Pretty Excellent! Meiliang (Parrot) Watercolors Unbox and Swatch

Get Your Own: https://amzn.to/3dmmKYe
Paul Rubens Tube Unbox and Swatch: https://tinyurl.com/v27zra5c
Paul Rubens Tube Fieldtest: https://tinyurl.com/25d2jp22
About Optical Brighteners: https://tinyurl.com/3mr9kvss

Student Grade Watercolors (Playlist)
Professional Watercolor Reviews (Playlist):https://tinyurl.com/hss4pcc

Shownotes:
As seen on Amazon and Ali Express
This was purchased at David's Art Center after Maddy in the Paintbox sang its praises for being decent

Chinese watercolor palette- Meiliang Pigments
As of this recording, on Amazon for $19.98: https://amzn.to/3dmmKYe

Shanghai Aowen Painting materials co. ltd
Same people as Paul Rubens

This feels like a student or hobbyist grade line to their more professional Paul Rubens line

I really like the paul Rubens tube watercolors, and at some point, it would be cool to compare all three- Paul Rubens tubes, Paul Rubens half pans, and the Meiliang Pigments

36 colors
Colors in this set:
White
Lemon Yellow
Cad Yellow Hue
Yellow Orange
Cad Orange Hue
Cad Red Hue
Vermillion
Scarlet Lake
Crimson Lake
Crimson Lake Deep
Alizarin Crimson
Permanent Rose
Purple Lake
Mauve
Dioxazine Vioet
Verditer Blue3
Coerulean Blue Hue
Intense Blue
Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine
Turkey blue
Prussian Blue
Payne's Grey
Yellow Green
Sap Green
Hooker's Green Light
Hooker's Green Deep
Viridian (hue)
Olive green
Yellow ochre
Raw Sienna
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Vandyke Brown
Sepia
Lamp Black

Meiliang Pigment

Packaging:
cardboard sleeve
Mint green pastel metal palette
Inside this metal palette is a fairly flimsy plastic tray that holds the half pans. These halfpans are not in like individual plastic replaceable halfpans. I feel like these are probably extruded, rather than poured, given the setup.
Includes plastic waterbrush
Protective Sleeve
And informational packet

24 piece set also available

Switching back to google translate

"Shanghai Aowen Painting Materials Co., Ltd. is committed to the production of the most trusted materials for Chinese artists. Shanghai Aowen Painting Materials Co. Ltd. is dedicated to providing high-quality painting materials and related knowledge for artists and learning artists. Of paint. At the same time, Owen painting paper, Chang Ke painting book, Meiliang material, and Rubens artist-grade pigments have been highly recognized by many well-known artists at home and abroad as a professional company that integrates R&D, production and sales. Since 2011 Won the comprehensive professional art material supplier of the Chinese Academy of Art and China Oil Painting Institute; it is the only cooperative brand of Youke Harding materials and repair work space technology. All parties (British paints), Brooks (Belgium paints) surface indicators must go through the materials and restoration work of the Chinese Oil Painting Academy, Ruishang Kada (Swiss pencil), Roque method (strict inspection and supervision by the French handicraft room, before the watercolor paper can be marketed. ), Labriano (Italian painting paper), Baihe (Spanish watercolor paper) and other world-renowned art brands in China. While cooperating with world-renowned art material suppliers, the company learned about the historical knowledge of many painting materials, and finally chose Brooks with a long history for technical cooperation and inheritance (Technical guidance of Brooks 4th generation heir)"

Swatching on Blick Studio Cottonrag Watercolor paper
Colors seem to be bright and vibrant, pretty saturated, but may also contain a lot of optical brighteners, as the water seems to muddy fast
If you let water sit on them too long, they get goopy

Most of the colors are pretty saturated but the burnt sienna is really weak. Colors are finely granulated, but a bit more gritty than their Paul Rubens counterparts.If you're paying the $20 Amazon price, I definitely think these are worth $20 so far, they're alright for $45, but that's encroaching on Paul Rubens price territory.

The Mud Test:

Day 2, Layer 2
Spritzed with water to activate
Some really interesting granulation with these colors, similar to the Paul Rubens tubes. Nice.
These colors do dry far less intense than their Paul Rubens counterparts, but I didn't notice much if any color reactivation. So far, it seems like these don't turn to mud, which is my biggest complaint with more opaque watercolors.

Mud Test, Layer Three
Spritzed with water to activate.
Surprising and impressive amount of granulation with these paints. Paints seem to layer, rather than turn to mud, which is wonderful and surprising from paints that I assume are student grade.

MeiLiang wrap up
One of the half pans fell out and it definitely seems like an extruded paint, not a poured paint. If anyone has videos if their manufacturing process though, please send them my way!

Music:
Kevin MacLeod:
Angevin 70
Bathed in Light
Tranquility
Youtube Music Library:
Morning Mandolin
A Quiet Thought

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