Hey, local cheap artist here, recently dollar tree has been selling a mini prang watercolor set, very small but still pretty nice, not too chalky and a great starting point for beginners I think!!
Prang is a great budget set! I don't think I've seen their sets at dollar tree, but I'll have to keep an eye out. I do list their 8 and 16 color sets on my supply guide as budget recommendations😊
Hey thanks for recommending this! I'm a student on a budget, but I really want to get into watercolor, so I will definitely look for these. I just love Dollar trees craft section!
I've tested a number of budget sets and Prang's the best. Colours are strong and vibrant! The way they behave, I suspect they contain dyes, so who knkws how lightfast they are. But for a sketchbook, or someone just exploring whether they like watercolour, they are a fun starting point 👍
I started my watercolour journey with pans like these, probably a 12 colour set for about $25nzd, and for the longest time i thought i couldnt paint! They would dry so chalky and wouldnt move nicely. After my mother died i had a bit of money and was sad so decided to try a WN palette. At about $120nzd it was a JUMP but i was seriously joy seeking! Suddenly my pictures weren't demoralizingly awful! It was a starter palette so i could mix almost anything i needed (eventually invested in a CMY flavoured palette with some umber and sienna and then REALLY could make whatever i wanted. I guess thats what a printing background does to you.) It felt nice to paint, used less paint, and the results actually allowed me to see that i was improving. I think perhaps its easier to work with the cheaper paints once you have worked with more expensive ones so you know how the colours should work. I wish access to quality art supplies was easier for everyone. The benefits to mental health are immeasurable.
I know exactly what you mean. Some sets can be great of various price points can be great, but the ones that aren't and are soo bad can deter you so much. I'm glad that you found a set that helped bring you some joy. My condolences for your mother's passing.
Glad you shared this…I was wondering how someone who wanted to start would feel with the cheap quality supplies. I imagined exactly that…such poor results, one would blame themselves. I’m a beginner, and can afford medium range cost materials, but even at that price point, there will be definite differences in quality and performance. Happy painting everyone! So grateful for the many content creators who share their experience and wisdom to all❤
Love all your videos! You're an amazing artist. This is not an art request, but do you think you could post a tutorial short on how you do your hair? I love it! ❤
Thanks for the demo. I think they would be great paints to travel with and if you left them behind you wouldn’t be out much money……love this snap dragons❤
I’ve just bought a set of water (42 I think!) paints from temu with a metal palette & it’s so good! I gave them a whirl as they were fairly cheap but the pigment is so strong & it comes with a & very good & handy water brush. The metallics weren’t great though. They also sell a set of neons & they’re brilliant too!
Hello Beautiful😊 enjoyed this video... I L💖VE snapdragons and I will at some stage try doing these🙂😁 I have to try a few things to learn a few things about what i have on hand first... well thats where I'm starting🙃 Have an awesome day 💗
I bought a set of 12 Royal & Langnickel watercolor tube paints for a reasonable price and I've been enjoying them. They are different than the travel pallet I had previously plus I bought some 140# paper which is so much better than art paper. I cut it into 4 so I'm getting 200 sheets instead of 50. I was never taught a proper way to use watercolor so this is a fun new experience 😊 if I get reasonably good I'll try some more expensive paints and paper. I'm trying to find my style because I can copy someone else but it isn't mine 😊🎨🖌️
I’d use mid-level paints even to start… I’d be frustrated if they didn’t work well or chip! Nope. Spend a bit of money & dive in. Always beautiful work! I shared your “Autumn Leaves” & “Jack-o-Lanterns” videos with my Mama and sis when I visited them last week!
i was trying to start with cheap watercolors and was starting to get really frustrated. A friend gifted me a small Winsor and Newton palette. And it made all the difference because the colours did what they were supposed to, it wasnt that i was useless. So I would say that new people should start with a small good palette. Thank you very much for this video. Is makes so much sense
You're definitely not useless and I'm glad you see that. I can see why some want to start small, especially if they aren't sure if the spark will fizzle within a week, but even a little bit nicer paints can certainly make a huge difference.
My dollar tree doesn't carry these. I thought I wasn't going to find the $1.25 one but I did on the crafts aisle. Excited to try them out. I'm a total newbie at watercolor so that's why I got the dollar tree ones.
Winsor and newton cotman are great watercolors for beginners. Fair price, W&N professional watercolor half pans are more expensive than professional tubes though.
The dollar tree near me just added a $3-5 section (🤦♀️) a month ago so you might be able to find it over the next few years. They don’t really change inventory that often, or change up the variety either, so you’d likely be able to find soon.
The Dollarama in Canada has something called Artist's series cheap supplies, and they have basic watercolour paint in tubes. I would be interested to see how they work.
I definitely would not use these paints myself (the Meesdn paints are as low as I go) but I’d definitely use them with a younger child who wants to paint with me..
New to your channel and watercolor so catching up on your videos. Have you tested Fine Touch watercolors from Hobby Lobby? and also, what are you thoughts on mixing student grade with artist grade paints? Thanks
I don’t recall if I’ve played with that particular palette, but I do vary the ‘level’ of my paints in my palette and when I’m mixing colors. I wouldn’t mix a super budget palette like crayola colors with my QoR colors, for example, but I’ve had some great success with the Michael’s store brand (Artist’s loft) color tubes. Some of the midrange colors have more variety in quality between colors, but if you like a color and it works well for you, I’d absolutely use it.
I've used cheap crappy watercolors of many types. With them, it is frustrating to try techniques from demonstrations (with better sets) and find the cheap sets don't behave the way they "should". That said, you can still be creative and work with them, just with (severe) limitations. Because of this, I'd only recommend this set for young children, or older children who are just messing around, not interested in learning techniques.
Totally agree. Sometimes people need a set to dip their toe in and don't necessarily want to drop $40+ on a fancy set or then feel they shouldn't 'waste' them because they're still learning. There's some really bad sets out there, but often the best supply is one someone will use 😊
Took a few sets but when they either have a jelly lay down look or that chalk look now won’t get them! Don’t have to get most expensive but many decent brands than frustrate yourself with these kinds. Kids maybe.
So I randomly UA-cam’d watercolor paints cuz I’ve been seeing that exact pallet and wanted to know if it was worth it! I wanna experiment with watercolors so I really appreciate your video and the time you took to do the swatches with comparison and even the painting at the end! I know nothing about watercolor painting and was able to keep up with what you were saying so I love that! I think ima give it a go to see if it’s for me hahah thanks so much! I def subscribed ! 🤗
@@RebelUnicornCrafts Im also getting ready for FINALLY take my time with my watercolors that Ive had for a long time...and test them and see whats what with them all. Ive got the in cubes, rounds, tubes, pens and pencils. Im going to keep the good ones and give the all the others to my god daughter for her and her daughter to use and practice with and learn. I mainly paint in acrylics but a good set of watercolor for fun would be nice.
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Hey, local cheap artist here, recently dollar tree has been selling a mini prang watercolor set, very small but still pretty nice, not too chalky and a great starting point for beginners I think!!
Prang is a great budget set! I don't think I've seen their sets at dollar tree, but I'll have to keep an eye out. I do list their 8 and 16 color sets on my supply guide as budget recommendations😊
Prang is really slept on
Hey thanks for recommending this! I'm a student on a budget, but I really want to get into watercolor, so I will definitely look for these. I just love Dollar trees craft section!
I've tested a number of budget sets and Prang's the best. Colours are strong and vibrant!
The way they behave, I suspect they contain dyes, so who knkws how lightfast they are. But for a sketchbook, or someone just exploring whether they like watercolour, they are a fun starting point 👍
I started my watercolour journey with pans like these, probably a 12 colour set for about $25nzd, and for the longest time i thought i couldnt paint! They would dry so chalky and wouldnt move nicely. After my mother died i had a bit of money and was sad so decided to try a WN palette. At about $120nzd it was a JUMP but i was seriously joy seeking! Suddenly my pictures weren't demoralizingly awful! It was a starter palette so i could mix almost anything i needed (eventually invested in a CMY flavoured palette with some umber and sienna and then REALLY could make whatever i wanted. I guess thats what a printing background does to you.) It felt nice to paint, used less paint, and the results actually allowed me to see that i was improving. I think perhaps its easier to work with the cheaper paints once you have worked with more expensive ones so you know how the colours should work.
I wish access to quality art supplies was easier for everyone. The benefits to mental health are immeasurable.
I know exactly what you mean. Some sets can be great of various price points can be great, but the ones that aren't and are soo bad can deter you so much. I'm glad that you found a set that helped bring you some joy. My condolences for your mother's passing.
Glad you shared this…I was wondering how someone who wanted to start would feel with the cheap quality supplies. I imagined exactly that…such poor results, one would blame themselves.
I’m a beginner, and can afford medium range cost materials, but even at that price point, there will be definite differences in quality and performance.
Happy painting everyone!
So grateful for the many content creators who share their experience and wisdom to all❤
Love all your videos! You're an amazing artist.
This is not an art request, but do you think you could post a tutorial short on how you do your hair? I love it! ❤
I actually posted a tutorial of my hair recently on my tt and ig 🙈
Where can I purchase your watercolor paints? @@RebelUnicornCrafts
I think it would be a set I would give to my kids, that I would enjoy painting with too.
Totally! Fun for all!
Thanks for the demo. I think they would be great paints to travel with and if you left them behind you wouldn’t be out much money……love this snap dragons❤
Thanks for taking your time to demonstrate to us how to judge quality of paints. Very helpful!
Of course- glad it was helpful! 😊
I’ve just bought a set of water (42 I think!) paints from temu with a metal palette & it’s so good! I gave them a whirl as they were fairly cheap but the pigment is so strong & it comes with a & very good & handy water brush. The metallics weren’t great though. They also sell a set of neons & they’re brilliant too!
I just bought these today! Thank you for the review! I'm a beginner so I think these will work great for now!
Thanks, I'm going to give them a try... will help knowing to keep these points in mind!
Hello Beautiful😊 enjoyed this video... I L💖VE snapdragons and I will at some stage try doing these🙂😁 I have to try a few things to learn a few things about what i have on hand first... well thats where I'm starting🙃
Have an awesome day 💗
Thanks for doing this, so thorough.
Thank you for such a thorough review!=3
My pleasure!
I bought a set of 12 Royal & Langnickel watercolor tube paints for a reasonable price and I've been enjoying them. They are different than the travel pallet I had previously plus I bought some 140# paper which is so much better than art paper. I cut it into 4 so I'm getting 200 sheets instead of 50. I was never taught a proper way to use watercolor so this is a fun new experience 😊 if I get reasonably good I'll try some more expensive paints and paper. I'm trying to find my style because I can copy someone else but it isn't mine 😊🎨🖌️
I still don’t think I’ve found a single ‘style’ for myself either, just paint what makes you happy.
I’d use mid-level paints even to start… I’d be frustrated if they didn’t work well or chip! Nope. Spend a bit of money & dive in. Always beautiful work! I shared your “Autumn Leaves” & “Jack-o-Lanterns” videos with my Mama and sis when I visited them last week!
Aww thank you for sharing and I hope they enjoy them!
i was trying to start with cheap watercolors and was starting to get really frustrated. A friend gifted me a small Winsor and Newton palette. And it made all the difference because the colours did what they were supposed to, it wasnt that i was useless. So I would say that new people should start with a small good palette. Thank you very much for this video. Is makes so much sense
You're definitely not useless and I'm glad you see that. I can see why some want to start small, especially if they aren't sure if the spark will fizzle within a week, but even a little bit nicer paints can certainly make a huge difference.
My dollar tree doesn't carry these. I thought I wasn't going to find the $1.25 one but I did on the crafts aisle. Excited to try them out. I'm a total newbie at watercolor so that's why I got the dollar tree ones.
Winsor and newton cotman are great watercolors for beginners.
Fair price, W&N professional watercolor half pans are more expensive than professional tubes though.
The dollar tree near me just added a $3-5 section (🤦♀️) a month ago so you might be able to find it over the next few years. They don’t really change inventory that often, or change up the variety either, so you’d likely be able to find soon.
The Dollarama in Canada has something called Artist's series cheap supplies, and they have basic watercolour paint in tubes. I would be interested to see how they work.
I haven't found a cheap set of tube paints to be worth it, yet. Easier to get something usable in a dry pan if you go budget, in my experience.
I definitely would not use these paints myself (the Meesdn paints are as low as I go) but I’d definitely use them with a younger child who wants to paint with me..
Agree, great for kids or maybe someone just starting to dabble and scared to invest in themselves a little bit, but probably not for long term
New to your channel and watercolor so catching up on your videos. Have you tested Fine Touch watercolors from Hobby Lobby? and also, what are you thoughts on mixing student grade with artist grade paints? Thanks
I don’t recall if I’ve played with that particular palette, but I do vary the ‘level’ of my paints in my palette and when I’m mixing colors. I wouldn’t mix a super budget palette like crayola colors with my QoR colors, for example, but I’ve had some great success with the Michael’s store brand (Artist’s loft) color tubes. Some of the midrange colors have more variety in quality between colors, but if you like a color and it works well for you, I’d absolutely use it.
How well do they mix?
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. Have you tested the watercolours from Temu?
I have not and do not plan to.
Which paint from Temu? They sell a few brands. Tks
I've used cheap crappy watercolors of many types. With them, it is frustrating to try techniques from demonstrations (with better sets) and find the cheap sets don't behave the way they "should". That said, you can still be creative and work with them, just with (severe) limitations. Because of this, I'd only recommend this set for young children, or older children who are just messing around, not interested in learning techniques.
Totally agree. Sometimes people need a set to dip their toe in and don't necessarily want to drop $40+ on a fancy set or then feel they shouldn't 'waste' them because they're still learning. There's some really bad sets out there, but often the best supply is one someone will use 😊
Took a few sets but when they either have a jelly lay down look or that chalk look now won’t get them!
Don’t have to get most expensive but many decent brands than frustrate yourself with these kinds.
Kids maybe.
Dtr bought me a set of these to do a watercolor paint by numbers
Hope you enjoy painting with them! 🥰
So I randomly UA-cam’d watercolor paints cuz I’ve been seeing that exact pallet and wanted to know if it was worth it! I wanna experiment with watercolors so I really appreciate your video and the time you took to do the swatches with comparison and even the painting at the end! I know nothing about watercolor painting and was able to keep up with what you were saying so I love that! I think ima give it a go to see if it’s for me hahah thanks so much! I def subscribed ! 🤗
I hope you have so much fun! Watercolors can be so fun to learn! 🥰🥰🥰
@@RebelUnicornCrafts thanks ! I’m excited ! It looks like a lot of fun ! 👍
Just for fun,
I save those cheap brushes for glue or mixing crap with ya know....
Good idea
@@RebelUnicornCrafts Im also getting ready for FINALLY take my time with my watercolors that Ive had for a long time...and test them and see whats what with them all. Ive got the in cubes, rounds, tubes, pens and pencils. Im going to keep the good ones and give the all the others to my god daughter for her and her daughter to use and practice with and learn. I mainly paint in acrylics but a good set of watercolor for fun would be nice.
I've got some recommendations in my supply guide, if you'd like to be spared some of the trial and error/disappointment. tinyurl.com/supplyguide
@@RebelUnicornCrafts ty
LOL I bought this set and got moldy on me. 😂
oh no!
They did for me as well but I live in Hawaii and it’s very humid here. I think I closed the lid before letting them dry completely too.
@rupaliembry You could be on to something as I'm in Florida. I just stay away from cheap, unknown watercolors now. Lesson learned 🙂
You realize that all these cheapo paints are all made in the same place,then branded with different names.
Spoil sport. Everyone knows they are made in China. Probably by the same manufacturer.
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