Miya Travel Palette Unbox & Swatch- Student Grade Showdown & Art Supply Redemption? (Patreon)

Miya Travel Palette Unbox & Swatch- Student Grade Showdown & Art Supply Redemption?

Other HIMI/Miya Reviews Comparable Palettes: Travel: Cotman Amy Tangerine Superior Fan Superior Collapsable cup Superior Watercolor Watch: Paul Rubens pocket Other STudent Grade: Phoenix Watercolors: Meiliang Watercolors: Superior Watercolors: Shownotes: MIYA travel palette The packaging: Shrink wrapped Cardboard box Plastic lid Inside is palette and waterbrush Plastic liner with flocking Inside: Watercolor paper packet Watercolor palette The palette itself is kind of unusual- it's like a metal and plastic sandwich. I assume this is to cut down on size and weight? Swatching: Given my experience with MIYA, I am not going to preactivate. Actually, these really NEED preactivation; they're really stiff Loosen up a lot with preactivation, maybe too much? I don't really like the provided watercup, it feels unstable, but then, I guess you're not forced to use it AS a water cup? Could be a brush holder. Some small issues (weird activation) but actually kinda promising so far? But so was the Miya Diamond palette, so obviously, further testing is needed While most of the colors seem finely milled, maybe even dye based, there are a couple colors (blue, sepia, black) that granulate quite a bit. This could be the natural pigments or the binder, or the extender; hard to tell at this stage. None of the colors, including the white, have much opacity. Lift Test: Varying degrees of lifting and staining, but there's an obvious median ground that most hit Color Mixing: Decent selection of colors in this 18 color set. Reasonably easy to find your primaries, with a few of the more difficult to achieve colors (purple, indigo, a spring green, a viridian) thrown in. Paints seem like they'd get used up quickly, and these are extruded chicklets of paint rather than poured pans. Optical: These colors seem to glaze, although there are some harsh edges on some of the colors (the yellows) Atomic: Mixing colors is easy and fairly straightforward. While wet, mixes appear very vibrant but dull a bit as they dry. This is pretty normal with student-grade watercolors, but when combined with a cellulose paper, the effect will be very pronounced. There isn't a lot of mixing surface, but there was enough for what I needed and probably enough for a travel set. You may wish to bring an additional palette Wet into Wet: WEt into wet, these behaved better than I expected; the colors actually moved and intermixed and granulated, which they did NOT do when I fieldtested the original Miya palette. Testing out the pack ins Paper is interesting, probably not a cottonrag, but handles the paints well and even forces some granulation. The waterbrush is small and similar to a Pentel Aquash, and I find it challenging to control the amount of water. These paints get used up fast. Does Miya See Redemption? It's really hard to tell right now. I thought these might be different from the Diamond palette I reviewed last year, but I see many similarities that concern me. Pros and Cons: Cons: Well apparently, it's not available on Amazon, although the MIYA website shows it (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08F53J5PV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1) Seems very similar to the Diamond set, and while that set also seemed promising, it sorta fell apart during the field test Kinda lean for a travel watercolor set Kinda large for a travel watercolor set Just sorta meh? HIMI is known for their jelly gouache, but their watercolors aren't really innovative Seem to get used up fast Pros: Colors are bright and vibrant Offer some granulation Good selection of colors Verdict: Ehhhhhh. It's not a bad palette, but other palettes are doing more with less, and it's just not that interesting. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:15 Unboxing 06:11 The Palette 08:39 My Comic 09:07 Talking about Swatching 09:40 My Social Media 09:46 Preparing to Swatch 10:09 Swatching 11:33 The Lift Test 13:08 Color Mixing 14:58 Wet into Wet Test 16:25 Talking about the rest of the kit 21:23 Compared Against Other Palettes 25:09 Other Travel Watercolor Kits 34:19 Alternatives 39:21 Browsing the Himi Site 44:02 Pros and Cons 45:41 The Verdict 47:54 Final Thoughts Music: Sunny Travel- Nico Staf Tranquility- Kevin MacLeod The Story of One Life Inner Light- Kevin MacLeod Angevin 70- Kevin MacLeod Sunset Dream-Cheel #HimiWatercolor #HimiGouache #MiyaWatercolor