Good watercolor paints that aren't expensive? (list of colors needed inside)?

Question

I bought the large tubes of the DaVinci brand for my basic colors that I will use often.

But now I need the following colors below, and I realized that I only have 4 or 5 water color classes left and I don't want to spend a lot of money, because I don't have a lot to spend...at all. Maybe I should just by hues (fake colors).....
So here are the colors...any recommendations?

Thalo blue (also called windsor blue)
Thalo green
Alizarin crimson
Cadmium red light
Aquamarine blue
Cerulean blue

I don't want to use hues...but other people in my class have them to make it affordable...so i don't mind.

Do you guys know where I can buy these paints? I went to Jerry's Artarama to get my DaVinci paints and Jerry's did not carry cheaper brands. What about walmart or Michaels? I was hoping I could get some recommendations before I went looking all over the place. Thank you!

well im definitely going to have to use more then a few drops because we do quite a lot of practice paintings at home, and we'll have an end of the year project. So I guess right now I am concerned more with quantity then quality. So I decided to just get the little tubes from Michaels for now. ALL of the colors I need will cost me the price of one large DaVinci tube. And then in the end if I want to paint more then i can spend more on better paints. Oh I don't have friends in the class just a bunch of older women who are very serious about their painting...lol...there won't be a lot of sharing.

Answer 1

Cadmium red light and Cerulean blue are going to be very expensive if you get the real pigment colors. I see no reason why you shouldn't buy the hues if you are taking a class. If you were an established watercolor artist selling your work, you would want the real pigments. The difference lies in the number of years the colors will remain vibrant. For student use, the hue colors, which are usually dye based, should be just fine.

Answer 2

I don't understand your question completely. You want to buy these colors just for those 4 or 5 lessons?

Then don't. Borrow a drop from a friend if you have to. If you plan on painting after just buy what you are willing to afford. I collected all the colors I wanted over a period of 2 years.

I hope that helps because buying cheap will not make you happy at all.

Answer 3

well in your list the only colors that come in hues are the cad red light and cerulean blue. cadmium red hue is made from napthanol red and is ok to use. but cerulean blue hue is a big no. its made from the thalo pigment and DOES NOT mix like traditainol cerulean.

Answer 4

If you are taking classes from a pro-, why all the fuss over colors? most artists throw out ceruelean blue and substitute copbalt, manganese and ultramarine to tone a sky, suggest disnatnce or even shadow.
The class I've been teaching for years has a list of a very few items, Jones pallette, 6 brushes, nylon in varying sizes from 6 10 14 and all rounds,........the colors are ivory black, alizarin crimson, ced red deep, ced red lt. cad yellow deep, cad yelloe lt, yellow ochre, raw sienna, burnt sienna raw umber, burnt umber, hookers green& chrome green. as well as one tuibe of guache white opaque#1and I always suggest 140 hotpress pad or wquarter sheets of 115 hotpress board.