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Hi Gareth I've watched your video and I thought it was brilliant! I am a non artist but found your work fascinating!

I'm not a big fan of these watercolors myself. I'm used to use M. Graham and Daniel Smith tubes, and they are excellent. But I must say you did manage to make a beautiful painting, in spite of the chalky/muddy colors. You're brilliant!

I recently discovered your channel and I have to say I really appreciate your honesty.

Your magnolia flower turned out beautifully! You managed to make it look fresh and beautiful even though you were struggling with the paints. I haven’t tried their paints yet, but I have tried that paper and didn’t like it. I actually preferred using the back side of the paper to avoid that mechanical sort of texture. I would have thought they would have sent you their cotton paper instead of the cellulose version. I would love to see you paint another painting with these paints. (Or any other for that matter, as I enjoy watching you paint and listen to talk about the process as well). I would love to see you paint a hibiscus flower. I have been trying to have a go at them myself, without much luck unfortunately. I have several reference photos I took myself and would be happy to send you a few if you like? Hope you have a beautiful week! Much Love and Respect from North Carolina, Stacy

I think that they look great for someone starting out and at only 66p a tube, they look great value for money.

Hi Gee! I purchased these a while ago because the prize was so good and I have other Arteza products that I like. These, however, were terrible. I bought a nice folding metal palette to put in all the colors and let them dry. They literally crumbled so much I couldn't use them. I gave them a bad review, Arteza responded and gave me credit for them. I bought the 36 color pan set. These seem to be better quality. I wouldn't use either one to do a painting nor would I use their paper (I don't like the texture), but for crafting type of coloring and in coloring books the pans work well. I still don't know what to do with my crumbled paints. I used half of the tubes in that palette. I have a hard time thinking I have to throw them away. Thanks for the video!

Thanks for your review - nice hearing one from an experienced artist. I was surprised to see the transparency ratings. I suspect Arteza uses quite a lot of fillers given the high opacity ratings and the grainy nature. I've also seen a lot of comments (including from Arteza) that these do not rewet well and are not meant to be put in pans (cracking etc). They seem alright for a student grade brand, but I think I'd go with Van Gogh over these, maybe Cotmans. That being said, given what I've seen, I'd be tempted to use them as gouache instead haha. I haven't been by in a while but I'm glad to see you're still making videos! Have you thought about doing other "art influences" videos like your Frankenstein one? That was super fascinating to watch :-). Cheers!

I ended up buying their bound, smaller watercolor pads. I thought the price was right and I wanted to use them more for sketching ideas. I was not happy with the texture being in little plowed rows, too much like a cornfield or something. I guess I'm more random. And, though this isn't comparing apples to apples I bought their gouache set which I have to say I'm happy with. I have no need to worry about lightfastness. When and if I ever do a painting I want to keep, I'll invest in a higher-end paint. I already have some nice papers so I'm saving that for best! I hate to say it's a good buy for beginners because having a not so great outcome from this product might turn them off to the experience. Red, yellow, blue, white in great quality if you only want to try it out. Thanks for the review.

I use tube paint mainly W&N artist quality and they handle in a similar way to the pans (I use pan in my travel kit) so the unresponsiveness to blending on the page is purely down to the paints you are using.

They are good for beginners and the right price.

Great information. I was wondering what the big difference was between student grade and artist grade paint. Thank you.

I actually prefer they add more chalks in it so it can be used as “opaque watercolor”. I know Pelikan, Holbein, Lukas all have their sets, that could be used actually as gouache. But those are expensive. So if Arteza could increase their opaqueness to make like that kind of products, I believe it will sell very well.! ! Otherwise, I prefer they make this set more transparent to be more like real watercolor. This set just sits in between which makes it a bit difficult to be used widely

I like them for cheap sketching and journaling. Their price and heavier gouache feel has appeal for that. But they are NOT artist’s premium. My Winsor and Newton rule. Try Artiza’s pans and w/c markers. Also not the best but great for casual work for their price.

I have not used these watercolors because Arteza seems a bit shady to me with their thousands of sponsored videos. I appreciate your honesty, even if it means they won't let you sign up for their affilliate program. :)

They act like any other low budget watercolour paint. At that price point they can't fill the tubes with all that much pigment, so you get a lot of fillers and optical brighteners. Those make them more opaque, make them flow less and they crack when they dries in the pallet. The high end tube paints won't do that for you. Personally I would be a bit intimidated by 60 colours, but I guess it is perfect for people who do not like to do too much colour mixing on their own just yet. I got the 24 set and I think it is ok at the price. It will work for people who want to try out watercolours without getting a big hole ripped in their wallet. :) How did you like the paper?

Still waiting on the Graffiti sketchbook tour....lol

how would I store these for quick on the go journaling with a waterbrush? I have them in tubes and would like to take some while traveling and using them in a journal... is it possible?

p.s. the paper texture reminds me of the "laid" paper texture you find in Strathmore's charcoal paper - I wonder if it would perform similarly?