These are Awful! Artist Loft Watercolor Palette (Pebeo)- Unbox Swatch- Student Grade Showdown

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:52 The Artist Loft Palette
02:50 Pebeo Flashbacks
05:37 Unwrapping the Palette
14:16 Swatching The Watercolors
19:47 Color Mixing
25:17 Wet into Wet Test
27:30 Other Travel Sets
31:50 Homemade Mini Palettes
36:19 Other Comparable Watercolors
38:34 Pros and Cons
41:44 Is It Worth It?
47:00 The Verdict
50:40 Final Thoughts:

Mentioned in this Review:
Pebeo:
Unbox & Swatch:    • Art Supplies from 🌠Wish🌠! Pebeo Water...  
Fieldtest:   • Pebeo Watercolor Fieldtest  

Paul Rubens:
12 Half Pans:    • Paul Rubens- Jewelled Pocket Palette,...  
Tubes:    • Paul Rubens Tubens Unbox and Swatch  


Meiliang Pigments:    • Pretty Excellent! Meiliang (Parrot) W...  

DIY Palettes
Empty Mint Tins
Half Pans
Whole Pans

Shownotes:
Full Shownotes: https://tinyurl.com/3722x7sy

Artist Loft Watercolors
Paid $19.99 at Michaels (https://tinyurl.com/mpk26kyx)
Note: if you're gonna buy art supplies from Michaels, try to catch a sale, use a coupon, or redeem a voucher- they're overpriced

These really remind me of the Pebeo watercolors I reviewed awhile back

Packaging:
Shrink Wrapped
Metal Tin
Totally rebranded

STRONG SMELL
Inside:
Screw together travel quill
cheap plastic liner
Half Pans

Each half pan has a foil wrapper
Colors are labelled by number, that's it

These are weird and gnarlier than I remember. The foil wrappers are really difficult to remove, and this feels like it's been sitting on a shelf for awhile. The watercolors themselves are kinda sticky.

Obviously no pigment info, but I'll try to dig it up from Pebeo

All of these halfpans are super difficult to open

Swatching:
Blick Studio Watercolor Paper:

Everything dries really kinda desaturated, not really a lot of color there. There's also not really much opacity- just not...not a lot going on with these. While I theoretically like the color selection, the paints themselves don't really work for me.

Lift Test:
None of these lift, which is really strange, and not a good sign.

Color Mixing:
While it's easy to find your primaries, all color mixes are kinda muted and desaturated. Granulation is a bit more apparent with the mixes, but everything seems pretty chalky and muted


Wet into Wet Test:
These desaturated really quick, it takes a lot of paint to get any color onot the paper. Most colors just kinda turn to nothing, although they do readily intermix with enough water.

Pebeo Info:
Pigment information not accessible

This is the same set, through Pebeo: https://en.pebeo.com/catalogue/famill...
https://en.pebeo.com/catalogue/beaux-...

Compared against Other Travel Sets:
Since this seems to be purchased by artists looking for a good compact travel set, I think it's fairest to compare it against other travel sets

Basically any small metal 12 color set is this compact (minus the brush)

Pros:
Size
Price

Cons:
Basically everything else, including both those things

The Verdict:
That SMELL.
I can't say these watercolors found redemption today- they handle like I remember, I'm just better at reviewing than I was back then, so the red flags are more apparent.


Music:
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Sun Awakening- Futuremono
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Simple- Patrick Patrikios
Lazy Walk- Cheel
Blue Dream- Cheel
Contact High- RKVC
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Papov- Yung Logos
Benji- Dyalla
Knowpe- Noir Et Blanc Vie
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Goestories- Noir Et Blanc Vie
Lofi Mallet- Kwon
Ready or Not- Trevor Garrod
Broken- Patrick Patrikios
National Express- Dan Bodan
Waltz in Low Light- Hot Buttered Rum
Friday Fugue- Trevor Garrod

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