Testing the Lightfastness of my Favorite Brands of Paints

I will check back in a week, month, 3 months, 6 months, and a year from now.
Let's see how much the colors hold up or fade over time.

#lightfastness #lighttest #watercolor #gouache #inks #artmaterials #bensound

Comic book creator, movie maker, painter, Dad, and part-time Hobbit living in Franklin, TN
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[bean]

"acrylic, yuck"
This is actually a really cool experiment! Can't wait to see the results

[Woahwhoisthis]

I love this text! I also caught that you started reading The Hobbit at the end. Nothing like reading The Hobbit in a Hobbit Hole!

[cereal]

My great grandmother loved to paint
she was amazing at it actually, but once she got older she started losing her eyesight.
then she became blind, so she wasn’t able to pursue art anymore. my mom found a watercolor pallet she used to use and while it doesn’t have a-lot of color selections, i hold it dear with my heart ♥️

[kennyBee]

Everytime he said "actylic yuck", myself and my acrylic paints took that personally.

[azkaazeylia]

"More Acrylics, yuck"
-Scott Christian Sava 2022

[mstrpiece]

I did this for a project in high school and just waiting for a whole day made a big difference on some materials and/or brands. Definitely a good way to check your material and learn!

[SilverJadeOfficial]

Someone needs to give Scott a reward for creativity ! Like this is an amazing idea and the fact that you can capture it in a fun 60 sec video = 🤯

[spooder_boy]

An artist always has his/her favorite, and that's a fact

[av_.an]

Bro i just love this guy, he's inspiring and i just wanna get up do chores earn money and buy a whole lotta art stuff and draw for hours at a time

[dilysroberts]

I HAVE THAT HOBBIT EDITION AND I LOVE IT. I USE IT FOR INSPIRATION SOMETIMES AND I LOVE YOUR WORK ❤

[twiish]

CAN'T WAIT FOR THE RESULTS OMG, you're such an inspiration for me!! 💘💘

[tGs]

I think it's very usefull to do this, i will definitely try this too with my colors :)

[JDM_Cars..]

Bro just imagine how calm his life most be just drawing and looking at something thing no sound nothing wow and drawing off I want to do it now!

[JoanieBC]

Thanks for doing the testing! It's the kind of thing I'd do if I was staying here, but my move is imminent. Looking forward to the results.

Also: "acrylics, yuck!" continues to make me giggle.

[huranbae]

You always give me illusions of grandeur, I think that if I get a bunch of things to paint and practice, ill be good, but I have tried time and time again, and failed, but watching your videos makes me feel like I could

[jessicamccabe]

Try doing a light fastness test again with just reds/ pinks. Especially Alizerian crimson is problematic. I found DR. PH Martine's watercolor dyes particularly difficult. Love your videos I use your videos in my high-school art classroom.

[WenzelSays]

you should also paint them again at the end of the experiment to compare the fresh out of the bottle shade

[xenabellarosepoolreedzilla]

This is so cool that you are doing the test for us and taking us along with the other examples

[Maysnyder-gp]

This is awesome. I thought I was going to have to wait a year but voici!
It is important to note, also that different colors have different fastnesses and that typically "pigmented" is the safest bet

[quinnferris]

As a book and paper conservator, it’s really cool to see an artist thinking about this problem! Thank you for conducting this experiment. I suspect you will find that the media which are made with pigment for the colorant rather than dyes will hold up much better (dyes are notoriously fugitive!)