Early Access: These are Absolutely Awful- ColourBlock Watercolors (Patreon)

These are Absolutely Awful- ColourBlock Watercolors

Shownotes: Purchased from Amazon Aristopia Inco www.colour-block.com Made in China, Designed in the USA, so why does Color have a U? Compare against the Hannah MP Artistro Collab Compare against Kuretake Gansai Tambi, Hannah MP x Artistro collab, Madisi watercolors Colors in this Set: Swatching on their paper: Their paper is pretty awful. These feel kinda gummy, there is some kind of resistance, it's hard to pick up color- these may have dried out too long. Right now I"m seeing kinda weak coloration. I think these need time to soak up moisture Swatching on blick: Soaking these helped quite a bit I'm thinking these are dye based The color order for these is really strange. Like i feel like Ult Blue should've been after the cool blues, then brown, then black. Might have to rearrange these if I decide to do a field test Color Mixing: Atomic: 2ndary mixes seem kinda milky? Really hard to get clean saturated secondary mixes Optical: Really patchy, scaly layering Wet into Wet Test: These handle kinda strangely. They really caked up on the brush These seem to take a long time to dry, and kinda dissolve into a mush, I'm not seeing any really strange scaling, haloing or speckling though Colorblock online: Swatch Offs: Colorblock again: These are honestly pretty awful. Kuretake Gansai Tambi: These reactivate so much quicker- I didn't even preactivate them. This is a 36 color set, so I apologize that I ran out of room for good swatches, but hopefully you can see that the Kuretake watercolors are more saturated. Hannah MPx Artistro Quick to activate, fairly saturated, these are dye based Honestly, if you want a dye based pan watercolor, these rate higher in my opinion thna the Colourblock watercolors. Madisi These activate quickly and are very saturated These are probably dye based also, but they're much nicer than the ColourBlock watercolors So generally, I would recommend: Don't buy the Colourblock, at all. If you want a dye-based watercolor that activates immediately, the Artistro Hannah MP Collab (they offer other products, this is the one I've tried), comes in a nice wooden box as well, but may be on the pricey side The Madisi watercolors are fine, but not as good as Meiliang Pigments If you want large pans with immediate color that are tried and tested, I'd say go with Kuretake Gansai Tambi, they're like always on sale somewhere, and you can find them almost anywhere, not just Amazon. Pros and Cons: Pros: The wooden box is neat Cons: Chalky Weak activation Weak color Poor color mixing Dye Based The Verdict: You can very safely skip this set. I do not plan on fieldtesting these, as they're pretty awful, and I have multiple large pan gansai style paints that handle better Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:47 Unboxing 08:49 Swatching on Their Paper 13:58 Swatchong on Blick 17:00 Color Mixing 18:57 Wet into Wet Test 21:49 Colour Block Online 28:44 Swatch Off 30:17 Kuretake Gansai Tambi 31:51 Artistro x Hannah MP 32:38 Lightwish/Madisi 36:22 Final Thoughts Music: A Day in the Village Loop A Day in the Village Loop Layer Dulcimer By the Bonfire Loop By the Bonfire with Final No Loop Kevin MacLeod- Enchanted Valley Kevin MacLeod- Folk Round Kevin MacLeod- Master of the Feast Sunny Travel- Nico Staf Sunset Dream- Cheel