Recently I have been getting back in to water colour painting, after a few years of drawing with pen, pencil. and inks.
In another post I will show what pens and inks I have been using. As I have just re-set up my palettes I thought I would show these first.
In total I have six half pan palettes, two set of water soluble sticks, a small set of Gouache and a set of tubes of water colour paint.
I am going to go over each set. I will do a post on each set, with colour charts for each and what I think of each at a later date.
Lets start with the Winsor and Newton black tin.
This tin holds 24 half pans, (or 12 full pans) So they say, but you can get 26 half pans in the tin (13 on each row).
I brought this tin years a go from Cass Art, I took out all the paints and put the half pan ‘Winsor and Newton Cotman' paints, which are their student range. I had two sets of them in their pocket size palettes that held 12 colours each.
This is how it has been for the past two years
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| (Winsor And Newton Cotmans, and 6 Royal Talens Rembrandt.) |
The other day I picked up the Winsor and Newton Cotman Studio set from Cowling and Wilcoxs. Which holds 45 half pans (if you shift them up you can get 48 half pans).
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| Winsor and Newton Cotman 45 palette |
The plastic palette came with 45 half pans, so I went through them and removed the colours that I hand and put them in to the palette along with all the new ones I have gained.
Moving the Cotmans out of the 24 black tim means that I can fill this tin with the Winson and Newton Professional water colour paints that I took out of this tin when I got it and have had them stored in my box, along with some other half pans.
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| Winsor and Newton Professional paints |
When I was emptying out the black tin I came across 6 Royal Talens Rembrandt colours which I brought years ago from Laurence Mathews art shop (in Southend-on-Sea.)
Which now live in the Winson and Newton pocket palette.
Finding these in my palette and knowing how much i like these colours and how mix and behave, has made me start looking at buying a 12 palette of the Rembrandt watercolour paints
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| Royal Talens Rembrandt |
Next up is my ‘Winsor and Newton Designer Gouache,’ which I have a set of six and a couple of other colours. I am currently waiting for a empty pallet so I can put the colours in and use them out of the that.
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| Winsor and Newton Designer Gouache |
The next set is one of my newest sets which I have not yet used, is the
Schmincke Metal tin set which came with 12 half pans. I picked up two more colours which will fit in the tin nicely.
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| Schmincke |
Daniel Smith is a beautiful range of water colours that come in 5ml and 15ml tubes only.
I have slowly been building up a set and I have only got around to putting them in to half pans. The palette that they are living in is a blue tin that currently holds 46 half pans which I got form Amazon. Is from a brand called Meeden.
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| Daniel Smith water colour |
I then have a box of ‘Daler Rowney Simple’ water colour tubes. These are a student quality paint. I haven't really used them much as I was not that keen on them
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| Daler Rowney Simple watercolour |
I also have a small travel set of their half pans which I brought to take away with me on holiday a few years ago, but I never used them. they’ve been setting at the bottom of my art box since then
Last of all I have two sets of water soluble pigment sticks one is ‘Caran D’ache NeoColor’ and the other is a selection of ‘Winsor and Newton’,
My favourite is the Winsor and Newton sticks. The Caran D’ache ones I think I only used once.
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| Winsor and Newton water soluble pigment sticks |
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| Caran D’ache NeoColor soluble pigment sticks |
That sums up my current collection to watercolour paints and palettes. Like I mentioned at the start, I will do a post on each set, with colour charts for each and what I think of each at a later date.
If you have any questions related to any my sets drop a comment below and I will answer it as soon as possible.
LINKS:
Where I got them from:
Winsor and Newton Cotman Studio 46 set, Winsor and Newton Designer Gouache, Daler Rowney travel set and Schmincke; Cowling and Wilcox
Winsor and Newton Professional 18 set and Daniel Smith; Cass Art
Royal Talens Rembrandt; Laurence Mathews, Southend-on-Sea.
Caran D’ache NeoColor and Daler Rowney Simple; Slanchogled
Small little disclaimer: all the products here I have brought with my oun money, and this is not a sponsored post
