Alice Melo Fine Art
  • Welcome
  • Original Artwork
  • Events & Workshops
  • Melo Clay Studio
    • Love Story Collection
  • Bio & CV
  • Blogs
  • Gallery
    • Gallery 2017
    • Gallery 2018
    • Gallery 2019
    • Gallery 2020
    • Gallery 2021
    • Gallery 2022
  • Testimonials
  • Contact
    • Shipping
  • New Page
  • Non-clickable Page

Mijello Mission Gold Watercolours a Yay or Nay?

9/9/2019

4 Comments

 
Picture

 Hello friends, and thank you for popping back to read my blog review on the Mijello Mission Gold watercolours. I am sorry that l have been MIA lately, but summer always seems to be a busy time of the year. I have had a fun and productive summer this year and l was fortunate to be part of MeraQi Art Annex artist collective at the Fort Trade Square for the last 3 months. While there l was able to create some watercolour paintings with my favourite watercolours.  I feel that l have experimented enough with the Mijello Mission Gold brand that originate from Korea, to give you some great feedback. I am not being sponsored and my review is solely based on my own opinions.
Picture
 I first saw these watercolours sold on amazon and found that the pricing was a bit steep, so l found them offered on ebay, in a set of 36 (7mL) colours with a Mijello Watercolour Palette for $99.60 Canadian, that included shipping. These 7mL tubes will last you a long time as these colours are pure pigment and the “Gold Class” is a top of the line, artist grade series. The set comes with a colour chart pamphlet which is useful for picking out your individual colours when you want to buy more, and it also gives you all the information you need on the light-fastness and pigments. There are a total of 105 colours offered in the Mission Gold watercolour line. A high quality palette comes with this set offering an excellent mixing area, and 36 wells big enough for larger brushes. Overall l was impressed with this set for the value.
 Right from the start, l noticed these fabulous, rich watercolours offer incredible vibrancy. The colours are strong and consistent that stay moist when you leave them to dry and they re-wet so quickly and beautifully. They mix well with wet on wet, and they are perfect for texture and granulation techniques.  I found no issues when lifting the colours wet or dry. Some staining did result when dried and l was trying to lift but not with all colours. I am impressed that natural binders such as honey is used in this brand. Mixing colours was a dream as they did not become muddy.  All 105 colours are AP certified from ACMI, proving that they are harmless to humans. I have to admit that it may take some practice when controlling the level of saturation due to the amount of pigments they offer. If you want light colours you will have to dilute them quite a bit, but this will help with a bit of colour going a long way, and you won’t need to use much to create light transparent colours.
Link to Mijello Website
  One thing l did notice is that they do use different names for their colours compared to other manufacturers, l do advise creating your own colour swatch indicating the names to better familiarize yourself with the colours.
This brand also offers 15mL tubes so if you paint a lot you may want to check out some of the sets they offer in the larger tubes. 
 
Overall these are by far my most favourite watercolours that l have tried to date, and believe me, l have tried many artist grade brands. The Mijello Misson Gold watercolours have never disappointed me yet, and l find myself only wanting to expand my collection with more of the wide variety of colours offered.
If you are an artist that loves vibrancy and colours that pack a punch, these are for sure a must try.
Click the link to get more information on Mijello watercolours.

Have a beautiful day my friends.
Alice





 

4 Comments
Grace
9/10/2019 10:20:49 am

Alice your work is beautiful! I enjoy reading your blog posts. It's been forever...I mean forever since I've used watercolours, your sharing experiences with different products is helpful and inspires.

Reply
Alice
9/10/2019 04:20:45 pm

Thankyou so much Grace xoxo

Reply
Nicola
5/17/2022 09:04:13 am

Thanks for sharing! I’m curious if you have purchased any tubes of Mijello pure pigment recently, like 2021 or more recent? I noticed another artist had found a big enough decline in quality in recent years that they feel they can no longer recommend Mijello even though they were top tier for them before. They mentioned added fillers and product separation, I think, and a newfound refusal of the tube paints to set (dry) once pouted. Have you noticed a change? I’m a total beginner and still very interested in the pure pigment line.

Reply
Nicola
5/17/2022 09:13:20 am

*once poured

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Author

    I am hoping that l can be inspirational and informative. I always feel that paying it forward is a great way to live life. As a self taught artist l will try and share with you what l have learned.

    Archives

    September 2022
    January 2022
    August 2021
    January 2020
    December 2019
    September 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    October 2016
    September 2016

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Remember to Come back and Visit Alice Melo Fine Art Soon!


Email

info@alicemelofineart.com
  • Welcome
  • Original Artwork
  • Events & Workshops
  • Melo Clay Studio
    • Love Story Collection
  • Bio & CV
  • Blogs
  • Gallery
    • Gallery 2017
    • Gallery 2018
    • Gallery 2019
    • Gallery 2020
    • Gallery 2021
    • Gallery 2022
  • Testimonials
  • Contact
    • Shipping
  • New Page
  • Non-clickable Page