PRIMA Watercolors//Coloring Book//Waterbrushes//Watecolor Panel REVIEW & Tutorial

PRIMA Watercolors//Coloring Book//Waterbrushes//Watecolor Panel REVIEW & Tutorial

Today I will review the new watercolor products from Prima marketing and show you how to draw and paint some pretty orange tulips!

More info can be found on Prima's website (wholesale only I believe): http://www.primamarketinginc.com/

All of the supplies I showed in the video are available for the public to purchase at Simon Says Stamp, I think some might have sold out after my haul yesterday but they are brand new and should be restocked immediatly (Affiliate link) http://shrsl.com/?~bejs (10% off coupon code for Simon Says Stamp: 10februaryth I am not sure how long it is good for tho)

Painting reference photo: http://pmp-art.com/mido-modi/gallery/...

Pros:
I love the palette tins, they are the same as more expensive paint and they will fit standard half pans when the paints run out

The color are very bright and concentrated

The waterbrushes are inexpensive and great quality (I have a set I have been using hard for over a year, they bristles stain but they still work as good as new)

Low price: at $25 retail they are a great value, actually I have been pleasantly surprised with the quality of all of the watercolor supplies that Prima has come out with.

Coloring book as cute designs

Cons:
I am fairly certain that the paints are student quality with synthetic dyes rather than true pigments and they might fade

No ASTM rating on the box to determine the toxicity of any of the paint

The paper in to the coloring book is student grade, similar to Beinfang, not a huge deal but it is hard to blend and impossible to lift the paint off the paper. The canvas panels are great though, no trouble there. The canvas panels are still probably an all wood pulp paper but the paint reacted much nicer on it.

Bottom line: The quality is better than I expected for materials at this price point. I enjoyed working with them without frustration and my 11 year olds really loved them (disclaimer-the packaging says 14 years and older, use your own judgment) I like how the palettes take a standard half pan so I can reuse them when the paint is gone buy replacing the half pans of filling the pans with tube paints. I recommend there, you really can't beat the price. That said, they are very similar in behavior to gansai tambi so if you have those already you don't need these.


PRIMA Watercolors//Coloring Book//Waterbrushes//Watecolor Panel REVIEW & Tutorial

Credits:
Video production and Craft ideas: Lindsay Weirich
Music: "Bright Wish" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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