I've used various types of watercolors, both pan and tubes. I actually prefer pans and usually use winsor-newton but I'm curious as to how other people feel.
2006-12-10 15:24:17 · 1 answers · asked by Silverwing6700 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
I undersand that Winsor Newton pans (that is half or whole pans) are very good. A great many watercolorists pour their own, that is buy tube colors and squeeze color into palettes to dry and then use them by rewetting them or squeeze them into empty half pans or whole pans.
On pigments and their characteristics, I highly recommend the website Handprint: http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/water.html and click on "paint" at that spot. I would also recommend you look around and do some reading at that site. There's a lot of info there, and it's relaible.
Also, Daniel Smith sells a beautiful folding metal palette, along with empty whole or half pans that you can fill yourself, for example: http://www.danielsmith.com/cgi-bin/sgsh0113.exe
As to paints, I like M. Graham watercolors and gouache a lot, and also Daniel Smith's. In some pigments, I like Blockx (especially for Napels Yellow and Manganese Blue) and MaimeriBlu too.
Regarding tube or pan, I find working purely from tubes wasteful. I inevitably take too much paint in my brush from a glob of tube color. On the other hand, I find it difficult at times to get enough paint from a "pan" into my mix. So I squeeze out my paint on my palette and let it dry and rewet it. I also have tube color when I need it. Also, to me taking tube color to the field is a nightmare!
Keep painting!
Bill
2006-12-10 18:31:52 · answer #1 · answered by Bill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best Watercolors
2016-10-05 02:51:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Can anyone recommend the best watercolors?
I've used various types of watercolors, both pan and tubes. I actually prefer pans and usually use winsor-newton but I'm curious as to how other people feel.
2015-08-18 23:57:41 · answer #3 · answered by Sydelle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I can really not recommend cheap watercolor paint. You get what you pay for and even though expensive seems expensive... (well obviously) the paint will last longer and will provide brighter colors even when diluted to the extreme. Daler Rowney is excellent. Even pro's use it.
2016-03-22 14:53:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tubes are better...
tubes last longer than pans. well..depends on what kind of water colored painting do you paint...like portraits, tubes are good... for landscape..i say pans are better.
2006-12-10 15:30:17 · answer #5 · answered by henry z 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the nearest art store and ask
2006-12-14 02:22:24 · answer #6 · answered by nancy o 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋