REVIEW of Mijello Mission Gold Class Watercolors Pure Pigment Set
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- REVIEW of Mijello Mission Gold Class Watercolors Pure Pigment Set
*At the time of filming I was not an amazon affiliate but I am now.
I am updating this link to a better price: amzn.to/3A4BM0o
I found this set on Amazon: amzn.to/2nuo263 to buy these tubes on sale at Jerry's Artarmama or Blick would cost $334 OR over $500 retail
Reviews were very good on these sites so i decided to order the pure pigment set instead of the other sets they offer because I wanted single pigment colors, that what I could mix the rest.
All of the colors have Excellent or very good lightfastness ratings.
I am so pleased with these paints and with the price I paid. I received them 3 days after ordering and I do not have prime. Shipping was also free.
This set has 24 15ml tubes plus 2 7ml tubes (black/white)
These are high quality artist watercolors and they are very transparent even though some of the labels rated some colors as semi transparent I found all but the red-browns and yellow ochre to be very transparent.
*I personally purchased these paints and was not asked to do a review or compensated for it.
REVIEW of Mijello Mission Gold Class Watercolors Pure Pigment Set
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I've been using this for a while and I'm amazed by these paints. I have the 34pc.15ml.set which doesn't have black and white. It's called the "Asian" set. There is a European and a US set as well. You can choose. I doubt that I will need to buy any more paint for five years at the least. My set has dried for over a month and with a touch of a damp brush the color exploded on paper. Now what I want is a really good travel palette. Thanks for the review. I was pretty sure that you'd like them. I so enjoy your Demos!
Sometimes it is cheaper to but a small palette of half pans then to buy the empty palettes. TRy the tropical prima palette, it is about $22 but the metal palette on it's own is $24 in an art shop. The paints aren't bad either but you could always pop them out and refill. the 12 color cotman sketcher box or lukas studio can be used this way as well.
Thanks Lindsey........I've taken your advice and bought a Lukas, 48 empty 1/2 pan set. That way I can add my Missions and some original mixes. I'm one of those that needs to cut back on supplies but I still need the right ones for the right situations. You are so helpful. I am about to attempt creating a watercolor block with a glue gun. Can you tell me what kind you use and where to find it? Thanks you for all the wonderful tips, tricks, techniques and encouragement. You are the frosting on the cake to me!
I use a surebonder, they seem to last longer than other brands because I use them all the time, make sure it is a high temp or dual temp gun as I think high temp gives a stronger bond and more working time. I use whatever dual temp glue sticks are on sale:)
Hi Lindsay, I just wanted to say I know that this video is 5 years old, but you really sold me on this set and I just purchased it a few weeks back and I absolutely love them. There are colour differences in the set that is sold now, less reds and an addition of a cobalt turquoise. I've mixed soooo many bright lovely colours from them and I feel like I got a bargain for the price/size of the tubes/mixing potential which really extends out the colour range in this set. The paints are soooo pigmented and are super easy to work with after they've dried. I've now watched a tonne of your reviews on different paints and I super enjoy them. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Katie 😊
Thank you!
I love my mission Mijello gold set. I don't have a problem with them drying faded.
Btw lemon yellows just in case anyone wonders: they are usually either Nickel Titanate (greyish in palette but fine when painted) or Nickel Azo Yellow (the VERY greyish one). Cadmium Lemons are normally really "clean" - cadmium yellow pigment just v dilute. Some lemons use Benzimidazolone Yellow H6G which is a bit green - I don't like it (Winsor Lemon uses it). There is a nice pigment PY159 I have not used yet - Zirconium Praseodymium Silicate - should be quite granulating as it is a silicate - praseodymium is a rare earth metal (I work on those in my day job) and they have beautiful colours in their salts and interesting optical effects so I do want to try it. Bismuth Yellow (Bismuth Vanadate) is a very vivid lemon - green undertones but a bit "in your face".
thanks a bunch! My Van Gogh set has two azo's in it and I didnt know the meaning. I am one month into water color and completely obsessed! Gracias!
Very interesting, Rich. Thanks.
I just bought my 4th set of Mission Gold paints. I bought the 34 set of 15ml tubes. I love the paints and find them super easy to use.
That is awesome!
Thank you so much for doing this I have had my eye on these paints for a while (since I saw Owening Art do a review) but couldn't make up my mind, but you have helped me make the decision to get them. I am so excited that you did this. Good job on explaining why you chose this set it helps me in my decision. Again Thank you so much!
I have the 36 set and I love them - they work so nicely and have such beautiful colors. This set looks great but I'm glad that I went with the larger set with the palette. Thank you for sharing!
I just got these (late to the party lol), but can’t wait to give them a go and see how they work out for me.
I also have the 36 color set after seeing a review several months back here on TH-cam. I really like the vibrancy of them and they re-wet like a dream. That being said, I'm not sure if it's a translation issue or just calling them by the wrong names, but a lot of their names are incorrect. Their cerulean that you mentioned looked like phthalo is in fact the same pigment as phthalo blue from all other companies. There are several others with oddities as well such as their "cobalt" is ultramarine + phthalo, and their "burnt sienna" is a weird assortment of pigments rather than PBr 7. Like I mentioned, I do really enjoy their bright colors, but I still use my self-assembled Daniel Smith palette 99% of the time. Perhaps if I had gotten the pure pigment set I'd be a bit happier with the consistency of my colors, but I will still keep these on hand for cards or if I'm doing something bright.
I should also add that I do LOVE their yellows. They are brighter and more transparent than my Daniel Smiths.
+Denise Soden I agree! Cerulean is def pthalo and their cobalt is too green. I have a holbien colbalt that is also that way so I wonder if there is a translation issue in Asia with some paint names.
I have a 24 set I got last year, also from amazon for like $45. But seeing this makes me want this pure pigment set! The addiction never ends! lol I did feel like some colors are so bright and vibrant they can look fake, I really have to work to not to use too much pigment. I dislike their greens too, especially their version of Sap Green, more like neon! But easily fixed by mixing with other colors and too vibrant is better than too dull. For storage, I got a metal folding palette with removable pans (again amazon) and the paint has never cracked or dried into a hard rock, they always seem a tad bit tacky even after a month of not touching them, assuming bc they are always covered/contained. Can't wait to see your tutorial with these & what mixes you use!
WOW. Those colors you mixed are amazing. I can't get over that beautiful orange. These are definitely going on my wish list. Thanks Lindsay
I have the 36 set. I've been using them for a few weeks now. I really love them. I think when I run out I'll get this set to replace. The 36 set is awesome. I also bought them from Amazon.
Thank you, Lindsey...this was very helpful. Can't wait for the tea/strawberries tutorial!!
Thank you for your review. They look beautiful! Looking forward to your tutorial tomorrow.
+thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich I have the 36 set and I really love them. They have now become my favorite paints even more than Daniel Smith watercolors. I wish I would have known about this 24 set but I'm glad you were able to find them and share with us because I think this would be a nice add on to what I already have. Yes the 36 set is 7 ml and comes with a nice pallet as well. Using the amount of water that you do with your Turners will be more than adequate once they are dry in your pallet. They are also really user friendly (in my opinion) and I personally believe they would be wonderful for those who want to start in watercolors because they are so easy to use and blend so beautifully. I love that they aren't wanting to turn brown so easily like I have seen with other watercolors. Beautiful colors and most of them have really great lightfast. Hope this helps anyone who has any questions and if there is something I can answer for anyone I will do my best.
I'm a scrapbooker and decided to play with watercolor and fell in love. I need to purchase an artists' quality set. Would this be the best option for me? I only have a few Winsor & Newton student grade.
+Liette Hudson this in my opinion would absolutely be an option for you. However, I would start with the 36 color set and I will tell you why. Even though in the set that Lindsay has here it has much bigger tubes of paint and are very much so worth the money, they are all pure colors which means if there isn't an orange color that you like here then you have to mix your own colors. Which in my opinion is one of the hardest thing to learn how to do when it comes to watercoloring. So the 36 set comes with a beautiful pallet of mixed & pure colors that you can work with. If you love the paints, which I suspect you will, then go back and pick these up and start learning how to mix. You can beat the price for those large tubes. It does come with a mixture chart which is great that they include and the 36 set has a pallet which is awesome too. If you end up getting the 36 and want to learn how to make a swatch that will fit into the pallet, let me know and I can link u to a video
+Liette Hudson you will see a huge difference between these and Cottman btw. They are good but no where near as pigmented as these because the Cottman have more fillers.
+Beau DeLeon I was wondering if the set of 36 has a nice variety of pure pigment to learn how to start mixing colours? Thanks for all your comments this helps.
+Liette Hudson it does have some but if that's what you're looking for then I would personally go with the set Lindsay has here because it will give you more opportunities to mix and learn. For the money this one really is a better buy when you look at the size of the tubes. The 36 set only comes with 7mL tubes for $50-$68 where this one is a little more at about $89 but the tubes are 15mL so you will get more practice with what you have here compared to the 7mL tubes that can go pretty fast if you aren't careful and don't know how to prepare your pallet correctly. Hope this helps and no problem.
Hello Lindsay! I purchased these based on your review and i'm very happy (just trying them out today!) But one thing that's not included is the mixing chart and the advice for how to set them up in a palette in terms of order... would you know if a photo or pdf of that brochure that you have is available anywhere? Or might you have the bandwidth to put it up on your site? I fould one foto online, but the text is illegible... And no worries if you can't... thanks again for the help !!!
So even though I REALLY didn't need more water colors, I bought these and was AMAZED by how fast they came in the mail! Tow days. TWO DAYS!! And I paid for the cheap shipping! It came with a free palette too, a nice sturdy, 24 wells. I already had some of their colors (shopaholic here), so I already know that I like them. Thanks for letting us know about this deal!
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Really great review Lindsay...I found it really interesting as I'm just beginning to learn about watercolors. TFS
Just ordered these today, for myself as a Christmas gift from my hubby. It makes me feel great to hear how excited you are about them! This is my first set of professional watercolors, I'm really looking forward to swatching them out!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you Lindsay!
Love your review! You did a great tutorial! They are beautifully bride colors & love the price, even tho it's high! I'll have to save up for my birthday in October...
Thank you so much for reviewing these- I'd picked a few of the mixed paints on sale at my local Jerry's, and was pretty disappointed, but it seems like the pure pigments handle much better! If you're looking to add individual colors to your Mission collection, hitting a Jerry's in person might help you find them on sale- all the Mission Gold paints have been on sale on several occasions when I hit the Nashville location.
Great review Lindsay thanks so much! Looking forward to the strawberry tutorial tomorrow. Cheers
so funny im 5 years late to the watercolor party .i got the 34 set and 3 24 sets they make me as happy as my daniel smith and m grahams and such a better value .the art whale knocked my socks off ,now that is the cheapest set and are awsome ,thank you for enlightening my life in this beautiful art medium
Happy to help:)
Steve@ The Mind of Watercolor did a review of these 24 color pan set a few months ago. He really liked them. They came in a beautiful gold tone palette. I resisted the urge to buy them because I already have a lot of artists' quality WC paints by various manufacturers, both tube and pan. Still I like seeing reviews and you did a great job with this one.
Thanks so much for your thoughts on these watercolor. Always so informative!
Thank you, Lindsey, for this review. I found it to be very helpful. I love the strawberry painting.
These look yummy! I am looking forward to the strawberry and tea tutorial tomorrow.
Thanks for the review. I agree with regarding the greens and browns being similar.
LOVE the Mission Gold set so much, went back to Amazon and got the 36 5 ml set - also a great price $57.50 which includes a 36 color palette. Only 12 duplicates (excluding useless black and white) but since they are the pure pigments, can't go wrong! It is very nice to have convenience colors like sap green and burnt sienna! Your frugal recommendations are wonderful - keep em comin'!
Paula in Florida
Great review , I've saved this set to my wish list on Amazon .
Thanks for sharing,the new watercolors! I have the other set I'm loving the colors in that one. Where did you get that palette? I'd love to get one!💜😄
Great review Lindsay thanks you!, They look beautiful!
Thanks for the review! Those pure pigment paints look so good, I'm tempted to get them. I have the 36 color set with palette and I'm really happy with it. The colors are so beautiful! Then again, I also love the few sets of Qor paints I've purchased. So many good quality, yet affordable, paint out there these days. I look forward to seeing your strawberry tea painting tutorial tomorrow!
I know, it's addicting isn't it?
Thank you for this Lindsay. The mission gold ultramarine blue is my first tube of artist grade watercolor ever. I started with kids stuff and then cotmans, then the sonnets and I have just ordered the 18 set of the shinhan to replace the sonnets and since i run through ultramarine like nobodies business i decided to buy an open stock tube of it in a professional grade and mission gold was the cheapest for the most paint. its around $14.50 AUD for 15ml. If all goes well with it i think i will slowly build up my artist grade collection with it as it is so easily accessible here (Which is really rare) and for a decent price too!
I appreciate all the information you give us for free, you will never know how much you have helped me grow as an artist.
Love from Australia. ❤
Pretty set, I'm looking forward to tomorrow's tutorial, it looks cute ☺
I love my mijello mission gold 36 set - they are wonderful!
I have a 24 set of Mission Gold and love them! I've been trying different types of WCs and like them more than the Schmincke and W&N professional, and have used them (Mission Gold) in conjunction with both. (I prefer more opaque, so...)
Thank you for this review. I was about to buy the mission gold with the palette but I prefer to mix my own colors... I may end up getting the set with the palette later but his was very helpful.
I loved the pigmentation of the paints, I went to Amazon and made a purchase based on your review. I posted a comment below your review and linked this video to my comment. Thanks for the review.
oh, why thank you:)
WOW that was fast, I received my Mission Gold Watercolors Pure Pigment set today, just 4 days since I ordered. It's all you described. My watercolor pan is different than the one you received, it's very nice, I would recommend these to anyone who is a serious watercolorist or a serious learner. The description of the Pure Pigment set states each color contains only one pigment to boost color mixing outcomes.
I have the 36 palette set. I like them very much, the colors are wonderful, although some color names don't match the pigments sometimes. I noticed that some colors don't have as much of a tinting strength. (EX. Ivory black, Prussian blue, permanent red) They apply extremely dark looking but dry extremely faded. Way more than my Yarka set or my Turners. Still, I got them for 60 dollars on Amazon, so it was a great deal! I love the palette, it is large enough for mixing, but small enough to fit on my desk.
I am super happy to see your review on these paints! Can't wait to watch the strawberry tutorial tomorrow! The Mijellos re-wet very easily in my opinion, though I've never used M.Graham watercolors, so maybe compared to them, they don't re-wet as well?
+starshinesoldier I have a tube of peacock blue which is a mix and the tinting strength was low I found. Maybe there in another additive to the mixed colors. I love these:)
I LOVE Amazon. Where I live the closest art/craft store is 127 miles away. We have a "dollar" store but nothing is $1.00, it's all $3-$10 and it's all worse quality than an actual dollar store. We do have Walmart but they don't have a variety and I've bought all I really can from there lol. Love your videos and thank you for all you do for the crafting community.
Sounds like you and I live in the same area, LOL! I have even gotten food from Amazon!
All 3 of us must be neighbors lol
Have you tried Jerry's Artarama on-line. Their shipping takes forever........about 9 days if you're on the west coast. But.......there is no tax and the prices are the best around. Another alternative is Cheap Joe's.com, good prices and also no tax if you don't live in North Carolina. The shipping is $5.95 maximum for both and it's often free.
I've shopped at JerrysArtarama and at Dickblick online. Love that the stuff comes to my door!
I just ordered these paints after your video! Can’t wait to play with them
I just received these with some money from my 15th birthday and I love them!
Hi again, Lindsay. From one extreme to the other. Have you tried any of the Blockx watercolor paint? I am asking everyone i know. It's hard to find in the USA but Zoltan Szabo used it often in his basic palette. Dick Blick is the only one who carries it presently. Jerry's only has 4 colors of their giant pans. I have heard good things about it.
found out about the this set after i got the one with the palette 🙁. But they are still very beautiful colors definitely one favorites😊. i want that palette you mentioned too 😍.
Your mixes look like a late summer evening sky.
thank you lindsey! great review!
Went right to Amazon to buy these great paints at an ever greater price! Excellent review, as always, Lindsay!
Paula in Florida
enjoy:)
Lindsay, have you tested how they flow and blend I to water? I'm considering purchasing a set of pure pigments and so I'm looking at a lot of mission gold tutorials and some have said they do not flow well at all. I would like to see you test this I love your channel thank you so much for all the information you give!
they flow fine but the best flowing watercolor I have found is Qor by Golden and it is pretty affordable if you get the intro sets.
I just bought the set of 36 from Amazon tonite, I saw a review of them from Owings Art, he loved them also, I can't wait for them to come !!!!
I am getting a nice 18 + 2 tube Van Gogh set tomorrow for my birthday- THIS IS definitely in my wish list and I will be saving for it while I paint like crazy with my student grade. I am reallly glad you got them. Its the best bang for your bucck, no mattwr what. I already dont care for multi pigments, as I love to mix and love transparancy. AWESOME! They are 96.00 atm. and likely will go up. So a no buy is in order ;-)
Hello thanks for the review. I been looking at this colors an the holbein trying to decide between them. What do you think witch one is better? When it comes to Amazon I have all my colors and paints from them. They are the cheapest more than Jerryartarama, Blick and all of them together specially if you don't pay for shipping. I always check the other just in case they are running an special and always I end up buying from Amazon. That is my humble opinion.
+Iliana Santana I have not tried holbien yet but I have some on the way:)
This set is now difficult to get and is being offered at almost 3x the price with the 15 ml tubes on line. Amazon does have a set of 7ml 24set for around $50. But if people are looking for larger tubes of single pigments, it might be better to go with Daniel Smith, M Graham or even Schminke, since Mission Gold are about the same price. Great review!
thanks, I guess I got it at the right time!
Liz H actually I saw them recently on amazon for just a bit more, around $90.
Hi Lindsay, again an excellent review. How would you compare these to, say, Holbein wc? Right now, Holbein is my standard, and I know I've set the bar pretty high, but I do love pure pigments, and in fact, often mix my own wc's from dry pigment. So, I guess I'm somewhat picky. But...if it was a choice between these and others, maybe I'll have to try them out!
I don't have a ton of experience with Holbein (I have the 18 color set) but I will till you that Holbein feels "heavier" to me when I use it and MG feels more light and ethereal. I's say pigment strength wise they are equal but the MG is more high chroma.
the 36 with wells is the 7 ml tube btw... i am just rechecking the mijello as i found a really awesome deal wich make me doubt what to buy first, the ds or mijello,lol, i really like their prussian blue btw and their maroon.
Thanks for the review! I am waiting for the 36 color version that I ordered. I will definitely watch the tutorial tomorrow. Question: what brush are you using in this review?
A Royal Majestic, I think it is a #8, these are fabulous and inexpensive. They are synthetic so you won't get too much water like you would with a sable or faux sable.Even the big ones come to a sharp point too:) I hope you like the 36 set, if you think of it let me know how you like them:)
oh.... I cant wait till tomorrows video......🙂
Ooh these look lovely and as long as good primary and some good secondary as well as a burnt umber or sienna or both I'm happy. I'm now scratching my head tho. I have White Nights in my wish list and really love the reviews I've seen but now I'm unsure which way to go - pan with White Nights or tube with Mission Gold? Certainly I can access White Nights easier but I only want one set - a good set l. Which would you choose from the two? great review by the way :) shall be looking out for your strawberry tutorial in a bit xx
+Journal Kitty the strawberry tutorial is up now:) I have yarka which is the same ad white knights and both are good. I know the 24 kits of WK go for under $30 so it is a lot less than these but these are a great value too. If I had to pick with money not a factor I'd get the mission gold but either are good;)
Thank you ! X
How do you tell which colors are the pure colors if you are not buying a set and buying individual tubes? I am having trouble finding how to identify that. Also is there a place to identify which colors are warm and which are cool. Sometimes it is hard to tell, because not all blues are cool and not all reds are warm. I wish the companies would just put a "W" or a "C" to identify which color is warm and which is cool. Thanks so much! Love your channel always!
look at the pigment info and select tubes made form one pigment.
I have the full 105 set of colors. The Titanium White can be used for gouache effect. Like you said, the Chinese White is not as opaque. Love every color though it is difficult to find a palette to hold all 105 colors haha.
I was looking at mini white icecube trays on amazon and they have 90 wells and come in a 2 pack, that would give you 180 colors! the icecube wells are 1/2" square
hmmmmm thanks for sharing! That would definitely be cheaper than buying 105 of the those half-pans and three separate traveling palettes. Thanks! :)
Bought the trays and works great and saved $120 i buying the metal and pants. Also, just be careful with this 34 set. The is an Asian Set, U.S. Set, and E.U. set. The set I bought on Amazon was the Asian, so did not include Ivory Black or Chinese White, but had two other colors. Anywho, just a warning to your viewers that the colors included are different based on the "market" set. Love them though!
Hi Lindsay, just 2 more things about this set, that you might want to let folks know if they are thinking of buying it:
1. The set that is being sent out now (different seller) no longer has the Prussian Blue, and instead it has a Phthalocyanine blue
2. You probably mentioned this in the video, but it bears reminding -- none of these colors lend themselves much to granulation... (do you have any tips for a paint color to buy from another brand and which, to help create granulating effects, if one has this set?)
Turner mars black and ultramarine blue deep are faves. Mars violet, colbalt violet (really any colbalt color) potters pink, viridian actually I have a video:
th-cam.com/video/Sf_UlCnuA74/w-d-xo.html
Lindsey, I know this is an older video, so I hope you can respond to my comment. I have both this 26 P.P set and the 34 tube Aisian set. I filled 2 metal pallettes with full pans, and have 5 spaces left. 56 pans total count .
My question: To add more granulating colors, should I look at another honey based line, such as M.Graham, or go to a few Daniel Smith colors? The reason being I read that these paints aren't really granulating and I want to fill out my range.
Daniel Smith and schminke have some really nice granulating colors. Is choose colors that are single pigment that you can mix to get the coloring separating effects. I just picked up a potter's pink from Maimerei blu that is nice. Turner mars black and ultramarine blue deep is good. Most colbalt colors granulate. Have fun choosing!
very good advice on how you'r mixing colours. I have bought a box of 12 brushos Lindsay how do i mix it to have a paint, is it with wate r only or i have to add somethig like gesso, can you advise me please on the how to use it. thank you Lindsay you are so brillant.
I purchased the 36 set of paints despite the smaller tubes because of the palette that came with it- mostly because I didn't have a palette big enough to fit all 36 paints and would have had to purchase a new one anyway. The difference between colours included in the 34 set and the 36 set seems to be Orange and Red Violet.
I quite like my set since I don't display my art in sunlight (no risk of fading from fugitive colours) and having 36 to choose from means I don't have to mix as much and don't get the 'mud' that most artists complain about when using the two-pigment paints. My set also hasn't dried completely in the palette and remains 'sticky' to the touch (semi-moist) so rewetting to paint again is an absolute breeze. I can't believe how strong and vibrant these colours are. I'm a painter that hates pale, overly transparent watercolours so these are perfect for me- tied for my favourite with St. Petersburg.
I'm torn between these and the White Nights (st Petersburg) which would you recommend to someone who can only buy one ?
+Journal Kitty
I, personally, would go with White Nights if I could only have one. BUT I bought the WK paints first, and also haven't painted a whole lot with the Mijello brand.
I will say that you can get the 24 set for $30 from www.artsupplies.co.uk/item-white-nights-24-whole-pan-set.htm (and you can fit twelve more colours in the same set so you can buy individual colours for the cheapest on the net).
I bought all 54 colours for around 75$ and placed them in an empty Cotman 45 watercolour palette (which I bought from the same website for 10$) The pans DO fit in the palette, but not snugly, so I recommend using sticky tack to keep them in place (or just not traveling with them)
Here's a photo of all the colours sorted in the two palettes: 67.media.tumblr.com/1df7b2ec556aa9db19074d4e88372eb8/tumblr_oalhmuoBj91r30c9ko1_1280.jpg
Thank you for that info and sharing what you did. I'm veering towards white night as like the idea of adding pans of colours that I want without the big outlay I'd gave doing same with the golden.
thats a good price, but maybe would just uses them for pro payed work, how do they compare to the golden QOR watercolors?
may take a look at mijello silver range (there student paints ) for day to day watercolour practise
I’m pretty new to painting. I have a QOR set and really love it, but got some money for Christmas and was thinking about a pure pigment set. Will this be advantages?
ive used lots of different brands these are for my favorite
Bit the bullet and got the Quiller porcelain palette from Amazon for $51.56 plus $9.04 shipping (porcelain is heavy!!!) and his book Color Choices; Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory $17.32 (free Prime shipping) and his color wheel chart from his web site for $9.95 & $3.50 S&H. All have rave reviews and the color chart has actual pigment names and placed all around the chart! Can't wait to see if this helps me!
Paula in Florida
+paulage1art wow! That will be a treat to use! Let Mr know what you think of it!
That is a very good deal.
Nice review! I searched on Amazon for the pure pigment set not too long ago...ok a month plus ago...and they weren't selling it there yet but so glad you got it because I have the 55 well palette that is made for this pure pigment set. I live in really dry climate and have zero trouble rewetting this paint. To me it's no different than Daniel smiths rewetting ability. Super vivid and bright colors I love them! Not a huge fan of the company's advertising per say here in TH-cam but I chop it up to culture differences. Take care!!
I have not seen any advertisements for Mission Gold and this video is not sponsored. I thought it was different how they recommend putting the differnt colors in the same well of the palette but I suppose for convenient mixes.
+thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich I miss typed...on their TH-cam videos they do comparisons that are.....I don't know I just don't agree with their practices I guess.
Oh, I have not seen their videos I guess. I prefer to try myself and form my own opinion. and i like to mix and match the colors I like best from different brands too;)
Hoping you get the Steven Qulller palette so I can see how you arrange the colors (I'll follow your lead on how you arrange the split primaries and the inbetweens in the 25 slot porcelain palette for the Mission Gold set.) I have the plastic one that I put my M. Grahams in but it only has half the spaces. I am trying to get a better grasp on mixes and think it would really help in that format! Thanks,
Paula in Florida
+paulage1art did you get the quiller one?
i am planning on getting the porcelain Quiller palate soon! Love the 25 spaces to accommodate the split primary colors and just love how the watercolor mixes on porcelain and doesn't stain. Found porcelain Quiller Palette and Quiller Wheel chart on Amazon.
wow the singles really are expensive.. here in Korea. a single pigment single 15mL tube in series E is about $4.50. If you can get a Korean reader to help you you can pay about $10 shipping and use a forwarder like malltail (malltail itself is available in English) and ship to the US
i got a 2 sample tubes of mijello and jesus they're sooo goodddd i wish it came with a blue and yellow tube to round it off so i could use only those but i bet that what mijello wanted... ugh
Oh Lindsay...the tubes are gold coloured....I want them.....
I just wanted to pop in and let you know that you didn't miss much on the free palette that came with these paints. It has a lot of room for paint in the pan, but there are only two very small mixing areas. Aside from this, it has no lid. I had no empty palettes so I am using it but going to keep in inside my air tight acrylic container that I have laying around. I would give the palette a 1 out of 5 stars. I would say 0 if it didn't have deep wells for the paint to be in.
thanks for letting me know, they actually saw my review and sent me one:)
I have Amazon Prime so this excites me, though with all of the colors I already own in other brands, it may still be less than $86 to buy just the few tones that I'm into tha are distinct from what I have, particularly the greens, Van Dyke Brown, and permanent magenta as Turner's Quin Magenta skews slightly purple (and I saw a Van Dyke Green which looks like a Perylene green, very dark and gray toned). I did cringe a little when I saw a single tube of Perm Magenta is $17.99 on Jerry's (more than some of my Daniel Smith paints!) but we'll see which route I end up going. Also excited for tomorrow's tutorial as I love strawberries!
I know, even the sale prices are crazy, I am glad I was able to snag the set for $86. The reviews on Blick were all good on these paints even with the price, they said it was well worth the extra cost as they are more expensive than other brands open stock. These were shipped from korea so maybe they came direct from the factory.
You are so great at color theory! They look like really nice. What is that palette you want? I was looking at the John Pike recently but would like to take a look at that one too. Thanks Lindsay. PS: feel free to use my Amazon affiliate - lol
I have a pike in my big travel box, I love it, the plastic is thicker and more ridgid than the zoltan zabo or jones palettes I have, it hold up to being banged around and it was second hand to me. I recommend it. The Quiller palette features a circle of wells so you can place your colors in a color wheel format to make mixing more intuitive. I arrange my paints like that in my rectangle palettes but I would prefer the quiller I think:) I always click on a friend's amazon link before shopping, I want someone to get a cut LOL!
I am new to the world of affiliate links. If I click on a link that goes to a specific product on Amazon but purchase something totally different, does it help the person?
If the answer is yes, please email me your link at couponfireswimmer@yahoo.com. I shop Amazon frequently
+Jesse b Yes it does, but I think we may get a different amount to what we make via a direct link - that was certainly the case 10 years ago, but the T&C change all the time.
Thank you!!!! I will now click on people's links and do my normal shopping. I appreciate you!
Hi Jesse, we all really appreciate when someone uses our links. Most everyone (myself included) would never recommend a product that we haven't used and love.
wow so absolutely love these
QUESTION: If tube watercolors are a little hard to rewet once dry, would that make them better for layering without lifting lower layers?
I absolutely love Mijello watercolors. I prefer these over Koi, WN, DS, or Qur watercolor. Much more vibrant and lasts much longer for the price. At least in my experience. I own them all now, and Mijello is the best in my professional opinion. Great deal you found. Might have to go and find this set before the price goes up.
Have you tried the Shinhan Watercolors yet? Those are awesome too.
I had ordered them but cancelled because I was not sure if I was getting the right ones, they had artist's professional watercolors and Premium. The professional ones were reasonable but the premiums were quite expensive and I asked my friend Marty about the Shin han and he said he "was not a fan of the shin han" hardee-har funny pun LOL! What ones did you get?
This is the set I got. Awesome colors. While I love Marty and his reviews, I have to disagree with him on these. Not bad for the price, and very good colors.
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aw man, that is the exact set I had in my cart too! I will add it the next time I have an order large enough for free shipping:)
You've got kids in school, have them get a Student Prime account it's only $49 a year.
Oh and the colours in this set are full of different primaries for endless mixing possibilities...I have this set and I love it if did a swatch out and the colours so far a pretty good for light fastness! OK I'm done lolol
Yes, they all have excellent or very good lightfastness ratings. I am very pleased with them:)
The price of the Pure Paint set looks to now be $137.++! Did they go up that much in price since 2016???? If so, WOW!
Get "Mission White" white to increase opacity. They are a watercolor/gouache hybrid line.
It seems the color palette of this set has changed since this video was made, it now includes a Cobalt Turquoise for example and it has 2 more greens (thankfully i mostly do landscapes so far) I’m really excited to get this set I’ve decided this is my pro set! I just ordered cotman tubes but was mulling it over and decided to just send those right back in favor of the new 24(plus 2) Pure Pigment Set. I also am gonna use one of your affiliate links to buy it. It’s the only way I can really support you and I really want to do something to help your channel because i love it so much
Thanks! I wondered if they changed colors.
@@thefrugalcrafter they definitely changed colors around in this set and are offering a much better color selection. Not as many reds(but still enough really good ones) and balanced the color selection really really well now.
Why are there so many reds in this set? Does it help with color mixing? It has so few blues and yellows. Do you find that to be an issue?
I have been searching Amazon for these with no luck. I bought the 24 tube set but I know already I want the Pure pigments because I love them. Is there a link to the Amazon seller that you can post in the description box?
www.amazon.com/Mission-Class-Pigment-Watercolors-Colors/dp/B01HDKG8KA/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468818116&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=Mission+Gold+Class+Pure+Pigment+Watercolors+Set+15ml+x+24+Colors
Thank you!
I think the paper in it is just to make it feel more professional and fancy :)
probably, the power of packaging:)
I also have this set and love it!
A great tutorial! Now I don't know whether to get the 36 set with the palette or the pure pigment set! Pros....cons??? Anyone have any preferences?? Thanks!
If you view her Tea Time with Strawberries I believe she makes reference to this question. Decisions, decisions, :)
I think it depends on how much mixing you like to do as the 36 set has more mixed colors. I wanted to pure pigments so I could get the most vivid mixes but the 36 set has great reviews and is cheaper.
Great review! Thank you
About how permanent/lightfast are they? Also, I know M. Grahams are very liftable, even when dry, vs Daniel Smiths, which are much better for glazing and barely lift at all when dry, and I'm wondering how these compare to those two.
they are all rated excellent or very good with most being excellent. I did not lift them yet but I reckon, like any watercolor, that your more granular mineral colors will lift well while the brighter more transparent colors will stain.
Love your videos palette can I ask where from please x
Dr ph martin
I see this would be a great set for someone who is use to working in a medium with lots of colors, like markers, and they want to move into watercolor. I only use about 6 colors regularly, despite having 1, 2, 3...17!? colors in my palette. Hmm... I might do that paint with other colors challenge.
I only use 5 or 6 colors in any given painting but I change what 5 or 6 I use, sometimes less. It is fun to put an unloved color in the mix:)
I always trust your reviews.
Ok I've checked through ALL the colours in this set now and these are all of them, showing the odd/dodgy ones - a LOT are dyes, which concerns me given the high prices - a LOT are fugitive as _pigments_ though that doesn't mean the finished paint is too, as they may have UV-resistant binders.
"Lemon Yellow" is not a typical lemon - it's Hansa Yellow 10G (PY3), which is fugitive when used very dilute.
"Primary Yellow" is Benzimidazolone Yellow 154 (PY154) - this is as close to Process Yellow as you can get.
"Perm Yellow Deep" is Hansa yellow 65 (PY65) - usually in "Hansa Yellow Deep" type colours.
"Red Orange" is your typical Pyrrol Orange (PO73).
"Scarlet Lake" is Naphthol Red AS-D (PR112) - this is fugitive and will dull and go muddy - not very "permanent" is it?!
"Perm Red" is Naphthol Red AS-D (PR112) - this is fugitive and will dull and go muddy - not very "permanent" is it?!
[note the above are quite same-y on the page - makes sense, same pigment]
"Perm Red Deep" is Pyrolle Red (PR254) - again, fugitive - it darkens and blues over time.
"Cherry Red" is the other Quin Red (PR209) - again, fugitive - it also blues with time.
"Indian Red" is PR101 (Red Iron Oxide) as it should be.
"Crimson Lake" is Quin Crimson (PR202) - not a lake but not fugitive at least.
"Perm Rose" is Quin Rose (PV19) as one would expect it to be - but this also blues with time - most quins are fugitive!
"Perylene Maroon" is indeed Perylene Maroon (PR179) - this does fade a bit but it's not too bad.
"Rose Madder" is made of PR176 Benzimidazolone Carmine (should be NR8 or NR9 if it's genuine or can be PR83 (Alizarin Crimson - synthetic rose madder, basically) or PR122 (Quin Red) is sometimes used - PR176 is, as such, an odd choice) - this is fugitive and turns more blue as it fades so keep an eye on this one.
"Perm Magenta" is PR122 (Quin Red) - this fades and neutralises - becomes less of a magenta and more of a red as it fades.
"Cerulean Blue" is Phthalocyanine Blue BGS (PB15:3) - this is the blue-green Phthalo Blue - Cerulean Blue should by rights be a Cobalt Chromate mineral pigment, not a dye.
"Prussian Blue" is indeed Prussian Blue (PB27) - this can brown in bright sunlight but it is totally reversible in the dark.
"Cobalt Blue No. 2" is indeed Cobalt Blue (PB28) - cobalt aluminate/blue spinel - lovely granulating pigment.
"Ultramarine Light" is Ultramarine Blue (PB29), as it should be.
"Viridian" should be chromic hydroxide (PG18) but they have used Phthalo Green BS (PG7).
"Bamboo Green" is Phthalo Green YS (PG36), hence why they look very same-y!
"Yellow Ochre No. 2" is Hydrated Ferric Oxide (PY43), as it normally is.
"Green Gold" - now this one is weird, they've used Nickel Azo Yellow (PY150), which is one of those grey-ish lemons I've mentioned to you in another post and that I know you don't like - it's also a bit prone to fading but not much. Green Gold proper is Irgazin Yellow (PY129), which doesn't fade.
"Red Brown" is Benzimidazolone Brown (PBr25) - this is quite nice as it's a synthetic dye brown - you should get good luminosity through it.
"Vandyke Brown" is Brown Iron Oxide (PBr7) - this is usually used in Burnt Sienna, true Van Dyke Brown (NBr8) is Lignite, but Manganese Brown (PBr8) is often used instead.
"Chinese White" is Titanium White (PW6) - Chinese White is usually either Zinc White (PW4) alone or mixed with Titanium White - the latter is the cheaper option, hence why I guess they have used it? Why not just call it Titanium White? Unless they made it so dilute that it is translucent and looks like Chinese White?
"Ivory Black" is made from Lamp Black (PBk7) - this is not usual. PBk9 (Bone Black) is usually used for Ivory Blacks - note they are obviously all carbon but the impurities are different which impacts tone, granulation etc etc.
I've expanded on this over at my website if anyone wants to read my full analysis. www.the-spin-doctor.co.uk/2016/07/mijello-mission-gold-pure-pigments-set.html
That's a lot of bollox, to put it most honestly. I think I did stumble upon your review (as you linked in a separate comment) when I was taking an interest in these paints, and found it overly criticising and not really fair. A lot of pigments used in this set are also used in common watercolour(artist's or not) sets. Perhaps you're confused as the set suggests the pigments being 'pure' - this is only a marketing trick, and they simply mean that the paints are all single pigmented. And 'dyes'? Lots of artist watercolour paints use synthetic 'dyes', and they're still classified as pigments. I find your use of the term very misleading.
I have to agree that the prices for these are rather high for what they are, but I believe that's not really Mijello's fault. It's the retailers ballooning up the prices. And I can imagine they price these higher in the hopes of gullible customers falling for the 'exotic nature' since it's from Korea. In Korea, these are priced only as high as other professional/artist quality sets.
Are these worth it. It seems like the price has risen considerably over the last few years and I’ve heard conflicting views about the tubes. After you let them dry in a palette, how do they behave? I’m interested in buying a cheap watercolor tube set that fills at least 24 half pans so that I can complete a palette of mine (the other half will be 24 renesans that I recently purchased). I’m considering grumbacher academy (after watching your review), mission gold, Marie’s extra fine watercolor, but not sure which one to pick.
I'd pass on the Maries, they crack and fall out and have an odd smell to them. The mission gold are artist grade and this set is single pigment which makes them awesome for mixing. They have held up well. The grumbachers and Vangogh are great student quality and much cheaper than MG, I do not regret my purchase at $80, I'm not sure what they are now, the tubes were 15ml so it was a steal
@@thefrugalcrafter yeah I’d probably stick with the grumbacher as mission gold pure pigment has gone up to twice the price (around 157 dollars). Cotman is also on sale at Jerry’s. So I’m considering buying a couple tubes. Is grumbacher or Cotman better at earth tones and granulation?
@@kamalitarajagopalan2671 I'd go for grumbacher or vangogh over cotman
I just bought the set of 24! I don't care for the cool greens so far.
Mix in some orange (or yellow and touch of red) or yellow ochre and you will have lovely, rich earthy greens.
I really want to get a metal pallette but the paint reacts a bit different on them compared to plastic ones, do you have any metals ones?
I'm probably a bit late, but watercolors hate layering on alcohol markers! that might be the reason why the white didn't show up well on the swatch
what was the name of the round watercolor palette you mentioned. I have tried so many and still not happy with mine.