We are putting cheap ($3) and expensive ($30) watercolor paints to the test in this video to see which paints are worth your money! Do you get what you pay for or are we in for a surprise!? Comment below which your favourite watercolor paints are! 😍🎨
@caitie-can45722 жыл бұрын
What brand were the expensive paints?
@AmyLouiseArt2 жыл бұрын
@@caitie-can4572 Hi! I have all the products mentioned in the description but they are the Winsor and Newton Colman watercolor 45 half pans 😊
@justacatwhocantype Жыл бұрын
Cotman watercolors are great, same with the other brands that fall into that category, like Van Gogh, Lukas studio, Aquafine and so on. High quality enough to create really nice pieces, but inexpensive enough that you're not going to feel bad about using them up even as a beginner. I always tell people now to go straight to those types of paints and skip the super cheap ones, as those are just going to cause a lot of frustration. It's this irony that super cheap supplies are directed at total beginners, but then the only people who can get any decent results out of them are people who already have a lot of experience.
@AmyLouiseArt Жыл бұрын
Yes! I completely agree with you! It's better to spend a little bit more and get a decent set of paints then be tricked into buying cheap sets that don't make the cut! Thank you for your comment 😊
@LanaGoesArt2 жыл бұрын
Great video, I like especially that you compared between student grade and the cheap ones as most do the jump to professional and the comparison can only lack. But showing, that good student grade paints are already a big step to good supplies is so important. I enjoyed watching the video a lot. Thankk you!
@AmyLouiseArt2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment and thank you for watching! 😊
@AlexisCassandraArt2 жыл бұрын
As usual, I love your editing and camera angles in this video!! Wow, even the price jump to $30 gives us the option of much better quality paints! They really do mix together well compared to the $3 paints. Both of your paintings turned out nice, but the colors are definitely more vibrant with the more expensive paints. I used to use Cotmans, but now I use Sennelier Professional now and they cost me an arm and a leg. I also noticed they require much more building up as they go on pretty translucent at first!
@AmyLouiseArt2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Alexis for always supporting my channel and leaving such nice comments! I really appreciate you taking the time to watch my videos and leave such amazing feedback 😊💜 I’m so impressed by your channel and so happy for you that you are taking off now and getting the recognition that you deserve! 🥳🥳💜
@heyrebecca2462 жыл бұрын
Hi great job Amy! I used artist grade Schminke and Winsor and Newton professional paints. I find those are the best! However they are $100 or more for a 12 pan set.
@AmyLouiseArt2 жыл бұрын
I’ve never tried Schminke but I want to! Just have to save the money up! 😊 thank you so much for your comment 😊
@MyKindaArt2 жыл бұрын
Great job on this video Amy :) Great comparison for both types. I actually have those cheap watercolor paints lol They are the "dry round tablet looking ones" that I was given to me years ago. I finally used them for a plein air painting at the beach in hawaii and turned out great.
@AmyLouiseArt2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your comment! I saw mixed reviews on them but on Amazon they seemed mostly positive so wanted to give them a try! 😊
@Ranakade2 жыл бұрын
Tbh imo, sometimes, it looks like it can also be based on context. (I have never used watercolor though lol) The cheap paint seems useful for a bit more control in terms of saturation. I'd use the cheap paint for more daytime bright compositions. And maybe the more pricey watercolor for Nighttime themed art. Perhaps like using the expensive and cheap together might be a gamechanger. 🙌
@AmyLouiseArt2 жыл бұрын
You can definitely use the cheaper paints for a lot of paintings! Once I applied more layers the saturation was much better 😊 thank you for your comment!
@renmuffett2 жыл бұрын
I know the difference. I refuse to use student grade for my framed baby portrait works for lightfastness reasons. Some student grade watercolor is pretty good like VanGogh and Schmincke Academy. But the others in my opinion, not so good. You get what you pay for.
@AmyLouiseArt2 жыл бұрын
I do understand what you mean and lightfastness is of particular importance for selling purposes. I only sell prints of my pieces so I don't need to worry about lightfastness in my case
@sonoart2 жыл бұрын
Fery nice....
@AmyLouiseArt2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊
@TheMilitaryArtist1918 Жыл бұрын
Hi Amy it's jonny this is my new youtube channel just for my Art hope u r ok?
@AmyLouiseArt Жыл бұрын
Hi Jonny! I've subscribed to your new channel! 😊
@TheMilitaryArtist1918 Жыл бұрын
@Amy Louise Art thank you Amy I'm gonna keep back in touch with the art community on this channel 😁