This is a great vid Cody! Thanks 🙏 I’m a selling artist that actually prefers the more affordable Liquitex Basics (or Michaels Artist Loft, etc). The lower pigmentation in them means I can create paintings that are more translucent. I do finish with a final coat of gloss varnish!

Lightfastedness refers to the pigment's keeping its original color over a long period of time, so theoretically all the paint colors, in being colorfast, will still have the originally artist-intentioned color balance and contrasts. Drying true to wet color and gloss retention is what's tested here.

Rather unfair to compare Liquitex Basics and W&N Galeria with Golden. The first two are student grade paints, and the third is a professional grade paint, hence the massive leap in price. 'Matteness' versus 'glossiness' is nothing to do with quality or colourfastness. Pull up a chair, as making paints is an artform in itself, and nothing is quite as straightforward as it is might first appear... To test colourfastness, you'd need to leave your swatched paper in a sunny window and check it every 6 months for a few years. But we've no real need to do that as all decent manufacturers have done that _for us_ for many years and at great length, using ASTM - the industry recognised testing for pigment permanence. Matteness or glossiness is also no indicator of quality. How matte or shiny a paint is, is more to do with the binders used for that particular pigment - this is partly determined by the pigment load the manufacturer chooses to incorporate, and quality of the pigment used. The Golden paint appeared *thicker* because it's a _heavy body_ acrylic, and would - by most professional artists be thinned using an extender, while not reducing the intensity of the pigment. The economy is ultimately a false one as you need much less Golden paint ratio to extender, and still get the same effect. With a top-notch brand like *Golden,* the fact that they use no fillers, extenders, toners, driers or opacifiers in the paint means that each colour is formulated based on the _nature of the pigment_ - as each pigment behaves differently. This means the handling properties and appearance _between_ Golden colours (and consequently their drying times, opacity and lustre) can vary considerably. It's not as straightforward as to pronounce Golden paints are _this_ texture, because each colour varies. Colours that can tolerate being made with a high pigment-to-binder ratio will dry to be more matte and opaque. The Golden colours that can't tolerate having a high pigment content will dry to be more transparent and glossy. Liquitex has it's own feature of self-levelling properties. It’s got a low viscosity meaning it won't retain your brush strokes, which to the human eye is read as 'glossier'. You also rather prejudged the paint quality purely from price at 2:56 - before you'd swatched them or even opened the tubes! Confounding your results with confirmation bias, somewhat - tsk - did you not do science at school?! 😂 As a paint quality comparison video, it's ultimately rather frustrating if the tester doesn't even understand the _basics_ of how pigments, density, and pigment size factor in the end quality - nor what the term colourfastness actually _means._ The making of paint really is an art in and of itself, and it can't really be boiled down to three stripes on a bit of paper, drying it with a heat gun (Dear God...) and making a pronouncement 2 minutes later. At the very least a 'blind taste test' would have served you far better, I think.

I came across to your video and i was looking for a decent Acrylic paint . I been painting for some of my family but the paints are decent .I wanted to search for a better paint that wont break my pocket .I choose Winsor Newton and Liquitex .Now it depends where i can buy it and fining the color that wont hurt my pocket. By the way im in my late 50s starting my art painting, drawing and coloring late .Had to take care family first . I hope everything goes well for you and your family .Thank You !

Thanks for this test. I'm just learning to paint. I love abstract and often attempt different techniques. I have thought about comparing different paint brands by doing a drip test, painting the canvas with paint then spraying water on the paint and allowing it to drip down the canvas. I don't know if there is a proper name for this technique, but it seems to be used a lot in abstract work. When attempting this it seems I never get a good saturation of color with Liquitex. It most often looks watered down, barely visible when dry. I just figured it was the amount of pigment in the cheaper Liquitex. I'd love to see how other paints would fair. I've only ever used Liquitex so have no way of comparison. Anyway if you're interested in another comparison test perhaps this would be a good one to try. Could prove interesting. Thanks again. And I enjoy your channel. Keep up the good work.

Hi there . thanks for your effort but unfortunately this is not an accurate comparison. Cerulean blue hue is not a single pigment colour. It is a combination of different pigments like Phthalo blue, black and white etc., trying to resemble the original Cerulean blue. Every company uses different combinations . So you are actually comparing different combinations of pigments. For the comparison to be true and accurate you have to compare a single pigment colour that is the same across brands, like ultramarine ( PB29 )or phthalo green (PG7).

Not the best comparison. The reason for the higher cost is 1) the size of the pigment in the paint (smaller = $$$) and 2) the amount of pigment. Next time 1) see how many coats of paint it takes to cover a black line 100% and 2) how much you can thin it using an appropriate medium and still be vibrant. Each paint has its place.

I appreciate the effort creating the video but this was NOT a good comparison. Actually it was a very poor one. The Golden paint used was professional/ artist quality. The others are student/basic paints. Smearing paint on a piece of paper gives very lil info. You didn't show any coverage, mixed no tint, tone or shade and mixed no secondary colours. Also the way you used some of the terms were incorrect eg colourfastness.

Actually, gloss comes from the amount of gloss medium in the paint, not so much the amount of pigment. (However, the ratio of binder and medium to pigment of course can affect the vibrancy of the paint.) You can get the gloss effect by adding gloss medium when you're mixing or varnish it at the end. If you don't like the gloss effect, you can add matte medium to the paint. I think all the paints you tested are of ok quality, just depends on the technique. The Golden paint seems a bit more heavy body, which makes it more suitable for impasto style painting. The Galleria is actually W&N's student grade acrylics, but it's good quality I think; great for its bright pop colours. I haven't tried the Liquitex, but it looks alright. Excellent vid! All the best!

This is what i need! I would like to see layer by layer of how the paint will build up opacity and color

That's the video I was looking for. Thanks for uploading 😌

I appreciate your effort. Liquitex gets a bad rap because it's called student grade. It's actually high quality and holds its own against the pricey acrylics. There's only so much pigment acrylic can hold before it stops binding properly and still be capable of thinning with water or medium. It's not like oil that has a lot more holding capacity. I've been doing a lot of comparisons between the brands lately and I've found Royal Talens Amsterdam Standard acrylics becoming my favorite. Even a better combination of pigment load, finish and price point than Liquitex. I'm going to get a set of their Expert Acrylics to see what differences there are besides price.

I have a colour of liquitex heavy body acyilic paints of seperate 24 shades

Thanks for the insight brother 👍

I like liquitex

#Artist #Are #Risnes #acquired #Winsor #and #Newton, #Galeria #Acrylic 🎉 The secret to maximising your paints lies in enhancing their qualities: Galeria Acrylic is a high-quality acrylic paint which delivers professional results, ideal for artists who want high quality more accessible range. The Galeria Acrylic range offers excellent brilliance, professional quality pigments, opacity and permanence with a smooth, satin finish. Galeria uses either the same pigments as the professional range or a similar pigment, but in a lower concentration. This makes it easy to use with, or transition to artists' grade when a wider choice and higher pigment strength is needed.

Thank you for this video. Its realy helpfull. I love the brand liquitex basics. The colours are so fibrant and the texture is realy great to work whit.

I don' t understand the logic of comparing artist grade golden with student grade liquitex basics and winsor newton galeria

I love the dullness of a matte paint like with her liquitex.. I don’t buy satin or gloss

Worth noting is that both Liqutex and W&N are student grade paint while Golden is artist quality

Colourfastness is not a thing. Comparing student grade to professional grade is nonsense, naturally they will be different. Each brand has different characteristics and you choose what works best for you.

so shouldn't you have compared Liquitex Heavy body instead of the basics?

I think the liquatex has more pigment and that's why its not shiny. Shiny means the surface has less tooth so layers won't stick. So liquatex being more matt, more pigment is better for what I do. Its best to varnish paintings at the end anyway to make the surface shine uniform.

A more fair comparison would be Liquitex Heavy Body compared to Golden. This is like apples to oranges.

I've heard many cases when a beginner chooses acrylic, they should start off with Student grade paint and Professional grade paint?? Which paint is great and effective for begginer enthusiasts

Hi I used liquitex basic acrylic paint on canvas, but I'm very disappointed that it's not at all thick. I can see the canvas through the paint even though I apply two layers it's not getting opaque.. Is there any way I can make my paint rich in pigment

Winsor and Newton is almost the same as liquitex but the paint from golden is thicker. That doesnt mean one brand is better than the other. Like u sayed its what the painter prefers

Great vid as normal I've been using a brand called Sennelier its great paint and comes in a bag instead of a tube...a few video's on you tube showing it used

Which one would be best for using on plastic models

Hello Coty Schawbe's Art. Can you review these colours of liquitex basics and winsor and Newton galaria? Cadmium red middle hue Cadmium Yellow middle hue Cobalt blue hue Titanium white Mars black Silver and Gold. If you do thank you and thanks for this video

For the price, you can't go wrong with Liquitex. Not to mention, that they have a professional grade as well.

I use winsor products. They aren't the best but they always deliver a decent product be it oil or otherwise. Get used to products that will stick around and work it out. Even in this test I like that winsor blue color...it's familiar.

You can make quality paintings with all three brands here. You just have to adjust your technique to suit the materials, and you might end up requiring more layers with the lighter pigment load in the Basics. I don't agree that you can charge more money for your art simply because you used more expensive materials.

You do pay more for Golden Acrylics, I have tried a lot of 'brands' for professional artworks and some are just too thin or the quality is just not there...*cough* W&N. Old Holland are pretty good too. I have learnt the hard way, cheaping out on materials actually costs you more, especially when it comes to the purity and range of the pigment and binder.

Wow, that was extremely helpful, thank you! Great video.

The title of the video is partly deceiving. 'Colorfastness' typically refers to how a paint accurately maintains its colour integrity over time when exposed to light - both ambient and direct (as in sunlight). Most but not all acrylic paint varies in colour from wet to dry, and this is what your test is actually comparing. Colour-fastness will vary from brand to brand and from colour to colour depending on pigment composition, with pinks and violets usually being most prone to fading. Almost universally all fluorescent colours are not colour-fast and will fade very quickly when exposed to light.

I wanna try from winsor and Newton the galaria 7 colours Cadmium red hue,Cadmium yellow middle hue,Cobalt blue hue Titanium white Mars black Silver and Gold. Its the same pallet of colours i like to use for my acrylic paints from liquitex so i can compare the two. Cause liquitex basics is getting expensiver than winsor and Newton galaria. I like this video

😂 he got a blue glove on so he can go wrong. I can agree the color look different

You can use the cheapest paint and still sell your paintings. One of the biggest art forgers used cheap wall paint and sold the paintings as originals. If you don't sell your paintings for millions don't be so narrow-minded, it comes across as snobbish, and this philosophy got berried in the 1900s.

Golden is a professional paint, Winsor and Newton Galleria and Liquidex Basics are both student paint. This comparison is non-sense.

Windsor.

I bought winsor and i find it horrible to use

Winsor Newton is a true cerulean the other two not.

I learned nothing.

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Sheen is determined by the final grind characteristics (coarse/fine) of each pigment in top quality lines. ie. ultramarine=matte Pthalo=gloss. Unified sheen lines add gents to unify. Student grade is fine until mixing colours you will notice drastic differences. Student also has longer shelf life due to higher water content. There is a Canadian company called Tri-art that makes everything including tubes/containers. They are as good if not better than Golden at 40% less cost. They also have an older line called True Colour which is slightly lower pigment amount for a good $ reduction, and then their pro student line Rheotech is by far the best student line and guaranteed to be so. Not my thing but Tri-art also is the only line that has patent on a colour they uniquely developed called liquid mirror, that is not a silvery/sparkle or fake mirror but ext. luminous something, it is a series 11 or higher so $$$ ... $$$ lol