58 Cents a Tube?!? Can These Watercolors Be Any Good? Phoenix Artist Watercolor Review

I've been asked about this set and I've been curious about these tube watercolors so when the price dropped I had to give them a try! They are the Phoenix Artist watercolor tube set: https://amzn.to/3PIhkqd

This is a set of 24, 8ml tubes of artist-grade watercolor. Let's see how they preform!

Pros:
Price (for now anyway)
Good color selection
Decent glazing ability
Pigment and lightfast info included on tube
Mixes well if you stick to the strongest colors
Paint drys down well and rewet nicely.

Cons:
This set includes a few weak colors that could put you off watercolors such as Verdi Blue and Cereluean hue.
The phthalo green and Emerald are too samey and the hookers green dark is lifeless. I recommend mixing the emerald with cadmium orange hue for a beautiful "sap green" because oddly it is difficult to get a natural-looking green with this set otherwise.

Bottom line: despite the weak colors I mentioned in the cons I think that the set is a good buy. The paint is identical to Cotman so much that I think it is the same paint relabeled. If you stick to a limited palette of the strong colors (and maybe mix up a pan of Sap Green from Emerald and Cad orange hue) you will have a nice set to work with at a good price. You are getting Cotman quality paint so as long as you are good with that you are safe to try these. For the price it is worth it for the good colors in the kit.




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