🎨Marie's Economy Chinese Watercolors🎨- Unbox & Swatch (Patreon)

🎨Marie's Economy Chinese Watercolors🎨- Unbox & Swatch

Get Your Own: 18 Piece Economy Set: https://amzn.to/2Vkx0XN 18 Piece Premium: https://amzn.to/3bfClVL Marie's Chinese Watercolor (Horse Packaging) Awhile back, I reviewed the Professional version of this, so it'll be interest5ing to compare the two later. Marie's Chinese Watercolor is made by Mali, a famous Chinese paint company. Chinese watercolor differ from western watercolor-- generally Different binder (gelatin based) Intended not to rewet, rework, or lift Colors are intentionally more opaque Colors are designed to be used on either side of paper 18 Colors in this pack 12 ML tubes Colors have a name (in Chinese) and a number Marie's is a popular and common choice for Chinese watercolors. They require little prep work, as they're already in tubes and ready to mix. I will not be reviewing these today on the basis of Chinese watercolor, but to see if they're a useful and acceptable alternative to Western style watercolors. I've reviewed a few gansai style paints on this channel, so I may do some comparison with those. I will swatch them on rice paper and cottonrag paper though Metal tubes have a metal cap that has to be punctured before first use. Design wise, the professional tubes are similar to Western style watercolors and to the PWC and HWC watercolors. The "non professional" (for lack of a better term right now) tube is 12ml rather than 9ml, and is written entirely in Chinese. Both number systems seem to match up, so I'll provide the English names. English Names: **104- Titanium White- An opaque mineral color. **218- Gamboge 242- Duckling Yellow **399- Vermilion- A semi opaque mineral color. **398- Cinnabar- An opaque mineral color **400- Rouge- A plant based color 302- Scarlet- A plant based color 390- Carmine 684- Umber- A semi transparent mineral color 699- Burnt Tea- A semi transparent mineral color 439-Purple- A transparent plant color **593- Green Label Three (Light Green)- An opaque mineral color. The lightest of three tones. Not recommended as a stand alone color on the front of paper, as it tends to look chalky. 511- Jadeite Green- A new mineral green- greener than past iterations **493- Blue Label Three 455- Lake Blue- An opaque mineral color. This is the medium hue between Blue Label Three and Blue Label one 451- Dark Green- Phthalocyanine Blue- A Transparent plant color **495- Indigo 793- Black **Denotes same color in both sets Pigment Information Information comes from Blue Heron Arts: https://www.blueheronarts.com/marie-chinese-color-individual-tube-12ml-p-236.html Pigment Grade information A little bit of info about Chinese watercolors & how they differ from Western watercolors: Generally made from natural plant based dyes and larger mineral pigments than those used in Western watercolor. It's not recommended that one use Chinese watercolor on regular watercolor paper, as it's more opaque. Chinese watercolor offers superior color fastness, which insures color vibrancy for years to come. Swatch Test (Rice Paper) Note: I am using WAY too much water for rice paper- my laziness is to blame here, I didn't want to grab a mixing palette. More than half of the colors separated out, making a big mess. Note: I handle that offscreen as it really creates a lot of mess On Arches Watercolor paper: More opaque than many Western watercolors, but many colors are similar to the Holbein Irodori line as well as common colors in gansai watercolors (since they share a similar history, that's not surprising) Compared to the Professional Line: Some of the colors are cleaner in the professional line- Cinnabar, Rouge, Indigo, all three green labels, both blue labels. Colors are a bit less opaque in the professional line. For the most part, neither have a LOT of sedimentation, save for the burnt umber in the not professional line. The professional line are a LOT more like the Irodori line than the unprofessional line. Lift Test: Neither are as prone to lifting as Western watercolors, but the normal line is slightly more prone. Both are very staining. Verdict: I'm glad I compared them, because I think the premium watercolors are nicer and worth the price difference. This also helped me decide which set I wanted to use during the field test- I'm going with th premium set. I look forward to doing the exact opposite of what every site recommends, and attempting a Western style watercolor with these paints because YOLO. Music: Kevin MacLeod: Living Voyage Ritual Angevin 70 Snow Drop Clean Soul #MariesChineseWatercolors #ChineseWatercolors