Mont Marte Pastels and Metallics Review. These Watercolours are Weird?
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- Опубліковано 1 лют 2024
- Today I will be reviewing two new release sets of watercolours by Mont Marte. They come in sets of 36 paints with a water brush, and are in pastel and metallic colours. I'm not entirely sure what to make of them as they behaved quite strangely, especially the pastels. My video shall reveal all that happened!
I bought my Mont Mater Watercolor paint sets locally in Melbourne at Art Shed.
Pastels: www.artshedonline.com.au/mont...
Metallics: www.artshedonline.com.au/mont...
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Love the parrots. The paint colours are quite lovely, nice sets to use together. I have an addiction to sparkly paints, have every single Finetec Coliro Watercolors, 😍, so lovely as well then buying all the Kuretake Gansai ones. Jasart also make a few different sets of metallic/pearlescent paints too which are nice. Plus lots of the Daniel Smith speciality ones. Okay, you have sidetracked me from housework…. going to play with paint today instead 😂. Your numbers are growing, that 10,000 is getting closer, and well deserved. Have a great weekend.
Thank you! I really want to try the Finetec metallics; I really have too many sets already though, lol! I've just been doing housework too. 😂
10K is almost here!!!
that ocean blue is really nice, might be a good set for a kid wanting to try watercolours out
such cute colourful shiny birbs!!🥰
Thank you! 🤗
the only metallic watercolors I've used have been the Gansai Tambi Starry Night set of golds, which I really like! they are very pleasantly opaque and they pretty much do everything I'd want a metallic to do, although Holbein's gold gouache has caught my eye recently 👀
I've got a couple of the Holbein metallic gouaches and they're lovely! ❤️
Becky is delivering our dose of shiny/sparkly stuff 😍magpies assemble!
I've heard of paints coming with a weird kind of "protective" layer that needs to be removed with water before using, but these look just weird in the end 😅nevertheless, the painting turned out so great! I love the bright, happy colors, and the pretty, pretty shiny of course 😃
I have to keep my viewers stocked up in sparkly goodness! 😆 It feels like with the pastel colours, that the whole lot is protective layer, lol! I'm so relieved they activated eventually, otherwise I would have had serious buyer's remorse.
Those metallic paints are lovely, I recommend the white night pastel set
Thank you for the recommendation! ❤️
Beautiful work. Very impressive how nicely you achieved those effects by combining the two sets.
Thank you, they worked nicely together. 🙂
The parrots are so pretty and their faces are cute. The paints seem okay, a nice range of colours. They do some good oil pastels too.
Thank you! Once I finally got the paints going they were pretty good! 😂
That is a very strange reaction with the paints, but I loved the colours of them especially the metallics! And your art work was so damn cute! I don't have any pastel paints but I do have a really old kuretake gansai golds set which I love! :D
Yes they were very weird, and I'm so glad I was able to activate them eventually, lol. Kuretake golds is a great set!
Such lovely paints!
such a good review, I love metallics ☺☺☺
Thank you! The metallics set was my favourite of the two.
Your parrot painting is very pretty. Nice Colors.
Thank you so much 😀
Hi Becky, what started at as dysmal, ended up as a wonderful picture! Your painting is really pretty. Take care.
Thank you, and I'm very glad I was able to achieve something by the end of this video! 😂
I picked up the smaller set from our local discount store called TJ Maxx. It came with 16 colors and a small brush. They didn't do so well at all. They were only $5, so I didn't lose out, but I was hoping they'd be useful. I gave it to my Son to play with, so no paint waste.
We have the British version TKMaxx here. I think some of the cheapest Mont Marte sets are pretty hopeless , and these ones are better but still have issues.
I like the palettes themselves, they seem perfect for larger brushes like the Kuretake paints. But yeah, those colors I would be highly suspect of being actually lightfast and made for long term use. My favorite pastel sets have been the Kuretake 12 set as a compliment to the regular 26 range, and also the Art Nouvoux (I always spell it wrong, sorry). Also the Arteza Gouache set of pastel colors, and the Arteza watercolor pan pastel sets are great for entry/intermediate pastel tones. Pastel tones can really add a lot to a piece. Love how your birdies turned out!
Thank you! The Kuretake range is wonderful and I love all of their sets. I'll probably stick to those for the most part. ❤️
The metallics are more pastel in my opinion than the pastels. I got some cheap pastels recently and they were actually metallic too in the end. A lot of brands seem to overlap the two I think and I don't really know why. Although cheaper brands are great for younger painters and I'm sure they will really enjoy those colours with the metallic.
Haha yes, I'd agree that the metallics also work as pastels. I like the two sets together, even though they were a pain to activate initially. At least they DID activate in the end, lol!
I love kuretake gansai tambi metalics, but I have only tried the metal colors. They have a 6 pan set of pastels also. AND they just came out with a new 24 pan set, but they are pretty spendy. Love the beautiful birds!
I love Kuretake paints! ❤
The parrots are lovely. I have to say, these paints do seem weird. Even for inexpensive or craft paints, the way they are breaking down in the pan is odd. Maybe there were air pockets or you got a funky batch, but at least you got a good painting in the end. Thanks for sharing!
They are probably their first release batch so hopefully improvements will be made with later ones!
Gorgeous colorful parrots! 👍
Thank you! ❤️
Your painting was gorgeous! I love my shiny supplies. I have the metallic one but mine is shaped differently from Monte mart. I have the shuttle art one for the other colours. I love my kuretake gansai, I think it's called, metallics as well ❤❤
Thank you! The Kuretake metallics are great. 😊
Thank you.. I am glad the Mont Marte sets redeemed themselves... they do seem weird in the pans after... the smallest holes indicate have been filled with a syringe, right? I wonder why they didn't cure the paints and put in another layer on top... very strange. As always... your painting was the best part ... very pretty colors.
It looks like they were squirted in all at once maybe, and air bubbles have formed underneath. Not the best method, apparently! 😂
I wonder if they have a glue component or something in the formula, similar to Gansai paints. Though I have never seen that kind of pitting from Gansai or western watercolors. My assumption would be air bubbles. They are quite pretty once fully activated. Love the parrots!
I'd say air bubbles - the gluey texture is just very strange overall.
I have the inktense pastel colours set. It’s a little chalky. Inktense are supposed to be permanent when dry but I’d say the pastel set is halfway. More likely to not budge if it’s a thin layer.
I use finetec metallics for their intensity but they are not cheap so alternatives are good.
I didn't have much luck with the Derwent pastels set, haha. Too many lights and no darks! I would love to try the Finetec metallics - I've heard good things about them. Expensive as you say!
Excellent work 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you 😊
Those mattalics are lovely 😍 ❤I love good mattalics havnt found any that suite mee yet but these look good thanks for the review
I think they're nice enough for the price and aren't as expensive as some other sets. Apparently both sets are in huge demand from Art Shed and they keep selling out of them, lol.
The pallets don’t look too bad, I would scrape out the paint and put tube paint in the pallets. 😊
They're really stuck in there, but if I actually use all the paints I would definitely keep the palettes for pouring tube paints into. 😊
There’s an idea! 🤔
I wonder whether they used the same base as the kuretaki gansais. They use a sugary base.
I don't know. 🫣
what lovely picture . odd paints .....great work though. I have Artway water color Uk brand ..they say they are "light fast" I do not beleive it as they are cheap ...I realy wish they would't say that it is anoying. Anyway Brillo painting xxx Happy Swatching xxxxx
It's difficult to know what to believe these days with lightfastness claims, lol.
Some of the Monte Marte stuff is not great I really need to get a decent set of brushes not what I have currently.
You want new watercolour brushes? Princeton is a good brand to look at.
Up-date I have switched them out ( the Artway 24 set and stuck them on the consecratory ) Next year I will check them hahahahah
Great idea! Will be interested to know the results.
@@BeckyTregear I will let you know this time next year hahahah
While I do love your painting, I would definitely skip the paints, lol.
Haha, that's a fair conclusion. 😂
Where are watercolor set new? 2024
Well, these were technically released late 2023 but it's still early 2024 so I figured that was close enough. 😂 As for ones released this year....not sure!