save money by filling watercolors in the most effective way ✨

[@crafterine]

The age old question - should I buy half pans or tube watercolors? If you buy pans you get 2 ml of paint while getting tubes you get 5 ml paint. But is it though ? This video demonstrates how much you really get from tube paints from a well known artist-grade brand Schminke. Being a paintmaker myself, I show you exactly how to fill paints in the pans in the most efficient way (without air bubbles in them). Let’s face it, after your pans are over, you’ll end up buying tube paints to refill them anyway ❤

[@AScrapOfKindness]

I'm new to painting and yesterday placed an order for my first tube paints. This has been very helpful. Thank you for sharing!

[@ahleena]

I kind of feel that putting the paint in pots and letting them dry negates the point of getting tube paints. It just means you'll have to soften the paint later to get it back to a fluid medium. And you can get watercolors already in pans if that's how you prefer to paint. Try this: squeeze out how much you think you'll use on your palette (a shallow dish) and paint. If it dries, re-wet. No problem. If you run out, squeeze out more. No problem. If your colors ran together last session, squeeze out some fresh, clean paint. No problem. One issue with painting from pots is color cross-contamination. It's not such an issue when you paint from tubes.

[@AScrapOfKindness]

@@ahleena This makes a lot of sense. I will be trying it your way. Thank you so much!

[@22GmaRocky]

What difference does it make if you put one layer in and let it dry, before, filling out the rest of the way up? I don’t understand why you have to do in layers.

[@crafterine]

As the paints dry in the pans they shrink, however, most times, the top part dries and the paint on the bottom continues to be wet. Alas, in between a huge air pocket gets created. Sometimes while filling pans, air bubbles also get trapped and get bigger as paint dries. Therefore, to fill the pan with paint and without vacant spaces trapped on the inside , we fill them in thin layers and let them dry at each step. Even the biggest paint companies (Daniel Smith, Schminke etc) that sell paints in pans, fill pans in layers so that we get pans packed with paints in them 😍

[@PLKinka]

@@crafterineyeah but why not just push it in with my little finger after it gets dry enough to touch to force the air out? I get it on commercial scale, but why waste space, time and good paint on the sticks, when a good old pressure works well enough? Takes few seconds, no space, so your cat won’t step in it,and your paints are ready to take with you again in up to two days, not in weeks. At this point of bother it’s better and cheaper to just pay extra for the filled pans.

[@crafterine]

Yes! You can do that too. It took a couple days for me since the humidity was high near my place and also, Schminke paints are honey-based and get sticky to touch. I believe it works out perfect in hardly 2-3 days for other tube paints 😄…. By the way, I am a paint maker and I fill my handmade paints the same way, so it’s now a force of habit for me to fill them this way , and wait a couple days however any way works 🥰

[@SmilinThyme]

Great knowledge, but how does it save me money?

[@feath3rs]

tubes are a cheaper alternative considering its weight/cost ration

[@SmilinThyme]

@@feath3rsYes, I buy tubes, but filling them right or wrong does not make a difference money wise. I still have the rest of the paint in the tube.

[@Foxy11123]

Dont clean your pallet 😂… so u can use it the remain color in another project 😊

[@feath3rs]

@@SmilinThyme this is obviously meant to refill travel watercolor kits...use your brain

[@SmilinThyme]

@@Foxy11123 That’s a given, but not mentioned in the video.

[@katriannanonduality]

do you have a link for the is it quarter pans size at the end?

[@crafterine]

I got it from Amazon almost a year ago, however I don’t find it anymore. Maybe you can find it on Temu or Ebay maybe

[@M0odyBlue]

Amazon still sells them.

[@prakashk5884]

Nice one..🎉

[@crafterine]

Thank you 🤩