I tested Cotman's watercolors to see if they're worth it (the results were VERY SURPRISING)

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@sandyowncrafts 7 ай бұрын

Hi guys! Today I'm trying out a Cotman watercolor set and I can't wait if it's worth it. Have you tried Cotman before? Let me know what you think.

@amandahodgin9316 7 ай бұрын

Veridian is such a great mixer. I know that some people like to always mix green from scratch but I find it helps to have a cool and a warm green that I can start with to make a green that I want. I was taking lessons a year ago and I took my own palette to class instead of using the instructor provided palette. We were working on individual projects so it didn’t matter if I used her colours. She had some greens in her palettes but when she saw viridian in mine, she exclaimed, “I don’t understand why people have that colour in their palettes. It’s such an unnatural colour. That green doesn’t exist in nature.” Told me right there that she didn’t really understand that colour mixing is about theory but it is about preference as well. I love viridian for its mixing qualities.

@sandyowncrafts 7 ай бұрын

Yes, I've playing around with color mixing and love how viridian works when mixed too

@godzandheros 6 ай бұрын

lol I would have responded back that the sap green on her palette most likely contains that pigment and is also a convenience colour and a green like sap/hookers doesn't exist as a single pigment and see how she reacts 🤣

@vermis8344 2 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing about viridian - until I saw someone on youtube mix it with yellow. Boy did I feel stupid. 😅

@Brilliantnash 7 ай бұрын

The Cotman colours were my first better quality set. They are some of the better student quality around. Do I own better artist quality? For sure, but my 30 year old paints still perform very well and some old ones outperform the reformulated ones. In my opinion Cotman colours are very reliable and well suited to beginners as well as more advanced painters.

@sandyowncrafts 7 ай бұрын

I agree!

@travwhitmer 7 ай бұрын

that's the set I'm working with currently. I was planning to take out the white and the viridian, but I will try some more mixing with the viridian first. I love how many different greys you can mix with the burnt umber and the blues

@sandyowncrafts 7 ай бұрын

@@travwhitmer I totally agree with replacing the white, a waste of precious pan space. But the viridian is worth it 😁

@phillipstroll7385 7 ай бұрын

Every professional artist I know uses this set. I belong to an national plein air competition group. We travel to plein air paint. Our works are them shown in a pop up gallery and sold. The cheapest paintings are 5" x 7" for $1200.00 usd. After the gallery and awards we set up our individual booths to sell from. No one involved, and there are hundreds, uses anything other than cotman or white nights. One person used to use davinci until they had a horrible mixing mishap. One girl uses daniel smith but she's a brand ambassador. It doesn't help because she's never won anything and I don't think she's ever sold a single painting. But she is popular on social media. So she sells stickers lol. I used w&n professionals when I got them for free, but as soon as I had to start buying my own paints I went straight to cotman. For commissioned work I do use daniel smith and paintings for myself I use ds. Mainly because I love the feel and a more natural realistic color palette which ds offers. But when I'm in the field or competing it's cotman. Point is, when one paints to play or social media or themselves one can afford to pay more for less. Because you aren't using it, but when one makes their living based solely on painting sales, one uses the best at the lowest cost. Last season a majority had switched to white nights. But they are too bright for me. I don't want to tone every mix down on the fly, but others love that versatility. I guess my other point is, use what you have. The supply isn't going to make you a better artist. Millions of paintings painted with cotman are sold every year for thousands of dollars.

@sandyowncrafts 7 ай бұрын

@@phillipstroll7385 thank you so much for your input, I had no idea. A plain air competition sounds like fun. How about lightfastness, have any of you ever noticed the cotman colors fading over time or are they lightfast?

@kathrinposim6265 7 ай бұрын

I too was very impressed by the vibrancy and good pigmentation of the Cotman series by Winsor & Newton.

@goldenhourss 6 ай бұрын

thank you so much for this video! I’m very new to painting (did painting during middle school but stopped after my mental health declined) I was worried about not having enough options with colors but this was very helpful❤

@sandyowncrafts 6 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you've given it another try! Yes! Step away from the big sets, this is all you need. Plus it's much more fun this way 😉

@Iwanttodrawachicken 7 ай бұрын

Re white. Have a look at the great masters watercolour painters pre 1950. They knew how to use white watercolour to make amazing paintings. It can be incredibly useful if you know what to use it for. Hint, it's not lightening colours.

@sandyowncrafts 7 ай бұрын

I will, thank you 😊

@dawnss8913 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the terrific video, I love W&N, I have used it since the 1980's. I used to believe the same as you about white. I discovered Niaz Hannan a while back and he uses white A LOT. White does have its purpose and I would never be without it.

@sandyowncrafts Ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm actually learning about that for my next video. 😁

@kelico8407 7 ай бұрын

In my older set, it came with intense blue instead of cerulean blue, and as the name suggests it was so intense it was barely useable. Even the smallest amount overpowered whatever you were mixing. I'm glad they changed it!

@sandyowncrafts 7 ай бұрын

Yeah that does sound useless... So glad they changed it too

@godzandheros 6 ай бұрын

This set still has phthalo blue instead of cerulean for the NA market unfortunately, but you can at least buy the cotman pans open stock and replace it with cerulean

@mafaldamaluka 6 ай бұрын

There is just an miss argument here: it not cost the same every place. I paid last year 230 pln for the biggest set - in Brasil is 10 times more expensive… 😮😮😮 but this is q great video! :)

@sandyowncrafts 6 ай бұрын

Olá! I'm sure they are exceptions of course, what I meant to say was when compared to other brands this is available on many more countries and the price doesn't vary as much

@kunaljanvalkar2850 6 күн бұрын

@@sandyowncraftsNo, he is right. Since Brexit nearly every pro brand beat Winsor Newton on the price point. You know it's bad when Schminke is beating WN (pro grade) on price point, that too in a protectionist economy like India... I mean I do like my Cotmans and trying to use them up before I move on to my other palettes but the only reason I bought it was the tiny travel box For reference here is how other brands are priced compared to WN in India: 1. M Graham: x3 (strange) 2. QOR: x1.1 3. DS: x0.9 4. Schminke: x0.8 5. Rembrandt : x0.7 6. Holbein: x0.7 7. Sennelier: x0.6 8. Renesans :x0.5 9. Mission Gold: x0.5 10. St Petersburg : x0.33

@almas.2530 6 ай бұрын

I’m glad that you consider these watercolors are good, because I also love them, in despite of having some negative reviews. I agree that white is not very useful, I only use it mixed with permanent rose when I need a very light pink. Yellow ochre is a basic color for me, as I paint basically landscapes, but it would be fine for portraits as well, and mixed with viridian, you get a more natural green.

@sandyowncrafts 6 ай бұрын

Agreed 😁

@slateportraichu5416 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the review=3 This is a lovely set=3

@sandyowncrafts 4 ай бұрын

It's one of my favourites at the moment

@justMGonly 6 ай бұрын

White is always the "waste" color in the art world which is really sad. But its not. You cant achieve pastel colors with paint and water only. You add white to make pastel colors, or it adds TINT to the color. Can also act as a highlight and a lot more. Thats why its not lightening, it adds tint. Really fun to experiment tho, at least for me.

@sandyowncrafts 6 ай бұрын

I own the kuretake art nouveau set and you can clearly see the white in the pastels yes. I'll have to give it a try 🙂

@fun_gussy 3 күн бұрын

White is seen as wasteful in transparent medium because it is opaque. Most watercolor painters want the glowing transparent effect that watercolors are famous for, and white ruins that.