11 Watercolor Brands 6-Month Lightfastness Results

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  • Опубліковано 29 жов 2024

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  • @MirandaWatsonArt
    @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +14

    CORRECTION: At 11:50, I incorrectly say that it is Mission Gold's Dioxazine Violet, but it is actually their Bright Clear Violet. Thanks to Kimberly Crick for catching that!

  • @laurenbrown6588
    @laurenbrown6588 8 місяців тому +5

    I am so glad you included the Koi Watercolor set and the Van Gough set. I am just starting out with watercolors and these are my main palettes so far. (Well actually I have the Van Gough metallic set).

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  8 місяців тому +1

      Oh good! They are fun sets to start with for sure - especially the VanGogh.

  • @Julie-vy3oz
    @Julie-vy3oz 2 роки тому +11

    The opening shot of all those palettes makes the art hoarder in me get starry-eyed lol. Thanks for such a thorough test!

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +1

      Oh yes, I LOVE opening my palette drawer. That's happiness right there, lol!

  • @BeckyTregear
    @BeckyTregear 2 роки тому +7

    Fascinating test results; it's reassuring that most of the paints have held up really well. I find if they're going to fade, it often happens pretty quickly. You should see the Dylusions ink spays I'm testing. Bubblegum pink had practically disappeared within two weeks! 😂

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +1

      In two weeks? Oh my goodness! I should get out all my Marabu Graphix inks and test them. Now I'm really curious!

  • @KimberlyCrick
    @KimberlyCrick 2 роки тому +13

    Thank you so much for the hard work on swatching and testing all these. I really appreciate seeing your results, it helps me verify some timings I see in a more sunny area. I have a question though - at 11:50 regarding the Mission Gold test, you say this is dioxazine purple (pv23), but is it actually the "bright clear violet" color? Checking because usually only really poor quality versions of PV23 with fillers fade. M.Gold's Bright Clear Violet is a mixture of PV3:1-Methyl Violet PR122-Quinacridone Magenta PB29-Ultramarine.... The PV3 being quite fugitive and often used as a filler in designers or student brands for added vibrancy. I appreciate you checking and we all value you taking the time to do these, especially in this super busy time of year. Happy holidays :)

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +3

      Ah, you're welcome and thank you for checking over the results, because you are absolutely correct. I went and re-checked my swatch sheet and tube of paint and it is the Bright Clear Violet, NOT the Dioxazine Purple. Oh, how I wish we could edit in some things AFTER the video releases. I'll pin a comment to clear that up. Thank you! Happy Holidays!

    • @KimberlyCrick
      @KimberlyCrick 2 роки тому +4

      @@MirandaWatsonArt Thank you so much for checking. You and me both... I have a couple minor slip ups that I keep debating just using the UA-cam editor to actually CUT the 2 seconds out of the video afterwards, even if it creates a weird blip... because of how unkind the comment section can be when us content creators make any mistakes whatsoever. I reallllyyy wish UA-cam made it easier for us to just replace audio on uploaded videos even. Maybe one day :)

  • @WeblightDreams
    @WeblightDreams 2 роки тому +9

    Really appreciate all these light fastness tests you are doing. I wonder if the speckling is due to the heat, how the watercolor reacts to the heat? Or maybe the dampness of the windows reactivating it or even ants eating the paper? Could be any or multiple things.

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +4

      Oh, you've brought up some ideas we didn't think about. I do get flies here pretty often, and sometimes they get between the glass and my sheets. Could be!

  • @AlexisCassandraArt
    @AlexisCassandraArt 2 роки тому +5

    I’m very invested in this series now. It’s just so interesting to see which colors hold up, but it also scary because of how expensive many of the paints are! Right now I only own the Senneliers, but I’ll check back with these videos if I ever buy another watercolor set. Seems like most of this batch did well!

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +2

      I'm really glad I took the time all those months ago to do this experiment. It's really fun to see the results! Sennelier is a great brand; you made a good choice. I can't wait to see all these again in six months!

  • @xargothunter5746
    @xargothunter5746 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you for doing this. I wish you a very merry Christmas. Hope to see a lot more next year.

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +2

      Of course, Xargot; thanks for stopping by and watching. Merry Christmas!

  • @patriciatapia376
    @patriciatapia376 2 роки тому +3

    This is great! Thank you so much. I am looking forward the next 6 months :-)

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +1

      Me, too! I always love pulling them out of the window and comparing them to the drawer swatches. It's intriguing. Thank you. :-)

  • @Elvraie
    @Elvraie 2 роки тому +2

    Quite interesting, especially for pretty excellent, kuretake and Van Gogh sets.We are away for a few days in the north of England were Derwent art materials are made. Keswick is a beautiful town with amazing surroundings of lake and mountains. Have a fantastic week, Miranda.

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +2

      Oh, I'm so glad you were able to get away for a few days. Will you be visiting the Derwent factory? I'm going to look up Keswick now... Oh, wow. The pictures do make it look stunning. Aren't the lightfast tests for those three brands interesting? I can't wait to see how they do in another six months. Have a great week, Valerie!

  • @dianethoroughman9541
    @dianethoroughman9541 2 роки тому +2

    That was fascinating to watch. Oh and hi Miranda. The art hoarder in me was drooling over all the paints. Thank you for taking the time to do this. I couldn't find a reason for the spotting on Google. Good luck with your search.

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +1

      Hi, Diane! I hope you are doing well this holiday season. I also did a super-quick search and found nothing helpful. I do love all the paint, and a good part of it came from art subscription boxes and my own love of paints, lol. I'm sending a package your way - keep on the lookout for it! Still live in the same place? Email me if not.

  • @NaomiCoutureArt
    @NaomiCoutureArt 2 роки тому +3

    This was great to see, I'm so impressed how many did great.

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks, Naomi. I'm in pressed with a few of those brands as well. Can't wait to see the next update!

  • @glowycloey
    @glowycloey 2 роки тому +2

    Yay QOR! Ty for this.

  • @recoveringsoul755
    @recoveringsoul755 2 роки тому +3

    So interesting, i thought there would be more fading with the reds mainly. At the end I think you said you would see us again in six months, at the end of January, but I think you meant June

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому

      Yes, I thought they're would be more fading, too, so this is getting interesting. I have a different brand or two to show you at the end of January, then we'll check back in on these eleven in June.

    • @recoveringsoul755
      @recoveringsoul755 2 роки тому +1

      @@MirandaWatsonArt oh a different brand, ok my mistake

  • @INCWorks
    @INCWorks 2 роки тому +2

    Fantastic rundown. Thanks for putting in the time and effort on these tests. It's much appreciated!

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому

      Thanks, Irene. It's my pleasure to do them because it appeases my ever-curious nature. :-)

  • @InnerMagpie
    @InnerMagpie Рік тому +1

    I love your reviews! I’m waiting for my first palettes to get here. When I am able to use these up, I’m going to use the metal palettes to build my ultimate set. I have a 48 half pan of metallic from artsy and art whale 48 half pan. Ty for being so thorough! I’m making notes so, I will have these later! Tyty ty

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  Рік тому +2

      Thanks, Teresa; this is really nice to hear. I love that my effort helps you out - and it helps me out as well! I also make notes on them and what to possibly use in a future lightfast-only palette.

  • @thecraftguy21
    @thecraftguy21 Рік тому +1

    Thank you 💕 very helpful 🥰

  • @GeorgeontheRocks
    @GeorgeontheRocks 2 роки тому +2

    Great job, Professor Watson.

  • @amyx231
    @amyx231 2 роки тому +2

    I’m impressed with Pretty Excellent.
    I’m shocked at the WnN Opera Rose too.

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +2

      Yes, they have done remarkably well. It'll be fun to see how they keep doing...

  • @jennw6809
    @jennw6809 2 роки тому +2

    Ah, so I guess I have watched this before, but I didn't have Qor at the time and it went by so fast - nothing to criticize! No wonder I didn't remember. I like how you used the tin to make a palette. I poured mine in a Mjello 33 well palette, I love the giant wells for my big brushes.

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +2

      Ah, okay! Giant wells are so nice, aren't they? I do love my QoR palette, though. The full pans are quite nice. I noticed that my QoR paints are due to come out of the window and be reviewed again soon. I think some have faded in the gradients. We'll see soon, I guess.

    • @jennw6809
      @jennw6809 2 роки тому +1

      @@MirandaWatsonArt I'll be clicking on that one as soon as I see it!!!

  • @nadeaner.cowley513
    @nadeaner.cowley513 2 роки тому +1

    Such a great video. Thank you for sharing! 💙

  • @djhadaverde
    @djhadaverde 2 роки тому +1

    Merry Winter solstice! Thank you for your results! Very helpful! I've my results for the Superior 42 Fan Set, the Sennelier I have and Rosa Gallery and I can tell you: for the Superior ones: flesh tone, yellows and oranges are crap ;) Only a red faded! A violet also changed and fade and 3 greens faded as well. BUT, most of reds (3), grey purple, lavender, 4 greens and all blues and earth colours are lightfast! 22 of the 42 watercolurs are lightfast! Hahahha! Sennelier did pretty good, as always :) And in Rosa Gallery only faded madder rose because of the PV 254 fugitive pigment. But the rest is just perfect! Have a nice holidays!

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому

      Merry Winter solstice to you as well! I dug out my Superior palette from the giveaway bin and was going to try them out. Fifty percent is actually better than I thought for their lightfastness. Thanks for letting me know! I still need to look into the Rosa Gallery ones; haven't done that yet.

  • @sunku260
    @sunku260 4 місяці тому

    thank you very much!

  • @elflordsjourneys
    @elflordsjourneys 2 роки тому +1

    I'm still sqeezing some reeves tubes that I've had for over 10 years, someday I'll invest in more paint, I like those Q colors and the van goughs.😀

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +2

      Paint last a really long time, doesn't it? My Himi Miya experiment is a good example of that. Definitely try something other than Reeves next time!

  • @CATAZTR0PHE
    @CATAZTR0PHE 2 роки тому +5

    Just guessing: maybe these dots are caused by the fact that one day the window glass "sweated". And in places where the card touched the glass the top coat of paint dissolved in the moisture.

    • @Finkeldinken
      @Finkeldinken 2 роки тому +2

      That's my best guess too. It "smells" like a trapped moisture issue to me too; I don't think it's a result of light.

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +2

      Silly that I never thought of that. That's a distinct possibility as my windows aren't that great... Also, I'm going to ask Kimberly Crick and see if she's ever run across this before...

    • @KimberlyCrick
      @KimberlyCrick 2 роки тому +5

      @@MirandaWatsonArt Yes I have, over the past couple years I've started taping my lightfast test strips onto a big piece of cardboard. Then I put a spacer between the panel and the window (I tape a domino game tile to the edges of the cardboard, creating over half an inch of air space). That way when I tape my testing board to the window, if the window ever gets condensation it doesn't directly touch the colors.
      Part of the issue I think I'm seeing here is that Pretty Excellent in particular have a greater amount of sticky binder causing the saturated darker areas of color to be sitting further up on the paper surface. I'm not seeing a lot of spotting in lighter washes or when the paint was likely mixed well with water to break down binder, allowing the colors to be soaked into the paper. So if there's a thick layer of paint on top it's probably a lot more sensitive to window moisture. I don't have to deal with this issue so much down here in sunny Florida, but when I used to live in Michigan I had the same thing happen in winter when it was much warmer inside the house.

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +2

      Ah, okay, thank you so much for chiming in! I'll try and re-do all my swatch sheets in the window after Christmas and get some space between them and the glass. Hopefully that helps! It also makes sense about the binder being mixed in really well, and yes, almost all of the dots are in the darkest sections of paint, and only on what I consider the "cheaper" brands of watercolors. Thanks, Kimberly; I appreciate it!

  • @rayne6737
    @rayne6737 2 роки тому +3

    Did you use the same paper for all the swatches and if so what was it? If you did maybe take some of those "spotting" colors and test them on a different paper?

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +1

      Hi, Rayne. I did use all the same paper for these swatches. It is the Bee 100% cotton, 140-lb. paper. I was curious if it would happen on different paper. So far, the consensus with everyone is that is condensation from touching the window. Kimberly Crick gave me an idea for placing them in the window but without touching it that I'll be trying shortly.

    • @rayne6737
      @rayne6737 2 роки тому +1

      @@MirandaWatsonArt Ahh, I see. I just didn't see it coming from the paints and thought it had to be something else causing it. They are probably spot on with the condensation though.

  • @starr-starr
    @starr-starr 2 роки тому +1

    Nice to see so many tests at once! Mei Liang Pretty Excellent looks very good for an inexpensive set of paints. This reminded me to check a couple of tests I have in the window - my Mijello Dioxazine Violet is sitting rock steady at 6 months. I’ve read that pigment can be very batch dependent. I’ve also heard several professional artists say that WN Opera Rose holds up better than any other brand. I think they use less brighteners, so when those fade, you’ve still got a lot of the PR122 pigment left. I wonder about that spotting. I thought maybe some bad sizing on the paper,, but if that was the case it would cross over the colors. The spotting looks like it is confined to individual colors, which indicates it is some sort of chemical reaction. What kind of water do you use?

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +1

      I couldn't believe when I went to take these out of the window that there were 11 brands put in all at once, lol! I thought it might end up being a very long video. That's very interesting about your Dioxazine Violet, and you must be right about the batches being slightly different since mine is definitely faded. I'm still awed by that W&N Opera Rose! I was wondering if the spotting might be a problem with the paper, too, but I'm not really sure. I definitely need to look into it more and ask around. To answer about what water I use, it's my tap water, which is sulfur-heavy.

  • @Renilou2
    @Renilou2 2 роки тому +1

    Is it possible that a tiny bit of window cleaner debris could be on your window? Does the paint actually touch the glass? It looks like slight humidity or dust could cause that on the painted surface. I have never seen that affect before in my life from just light exposure itself.

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому

      Yes, that's entirely possible and seems to be the general consensus so far. Well, condensation is the general consensus. The window cleaner is a good thought, though, and very likely. I'll be moving the swatches away from the glass in the next few weeks.

  • @zahirahza
    @zahirahza Рік тому +1

    i think those spots are stains made by the oil from your hand or oil bleeding from the marker? i don't know 🤷‍♀

  • @lurklingX
    @lurklingX 2 роки тому +1

    mission gold indigo has PB27 prussian blue in it, so that'd be why it faded.

  • @moma-b
    @moma-b 2 роки тому +3

    Van Gogh supposed to be lightfast for a 100 years under museum circumstances. 😎

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +1

      That's awesome about their lightfastness considering they are student-grade paints. I love it!

  • @lemonEd001
    @lemonEd001 2 роки тому +1

    You may need glasses for not noticing all the fading and color shifting

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +1

      It always looks different on camera than in-person. What I say on the video is definitely what I see in-person, but the colors do look quote a bit different when I watch it back through the camera. One of the fallacies of video, I'm afraid.

  • @NanaBeth1
    @NanaBeth1 2 роки тому +1

    I've made 2 comments & they've both disappeared.

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +2

      I know, I keep seeing previews for them, but then YT won't let me see them. It says "Comment no longer available," and it didn't even show up in my "Held For Review" area. I was about to email you to let you know. How frustrating!

    • @NanaBeth1
      @NanaBeth1 2 роки тому +1

      @@MirandaWatsonArt Just said glad to see my Van Gogh is holding up. Checking Google total wash for the white spots. Maybe we should ask Kim Crick.😁

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +2

      Yeah, she thinks it's the window condensation.

    • @NanaBeth1
      @NanaBeth1 2 роки тому +1

      @@MirandaWatsonArt Good to know.

  • @EugeniaLoli
    @EugeniaLoli 2 роки тому +5

    It seems to me that the problem with the spotting is condensation on the window (misting the paper and making the paint bead together), and not a lightfast problem.

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt  2 роки тому +3

      Yes, you and a few others have brought this up, and it's so possible in my house considering my windows are of a very low quality. I've noticed beading in my bedroom, but never here in the art room, but I also don't stare at my windows 24 hours a day, lol! I do hope that's what it is and not the paint itself.