Da Vinci Watercolors - Best Value Artist Grade Watercolors? 

The Rose Madder Quinacridone in the video is labelled correctly. It's made from PV19 and PR88. So please ignore what I say in the video 🤣

Da Vinci just came out with a color dot sampler of all their colors! Wonderful!

Cheap Joe's brand American Journey paints are also made by Davinci. The 37ml tubes are even cheaper than the Davinci tubes. If a color is super important to you, check the pigment numbers for both brands. If the numbers match, usually they are the same quality. I've only ever seen a difference in the most expensive paints to make. Otherwise it's impossible to tell the difference. My favorite colors of the brands are Pr209, Quin Red and Pb60 Indanthrone blue. Just gorgeous and both are great mixers. Fantastic video! New subscriber now. ❤️

I just got my first DaVinci paints recently, and made a color mixing chart. They lay down so smoothly, especially compared to the M. Graham chart I did the next day. They remind me of Schmincke, actually. They are always "on sale." I wrote an email with questions and received a reply from their CEO (they are a small family company). He confirmed they still have old stock of PB 33. I ordered directly from the company, and received my order very quickly. I normally avoid convenience mixes, but do enjoy unique ones, and they have several, such as Alizarin Gold and Gold Ochre; their Naples Yellow is an unusual mix with no black or white. They also have three shades of Ultramarine, and an unusual Cobalt Turquoise that's more like Cobalt Teal but made with PB 28. I will definitely be ordering some of those 37 mil tubes in the future (but they also have 8 mil tubes to try out colors!)

DaVinci watercolor had become my go to and I have all the big brands.

I'd forgotten how much I love my DaVinci paints. I rarely use them-they're the ones I save for special things. Silly I know-I need to start using them. You're missing 2 of my favorites. Their Quin Burnt Orange is glorious and I have their violet iron oxide in my earth colors. After seeing this I have to get the mauve!

I personally love da vinci, top 3 for me... some colors number 1. Like the cadmium colors, they are so beautiful, vibrant and behave really well. I have cad scarlet and cad red deep on my main palette, I paint poppies a lot and cad scarlet and deep along with py150 make perfect poppy colors.

I thoroughly enjoy watching you swatch colors! Your precision is refreshing. Da Vinci makes my top three in paint brands (with W&N and Van Gogh holding the top spots). In the US, you can’t beat the value on these paints.They don’t have a flashy color range but they carry all of the staple hues at a much better price that either Daniel Smith or M Graham which I would class as their closet competition. Their Red Rose Deep is my favorite Quin Rose in all of the paints that I have. I’m so interested to see how their Aureolin fades out. The PY40 pigments tends to grey as it fades, so it would be interesting to see how the PY3 part of that shade looks after the PY40 has faded out. And I agree that the Da Vinci Cerulean Blue Genuine is lovely. I need to find occasion to use it more.

I am so happy that someone is sharing their paints with you and you are sharing with the world, thank you

Ahhh Da Vinci... What can I say? Almost any artist who has a desire to seek out what they like and works best for them has, or will finally come to the place of confession about their love affair with Da Vinci watercolors. Da Vinci is like that hometown family girl that not many will acknowledge or speak about much, because she doesn't make a scene or a big parade. She's the girl that knows how to get things done, meet all your needs, and do it with such efficiency and grace that it fits right into life, and she doesn't have to brag about it. Da Vinci is quiet... A graceful and well behaved girl that keeps turning Arthur's head for a second look, although Arthur is married to Daniella Smith, a high maintenance dame who likes flashy marketing, and likes to spend money on shiny little trinkets and souvenier eye candy. But Arthur is afraid to leave Daniella, because there may be social consequences... What would high society say? Arthur feels like he has so much invested in Daniella that he couldn't just shake off the dame that's running up his credit cards and making him go broke. But of course, Arthur has had these fantasies about foreign girls too... French, German, British, Dutch... All of them lovely and cultural in their own light. But he has that sobering realization that long distance relationships are expensive, and hard to maintain. Still, Arthur takes little strolls down the street... hoping by chance that he will catch another glimpse of the beautiful Da Vinci girl quietly sitting at the porch swing, harmoniously painting a picture of life all on her own.😉

I’m in love with that deep mauve! Fortunately it is easy to mix! It looks so good next to a green/blue like the turquoise. Also I love that cad red light

Da Vinci paints are beautiful and easy to work with. Beautiful swatches.

Very nice colours 👍🏼 But, the cobalt turquoise 😂. I enjoy your colour swatching of different brands. A good reference for me before I order. Thanks

I love the Phaloturquise, PB16 because it is not a blend but one pigment and makes awesome greens and it transparent. Acts like cobalt turquoise deep without being more opaque and granulating. Daniel Smith labels it as Phalo blue turquoise. Give it a try with new gamboge or Hansa yellow deep or quinacridone gold. I don’t use the less lightfast colors in my palette than the Hansa yellow deep which is a bit more lightfast than light Hansa yellow. I substitute regular azo yellow and use cad lemon for the lighter ones but all DaVinci. They stay more plump when I put them in the whole pans than Daniel Smith. Again and again I have had to refill the Daniel Smith pans and for the many gradations I much prefer DaVinci and the value is a good one.

I do like Da Vinci's watercolors. I have a set that includes Denise's green instead of sap. It's not my go to set for most things, but sometimes I get it out to play around with. They rewet beautifully. I don't buy replacement tubes that often but I think every time I've ever gone to their website they've had sale prices, much like Blick's. Glad you liked them and kudos to whoever sent them to you. I've never met a cobalt violet that I could stand, no matter the brand. Nasty gloppy mess that is. lol

They are always on sale price. At least that is what I've seen for almost a year. They are great paints. Good value for the price.

Beautiful paints. The second row is my favorite. Some of the yellows are nice. Never tried the Arylide Yellow. All in all they are good.

Hi Jay. You really are definitely a lucky man. A nice range of colors. I've seen and heard good things about DaVinci, but in Europe I don't think they can be bought, nor does Jackson's sell them. You say they are not expensive in USA? Little by little you are testing a lot of new material. I'm glad you share it on your channel.

Your swatching videos are not only relaxing, but just so informative. I do agree it’s interesting to see all of the PV19 in a single set, and I would love to see them painted side by side. I’m not the biggest fan of oranges either, but these were still decent. The blues were lovely and your swatching technique is just awesome.

I bought the basic Da Vinci colors for my grandchild. Good paint.

There is something about PR88 that I love and Da Vinci is one of the very few that still uses it. They also have a version that uses more of the PR88 and less of the PV19 called Thioindigo Violet (which is also the name of the PR88 pigment itself). Unfortunately PR88 is not as lightfast as the Quins. Da Vinci gives the mixes a II rating versus the I rating of the straight Quins, which isn't too bad. That PB36 looks really nice. QoR has my favorite Nickel Azo Yellow - less of the brown tones than the Da Vinci in the thinner washes. It positively glows!

Wow! Awesome video. This was a very lovely,generous gift..I must say that mauve made me gasp,it's probably the most gorgeous ready made purple I have ever seen ..and I really dislike most premade purples.

Are you going to do a summary video of your thoughts on the recent brands compared to one another? Did they live-up-to or exceed their reputation? Any you would start using? Things like that.

These paints seem lovely, I am interested in trying them someday ^_^ I also haven't used many of those yellow pigments but they seem super interesting

The sale price is always the price. Jane Bundell only uses Daniel Smith and Da Vinci.

Haha, you swatched them right after I bought some tubes, again :)). Otherwise, I would have bought Cad Red Light. That cad reds and alizarin look pretty nice. Da Vinci is such a great brand. I have a da vinci series 35 kolinsky brush and it is one of my best (second to only a Japanese hand made brush. But these Japanese brushes belong to out-of-this-world category). To my eyes, their watercolor is also of high quality. I think in general, Da Vinci, DS, M. Graham, and WN are all the same, so taking cost into the equation, it's pretty hard to pick something else but Da Vinci 37ml tubes.

They look stunning!! I'm stuck in between Holbein and Da Vinci for my slow upgrade to artist grade. They're both in the same price range for me, but have different characteristics. If you have both, which one do you think is more vibrant? I heard Holbein is very vibrant but the flow is more controlled.

These are pretty nice and I have some faves, and quite a few I’d ignore. This brand isn’t available in England, though.

AHHHH! You have three pigments that say PBr7, and they are three different colors. I thought the numbers were international and that one stood for one color. Thanks!

Great video! So the Rose Madder Quinacridone is marked correctly- the pigments are PV19•PR88 not PR188. PR88 is a discontinued pigment like PB33 that Da Vinci still uses. So you have the correct pan and name of the paint and pigment info. I love Da Vinci and have several of its paints. They flow really nicely on page:) Anyway great video and thanks for sharing💙

woww~ so many PV19 options! haha~ you and turquoises ;P they'll forever be my happy place ;P i think the earths look pretty good here :)

I love them

so i have a set of these... and while good, the TRANSPARENCY labelling is frustrating, and also very *inaccurate* . commonly they call most colors transparent when in fact they are semi-transparent or flat out opaque. : ( i got a set of 10 tubes and the light yellow is definitely NOT transparent, nor is the light blue, and it's super obvious. i'm painting over linework, so it matters. --- i think if you are painting and not using linework you'll probably really like these. for TRANSPARENCY, probably have to go over to WN Cotman (v nice), or Schmincke Akademie (love those). ---- MISSION GOLD is way better imo, IF you need a line with versatility such as transparency and accurately have that labelled on paints. WHITE NIGHTS, same. and i believe both of those are on the lower cost end... though MGOLD for me is about the same as DA VINCI in the states, at least some of the tubes. DV are nice and also accurate.

Love the videos - nickel titanate (PY53), though, surely?

Thank you very much! What is the difference between a color and the same color with the word "hue" next to it? Aren't all of them hues?

Uhh, I really don’t mean to go around picking out mistakes in your videos (honestly, I don’t), but what on Earth is a tintate? 😂