I appreciate that you have used it a few months before the review. Your comments reflect your experiences using the QoR paints.

I’m surprised at your results. I have been using Qor or about two years, and I find them to be amazingly vibrant! I, too, squeeze them into palette pans, let them dry, and then rewet as I use them. Since this video is four years old, and I have only been using them for two years, perhaps they have improved their vibrancy in the interim. My box is also smaller, which might indicate that they may have made other changes also. I love Qor so much; they have rapidly become my favorite paints. Yes, initially they are more expensive, but a tiny bit goes a long way, so I think that makes up for the cost difference.

I really enjoy your videos, they are intelligent with comments I can relate to and understand. "burnt sienna is different but I can't put my finger on it," I get what you mean. thanx!

Thanks for doing the review and comparison, it was very helpful.

Hi Teoh, I can’t relate as I have been using Qor watercolors for the past 2 years and both the mini pan palette and tube colors are extremely vibrant, so much so that I’m constantly subdueing the intensity and vibrancy. I appreciate you showing the difference in pan vs tubes and also showing other comparisons. I live in Northern Ca and I sometimes need to spray dried pans from tubes a bit and they are ready to go!

We are now 2018. I just tested THE qor watercolours. I let them dry and with a little drop of paint from the tube I paint already a month. They react immediately with water and are very bright. Or they changed the formula, or the Klimat is better here... 😉 the only thing I can say is that with the 11ml I wil go a very long time...

@jaimeanderson9238

5 жыл бұрын

I have new ones and had his same experience.

@OneTrueWord1988

4 жыл бұрын

Malika Ann Noyez: I totally agree with your comment! I love Qor so much, and a little goes such a long way! Happy Painting friend! 👍😊🌸

@michelletulumello661

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. My set of qor are incredible and the Cotman are just...way worse.

@annnoyez

3 жыл бұрын

@@michelletulumello661 still use them and my schmincke watercolours. I tested them all and stay with both. And no, cotman, is for my grandkids to play... lol

The saturation is most likely a little less due to colors being slightly contaminated in the pan forms

Great review. Very practical and informative. You never fail to amaze.

I have used qor for almost a year now along with my Daniel smith and mission gold. They are by far probably the most vibrant when it comes to them lightening the least from wet to dry. I also have found no difference personally with the dry and wet paint. Both flow the same and are the same in intensity. They don't rewet as easily and Daniel smith but it doesn't take very long (maybe like 4 strokes) to rewet the pans to be just as vibrant as the tubes. Maybe their formulas are inconsistent?

@teohyc

5 жыл бұрын

QoR use their own binder. That may explain the difference between tube and pan performance

Interesting, they may have changed their formula? I bought mine around one to 1,5 years ago and they're extremely easy to rewet (german climate) and definitely as bright and intense from the pan as from the tube. I still don't like them for other reasons, but they're totally suited for pans now, too :D

@CynCynea

5 жыл бұрын

For those who are curious: abload.de/img/photo_2019-02-06_02-0qxkt4.jpg The left column are painted from the pan (spritzed them with water, didn't wait for it to soak in, almost never more than one brush stroke to pick up the pigment), the mid one is from the tube (right is just some other brands to compare luminosity). The value difference in the first rows is mostly because i found it easier to get juicy color from the pan than dissolving the tube color.

@teohyc

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the update

Your videos are always a great reference, thank you ☺️

I'm extremely grateful that you've tested and compared so many brands that I was looking to buy! I was considering some Qor colors over Daniel Smith but will definitely reconsider now that I've seen your wonderful review. Also - very talented work! Love your sketchbook :)

@teohyc

8 жыл бұрын

+Dena Cooper Thanks!

I know you mentioned Cotman but I was speaking about Artist quality WN. And if so, how would you compare using WN pan vs. tube. I'd like to begin to do some Urban sketching. And was wondering which to use. Your work is amazing.

just as an experiment, I paletted just a tiny bit of each of the 34 Quor colors I have. I wanted to see for myself how they would react. What a disaster. These paints are definitely not designed for a palette. They lost every excellent feature that they have out of the tube. Quor is my number 2 go to for color, flow, brilliance. I love them! Daniel Smith is number 1. Seriously, don't ruin these by puttng them in a palette.

@MagicXarko

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your test. I wished to buy a palette for my QOR, si Y won't.

@OneTrueWord1988

4 жыл бұрын

Patricia Nayhouston: Please see my comment, and others. They may have improved the vibrancy since Teoh made this video, because my experience with Qor has been wonderful! Please see my comment. Have a great day! 😊

Really great review! Very thorough. I especially appreciated all your comparisons and thank you for making the chart with paints from the pans and paints straight from the tube. I am curious. What is your favorite brand of watercolors? And have you ever tried M. graham? I would be interested to see a comparison between m. graham and daniel smith. Thanks again! :)

@teohyc

7 жыл бұрын

+xxOwLEyeSxx M Graham is good. Currently I'm mostly using Daniel Smith.

I happen to like the somewhat subdued palette. I usually use Dan Smith watercolors but considering these as well. Thanks for the video.

Thanks Teoh, the Qor watercolours have been marketed to be competiitive with artists watercolours like Winsor and Newton, but as vibrancy goes, I think Daniel Smith is more vibrant as seen in your chart comparison. Great insight on the fact that you dried the pans first... Fantastic job on a very informative video. more please... ^_^

@teohyc

8 жыл бұрын

+Arielle Lavecchia QoR should be used straight from the tube to get the maximum intensity.

@PaulaBean

4 жыл бұрын

The high grade watercolors are all so good, across all the manufacturers. Daniel Smith, QoR, Sennelier, Schmincke Horadam: they're all so good! I'm glad I followed the advice of many knowledgable KZread water colourists, Teoh included, and restrained myself to some cool and warm primary colors, and some earth colors, and using a restricted palette for coloring in my sketches. One doesn't need 12 colors. Only 6 or 7 will do. I can mix the rest! ;-)

I've been able to see more of your videos. .wonderful work! I'm happy I subscribed. ..wishing you a creative week!

@teohyc

8 жыл бұрын

+Blissfulthings Thanks!

Thanks, I was curious about these. I glad you shared them wet and dry. What a huge difference.

@teohyc

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks :-) I'm still trying to finish using them. After a while, you'll know that the pans are lighter and learn to apply more paint.

@renmuffett

8 жыл бұрын

+Teoh Yi Chie There are paints that are the same formula for pans as tubes and the vibrancy is the same either way. This is because of the extra glycerin in the formula. This is Schmincke and Holbien. Unlike Winser & Newton that has a different formula for their pans than tubes. With research I found that there is Glycerin in the W&N pans and not much in the tubes. So now I mix glycerin in my W&N tubes and let dry and they re-wet so much better. I wonder of this will help with the Qor? Daniel Smith and M graham, Sennelier all have that extra glycerin too. Of course some pigments really are not good dried. In that case you can add honey to it also.

This is an excellent review! I just subscribed to your channel and can't wait to see more. :)

Thanks for the recommendation- I'll give it a try.

I had problems with the burnt sienna on some CP papers__looked a bit dull...maybe it interacted with the sizing ?!? However on yupo...wonderful effects.

Thank you for this information -- very useful! Also, great sketches!! :-)

I am really not sure why these looked so pale in your comparison. Especially against the Cotman. I own both and the Cotman are VERY washed out in comparison when you paint with them. I also do not have trouble rewetting. I wonder if the ones you bought were improperly stored before purchase?

So helpful, thank you very much!

Very good review. I'll have to say that I don't understand people who make paint tins, unless you do plein or on-location painting. When I do get back into watercolor I'm only going to paint from the tube so vibrant color shouldn't be an issue for me. The price for getting that more transparent Aquazol binder is a little steep though.

I'm glad I watched this before I squeezed my new paints into pans!

thankyou for your video!

Thank you , I'm staying with holbein and Windsor and Newton

@ChiannaNycole

8 жыл бұрын

Daniel smith and M. Graham (my fave) are also great and re-wet very well. I just bought the Holbien Gouache set (supper cheap) cant wait to get in it!

Hi Teo, thank you so much for the very helpful review. I just bought a pack of the earth colours coz I wanted to use the tin as a travel palette. managed to fit 32 x half pans of different brands of water colours in it! hehe . Im going to be in SG from Sep 18 to early Jan19. Do you have any watercolour workshops/art classes etc which I can attend? :)

@teohyc

5 жыл бұрын

The only courses I have are online courses at gumroad.com/parkablogs If you want a teacher, you can check out my friend Marvin Chew facebook.com/artofmarvinchew/

Good info, thanks. I've ordered some to try out how readily they flow. Now I'll be sure to use them straight from the tube.

@chanelcreadora6570

5 жыл бұрын

Ichiro Fakename so I have been using Qor for about 8 months now. I’ve been painting almost everyday. Mine are more recent than this video though. So there may be a difference in formula. I highly disagree with most of his statements. He said they are hard to rewet. And I literally started yelling at my phone because mine are ALWAYS creamy. Like they never fully dried down. And that is something that Qor has said is common with their paints. My colors are also SO MUCH MORE VIBRANT!!! I highly suggest that you DO NOT paint from the tube. You will waste soooo much paint and you don’t get any gradual washes. It’s essentially like painting with super expensive gauche. I also don’t get ANY STREAKS unless I want to. I chalk this up to either user error OR there is an extreme possibility that since he produced this video, Qor has changed their formula.

@ichirofakename

5 жыл бұрын

@@chanelcreadora6570 thanks for the advice, I appreciate it. I think I'll try the QoR both straight from the tube AND mixed. Like any other paint.

@chanelcreadora6570

5 жыл бұрын

Ichiro Fakename yes that’s exactly what I did.

Great review. What a lovely little sketchbook with wonderful sketches. What brand is this book?

@teohyc

8 жыл бұрын

+neikaplay It's The Perfect Sketchbook, no longer in production. www.parkablogs.com/content/perfect-sketchbook-travel-artists-art-enthusiasts-kickstarter

Have you tried Maimeriblu watercolor? I bought a set of 5 from Amazon for around 28.00 and am looking for more of a professional view point about them. So far I really like them.

@teohyc

7 жыл бұрын

I've not tried them before. Maybe in the future. :-)

@Cheripie506

7 жыл бұрын

Okay, that would be really appreciated :)

you did a review on these Pebeo Aquarelle Fine ( the other that appeared in the video)? link please.

@teohyc

6 жыл бұрын

Here www.parkablogs.com/content/review-pebeo-12-half-pan-watercolour-set

thank you so much for your time

Thank you very much for this test. It is very eye opening for me. I think I will have to share some of your video for my great-niece. :)

@teohyc

8 жыл бұрын

+huyked Thanks for your support! :-)

Thanks for sharing! I especially appreciate the brand vibrancy comparison. I use Holbein for all my baby portraits and sometimes Schmincke and Daniel Smith for other things. I tried the Qor and found them to have a lack luster look after drying. Since I prefer using my paints dried, that explains it. I gave my Qor set away last week.

@teohyc

8 жыл бұрын

+Renee Moles-Marks Yeah, you have to use a lot more paints with QoR if you want to use them dry.

Great review!

Thanks Teoh,..........I really appreciate this review. I struggle with color at times and also have this set. I thought that was not using the colors correctly because I lost the vibrancy. Now I know why and am working with Winsor Newton for the first time. Have you done a review with them or with Schmenke? Do you have a favorite brand? Will you consider doing a video with regard to transparent palettes?....I think a lot of us have questions about transparent palettes.. You really are a very good teacher.

I like Qor watercolors, they're different compered with traditional watercolors, but I hove some doubts with Holbein Watercolors, I bought the 108 set and they look strange, like gauche, different and strange like watercolors compared with Winsor and Newton or the Schmincke. What Do you think about it? Thank you!

@teohyc

4 жыл бұрын

Check out these two reviews for Holbein www.parkablogs.com/picture/review-holbein-artists-watercolor www.parkablogs.com/picture/review-2-holbein-artists-watercolor

@michaelsoncin

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

how about W&N artist? Qor is 3 times price of W&N here, but recently, 15% off, and get 1 free for 3 purchase. is it really good as it says ' best watercolor pigment ever'? is it worth to try? and if it is, which colors of them are good to have?

@teohyc

8 жыл бұрын

+Meng WU Winsor Newton Artist quality is very good. I started out with them. And years later I still think they are very comparable to other brands like Daniel Smith or Schminke. QoR is a bit pricey compared to those brands. Anyway, just get the brand that's easy for you to get and replace when you use up the paints.

@Raphaelwu

8 жыл бұрын

Got it, thanks a lot. Super weird, everything I was looking for, here we go, your videos, lol. Thanks again for all information!

9:19 RIP little magpie! ❤️🙈

Wow, this is interesting. I got the QoR 12 pack with a different blue (plain old Ultramarine Blue) which I have frustrations painting with compared to other brands. I had no idea there was such a difference between the tube paint and the dried pans. I am going to rethink purchasing QoR due to the difference next time I need paint (for real, not just to get more colors, haha).

@teohyc

8 жыл бұрын

I find that having one blue in this set is rather limiting.

That is so weird because I've been using Qor for about half a year and my colors are vibrant even though I use them dried into a palette. Also, I find them to rewet very easily, more so than DS but not as much as M. Graham or Sennelier. I find that with my paints, I don't have to mist the paints prior to working with them. I'm not sure why your set is having problems with vibrancy and re-wetting. Also, I agree with never putting any company's Viridian into a dry form if from a tube as real Viridian will always dry rock hard.

@mypandapaints5854

8 жыл бұрын

Either way, at least it isn't like Winsor & Newton who's formulation is specifically made to be used from the tube when in tube form. If you want to dry them out, they want you to buy the pans and have formulated their paints as such.

@teohyc

8 жыл бұрын

+My Panda Paints That's just what I experience many times and it's repeatable at least for me. Even for the making of this video, it is like that. Maybe it could be my batch that has problems.

@mypandapaints5854

8 жыл бұрын

+Teoh Yi Chie that's what I was thinking because i know you've used it for a while. Or maybe MINE is the one that is acting abnormally. Lol. I know they are fairly new so they had a bunch of paints go out that didn't behave correctly in the first 6 months or so. I had to contact them regarding my Hansa Yellow Medium (for many issues) and the new one I got after they referenced my batch number, is much better.

@OneTrueWord1988

4 жыл бұрын

My Panda Paints: My dried and re-wetted Qor paints are amazing - I just love their vibrancy! They are my favorite paints, and Teoh has such a large audience that I’m afraid this review will cause many people not to buy them!

Holbein they look similar for some aspects with Qor about vibrancy. Maybe...

I happened to have just watched a video where Denise of In Liquid Color swatched Qor, and she said how easily they rewet, but I notice you say the opposite. Her video was from 2019 and you did this one in 2015, I wonder if they changed the formula in the interim? She mentioned they contain a synthetic oxgall. Edit: Just saw on Jane Blundell's blog that she said in 2018 they do need to be used straight from the tube for best results.

Thanks for the great review. I've had similar experiences. I have been using QOR made into pans as well. In general, I haven't found it difficult to get strong colour, with the exception of burnt sienna and ultramarine. The burnt sienna is very weak and difficult to dissolve. You need to use a lot of ultramarine to get a saturated blue. However, 6 of the 12 i have are from the high chroma set, so that may be the difference. Their Transparent Pyrrole Orange is gorgeous - the best i've found. However, that said, I still don't think they warrant the high price.

@teohyc

8 жыл бұрын

+Vicki Wood I've same experience with the Burnt Sienna and French Ultramarine Blue. You should also try the Transparent Pyrrole Orange from Daniel Smith, which is actually a red but it's really great as well.

Hi Teoh, have you ever tried Qor's High Chroma 6 Set? The colours are probably not best suited to landscapes or urban sketching but they are very highly pigmented with unusual colours. I got a sample recently and fell in love with them.

@teohyc

7 жыл бұрын

I've not tried those before. But thanks for letting me know. I might buy for a future review.

@OneTrueWord1988

4 жыл бұрын

Vera's Planet: I have the High Chroma set also, and just love it! 👍😄

I have the 6 Qor Introductory set that I don't think I will be pouring into pans. I also noticed that some handmade paints that use Aquazol as the binder are harder to re-wet. I'm sure I can add a drop or two of glycerin, gum arabic, or Kramer watercolor medium to make them softer but I don't want to mess with the mixture too much so I'll just leave them in tubes. I have read that Qor blues are some of the truest watercolor because there is no gum Arabic (with yellow tint)in them to shift the colors a bit but I'm just not that impressed with Qor. They're also very expensive so I don't have faith this brand will stick around given all the other better priced, better performing watercolors. Thanks for the video Teoh! Cheers.

@jaimeanderson9238

3 жыл бұрын

Good point about the yellow in gum Arabic.

Who makes these QoR watercolours? Must admit I am a total Schmincke fan. Their watercolours are wonderful. However, I have not tried Daniel Smith. ....... postage is too much to Germany. I really enjoy your unbiased and honest product reviews Teoh. Thank you very much.

@teohyc

7 жыл бұрын

+Chammi Kaiser The "best" watercolour is any artist grade watercolour that you can buy and replace easily and economically. Many watercolour brands, the good ones, are quite similar in terms of quality. Anyway, it is really a personal perference when it comes down to brand. 😁

@Proudmarinemom2793

7 жыл бұрын

Golden Artist Colors makes the QoR watercolors.

that was rather surprising__thanks for that

@teohyc

8 жыл бұрын

+Alba Whiteman Thanks :-P

Ive read somewhere that squeezing QOR to a pan will affect the product. But im not a professional so Im not sure!

@teohyc

6 жыл бұрын

I find the colours not as vibrant when they have dried in the pan and rewet. You can ask artist Jenny Granberry about it. She uses QOR watercolour.

@ayapeaches8987

6 жыл бұрын

Teoh Yi Chie Thank you!

Is paint dries into rock, u can try add honey)

What is the metal watercolor box that the Qor watercolors are in?

Is it artist grade

@teohyc

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

Thank you very much Teoh. I wanted to buy a palett for my QOR but now I will not do this. Sorry for my bad English. Ususally I lustn tou you without comment because of that

@teohyc

5 жыл бұрын

It's good but best use from the tube

I ordered a 12 color tester of qor on etsy and was shocked. They weren't vibrant even going down and just lacked something. I couldn't believe how muted and dull they all were. The only exception was quin gold deep so I did buy a tube of that but for such an expensive and overrated brand I don't understand. I have used Daniel Smith, Holbein, schmincke, Da Vinci, Sennelier, Maimeri blu, M Graham, Winsor & Newton, and Mission Gold. The only brand I had any issues with was M Graham but I figured that out so all of those brands are good. There are just honestly too many other good brands.

@teohyc

5 жыл бұрын

Were those tube paint squeeze into pans? The pans don’t work too well when reactivated with water. But they should be vibrant from the tubes.

@jaimeanderson9238

5 жыл бұрын

Yes dried in pans exactly like you did on the video.

5.17 to dried samples = less vibrant than Daniel Smith.

very interesting video

@teohyc

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

Interesting as this is quite an old review. The colours also depend on whether you are using white paper, and sable hair. Synthetic brushes tend to hold more water and less pigment. All these factors contribute to how intense the pigment colour will be. After seeing other reviews in the last month or so Qor looks quite vibrant. I guess its best to test it yourself, Would be interesting if Teoh you tested it again now years on , what would you say now. Heres a link as they have changed the paints !!! kzread.info/dash/bejne/eYCHmtGxfdC2ntY.html

I read that Quor was not designed for paletting.

@teohyc

6 жыл бұрын

+Karen Howard Yeah, I get the feeling too. The colours from the tubes are more vibrant compared to squeezing them out to dry and using later.

Cotman is better than qor. After watching this I am amazed anyone buys it. This is one I won’t be trying.👍

@teohyc

6 жыл бұрын

The colours are vibrant when used from the tube. But don't dry them in pans.

I really dislike QoR watercolor, but I'm sure some people like them. It's like painting with alcohol ink and the results look dead and lifeless... not sure why..

¡Uf! These are awful thanks dude you just saved me a lot of money