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Welcome to Lightwish. If you are looking for a watercolor paints store, then Lightwish will be your choice without hesitation. Most people who come into contact with watercolors will worry about how to choose watercolors, because there are many watercolors on the market and the quality is uneven. Maybe you are a professional artist or an ordinary art lover, here you can find your favorite watercolor paints. Lightwish will provide you with trusted watercolor paints at great prices.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of tubular paints and solid paints?
Tubular Paints
Tubular watercolors are relatively cheap. Tubular paints are suitable for large-format works. Of course, when using it, you must first squeeze it into the moisturizer, which is convenient to dip in a large area when painting. But if you don't pay attention, you will string colors in the palette.
Advantages
- High consistency: Tubular paints are generally thicker than solid paints and have stronger color fullness.
- Easy to mix: Easy to mix on the palette, suitable for mixing a lot of paints.
- Easy to use: Beginner friendly, even color, easy to apply.
Disadvantages
- Not easy to store: Although adjustable, it is easy to dry if it is not covered tightly after drying, which reduces the service life. Or squeeze it out without using it for a long time, it will deteriorate or hair and layer.
- Occupy space: Tube paints usually take up more space than solid paints and are slightly cumbersome to carry.
Solid paints
Solid watercolor, which is a solid form, is a more practical watercolor. However, the price will be more expensive than tubular watercolor. It is very easy to carry, and it is very suitable for small works and sketches when going out. You need to soak in water when picking colors. A piece of paints is repeatedly pressed, and the density of paints in it is high, and it can be used for a longer time.
Advantages
- Easy to carry: small size, light, suitable for outdoor sketching and travel.
- Easy to store: Solid paints are not easy to dry, and the long-term storage effect is better.
- Strong controllability: easy to master the soft and heavy brushstrokes of the pen, suitable for beginners to brush and paint experience.
Disadvantages
- Low color concentration: Solid paints may not be as saturated as tubular paints and require multiple colors to enhance concentration.
- Color mixing difficulty: Compared with tubular paints, solid paints have limited mixing ability and require experience when mixing colors.
Which paints to choose when painting at home or sketching outside?
If you are going out to sketch, the first choice is solid watercolor. And if you want to be more portable, choose a solid watercolor with more comprehensive features, such as multiple palettes and an area for storing watercolor pens.
If you draw more at home, then those larger paints plates are recommended, because there is no space limit at home. A larger paints plate will make it more comfortable to use, and you can use a larger color mixing area. And at home, you can choose any kind of paints plate. Just choose the color palette you like.
How to choose watercolor paints
If you want something more portable, or prefer to go outside and paint, opt for solid watercolor.
If you draw a lot, you can choose tubular, because it is not conducive to preservation, and if you use it frequently, you will not waste idle watercolors.
If you paint less, you can choose solid watercolor because it is easy to save.
We at Lightwish also offer glitter watercolors. It contains glitter powder or metallic paints. This watercolor is shiny and suitable for creating some works with a shiny effect. Add a shimmering metallic luster to enhance the visual impact. It emits light under the exposure of light, bringing more richness to your work. It can also be combined with other common watercolor paints for secondary creation. It all depends on your imagination and creativity.