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hannah quill

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D Hillman

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Schmincke : Horadam These pans seem to have really strong pigment though they aren't cheap.
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Most 'artist quality' paints are expensive, Windsor and Newton are popular. Sennelier L'Aquarelle very nice. If you are looking for quality at a reasonable price I would recommend White Nights, moist full pans. and lovely to use. I also use Talens van Gogh watercolour pans, excellent for the price. Another water based medium I like using is Caran D'ache gouache pans the pigment leaps on the brush they are quite expensive.

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Antony Haas

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Daniel Smith, Schminke, Maimeri Blu are all pretty good as is Winsor and Newtons artist watercolours... On a budget as mentioned White Nights are good. As are Winsor Cotmans if cost is a real issue. Don't be tempted to go much cheaper than these though as very cheap watercolours get pretty low on pigment and chalky looking. Vibrancy and transparency is what your after and those attributes cost. Regards Tony

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Robert Jones, NAPA

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If you're on a limited budget - probably we all are - I would suggest shopping around between manufacturers to get the basic colours you want. There are many possible combinations, but for the cadmium colours I would go for Daler Rowney or Winsor and Newton. D-R do a fabulous Cad Red; W & N a good strong Cad Yellow. Otherwise, I'd try Rembrandt, by Talens, or perhaps the slightly cheaper Van Gogh range from the same company. This is in addition to rather than a recommendation against the brands suggested so far. Rembrandt make particularly tasty Cobalt and Cerulean blues, incidentally.

David Perry

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This christmas I tried schminke tubes and a comparison with my usual white nights / St Petersburg pans . There's no difference except in price! When I say no difference I mean NO difference. I love white nights David

Alan Bickley

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The best watercolours that I have ever used are the hand made finely ground paints by Pip Seymour. You may not have heard of this brand but check out the website. Pip has made quite a name for himself with these paints, he sources the raw materials himself, from around the globe. They are in 'cakes' and put in round pill boxes, not easy to use at first but boy are the colours fabulous. They are extremely expensive but worth the investment. I have the Turner range - these are based to some extent on Turner's original paints, you can't find these colours anywhere else. I wasn't able to paint quite as well as Turner mind you, but I tried my best! Robert will know more about them I'm sure, Robert knows everything about paints, and will no doubt add more details than I have to hand.

David Perry

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Pip Seymour...Not only expensive but almost impossible to find . You've whet my appetite for info any to leave me hanging. 😀😀 David

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They are out there David, I can't remember where I bought mine from but I would be able to source them again with a bit of searching. A word of caution though, these aren't easy to extract the paint from, It took me quite a while to get to grips with them. I did communicate with Pip Seymour and sent him some examples of my work using these paints. He loved them and gave me a slot on his website where he displayed a dozen or so for a month in his 'feature artist' gallery. Skipton Art Supplies rings a bell!

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Robert Jones, NAPA

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All I know Alan - though thank you for your confidence! - is that Pip Seymour also makes acrylics (and maybe oils: I'd be slightly surprised if he didn't). I had a few complimentary pots of the acrylic for review purposes from an art shop that has since, sadly, ceased trading: I found them extremely highly pigmented, and they dried to a quite glossy finish. He uses some slightly unusual combinations of pigments in some of his colours, which would take getting used to if I had to; but - haven't seen them anywhere else.

Alan Bickley

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Yes he does also make his own oils Robert, but I've not got round to trying them as yet. I also spotted some stand oil when browsing through Jackson's website the other day, so he has branched out somewhat.

David Perry

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I eventually found some. Eyewatering prices and not for the casual user im guessing D
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