Review: Van Gogh 12 Half-Pan Watercolor Set
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2024
- Van Gogh is the so called student grade watercolor made by Royal Talens of Netherlands. The quality is quite good and I enjoy using it.
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I like when you list the pigments on your color charts. I've started studying pigments and find that it explains a lot about why some mixtures work and others don't. Thanks.
+Sharon Nolfi Thanks 😀
Van Gogh is beyond student grade. I like it better than any other brand.
I agree, it's still used by local artists
Likewise!
this is the most prepared comparison video. wow!
I also appreciate that you have added the pigment numbers on the charts and when demonstrating a color. The color chart comparisons also are helpful.
+Diana Thank you 🙌
I bought myself some Van Gogh watercolor tubes, they were on sale and just now checked to see your review, I haven’t tried them yet but the colors look really nice, thank you for this video
Your art is really good! Thank you for this review! As a beginner, it has really helped me pick which ones to get instead of wasting money.
Hi Theo, I like your reviews a lot. thanks for sharing. I have these watercolors, and i love them. i did some research about pigments and I think the reason why Van Gogh has limited colors are because they are between student and artist grade. they are great quality, and in the same time it is safe to use for students as some pigments are toxic, like cadmiums and dioxazine for example.
Late to the party, as usual, but I keep finding that I oddly like the Van Gogh paints and have a few in my permanent palette, even though the rest are all artist grade. My ultramarine is Van Gogh, as is my lemon yellow.
Thank you for the review Teoh.
Great review, it's hard to find much mention of Van Gogh watercolor paints. I often use this set when I travel, and I find that I prefer the yellow ochre to both the Cotman and Winsor and Newton brands, which don't seem very pigmented, even when taken directly from the tube. Some of the colors from your set varied from mine- I'm glad to say they replaced the cobalt with a warm cerulean which works well for sky and water.
Hello Teoh, I would like to thank you for all your reviews, they are really helpful. I started with watercolors about half a year ago and I bought several Van Gogh half pans based on your review. For me, a beginner, they are great. I will maybe replace them one by one and use the empty half pans for W&N or Rembrandt tube paints, but for now, I'm more than happy with van gogh.
That's great. Nice to hear that you enjoy using Van Gogh.
Thanks for your review. I live in Belgium. The Van Gogh products seem to be really affordable here. I was in doubt about the quality but I trust your reviews and I will give it a try.
Van gogh watercolors are going to be my next purchase, loved the colors 🤩🤩🤩
Best review video tbh. Thank you so much finally gonna make my purchase now!
Like your reviews because you are too the point and show us comparisons with other brands as well.
+tattips d Thanks 😁
terrific review, Teoh. very informative.
thank you
+kula89511 Thanks :-)
I have a van Gogh travel palette and I like it. I particularly like the burnt sienna and azo yellow. Excellent review.
+Chammi Kaiser Thanks. ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪
C'est un bon compte-rendu, un joli travail utile. Merci Teoh Yi Chie.
That volcano painting is lovely.
thank you! now i'm able to tell which watercolor i'll buy♡
This set is expensive to me here(120 turkish liras) but i bought it anyways because it seems worth it. This is going to be my first time in watercolors i hope it would be well. Im so excited! Thank you so much for the video💞
I have this set but in plastic not metal. Thanks for the review!
I agree! I just bought Windsor and Newton Cotman Cadmium Red Hue and Alizarin Crimson Hue yesterday to replace tubes of Van Goh Permanent Red and Madder Lake and I find them more pigmented than Van Gogh’s, which are smoother.
Thank you.. off to watch your Gansai tambi review to make up my mind.
Great review! I love that you show how the paints behave in real paintings. Thank you.
Oh they look good!!
Great review!
Very helpful - thanks a bunch!
After swatching and a few other tests ,these went to my great grand daughter. Thought it would be o.k. for travel palette. Nope. Might be o.k. for beginner but I would still suggest getting the best watercolors you can afford and slowly learn all about them. They go farther than you might think. Would go with triad of neutrals, plus a warm AND a cool of each . And learn to mix. Get tubes as they will be cheaper to fill your own pans. Prefer isabey size 6 Russian sable 6201 series and never push brush backward...learn to care for brush and will last YEARS.( I have 10 year old brush that still holds point perfectly) any paint will give you an idea if you even like watercolor And if you are willing to spend the time. Like sketching if often doesn't happen overnight. Thanks for the review I am sure it will help some but this has been my thought for a 60 years into watercolor person,
I really like your volcano painting.
Teoh, great video as is always the case with your videos! If you can and want, let me suggest you a brand of watercolors to review, is the Venezia by maimeri. The 15ml tubes seem to be a good price/quality deal. I have two colors and they seem to be good (though not artist grade). Cheers.
Teoh you should do a top 10 ranking of the watercolor sets you own. It could be an interesting video idea :D
I need to what brush you're using there please!
i really love your channel, your videos are very inspiring and helpfull! i especially love your use of dark colours for shading,
i miss very much a black colour in my Winsor & Newton 12 pans travel kit and often searching for the "right" shading tone. it would be great if you could share some experience on that. thank you so much!
+Meidad Ohayon You can get dark colours with Phthalo Green and cool reds, Ultramarine with earth tones (e.g. Burnt Sienna). Check out this video I've made earlier ua-cam.com/video/zn9wvk8B36I/v-deo.html
+Teoh Yi Chie Thank you :-)
Thank you for the great review. How do you compare them to white nights colors? Thanks
Will you do a comparison with Van Gogh akvarel/watercolor metallic and other watercolour metallics please. I can only get two where I live. The Van Gogh and Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry Colors
i like your art and your review ;)
Hello! Thanks for your tutorial, it was very helpful. I wanted to ask you whether this particular box has a ring at the back so it can be held with one hand using your thumb in field trips. Thanks!
+marta martamarta Yes, it has the ring.
I really enjoy your video! Thank you very much for detail review and awesome swatches!! And beautiful painting from Bali too, I miss Bali sooo much! If you can choose which one do you prefer more, van gogh set or white knight set? Thanks Teoh
+Nesia Anindita Probably Van Gogh for the metal box.
Which other brand do you find most similar to Van Gogh in terms of formula/consistency?
That is curious... I also have a Van Gogh pallet like yours and my Chinese White also foams and creates bubbles like that.
Better replace it with white gouache, for highlights?
Thank you!
thaaaaaank you for that chart! doing God's work here!
Was thinking the same! Do you mind sharing some tips so I can do my own?
What is the notepad brand do you use?
This review convinced me to buy some of these paints. They appear to very high quality for their supposed student colour status.
Runagate check out their Dusk colors. They are beautiful granulating colors. I believe that only the Dusk violet is not completely lightfast
@@ImeldaFagin I might buy one or two those to fill some of the 4 spots I have free in my box (8 half pans out of 12) as they seem really interesting and I've very quickly come to absolutely love granulation!
Runagate , Rembrandt, the big sister of Van Gogh, also makes the Dusk colors AND another watercolor group called Chameleon. They are different then the interference colors. I haven’t seen them for sale, but they are included on the Royal Talens website. I was all set to spend a fortune on Daniel Smith and then I saw those gorgeous Dusk colors and got distracted. Good luck. At least Van Gogh won’t break the bank as badly as Daniel Smith.
How do you make the color charts that you have shown in the video ? Do you have a video tutorial for that ?
I've a video on how to paint watercolour charts at ua-cam.com/video/DeRa9IVY63U/v-deo.html
I really like the volcano drawing with the Chinese white. When you painted foliage, you laid down the lighter hookers green first and then went back in with phthalo green to create the darker tone. did you mix the phthalo green with anything, or just straight out of the pan? Thanks Teoh.
+Marisa Hernandez I painted the lighter greens with Hookers Green. For the dark areas, they were mixed with Phthalo Green and Madder Lake (for other brands it would be Carmine or Perm Alizarin Crimson). You can't use Phthalo Green on its own because the colour is too intense and pure. If you have that colour, you can create a swatch and compare that with all other things you see in nature and notice how jarring Phthalo Green (and Blue) can be.
I only paid 1pound for my van goth water paint set.from leeds outside market...Good find
+Piefje P You can remove the base plate that holds all the pans. If you do that, you can fit in more pans but there won't be any individual holders so you have to stick your pans to the bottom, probably with some blutack. Or you can just get the set from Prima Marketing which leaves space between the rows, but same thing you have to put some blutack to stick the extra pans down. See this review www.parkablogs.com/content/review-prima-marketing-watercolor-confections-tropicals
Thanks.
Sheri, I have always wondered....how many card kits are prepared each month roughly? Selling out every month is amazing and a great thing for you because you're doing a heck of a job girl!!!, but I've always wondered how many? Stunning Special edition kit!!!
Thanks for the review. I have a 15 half-pan plastic box of Van Gogh colors that's really handy. I do think some of the colors are a bit too muted and some are more opaque than I'd like, like the Yellow Ochre shown in the video. They really are very good paints for the money, though, crazy cheap considering there are worse "artist-grade" sets out there.
I haven't used the white at all so I can't comment on the bubbles, but I have a tube of Schmincke Phthalo Green that has the same issue. I wonder what causes that.
ihy oh I'm thinking to buy the Van gogh 12+3extra colors, watching the reviews & swatches, still can't choose between them and white nights 12 set. Seems that van gogh are much brighter, whether the white nights are a professional line...are you satisfied with the quality of your paints? Can they give dark enough combinations? Thanks.
On My Instagram feed.. About 90% of the pictures have a van gogh and sennelier watercolor tube in the frame.. They're either super popular or Maybe i need to expand my subscriptions 😄
В советские времена для нас -это были краски мечты и считались самыми лучшими акварельными красками, т.к. найти их даже на территории Советского союза было почти невозможно., а те кто имел их в наличии подвергались завистливым взглядам:D Только спустя много лет, когда нам стали доступны другие производители, мы поняли, насколько "White Nights" были несовершенны) Хотя, многие у нас в России до сих пор считают их лучшими в мире, при этом не попробовав других производителей)
Я приглядываюсь к покупке White Nights. Неужели хуже Котмана ? Я недавно начал свой путь скетчинга с Винзор Ньютон Котман, но они слишком тусклые. Иногда это хорошо иногда нет. Выбираю между сетом Питерских или Ван Гогом. Как я понял самые самые это Daniel Smith , Holbein но там цены облачные.
Bonjour, J'ai commencé à faire ma palette Van Gogh pour la bonne raison que j'ai un magasin à côté de chez moi qui vend en godet et en tube cette marque et en plus il vende aussi le boitier vide de 12 godets pour vraiment pas cher 4,68€ donc cela vaut pas le cout de se priver. J'ai trouvé votre vidéo très intéressante du faite que sans le vouloir j'ai acheté les même couleurs que votre palette. Je vais continuer cette collection que j'adore tout en achetant la marque prima ou je possède déjà 4 palettes "essence, currents, terrain et tropicals". Merci pour vos partages. Cordialement
Thank you for the video Theo :D I'm curious if you've tried Rembrandt watercolors, if so, what do you think of them?
+Lourdes Ortega I've not tried Rembrandt before.
Teoh Yi Chie thank you for the reply, have a nice day 😄
Teoh, for people who prefer the texture and feel of water color, but like the look of more opaque colors, what brands would you suggest?
If you want opaque colours, it's better to use gouache. Winsor and Newton is a good brand
Hi Teoh, Does that burnt Sienna granulate? I see it has pbk11 in it, that is like lunar black no?
Granulation is not obvious
Nice review! What brush do you use?
+Nastya Sectumsempra Mostly sable watercolour brushes
Which is better, Van Gogh or Sennelier La Petite Aquarelle? As far as I know both are student grade and cost around the same in my country.
I bought the Sennelier set a while back and thought the paint came out very good for student grade.
With this specific watercolor, I noticed that after mixing the colors this white sediment settles out of the paint and if my brush ends up picking it up it masks what ever I layerd down underneath. Have you noticed anything like this with watercolor? I had the paint for over a year and then suddenly they all started doing this.
+Alyssa Sipe I have not noticed that yet. That is strange indeed.
I had that problem with extremely cheap watercolors - I'm pretty sure it was the filler in them.
+Ramo yeah, that's what I was thinking...
hi! I have a question. Which brand of watercolor pans will be cheaper in France? winsor and newton or van gogh? my friend is visiting paris so I have asked her to buy it for me but she has no idea about the price and everything. so please help me out :(
+Zinia Azmi I suppose it should be Winsor and Newton or Sennelier. Compare the prices from Amazon USA and Amazon UK and Jackson's Art Supplies.
I'm new to watercolors and I'm wondering if I should buy this set or the Koi Sakura watercolors I'm usually on the go so I think Koi works for me better but the colors in the Van Gogh line looks nice and I'm torn. Should I get Koi or Van Gogh? Also I love your channel! ❤
+Random Gurl Van Gogh has better colours.
Would you rather recommend these or the white nights watercolors? 🤔
White Nights. Colours are more vibrant and you can more paint.
Hello Teoh,van gogh and white nights, could you please me which one is better? I am so confused
White Nights has better quality
Thank you!
The cotman series or the van gogh series, wich one do you prefer?
Cotman
hi, your review is really helpful. i was really torn between this Van Gogh 12 colors set and Winsor and Newton 12 colors set (the student grade one), i would love to hear your opinion about which one i should buy, thank you :D
Van Gogh is better. Do check out Shinhan and Holbein too.
@@teohyc owh yeah! im also interested in shinhan professional, if i compare it with van gogh, which one do you prefer? i heard that both of them are student grade :D
I’m just a beginner and want to upgrade my watercolors. In your opinion, should I buy Cotman (or the proffesional Winsor&Newton) or Van Gogh? I live in The Netherlands so Van Gogh is a bit cheaper but Cotman is also affordable :) I’d love to hear from you!
I find that Cotman last longer.
Teoh, how would you rate the Van Gogh watercolour sets vs W&N Cotman or Prima Marketing in terms of transparency and overall quality?
I don’t have much experience with Van gogh so I can’t say much. Other other two brands are good value for money
I'm not sure I understand what the difference between transparent and not transparent when referring to the colors.
Transparent means you can see your lines underneath. For example, tea is transparent and allows you to see to the bottom of the cup, coffee with milk is not transparent. Transparent watercolor work like tea, while non transparent ones work like coffee with milk.
hey teoh I didn't know that van gogh watercolor is being sold outside my country. I just came from art shop this afternoon, wanted to buy Winsor & Newton cotman but it's out of stock. I had that van gogh in my hand but I doubted and ended up not buying it
Cotman and Van Gogh are quite similar in quality.
Teoh Yi Chie I almost never buy things without reading and watching review first. maybe I'll buy white nights. coming from markers this is tough
Great video, but let me ask you... This Van Gogh line is a professional kind of watercolor?
It's student quality
Thanks for the quick answer!!!
What is better the koi or van goph water colors ?
Van Gogh. Easier to dissolve
Can I mix Rembrandt and Van Gogh watercolor? '-')
Yes. No problems
Thanks for posting this! I want to try to copy that color chart.
PS does anyone else dig out the Chinese White, and put something else in place, like a nice dark dioxine-style purple? I've tried using Chinese White, and I always end up with mud. I don't know what I do wrong. (Maybe I just need to take a gouache painting class.)
White is opaque. When mixed with other colours, it's going to make those colours pastel-like and pale. And if you continue to mix with other colours, it's very easy to turn muddy. You should replace the white with some other colours. A good replacement choice will be any primary colour, red, yellow or blue.
No. I use it to make true neutral greys and pastels. It’s a current fad not to have a white or black.
Hello Teoh,
Would you say Van Gogh has a large drying shift? I was shocked to see van gogh's color mixing chart after seeing your original swatch (in big rectangular blocks) when it was still wet. Can you show them both on the same screenshot? Thanks!
+sands in my boots Most watercolour dry lighter so it's not surprising. I don't find the colour shift too significant. One thing I realized is, I use up the paints quite fast compared to other better quality paints.
hi teoh, im a newbie and there are just too many watercolor brands out there n it gets overwhelming. what would you recomm. on a watercolor pan/cake set (professional/artist quality) , i dont really have a budget, i just want to get the best thing n never have worry about buying another set or upgrade.
im planning on buying the Faber-Caste Albrecht Durer Artist Watercolor Pencils, what are you thoughts on these pencils? or do you have other recomms.?
thanks :D
I usually recommend people to get the brand that's easiest to get because when you run out of paint it's easier to replace.
Having said that, check out this post that I've written
www.parkablogs.com/content/best-watercolor-sets-beginners
Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer is a good quality pencil. It should be fine.
thank you for the quick reply.
i also went to your "www.parkablogs.com/tags/watercolour-set" but there are 3 pages of watercolor and im just SO confused on which one to pick..even though u left very detailed reviews on them.
if you have to pick your top 3 ..which ones would you take? such as quality, blend-ability, pigmented, etc for pan set (not in tubes)
The page you go to has all the reviews. That's too manmy to look through unless you're looking for a specific brand.
If you want to go for pan sets, then you can get Winsor & Newton Artist Grade, Schmincke Horadam (not the Akademie) or Sennelier. They are all good artist quality. Very comparable to one and other so it would come down to price.
I recommend getting tubes and making your own set though. It's more economical, and fun.
If you are from USA, I recommend the Mission Gold 9 Tube set for under USD $30. Then you can just get your empty box and pans. Total will be under USD $60. The amount of paint you get from that set is equivalent to 3 times a normal box set.
www.parkablogs.com/picture/review-mission-gold-watercolors-9-tube-set
Just add a tube of French Ultramarine to make the Mission Gold set more versatile.
See if you can get the empty metal box and pans from eBay. They are very cheap.
www.ebay.com/itm/282282451153?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
www.ebay.com/itm/232104982009?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
www.ebay.com/itm/262770396487?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
If you want less hassle, the I suggest getting either the Winsor Newton, Schmincke or Sennelier pan sets.
Thank you soooooo much for this info. You just saved me hours n hours of research. I think i will make my own pan 💪. Ur right. It will be more fun and more customized for me 😃❤💕. Ur the best n extremely helpful
If you're from USA, the best value set is the Mission Gold 9 tube set. Get that plus a tube of French Ultramarine and you'll have a very versatile set. Or get the Mission Gold set plus the Daniel Smith primary colour set.
www.amazon.com/Mission-Gold-Water-Color-Colors/dp/B009W6BMFA?tag=artprdus-20
www.amazon.com/DANIEL-SMITH-Extra-Primary-Watercolor/dp/B013TBUGVO?tag=artprdus-20
I am a few years behind .... I just discovered your Channel, thank you. I like your informative videos. I’ve been to Singapore in the past and it’s a good feeling recognizing the places you have sketched and painted. Great work! I am just a beginner ....
Couple of questions, what would be a good art supply store to check out if I am passing through Singapore in the future? Question No. 2: what is this cute handy little brush you are using in this video? Lastly, you mentioned your patients, are you a doctor? Just curious. Thank you, Teoh for all these wonderful videos. Wishing you and your family all the best!
You can check out ArtFriend and Straits Art. I’m a graphic artist, not a doctor. As for brushes, check out all the ones I have reviewed at www.parkablogs.com/tags/watercolour-brushes
Thank you!
Quick response. Take care!
Can anyone tell me about the toxicity of the paint?
I got my own van gogh set today (thanks to this review) and noticed that the Chinese white has a warning label for aquatic life.
I guess I shouldn't let them go down the drain when I clean my brushes/pallet, but how am I supposed to handle them or clean them otherwise after using them?
+DubiousTemp You can just clear them as you would with non toxic paint. Don't think they are going to do much damage unless they are dumped in huge quantity or ingested.
Teoh Yi Chie
Okay. Thanks for the response!
When I paint I make sure I wipe some of the color off the brush onto a paper towel. I do that before rinsing the brush in a water cup. This way less paint gets poured down the drain in your dirty water cup when you're finished painting. Phthalo green and blues are also toxic to fish because of the copper content, so even though its not toxic to humans it can be harmful for water species. I try to put as little down the drain as possible.
I love the way you said "red". Always enjoy your vids especially your reviews. You have more paint sets than....certainly more than I do; still working on putting together my first and have noticed that trying to buy an empty watercolor palette is a huge chore in that there aren't any real art stores near me so I have to go through the online stores. I've noticed that the metal one are more expensive than plastic. Which do you prefer, plastic or metal and what is your favorite set?
+Bev Roberts I like both metal and plastic boxes. If you want to buy an empty box, get the Prima Marketing Tropicals set or the Pebeo 12 half pan watercolour set (harder to find). They are more affordable. They come with paints and if you don't like the quality, you can remove the paints and reuse the pan. The set should cost almost the same as empty metal boxes (empty half pans sold separately).
www.parkablogs.com/content/review-prima-marketing-watercolor-confections-tropicals
+Bev Roberts I don't have any favorite sets. I just use whatever box I have.
Thanks so much for providing that hotlink. I tried once or twice before to go to the parkablogs website and got an error message each time, so I just assumed it was the difficulties between our respective countries. But it let me in today. Loved your review there and found that watercolor set/box on Amazon here...I added it to my wish list that now has 44 items on it! I do really like that metal box and a small palette will be very useful when Autumn rolls around. I live in the countryside with lots and lots of trees, shrubs, etc. and I'm looking forward to "arting" outside. In the meantime, I need to get much better at drawing before I crack open the paints!
+Bev Roberts Thanks. Sometimes I haven't publish the review even though I've finished writing it. After publishing it will take a while for it to become live.
can you compare cotman china version vs something similar price?
I find that Van Gogh gets used up quite fast. Cotman seems to last longer.
Teoh Yi Chie so the china production don't affected their quality?
Why you dont review rembrant watercolors by talens?
+low bap I haven't used them before
Between Van Gogh and schimcke wich one do you think is the best?
Schmincke
How do you keep your pans in place? i bought one bit it slides and rattles a bit
Remove pan, bend the small metal holder, push pan back in
@@teohyc thanks :) I thought about that but thought I would kill it that way :)
I’m the biggest noob 😁
are these paints the same quality as the ones they sell in white plastic boxes?
+Mila Plasma Van Gogh? They are still considered student grade. So you do have to use more of the paint to get the intensity required
Teoh Yi Chie ah thanks! but I was wondering if the pans in metal boxes are different from the pans in plastic boxes. for van gogh sets
+Mila Plasma Oh, they should be the same
Can you please tell me which brand has the most granulation?
Kremer Pigments
@@teohyc Thanks so much Teoh!
What do you suggest tubes or half pan?
Tubes. More economical. 15ml tube can refill a half pan 7 times.
Teoh Yi Chie between this set and Cotman what is better?
It would be interesting to show all comparison watercolor tables into a single video. Thank you very much
+Juan Elgarte Maybe in the future. Thanks for the idea
Are those palette’s edges sharp?
Sharp on the two shorter sides
Hi Teoh! If you've already tried Gamboge, is it nearly the same color as Yellow Ochre?
Gamboge is going to be an orange. Yellow Ochres is a muted yellow
@@teohyc and do you think that the Opaque White is nearly as opaque as gouache? I'm considering buying it as substitute for gouache, just for highlights
@@maggiearmenta8626 Go for Titanium White which has more opacity
@@teohyc wow really? This Titanium a grayish shade though.
And you probably meant Titanium Buff, not white :)
@@maggiearmenta8626 If you want white, it's either Titanium White or Zinc White. Titanium White is more opaque. Buff Titanium is another colour.
Hey Teoh, I would like to invest in Rembrandt watercolors but I don't want to make a mistake. Is Van Gogh good enough in comparison to Rembrandt? What do you think?
+Mirjana Bozhinovska Rembrandt if I am not wrong is the artist grade watercolour, and Van Gogh is the student grade (also quite good as reviewed on this video)
Are these transparent?
+grotesquegod91 Relatively transparent. Some are not. Really depends on the colour.
van gogh and mijelo, which is better ?
+Băng Lâm Hải Mijelo
Thank you !
So these would be considered student grade then, yes?
+Rebecca Nelson Probably, yeah. But it's still very good paints. I usually differentiate student from artist from how easy it is to mix muddy colours and how fast the colours lose their vibrancy when mixed. Van Gogh performs quite well in that respect.
If you're really going to insist on some "cheap" student grade water colors, these (Talens Van Gogh) are - IMO - the ones to use. Not just because they're decent, but also because they use the real things, i.e. the actual pigments which are those durable ones used in quality artist material. And they paint better than W&N Cotman, the main competition. But why bother? Use the real stuff: W&N Artist water colour or Talens Rembrandt water colour. Schmincke Horadam are also good, but I don't like them, because they seem too mild mannered and over engineered. W&N are more true to the individual pigment properties and have that archaic water color feel.
+Vermiliontea I find that I have to use a lot of paint from Van Gogh and I've used up this set much faster compared to other brands.
- Ah, yes. A very good point, and the reason I put "cheap" in a quote. But they paint well, for student grade. And if you're looking for something affordable, just to try out water color painting, then it doesn't matter if they don't last as long. But I certainly don't bother with anything else than Artist grade. It seems like wasted effort to use something else. I have to say though that I haven't tried Cotman for like 30 years, so it's very likely they've got better today. I wouldn't know.
Sennelier can also be an option. Here in Canada they sell a try us tin (with 5 tubes of 10ml each) for $21. Which is, in comparison, so much cheaper and these are professional watercolors known for being very transparent.
is van gogh chalky? .o.
+Miki Fubuki Some colours are. But most are not.
Teoh Yi Chie what colors are those, Sir?
So are you just a watercolor artist? Are we ever going to see you use another medium other than watercolor, like gouache?
+Rain 008 I use mainly watercolour and ink. There are too many things for me to feature so it will take a while before I can get to things like gouache, coloured pencils, markers, paper.
all those Cotman colors that have more granulation is because of how much filler is in them
The granulation comes from the weight of the pigment particles if I am not wrong.
Teoh Yi Chie you are correct but in colors like SE Lo Green Viridian colors that are not supposed to granulate but have heavy granulation it comes from all of the filler in the student grade paints
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There are 72 colors now.
maybe someone should let the watercolor people know vangoh is oil painter
whats next bob ross watercolor set