Winsor and Newton Watercolour Review
Watercolour is, in my opinion one of the easier and more beginner friendly mediums to get started with.
Watercolour comes in a few different forms such as tubes, fluid watercolour, watercolour pencils or markers, and what is potentially the most recognisable, would be the watercolour pans or dried cakes as seen in the image to the left.
I have dabbled with a few different forms of watercolour at this point and I wanted to give you an honest review of Winsor & newton watercolours.
So first of all, what is watercolour? It is a form of water soluble paint that can be reactivated once applied. Watercolours can either be dye based or pigment based. Dye based watercolours can often have really bold or vibrant colours but they will fade over time, whereas the watercolours made from pigments are what is known as “lightfast”, meaning they won’t fade over time.
Winsor & Newton watercolours are pigment based, and come in a few different forms. There is the student grade watercolours and there is the professional line both coming in either tubes or the dried pans. They also offer a small range of watercolour “pro markers” which are different to other watercolour markers as they are also pigment based rather than dye based.
At this point, I have used both the Cotman range (the student grade), the professional watercolours as tube and pan, I have also used their watercolour ProMarker range.
