Swatch with me-Meeden 24 premium water color paints- $10 watercolors!

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5 жыл бұрын

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Materials Used (or mentioned):
Meeden 24 premium watercolors: amzn.to/2GRvpBh (these were $10 at the time that I got them, no idea what the future or past looks like for pricing!)
Canson XL watercolor paper (The book I used is out of production and I wouldn’t recommend it, anyway. Here’s a similar alternative): amzn.to/2Wbl2hv
Zig Mangaka 24 brush pen:
Amazon amzn.to/2S5d5uY
Other affordable paint options: (These were both under $20 when I originally purchased them, though prices do seem to have fluctuated.)
St. Petersburg White Nights watercolors:
Amazon: amzn.to/2XT7kQn
Jackson’s: www.jacksonsart.com/st-peters...
Sennelier Test Pack:
Amazon: amzn.to/2DFSiWo
Jackson’s: www.amazon.com/Sennelier-Fren...
Palette Building supplies:
Altoids mini tins amzn.to/2nSspKT
Square tins: amzn.to/2RvZeha
super flat magnetic tape amzn.to/2N0TlTt
empty half pans amzn.to/2Laeadu
(also on Jackson’s!) www.jacksonsart.com/jackson-s...
Holographic Scissors: amzn.to/2IPvNBK
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Music
“Aretes” - Kevin MacLeod

Пікірлер: 38

@ariweaver1543 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I had no idea Meeden made tube paints. I picked up a Meeden branded dried half pan set a while ago on Amazon. Not sure how they compare with the tube set, though. I ended up only swatching them and never actually painting with them, though, since I had other paint options that excited me more. It was then that I learned I'm not a KZfaqr, so getting inexpensive paints has extremely minimal value to me, since, apparently, I won't actually use them and I don't have an audience. :P I've gotten much more picky in my paint purchases since then, which I think is good. ^^ I wonder how these paints compare to Eve's economy favorite, the Daler Rowney Aquafines. Also, hello, Bubba! I hope you're having a great day today. It's cloudy here, so my cats are working hard on keeping all the blankets firmly on the bed. They might float away or something if they aren't kept in their place!

@MeowMeowKapow 5 жыл бұрын

Hahah, I literally just woke up, and according to my hunky he’s just been sitting on the bed, staring at me an purring for a while. I can confirm that’s still going on, so apparently he’s super in love with me today? Or he knows it’s a stinky füd day and is happy to see me up. =>..

@aleahlrb 5 жыл бұрын

Speaking of cheap watercolor paints that dry well in a pan, the other day, as me and my mom was looking around a department store for black shoes (because my school likes uniforms), I happened to end up in the aisle of school supplies. Now, that department store sells a lot of cheap art supplies but they can be good. Their set of 3 synthetic fan brushes for if I remember correctly, is only under $2 and are pretty good. Note, these are rough conversions from my currency to USD. As I was looking around, I noticed that they had new products on the shelves. I was looking around the shelf with boxed products. I was looking at their scientific calculators when I noticed just below them are cutely designed boxes. I thought maybe they were color pencils or markers but when I took a closer look, one of them said "Gouache" and one said "Watercolor". I grabbed one of each and looked at it. Each was for $1.20. The same price as the box of 12×6ml gouache I also buy from this store. Except this set has 12 colors for 5ml. I took a look inside and saw that it had a flat brush, 11 colors were 5ml, and a 6ml white paint tube. That was a good thing to do for the gouache since white is so quick to run out but not for watercolor. I decided to buy them and test them out. When we got home, I made swatches. They might've not been accurate since the binder and pigment separated but so far, most of them were pretty transparent. A little chalky but relatively transparent. (The watercolor.) They also layered well. Not much flow which is kinda expected since the brand, I suppose, says BeiQi, which I'm going to assume is Chinese. Also most of the writing was in kanji soo... I then took the white paint and squeezed a little into a mixing palette. And it dried pretty good!

@paigeme886 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you... love your review. You have such a wonderful personality that shines through & I so desperately needed to smile

@MeowMeowKapow 5 жыл бұрын

If you’re having a rough time, have you watched my depression comics? There’s a lot of recommendations in there for how to turn your day around. 🖤 be well, friend.

@paigeme886 5 жыл бұрын

Meow Meow Kapow thank you so incredibly much 🖤💙

@lightwavz 4 жыл бұрын

I have the 24 half pan set and I LOVE them for my journals. I just bought this set as a gift and I am equally happy with their texture and finish, especially for the cost. Travel set? Yep! Kicking around town set? You know it! Throwing paint down on a gloomy day? The best!

@MeowMeowKapow 4 жыл бұрын

Love when you find materials that make you happy and excited to play. =^.^=

@sunshine_arts 5 жыл бұрын

Wow I had no idea they made anything except tin cases! Thank you for the review 😊

@heyitsvic9358 5 жыл бұрын

Man thats a really nice prussian blue 😍

@crow5401 5 жыл бұрын

I recommend van gogh, imo its pretty good and its the ones i started with

@VioletConnieArt 5 жыл бұрын

Nice review, I had wondered about these paints after seeing them on Amazon so many times, thanks for this review 🙂

@MeowMeowKapow 5 жыл бұрын

Really? I hadn’t seen them at all!

@VioletConnieArt 5 жыл бұрын

@@MeowMeowKapow I'm in Australia, so it was Amazon Australia and they sometimes show/sell different things to the US Amazon. I shop on both 🙂

@KitarraChaosWeaver 5 жыл бұрын

Ground up space hamsters or...you know...mummies! Not that anyone would EVER do that. So what are you going to do with the little paint dots? Make another mini palette?

@MeowMeowKapow 5 жыл бұрын

With the dots? Nah, just leave them on the wax paper and maybe make a painting with those dots. I do want to fill a half pan or two with a couple random colors just to see how they dry down, but I’m not going to waste my half pans on paints I likely won’t pull out more than once or twice, specifically for videos.

@avlucchettiart 5 жыл бұрын

I love Meeden tins. In Canada on Amazon they have 12 or 48 half half sets. I’ve always been interested in trying them, but reluctant to take the plunge as I’ve become spoiled by Sennelier!

@MeowMeowKapow 5 жыл бұрын

I lovvvvve their empty tins and empty half pans. For sure, these aren’t even remotely pro-grade and if you were looking for an experience as smooth and reliable as sennelier, then this likely isn’t where to point your peepers. But for $10? Like, heck, if they dry in a palette they’d be great for me to make a kit for my niece and go out on a paint date with her.

@callmekite 5 жыл бұрын

I had NO idea Meeden made paints!

@Dan.B.Artist 5 жыл бұрын

First I've heard of them! If paints that dont normally granulate have granulation its usually a sign of a chemical extender like dextorin (spelling?). They seem to dry quite well for budget pains and some of colours do look quite nice. thanks for sharing :)

@MeowMeowKapow 5 жыл бұрын

I thought it was really interesting seeing how many of the colors granulated, and I totally appreciate the info! Honestly, if their corner-cutting results in clean, transparent colors WITH granulation? I’m kind of on board.

@Anibronkk 4 жыл бұрын

Please can you try Zenacolor Watercolor 24 tube set, i trust in your opinion ♥️ thanks

@MeowMeowKapow 4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you trust my opinion! That being said, I’m unable to review materials that I don’t already have because I’m on a purchasing freeze. If they’re not too expensive, why not try them yourself and then review them for everyone else? That’s how my youtube channel started, honestly.

@Anibronkk 4 жыл бұрын

@@MeowMeowKapow thanks for the response, yes they are cheap but im unable to buy like that, im from Venezuela, my country is in crisis rn and my monthly income is barely 4$, i save some coin the whole year, i only have 15$ to spend in art supply, thats why I asked you that, Thank You anyway meow I appreciate it ♥️

@LanaGoesArt 5 жыл бұрын

The fun alien hamster soul paint looks nice. It would probably be a great set for starters or even crafters. Were there lightfastness informations on the tubes? Bubba is gorgeous as always! I love your little fluff ball :)

@MeowMeowKapow 5 жыл бұрын

Not a single lick of annnnnny kind of information on them. I’d be surprised if anything painted with them lasted more than a couple of months.

@LanaGoesArt 5 жыл бұрын

@@MeowMeowKapow Well, there are school paints, that last for years around here. So I'm never sure about the colors, even the cheaper ones. But no information is a little too little, I agree.

@mmachefert 4 жыл бұрын

Child hands, dexterity issues, or finger pain ???

@shawnariley3518 5 жыл бұрын

I seen meeden had a pan set too... and I always recommend the shinhan paints they’re the closest I’ve seen to pro quality with a budget price you can’t beat. I don’t recommend koi to anyone I would go with cotman before that and you should try the derwent travel set it’s got some unique colors and a surprisingly good price

@MeowMeowKapow 5 жыл бұрын

Ughhhh. I got burned by koi early on in my watercolor experiments, and I really regret giving them a try. They ALMOST turned me off from the medium, but it was actually the Mijello Mission Gold that I ended up taking a chance on that saved my opinion of watercolors and helped me stick with them. I searched out the “professional” and some PWC shinhans last month or something and have been meaning to do a side-by-side comparison of them. Just haven’t gotten the time! Ah! Thank you for your recommendations!!! =^.^=

@nancypalmer6729 5 жыл бұрын

Great review!

@aleahlrb 5 жыл бұрын

Hehe. "Scalet".

@MeowMeowKapow 5 жыл бұрын

Right? That one’s my favorite. =>.

@aleahlrb 5 жыл бұрын

@@MeowMeowKapow I once bought a set of paints before. When I was making a swatch card, I noticed that something was wrong when I was writing the names. I thought I accidentally grabbed the wrong tube but nope. The cool red was labelled "magenta" and the supposed to be magenta was labelled "crimson lake". And the purple and violet were labelled as "dark blue" and "ultramarine", respectively. And they also mislabelled a bright orange as "yellow ochre".

@MDCampbell 5 жыл бұрын

I'm actually not going to watch this video, my friend. Because, frankly, it's the same deal on this end with this manufacturer. We must be traveling on the same plane these days, or just targeted by the same companies! lol! I'm in the process of putting together a video, as well, so I don't want to obfuscate my bias by watching other videos until I'm done. But, I'm _dying_ to know what you thought of these paints!! Arghh! lol!! I will check in once I post my thoughts and can compare notes. Funny how these relatively unknown brands are using us relatively new KZfaq people as their promoters... this may be the last one I do unless they want to send a check our way and pay us for giving them, essentially, free advertising! Anyhow, very excited to see what you thought. And when Mozart's mother asked what he wanted to be for Halloween, he replied, "I'll be Bach!" (sorry, I made that up. Bad dad humor. lol!) Cheers! :)

@MeowMeowKapow 5 жыл бұрын

hahahaha, I love stupid jokes so I’m way on board for them! And don’t worry, I didn’t really do much except swatch these and say a few quick observations based on only that, so there’s not much info here! Interested to see what you think of them as well, and this is probably one of the last things of this sort I’m doing as well (after I get follow up testing and whatnot done) mostly because I’ve got a backlog of things I want to do a mile long! And I’m running out of physical space for more stuff. =>.

@MDCampbell 5 жыл бұрын

@@MeowMeowKapow Amen to a backlog and running out of space. omg! I want to go to the Container Store and just buy bins! Lots of bins!!! lol! ;)

@MeowMeowKapow 5 жыл бұрын

I don’t even have room for bins! I’m constantly in an art supply nest, even after having organized it relatively thoroughly last year. The nest demands chaos!