This is what it's about people, this is serious
business! This is acrylic paint we're talking about!! *Intro Music* Hello everyone and welcome back to my channel!
In today's video I thought I would test out some acrylic paint, to try and figure out what the best
acrylic paint is that you can buy. Now I only have eleven different kinds of paint from nine
different brands, so this is definitely an unofficial official paint review. But I have
tried to match all of these acrylic paints based on colour, so I've picked a red hue
just to keep it as fair as I possibly can, and I've also bought paints from various different
price points. So I've got really cheap ones, and I've got quite expensive ones as well. And the main
things I'm going to be looking for when I review this paint is the application, the pigment, the
price is quite important as well, and the coverage. The coverage is a very important one, I don't want
any transparent paints! And then at the end of the video I'm going to rank them from worst best,
obviously. And we'll find out which one comes out on top! Also for this paint test I'm going to
be using exactly the same brush for every single paint, just to keep it as fair as possible, and I'm
also going to be swatching the paint just neat, and then I'm also going to be swatching it mixed
with water, just to see how they perform... cause you never know! Anyway let's get into it! Right
I'm gonna start off with the cheapest paint which is from Jackson's, and it's in the colour
crimson, and this costs £2.75 per 100 mils. And just because it's cheap doesn't mean
it's gonna be awful, it could be quite good! Okay so first impressions... it
seems like quite a thick paint. *Music* Okay that wasn't too bad, for a cheap paint
it's actually quite nice... I'm not mad at that one at all! I really like the color, it is
a little bit sheer, I'm not gonna lie it's a tiny bit transparent, but other than that
it's, it's all right! Try it with a bit of water... *Music* Oh it actually works really nice with a bit of
water, so far so good! We will see what it looks like when it's dry, but for a cheap paint... I
think it's all right, it's performed quite well! Okay the next paint I'm gonna be trying
is the Amsterdam standard series in pyrrole red, and this comes in at £3.20 per 100 mils.
And I've actually got the Amsterdam expert to try out as well, because I am curious to see
whether their standard and expert, if there's actually any difference in them, because there's
quite a significant price difference! Also I think one of use, I can't remember who, and I can't
remember when, told me that the Amsterdam paints were quite nice, and I've never tried them before,
so we will see! Okay so it's a little bit more runnier than the Jackson's, and it's also a slightly
more orangey red than the Jackson's paint as well. *Music* That paint is definitely a lot less transparent
than the Jackson's paint, it's quite nice actually. I really like the color of it.... the thing is
these expensive paints that I'm trying out later have to be really good to beat these cheap
ones, because the expensive ones, one of them especially, the last one is really expensive!
So it's gonna have to really perform well!! Let's see what this is like with a bit of water... *Music* Yeah I like that, that's.. that's a nice paint.
I'm actually quite pleased with that one! But you never know, it might change once it's
dry... suspense!! So next up we have the Vallejo in the color rose madder, and this comes in at £3.50 per 100 mils. And also don't worry if you can't see everything like super close up, I will
give you some close-ups at the end of what these paints look like. Okay straight away this paint
seems thicker than the Amsterdam one, it's not as liquidy. I do like the color, it's very similar to
the Jackson's, but slightly deeper, slightly darker. Oh this one smells weird, it's got quite a strong
smell.... it smells of something familiar, I'm not sure what.... not a bad smell, it's quite nice actually.
Anyway let's just swatch it, stop sniffing paint! *Music* Oh no, oh this paint's not nice! It's very
transparent! Oh I'm not a huge fan of that one! Oh that's a bit of a letdown. I would say
if you want full coverage paint, you're gonna need a few layers of that, because that is thin and
quite sheer! Let's try it with a tiny bit of water... *Music* It's not bad with a bit of water actually, I think
I honestly prefer that paint with a bit of water, than I do neat on its own. I'm not a huge fan
of that one I'm going to say that straight away! So the next paint I'm going to be trying out is
the Winsor & Newton galleria, and this is in the color crimson. And this costs £4.94 per
100 mils. And again with the Winsor & Newton, I bought the professional one as well which was
significantly more expensive than this one, so I'm very curious to see if there's actually a
difference! I have faith that the Winsor & Newton ones are going to be good, it's quite a traditional
brand that's been around forever isn't it? So you shouldn't be let down by this, I hope not anyway!
I don't want to slag you off... but I will if I have to! Okay I think it's got a very similar texture
to the Amsterdam paints, it's a little bit runny, it's not too thick but it's not like watery, and
the color's again like more of an orangey red. *Music* Okay it seems very shiny, it's quite a
smooth application which I appreciate. I really like the color of this one, it's
very bright... oh it's not too bad actually. I'm gonna have to go in with a magnifying glass
with these paints you know, to figure out the results... because I feel like there's gonna be very,
very little difference. But that's, that's actually quite nice, I'm not mad at that one, I quite like
it. See what it's like with a little bit of water... *Music* Ah it's nice with water, it's very nice with water.
Actually it almost becomes more saturated, and more full coverage with a little bit of water that
one. Yeah what are you up to? Like look at them on camera, they just look the same don't they!? But it's
the fine little details that are going to count, this is what's going to push one of the paints to
the top spot, and one of them it's going to just.... it's going to fail down to the tiny, tiny, minute
little details. This is what it's about people, this is serious business! This is acrylic paint we're
talking about!! Okay next up we have the system three acrylic paints by Daler Rowney, in the color
cadmium red hue, and this comes in at five pounds and ten pence per 100 mils. And these paints I've
used quite a lot actually, I've got tons of these paints in the studio, and they're not an amazing
paint, it's definitely not a fantastic acrylic paint, but it's quite a cost-effective acrylic
paint, and it's quite good for just abstract paintings. I always find the system three paints as well, their
consistency to be a bit more kind of gel like. *Music* Yeah it's not bad, I would kind of compare
it a little bit to the Amsterdam standard... strangely it's actually performing better
than I thought it was going to, and it's also got like a little bit of a shine to it as well.
Let's see what it's like with a bit of water... *Music* Yeah it's quite nice with some water, I quite like
it. I like testing paint, it's quite fun. Yeah it's not bad, I really like the color of the system threes
as well, all of their colors to be fair, they've got a ton of colors. Not mad at that for like a
mid-range kind of paint, it's definitely not too bad! Okay so we're just over halfway through
this paint test, hopefully you're finding this very informative and entertaining! I know the suspense
is probably killing you! But don't you worry, you know we're going to get to the end, I'm on the
edge of my seat to see which one's going to win!! What's going to be the best!? And now the paints
are going to significantly jump up in price, so those paints were kind of the lower, mid-range priced
paints... these ones are getting quite expensive now! Who knew testing paints could be this entertaining?...
Not me!! Also I don't know whether it's coming up on camera, but I have been picking up my dry skin
again. I was gonna put a plaster on my nose but I was like you know what, I don't care! I'm getting to
the age now where I just couldn't give a shit! Okay so the next paint is actually the Amsterdam
expert series in the color cadmium red light, and this comes in at nine pounds and 96 pence per
100 mils. So this is about six pound more expensive than their like standard range, so it should be
six pound better than their standard range! Okay it's a very orangey paint, I would say it's on the
slightly thicker side than their standard series. *Music* It's very orangey! I think it's the most
orangey red out of all of these paints. Oh it smells weird! It's got a very
strong scent, not a nice scent either! Application's quite nice though, it's
very smooth, it's going on quite nice. Was there other paint the same color? No they're
two different colors, so it's quite hard to compare. But my first impressions is that the Amsterdam
expert seems to be a little more smoother in application, and a little bit more full coverage, so
far anyway... see what you're like with a bit of water *Music* Oh yeah you're nice with some water aren't you?
Check you out! Okay with water this paint's really good, well done you!! The next acrylic paint that
I'm going to be testing out is the Ara artists acrylics in the color cadmium red deep, and this
comes in at 13 pounds and 81 pence per 100 mils. Oh we've got like a weird little bottle
situation happening there, it's like a little... little nozzle, I quite like that. Trying to win
me over on packaging! It's not gonna work... or it might! Straight away I like the red, I love
that color, that's a very nice, deep red color. I think this might be a nice paint you know,
sometimes when a paint comes out of a tube you just know it's going to be good, and I'm getting
that impression... don't let me down! Oh this is nice... Oh I like this paint, that color is just something
else! That's a nice, nice red, very deep and dark and mysterious! Again it's a really nice smooth full
coverage paint. You've impressed me Ara, you've impressed me a lot! Hopefully it dries quite nice.
Let's see what you're like with a bit of water... *Music* Mmmm, yes you're very nice with some water aren't
you!? I think it's a German paint because it's got a lot of... oh no it's Holland. That is nice,
I like that paint! I'm yeah, I'm quite surprised, I've never heard of it before. Yeah that's, that's
gonna be up there, that's a very very nice paint. It was on the expensive side, 13 pound 81
per 100 mils, but still it's pretty good! Okay so the next acrylic paint that I'm going
to be testing out is by Stuart Semple/Culture Hustle, and it's the ray gun portion in cadmium
red, and this comes in at 14 pounds per 100 mils. Now I did test out their full range of colored
paints, and you can see that video in this corner here. And I'm probably going to be comparing all of
these paints to this paint, because this paint is so good! This paint is the shit! It is such a nice
acrylic paint! Like I honestly, I can't say any more good words about this paint, it is brilliant! So
if any paint can come close to this I'll be quite surprised, and it'll get some good reviews so... the
only issue I have with these paints is that the lids stick, and that can be a little bit of a
nightmare. So if you have arthritis or poorly hands, you might struggle with the bottle. *Music* Yeah... oh you're just so nice! And these paints are actually scented as well, I can't remember what this one
smells like... I don't know it just smells like paint. But it does have a flavor somewhere in there.
Yeah, just... it's a really nice smooth saturated paint, and it dries down really nice as well.
And they usually work quite well with water too. *Music* You're lovely! When I first bought the Culture
Hustle paints, I thought they were quite expensive for an acrylic paint, until I realized there
are acrylic paints out there that are really expensive! Like the last paint on my list is
absolutely shocking how much it costs! And it better blow my mind otherwise I'm going to be
very disappointed! Next up we have the Winsor & Newton professional acrylic, in the color
cadmium red deep, and this comes in at 18 pounds per 100 mils. So obviously we tried out the Winsor &
Newton galleria, which was only four pound 94 per 100 mils. So this is just over 13 pounds
more expensive for this paint. Okay it's quite thick in its consistency, the color is quite nice
actually. Ah I think it's going to be a nice paint, I do, I can just tell it's one
of them where you can just tell. *Music* Oh yeah you are good! And none of these paint
brands have sponsored this video by the way, this is all just my opinion. I can already tell
you that it is way better than the galleria one, the professional one. It might change once it's
dry, but right now.... let's try it with a bit of water. I get far too excited about paint,
I don't know what's wrong with me! *Music* Mmmmm, orugh! I'm not even saying words, I'm just making sounds!
But it's really nice with water too. Ah the thing is it's a lovely paint, but why'd you have to be so
expensive for! Like 18 pound per 100 mils is a lot to spend on paint, but I suppose you get what you
pay for don't you!? I want the expensive ones to be shit, because I'm cheap!! Okay so the second most
expensive paint that I'm going to be trying today is by Liquitex professional. It's a heavy body
acrylic in cadmium red medium, and this comes in at 27 pounds and eight pence per 100 mils. The thing
is Liquitex is obviously a very familiar brand, you know I've used a lot of their products before,
and I was quite shocked at how expensive their acrylic paint is! It's more of an orangey
red, not as orangey as the Amsterdam expert, and it's not liquidy, but it's not like too
thick either, it's kind of just in the middle. *Music* Yeah it's quite smooth, yeah it is,
it is a nice paint. I'm not like blown away by it or anything, for 27
pound you know, I was expecting it to make me dinner or something! But it's, it's nice,
it's a nice color, it's a very nice application, it looks decent on the paper. See
what you're like with a bit of water... *Music* The one thing I'm finding with the Liquitex paint,
is I seem to have to use a lot to get a lot on the paper, I don't know why... it just seems to kind of
disappear for some reason. I think I prefer it with a bit of water than I do on its own. It's not bad
you know, but still expensive for an acrylic paint! Okay so it's time for the final acrylic paint, and
this is Golden artist colors, in the color cadmium red medium, and this comes in at a whopping 31
pounds and 66 pence per 100 mils. Now I'm just going to say this straight away, I would never
in my life spend that amount of money on paint if I wasn't doing a video on it. So I almost
don't care how good this paint is! It must be amazing to warrant it being that expensive, it
better be! It better be good! If it's... if it lets me down I'm gonna write them a letter! Yes I'm
going to go all Karen on their arse, speak to their manager and everything! I think this
paint is quite a thick paint by the looks of things. I actually have a feeling that this paint's
going to be quite nice, which I'm not happy about!! *Music* Okay the color's nice, it's a very smooth flat
paint. It has a similar issue to the Liquitex one, you seem to have to put like a lot on for
it to go... you just kind of have to drag it and it just disappears for some reason, I'm not sure
why! Looking at that one, and even comparing that one right now to even the Amsterdam expert, I
can't see much difference other than the color... because it's a darker color, which it's going to
be because they're two different colored paints! So I don't know, I don't know about
this one! I don't know about these high costing paints! I don't know whether they're
going to be worth it. Let's try it with some water... *Music* It's okay with a bit of water, it
doesn't blow me away or anything. I don't hate it, but for 31 quid I don't
love it! But we'll see once it's dry, it might change my mind, I might be converted
to very expensive acrylic paints... who knows! *Suspense Music* Okay the results are in, and it has been a very,
very close competition I have to admit! I am gonna put on the screen some images of the paint
once it's dry, both the paint on its own and with water, just so you can go back and reference it
if you want. You can pause the screen have a good look for yourself, because I'm just gonna quickly
go through these. Okay coming in last place by no surprise at all is the Vallejo paint, it was very
transparent, the application wasn't great, didn't love it! In 10th place I'm putting the Winsor &
Newton galleria. Although it is an alright paint, I just had higher expectations for such a well-known
brand, and for a paint that's been around for such a long time. It was all right but I wasn't
blown away! In ninth place I'm putting Golden, the most expensive paint I tried. And the main
reason I'm putting it so far down, I just... I just find it completely overpriced! Eighth place goes to
System three, it was an alright paint, it's fine but it's just, it's not gonna blow your mind or
anything like that, it's just okay! In seventh place is the Jackson's paint. Now it's not a very
good paint, the application's pretty awful, and it's quite transparent. Based on price alone, not bad at
all! In sixth place goes to another very expensive one, and that goes to the Liquitex one. Just because
I found paints that were cheaper than that to be just as good, if not better. In fifth place comes
the Amsterdam standard. That was a really cheap paint, and a really good paint. I was actually quite
surprised, it could give the top end paint a run for its money, I would buy it again! Taking fourth
place is the Winsor & Newton professional. It is a slightly more high-end paint, but I do think
it's really nice, the quality, the application, the color, everything about it, really enjoyed it! I
think it's worth the money! Third place goes to Ara, mainly because it's a paint I hadn't been familiar
with, and it took me by surprise! I was quite shocked, a really nice paint! I would definitely
buy their paints again! Now drum-roll please!! *Drum Roll* It's come to the end! Who is going to take first
place!? Well I'll put you out your misery right now! And in second place we're gonna have Amsterdam
expert. I think it was a really really nice paint, definitely one I would buy again and especially
for that price point. Really, really, solid good paint. Really nice, really pleased with it!
And that means Culture Hustle is stealing first place! And it doesn't surprise me if I'm
honest with you, because their parents are just so good!! Seriously they're the nicest paints
I've ever had my hands on, really really nice, all of their colors to be fair! So that does it
for my unofficial official acrylic paint test! Let me know what your thoughts are on this
little paint review down in the comments, and let me know if you disagree with me, you're
more than welcome to! If you did enjoy today's video make sure to give it a thumbs up! But
I'll see you next week for a brand new video! Byeee!!! *Upbeat Music*
