Does It Compare: Winsor and Newton Half Pans Vs Tubes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ธ.ค. 2018
- Hey artnerds! Today we're putting Winsor and Newton's claims of superior rewettability to the test by comparing their half pans, their tube watercolors, and half pans created from dried out tube paints!
🎨Chapters🎨
Introduction and Prices: 0:01
Unpackaging Half Pans: 2:27
Exploring Half Pans Packaging: 2:42
Exploring Tube Packaging: 3:14
Swatching Explanation: 4:05
Colors Swatched:
Transparent Yellow
Alizarin Crimson
Permanent Sap Green
French Ultramarine
Burnt Umber
Yellow Ochre
Tube Swatching: 4:30
Pigments Used in Tube Watercolors: 6:18
Unwrapping Pans: 9:52
Comparing Mass tones: 10:22
Pan Swatching: 10:43
Pigments Used in Pan Watercolors: 11:47
Comparing Fresh Tubes and Pans: 13:03
Swatching Dried Tube Watercolors: 13:54
Lift Testing: 15:31
Discussing the Dried Tube Paints: 16:13
Comparing Fresh From Tube, Dried From Tube, and Half Pans: 17:14
Prices: 18:11
🎨Materials Used:🎨
Empty Half Pans: amzn.to/2L1FFaF
Altoid Tins
🎨Product Notes:🎨
🎨Thoughts straight from tube:🎨
Of the six tested:
Transparent Yellow- PY150-Series 1-Transparent-Lightfastness 1
Scarlet Lake-PR188- Series 2-Semi Transparent-Lightfast 2
Alizarin Crimson-PR83-Series 1-Transparent-Lightfastness unlisted
French Ultramarine-PB29-Series 2-Transparent-Lightfast 1
Sap Green-PG36, PY110- Series 1-Transparent-Lightfast 1
Burnt Umber-PBr 7, Pr 101, PY42-Series 1-Transparent-Lightfast 1
Lovely, brilliant colors, espcially the ultramarine blue and the burnt umber. Some granulation, particularly with those colors. Colors moved freely and easily. Transparent yellow is a lovely, versatile color that shades nicely.
🎨From Half pan:🎨
Transparent Yellow-PY-150-Series 1-Transparent-Permanence A-Lightfastness 1-
Scarlet Lake-PR188-Series 2-Semi Transparent-Permanence A-Lightfastness 2
Alizarin Crimson-PR83-Series 1-Transparent-Permanence B-No Lightfastness Given
French Ultramarine-PB29-Series 2-Transparent-Permanence A-Lightfastness 1
Sap Green-PG36, PY110- Series 1-Transparent-Permanence A- Lightfastness 1
Burnt Umber-PBr7, PR101, PY42-Series 1-Transparent- Permanence AA-Lightfastness 1
Colors are saturated, fairly evenly milled. Harder to get a wash as the colors want to disperse quickly. I preactivated the pans with a drop of water, since most half pan watercolors need a moment to reactivate. Sap green appears to be a bit lighter than the tube version, Alizarin Crimson doesn't seem to have as much depth, Transparent Yellow doesn't shade as much, burnt umber lacks the depth as well. Even in masstone, colors lack depth
🎨From reactivated tube🎨
Transparent Yellow
Scarlet Lake
Alizarine Crimson
French Ultramarine
Sap Green
Burnt Umber
Perform fairly similarly to the colors from half pan. Quick to reactivate, consistent color. The Winsor and Newton Rep who spoke at Hands on Creatvitiy mentioned that their half pans re specially formulated to handle repeated rewetting- something tube watercolors are not designed to do, so issues may become apparent as time passes.
Colors do get a bit soupy, unlike the premade halfpans. Gradiation is also less apparent, as colors blend and move readily.
🎨Prices:🎨
Transparent Yellow- $6.47 (half pan)- $5.81 (5ml)
Scarlet Lake- $7.49 (half pan)-$6.53 (5ml)
Alizarine Crimson-$6.47 (half pan)- $5.81 (5ml)
French Ultramarine-$7.49 (half pan)-$6.53 (5ml)
Sap Green-$6.47 (half pan)-$5.81 (5ml)
Burnt Umber-$6.47 (half pan)-$5.81 (5ml)
The verdict-
Soupiness aside, I see no real difference in quality or handling in the tubes, tubes dried in pans, and Winsor Newton semi moist half pans. It pretty much boils down to preference and economy.
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Interesting video, so glad someone finally did a real test after years of rumors! I used WN for years and still prefer some of their colors. A few tips that have helped me: 1. a drop of glycerin helps tube paint rewet in pans, especially for the mineral colors like potter's pink, etc or if you have old tubes that have hardened (a common problem for earlier WN formulations). I just attended a WN demo and found out that they use already use glycerin in their paints so it makes sense that it works. This tip works for other mineral paint brands that are hard to rewet, or you can use honey (but honey can make the paint sticky and attract bees in some climates) 2. If you have trouble with the caps being too tight, just soak the tubes in water for awhile and they open really easily--occasionally it will take an overnight soak for old tubes to open, but it beats twisting the cap with pliers until the tube breaks. Hope this helps the earlier commenter who is going to try glycerin and honey, would like to hear her experience with it!
Thanks for sharing, Becca!
I’ve been curious about this since I first heard of that claim; thanks for the thoughtful look at all three options!
I only have one tube of Winsor Newton, a dioxazine, purple and it rewets as well as any of my Daniel Smith and I've had that pan dried for years. I think the pigments more dictate the rewetting within a single brand than pan versus tube (Potter's Pink, real Veridian, etc are hard to rewet no matter the brand). I have some Daniel Smith pans that don't rewet as well as the tubes I poured and dried. And their stick watercolors don't rewet as well. I bought a bunch of those thinking that I was money smart and am not thrilled. Anyway, pan, tube, pigment, all play a role in rewetting, more than brand, no matter what Winsor Newton tells us.
There's a recipe to make the dry tube paints easier to rewet using glycerin honey and oxgall not sure what it is but I'm about to test it out
And? I'd love to know!
Hi Becca, these are Windsor Newton Artist version, right? Have you done similar testing for Cottman version or the student version (dry 1/2 - pan vs tubest). I'm novice in Watercolor, so pardon my silly questions. And what is the difference (paint colors n mixture technicals) between WN Artist Brand n WN Cottman Student Brand, other than the price? Above video is very informative. Thank you very much. And Happy New Year -- Ghent (j-ent).
Txs for this test.
I use tubes dryed up in pans and they look the same to me.
The thing is tubes are part water. So you aren't getting the same quantity of paint/pigment by volume. I found the pans are very intense and last just as long.
Where did you purchase the tin palette in the video at around 20:06? It holds so many colors and I really like this. Thank you.
Looks like a Jackson’s. U can get plenty of halfpans in one of theirs
@@21Parmesh Thank you.
So you use paint from the tube into water and then use it?
I've seen a TH-cam video about a guy who tested a yellowish colour and alizarin crimson's lightfastness, one year of exposure to the sun. The result given was that the genuine pigment for alizarin crimson isn't that lightfast :(
(Edit oh wait, I paused your video to talk about alizarin crimson just before you talked that this color isn't too lightfast, my bad)
I loved your review so much!!
I would appreciate if you add some text in the vedio for example write the price it will be easy for non English people to follow up :D thnx
How do the dried tube pans look better than the fresh tubes lol. I don't think the regular pans look any worse than fresh or dried tube. The mass tone swatch could easily be user error, ie not soaking for long enough.
That is why you pay more for the pan colors
Pan colors have more pigment and don’t have gum Arabic in them