Thank you Dani 😊. Definitely useful information, and the landscapes so lovely!

Very interesting! The student grade paints actually made a better painting than I expected! 😮 Or maybe that's just down to the artist...

I used these when I first started. Many of the colours are fugitive. Great for learning mixing. Some of the coulors are different than the professional colours.

Wow!! So great work and useful tips from you💜

I started with the van Gogh watercolors. They are student grade and really affordable but much more pigmented than the Cotman watercolors.

Nice comparison! In my experience, WN has good colors but they have really bad quality control. Probably nearly half the tubes I’ve bought had problems with under filling or separation. Many tubes I’ve emptied nearly entirely into a single half pan (a 5ml tube should fill well over 2 half pans). And many others separate and don’t mix well back together like this raw sienna which I can barely pick up into a brush. Originally it was completely separated and I spent a long time going through the back of the tube to remix it and it still feels off. I thought it might be related to the shop I got them from (Michael’s). Then I bought their professional field set from Jerry’s. Colors are okay but the pans don’t sit in the box properly and wiggle everywhere. I had to melt a groove in each pan so the friction fit worked correctly. I saw some wiggling in your video too. The sable brush it came with was also complete garbage, it’s like they sent me a used brush. Hairs are completely worn out and splaying everywhere. Winsor Newton could be much better if they just controlled the quality better but everything I buy from them has had crappy elements. Contrast to Daniel smith paints and I have had every little issue with them, only certain paints with heavy granulation I’ve experienced separation with. Frankly it’s worth the extra few bucks to buy DS and not have to worry about headaches. I wish I could enjoy WN more, they seem to have a rich history. Unfortunately I’ve had bad experiences every time I buy something from them

best mam best!!!!!

very nice paintings

Hi Dani, great comparison ! I see that you have both Scarlet Lake from Winsor Newton and Pyrrol Scarlet from Daniel Smith. I already have Pyrrol Scarlet but it looks too orange to me, not red at all. Should I try Scarlet Lake? Are these two warm reds too close?