Decent Watercolor Supplies from Walmart?! Not!

[@WhstlblwrBlastingEpsteinsILK]

It needs to be soaked for about 10 minutes & dried as a prep so the paint behaves properly. There's videos on prepping sized paper.

[@Skinnychelle48]

I can get Arches Paper for 14.00 a pak at Hobby Lobby using their 40% off coupon! I buy it and cut each sheet into four. It’s soooooo true that the paper u use makes all the difference! As a beginner, I practice on Canson Watercolor Paper and only do a final painting on Arches.

[@whyifare]

In my country 14.00 is a lot (guessing you meant dollars)

[@djhadaverde]

Hi! I have a similar set of 42 colours fan palette but from the brand Superior. I always though that all these brands were made by the same manufacture, but now I see yours it's not the same as mine 🤷. I got my set one year ago from Aliexpress and they never cracked and they behave like the Pretty Excellent set, I like it very much for sketching and practicing.

[@serenityjewel]

Grumbacher paper is great for acrylics

[@PayneWaterStudio]

Great video but I couldn’t get over the clicking noise I’m not sure if it was your mic or you click your mouth after each sentence

[@RainbowEntropy]

That's unfortunate about the fan pallete. I also bought it a couple months ago cus i did see it all over and was curious. I did try to look up more info on it, but it's like it doesn't exist anywhere online except at Walmart. Not even Royal & Lagnickel's website. I do wonder if mine ever starts cracking, i can crush it and re-use with more binder.

[@Skinnychelle48]

That Grumbacher paper was sooooo bad to me. It’s almost like it had some sort of wax coating on it. I’m using it as a Creative Journal, collaging and such. The Canson XL Watercolor Pads are better to me, I use those for practice all of the time. I use the Canson Mixed Media Pads for practice as well. You did a great job with the Grumbacher Pad. Maybe I will try my watercolor crayons with it.

[@ellaacuarela]

Completely agree. I think the Canson XL are better than these.

[@rachelmartin2424]

So interesting. I love Grumbacher watercolor paper & hate Canson xl watercolor & mixed media paper. They reacted the opposite for me.

[@eileenvalachovic9435]

Thank you for your review. I was not surprised by the paper but was by the paint. I have one of the more normal priced ones. Not sure of the brand but bought on Amazon. It's okay for sketchbooks. Whenever I used it, kept the fans separated until dry. There has been No cracking. I thought I would use it more for plein air but after I got a pocket palette from Art Toolkit, have no desire to take the fan set out.

[@ellaacuarela]

Thanks for the additional insight. I agree even if the pans didn’t crack I would probably not take the fan pallet out for plein air painting either. I found the fan pallet setup a bit frustrating.

[@65sunnyday]

Thanks for the review, esp about the fan pallet. I know they're kind of popular now. It looks nice, the price is good, but it is basically crap, & that is good to know.. Might try that white Sharpie, too.

[@ellaacuarela]

Glad you found it helpful

[@NicoleLan622]

I can't believe it doesn't have ultramarine or lemon yellow, i though they were in every set. I'm going for the 42 color pan-fan.

[@fuzzydragons]

def supplies more for young kids who generally wont care about its problems ASDA is our Walmart, use to be owned by them but i dont think they are any more and only a few stores are as big as they are there

[@Skinnychelle48]

I bought that paper and didn’t like it at all. Canson is much better!