Early Access- Definitely Landfill- Dainayw Watercolors Unbox & Swatch- Student Grade Showdown (Patreon)

Definitely Landfill- Dainayw Watercolors Unbox & Swatch- Student Grade Showdown

More of my art! My webcomic, 7" Kara: https://7inchkara.com In print! Volume 1: Volume 2: Lilliputian Living Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@nattosoup Instagram: https://instagram.com/nattosoup Support reviews like this one! Join the Artnerd community on Patreon, and get early access to upcoming videos! https://patreon.com/nattosoup Get Your Own: $16.99: https://amzn.to/3HzKBAS Shownotes: Full Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FvChW305HwtfB5tbs6jENcam1D9TMhY9Xkg3Pw8qGtY/edit?usp=sharing Dainayw 48 Watercolor Paints Shrink wrapped plastic Cardboard packaging Plastic wrapper inside contains the plastic-wrapped watercolor postcards and metal palette Metal palette is ok, basically the same as I use for my daily driver palette Included brushes aren't bad either. Pretty standard golden taklon synthetic brushes Swatching on Blick Studio Cottonrag Watercolor Paper: Colors are vibrant, but the color tone is very even, flat and muted. No granulation, a LOT of very bright, neon colors. This set is probably dye-based, thus, probably very light fugitive. Lifting: Almost everything lifts uniformly, which is pretty indicative of cheaper, dye-based paints. Color Mixing: Atomic: These mix pretty easily and the colors are fairly saturated, but they do feel flat. It's pretty easy to find the primaries (since there are a lot of optical brighteners in the mix) Optical: Decent at optical color mixing, although there are harsh lines towards the edges of the under stripes. Wet Into Wet: While colors go down bright and vibrant, they fade out into nothing in all the water. Gives kind of a tie-dye effect, but pretty similar to other cheap dye-based watercolors Testing out their paper and brushes: Their paper is kinda a joke. It's like painting on packing paper or light-colored cardboard. Not terrible, but definitely not good. Not a watercolor postcard I would recommend for people interested in watercolor postcards. The flat is...fine. A stiffer flat. Definitely usable. The round is VERY drippy- water control is really important with this brush. It's also really stiff. I glanced at the reviews on Amazon, and it's weird how positive they are, and how many people refer to these as their go to watercolors. Pros: The price is very appealing, and frankly, you could just gut the watercolors and the palette would still be a fair price The brushes are ok- a lot better than the pack in brushes included in most cheap sets Cons: The paints are low-quality, cheap, dye-based watercolors. They're going to fade quickly, and lose saturation in water quickly. The paper is a joke. It would have been better if they didn't include it, because it's not really a good representation of watercolor paper, and someone might be tempted to buy a better paper if this weren't included The Verdict: I've reviewed a lot of dye-based cheap watercolors during the Student Grade Showdown- with the good, you get the bad. I find them uninspiring and boring, but they may be a fun fit for you and how you paint- it's really just a matter of what you want from the paints. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Opening the Box 05:05 The Paints 07:57 Swatching 16:59 Lift Test 20:39 Color Mixing 23:57 Cleaning the Palette 24:32 Wet into Wet Test 26:09 Testing the Paper & Brushes 40:59 Comparable Watercolors 1:00:03 Other Reviews 1:01:40 Pros & Cons 1:03:04 Who is this Set For? 1:04:03 The Verdict 1:04:58 Final Thoughts Mentioned in this Video: Giorgione Superior Folding Superior Master Level XileyW Coolbank Superior/Artify Rosa Galleria Seamiart Seami Art Candy & Skintones Schiperrer Farben Meiliang Pigments Aowen Better Palettes: Meiliang Pigments Aowen O.Win Superior Folding Rosa Galleria Music: Bab Tista- Text Me Records_GrandBankss Lazy Walk-Cheel PluckandPlay-Kwon Pop in Gold- Freedom Trail Studio Ready or Not- Trevor Garrod Benji- Dyalla Papov- Yung Logos National Express- Dan Bodan MydNyte- Noir Et Blanc Vie Tumbling Down Clouds- NoMBe Board Games for One- Single Friend TrueArtRealAffectionPart4- Noir Et Blanc Vie Knowpe- Noir Et Blanc Vie Bike Sharing to Paradise- Dan Bodan A Quiet Thought A Typical Ride Out Fairy Tale Waltz Silver Blue Light- Kevin MacLeod Snow Drop- Kevin MacLeod Summer Symphony Ball- SirCubworth Crazy- Patrick Patrikios Feelings Not Mutual- Single Friend The Thought of You- TrackTribe No Starlight Dey Beat- Nana Kwabena Sunset Dream- Cheel #Dainaywwatercolors #Amazonartsupplies #cheapartsupplies