The first watercolors I painted with as a child were from Pelikan. We had a box with my siblings' old boxes and the old ones in tin boxes were of better quality than the new ones in plastic boxes, the Colours were more intense. There were also three colours in between that were in square pans and not in these round ones. These were the most intense and beautiful of them and I thought they were something special and very valuable. After a few years I found out that it was traditional watercolor paint from Pelikan.
Lol, still learning! My first set was from Doodle Hog. (Lindsay thinks they are from Superior) 36 colors in a nice tin for $15. I'm actually using them right now. I'm doing a series of landscape studies from photos of the local airport... on printer paper! It's very interesting. What you lay down is what you get. It doesn't move and there is No lifting. It makes you very aware of your brush strokes, the paint/water load in your brush, and how to build color. I upgraded from them to the Meeden watercolor tubes (they have pigment information) and picked up the Mission Gold pure pigment 24 set when it went on sale. I got several different sets from Rosa Gallery as they came up on sale last winter. And finally I just made an 'investment' in DaVinci (summer sale) to get the specialty colors that aren't in the Mission or Rosa sets. ❤
@@windywednesday4166 There are so many choices these days. I don't remember what I used when I was in school, but when I was a young adult I got a set of Cotman tubes. They are pretty vibrant and I was happy with them. I'm even happier with M Graham! Haha!
@thewatercolorclassroom-bec7040 Cottman is a solid brand and great for beginners! I just wanted to see if I was really interested before I invested in anything. I actually have a small 'beginner' set of Cotman wc. They are great when I want to get back to basics and do simple studies. M Graham are a dream, but I can't deal with how sticky they are!
@@windywednesday4166 They don't seem sticky to me once they are wet. I love how quickly they resuscitate. Lots of people love other brands than I do though. Haha!
My first watercolor paints as a child were Pelikan, a box with replaceable pans. I'm not sure about the quality of the paint, but the painter was terrible for sure 😅 Then, as an adult, when I went back to watercolor I started with Cotman, but now I use W&N and Sennelier, mainly, with some Schmincke and Daniel Smith colors.
I started my 4 decades long art journey with colored pencils and then went to acrylics. I painted needlepoint canvas (acrylics) as a business for years. When I decided to give watercolor a try, I bought a set of Cotman on Amazon but decided to go with non-granulating Sennelier relatively quickly. I actually asked Google which professional brand has the least amount of granulation. I don't have the full range of colors but try to add one a month, and based on your recommendation, I now have 2 M. Grahams which I also love! Thanks Becky!
@@thewatercolorclassroom-bec7040 Their French Ultramarine is at the top of my current list of must haves as it allegedly granulates less than the regular Ultramarine and Ultramarine has been my favorite blue for the last 40 years. Sennelier is great for layering and spreads like wildfire when painting wet on wet. I'll be interested to hear what you think of it!
