Great video ty Lindsay I’ve not heard of those watercolours before I’m looking after my dad and catching up with yt he’s home from the hospital and getting better each day you’re my favourite artist on yt 😊👍🙂
Not to encourage your spending, but these videos are very interesting to me for archival reasons, I think it’s neat that we will be able to look back on these videos to see what watercolors existed at this time even if they don’t last very long
Thank you Lindsay! I’m loving these paints and got hooked, ordering them all because of the unique pans. I’ve been ordering from St. Louis Art Supply for a few years. They are fantastic.
Thanks, Lindsay - I LOVE new art supplies! The product page for these paints specifies that these paints are made without animal binders. I ordered a dot card and a pan of magenta - your code was built into the link, so I did get $5 off. Can't wait to try them!
the want monster hasnt been this strong in years! 😆 i'm a sucker for a really nice split primary set and i prefer having big wells (or dishes in this case!) for my brushes so this looks like a match made in heaven LOL i'll def keeps my eyes peeled on this brand i look forward to see what else they'll make 💕
Yesssssss! I just finished my first class this semester and have a week break before I start the next. I needed this review. These are on my shelf just begging to be used!
Thanks for sharing this new product with us. These look very nice and of course bc they're different and cute we "need" to have them. Lol. I think it helps having a big ol' pan of paint to help make something not feel as precious and not scared to use that lil old tube of paint. I really enjoy your longer videos whether their tutorials or reviews. Have a great day !
Love the pigment selection and the ceramic dishes are so cute 😍 Thanks for explaining the colour charts with real-time demo, I really appreciate your thorough reviews ❤
These colors are so pretty and silky looking (Not shiny). Thank you Lindsay and St.Louis art for sharing this product with us. It seems like if you had the whole set you could do a lot.
Lindsay love your reviews of products. I trust your reviews. I live in central Illinois and St Louis, Mo. is about an hour 1/2 from my house. Never been to St. Louis art supply. Never ordered from them because they are more expensive than Cheap Joes or Dick Blick. These are very nice however and the “ want monster” is tempted.
I feel like these would be great for those of us trying to work larger! Somehow less scary than squeezing a lot of tube paint onto a ceramic palette for me 😅
I’ve never done this study with colors before. I’m only three years into painting, meaning I know almost nothing 😳🤣 so this is great for me to learn. ❤️❤️🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏😬thank you so much much🙌🏻🙌🏻
😂😂😂 U left the beginning blooper! 😂 So funny! Thank u for leaving it there! 😂 But wait, was that an oops or did you leave it on purpose? 😂 Be honest. 😂
I thought my brain glitched for a moment because I was doing a chore and distracted. So funny. But, everyone who has ever filmed a UA-cam video can relate.
if you get a pvc pipe you can get them in different widths, then saw it in the hight you need, and put uv-resin to create a bottom en, voila! :-) they do look yummy!
Wonderful video!! They look lovely. As of right now, I'm on a temporary no buy (not a choice of mine lol) even tho I have a wishlist as long as my leg...lol. Once I'm able to purchase art supplies again I think I'd like to try your idea of getting a few large ceramic pans to put some of my more popular granulating mixes that would benefit from more room to spread out and dry...Anyway such a great video as always. Thanks for sharing. Much love ❤️
Thank you SO much for including a mixing chart to get an idea of what this set can do. Question: your color wheel with the circles, I love it. It looks bigger on a page than it does in the package. Think I'll get it! Thanks, Lindsay.
I have the same illness for buying watercolours so ordered these a while back and they are gorgeous! The six primaries fit nicely into the 6 tube QOR tins, but I can't fit the empty pan in, so may have to find something else when I decide what to fill that pan with.
I am a color chart nut and I think it is essential to learn your colors. I always do triad charts as they give way more info. I like to wet an area then swirl in 3 colors to see all mixes at once
Hey, STLAS is my local art store! I love them! Last time I stopped in I bought a dot card of Tonic just to try them out. They're fantastic. Like, so very pigmented. I don't do watercolor art much anymore since I transitioned to digital art, but I'm definitely gonna gift at least one mixing set this holiday season.
I'd love to have these paints, but they're gonna have to go on my wish list for now with a $95 price tag. But I'm not complaining. Considering what you get, they're fairly priced. I've also been spending on my "getting more serious" oil painting development and have been adding supplies to that...(I just got a 37ml tube of W&N cadmium red deep that I've fallen in love with,) along with DIY framing supplies and the list goes on & on. I'm sure you know what I mean. 😊But thanks, as always, for your fun and informative reviews!👍 p.s. I even came across a yet unused & forgotten Cotman Portrait Pocket set that was an order error on Amazon's part bc they advertised it as as a WN artist grade field palette set. BUT I waited too long and past the return date. So I think I'll just keep it....Im sure it's pretty good. I'll just check the pigments they used.
Watercolor paints are sooo awesome - can’t get too much 😍. Notice you are using a Mimic synthetic squirrel brush - I got a couple of them from Jerry’s Artarama - LOVE them & just ordered a couple more - thank you for sharing 🙏
So glad you did that mixing table because every time I try it I make a mess... Question: How do you know which color is warm and which is cool. I guess and every time it's incorrect. Thx
Good question! You look at the color it leans towards. A warm yellow learn towards orange (a warm color) and a cool yellow leans toward green (a cool color) etc
Hullo Lindsay, I am just completely obsessed with ceramic pans! I have quite a few palettes and I have had the BlockX Giant pans in my cart at StLouis Art and Amazon too, I have not been able to pull that trigger as those pans start at $27.95 to $42.99 just so much to justify paying for a series of paints that for the most part are base colors and I do have A LOT of paints that I am not likely to use up before I pass! These are truly tempting as they are at the most $16.99 a pan? You are truly inspirational and just so lucky to have your channel for companies to send you products to show us and get the drool flowing! Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful gifts, products and skills!
I am very lucky. I'm sure I save some people monet and others not but I try to get out all the info so people can decide for themselves if the product is right for them.
I do the same thing save wrapping paper crafting comes in for collage or mixed media projects. Am I a hoarder!! 😂 Lovely vid, thanks for this review! I did a couple color charts early on in my watercolor adventures but added white to half for tints, and said to myself, ‘Never again!!’ 😂❤ Can I use my Boku-Undo Japanese graphite paints and Inktense blocks to replace the Derwent Graphitint for your upcoming class? I love watching you swatch, so relaxing!! 😎
Hopefully they will! Doll house miniature bowls, pet spider bowls and 1oz ramekins are similar but none are identical. The ramekins are closest. I think I linked to them.
So interesting! I might have to try these! You spiked my curiosity about tiny ceramic dishes, so I did some googling … if you type in something like “ceramic tiny condiment dishes” or “ceramic tiny sauce dishes” a few possibilities come up, but I think most of them still seem bigger than what you probably want. I noticed some glass options, too, if someone is interested in glass ones. I think there might be some kind of small open cup-type thing that some people who use inks might use, that might be similar to these pans, so I’m off to investigate that … but I could well be imagining that item! I will let you know 😂…
… so, the closest I found was some sauce dishes on Temu that were 1inch tall and 2inches diameter - but I have questions about Temu and avoid buying from them. I followed a link on my google search to Etsy and a “related search category” popped up there, of “miniature dishes” and I think that might yield some good results, just going on my extremely brief glance at what came up. So, if anyone is interested in small ceramic dishes, they might find what they want on Etsy by searching “miniature dishes”… but they might not😂😂😂. I thought they would be relatively easy to find!
Great review! Two questions: 1. How is the flow in wet on wet compared to other brands like QOR (Kaboom!) vs. Winsor & Newton (No-flow/No-Boom)? 2. Is there any anti-fungicide in the paint to prevent mold? If not I'm sure the usual "let the paint dry out thoroughly before closing up the container" rule applies. Little known fact on W&N half pan cakes - During manufacturing, W&N compresses the dried watercolor cakes so there is a full 5ml tube in each half pan cake. But as you said, if you fill a half pan from the tube, you get about 2 to 3 ml per half pan.
I'd say the flow is about the same as a Western style gum arabic based paint. They don't use oxgall but it does contain a flow aid. I'd day flow similar to DaVinci.
Hi Lindsay, fun video! I went to the St. Louis Art Supply website afterwards and saw they had a Tonic watercolor medium for sale. Have you ever used this product? I've never seen mediums for watercolors, like with acrylics or oils.
Hullo, most watercolor mediums are gum arabic and a honey or clove oil, sometimes rosemary or unique herbs! You just have to look a little and you can find gum arabic at just about all art supply stores!
@@mjpete27 - what I was trying to get at was - I am used to using medium with acrylics or oils, but I have never felt I had to add gum arabic medium to the watercolors I was using. So I was trying to figure out why it is sold as a stand-alone supply when it is already an ingredient in the tubes or pans of watercolors.
I have not used the tonic medium, but I used the davinci watercolor medium recently (video coming soon!) to make watercolor paint out of pigment because it contained gum arabic, and a flow aid like synthetic ox gall. This can increase flow and transparency if needed. I've used the winsor and newton granylating, texture, and irridecentbmediums with watercolor. And I use their watercolor blending medium in my gouache palette to keep it wet longer. There is even a watercolor impasto medium for texture!
I looked back on my swatches of the Gansi Tambi Art Nouveau set. The colors are strong, but definitely more matte. No as matte as gouache but definitely flatter.
I enjoyed this so much, Lindsay and they sure look like a lovely paint. I like the transparency of them. My thoughts are if I didn't want my watercolors transparent, I'd be using gouache. Tonic is a favorite company of mine too. Also, did you paint the tropical drink painting from a photo? 💓
The Paul Rubens pans are comically giant compared to the already giant Tonics! The PR ultramarine is probably a greener shade of PB29. There are variants. I am surprised they don't have some kind of earth tone, but it's so nice for them to include an extra ramekin.
These look great quality. Do they ship internationally? It's nice to se a company put some serious thought into the products they release. I enjoyed the colour mixing and the paintings turned out beautifully! Thanks Lindsay.
how much is that in ml? I think the Blockx pans are 18 ml and I love those. Probably quite hard to get for a good price over there, I imagine. So these are fab for people on the other side of the pond!
I would love to see them do a palette for 12 colors. A few earth tones would be nice to have. Burnt sienna, burnt umber, yellow ochre and you’re pretty much set.
Wow! I am usually skeptical and unimpressed when I see colors mixed with split primaries. The secondary colors never actually look like true greens, oranges or purples to me. I'm making this comment even before you're done with the first mixing set (cools) and I love the colors so far. I know colors may not necessarily be represented accurately on tablets or computers, but these seem true. I can see these making their way into my art supplies soon....either for my birthday or Christmas. 🎉
I purchased this set when it was first released. I agree with your thought on the paint but I don’t care for the ceramic pans at all. My works area is on the smaller size as I use the area for both painting and computer use. The ceramic pans allow for the use of large brushes without worrying about damaging the brush. My main complaint is the size of the pans. Yes, it’s nice to get more paint than I could possibly use in a year but the pans restrict the paper size that I can easily use. I’m looking forward to plein air painting next year but I wont be using these paints due to their weight and size as they will not easily fit on a plein air palette. I make some of my watercolors so I’ll be sticking with the metal pans from Art Toolkit. I can get a lot more paints in the same space. Overall, I think there is a trade off between easy of use and size. The Tonic paints take a lot more space in your work area, storage is difficult due to the need to procure a container for them, and needing to mix every color that you need, while fun, is a pain when dealing with the changing light when painting in nature. If they come out with a smaller pan and a container I’ll take another look at them but until then they are a novelty paint to me.
The size of these pans are about as far away from an art toolkit palette as you can get. You made some great points that will help others thinking a out these paints, thanks!
I think the Japanese paint in round pans is called teppachi rather than gansai, though it’s effectively the same paint. Those do look exactly like teppachi pans - wonder if they get them from a Japanese supplier
The formulation very western and they are made in St. LouisArt Supply on site. The round Japanese pans are wider but shallow. These ARE filled to the brim, so much paint!
Lindsay I saw the other colors in the set and am think of getting them all-what a lot of pigment for a good price and lightfast. I am looking at the tonic water that goes with them. Would the tonic water create a faster evaporation? Or would these maybe dissolve with alcohol? I am always looking for ways to get pigment down on my coloring pages w/o using water
Do you mean the tonic watercolor medium? If you are using watercolor on coloring pages I'd recommend a coat of clear watercolor ground, let that dry and watercolor over it. Watercolor medium won't increase dry time. Alcohol can give cool effects when dripped on a watercolor wash but is weird when added to the paint.
@thefrugalcrafter I noticed that watercolor pallets have paint colors in places that don't look like they are in a rainbow color order, so I'm wondering why that is.
@@janeet8227, so then I remembered right. I thought, yes, I have seen large ceramic pans somewhere here in Europe. Have seen them in Norway, in a shop that keep Blockx!
The paints look great, the pigment selection is solid, but very basic. that is, split primary pallette is trying to be for everyone but I fear ends up being for none. I like large pans, but circe pans do not seem convenient.
A lot of people have these colors already, but they are colors you use frequently, so I am glad to have an ample supply. In general, I like rectangular containers, but if you offset them like I did in the tin, it makes good use of space. I think it's practical but we are all different:)
I would advice much more caution with unpacking. Despite the attempted scratching I can still very clearly read both the code and qr, and tracking. You don't know where this information will end and people can be very vicious. Please cover up your address entirely with video editing, gesso or rip it off.
Your address, or whoever's address it is, is still completely visible on the package 🫥 (even though it's sort of crossed out). Thought you should know.
Yikes! Thanks, I'll blur it! Edit, no worries, that is the companies address and the ups routing hub, mine is crossed out. Thanks for looking out for me:)
Great video ty Lindsay I’ve not heard of those watercolours before I’m looking after my dad and catching up with yt he’s home from the hospital and getting better each day you’re my favourite artist on yt 😊👍🙂
“Oooh a sticker!” You’re a lady after my own heart!
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Not to encourage your spending, but these videos are very interesting to me for archival reasons, I think it’s neat that we will be able to look back on these videos to see what watercolors existed at this time even if they don’t last very long
Great point!
Along with being an amazing artist, you are also such an excellent teacher. I always learn❤❤
Thank you so much 😀
Oh my goodness look at those GIANT pans XD that’s so fun
Thank you Lindsay! I’m loving these paints and got hooked, ordering them all because of the unique pans. I’ve been ordering from St. Louis Art Supply for a few years. They are fantastic.
You are so welcome!
Thanks, Lindsay - I LOVE new art supplies! The product page for these paints specifies that these paints are made without animal binders. I ordered a dot card and a pan of magenta - your code was built into the link, so I did get $5 off. Can't wait to try them!
Enjoy!
the want monster hasnt been this strong in years! 😆 i'm a sucker for a really nice split primary set and i prefer having big wells (or dishes in this case!) for my brushes so this looks like a match made in heaven LOL i'll def keeps my eyes peeled on this brand i look forward to see what else they'll make 💕
I need more sleep. I read it as TOXIC watercolor. lol
😂😂😂
Lol. So did I. 😂
Same ❤
Same 😂😂
😆 🤣 😂
I crave this set so badly, now. I love my DS split primary set, and I LOVE big pans. This is like both.
Yup! They are usefully colos we will use up for sure!
Yesssssss! I just finished my first class this semester and have a week break before I start the next. I needed this review. These are on my shelf just begging to be used!
Glad it was helpful!
the false start - so relatable!!😂
😆 🤣 😂
Thanks for sharing this new product with us. These look very nice and of course bc they're different and cute we "need" to have them. Lol. I think it helps having a big ol' pan of paint to help make something not feel as precious and not scared to use that lil old tube of paint. I really enjoy your longer videos whether their tutorials or reviews. Have a great day !
Love the pigment selection and the ceramic dishes are so cute 😍
Thanks for explaining the colour charts with real-time demo, I really appreciate your thorough reviews ❤
My pleasure 😊
I love St Louis Art. Excellent packaging, always a ruler and hand written thank you note!
It really is!
These colors are so pretty and silky looking
(Not shiny). Thank you Lindsay and St.Louis art for sharing this product with us. It seems like if you had the whole set you could do a lot.
I'm eyeballing that green! I'm also curious about the white if it is opaque. I plan to place an order once they have more colors available.
I need help with color mixing so this was great for me. I understood your warm/cool chart.
Glad it was helpful!
Lindsay love your reviews of products. I trust your reviews. I live in central Illinois and St Louis, Mo. is about an hour 1/2 from my house. Never been to St. Louis art supply. Never ordered from them because they are more expensive than Cheap Joes or Dick Blick. These are very nice however and the “ want monster” is tempted.
I feel like these would be great for those of us trying to work larger! Somehow less scary than squeezing a lot of tube paint onto a ceramic palette for me 😅
Yes!
Yes and makes it feel less precious.
Thank you so much for the perspectives. I admired paints in ceramic palettes. You did a really good job. 👍
Thanks 😊
I’ve never done this study with colors before. I’m only three years into painting, meaning I know almost nothing 😳🤣 so this is great for me to learn. ❤️❤️🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏😬thank you so much much🙌🏻🙌🏻
Thank you! Cheers!
So pretty! Thank you for the in-depth review. This is going on my Christmas wishlist for certain.
You are so welcome!
I just went and bought a few colors. I love the pans lol. Im looking forward to trying them out. Thank you for the review and the discount code 😊
You are so welcome!
😂😂😂 U left the beginning blooper! 😂 So funny! Thank u for leaving it there! 😂 But wait, was that an oops or did you leave it on purpose? 😂 Be honest. 😂
I thought my brain glitched for a moment because I was doing a chore and distracted. So funny. But, everyone who has ever filmed a UA-cam video can relate.
@@aartadventure 😂😂😂😂 I dont know if she intentionally left it there, but it made my day!!! Wonderful blooper! 😂 I needed a laugh! 😂❤
Oh no! Who knows 😆 🤣 😂 it's in there now!
@@thefrugalcrafter 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I have been curious about these for a while now, so thank you for this review!
Glad it was helpful!
THIS is the review I've been waiting for! Thank you, Lindsay!
You are so welcome!
Just received these- can't wait to try them!!!
Have fun!
Thanks for taking out my confusion on how to read color charts - slow learner!❤
You're so welcome!
Oh my gosh, I love this even more now. ❤️ seriously this is a great class on color 🙌🏻
Yay! Thank you!
Thank you Lindsay. You covered everything thoroughly. ❤informative indeed
Glad it was helpful!
Oh I love the paints and great video on showing us what they mix like. I’ll definitely get some.
Enjoy!
Hello, Lindsay. Thank you so much for video.
You are so welcome!
I did enjoy the review, thanks for the video, even its way off my budget, I still enjoy watching you try new materials.
Thanks for watching!
I want those giant Paul Rubens pans also! I wish they were available.
Hopefully they will be soon!
If you are looking for a container for the paints, try clear plastic castor cups for furniture. I really enjoy watching your tutorials
Thanks for the tip!
Pet SPIDERS, not in my house...lol, sorry, could not resist
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if you get a pvc pipe you can get them in different widths, then saw it in the hight you need, and put uv-resin to create a bottom en, voila! :-) they do look yummy!
Good tip!
Wonderful video!! They look lovely. As of right now, I'm on a temporary no buy (not a choice of mine lol) even tho I have a wishlist as long as my leg...lol. Once I'm able to purchase art supplies again I think I'd like to try your idea of getting a few large ceramic pans to put some of my more popular granulating mixes that would benefit from more room to spread out and dry...Anyway such a great video as always. Thanks for sharing. Much love ❤️
Good choice!
Lovely. Feels luxurious to use big pans with big brushes! (I think you mislabeled the quin. magenta in your tin: PV19 instead of PR122)
Thank you SO much for including a mixing chart to get an idea of what this set can do. Question: your color wheel with the circles, I love it. It looks bigger on a page than it does in the package. Think I'll get it! Thanks, Lindsay.
amzn.to/3NqAYbt it's a stamp!
I have the same illness for buying watercolours so ordered these a while back and they are gorgeous! The six primaries fit nicely into the 6 tube QOR tins, but I can't fit the empty pan in, so may have to find something else when I decide what to fill that pan with.
Good to know, that has a nice mixing area too!
I am a color chart nut and I think it is essential to learn your colors. I always do triad charts as they give way more info. I like to wet an area then swirl in 3 colors to see all mixes at once
Thanks for sharing!!
I adore large pans. I might make a supply purchase some time in the near future, first in two years for myself
Treat yourself!
for now I’ll enjoy looking forward to it, while all goes to doggy medicine and and true love forever care.
Hey, STLAS is my local art store! I love them! Last time I stopped in I bought a dot card of Tonic just to try them out. They're fantastic. Like, so very pigmented. I don't do watercolor art much anymore since I transitioned to digital art, but I'm definitely gonna gift at least one mixing set this holiday season.
That is awesome!
I love these but I'll have to wait for a sale. Thanks for sharing.
I'd love to have these paints, but they're gonna have to go on my wish list for now with a $95 price tag. But I'm not complaining. Considering what you get, they're fairly priced. I've also been spending on my "getting more serious" oil painting development and have been adding supplies to that...(I just got a 37ml tube of W&N cadmium red deep that I've fallen in love with,) along with DIY framing supplies and the list goes on & on. I'm sure you know what I mean. 😊But thanks, as always, for your fun and informative reviews!👍
p.s. I even came across a yet unused & forgotten Cotman Portrait Pocket set that was an order error on Amazon's part bc they advertised it as as a WN artist grade field palette set. BUT I waited too long and past the return date. So I think I'll just keep it....Im sure it's pretty good. I'll just check the pigments they used.
Have fun!
Watercolor paints are sooo awesome - can’t get too much 😍. Notice you are using a Mimic synthetic squirrel brush - I got a couple of them from Jerry’s Artarama - LOVE them & just ordered a couple more - thank you for sharing 🙏
They are great!
So glad you did that mixing table because every time I try it I make a mess... Question: How do you know which color is warm and which is cool. I guess and every time it's incorrect. Thx
Good question! You look at the color it leans towards. A warm yellow learn towards orange (a warm color) and a cool yellow leans toward green (a cool color) etc
@@thefrugalcrafter Ayy I don't understand "leans to..." How to find this info out????
I loved this so much! Thank you!
You're so welcome!
I have the only green out right now and it’s lovely as well.
It's on my list!
Hullo Lindsay, I am just completely obsessed with ceramic pans! I have quite a few palettes and I have had the BlockX Giant pans in my cart at StLouis Art and Amazon too, I have not been able to pull that trigger as those pans start at $27.95 to $42.99 just so much to justify paying for a series of paints that for the most part are base colors and I do have A LOT of paints that I am not likely to use up before I pass! These are truly tempting as they are at the most $16.99 a pan? You are truly inspirational and just so lucky to have your channel for companies to send you products to show us and get the drool flowing! Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful gifts, products and skills!
I am very lucky. I'm sure I save some people monet and others not but I try to get out all the info so people can decide for themselves if the product is right for them.
I do the same thing save wrapping paper crafting comes in for collage or mixed media projects. Am I a hoarder!! 😂 Lovely vid, thanks for this review! I did a couple color charts early on in my watercolor adventures but added white to half for tints, and said to myself, ‘Never again!!’ 😂❤ Can I use my Boku-Undo Japanese graphite paints and Inktense blocks to replace the Derwent Graphitint for your upcoming class? I love watching you swatch, so relaxing!! 😎
I think watercolor pencils would be a better substitute because there are a lot of pencil techniques.
I would try the Mehron 800C-E empty face paint palette. Looks like they might fit nicely.😅
Thanks 😊
These are super tempting. Someone needs to sell the ceramic tubs.
Hopefully they will! Doll house miniature bowls, pet spider bowls and 1oz ramekins are similar but none are identical. The ramekins are closest. I think I linked to them.
So interesting! I might have to try these! You spiked my curiosity about tiny ceramic dishes, so I did some googling … if you type in something like “ceramic tiny condiment dishes” or “ceramic tiny sauce dishes” a few possibilities come up, but I think most of them still seem bigger than what you probably want. I noticed some glass options, too, if someone is interested in glass ones. I think there might be some kind of small open cup-type thing that some people who use inks might use, that might be similar to these pans, so I’m off to investigate that … but I could well be imagining that item! I will let you know 😂…
… so, the closest I found was some sauce dishes on Temu that were 1inch tall and 2inches diameter - but I have questions about Temu and avoid buying from them. I followed a link on my google search to Etsy and a “related search category” popped up there, of “miniature dishes” and I think that might yield some good results, just going on my extremely brief glance at what came up. So, if anyone is interested in small ceramic dishes, they might find what they want on Etsy by searching “miniature dishes”… but they might not😂😂😂. I thought they would be relatively easy to find!
In terms of colours, I hope they come out with a nice, bright pink/magenta - something to help us get more colours in the bright pink range
Great review! Two questions:
1. How is the flow in wet on wet compared to other brands like QOR (Kaboom!) vs. Winsor & Newton (No-flow/No-Boom)?
2. Is there any anti-fungicide in the paint to prevent mold? If not I'm sure the usual "let the paint dry out thoroughly before closing up the container" rule applies.
Little known fact on W&N half pan cakes - During manufacturing, W&N compresses the dried watercolor cakes so there is a full 5ml tube in each half pan cake. But as you said, if you fill a half pan from the tube, you get about 2 to 3 ml per half pan.
I'd say the flow is about the same as a Western style gum arabic based paint. They don't use oxgall but it does contain a flow aid. I'd day flow similar to DaVinci.
Hi Lindsay, fun video! I went to the St. Louis Art Supply website afterwards and saw they had a Tonic watercolor medium for sale. Have you ever used this product? I've never seen mediums for watercolors, like with acrylics or oils.
Hullo, most watercolor mediums are gum arabic and a honey or clove oil, sometimes rosemary or unique herbs! You just have to look a little and you can find gum arabic at just about all art supply stores!
@@mjpete27 - what I was trying to get at was - I am used to using medium with acrylics or oils, but I have never felt I had to add gum arabic medium to the watercolors I was using. So I was trying to figure out why it is sold as a stand-alone supply when it is already an ingredient in the tubes or pans of watercolors.
I have not used the tonic medium, but I used the davinci watercolor medium recently (video coming soon!) to make watercolor paint out of pigment because it contained gum arabic, and a flow aid like synthetic ox gall. This can increase flow and transparency if needed. I've used the winsor and newton granylating, texture, and irridecentbmediums with watercolor. And I use their watercolor blending medium in my gouache palette to keep it wet longer. There is even a watercolor impasto medium for texture!
Thanks for sharing how you do your color chart. I always get confused and think I'm doing them wrong. 😅
You are so welcome!
I looked back on my swatches of the Gansi Tambi Art Nouveau set. The colors are strong, but definitely more matte. No as matte as gouache but definitely flatter.
I enjoyed this so much, Lindsay and they sure look like a lovely paint. I like the transparency of them. My thoughts are if I didn't want my watercolors transparent, I'd be using gouache. Tonic is a favorite company of mine too.
Also, did you paint the tropical drink painting from a photo? 💓
Yes. I linked to it in that video!
thank you ,i have used my tins with my pill bottle lids .
Great idea!
I'm so jelly over these paints. Hope they'd consider selling in other countries/regions, shipping is killer.
Hopefully!
The Paul Rubens pans are comically giant compared to the already giant Tonics! The PR ultramarine is probably a greener shade of PB29. There are variants. I am surprised they don't have some kind of earth tone, but it's so nice for them to include an extra ramekin.
Lindsay, I loved your dessicant sticker!! ❤ Courtney
Yay! Thank you!
Love the slight b reel at the beginning 😂😂😂❤
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The vibrancy reminds me of the qor watercolours
They are very vibrant, qor has more flow tho
These look great quality. Do they ship internationally? It's nice to se a company put some serious thought into the products they release. I enjoyed the colour mixing and the paintings turned out beautifully! Thanks Lindsay.
Yes they do
Thanks! I really like the idea of having paint in such big ceramic pans. I checked after your reply. Shipping to Europe is USD 40. @@thefrugalcrafter
how much is that in ml? I think the Blockx pans are 18 ml and I love those. Probably quite hard to get for a good price over there, I imagine. So these are fab for people on the other side of the pond!
I think 20-25 ml, I can put in 15-20 MLS tube paint and then I reckon you can top it off after it dries. They say 7 half pans worth of paint.
@@thefrugalcrafter wow, that’s huge, and for not a massive footprint either!
I would love to see them do a palette for 12 colors. A few earth tones would be nice to have. Burnt sienna, burnt umber, yellow ochre and you’re pretty much set.
They will ne adding more soon!
@@thefrugalcrafter I’m looking forward to it.
You’re killing me!😊
Wow! I am usually skeptical and unimpressed when I see colors mixed with split primaries. The secondary colors never actually look like true greens, oranges or purples to me. I'm making this comment even before you're done with the first mixing set (cools) and I love the colors so far. I know colors may not necessarily be represented accurately on tablets or computers, but these seem true. I can see these making their way into my art supplies soon....either for my birthday or Christmas. 🎉
I think they pushed the split versions a bit further apart which helps getting more variety.
I purchased this set when it was first released. I agree with your thought on the paint but I don’t care for the ceramic pans at all. My works area is on the smaller size as I use the area for both painting and computer use. The ceramic pans allow for the use of large brushes without worrying about damaging the brush. My main complaint is the size of the pans. Yes, it’s nice to get more paint than I could possibly use in a year but the pans restrict the paper size that I can easily use. I’m looking forward to plein air painting next year but I wont be using these paints due to their weight and size as they will not easily fit on a plein air palette. I make some of my watercolors so I’ll be sticking with the metal pans from Art Toolkit. I can get a lot more paints in the same space. Overall, I think there is a trade off between easy of use and size. The Tonic paints take a lot more space in your work area, storage is difficult due to the need to procure a container for them, and needing to mix every color that you need, while fun, is a pain when dealing with the changing light when painting in nature. If they come out with a smaller pan and a container I’ll take another look at them but until then they are a novelty paint to me.
The size of these pans are about as far away from an art toolkit palette as you can get. You made some great points that will help others thinking a out these paints, thanks!
Holy crap, those Paul Ruben pans are extra huge!!!
They are!
I also found these Trixie Ceramic Feeder Round, 25 Ml, Ø 5 Cm
I thought these were the Blockx watercolors for a moment. Those also cone in huge ceramic pans. But they ate rectangular.
And the blockx are much more expensive!
@@thefrugalcrafter sure are. And difficult to get. I love the round dishes
I think the Japanese paint in round pans is called teppachi rather than gansai, though it’s effectively the same paint. Those do look exactly like teppachi pans - wonder if they get them from a Japanese supplier
they also look filled to the brim!
The formulation very western and they are made in St. LouisArt Supply on site. The round Japanese pans are wider but shallow. These ARE filled to the brim, so much paint!
@@thefrugalcrafter I meant I wonder if they get the (empty) ceramic pans from a Japanese supplier, to clarify!
Lindsay I saw the other colors in the set and am think of getting them all-what a lot of pigment for a good price and lightfast. I am looking at the tonic water that goes with them. Would the tonic water create a faster evaporation? Or would these maybe dissolve with alcohol? I am always looking for ways to get pigment down on my coloring pages w/o using water
Do you mean the tonic watercolor medium? If you are using watercolor on coloring pages I'd recommend a coat of clear watercolor ground, let that dry and watercolor over it. Watercolor medium won't increase dry time. Alcohol can give cool effects when dripped on a watercolor wash but is weird when added to the paint.
@@thefrugalcrafterIn this comment, are watercolor ground and watercolor medium the same thing with two different names, or two different things? TIA
On my wish list. Keep checking the website and Amazon. But not on Amazon that’s ok. Rather order from the company.
Oh nooooo!! Now my “want monster” has been peaked! Auuuuuugh! 😬🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️😬
Oh no, lock the cage!
@@thefrugalcrafter It’s too late Lindsay. I have no willpower. 🫣🤔🥰. But I sure appreciated your discount! Thank you!
Can you tell us again where you got the stamps for the color wheels
It's a Waffle Flower set, if I heard correctly.
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QUESTION: why are some yellow paints not with the others?
I don't understand the question. Please clarify:)
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I noticed that watercolor pallets have paint colors in places that don't look like they are in a rainbow color order, so I'm wondering why that is.
In general, what order are watercolor paints placed in?
It's a good thing I live in the UK, or I may have ended up with a new set of paints. :'D The shipping in almost half the cost of the product.
I’m. In the uk and seriously considering a parcel forwarding service 😂😂😂😂❤️
The watercolour in ceramic pans that I have are the Blockx giant pans, which are very good. I only have 4, for my most heavily used colours
@@janeet8227, so then I remembered right. I thought, yes, I have seen large ceramic pans somewhere here in Europe. Have seen them in Norway, in a shop that keep Blockx!
They are heavy, I'm not surprised!
I feel like you still have the "very demure" meme in your dialect 😊
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Titanium white is NEVER opaque.
Sometimes it is in watercolor and it always in other mediums. Chinese white is not opaque. Pw6 is a very opaque pigment.
The paints look great, the pigment selection is solid, but very basic. that is, split primary pallette is trying to be for everyone but I fear ends up being for none. I like large pans, but circe pans do not seem convenient.
A lot of people have these colors already, but they are colors you use frequently, so I am glad to have an ample supply. In general, I like rectangular containers, but if you offset them like I did in the tin, it makes good use of space. I think it's practical but we are all different:)
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I would advice much more caution with unpacking. Despite the attempted scratching I can still very clearly read both the code and qr, and tracking. You don't know where this information will end and people can be very vicious.
Please cover up your address entirely with video editing, gesso or rip it off.
Thanks for your concern but the address is for st Louis Art Supply and the ups hub a couple of towns over.
Your address, or whoever's address it is, is still completely visible on the package 🫥 (even though it's sort of crossed out). Thought you should know.
Yikes! Thanks, I'll blur it!
Edit, no worries, that is the companies address and the ups routing hub, mine is crossed out. Thanks for looking out for me:)
@@thefrugalcrafter anytime! Got your back 💪