Make sure you stir the living hell out of it. Shaking won’t do enough as there are some corners
Thank you. This is perfectly timed. I love gold touches even when it isn’t Christmas lol.
Thank you🌟☺️
I agree that the Winsor Newton ink seems the best choice. Can't wait for mine to arrive!
How can I possibly pick a favorite card?! I love the sweet sleeping bear on the gift, the gorgeous simplicity of the blue ornaments, the adorable bear holding a gingerbread man and the cuteness of the bear looking at golden stars... all great. The rustic cabin & snowy tree scene is also so nice.
Thank you so much Diane, I appreciate that and can't wait for you to start using the gold ink 🥰🌟🌸🌸🌸
@@mariamorjane Thank you for the inspiration and advice!
Hi Maria, Thank you so much for taking the time to share a Really Interesting crafty tutorial thank you I have been wanting to buy some gold paint for some time now but as a total beginner I was stumped as I just didn't know what direction to go But thanks to you I do now so thank you once again I really did appreciate watching your tutorial all the best have a nice weekend Lin in South Wales uk 👍💞🐕🦋
Hi Lin 😍my pleasure! glad to know my video has helped you to decide on a gold ink😃🌟Have a nice rest of your Sunday!
Wow😮. Beautiful. Great fan of your drawing. First like first comment. Love you and your drawing also. 😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘
Thank you so much 🌹☺️❄️🌸
It’s funny because I don’t like W&N watercolours, I found their pigmentation really dull and weak, but their inks are great, this gold ink is super pretty and easy to use, I also love their silver
I gotta say you are totally right Candice, I agree! ☺️🌹🌟
To be honest, my favorites are not reall 'ink' but rather an acrylic ink made for airbrush and a watercolor made with mica.
- The acrylic ink is 'Aerocolor Porfessional' (The Aero Metallic set) by Schmincke, for when I want something that is completely opaque, fast drying and that I can use immediately. I have also one of their 'Bronze' products, an acrylic copper color.
- The watercolors are the 'Pearlcolor' watercolors by Coliro. They are pretty well known in Europe and depending on the product line (metallic, pearl, iridescent, galaxy, etc) you can have very different colors and results, depending on the color underneath. The metallic set though is absolutely opaque and intense, but you have to wait for at least 10 minutes after wetting the color, to get the mica activated. Unless you want it to be transparent, then you can use it immediately. Their range of tones for gold alone has over half a dozen colors.
I admit though, both companies are german and in Germany, so am I, so I got my hands on them pretty early and easily and they are not THAT expensive here (4 to 5 Euro for one Coliro color, cheaper in sets though). So, yeah.
Oh, also: I don't know about the golden inks, but the Aerocolor acrylic ink and the Pearlcolor watercolors have both the highest lightfastness, for all their products. I know that Winsor & Newton doesn't have that even for their watercolors, not to mention their 'normal' ink. And for me, that is an important point (except for alcohol based markers, they are not lightfast at all, no matter what brand).
Thank you for sharing all this information Olga 🌹☺️
Wonderful review of the four brands, Maria! I have not tried gold inks, I am intrigued to try. Your Christmas cards are gorgeous!
Thank you so much Dena, my pleasure☺️🌹
Thank you for the info and your Xmas cards are Gorgeous!!!
Thank you so much 🤗☺️🌸
I'm still confused to choose. I mean I don't have any idea how they would look on watercolour and in different scenarios of colour that used. If I use Dr Ph. Martins for dark painting like mostly black, would it look great or should I choose something brighter? And vice versa, for the bright scenario, is it better to choose Dr Ph. Martins or Liquitex?
Thank you ! ❤️❤️
Thank you😍
I didnt know gold colors existed. I will buy one today
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Thank you for your review!
My pleasure☺️🌟
Yet again Maria amazing x
Thank you Geoff☺️
Beautiful Maria.
Thank you Alek🤗
nice vid maria if i use gold ink winsor newton be my brand top its more pretty looks like gold strings pretty
Thanks for sharing Carl!🌟
Interesting Maria thank you,
Thank you Rosemary 🤗🌹🌟
I tried the winsor and Newton gold ink but it smelled too much for me to use so i just stick to my finetec metallic watercolors
Totally understand 😅
wow..........each of these looks so different when seen alone.....I'll have to check my brand name
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@@mariamorjane I checked my unopened bottle of gold ink, and it happens to be PhMartins............I was looking at different brands when I was at my local Michaels store, and this is the one I ended up with........I saw a few by Winsor and Newton, but they had bronze and no gold........I'll have to try out the PhMartins, but I think I'll be happy with my decision
Gorgeous ❤️
Thank you😉
What do you mean by opaque?
Oh man I just ordered some.
lol 😍
Maria Raczynska woot woot I picked your favorite! Shew
I like them all to be quite honest! Beautiful cards. Do you spray a fixitive on them to keep them from getting damaged?
Thank you Francine 🌹🌸and no, I don't spray them. I worry about loosing the "sparkle" which can easily happen when you do use fixatives over watercolors that have some gold pigment in them, I mix in my watercolors some of the gold watercolor pigment.
May I ask what is a fixative?
Nice work 😉 😃
Thank you 🌟👩🏻🎨
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