Early Access! Unusual Folding Watercolor Palette- Superior Foldable Palette Unbox & Swatch (Patreon)

Unusual Folding Watercolor Palette- Superior Foldable Palette Unbox & Swatch

Other Superior Watercolor Palettes: Fan Palette Watch Palette Collapsable Watercolor Palette Shownotes: Superior Watercolor palette I've reviewed quite a few other Superior watercolor products here on the channel: Watercolor Fan Watercolor Watch Travel Palette The palette itself comes in a nice blue gift box. Unlike the watercolor watch, it does not come with additional paperwork or information, just the palette itself. And unlike the 'fan', it does not come with a waterbrush. The palette folds accordian style, and has a thumb loop on the back for plein air painting. Some of the panels click into place to provide stability. 58 'pans'- pans are shallow and removable. Colors in this set (not otherwise labeled) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SZNG5PX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1 White Cad Lemon Yellow Cad Yellow Cad Medium Yellow Bees Yellow Bright Orange Yellow Permanent Yellow Vandyck Brown Bright Orange Red Orange Red Scarlet Lake Permanent Red Crimson Lake Permanent Rose Alizarin Crimson Ivory Black Mars Purple Indian Red Bridge Red Bridge Ultramarine Purple Mauve Lime Green Yellow Green Permanent Green TurquoiseA Sap Green Olive Green Blackish Green Viridian (Hue) Hooker Reen Light Cerulean Marine Blue Peacock Blue Turquoise Blue France Ultramarine Phthalo Blue Malaysia Blue Prussian Blue Indigo Yellow Ochre Raw Umber Burnt Sienna Naples Yellow Jaune Brilliant Cinnamon Cocktail Pink Wisteria Rich Lilac Opera Periwinkle Lavender Artic Blue Light Blue Turquoise Blue King's Blue Celadon Light Yellow Green Green Chartreuse Quick to activiate Saturated color Muddy the water fast Sopme of the pans have already started to shrink or buckle In terms of quality, reminds me of the Meiliang watercolors Definitely student grade, but not a bad student grade A lot of colors, so you pro9bably aren't going to need to do a lot of mixing, which could be useful the palette wiggles a little as I swatch, but not nearly as bad as the fan palette did Still takes up a lot of desk space Colors have some fun granulation Color pollution is definitely noticable- I try to swatch an entire row b/w water changes, and it's definitely muddy and polluting the other colors by the end of the line- you would need frequent water changes with this palette The pastels REALLY pollute the water (to noone's surprise) Color Mixing These muddy the water QUICK- which tells me that a lot of that paint is just gonna go down the drain, and that you're wasting a lot of paint every time you wash your brush. These things are probably FULL of optical brighteners BUT Atomic: Easy to mix pretty clean color blends, and there's just enough of variance in granulation to keep things interesting. Glazing/Optical: Why is it that my cheap Chinese student grade watercolors handle optical mixing like CHAMPS and a lot of other brands DONT. Lift test: Pretty much all of these are lifting, with the only exception being periwinkle and turquoise blue. Be careful with how and when you layer them, they can take some glazing, but not too much. Pros and Cons Pros: Whole lotta color going on here- if you aren't into color mixing, this could be a great palette for you Similar, tonally, to a Gansai palette, including pastels, so if you like the look of gansai watercolors, this might be a great cheaper alternative Folds up very compact In general, a nice color gamut- a lot of color to choose from Colors mix decently well, and layer decently well This is just a FUN palette Cons: Maybe too many colors? Some colors are really similar, especially some of the yellows. Could do with more variety in the earth tones. Also, two almost identical olive greens Have to wait until the paints are fully dry to fold it up and put it away- many other palette designs don't require this, but a lot of the Superior palette designs seem to The paints themselves dont have refills, so basically once you've used your 12 fav colors, you can either refill from a tube and color match, or replace the whole thing- could result in a lot of waste These pans are SHALLOW- maybe 1/4 of a half pan? These paints shrink after getting wet Paints are full of optical brighteners, and get used up FAST- you can tell how much paint you're wasting by looking at the rinse cup Verdict: This is a ridiculous, kinda big, bombastic set that's definitely different (in a good way) from many of the other student grade watercolor sets I've reviewed here. This set's layout is downright weird, but not necessarily bad, and while it takes up a lot of space, it also offers a lot of colors, including pastels. It's just plain fun, and I'm struggling to come up with who this is for, because I can't think of who it isn't for, other than too serious, only fine art artists who can't stand a little whimsy.