Review: Marie's Masters Watercolour | Is This Brand a MUST-HAVE?

[@JoAnneSmith-di8ok]

I love your flowers. I can see how frustrating this can be. I would not want to have to fight with my supplies. Hopefully others will comment.

[@artonthecreek]

Thanks JoAnne-it was a struggle, definitely! A bit of a disappointment 💔

[@dramaticona]

I think those are the same that Jerry sells. Looks just like the ones the frugal crafter tested, maybe they just change their formula some companies does that. Thank for these review, I was drawing listening to your video and felt companionship cuz I was struggling to.

[@artonthecreek]

Hi Dramaticona-yes, you’re right, Jerry’s Artarama has these Masters Quality as well as the Chinese Watercolor sets, the artists watercolor and the gouache. Im now wondering if I somehow got a “bad” set. I’ve since used these on different 100% cotton paper and they still rubbed off when dry and lacked luminosity. I’m sorry you were struggling, too. Maybe we can blame it on the cycle of the moon or Mercury in retrograde or something…😂🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ As I recall, Lindsay really liked the Marie’s Masters Watercolor. I purchased the same variety she worked with, but I was unfortunately not impressed. This is why I think I may have gotten either a bad batch or mislabeled tubes. Who knows? Hope you have a much better day today, and thank you so much for watching & commenting!

[@dianaromig732]

The mixes are excellent 🎉

[@artonthecreek]

Hi Diane! Yes🩷 I loved them on the swatch sheet!!

[@suzykeene9298]

Try them them on ripe or half-ripe Xuan paper. I have a feeling that these were made for use on rice paper.

[@artonthecreek]

Hi Suzy-thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@Lcampanelli]

I really like marie masters in those tubes. I got them at jerrys

[@artonthecreek]

I am happy to hear that!

[@anitadavidson1266]

Despite what these paints put you through, with initial confusion over pigments to simply the way they felt and performed, you absolutely still managed to produce a lovely roses painting. As for your lettering, it is so much better than my own, that I love that too! It does indeed seem that these are indeed student grade, but not even a good quality student grade such as Van Gogh for example. Everything that frustrated you was very clear to see within the landscape painting - wonderful photo Kathy!! As for the card - I have no idea how to spell that character’s name - I just went blank, but you can fill in that blank. It was very obvious that some colours simply did not play well. I could hear a form of relief in your voice when you checked the dry card for chalkiness, and the paint rubbed off. It is clearly not you, but the poor quality paints. This isn’t a brand I am familiar with, is that simply because I live in Scotland? I have not encountered the other form of Marie’s either. But likely, it will be lurking within Amazon UK somewhere. Not that I shall be buying, but I am interested in the price for the set you received. 👩🏻‍🎨🖌️🎨🤷‍♀️❤️❤️

[@artonthecreek]

Thank you, Anita💕 I wish I enjoyed these better…but so far they just don’t cut it for me. Luckily I didn’t invest too much! You are right-Kathy’s photo is magnificent! Kathy I will have to do your beautiful photo justice by painting it with some paints I can trust a bit more to work with me, not against me🩷🩷