I love them too!

aww, thanks Walter:)

Thanks Jeanne!

Thanks Steve! Honestly I am curious to try the premium range because of how good these are for the price and the premium is supposed to be extremely transparent and they are pretty cheap: 32 15ml tubes for $85 (honestly I have enough paint and I need my head examined!)

LOL! You and me both!

Lindsay, I just ordered a set of 32 and was charged $137.00. They were 15 size rubes, but that is a lot more money. It was on Amazon. Did I get taken?

What is the same of their student grade? Also, have you tried the premium shinhan? The prices is pretty great on those sets too but I didn't want to take a chance on them no knowing.

thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich their student grade watercolors are called Shami watercolors, I don't think they are sold internationally. I haven't tried their artist grade watercolors, from what I hear they they seem fine. Some colors are slightly more opaque then Western watercolors

TheAwkwardMaître D'. The shumi are scholastic. Basically for kids at school. This is their true student grade while PWC (called SWC in the Korean market) is the artist line. Very very good, identical to Holbein but with too many fugitive reds. PWC/SWC is definitely not opaque, by any stretch of the imagination. They are very similar to European brands minus the ox-gall and those I tried seemed to perform very nicely next to my other brands.

Thanks guys!

The Shami line is their scholastic line (for grade school students) like Crayola but sort of on steroids cause they are way better than Crayola, CrazArt, RosArt, etc.; I know they say, when translated into English, that the Shami is student, but they really mean scholastic like in grade school kids that are doing art since that’s what they are and the packaging implies and suggests as much also. They also have paint for preschool and kindergarten age called “S+art Water Color”. The “ShinHan Professional Water Color” is their actual student grade paint meaning people studying art and beginner watercolorists like college or high schoolers that are serious about getting into art; it’s sort of like a semi-professional line. That line is like the counter part to Cotman, Van Gogh, Schmincke Akademie, Sennelier La Petite, Nevskaya Palitra’s Sonet (White Nights/Yarka) and so on. Now, their professional line is the “ShinHan Premium Water Color” which is the PWC line and they are great. They also have a line of hybrid paint called ‘ShinHan Professional Artists’ Korean Colors’ which is a line with a palette of traditional Korean colors than works in Korean paper and in western watercolor paper (hence the hybrid denomination). Hope that helps. PS: the hybrid line also encases the ‘ShinHan Pass” line which a watercolor/gouache hybrid unlike the SH Prof. Korean Colors line which is denominated hybrid because is an Eastern palette that works also on western paper as opposed to working only on Korean mulberry paper.

that's great!

Thsnks! I like the Turners a lot. I thought I had reviewed them when I first got them. Otto kano on KZfaq just did an excellent review and I agree 100% with hers.

I'd love to see a review on the Turners too. Lindsay I looked for a specific review on Turner from you and if you did one I can't find it. Can you repost the link if there is one?

I got the Turners set of 18 last year as my very first tube Professional grade on your link, and I love them. I have since bought a set of Mission Gold, Daniel Smith Essentials, Qor High Chroma, White Nights, and some assorted tubes on M Graham, Sennelier, and Blick Artists, but still use my Turners and still love them.

I have no idea 2hats up with this brand. I've been tempted to try the 24 set of the pwc which is their premium line as its been a good price on eBay.

@@thefrugalcrafter yeah, I never thought to look on eBay! I’ve steered clear,of it since I got burned with a seller last year. Lol

Thanks Jill!

The 36 set is way better for some weird reason. I think the 48 set is the same one hobby lobby sells for $40 so not bad for under $20 but given the choice id recommend the 36 set.

The only downfall I have with extreme brights, is that they are rarely lightfast hahaha. Ok I admid I cant aford a daniel smith. Or perhaps I dont want to. I refuse to pay up to 8 euro per 5ml tube when I can buy me two tubes of either schmincke or senneliers for that price. Downfall of living in europe: US art supplies are quite pricy here. Though Jackson's is a nice loophole in that regard for me. Not for my schmincke's and W&N. But evrythingelse? Oh jeah. Hahaha

Awesome!

that is an AWESOME deal it’s currently $45 on amazon 😭

Holbein are lovely, I reviewed a 18 color set a couple years ago. I have had my eye on the big 60 colors set as the 18 color set has quite a few mixes. It's less than $2 a tube in this set! amzn.to/2PGWDNA

The mungyo flow more so if you like a lot if movement go for that but mungyo is not great for layering (they like to lift) so if you wantbtonlayer and have less flow go for shinhan.

@@thefrugalcrafter In that case I'm probabely gonna go with the Shinhan. Thanks!

@@thefrugalcrafter Hey there again! So after further research, now White Nights is on the table for me, besides Shinhan professional. How do you compare the two? Both quality-wise and performance-wise. Thanks, I really appreciate your help.

Hmmm.... 1.1k likes and 26 unlikes..... not sure it's worth mentioning. I can only assume that what you like on youtube will dictate what comes up in your feed. Perhaps these unlikers only deal in acrylic or oil....... just saying.....

Good to know! I'll try it on rice paper like you suggested!

Rich !!! Damn man, glad to see you online again

A .Vultink I’m fine but too busy/ill to record new material at present: I am on Instagram now and that is how I am keeping going in the meanwhile.

I was worried about you given well. Circumstances. Im just glad to see you are ok.

That is probably their mineral colors that ate dryer. Add some more paint and a bit of glycerin and liquid gum Arabic to stick them back in.

Thank you! I'll give that a go :)

Dick Blick carries the palette

Eastern was my first thought, as well.

Oh thank you! I hadn't considered that and will try it

They are strong and lovely and if you dilute them they are transparent.

thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich I will definitely give a go. Thank you.

Yes you can and you will notice a quality improvement over koi

@@thefrugalcrafter thank you for the advice. Really appreciate it :)

I like these better but I like the prima too:)

There are so many excellent brands. I would look for a professional grade local to you because every country has good options. M Graham is my favorite but there are so many good ones!

@@thefrugalcrafter i have a few m. Grahams. I live in Missouri so I've got access to a lot. Its just so hard to choose. I have several student grade sets but would like to move up a bit. Hard to decided.

Nancy Osborn I actually wasn't thrilled with them. Maybe the single pigment set would be better, but surprisingly I found the "mozart" 40 color gansai set was way better for a fraction of the cost.

I have mijello mission gold and they are excellent very similar to Qor watercolours.

Candorsmayhem I have Gansai Tambi and do not like them. They are too chalky and not transparent enough for my likes

Nancy Osborn Chalky is the reason why I didn't recommend them, I recommended Mozart gansai. Additionally, they're not supposed to be transparent. They're gansai. They're like all the best parts of watercolor and gouache. If you're concerned with transparency, I'd stay away from any eastern watercolor whatsoever.

Crucibelle ditto. I've been thrilled with all the Mozart products I've tried. They're listening to what people want. The only downside is the lightfastness. But my work is scanned anyway so it's a nonissue for me.

I prefer mission gold but these are very similar and honestly you cant beat the price.

@@thefrugalcrafter one more question...what do u think is a good and reasonably priced professional watercolor set? I assume Mijello Gold would not be considered professional? Thank u so much for ur help!

Yes but you can get a variety of hues depending on how it is milled and processed. Or is more stable than pb27 so I am glad of that.

You have to really read the labels as all brands will have some fugitive colors because people still want them.

It fades

There are many, m gragam, winsor &newton, sennelier, lukas, rembrandt, turner, Holbien (many)

I had lessons as a child but no formal training other than that.

it will fade

they are quite similar, these are a better price I think

@@thefrugalcrafter really? I was about to buy the 48 set from Paul Rubens for 51 dollars, there is any remarcable difference between the sets?

@@sarahhavillamelooliveira5825 oh, get it! That set was $75 0n Amazon. Where did you find that deal?

@@thefrugalcrafter on an aliexpress seller I buy once in a while do you want a link?

"Fugitive" colors are pigments guaranteed to fade over time, reguardless of exposure to sunlight. They fade even more with direct uv contact. There isn't any real way to tell how much it takes to fade them from brand to brand; but that's also a part of the definition. To put it simply, they are the lowest lightfastness rating on a scale from "idunno goodluck" to "this painting will outlive your greatgrandchildren".

Thanks for asking that Jayne, I was wondering also! And thank you Marva for the answer!

lmao! I love your colorfastness rating system! ie "idunno" "outlive your grandchildren" :D

It's not bad for the price I paid. I am considering buying the PWC line to compare tho.

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@@thefrugalcrafter thank you very much! :D

So true, same with "artists " it can mean anything lol! Still, these were a surprisingly good bang for the buck.

I think these would be an ok set for card makers, but wouldn’t be my first choice for sure. I’m certainly not an accomplished artist like Lindsey, she’s awesome! I think Mission Gold or White Nights pans would be my first two choices, if I were just starting out and wanted an economically priced artist grade set.

Linda Anne Calderone While out of town for the 4th of July, I picked up the Van Gogh 12 half pan set on sale for $20 at Artist & Craftsman art supply store. www.artistcraftsman.com I ended up being too busy to try out the set while I was away but I've been working with it since I got back and I think it would make a nice entry level set for a newbie.

bastet469 Great suggestion! I’ve heard they’re nice paints.

I love my cotmans but these are much more intense, I think you would notice the quality difference:)

+thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich thankyou for the reply and review! I can't wait to get some (too bad I'm a student!)

Mozart gansai paints are similarly priced full pans with a tin that's solidly better than cotman, if you're looking for recommendations. If you had the money, I'd get both, as Mozart and this set have few overlapping colors.

Yes they've gone up!